Post by Deleted on Nov 21, 2005 10:18:09 GMT
THE HITCH HIKER
Late one evening a missionary asked the LORD to help him stay awake as he drove through the night to speak at a meeting.
Just then he saw a hitch-hiker walking in the rain and picked him up. As they talked he discovered that the stranger was a fellow believer and they had much in common and even had many of the same friends. They laughed, shared stories, and before they knew it, dawn was breaking and the hitch hiker was saying “Here’s where I get out”
Before they parted they had cup of coffee together at roadside cafe and promised to pray for each other.
By now the rain had stopped and it was daybreak. A few minutes down the road the missionary suddenly realised that he had not got the man’s phone number so he returned to the cafe hoping to catch him.
There was no sign of him. When he asked the waitress which way he had gone, she looked puzzled and said “Who?” You came in here alone! I wondered why you ordered 2 cups of coffee?” The missionary glanced at the table where they had sat and sure enough the hitch hiker’s cup was still full to the brim and cold. Then suddenly he remembered that when he’ picked him up at night in the pouring rain he wasn’t even wet! Sometimes you see them generally you don’t, but just when you need them most “...He orders His angels to protect you where ever you go. (Psalm 91 verse 11.)
WHAT MORE DO WE NEED?
Check the Record
Anybody whoever beats the odds, did it in spite of their fear!.
They did it because
They were desperate and felt that they had no choice”
They were inspired by someone else’s example.
They were angry at injustice
They were moved by a need
They said to themselves “If not me, who? If not now, when?
They did not think much about it al all or they might have changed their mind.
What are you waiting for?
A feeling of courage? Forget it, it doesn’t exist. You are only courageous when you do what’s right - despite your fear! Now since every one of us feels fear, that means every one of us is capable of acting courageously.
It’s a choice!
Any time you go where you have never been, or try something you have never done before, fear will be present. It will always stand between you and anything worth doing. But the good news is that each time you conquer it, you feel a surge of self-respect and gain a new level of confidence you never had before. Whatever you are facing today, or throughout this
week, listen to these words
“Be strong and courageous. Do not be discouraged or afraid .because of the size of the enemy (the problem) for there is a greater power with us than with them ”(2nd Chronicles 32 verse 7 NIV paraphrased Old Testament) and in Psalm 118 verse 6 we may read “The LORD is with me; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?” What more do we need?
BEYOND WORDS
(Sing to the tune of “O God our hope in ages past”.)
O God our words cannot express
the pain we feel this day
Enraged, uncertain, we confess
Our need to bow and pray
We grieve for all who lost their lives
and for each injured one
we pray for children husbands, wives
whose grief has just begun
O LORD we’re called to offer prayer
For all our leaders too
May they amidst such great despair,
be wise in all they do
We trust your mercy and your grace
In you we will not fear!
May peace and justice now embrace!”
Be with your people here!
Written by Rev Caroline W Gillette
Co-pastor of a Presbyterian church in New Jersey after the Sept 11th terrorist attack. Applicable to every other similar incident and to those suffering from human caused hunger and violence anywhere on
Late one evening a missionary asked the LORD to help him stay awake as he drove through the night to speak at a meeting.
Just then he saw a hitch-hiker walking in the rain and picked him up. As they talked he discovered that the stranger was a fellow believer and they had much in common and even had many of the same friends. They laughed, shared stories, and before they knew it, dawn was breaking and the hitch hiker was saying “Here’s where I get out”
Before they parted they had cup of coffee together at roadside cafe and promised to pray for each other.
By now the rain had stopped and it was daybreak. A few minutes down the road the missionary suddenly realised that he had not got the man’s phone number so he returned to the cafe hoping to catch him.
There was no sign of him. When he asked the waitress which way he had gone, she looked puzzled and said “Who?” You came in here alone! I wondered why you ordered 2 cups of coffee?” The missionary glanced at the table where they had sat and sure enough the hitch hiker’s cup was still full to the brim and cold. Then suddenly he remembered that when he’ picked him up at night in the pouring rain he wasn’t even wet! Sometimes you see them generally you don’t, but just when you need them most “...He orders His angels to protect you where ever you go. (Psalm 91 verse 11.)
WHAT MORE DO WE NEED?
Check the Record
Anybody whoever beats the odds, did it in spite of their fear!.
They did it because
They were desperate and felt that they had no choice”
They were inspired by someone else’s example.
They were angry at injustice
They were moved by a need
They said to themselves “If not me, who? If not now, when?
They did not think much about it al all or they might have changed their mind.
What are you waiting for?
A feeling of courage? Forget it, it doesn’t exist. You are only courageous when you do what’s right - despite your fear! Now since every one of us feels fear, that means every one of us is capable of acting courageously.
It’s a choice!
Any time you go where you have never been, or try something you have never done before, fear will be present. It will always stand between you and anything worth doing. But the good news is that each time you conquer it, you feel a surge of self-respect and gain a new level of confidence you never had before. Whatever you are facing today, or throughout this
week, listen to these words
“Be strong and courageous. Do not be discouraged or afraid .because of the size of the enemy (the problem) for there is a greater power with us than with them ”(2nd Chronicles 32 verse 7 NIV paraphrased Old Testament) and in Psalm 118 verse 6 we may read “The LORD is with me; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?” What more do we need?
BEYOND WORDS
(Sing to the tune of “O God our hope in ages past”.)
O God our words cannot express
the pain we feel this day
Enraged, uncertain, we confess
Our need to bow and pray
We grieve for all who lost their lives
and for each injured one
we pray for children husbands, wives
whose grief has just begun
O LORD we’re called to offer prayer
For all our leaders too
May they amidst such great despair,
be wise in all they do
We trust your mercy and your grace
In you we will not fear!
May peace and justice now embrace!”
Be with your people here!
Written by Rev Caroline W Gillette
Co-pastor of a Presbyterian church in New Jersey after the Sept 11th terrorist attack. Applicable to every other similar incident and to those suffering from human caused hunger and violence anywhere on