STORY OF THE LITTLE GRAPE STEM (English Poetry)

Story  Of  The  Little  Grape  Stem Once  upon  a time   there  was a little  graps stem.. This  stem  was so glad to be  alive... She  drank water  and  minerals  from  the soil and grew. She  was  young  and  strong  and  could  manage  quite  well... All  by  Herself.   But  then, the wind  was  cruel , the rain was harsh, the  snow  was not  one  bit understanding, and  the  little  grape  stem  suffered... She  drooped  weak and  frail.   It  would be  so easy  to stop trying to grow, to stop  trying  to live. And  the  grape  stem  felt  poor'   The  winter  was  long and the stem was weary, But  then  the  little  grape  stem heard a voice.     It  was  another  grape  stem  calling out to her... "Here, reach out... hang on to me. " But  the stem, hesitated, "What  would this mean ? she thought for you see  the little stem had always managed, quite  well .... All by herself.   But then , ever so cautiously  she reached out, towards the other grape stem.     "See , I can help you" , it said. "Just  wind  your tendrils about me and I will help, you lift your head".     And  the little stem trusted... and suddenly she could stand  straight  again.   The  wind came... and the rain... and snow, But  when it came  the little grape stem was clinging to many other stems.     Although  the stems  were swayed by the wind... and frozen by the snow , they stood strongly united  with each other.     And in their united strenght... they could smile and grow.   Then , one day the little stem looked down and saw a tiny stem  swaying and frightened, And our  little grape stem said, Here hang on... I will help you"  And the other stem  reached up to our grape stem... And together  all the stems grew... Leaves budded... flowers bloomed... And finally grapes formed... and  the grapes fed many. I  hope this story encourages your heart to always  lend a helping hand when you see someone  struggling in an area which you, have  already  been victorious over.     Hebrews 10:23-25  Says: "Without  wavering, let us hold tightly to the hope we say we have, for  God can be trusted to keep His promise.   Think of ways to encourage one another to outbursts of love and good deeds. And  let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage and warn each other, especially now that the day of His coming back again is drawing near".

A PRAYER (English Poetry)

A  Prayer    Dear  Heavenly  Father,  I  prayer the  power, of  the  Holy Spirit  In the  name of Jesus Christ, I  bind, rebuke and bring  to no effect all division, discord, disunity, strife , anger , wrath , murder, criticism, condemnation, pride , envy, jealousy, gossip , slander , evil speaking, complaining , lying, false  teaching  , false gifts, false , manifestations, lying signs and  wonders, poverty , fear  of  lack , fear  spirits, hindering, fear spirit , murmuring  spirits, complaning spirits , retaliatory  spirits , deceiving spirits, religious spirits , occult spirits, witchcraft spirits, (Including Jezeble, Delilah , And Appollyon)   and spirits of Antichrist.   I bind  all curse that have been spoken against me, I  bless those who curse me  , and pray blessings on those who despitefully use me,   I bind all spoken judgments made against me and judgments I have made against others.   I  bind the power of negative words from others, and I bind and render useless all prayers not, inspired by the Holy Spirit;  whether psychic, soul force, withcraft  or counterfeit tongues, that  have been prayed against me.   Iam God's child, I resist the evil one in the name, of Jesus. No weapon formed against me shall prosper, I put on the whole   armor of God. I take authority over this day in Jesus 'name. Let it be prosperous for me, let me walk in Your, love Lord.   The Holy Spirits leads and guides me today. I  discern between the righteous and the wicked. I  taken authority over Satan an all his demons , and those people who ar influenced by  them.   I declare  Satan is under my feet and shall remain there all day and everyday, Iam the righteousness  of God in Christ Jesus.   Iam God's property,  Satan , you are bound from my family , my mind, my body, my home, and my finances,  I confess that Iam  healed and whole.   I flourish, am long lived, stable , durable, incorruptible, fruitful , virtuous , full of peace, patience and love.   Whatsoever  I set  my habds to do shall prosper, for God  supplies  all my needs.   I have all  authority over Satan, all demons, and beasts of the fields.   Lord, I pray  that You would bless me indeed , and enlarge  my territory  that Your Hand would, be with me , and that You would Keep me from, evil that I may not cause pain.   God, I pray for our ministry you have for me, Anoint me  God  for all You have called me to do, for  You,  I call forth diven appointments, open doors  of  opportunity,  God ordained encounters  ministry positiond.   I claim  a hedge of protection around myself, and my family thought this day and night, I ask  you God  in the name of Jesus to dispatch, angels to surround me, my spouse and our , children  today and grandchildren and to put, them throughout my house and around all our cars, souls and bodies. I ask angels to protect my household from any, intrusion and to protect me and my family, from any harmful  demonic or other physical, or mental attacks,  I ask this prayer in the Name  of Jesus...   Amen   Have  a bless  day Lucy

Pathways To Eliminate Gossip (English Poetry)

Pathways  To Eliminate  Gossip

 Pathways  To Eliminate  Gossip

 Speak  No Evil. Say only  positive  statements,

Let  words of kindness be on your tongue.

