THURSDAY DECEMBER 31, “ANSWERED PRAYER!”; PASTOR CECIL A THOMPSON, DAILY E-VOTIONAL

​PASTOR CECIL · THURSDAY DECEMBER 31, “ANSWERED PRAYER!”; PASTOR CECIL A THOMPSON, DAILY E - VOTIONAL

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BLESSINGS FROM THE HEART

Pastor Cecil A. Thompson

DECEMBER 31, 2020

 

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“ANSWERED PRAYER!”

Isaiah 65:24

“It shall come to pass that before they call, I will answer; and while they are still speaking, I will hear.”

 

God is never late! In fact we are the ones who delay responding to His calls on our behalf. The truth of the matter is that God has already answered our prayers and set things in motion to have His will and way done.

 

The problem is that we are often not aware of what He has done and is doing. Our prayers are many times answered in ways that we have not expected and so we fail to recognize what He is doing.

 

We might, in a manner of speaking, say that our prayers have already been answered ... but we just have to trust in Him and keep our eyes open to discover how He has answered and if He has something for us to do.

 

Spend more time in prayer and meditation on the Word of God. Seek to discover the ways of God and fit our lives into those ways. We can rest assured that we serve a God who knows our tomorrows before they ever arrive. HE ANSWERS PRAYER!

 

Blessings dear hearts. Draw near to God today, trust Him completely and be a blessing!

 

- - - Pastor Cecil

 

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WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 30, “SANCTIFIED GOSSIP!”; PASTOR CECIL A THOMPSON, DAILY E-VOTIONAL

​PASTOR CECIL · WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 30, “SANCTIFIED GOSSIP!”; PASTOR CECIL A THOMPSON, DAILY E - VOTIONAL

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BLESSINGS FROM THE HEART

Pastor Cecil A. Thompson

DECEMBER 30, 2020

 

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“SANCTIFIED GOSSIP!”

Proverbs 18:8

“The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down to the inmost parts.”

 

It was many years ago when I was a pastor of a church with an active prayer chain that I received a call from a woman I did not know. She asked to see me and we arranged a time to meet at a local café where I often met with people for counsel.

 

Since I had never met this woman I was in the dark about what she wanted to discuss. She began our conversation by stating that she was "the other woman." I was still at a loss. Then she asked if our prayer chain had not identified her as the woman who was having an affair with a certain man in our congregation. She had heard rumors that we named her as the guilty party that needed prayer. I assured her that she was not on our prayer chain and that we would never allow such requests.

 

That encounter reminded me that it is possible to indulge in sanctified gossip. It disguises itself as legitimate concern, while having an underlying prurient interest. Anytime we hear a prayer request that is met with "Really?!" get rid of it and pray for the Lord to cleanse our hearts of SANCTIFIED GOSSIP.  

 

Blessings dear hearts. Draw near to God today, trust Him completely and be a blessing!

 

- - - Pastor Cecil

 

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TUESDAY DECEMBER 29, TWO CHOICES!”; PASTOR CECIL A THOMPSON, DAILY E-VOTIONAL

​PASTOR CECIL · TUESDAY DECEMBER 29, TWO CHOICES!”; PASTOR CECIL A THOMPSON, DAILY E - VOTIONAL

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BLESSINGS FROM THE HEART

Pastor Cecil A. Thompson

DECEMBER 29, 2020

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“TWO CHOICES!”

Romans 8:5

“For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.”

 

As a young man I was often faced with a choice: Go to the library and study OR go for a walk in the park with a beautiful girl I had fallen in love with. (I usually chose the walk!)

 

I am always amazed at how simple the things of God are … and yet they are so difficult that it seems impossible to ever attain them. Paul expresses his own frustration with trying to fulfill God’s requirements when he agonizes, “O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death?” (Romans 7:24).  His answer was, and still is, Jesus.

 

What we set our minds to achieve are the things that become the magnet for giving direction to our life. We will find the direction from the Lord when we choose to follow after the Lord.

