Sunday Reflection 18.8.13

* Blessings on your Sunday Reflections
May they carry and challenge you through your week...
Go in JoY to Know, Love and Serve God ! *  #LiveWonderstruck 
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Invitation to Photography: Landscape and Formation

Welcome to Christine Valters Paintner' s  Abbey Photo Party!

She selects a theme and invites us to respond with images.

"I have been pondering a great deal lately the ways the landscapes I have lived in shape my soul (this week's love note from me will develop this theme).  My invitation to you is to ponder this for yourself: What is the impact of my physical landscape on my spiritual one?  How might I express this through a photo or image?

You can share images you already have which illuminate the theme, but I encourage you also to go for a walk with the theme in mind and see what you discover.

You are also welcome to post photos of any other art you create inspired by the theme.  See what stirs your imagination!"

How to participate:

1. Go to the Flickr Group created. You need a free Flickr account first (go to the Flickr home page and click "Sign up now.")  When you go to the link it will ask you to join the group first before posting.  Share up to five of your images in response to the theme.

2. Leave a comment below Christine's blog post to let her know you have joined the party and what your Flickr profile name is (you must include this to be entered into the prize drawing).

3. Please post the invitation on your own blog or Facebook page, tweet and encourage others to come join the party!

On Friday, April 26th – Christine will draw a name at random from those who participate and the winner will receive a space in her upcoming online class:
Eyes of the Heart: Photography as a Contemplative Practice (April 28-June 15, 2013).

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New Week's Worship with Graham Cooke 5/6

Graham Cooke offers some 

JOY Filled Living which = JOY Filled Worship  

in this Fuel Radio interview on

The ART of THINKING BRILLIANTLY !

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"pray the prayer that Jesus is praying"... 

"pray into the intention that God has for you".. 

The Art of Thinking Brilliantly... 

"if all your thinking has brought you to a place you don't like.. 

have another thought"... 

"persist in joy"...

 in Christ Jesus I am a brand new person and the old nature is dead... 

"more than conquerors"... 

"no possibility for doubt or losing"... 

"what is true vs. what is truth"... 

"calling people up to their new identity 

vs. 

pointing out their old nature faults"... 

Christ is in me... 

"intimacy with God is intimidating to the enemy"... 

"encounters and ongoing experiences"... 

"learn to walk in the favour of God" 

~Graham Cooke

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"You cannot escape from God's presence. 

He sees equally well in the dark or the light...
no one can hide! 
His hand can lead you equally well in light or darkness. 
It will hold you ALWAYS!"

~ Graham Cooke

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ThoughtFilled Thursday 5/3 ~

I'm sharing thoughtfulness today

from Ann Voskamp,

author of 

One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are

Free downloadable Reader's Guide provided here by Ann ~

and her new release

Selections from One Thousand Gifts: Finding Joy in What Really Matters

plus her blog

My own spirit resonates once more

with the reminders of Truth 

Psalm 43:3

Amplified Bible (AMP)

^"O send out Your Light and Your Truth, 

let them lead me; 

let them bring me to Your holy hill and to Your dwelling."

to Your Presence, lead us O God...

~ How to Be a Star ~

from Ann's post 

"When You Feel Like Everyone is Bigger Better Smarter... 

{or 'How to Be a Star'}

In a world of reaching, how do you rest? In a culture of numbers how do you kneel? In a world of ladders how do you go lower?

Who wants the love of a Messiah more than the lauding of men?

When the world strives — the wise still. It’s the only way to feel God’s embrace.

The whole world could compete to be heard and esteemed
and known and get ahead. 

She didn’t have to. 

She could breathe deep and feel all of  her

filling with this calm sea of peace.

You can give up the need to compete in the world —
when you accept being complete in Christ.

Sometimes the way to win is to never enter the race.

There’s no need to keep up with the Jonses’
when you are keeping company with Jesus.

...in hiddeness, we are held.

She needn’t be heard…. because she was known.

She could see it all above her — How the stars are always small…

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