Here is the second part of my list of praise points. I praise God for:
Pansies and their happy faces coming out in our garden, also azaleas, primulas,and our first yellow daffodil is out. Human beings don’t ever seem to be able to produce that brilliant clear yellow God does in daffodils and wattle.
Studying I John 3 with our Bible study home group I John 3 highlights the love of God and adoption into His family and the hope we have. It also teaches the importance of not continuing to practice sin but aiming to be increasingly holy in our living.
A suggestion from our daughter to look at Nehemiah 9:5-38 as a prayer worth studying.
God dealing with my fears when they were keeping me awake.
Singing at choir ‘why we sing’ and thanking the Lord for the gift of music and song. Practicing Christmas carols with our choir for A Christmas in July event and thinking about the great truths in those carols like ‘O Holy Night,’,What Child is This?’ and others. Also the words of ‘Never Let go of your dream’ the words of which encouraged me in my writing life.
Gale force winds which were up on Thursday eased by Thursday night. Friday was back to beautiful sunshine and wind free day.
Being able to walk up to the local supermarket in the sunshine to buy meat that was on special.
My husband has joined the men’s ministry team at church.
Grow- Under the Southern Cross – A book of poetry and stories by Christian writers and promoting a positive message for school children aged 6-12 is soon to be published. I have a story and a poem in it.
Creating a word find, certificates for good work and a newsletter the children from our SRE class can take home and show parents of what they are learning about Jesus.
Positive response from a poet to a book review I wrote about her collection of poetry.
For God’s love which like sunshine warms each day with delight and surprises.
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