Saturday, December 31, 2011

Stops & Steps 1906 31Dec2011

HAPPY HOLIDAYS !!!!!!


HE is always there for us

We turn to God to search our heart, to call us and help us hear His voice and to rescue us when we are in need of help. We trust God who has given us hope where there is horror, joy where there is judgment, peace where there is disturbance and disruptions.


Luke 15 : 5 - 6
And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders and goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says, “Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep”.


Stops & Steps 1906 31Dec2011

Friday, December 30, 2011

Stops & Steps 1905 30Dec2011

HAPPY HOLIDAYS !!!!!!


HE helps us

We thank God for providing us with mentors and friends in our lives. We ask God to help us to also reach out to others with encouragement, refreshment and prodding.

Ecclesiastes 4 : 10 - 11
“If one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up! … Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.”



Stops & Steps 1905 30Dec2011

Thursday, December 29, 2011

Stops & Steps 1904 29Dec2011

HAPPY HOLIDAYS !!!!!!


HE is always in

We thank God for allowing us to come to Him anytime and ask for help when we are faced with problems in our lives.

Psalm 12:5
"Because of the oppression of the weak and the groaning of the needy, I will now arise," says the Lord. "I will protect them from those who malign them."


Stops & Steps 1904 29Dec2011

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Stops & Steps 1903 28Dec2011

Trust HIM

HAPPY HOLIDAYS !!!!!!

We ask God to give us strength and wisdom as we go about each day to tell others of His love. To strength our faith and to make our witness and faith more solid. We rely on God and we trust in His promises.

Luke 9 : 23
Then He said to them all: "If anyone would come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow Me."

Stops & Steps 1903 28Dec2011

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Stops & Steps 1902 27Dec2011

HAPPY HOLIDAYS !!!!!!


HE will not disappoint us


We ask God to continue to guide us by His grace and to lead us by His love.

Romans 5:5
And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.

Stops & Steps 1902 27Dec2011

Monday, December 26, 2011

Stops & Steps 1901 26Dec2011

HAPPY HOLIDAYS !!!!!!

Be forgiving

We ask God to forgive us of all that we have done wrong and to forgive us for trying to pass the blame of our sins onto others.

Genesis 3 : 12 - 13
The man said, "The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit of the tree, and I ate." Then the LORD God said to the woman, "What is this that you have done?" The woman said, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate."


Stops & Steps 1901 26Dec2011

Sunday, December 25, 2011

Stops & Steps 1900 25Dec2011

MERRY CHRISTMAS !!!!!!

Remember God always

God enables us to be mindful of what His will requires of us. We ask God to guide us against straying away and to help us to renew our commitment to His love.

Hebrews 4:16
Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in time of our need.

Stops & Steps 1900 25Dec2011

Saturday, December 24, 2011

Stops & Steps 1899 24Dec2011

HAPPY HOLIDAYS !!!!!!

HE is in charge

We surrender control of all things to God and let Him take charge.

Mathew 11 : 28 - 29
“Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy-laden and overburdened, and I will cause you to rest. [I will ease and relieve and refresh your souls.] Take My yoke upon you and learn of Me, for I am gentle (meek) and humble (lowly) in heart, and you will find rest ([relief and ease and refreshment and recreation and blessed quiet) for your souls."


Stops & Steps 1899 24Dec2011

Friday, December 23, 2011

Stops & Steps 1897 23Dec2011

God loves this world

HAPPY HOLIDAYS !!!!!!

We acknowledge to God that His love can reach out to every sinners in this world
and that we rejoice and thank Him for this love.

John 3 : 16a
For God so loved the world. . .

Stops & Steps 1897 22Dec2011

Thursday, December 22, 2011

Stops & Steps 1898 22Dec2011

HE protects us

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!!!!

God shields us from sin and helps us to overcome our problems. We need God for guidance and assurance, for safety and security. We acknowledge to God that we depend on God to get us through the good and bad times of our lives.

Isaiah 32:14
The fortress will be abandoned, the noisy city deserted; citadel and watchtower will become a wasteland forever, the delight of donkeys, a pasture for flocks.

Stops & Steps 1898 22Dec2011

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Stops & Steps 1896 21Dec2011

Show good examples

HAPPY HOLIDAYS !!!!!!

We ask God to teach us to lead more by examples than by word and to show us the way and help us to walk in it.

Isaiah 43:1
But now thus says the Lord, who created you, O Jacob, He who formed you, O Israel: "Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine."

Stops & Steps 1896 21Dec2011

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Stops & Steps 1895 20Dec2011

Understand our own differences

HAPPY HOLIDAYS !!!!!!

We ask God to teach us to understand our differences as He sees them and to show us how to help others to accept the beauty of their differences by loving them as He does.

Revelation 2 : 17
“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, I will give some of the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone with a new name written on it, known only to him who receives it.

Stops & Steps 1895 20Dec2011

Monday, December 19, 2011

Stops & Steps 1894 19Dec2011

Do not judge others

We ask God to teach us not to make judgments of others based on outward appearances. That we must understand their hearts and their directions and goals and when these are aligned with God, to affirm and support their choices.

2 Corinthians 5 : 11 - 12
“What we are is plain to God, and I hope it is also plain to your conscience. We are not trying to commend ourselves to you again, but are giving you an opportunity to take pride in us, so that you can answer those who take pride in what is seen rather than in what is in the heart.”

Stops & Steps 1894 19Dec2011

Sunday, December 18, 2011

Stops & Steps 1893 18Dec2011

Trust and follow HIM

We ask God to help us to hold on to Him and trust Him to lead us safely everyday of our lives to walk in the paths that He has chosen for us.