 

Paul sets before us two ways of behaving: God’s way OR the way of the flesh. When we are honest we know the ways of the flesh lead to death, here and for eternity. God’s way leads to eternal life. I choose God’s way!

 

Blessings dear hearts. Draw near to God today, trust Him completely and be a blessing!

- - - Pastor Cecil

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MONDAY DECEMBER 28, “OBSERVE!”; PASTOR CECIL A THOMPSON, DAILY E-PVOTIONAL

​PASTOR CECIL · MONDAY DECEMBER 28, “OBSERVE!”; PASTOR CECIL A THOMPSON, DAILY E - PVOTIONAL

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BLESSINGS FROM THE HEART

Pastor Cecil A. Thompson

DECEMBER 28, 2020

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“OBSERVE!”

Psalm 119:34

“Teach me, O Lord, the way of Your statutes, and I shall keep it to the end. Give me understanding, and I shall keep Your law; indeed, I shall observe it with my whole heart.”

 

Psalm 119 is the longest chapter in the Bible.  Each section is introduced by a letter of the Hebrew alphabet. I am told that Jewish youth had to memorize the entire chapter -- with 176 verses, that was no easy task. The Psalmist pens this Psalm in the form of a prayer beseeching the Lord to be our teacher.

 

It is interesting to dig a little deeper into the meaning of the word OBSERVE. In the Hebrew it means to keep, guard, keep watch and ward, protect. That gives us a much clearer meaning of what the writer is seeking from the Lord.

 

When I was a boy, or even a grown man in graduate school, I was required to apply myself to gaining knowledge. I fear that I fell short many times, but as I entered each classroom I was exposing myself to the things my instructor would teach me.

 

As we read this Psalm of prayer it is well and good to make it our own prayer. Our part is to listen to the Lord as He teaches and then to keep, guard, keep watch and ward, protect with our whole heart.

 

Blessings dear hearts. Draw near to God today, trust Him completely and be a blessing!

- - - Pastor Cecil

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MESSAGE OF THE WEEK, SUNDAY, December 27, GOD KNOWS!”; PASTOR CECIL A THOMPSON

​PASTOR CECIL · MESSAGE OF THE WEEK, SUNDAY, December 27, GOD KNOWS!”; PASTOR CECIL A THOMPSON

 MESSAGE OF THE WEEK, SUNDAY, December 27, GOD KNOWS!”;  PASTOR CECIL A THOMPSON

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BLESSINGS FROM THE HEART

Pastor Cecil A. Thompson

December 27, 2020

 

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This is Pastor Cecil A. Thompson and this is the One Year Bible Reading and message for December 27^th

 

  Zechariah 10:1-11:17

Revelation 18:1-24

Psalm 146:1-10

Proverbs 30:33 

 

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“GOD KNOWS!”

Psalm 139:1-2

“O Lord, You have searched me and known me. You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off.”

 

Prayer

 

Blessings dear hearts!  Walk with God today and be a blessing! 

- - - Pastor Cecil  

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MESSAGE OF THE WEEK, SATURDAY, December 26, MAKE IT KNOWN!”; PASTOR CECIL A THOMPSON

​PASTOR CECIL · MESSAGE OF THE WEEK, SATURDAY, December 26, MAKE IT KNOWN!”; PASTOR CECIL A THOMPSON

MESSAGE OF THE WEEK, SATURDAY, December 26, MAKE IT KNOWN!”;  PASTOR CECIL A THOMPSON

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BLESSINGS FROM THE HEART

Pastor Cecil A. Thompson

December 26, 2020

 

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This is Pastor Cecil A. Thompson and this is the One Year Bible Reading and message for December 26^th

 

  Zechariah 9:1-17

Revelation 17:1-18

Psalm 145:1-21

Proverbs 30:32 

 

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“MAKE IT KNOWN!”

