1. Dear LORD, I praise You because You are light and in You there is no darkness. 2. Dear LORD, I worshipYou becauseYou are faithful toYour promises. 3. Dear LORD, I give You thanks and praises because it is of Your mercies we are not consumed, Your compassion fail not, they are new every morning, great isYour faithfulness. 4. Dear LORD, we thank You because You are the Governor amongst the nations, we proclaim Your LORDSHIP over Nigeria in Jesus name. 5. In Jesus name, we frustrate and abort the plans of the ungodly concerning Nigeria and we enforce the perfect will of God over Nigeria. 6. Jesus said, I will build my Church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it, by the authority of the word of the LORD we stop every evil plan and attack against the Church of Jesus Christ in Nigeria and we crush the powers of darkness working against her in Jesus name. 7. Dear LORD, please revive Your Church in Nigeria and deliver us from the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes and the pride of life in Jesus name. 8. Dear LORD, please frustrate the act ivit ies of all the false prophets and teachers in Nigeria and please in Your mercy release all the innocent souls they have held capt ive by their sorcery. 9. By the authority in the name of Jesus we destroy the root of corrupt ion in Nigeria and we ask for the release of the blood of Jesus to purge the heart of every Nigerian of pollut ion. 10. Dear LORD, thank You for the mandate and vision of Living Water. 11. Mighty God, please glorify Your name in Living Water 2019. 12. Dear LORD, please draw a great multitude of souls to Yourself in every session of Living Water 2019 and let there be an entrance of Your word into the heart of all the attendees that they may be saved and delivered. 13. Dear LORD, please release grace for a great move of the Holy Spirit in every session of Living Water 2019. 14. Dear LORD, please frustrate the efforts of everyone working against Living Water 2019 and put them to shame. 15. Dear LORD, stir the heart of many within and outside Good Ground Bible Ministry to labor joyfully and passionately for the success of Living Water 2019. 16. Dear LORD, please supply all that we need for Living Water 2019 and lead us in the way we should go. 17. Dear LORD, please let the fruit of Living Water 2019 abide in Christ and make them grow in grace and the knowledge of Christ. 18. Dear LORD, please contend with every power contending with the life and work of the missionaries in mission fields. 19. Dear LORD, please fill every missionary with fresh oil for greater works. 20. Dear LORD, please make Jerusalem a praise on earth. ENJOYING MARRIAGE------PART 24 want to cont inue my discussion on the role of the husband in a marriage. The scripture in Ephesians 5:25 says, I have explained this scripture briefly in previous edit ions; you may have to refer to parts 21 and 22 Iof this series for details. Let me make it clear that the roles expected of both part ies in marriage is uncondit ional and is a lifelong affair. Before I cont inue I want us to understand the connect ion between Christ and the Church. The scriptures make it clear that the Church is the body of Christ. We see this from what the Holy Spirit revealed in Ephesians 1:22-23a So Christ loved the Church, which is His body. In the same vein husbands are commanded to love their wives as Christ loved the Church, because their wives are parts of their bodies. That is why Ephesians 5:28 Marriage is ordained of God and it is a mystery. It is a process that makes two become one. This truth is stated in Ephesians 5:31-32a This makes it mandatory for a husband to love his wife because the wife is part of him. It is abnormal for a man to do otherwise That is why Ephesians 5:29 says No one takes delight in hurt ing himself. Every sane man wants to look good. So every man should go the extra mile to love and cherish his wife because anything you do to your wife comes back to you. I pray that the LORD will give you grace and wisdom to play your God ordained role in your marriage. By God's grace I shall cont inue in the next edit ion if Jesus tarries. Unt il then remain blessed. “25. Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;” “22. And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over al l things to the church, 23. Which is his body,” “28. So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.” “31. For this cause shal l a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shal l be one flesh. 