The LAMB'S A.R.C. (2)

[HesMyAll]

So what is going to happen here now? I think this place was a blessing to many, I know I wasnt here long but can someone please let me know whats going to happen here? God Bless You GABBY

What's going to happen is that we will carry on as usual...that is what Gabby wants. This place will still continue to be a blessing. We will love one another and pray for one another's needs just like we did before Gabby left. She needs some time for herself right now. So please continue to come and post. God bless you sweetie.

 

[birdofthunder]

Exactly put! We'll continue to pray for Gabby as well!

 

[birdofthunder]

*waves* Good morning to everyone who drops by here!

 

[GodsMinnie]

hi to everyone and thanks for answering my questions let me know if you need me ill be here
God Bless You all
Minnie

 

[birdofthunder]

*waves back* I'll be here too, especially next week! Good weekend to you all!!

 

[Angeldove97]

Lord, bless Gabby... I have been so busy in my real life, taking care of my boyfriend and visiting Christian friends, trying to deal with my school stress and everything, I'm sorry I couldn't be there for Gabby more. But I know You'll do amazing things with her life now too... she has good Sisters here to help continue what You started through her, bless our work Father. In Jesus' name, Amen.

~*~
Take this post as my official "Yes I'm going to help out with the Lamb's ARC ministry". Because of my efforts that I'm putting forth for the Prayer Team here at CF, I'd like to try to do more of the Biblical devotional support. Prayer is always amazing, but we need to make sure we're full of love and wisdom from the Bible to really get those prayers working. I hope nobody minds me taking this step for the Lamb's ARC. Let's keep this thread going.

*Deep in her heart, she prays.... Lord bring Gabs back after all of this, a stronger Sister and let her be happy in her life, Amen.*

 

[Angeldove97]

To help prepare ourselves for Passover and Easter, I will be focusing the devotionals on the last week of Jesus' death. I'd ask all of those who visit the Lamb's ARC to review what the Bible teaches about the Passover and how the events of Jesus' death and Resurrection are very similar.

May the Lord bless these words, may they enter into your heart and touch you, may you learn much from them. Amen.

For Us
For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. ~John 3:16, KJV

Thus dear did God hold the world. How dear? That He gave His only-begotten Son for every one in the world who will trust in Him. And how did He give? He gave Him, in His birth as a man, in order to be for ever one with us. He gave Him, in His death on the cross as Surety, in order to take our sin and curse upon Himself. He gave him on the throne of heaven, in order to arrange for our welfare, as our Representative and Intercessor over all the powers of heaven. He gave Him in the outpouring of the Spirit, in order to dwell in us, to be entirely and altogether our own... Yes; that is the love of God, that He gave His Son to us, for us, in us.

Nothing less than His Son Himself. This is the love of God; not that He gives us something, but that He gives us some one--- a living person--- not one or another blessing, but Him in whom is all life and blessing--- Jesus Himself.

~Andrew Murray

Taken from "His Passion: Christ's Journey to the Resurrection", Integrity Publishers, 2004.

 

[Angeldove97]

Tati is on Spring Break until next Sunday (Easter). If any of you would like to get together via AIM, YIM, or MSN and chat about the Lamb's ARC and what we would like to do with this ministry, maybe we could pick a date and meet up... have a little prayer session online, and come up with some ideas.

God bless you all!

Today's devotional...

Daily Manna for your Heart

I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do everything through him who gives me strength. Philippians 4:11-13 NIV

Now the Easter Week Devotional:

Truly Human, Truly God

"See your King comes to you..." ~Matthew 21:5 NIV

The God of all things and of His holy angels was made known beforehand through the prophets... As a result, all the Jewish people hung in expectation of His coming. After Jesus' arrival, however, they fell into a keen dispute with each other. A large number acknowledged Christ and believed Him to be the object of prophecy while other didn't believe in Him.

But both Jesus and His disciples desired that His followers wouldn't believe merely in His Godhead and miracles (as if He hadn't also taken on human nature and assumed the human flesh...), but that they would also see that He had descended into human nature and into the midst of human miseries.

He assumed a human soul and body. From him there egan the union of the divine with the human nature, in order that the human, by communion with the divine, might rise to be divine... Everyone who lives according to Jesus' teaching rises to a friendship with God and communion with Him.

~Origen

Taken from "His Passion: Christ's Journey to the Resurrection", Integrity Publishers, 2004.