Luke 2:16-19

“And they came with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the Babe lying in a manger. Now when they had seen Him, they made widely known the saying which was told them concerning this Child. And all those who heard it marveled at those things which were told them by the shepherds. But Mary kept all these things and pondered them in her heart.”

 

Prayer

 

Blessings dear hearts!  Walk with God today and be a blessing! 

- - - Pastor Cecil  

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MERRY MERRY CHRISTMAS, HYMN OF THE WEEK, FRIDAY, December 25, “JOY TO THE WORLD!”; PASTOR CECIL A THOMPSON

​PASTOR CECIL · MERRY CHRISTMAS, HYMN OF THE WEEK, FRIDAY, December 25, “JOY TO THE WORLD!”; PASTOR CECIL A THOMPSON

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BLESSINGS FROM THE HEART

Pastor Cecil A. Thompson

NOVEMBER 27, 2020 

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“JOY TO THE WORLD!”

Psalm 98:4

“Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the earth; break forth in song, rejoice, and sing praises.”

 

Throughout scripture we are called upon to make a joyful noise before the Lord. In Psalm 98, all of creation is called upon to make a joyful noise before God. All around us we see the hand of a loving God who cared enough about us to send His own dear Son into the world to provide us with salvation.

 

This beautiful hymn was written by Isaac Watts. As we read and listen to the words of this moving Christmas hymn, we need to stop and ask ourselves if we are making a joyful noise before the Lord or just noise.   

 

 “JOY TO THE WORLD!”

Joy to the world, the Lord is come!
Let earth receive her King;
Let every heart prepare Him room,
And Heaven and nature sing,
And Heaven and nature sing,
And Heaven, and Heaven, and nature sing.

Joy to the world, the Savior reigns!

Let men their songs employ;

While fields and floods, rocks, and plains

Repeat the sounding joy,

Repeat the sounding joy,

Repeat, repeat, the sounding joy.

 

No more let sins and sorrows grow,

Nor thorns infest the ground;

Far as the curse is found,

Far as the curse is found

Far as, far as, the curse is found

 

He rules the world with truth and grace,

And makes the nations prove

The glories of His righteousness,

And wonders of His love,

And wonders of His love,

And wonders, wonders, of His love.

 

Enjoy this week’s free inspirational video, “Joy To the World” from GloryScapes.com by going to: http://www.gloryscapes.com/joytotheworld/

 

Blessings dear hearts. Draw near to God today, trust Him completely and be a blessing!

- - - Pastor Cecil

 

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THURSDAY CHRISTMAS EVE, DECEMBER 24, BY SPECIAL REQUEST, “THE SANDS OF ETERNITY!”; PASTOR CECIL A THOMPSON

​PASTOR CECIL · THURSDAY CHRISTMAS EVE, DECEMBER 24, “THE SANDS OF ETERNITY!”; PASTOR CECIL A THOMPSON

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BLESSINGS FROM THE HEART

Pastor Cecil A. Thompson

DECEMBER 24th, 2020

 

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“THE SANDS OF ETERNITY!”

Ecclesiastes 3:11

“He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also He has put eternity in their hearts, except that no one can find out the work that God does from beginning to end.”

 

Years ago I heard a minister tell of an incident in a hospital elevator where he had just come from visiting a very ill patient. A young man overheard him speak about eternity and, perhaps wanting to mock his view, asked the minister where eternity was. The minister told the boy to place his hand on his chest to feel the beat of his heart. Young man, eternity is one heartbeat away! That may answer where eternity is or at least how close we are to it, but just how long is eternity?

 

Our daughter was in the hospital near death. One afternoon as the two of us spoke quietly, she said she felt she was cheated out of half of her life. She went on to say that grandpa was 74 when he died and here she was just 35.

 

That evening as I drove into the garage I noticed that the car had been bringing in sand. I took out a sheet of typing paper and swept up some of the sand. I then sat at the kitchen table and counted out 74 grains. Some were larger than others, but all of them were quite small. I placed the 74 grains of sand in a tiny sample perfume bottle.