32. This is a great mystery:” “29. For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:” HEALTH TIPS Benefits of Gelatin Rich Homemade Bone Broth by Sarah Updated: February 26, 2018 Numerous Bone Broth Benef its Bone Broth Protein Eat ing Broth as “Protein Sparer” Gelatin Improves Protein Digest ion Bone Broth Detoxif icat ion Broth Helps Heal Liver Disease https://www.thehealthyhomeeconomist.com/video-tradit ional- stocks-and-soups/ · Properly prepared bone broths as pract iced by tradit ional cuisines are extremely nutrit ious and beneficial for 3 key reasons. This includes bone and meat stocks: 1. They supply plent iful and easily absorbed nutrients to the diet such as silicon, sulphur and phosphorous as well as trace minerals. Calcium in broth is surprisingly not so plent iful according to research. Quality is important to avoid issues with lead. 2. Stock supplies the broken down materials from cartilage and tendons like glucosamine and chondroit in sulphates which aid the healthy and painfree maintenance of joints in the body. 3. one broths supply natural, unadulterated gelat in to the diet which is a health boon to many t issues of the body including of course the cart ilage, bones, and joints but also the skin, digest ive tract, and muscles including the heart. The protein in bone broth comes from the gelat in. It is true that gelat in is not a subst itute for meat as it is not a complete protein. It contains only the amino acids proline and glycine in large amounts and others like methionine, hist idine and tyrosine in very small amounts. The amino acid tryptophan is completely lacking in gelat in. Despite containing only 2 amino acids in suff icient quality, gelat in does indeed act as a remarkable protein sparer. This means that much less meat is needed to maintain health when gelat in in the diet is present. In other words,“sparing” protein, means that the body is much less likely to use protein from its own muscles. This is what would happen during t imes of economic austerity or illness when rapid weight loss would potent ially occur with little food consumed or available. Gelat in keeps the body in what researchers called “nitrogen balance” by permitt ing less complete proteins to be consumed with no loss of health observed. In addit ion to its protein sparing abilit ies, gelat in also enhances digest ion through improved ut ilizat ion and absorpt ion of other proteins in the diet such as those from beans, dairy, wheat, oats, and barley though not of corn as shown in research from the early 1900's. The improved digest ive effect of gelat in was shown by Carl Voit to specifically improve the flow of digest ive juices and normalizat ion of the product ion of hydrochloric acid in the stomach. The amino acid glycine which is abundant in gelat in is responsible for the encouragement of this flow of gastric juices. Dr. Francis Pottenger MD found that the simple addition of one half ounce to one ounce of gelat in to a fully cooked meal of potatoes, meat and vegetables would allow the digest ive process to proceed smoothly so that all the components of the meal are acted upon by the digest ive process with equal effect. In addit ion to the remarkable bone broth nutrit ion, probably the most excit ing thing about bone stock is it's role in detoxificat ion. This is due to the large amounts of the amino acid glycine which assists the liver with its housecleaning dut ies. The simplest of all the amino acids, glycine can be produced by the body and is therefore not considered essent ial, although the ease of the body in manufacturing glycine as needed is probably highly cont ingent upon whether a person is in radiantly good health! Dr. Reuben Ottenberg in 1935 suggested in the Journal of the American Medical Associat ion that pat ients with jaundice or other liver problems be administered 5-10 grams of gelat in per day as food or via a powdered gelat in supplement to supply addit ional glycine to the diet in order to encourage normalized hepat ic funct ion. Couples’ CORNER FOOD FOR THOUGHT GOD HAS SUBSTITUTES - PART 51 “18. I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the f ire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.” “6. The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.” fter the LORD caut ioned the Church of the Laodiceans for their errors He gave them instruct ion on what to do. This was what the LORD told them Revelation 3:18 A The LORD recommended three things for this Church. It was a recommendat ion because of