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20 Rules of Wisdom<\/p>\n

\u00a9 1996\/2016 CWP
\nAuthor: Pat Aman 12-3-2005<\/p>\n

(Proverbs 17:22)
\n“A Merry Heart Does Good, Like Medicine, But A Broken Spirit Dries The Bones.”<\/p>\n

1. God wants spiritual fruit, not religious nuts.<\/p>\n

2. Dear God, I have a problem, it’s me.<\/p>\n

3. Growing old is inevitable, growing UP is optional.<\/p>\n

4. There is no key to happiness. The door is always open.<\/p>\n

5. Silence is often misinterpreted, but never misquoted.<\/p>\n

6. Do the math….count your blessings.<\/p>\n

7. Faith is the ability to not panic.<\/p>\n

8. Laugh every day, it’s like inner jogging.<\/p>\n

9. If you worry, don’t pray. If you pray…don’t worry.<\/p>\n

10. As a child of God, prayer is kind of like calling home everyday.<\/p>\n

11. Blessed are the flexible for they shall not be bent out of shape.<\/p>\n

12. THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS IN YOUR HOME ARE THE PEOPLE.<\/p>\n

13. When we get tangled up in our problems, be still; God wants us to be still so He can untangle the knot.<\/p>\n

14. A grudge is! a heavy thing to carry.<\/p>\n

15. He who dies with the most toys is still dead.<\/p>\n

16. We do not remember days, but moments. Life is moving too fast – so enjoy your precious moments.<\/p>\n

17. Nothing is real to you until you experience it, otherwise it’s just hearsay.<\/p>\n

18. It’s all right to sit on your pity pot every now and again. Just be sure to flush when you are done.<\/p>\n

19. Surviving and living your life successfully requires courage. The goals and dreams you’re seeking require courage and risk taking. Learn from the turtle, it only makes progress when it sticks out its neck. “We are continually faced with great opportunities disguised as unsolvable problems.”<\/p>\n

20. Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.<\/p>\n

Blessings, Love and Prayers,
\nPastor Pat Aman
\nAlso, please know that:
\nI thank my God every time I remember you. In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with Joy.
\nPhilippians 1: 3-4
\nI end each message with “My Blessings, Love & Prayers,” I truly mean that, and I pray for each of you every morning and evening.
\n(Nehemiah 8:10)
\n“The Joy Of The Lord, Is Your Strength.”
\n(Proverbs 17:22)
\n“A Merry Heart Does Good, Like Medicine, But A Broken Spirit Dries The Bones.”
\nDevotion Written By: Pastor Pat Aman Book \u00a9 1996\/2016 \u201cCoffee With Pat Daily Devotionals\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cIs God Listening?\u201d
\nAuthor: Pat Aman
\nMarch 30, 2011 \u2013 3:04 am<\/p>\n

\u201cIs God Listening?\u201d<\/p>\n

Prayer is the means by which we take our perplexities to the Father. But do you get the feeling that some people have God\u2019s listening ear better than you do? I love the letter the little boy wrote to God in which he admitted he knew God heard prayers, but he wanted to know when God would be listening especially hard to prayers. In other words he was asking God is there a certain day that you handle prayer for different situations?<\/p>\n

I think one of the problems we encounter in praying is that we are inclined to dictate to God what our preferences are. If we have already made up our minds, we may not hear Him when He speak!<\/p>\n

As Mark 4: 23 -24 says, \u201cIf any man have ears to hear, let him hear\u2026Take heed what ye hear.\u201d
\n\u201cListen to what you hear,\u201d He is saying, \u201cYou think there is a shortage of my messages, my answers to your prayers? Unplug your ears!\u201dPerhaps our biggest problem is not that we haven\u2019t and don\u2019t hear; if we will be honest we might have to confess that we aren\u2019t always ready to listen! We may have heard but we just do not want to obey. The think God may have made a mistake. In other words we are saying, \u201cGod are you sure?\u201d<\/p>\n

Catherine Marshall in her classic Adventures in Prayer speaks of \u201cThe Prayer of Relinquishment.\u201d She say, \u201d A demanding spirit, with self-will as its rudder, blocks prayer\u2026.Jesus\u2019 prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane, I come to see, is the pattern for us. Christ could have avoided the cross\u2026. Christ used His free will to turn the decision over to His Father. He said, \u201cDear Father\u2026all things are possible to you. Let me not have to drink this cup! Yet it is not what I want but what you want.\u2019 She emphasizes that there is no resignation in Prayer of Relinquishment. This kind of praying doesn\u2019t slam the door on hope. It\u2019s called \u201cthe pliability of an obedient heart.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sometimes you as I also maybe faced with the problem, Lord, I just do not know how to pray about this problem.<\/p>\n

Praise God, that is not a problem to God. Thanks to the Holy Spirit everybody is equal before God in prayer. The Holy Spirit helps us in our weaknesses, in our improper understanding, and conveys from our hearts to God\u2019s heart what is really there, that which is impossible for us to put into words anyway!\u201d<\/p>\n

Friends, God knows our needs before we ever bring them to Him. He is just waiting for us to see if we are ready to turn our life situations over to Him completely.
\nIn other words, \u201cLord, here I am, I am yours, and I am willing to follow your ways for my life.<\/p>\n

Sending to You and Your Family,
\nBlessings, Love and Prayers,
\nPastor Pat Aman
\nDevotion Written March 30, 2011- By: Pastor Pat Aman Book \u00a9 1996\/2017 Coffee With Pat Daily Devotionals\u201d
\nStudy Notes: The New King James Bible<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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