 

The next day as I entered her room I placed the bottle on her bed. When she asked what it was I told her it was grandpa. I asked her to imagine the earth being nothing but a ball of fine sand. Each grain represented one year of eternity. The 74 grains in the bottle represented grandpa’s life. Compared to the entire globe of sand it was nothing. Whether a person’s life lasted long or short - - compared to eternity it was nothing.

 

It is what we do with the years we are given that matters. We can choose to confess our sins and accept Jesus Christ as our personal Savior or we can continue our own willful way and suffer the dreadful consequences prepared for the lost.

 

I pray that the video that accompanies today’s Daily-E-Votional will assist you in making the right choice. Please feel free to share it with others while there is still time.  

   

To view the video The Sands of Eternity, go to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LM4xZmygeBI 

 

Blessings dear hearts. Draw near to God today, trust Him completely and be a blessing!

- - - Pastor Cecil

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WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 23, “ONLY ONE LIFE!”; PASTOR CECIL A THOMPSON, DAILY E-VOTIONAL

​PASTOR CECIL · WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 23, “ONLY ONE LIFE!”; PASTOR CECIL A THOMPSON, DAILY E - VOTIONAL

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BLESSINGS FROM THE HEART

Pastor Cecil A. Thompson

December 23, 2020

 

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“ONLY ONE LIFE!” 

Isaiah 55:6

“Seek the Lord while He may be found, call upon Him while He is near.”

 

Many people think the phrase "Only one life, ‘twill soon be past; only what’s done for Christ will last" is in the Bible. It is not. It was part of a poem by missionary C.T. Studd who served the Lord in China, India, and Africa. He not only left us this poem, but his work for Christ will last throughout eternity.

 

The reality is that our life flies past at such a pace that we always need to be alert to the opportunities the Lord gives us to reach the lost world. It is tragic that so many people spend their time, talent, and energy on things that will pass away. These temporal things may seem so important at the time, but are they done for HIM?

 

We cannot make decisions for others, but we can live our lives in such a manner that our decisions will have a positive impact on others. We do that by constantly keeping the prayer line open with God. We must always seek His will.

 

I want to leave today’s message with a favorite verse that applies to this subject. It is Psalm 19:14: “Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer.” I pray that this will become your guide in the days the Lord gives you.

 

Blessings dear hearts.  May God richly bless you as you bless others by your words and actions!  

- - - Pastor Cecil  

 

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TUESDAY DECEMBER 22, KELLY’S!”; PASTOR CECIL A THOMPSON, DAILY E-VOTIONAL

​PASTOR CECIL · TUESDAY DECEMBER 22, KELLY’S!”; PASTOR CECIL A THOMPSON, DAILY E - VOTIONAL

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BLESSINGS FROM THE HEART

Pastor Cecil A. Thompson

December 22, 2020

 

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“KELLY’S!” 

Hebrews 13:8

“Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.”

 

Back when I was eight or nine my parents owned a café in Camas, Washington, called Kelly’s. I have many fond memories of spending time in and around that place. Sometimes I would help the dish washer, but in reality was more hindrance than help.

 

Years after we had moved away from Camas I always wanted to drive by and see if Kelly’s was still open. I had told my wife Joyce about it enough times that she was no doubt tired of hearing my stories. A day came when I took a trip down memory lane with Joyce.We were able to find my family's old house and the old church where I had given my heart to the Lord, but my heart saddened when we saw the building where Kelly’s had once been. It was now an insurance agency. Rats!

 

There were other instances where we tried to find some favored spot only to discover the use had changed and it was entirely different from the way we remembered. It is disappointing to have the buildings of our past change, but it is heart breaking to discover that some people have changed for the worse.

 

In today’s Scripture we are urged stay the course and walk in such a way that our life will be an example to others. Jesus is always the same and that is the rock upon which we are to build our life.

Blessings dear hearts.  May God richly bless you as you bless others by your words and actions!  

- - - Pastor Cecil  

 

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