Just As We Are

IDOK DEVOTION FOR MONDAY, JUNE 9, 2008

Where to begin??? Where have I been? Good question.
Last Monday, June 2, 2008, about mid-day a sector went bad in our computer’s hard drive which left me with No email, No Internet Access – no nothing!! We have now been restored BUT not all. My email address book has not been recovered. So all IDOK e-mail addresses have to be re-entered one by one – hopefully the 5/22/08 address book print out was up to date. SO posting to the Blog is the best I can do until all 100 plus addresses have been re-entered. IDOKs if you are reading this, please send me an e-mail; that would be a much easier way to add you back.
Sunday’s Services were good! As I sang (along with the rest of the congregation) the closing hymn I looked at the words closely and I’d like for us to do that together this morning. It is a most powerful song; a song of salvation!
Just as I Am, Without One Plea
By: Charlotte Elliott
Just as I am, without one plea
But that thy blood was shed for me
And that thou bidd’st me come to thee
O Lamb of God, I come, I come.
In this stanza we confess without Jesus we have no hope to be saved. We confess He ALONE, the Lamb of God can save us; ONLY the Blood of Jesus can pay for our sins and moreover, we confess He has called us to Himself and because He has called we have answered YES!
Just as I am and waiting not
To rid my soul of one dark blot,
To thee, whose blood can cleanse each spot,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come.
Here we are not saying let me wait a little longer; we are believing NOW is the time of salvation. We are saying my sin is dark, my sin has made me filthy and ONLY the Blood of the Lamb of God is enough to make me clean. Do you see that? CLEAN! The BLOOD of the LAMB OF GOD makes YOU clean!!! And in deed now is the time!! Why would any lost soul wait? Aren’t you glad you didn’t wait?
Just as I am, though tossed about
With many a conflict, many a doubt,
Fightings and fears within, without,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come.
Just as I am – coming now just as I am, even though I don’t have it all together; hardly even know which end is up; have wars waging on the inside and doubts rolling around in my head but despite the fightings and the fears LAMB of GOD I say yes! Isn’t that what you did? I did!
Just as I am, poor, wretched, blind;
Sight, riches, healing of the mind,
Yea, all I need, in thee to find,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come.
And don’t you love this? Just as I am, too poor to save myself; too wretched to be good; and too blind to see, BUT the LAMB of GOD has opened my eyes and given me sight to see HIM; moreover He has given you and me HIS riches and yes, He has healed our minds! YES, He is ALL we need.
Just as I am, thou wilt receive,
Wilt welcome, pardon, cleanse, relieve;
Because thy promise I believe,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come.
Oh how blessed is this?! Now that I have come I see, Lamb of God, You have received me. You have welcomed me. You have pardoned me. You have cleansed me. You have relieved me of all my sin and guilt and shame. How Lamb of God, how can this be? And He said, because you have BELIEVED!! Oh sisters (and brothers) can you shout on that one?
Just a I am; thy love unknown
Has broken every barrier down;
Now to be thine, yea, thine alone,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come.