This  means to respond instead of react,

Edit  your speech before you speak.

Hear No Evil.  Refuse  to listen  to gossip,

slander  and other  negative forms of speech.

If  you're  on  a diet, don't bring the cake and cookies  into the house,

If  you're  ending gossip try and  keep  away from

conversations that may tempt you  to listen,

or chime in, If avoiding  the conversation is  impossible  , have another  topic of "positive,

interest  you can quickly  bring up in order to

change  the subject.

See  No Evil. Judge  people favorably, the way you  would  want them to judge  you,

If  you've  ever been accused of doing something for  which you know you were innocent, than you know how it  feels to be misjudged...

Remember, if  you weren't  there  you don't know.

Even  if you were there  you may have missed

the context of  what actually happened.

 Don't Rationalize  Destructive Speech.

Excuses  like "But it's true" or I'm only joking

or  I can tell my spouse anything" just don't cut it.

Gossip is gossip, The fact that it is true  is what

qualifies it as gossip  if  it were not true,

it would  be libel or slander , depending upon

the medium.

Beware  of Speaking Evil Without Saying An Evil,

Word, Body language even with positive speech

can  bring tremendous  destruction.

Be Humble. Avoid  Arrogance. These will be your greatest  weapons against  destructive,

speech, Take pleasure  in your accomplishments,

not  pride, This  way you recognize the Ultimate,

Source of your accomplishments.

Those  who are arrogant  are full of themselves,

that  there is no room for God in their lives.

Beware  of Repeating Information.

needs  permission before being repeated , Telling

someone  who's  out of a job that your mutual friend got a raise does not constitute proper speech.

Honesty  Really is The Best Policy- Most of the Time.  Be careful to always tell the truth unless.

it  will hurt others or violate privacy, Strive for honesty in everything you do.

If  being honest  means unnecessarily hurting another's feeling, it's better not to be so truthful.

Those  who boast about being  brutally honest,

are  usually  more brutal  than honest.

Learn to Say , I'm Sorry, Everyone make mistakes, If  you've  spoken badly about someone clear it up immediately, It might be embarrassing

but get it over with quickly, Apologize  ask for

forgiveness and let him or her know it won't happen again.

Forgive. If you have been wronged  let it go

forgive for your sake, if not for theirs.

Those  who can forgive live healthier, happier,

and  less stressful  live...

Those  who say they'll forgive but not forget are

actually  saying that they'll neither forgive  nor

forget...

Have A  Great Week

Lucy

The Sculptor's Attitude

The  Sculptor's  Attitude...   I  woke up early  excited  over all I got to, do before the clock strikes  midnight. I  have responsibilities to fulfil  today. Iam important. My job  is to choose what kind of day Iam  going  to have.   Today I can complain because the weather is rainy or... I can be thankful that the grass is getting  watered  for free.   Today  I can feel  sad that I don't have  more money or.. I  can be glad that my  finances encourage me  to plan my purchases  wisely and guide me  away from waste.   Today I can grumble  about my health or... I can rejoice that Iam alive.   Today I can lament over all that my parents didn't give me  when I  was growing up  or... I can feel grateful  that they allowed me to be  born.   Today I can cry because roses have thorns or... I can celebrate  that thorns have roses.   Today  I can  mourn  my lack of friend  or... I can excitedly embark upon a quest to didcover new relationships.   Today I can whine because I  have to go  to work  or... I can shout  for joy because I have a job to go to.   Today I can complain because  I have  to do housework  or... I can  feel  honored because the Lord has provided  shelter for my mind, body and soul.   Today  stretches  ahead of me, waiting to be shaped. And here Iam, the sculptor who gets to do the shaping.   What  today will be like is up to me. I get to choose  what kind of day I will have" Have a  GREAT  DAY... unless you have other plans.   So  My  Friends  Have a  Great  Day Lucy