 

[birdofthunder]

God bless you, Tati, for doing this!! I'm gonna see if I can add to what you've posted too! (I found something Max Lucado put out that's been a good source for me)

Lord, abba,
Thank You for my sister! I pray for her efforts, and others, to be blessed here. I pray for those that come here as well, for us to be You to them here. I pray for their needs, that they have what they need. I pray for their protection as they follow You.
in Jesus, I pray. Amen

 

[Abigayle's Legacy]

Crystal I got your message please put me in your im you are not in mine or pm me your yahoo id I am so happy for you.
Dear Friends this is the link to my blog and it will explain some of what has been going on.
Thank you to those of you who have stayed in touch it has been a trying time but God is good read my blog and you will understand. My pm is now on I receive notification at home so I can read them.
You are all loved. Thank you for taking care of each other while I was a way...I praise God for all of you.
Read below. and God Bless
G
http://www.christianforums.com/t3248943

 

[soldoutdancer4]

hey i've missed everyone. how ya doin?

 

[birdofthunder]

*waves* Sorry we missed you, soldoutdancer4!

Ok, dearhearts, I got some posts via the link below that you might find helpful for this Easter! (if you go to page 3 or 4, you'll find where the pixs start with their story!)

http://www.nikkivsamanda.proboards1...bible&action=display&thread=1172326453&page=1

 

[whitebeaches]

*waves* Sorry we missed you, soldoutdancer4!

Ok, dearhearts, I got some posts via the link below that you might find helpful for this Easter! (if you go to page 3 or 4, you'll find where the pixs start with their story!)

http://www.nikkivsamanda.proboards1...bible&action=display&thread=1172326453&page=1

Happy Easter Every One!

 

[Angeldove97]

Bless you all who come and visit the Lamb's ARC. All are welcomed, especially during this Passover and Easter season. Today, we remember the Lord being crucified and dieing on the Cross. May we all be blessed who call Him Lord and Savior! Let us join together and pray for one another and for those who are still lost and do not know the Lord.

I pray that these words will speak to our hearts... Lord bless us and keep us during this Easter season. Amen.

First, a small poem by Isaac Watts...

The Wondrous Cross

When I survey the wondrous cross on which the Prince of Glory died, My richest gain I count but loss, And pour contempt on all my pride.

Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast, Save in the death of Christ my God! All the vain things that charm me most, I sacrifice them to His blood.

See from His head, His hands, His feet, Sorrow and love flow mingled down! Did ever such ove and sorrow meet, Or thorns compose so rich a crown?

Now a devotion talking about the truth found in the Crucifixion. Lord, place these words on our hearts and in my minds... may we be blessed with peace, hope, and with renewed faith. Amen.

Crucifixion Means...
By Karen Mains
(From His Passion: Christ's Journey to the Resurrection Integrity Publications, 2004)

I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved and gave Himself for me. ~Galatians 2:20 NIV

Studying the Crucifixion accounts in the gospel has become a way for me to keep vigilance over my soul during times of fearful destruction. Exercising a blind sort of faith, I have chosen to trust that eventually something new and remarkable would be rebuilt by God...

This is my litany of learning:
Crucifixion means being betrayed by people who are trusted, being abandoned by those most counted on and loved.

This was what it was like for you, Lord Christ. Help me, like you, to submit to the meaning of this pain.

Crucifixion means being pinioned to pain that lasts long enough to do the work of God only this kind of suffering is able to do.

This was what it was like for you, Lord Christ. Help me, like you, to submit to the meaning of this pain.

Crucifixion means feeling a silence on the part of God that makes it seem as though He is not present, as though, indeed, He has abandoned us.

This was what it was like for you, Lord Christ. Help me, like you, to submit to the meaning of this pain.

Crucifixion means being stripped of all those things we hold dear and from which we gain our identity, being stripped to the point of nakedness.

This was what it was like for you, Lord Christ. Help me, like you, to submit to the meaning of this pain.

Crucifixion means enduring a period of bruising, beating, and battering, to which we bow with our own silence and acceptance.

This was what it was like for you, Lord Christ. Help me, like you, to submit to the meaning of this pain.

Crucifixion means entering into a profound aloneness; people can stand beside us, but they cannot truly experience our suffering.

This was what it was like for you, Lord Christ. Help me, like you, to submit to the meaning of this pain.

Crucifixion means undergoing a gathering of powers of darkness against us, and in our frailty being unsure of the ultimate outcome.

This was what it was like for you, Lord Christ. Help me, like you, to submit to the meaning of this pain.

Amen... amen.

 

[whitebeaches]

Bless you all who come and visit the Lamb's ARC. All are welcomed, especially during this Passover and Easter season. Today, we remember the Lord being crucified and dieing on the Cross. May we all be blessed who call Him Lord and Savior! Let us join together and pray for one another and for those who are still lost and do not know the Lord.

I pray that these words will speak to our hearts... Lord bless us and keep us during this Easter season. Amen.