the way the LORD put it to them. The LORD said, I counsel thee. It was a counsel. They had a choice to accept or reject it. The consequence of reject ing it was already stated He would spue them out of His mouth. The f irst thing in the list is, gold tried in the f ire. What is gold tried in the f ire? Psalm 12:6 gives us an idea The gold recommended to this Church is the word of the LORD. It is only the word of the LORD that gives you wisdom and grace to make wealth. If you are rich in the word you are rich in all things. It is the word of the LORD that is your best guide, the WORD guides into all truth.You can't be wrong doing the word of the LORD. Next, is white raiment. This refers to righteousness. It is only the blood of Jesus Christ that makes a man righteous. This refers to genuine salvat ion. The third thing recommended is eye salve to give them vision. This refers to opening the eyes of their spiritual understanding. This comes by the help of the Holy Spirit. The summary of it all is that the LORD wants this Church to pay attention to their spiritual development. This is important for anyone who desires to please the LORD. One reason the LORD warns us is to give us a chance to change so as to avoid being subst ituted. I pray that the LORD will give you understanding. By God's grace I will share more on the Church of the Laodiceans in the next edit ion if Jesus tarries. Unt il then remain blessed. 1. When I survey the wondrous cross on which the Prince of Glory died; my richest gain I count but loss, and pour contempt on all my pride. 2. Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast, save in the death of Christ, my God; all the vain things that charm me most, I sacrif ice them to his blood. PRAYER POINTS FOR THE WEEK Walking with the Lord CORNER Do you real ly deserve such love and uncommon favor, bought with the precious blood of Jesus Christ, so that you wil l be free of al l the il ls the enemy threw at you? If yes, then take advantage of the great grace of God to you and exercise faith for His greatest good in your l ife. Shalom. Walking with the Lord 3. See, from his head, his hands, his feet, sorrow and love flow mingled down. Did e'er such love and sorrow meet, or thorns compose so rich a crown. 4. Were the whole realm of nature mine, that were an offering far too small; love so amazing, so divine, demands my soul, my life, my all. Poem for GGBM Youths & Other Youths 1. When you're going through life's valleys, And you think there's no way out, You're not the first to feel this way. There's hope, without a doubt. 2. It was easier many years ago, Thought life would stay that way, But now you feel like crap, And it seems it's here to stay. 3. Your friends have tried to help, But you tell them it's no use, You think one has it in for you, It seems you can't get loose. 4. Set the problem aside today, Have fun and take a break. You have no idea until you try it. What a difference it can make. 5. So your trouble didn't vanish, What time you were away, But it sometimes makes it easier And can help you through the day. Lighten Up Today © Dave Roberts Sun. 8th Nov. 2015 10:00am OLD TESTAMENT MEMORY VERSE NEW TESTAMENT DATE JUDGES 17:1-13 JUDGES 18:1-31 JUDGES 20:1-48 JUDGES 19:1-30 JUDGES 21:1-25 RUTH 2:1-23 RUTH 1:1-22 GALATIANS 5:1-26 GALATIANS 6:1-18 EPHESIANS 1:1-23 EPHESIANS 3:1-21 EPHESIANS 2:1-22 EPHESIANS 4:1-32 EPHESIANS 5:1-33 GALATIANS 5:13 GALATIANS 6:7-10 EPHESIANS 2:4-10 EPHESIANS 1:17-23 EPHESIANS 3:8-9 EPHESIANS 5:14-21 EPHESIANS 4:11-14 th 24 Mar 2019 th 26 Mar 2019 th 25 Mar 2019 th 27 Mar 2019 th 28 Mar 2019 th 29 Mar 2019 th 30 Mar 2019 DAILY BIBLE READING GUIDE FOR WEEK 12 DAYS Sunday Tuesday Monday Wednesday Friday Thursday Saturday 6. If you feel like giving up, How will you ever know, If you had diverted your attention, Learned what God wants you to know? 7. He wants you to be blessed, He does. He loves you till it hurts. He's cared about you many years, Since you were a little squirt. 8. If the devil tries to scare you, You know he's telling tales. Jesus defeated him completely, The day he got those nails. 9. Whatever you are going through, Keep a song playing in your heart, And give thanks to God above You don't push a shopping cart. 10. Use a little humor today. It makes things seem much lighter, And I'm hoping that you real soon, Will feel a whole lot brighter. Source: https://www.familyfriendpoems.com/ poem/lighten-up-today https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/ faith-in-christ-2/