And finally; Oh, Lamb of God, a love like Yours I have never known; Your love for me has broken down my every resistance; gladly now I am Yours and Yours alone!! IDOKs, can you sing this song this morning? Can you sing this song of salvation? Then sing, my dear ones, sing!!
John 3: 16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
Abba, I am so grateful to have this access again. Thank you for the good I see coming and even the good I don’t see yet. Thank You for what You are doing in the lives of each of us. Thank You that all things do work together for good for those who love You and are called according to Your purposes. Thank You Lord Jesus, Lamb of God, for saving this lost ‘goat’ and making me a sheep. And now we come together as the sheep of Your pasture and we pray for one another, for these listed here and particularly the Therrell family, asking for comfort and grace to grieve in holiness the passing of Buddy. We pray for the safety and protection of our IDOK Troops, not just physically but minds and spirits too. We pray for the Peace of Israel and for America to have the guts to stand with Her. We pray for America that You will have mercy on Her and give space and grace to repent. We pray for the presidential nominees, You know what we need and Thy Will be done we pray. Thank You Abba for this ministry; thank You for each and every soul who reads here, bless and impart Yourself to them for Jesus sake. Amen and amen. Malpas Family. Kevin M and Family. Darlene. Rachel. Allison. Kinard Family. Alla Mae. W C and family. Richard and Emma and family. Oprah. Chris B. Maggie and Family. Josh. Donnie S. Renee’. Cathy’s friend and son. Odessa H. Kathy S. Glen Beck. Tonya and family. Dall T. Dylan. Marsha’s grand-baby. Kathy N. Kyle A. Joseph Toomey and Family. DeLois. Terri. Kim T. Kevin and the children. Lisa’s Mother. Katelyn (B). Janie B. Pattie S. Vickie. Lisa W. J Lloyd and family. Janet and Steve. Cathy. Toy and family. Caleb and family. Bay and family. Jennifer B. John and Carolyn. Larry and Claudia and family. Taylor & family. Jeanette and Earl and family. Libby and family. Callie. Madie. Ruth. Cynthia. Martha F and Bob. Allyson and Glyn and family. Brittney and Kersten and family. Sharron and family. Sheila and Andy. Carrie and Rachel and Jacob and family. Billy and Gina and boys. Lance and family. Grace and family. Tressa. Brad, Lindsay, Karah and Haley. Chuck. Windy and Jared and families. Helen and Dan and family. Jen and Larry and family. Chad and Brittany and family. Mollie and family. Julia. Bobbie. Tj. Zack. Phillip. Jessica. Larry. Kayla. Trey. Jacob. Ashely. Lance. Candance and Baby. Laura and family. John and Sandy. Bill and Judy. Adam & Family. Andrew. Cindy, Sharron and Tonya’s houses to sell.
Unspoken Requests – situations so close you can only speak to Father about
Every IDOK and every IDOK son and daughter and grandchild.
Every IDOK Pastor and Family.
Every IDOK church.
The Peace of Israel
Revival in America.
IDOKs Military Families.
IDOKs Troops (foreign soil) – Ethan. Christopher. Raul. Robert. Billy. Josh. Buddy. Mark. Josh W. James. Bryan. Nick. Brant W. Christopher R. Joshua M. Brent. Drew. Justin G. Kyle N. Michael K. Sgt. Bozicevich. Bay N.
IDOK Troops leaving shortly for foreign soil: Albert R III.
Serving Stateside: Jonathan. Jasmine B. Tommy T. Shaun. Bay. Danny. Tim. Lee. George.
Injured and brought State side: Anthony. Hector
Hospitalized outside USA: Corpl. Light. Bradley T.
Military at home adjusting – Mack. The 226. Troy. Brad. Tommy. Desi. Edward J.Travis N. Hawk. Lyndon A.
Civilian in Country – Lee.
As I post this it is 79°F and haze in Balad, IQ & the time there is 7:25 AM AST – on June 9, 2008