First, a small poem by Isaac Watts...

The Wondrous Cross

When I survey the wondrous cross on which the Prince of Glory died, My richest gain I count but loss, And pour contempt on all my pride.

Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast, Save in the death of Christ my God! All the vain things that charm me most, I sacrifice them to His blood.

See from His head, His hands, His feet, Sorrow and love flow mingled down! Did ever such ove and sorrow meet, Or thorns compose so rich a crown?

Now a devotion talking about the truth found in the Crucifixion. Lord, place these words on our hearts and in my minds... may we be blessed with peace, hope, and with renewed faith. Amen.

Crucifixion Means...
By Karen Mains
(From His Passion: Christ's Journey to the Resurrection Integrity Publications, 2004)

I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved and gave Himself for me. ~Galatians 2:20 NIV

Studying the Crucifixion accounts in the gospel has become a way for me to keep vigilance over my soul during times of fearful destruction. Exercising a blind sort of faith, I have chosen to trust that eventually something new and remarkable would be rebuilt by God...

This is my litany of learning:
Crucifixion means being betrayed by people who are trusted, being abandoned by those most counted on and loved.

This was what it was like for you, Lord Christ. Help me, like you, to submit to the meaning of this pain.

Crucifixion means being pinioned to pain that lasts long enough to do the work of God only this kind of suffering is able to do.

This was what it was like for you, Lord Christ. Help me, like you, to submit to the meaning of this pain.

Crucifixion means feeling a silence on the part of God that makes it seem as though He is not present, as though, indeed, He has abandoned us.

This was what it was like for you, Lord Christ. Help me, like you, to submit to the meaning of this pain.

Crucifixion means being stripped of all those things we hold dear and from which we gain our identity, being stripped to the point of nakedness.

This was what it was like for you, Lord Christ. Help me, like you, to submit to the meaning of this pain.

Crucifixion means enduring a period of bruising, beating, and battering, to which we bow with our own silence and acceptance.

This was what it was like for you, Lord Christ. Help me, like you, to submit to the meaning of this pain.

Crucifixion means entering into a profound aloneness; people can stand beside us, but they cannot truly experience our suffering.

This was what it was like for you, Lord Christ. Help me, like you, to submit to the meaning of this pain.

Crucifixion means undergoing a gathering of powers of darkness against us, and in our frailty being unsure of the ultimate outcome.

This was what it was like for you, Lord Christ. Help me, like you, to submit to the meaning of this pain.

Amen... amen.

Right with you on that prayer. It is always good to pray for our friends, loved ones, the lost. Happy Easter

 

[whitebeaches]

Prayer Warriors please lift this up for CoolMOM4
Just got off the phone long distance with my oldest brother...my mom is in the hospital.
Really don't know how bad she is; and they won't let anyone call in or see her he says, because of the privacy act.
I have to go soon.
Please pray for all aspects involved.
1) money
2) time
3) that my children will be okay with their dads while I am gone
4) that she makes it 'til I get there
5) that my brother does the right things...that is a long story...btwn. him and God basically.

She is saved. That is my consolation; we will be reunited in heaven. I have not seen her for 7 years now.
I am very anxious and scared....
Thanks for prayers; also for my two brother's salvation.
Maybe some good can come of all this.

Praying for her, her mom, and her family. how sad. :^(

 

[whitebeaches]

Hi everyone I am sorry that I have been away for a while my life is kind of crazy now and so please pray for me that I will be able to return on wednesday. I am a single mom and my mom is having a hard time right now, so I am trying to help her. I hope you understand, please pray for me, I have not been online in a while but I plan to return soon. I love you all and miss praying in here.
God Bless you all
Minnie

I am praying for you Minnie. I find myself to have lots going on that has kept me away from being online for a long time. May many blessings come your way.

 

[whitebeaches]

