In God's Hands

Read:
Romans 9:19-26
Psalm 1

O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter has done?declares the LORD. Behold, like the clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel. Jeremiah 18:6 A well-known insurance company boasts if we do business withthem, we will be “in good hands.” It is easy to see how that sloganwould appeal to a person going through a time of trial and trouble.When a crisis strikes, we want to where to turn for help. We want to know where we can put our trust and who will not let us down.Unfortunately, when we rely on people and human institutions,there is no guarantee that our problems will go away. In the mostdifficult times, it may seem that even God has failed us, leaving us to face life’s troubles alone. The people of God, like us, often found themselves stumbling in thedarkness, crying out for God to be there. And He always was, in His own way. The prophet Jeremiah delivers this message from

God: Trust Me, I’m not finished shaping you yet. Like a potter lovingly shaping the clay, our God is at work in our brokenplaces, drawing us ever closer to Him. Whatever we face in life, His loving hands are there to create something beautiful out of it.

Lord, I believe. Continue to shape me in Your image. Amen.

Taken from “Portals Of Prayer,” October – December 2010, issue.

Please pray for: Our nation, our president and his advisers, our troops stationed around theworld, their families, the chaplains who minister to them, the peace of Jerusalem.

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Verse of the Day

These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.


— Deuteronomy 6:6-7 (NIV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...

We are to begin each day with God. Every breath we take should be a powerful reminder that our Father has granted us another day of life to serve him. Each heartbeat is God's drumbeat of love, reminding us that we are blessed with another minute to offer him our best. This blessing is so easily forgotten. We best remember these truths when we teach them and show them and live them with and before our children. But, let's not leave their learning these truths to our example alone. Let's find teachable moments to explain our faith, to praise our Heavenly Father, and to teach God's truth.

My Prayer...

Almighty God, Gracious Sustainer, and Undeserved Friend, thank you! Thank you for this breath I take and for the heartbeat that sustains my life. Make me aware as I travel and talk and rest and work that you are there and are worthy of my intentional best. In the name of Jesus, my gracious sacrifice I pray. Amen.

FT. HOOD vs. ISRAEL

Israelis Baffled by News of Defenseless US Soldiers


Many Israelis want to know: why didn't the soldiers attacked by a U.S. Army major-turned-terrorist return fire?
When a Muslim goes, well, Muslim in Israel he is typically shot to death by someone--say, a reserve soldier--within seconds of screaming "Allah Akbar."

In contrast with the Israeli experience, it took 10 minutes before a civilian police officer at Fort Hood was able to shoot and stop Muslim fanatic Nidal Malik Hasan.

How could that happen? How could so many people trained in the strategies and tactics of modern warfare be so defenseless?

The answer--and this may astonish many Americans--is that the victims were unarmed. U.S. soldiers are not allowed to carry guns for personal protection, even on a 340-acre base quartering more than 50,000 troops.

So it goes in brain-dead, liberal America .

Fort Hood is a "gun free" zone, thanks to regulations adopted in one of the very first acts signed into law by anti-gun President Bill Clinton in March, 1993. Click here for the file. Contrary to President Obama's crocodile tears, his administration is bent on further disarming the U.S. military, and all Americans. Obama and his people will not rest until every American is a sitting duck..

POSTscript: Israeli teachers, from kindergarten on up, are also armed; so, a Virginia Tech-type slaughter is highly unlikely at an Israeli university.

Israelis, who have had to combat terrorism all their lives, are not afraid of guns. They are an armed people, ready, willing, and able to defend themselves and their country.

Unlike indoctrinated Americans, paralyzed by fear and political correctness, Israelis understand that people, kill people, not guns!

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