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Absence Explained

All is well but all is not as usual. My computer crashed around mid day Monday, June 2, 2008. A new hard drive has been purchased and installed and gratefully MUCH has been recovered but my most valuable email address book and ALL stored email messages have been lost.
So e-mailing IDOK DEVOTIONS as I have done before is not in our near future.
Also with this ‘new computer’ there are conflicts with internet accounts that I have not worked out as yet. In a nutshell I don’t know when I will be e-mailing IDOK DEVOTIONS. Hopefully, I will be back here on Monday to post. See you when I can — as the Lord wills. Kathie
Romans 8: 28
28 And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose

Inward and Outward

IDOK DEVOTION FOR MONDAY, JUNE 2, 2008

We hope somewhere in the hours of your weekend there was some rest and worship. Jerry and I were privileged to corporately worship on Saturday and Sunday. Sunday’s sermon was finishing up Psalms 23 – Surely Goodness and Mercy are pursing, and chasing us down today.
Psalm 23:6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; And I will dwell in the house of the LORD Forever.
On Saturday my beloved and I gathered for a Memorial Service at Corpus Christi Church in Mobile for the Mass of The Resurrection. We so enjoyed the Presence of the Lord there and this morning I would like to share with you some sweet insights I gained. Some time ago I began to say physical death when I would speak of a brother or sister’s departure from earth. Saturday I heard it spoken in such way that I appreciate even more – she has ‘Entered Fullness of Life’. And isn’t that the truth?! Every soul who has said yes to Jesus in Salvation when here their last breath is drawn ‘enters fullness of life’!
2 Corinthians 5: 8 We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
In ‘fullness of life’ they have not forgotten us, nor have they ceased to love us – they love us more!! And life for them has taken on ETERNITY and they are more alive than you and I. To God be the Glory!!
One more thing I noticed on Saturday that I want to share with you and I will close this morning. We Baptist (and others) when we enter the Sanctuary, can do so without a thought of Jesus. We can hurry in, find our seat, put down our stuff and scoot all over the place chatting to this one and that one and I am not saying that is bad. But I noticed at Corpus Christi when you enter the Sanctuary (and it is BEAUTIFUL I might add) you have an immediate opportunity to remember Jesus; you have an immediate opportunity to acknowledge the Water of the Word and what His Washing of you means; before you take your seat you have an opportunity to humble yourself and acknowledge you are there to worship God,The Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit.
No I’m not converting but I am appreciating these outward expressions of worship. And yes I know outward expressions of worship can be performed in ANY ‘House of Worship’ without an inward change of the person. But for this morning I am thinking maybe we Baptist could learn a thing or two from our Sisters and Brothers of other Christian Congregations. Maybe a little more outward demonstration would lead us to a lot more inward change. How can we demonstrate today that Jesus the Lord of Glory reigns in us? Each of us will find a way today to tell someone He lives, won’t we?
Yes, Abba, by Your Grace we will speak life and hope to someone today. And this morning we are thinking of Janie and Patti. We want good for them and we know that You do even more. So we pray for blood cells to be strong and in proper number and order and headaches to disappear and for tissue to be healthy and for spirits to be high and at peace. We pray for hearing to be restored and breathing to be deep and strong; we pray for peace for troubled hearts and minds; and we pray for blinded eyes to be opened and hearts and minds to be made ready to receive seeds of Life from Your Word; we pray for weary and bitter souls to be made sweet and at rest. We pray for hurting backs and sore muscles to be made flexible and strong. We pray for hurting families to be made whole and we pray for IDOK Troops to be kept safe; to be protected in mind and body and spirit. We pray for the Peace of Israel and the Repentance of America. We pray for the election of Your Choice for President of this Nation and we pray that we Your People of America will humble ourselves and pray and see You heal this land. Amen and amen Malpas Family. Kevin M and Family. Darlene. Rachel. Allison. Kinard Family. Alla Mae. W C and family. Richard and Emma and family. Oprah. Chris B. Maggie and Family. Josh. Donnie S. Renee’. Cathy’s friend and son. Odessa H. Kathy S. Glen Beck. Tonya and family. Dall T. Dylan. Marsha’s grand-baby. Kathy N. Kyle A. Joseph Toomey and Family. DeLois. Terri. Kim T. Kevin and the children. Lisa’s Mother. Katelyn (B). Janie B. Pattie S. Vickie. Lisa W. J Lloyd and family. Janet and Steve. Cathy. Toy and family. Caleb and family. Bay and family. Jennifer B. John and Carolyn. Larry and Claudia and family. Taylor & family. Jeanette and Earl and family. Libby and family. Callie. Madie. Ruth. Cynthia. Martha F and Bob. Allyson and Glyn and family. Brittney and Kersten and family. Sharron and family. Sheila and Andy. Carrie and Rachel and Jacob and family. Billy and Gina and boys. Lance and family. Grace and family. Tressa. Brad, Lindsay, Karah and Haley. Chuck. Windy and Jared and families. Helen and Dan and family. Jen and Larry and family. Chad and Brittany and family. Mollie and family. Julia. Bobbie. Tj. Zack. Phillip. Jessica. Larry. Kayla. Trey. Jacob. Ashely. Lance. Candance and Baby. Laura and family. John and Sandy. Bill and Judy. Adam & Family. Andrew. Cindy, Sharron and Tonya’s houses to sell.
Unspoken Requests – situations so close you can only speak to Father about
Every IDOK and every IDOK son and daughter and grandchild.
Every IDOK Pastor and Family.
Every IDOK church.
The Peace of Israel
Revival in America.
IDOKs Military Families.
IDOKs Troops (foreign soil) – Ethan. Christopher. Raul. Robert. Billy. Josh. Buddy. Mark. Josh W. James. Bryan. Nick. Brant W. Christopher R. Joshua M. Brent. Drew. Justin G. Kyle N. Michael K. Sgt. Bozicevich. Bay N.
IDOK Troops leaving shortly for foreign soil: Albert R III.
Serving Stateside: Jonathan. Jasmine B. Tommy T. Shaun. Bay. Danny. Tim. Lee. George.
Injured and brought State side: Anthony. Hector
Hospitalized outside USA: Corpl. Light. Bradley T.
Military at home adjusting – Mack. The 226. Troy. Brad. Tommy. Desi. Edward J.Travis N. Hawk. Lyndon A.
Civilian in Country – Lee.

As I post this it is 111°F and haze in Al Taji, IQ & the time there is 3:54 PM AST – on June 2, 2008
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