Kick Start! 07-09-2009

Just the kick you need to get rid of the Monday morning blues and sail into your week with Jesus by your side and a smile on your face!

Reflect on this...
Nothing is more dreadful for a sinner nor more wonderful for a Christian than to be alone with God.

I Am Not Afraid
At cool of day, with God I walk
My garden's grateful shade;
I hear His voice among the trees,
And I am not afraid.

He speaks to me in every wind,
He smiles from every star;
He is not deaf to me, nor blind,
Nor absent, nor afar.

His hand that shuts the flowers to sleep,
Each in its dewy fold,
Is strong my feeble life to keep,
And competent to hold.

The powers below and powers above,
Are subject to His care--
I cannot wander from His Love
Who loves me everywhere.

Thus dowered, and guarded thus, with Him
I walk this peaceful shade;
I hear His voice among the trees,
And I am not afraid.
- Caroline Atherton Mason (1823-1890)

How To Be Thankful
Dr. Alexander Whyte of Edinburgh was famous for his pulpit prayers. He always found something to thank God for, even in bad times. One stormy morning a member of his congregation thought to himself, "The preacher will have nothing to thank God on a wretched morning like this." But Whyte began his prayer, "We thank Thee, O God, that it is not always like this."

As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.
Psalm 42:1

If you would like to recieve the weekly Kickstart! by email, please send an email to africa.activated@gmail.com with the word "subscribe" in the subject line, and your name in the body of the email.

Have a great day!