Psalm 27:11
Teach me your way, O Lord; lead me in a straight path.


Stops & Steps 1893 18Dec2011

Saturday, December 17, 2011

Stops & Steps 1892 17Dec2011

HE is always there

We acknowledge to God that we are assured to know that He will always be there, constant and unchanging, to provide us with hope and help in response to our faith in Him.

Hebrews 13 : 8
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.



Stops & Steps 1892 17Dec2011

Friday, December 16, 2011

Stops & Steps 1891 16Dec2011

Submit to HIM

We ask God to help us to be open and honest with Him, submitting to Him and to help us to trust Him in every detail of our lives.

1 Peter 5:5
Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.


Stops & Steps 1891 16Dec2011

Thursday, December 15, 2011

Stops & Steps 1890 15Dec2011

Wait for HIS answer

We confide to God that we will be patient to wait for His answer to our prayers. We admit to God that we understand that He will answer our requests according to His will and according to His time and not ours.


Colossians 1:28
We proclaim him, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone perfect in Christ.

Stops & Steps 1890 15Dec2011

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Stops & Steps 1889 14Dec2011

Acknowledge Him

We confess to God that we realize that we cannot save ourselves and that we are sorry and thank Him for forgiving us of all our sins, regardless of our status, our colour or our culture.

Galatians 3 : 26 - 28
For in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.


Stops & Steps 1889 14Dec2011

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Stops & Steps 1888 13Dec2011

Be convicted and committed

We ask God to teach us to live a life of conviction and commitment to the things that matter.

Ephesians 4 : 14 - 15
“Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of men in their deceitful scheming. Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into him who is the Head, that is, Christ.”


Stops & Steps 1888 13Dec2011

Monday, December 12, 2011

Stops & Steps 1887 12Dec2011

Be grateful to HIM

We thank God being the giver of all good things. Let us ask God to open our eyes to all His blessings and let our hearts be filled with gratitude.

1 Timothy 2 : 3 - 4
This is good, and pleases God our Savior, who wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth.

Stops & Steps 1887 12Dec2011

Sunday, December 11, 2011

Stops & Steps 1886 11Dec2011

Follow HIS will

We ask God to help and guide us to do things always according to His will and to make decisions that will glorify His name.

Colossians 3 : 15-17
“Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God. And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.”

Stops & Steps 1886 11Dec2011

Saturday, December 10, 2011

Stops & Steps 1885 10Dec2011

Be submissive to HIM

We ask God to teach us not to do things on our own way but to do things according to HIS will.


2 Kings 20:1
In those days Hezekiah became deadly ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came and said to him, "Thus says the Lord: Set your house in order, for you shall die; you shall not recover."


Stops & Steps 1885 10Dec2011

Friday, December 09, 2011

Stops & Steps 1884 09Dec2011

Be self-controlled and alert

We thank God for helping us when we are in difficulties, for forgiving us and helping us to recognize His love. We thank God for warning us of the dangers of shallow living and for bringing us back to HIM when we have gone astray.

1 Peter 5:8
Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.


Stops & Steps 1884 09Dec2011

Thursday, December 08, 2011

Stops & Steps 1883 08Dec2011

We are protected

We thank God for His overflowing love and readiness to answer our calls for help. We ask God to help us to spend more time in prayers and to read His Word.

Jeremiah 17 : 8
He will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit

Stops & Steps 1883 08Dec2011

Wednesday, December 07, 2011

Stops & Steps 1882 07Dec2011

HE is our shelter

We thank God for being our shelter and cover when we are experiencing stormy days and trials.

Psalm 91:4
He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge.


Stops & Steps 1882 07Dec2011

Tuesday, December 06, 2011

Stops & Steps 1881 06Dec2011

HE is responsive

We thank God for listening to us, for caring for us and for helping us.

Psalm 17 : 6
I call upon you, for you will answer me, O God; incline your ear to me; hear my words.

Stops & Steps 1881 06Dec2011

Monday, December 05, 2011

Stops & Steps 1880 05Dec2011

Be faithful

We ask God to help us to be useful servants to bring more people to know of His love

Matthew 25:21
His master replied, "Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master's happiness!"


Stops & Steps 1880 05Dec2011

Sunday, December 04, 2011

Stops & Steps 1879 04Dec2011

The Word is living and active

We thank God for the Word that clearly tells of His great love and grace for sinners.

Hebrews 4 : 12a
For the word of God is living and active. . .


Stops & Steps 1879 04Dec2011

Saturday, December 03, 2011

Stops & Steps 1878 03Dec2011

The Word is flawless

We ask God to help us to teach and train the kids of this world to become useful servants and godly shepherds to win over their peers.

Proverbs 30:5-6
Every word of God is flawless; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him. Do not add to his words, or he will rebuke you and prove you a liar.



Stops & Steps 1878 03Dec2011

Friday, December 02, 2011

Stops & Steps 1877 02Dec2011

Be obedient

We thank God for forgiving us for our disobedience. We ask God to help us to become obedient in thought, word and deed and to be ready to experience the blessings that obedience brings.

1 Samuel 15 : 11
“’I am grieved that I have made Saul king, because he has turned away from me and has not carried out my instructions.’ Samuel was troubled, and he cried out to the Lord all that night.”

Stops & Steps 1877 02Dec2011

Thursday, December 01, 2011

Stops & Steps 1876 01Dec2011

HE knows me


We ask God to
(d) remind us to be sensitive to the situations and needs of others as they are presented to us.
(e) help us and to give us refreshing strengths as we live each day.
(f) remember to call on Him for assurance of His continuing help and support

Job 23:10
He knoweth the way that I take: when He hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.


Stops & Steps 1876 01Dec2011