Gayle asked me to pass this on to all of you ...she is not talking directly to you she is talking through me because she needs time right now.
She said that if you love someone and really care about them and they make a mark in your life ...you do not forget them or get angry at their decision to take care of themselves. For eight months she has made this place her home ...it has had ups and downs but has given her a life with those she loves dearly so much that her heart is scattered across the US and the world. She feels that though this place got her through the past eight months that she took too much from some, draining them completely and gave so much to others that she is left totally empty. She knows she has a ministry here but she has no connections anymore in the real world. Most of you she said have families, children, husbands...she takes care of a mom who never tended to her needs when she was young and whose needs she now has to tend to. She has a sister who totally drains her because she can only take because she has ADD. She has two or 3 close friends but the relationships have changed due to her beliefs and in desperation she has sought to make all of you her family. Not being able to talk to you and see you kills her inside...she needs real people to hold and connect to. She still wants you in her life...but not a cyber life...because she has replaced real life and connections with those on a computer and she is dying inside.
Does she love you all desperately...YES ...does she miss you all with all her heart..YES...is this healthy for her...she feels right now ...NO. An incident convinced her she has put her needs before those of others and she has to gain footing and the proper focus to find her way back to GOD and what He has in store for her.
So there you have it. Will she be back... when she feels she has renewed her strength and has done the things God needs her to do. But she can't and won't say when because she does not know. She is in the midst of a prayer vigil for a dear friend and wants to concentrate on that. She is starting two ministries on the home front from church and one needs her to clear her mind and study more.
She asked that if you really feel she has touched your life and has done good in it...not of her own accord but of her Heavenly Fathers that you will keep this place alive with love and memories of things you all shared. And you will continue to make it a place of hope and support for others.
She wishes to pass the torch on to some of you to run this place and it is your choice out of caring for her ...and your hearts leading to accept it.
She will not be angry if you do not...it is not an order it is a request...but she believes she knows who has the creativity, and who is here a lot and will not feel it as a burden but as a gift that she has passed on because of what you shared together. God has placed on her heart some of you to hand the torch to. I am one of those people, and I have accepted her offer.And hope many of you will join me.
It will involve running it on a daily basis or as much time you can put into it but there are enough people to share the responsibility with, seeing to the prayer warriors in the Lambs ARC and continuing with posting prayer and a prayer circle if you feel led.
"Everything has a season" God is calling her elsewhere right now and she needs to heal...and grow and she needs your prayers right now.

If your name is on this list and you accept the offer you can post here and pm me. At HesMyAll. I have Gabbys phone number and e-mail address and home address for anyone who wants it.
If you accept the offer to help with the threads you will have account info for The Lambs ARC Corp, it will allow you to host games or events and use the blessings to give out accordingly including continuing with the diet dance.
She said to tell you as of today she lost 9 pounds.

The following people are those she wishes to collectively run this thread and
The Lambs ARC in Christian Clubs and the Love Doctor. Her priority though is to keep the Cafe and ARC alive. If no one accepts this she will understand it was not in HIS perfect plan. She says she loves you all dearly, but what she needs now is to be loved and filled with something she can touch and see... isolation caused her great grief and pain and she almost ruined a precious relationship by being too needy. She appears to give but you give her so much more than you can know.
She hopes you will remember how much she loves you...and keep that picture in your minds eye of the Diva with the twinkle in her eye.

She passes the torch to
HesMyAll-Mary-ARC and Cafe
Porkweez-Sabrina-ARC and Cafe
Seeking1-Deb-ARC,CAFE and LOVE DOCTOR
HisBelovedMelody-Melody-ARC and Cafe
Maritinique-Marti-ARC and Cafe
Highlonesome -Andy-ALL THREE
PorterRoss-Mim-The Love Doctor
AngelDove97- Tati-Lambs ARC only
BirdofThunder-Lambs ARC only
She requests that Mitzi, Barb and Rita stay and help in the Cafe take a job in it and keep the love flowing.
She sends her love to Faith Unni and Sue.
She want you to remember this:
She is weary beyond belief and wants to give at her best. Her goal is to get back to forgiveness....NONE of you have hurt her...but an incident caused her to take stock of herself and how needy she is...she is not angry at ANYONE and has nothing but love and forgiveness in her heart except for herself and that she desperately needs so she can grow and nurture others again in HIS love.

Please make sure to keep this quoted if you comment so everyone sees it.

My wonderful friend Melody recommended this place to me when I first joined CF. I popped in a couple of times when life allowed. Many things have been going on here that have kept me from being online much. I hope this place is always here. I have enjoyed the closeness and the prayers here. I think gayle would want it this way so that when the time is right she may come flooding in through that door way. I wish I had known gayle. She sounds like a wonderful woman who reallycares and needs all our support and prayers. I think it would be an honor to know her in real life. I look forward to the day when we all meet. what a joyous day that will be.
hugs

 

[Angeldove97]

Please pray for my Spiritual Mommy, Miss Bonnie. She has surgery coming up in May to remove some tumors from her tummy area. I'm asking all my Brothers and Sisters to pray for her because she's been such a blessing in my life!!! Thanks!

 

[whitebeaches]

Please pray for my Spiritual Mommy, Miss Bonnie. She has surgery coming up in May to remove some tumors from her tummy area. I'm asking all my Brothers and Sisters to pray for her because she's been such a blessing in my life!!! Thanks!

I am praying for her right now. Please let me know when the surgery is so I can pray on that day too.
hugs