Today my heart is full of gratitude to my Heavenly Father and I want to try to share.
Today we had a man candidate to be the Pastor of our church. He taught Sunday School and preached in the morning service.
The sermon was incredible. He was very much “Preacher”. . . .while he was preaching I could not imagine him as anything else.
He preached on the Marvelous Mercy of God, using Romans 11:33-36 has his text:
For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that He might have mercy upon all.
O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are His judgements, and His ways past finding out!
For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been His counsellor? Or who hath given to Him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?
For of Him, and through HIM, and TO HIM, are all things: to Whom be glory for ever. Amen
sermon quotes:
“The more I know of the awesomeness of God and how BIG HE is, the smaller my problems appear”
“Our God hung the stars in their silvery sockets”
“No one, not even the greatest philosopher, can come near to the knowledge of God: the best we can do is mere baby-talk compared to Him”
“Just the very fact that you have a Bible on your lap right now is an act of God’s mercy“
“Before we were saved we were in total darkness. Then Jesus came and lit our way. He found us and saved us”
“If I rest in my morality it will be a roadblock. Rest in JESUS CHRIST ALONE”
RELISH your redemption
I was in tears by the time the message was over. It was everything I could have desired in a sermon. It had depth, it glorified GOD, it made me really think, it had good quotes and illustrations, he even quoted my father’s favorite hymn by William Cowper. I felt like God was giving me a gift by showing me that yes, He hears our prayers, and yes, He delights in giving His children above and beyond what they can hope or think! The church problems we went through hurt me deeply–way down in the core of me–and greatly effected my life. Therefore I am filled with gratitude to see the awesome way God is working everything all out.
We vote on Wednesday.
**Let me know what you think of the pictures! My Dad took them with his new digital camera. They were taken outside my parent’s home (my childhood home). I have never seen my Dad take a picture, so it’s going to be fun to see the world through his eyes.
Thankful, so thankful,
for God’s mercy
Good to be Home 
Wow, looks like he has a good eye for photography!
Glad to hear how God worked in your heart this morning. God is good isn’t He? I am excited to see how He leads and what He has in store for us!
O-yea—- I wanted to share a comment a friend of mine made about my blog–“I visit your blog quite often to see how you are doing and to see pictures of the kids. The devotional thoughts are also quite encouraging. I really like that lady Shanda’s blog. She seems like a really neat person. I wish I could meet her soemtime…I think that we could get along really well.”
I thought that it was cute and of course I told her you were an exceptionally neat person! 🙂
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Oh, Shanda, how wonderful. I am so happy that God is moving in this area with your church and that you and I am sure, others, were truly touched with the candidate for Pastor. That’s wonderful that his sermon ministered to you so intently. I will continue to pray for your church and for God’s will to be done. I will be praying especially on Wednesday. I can sense and feel your excitement, gratitude, and thankfulness for today. I am so happy. I want to tell you that you seem to be a person of such passion, grace, perserverance, and a heart after God. I treasure your words and I thank you for your sincerety. If we did live close by, I think we would become close friends. You are truly a blessing to me and I look forward to your blog everyday, you make me smile and you encourage me more than you will ever know. Be blessed in all you say and do. Love, Tara
I love the pictures, Shan…your Dad did a great job 🙂
I loved reading your POV on the sermon this morning, I had a lot of the same feelings. It’s amazing how God really has worked things out in HIS time. I have such a joyful heart over meeting them, and feel like the pieces are just falling into place. I’m excited to see how things will work out. Have a good night, Love, Trish
Yes, Yes, Yes. You wrote exactly what I wanted to. I have such peace about this for some reason. Of course, Josh and I are still praying and want to hear more from him tonight, but they feel like they just “fit.” The pictures are gorgeous.
The pics were awesome. Tell him he’s a natural!
It is a new Xanga feature. I think I just went to the Photos tab, and they give you an embedded tag to put in your “website stats” in the look and feel portion of your site.
Sounds like a wonderful canidate you have, lets hope the rest of the congregation agrees!
Great pictures! I love sky pictures and he did a great job.
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Hi! Thanks for coming by my blog. The pictures look great. I like the quote “relish your redemption.”
Your dad’s pictures are great…I especially like the second one. The colors are beautiful and bright. From what you shared of the message on mercy it sounds like it truly was a moving message. I was touched just by the notes you shared. It is an amazing thing to watch a man of God bring the message of God through God’s power, there’s just nothing like it.
Ahhh…… God’s mercy! It is incredible! I am so glad to hear that you were lifted up and encouraged by this speaker. God is good! The pictures are lovely. The second one especially with the clouds in layers and looking near enough to touch! Beautiful!
Hey Shan, I am so thankful that God is using that preacher to touch your heart and bring you closer to HIM. I love the photo’s. Love, Elisha
I like the second picture the best. The colors are great!
I remember voting in our pastor just over a year ago. It was great to be a part of the process and I remember how I felt after his sermon. You knew he was sent by God to help lead us. Here’s praying God’s will for Wednesday!
Have a great day-Allison
How wonderful that God is working in your church! I love the quote: “Relish your redemption.” Your dad has a great eye – those shots are beautiful! By the way, welcome to The Recipe Box blogring – I’m glad you joined! 🙂
http://www.sermonaudio.com/search.asp?currPage=1&keyword=Pastor%5ESteven%5EDilday&SpeakerOnly=true&currSection=sermonsspeaker&AudioOnly=false&SortBy=addedHere is a link…if you listen to the ones on History of Holy Days, there is some on the Regulative Principle and the difference between that and the Normative Principle.
Hello again! I hope you do not mind, but I went back through some of your old posts. I really enjoy your photographs – they are beautiful! Have a great night! 🙂 Heather
Wow, what awesome pictures….I LOVE the second one. Your Dad has a great eye.
Sounds like a wonderful sermon. Praying things work out well for your church as they find a new pastor. Looks like your dad has a great eye for photography too. :)Merry Christmas
Hi back at you! I saw your comment on my sister’s site, millermom812. It’s so awesome to hear how God works in the lives of his people!! God Bless!!!
The quotes from the sermon made my spirit shiver. YES that’s our God, and our Father!Tell your dad I truely love the last photo…cap[tures the glory of our Lord’s creation
NOOOOOOOOO WAAYYYYYYY!!!
I forgot that they were his and was going to ask you where you were when you took that last picture and that you should have it blown up. You have taken some great sky pictures so I thought it was yours.
Tell your Dad to start a photoblog! This really could be an ad for the Cannon Rebel!
God is so good, I hope the vote is outstanding for him!
That is awesome! let us know how the vote goes. and the pictures your dad took are great! I see that the artist eye runs in the family. 🙂