Storytime Tapestry Newsletter

The newsletter devoted to spreading love and cultural awareness around the world.

March 22, 2008

 Today’s Announcement

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Today’s Stories

     ~ The I AM ~

I am the Lord, I change not.

Malachi 3:6a

That which hath been is now; and
that which is to be hath already been;
and God requireth that which is past.

Ecclesiastics 3:15

To enter the promised land, find what pleases God and do that: Deuteronomy 6:18.

Pay attention, listen for God, then follow His instruction and He will protect you and your children: Deuteronomy 12:28.

When you make God the husband you give your devotions to, God can use your example to teach your children: Isaiah 54:5, 13.

For your wife and children to be the blessing you had hoped they would be, return to Zion (Psalm 125:1) and lay your hands on the word of God to get guidance from Him: Psalm 128:1-4.

To overcome indebtedness and then to experience financial freedom, take care of God's business and let Him take care of yours: Matthew 6:33.

For spiritual warfare, sing: 2 Chronicles 20:21.

For healing, share testimonies of how, in your weakness, God became your strength: James 5:16.

Exhausted caretakers, to remove sickness from around you, make sure it is God that you are serving: Exodus 23:25.

If you have problems walking, follow God as He speaks to your heart, that your steps are in alignment with His desires for you. Hebrews 12:13

If you want to experience an End Time Holy Ghost Pentecostal Revival, put God's true apostles in their rightful seats: Acts 8:18.

To live longer, in the place of blessings, honour your father (Isaiah 66:13) and mother (Exodus 20:12): Matthew 23:9.

Except the Lord build the house,
they labour in vain that build it:
except the Lord keep the city,
the watchman waketh but in vain.


Psalm 127:1

- I Will, if You Will –

Joyce C. Lock

If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land.  Therefore let no man glory in men.  For all things are yours.

Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine: And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation.  And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.

And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are become fenced, and are inhabited.  Then the heathen that are left round about you shall know that I the Lord build the ruined places, and plant that that was desolate: I the Lord have spoken it, and I will do it.  Thus saith the Lord God; I will yet for this be enquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them; I will increase them with men like a flock.  As the holy flock, as the flock of Jerusalem in her solemn feasts; so shall the waste cities be filled with flocks of men: and they shall know that I am the Lord.

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And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.  And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.  And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.  And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.  And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new.  And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.

And he said unto me, It is done.  I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end.  I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.  He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. Revelation 21:1-7

The Lord says ...

... do not be aggrieved about your past and about your failures says the Lord.  Take my word today in your hand (the Bible), open it to some place, and read it loudly to yourself.

My word will strike in your situation like lightning.  This word will touch your soul, spirit and body.  It will dash to pieces, your fears and cares, and will be a balm for your soul.  Even in your Bible study of today, have I made ready an answer, and a revelation for you.  Through my word today, your life will take on a new tinge, new colours, new dynamics and new verve.  My word and my spirit will help you up today, so you can move forward, says the Lord.

Received in prayer - Pastor Joh.W.Matutis
http://www.freie-nazarethkirche.de/start.html
Shared with Permission

I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.  For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.

[ See Related Article "I AM" ]

I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches.  I am the root and the offspring of David, who is the bright and morning star.

Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?

When they shall rise from the dead, they are as the angels which are in heaven.

Remember the word which Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, saying, The Lord your God hath given you rest, and hath given you this land.  Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall remain in the land which Moses gave you on this side Jordan; but ye shall pass before your brethren armed, all the mighty men of valour, and help them; Until the Lord have given your brethren rest, as he hath given you, and they also have possessed the land which the Lord your God giveth them: then ye shall return unto the land of your possession, and enjoy it, which Moses the Lord's servant gave you on this side Jordan toward the sunrising.

Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel,
I AM hath sent me unto you.

I am Alpha and Omega,
the beginning and the ending,
saith the Lord, which is, and which was,
and which is to come, the Almighty.

© 2008 by Joyce C. Lock, KJV
http://iam.homewithgod.com/glimpsesofgod/
This article may be used in its entirety, with credits in tact,
for non-profit ministering purposes.

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Poetry Corner

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March's Two Different Faces

Cynthia Groopman

MARCH displays two different faces as you already know,

One day experiencing a heavy rainstorm, and 24 hours later we are bathed in the sunshine's golden glow.

Snow may fall from the sky,

A day later, the fluffy white blanket disappears and waves goodbye.

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The sky may be a beautiful colorful blue,

Then suddenly opaqued by clouds and dampness,

through and through.

March may have a face with a smile of mirthful delight,

Without warning, tornados roar with destruction, fear and fright

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Oh, March why do you show two different faces to us,

Why not be calm and sweet and not angry causing us torment or fuss.

Cynthia Groopman

cynthia.Groopman@verizon.net

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March's Smile

Cynthia Groopman

March has a smile so sweet and bright,

A joy to behold and truly a glorious delight.

March's smile is found in the sunshine's warm golden glow,

Spread by the fragrances of the budding flowers that begin to flourish and to grow.

March's smile can be white, as the last snow fall of the season,,

Or the green shamrock that is the Saint Patrick's Day joy and reason.

March's smile may be weak or strong,

However, the days are lighter and long.

So, may March's smile enchant you for 31 days,

As we bask in its mirth in what we do and say.

Cynthia Groopman

cynthia.Groopman@verizon.net

Copyright ©2008

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