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Take a break or you will break
learn the difference between setting a high standard for yourself and setting unrealistic or impossible ones.
Come apart and rest else you’ll come apart in distress
Do not allow what you have not been able to do to undo you
Don’t allow overachievers to lurch you into an overdrive
Learn to delegate without feeling guilty
‘take time for the people who matter, otherwise you'll lose them. Busyness is a destroyer of relationships’ All the success in the world won't compensate for the joy and treasure of your family and your loved ones!

"Get some rest." Mark 6:31 NIV

Know that all things are possible,
When you take God at His Word.
He’ll help you scale the hurdle,
As you believe what you have heard.

All barriers are penetrable,
When you hear and obey.
The Most High will turn the tables,
To show that He is the way.

All things are conquerable,
When you speak what you believe.
You will do the formidable;
Mammoth breakthroughs you’ll receive.

Representing God the Father, he provides just like the father of the prodigal son

He provides shelter, food, comfort, education, godly character for emulation such as integrity, commitment, hard work.

He is the intercessor for his children and wife, leaving an inheritance for them and even their children’s children.

He has a vision and makes known the vision to his family, reminding them of where they are going.
He hears from God regularly and communicates the same to the family.

He is the priest of the home who leads in worship, prayer and bible study.

He disciplines the children when they err realizing that if he spares the rod he will spoil the child and that foolishness is often bound up in the heart of a child and that if he trains up the child in the way he should go when he is old he will not depart from it.

He is also the protector of the family- protecting it from intruders such as the devil, parents, friends, relations.

He knows he is a custodian and steward who will give an account one day to God about the children entrusted in his care.

He is a teacher of the word, skillfully handling the word of truth, expounding it faithfully, using it for correction, instruction in righteousness, doctrine reproof so that his children will be thoroughly equipped, not lacking anything good.

He encourages members of the family in times of crisis, reminding them of God’s goodness in times past and inspiring them to stand in faith to see His salvation.

Lord, help me to me a good father, being the priest in my house, training my children in the way they should go, disciplining them, interceding for them, leaving an inheritance for them and their children, reflecting You, in Jesus’ name.

[size=18]F[/size] aithful provider, leader

[size=18]A [/size]ccepts responsibility of training

[size=18]T [/size]eacher, priest, protector, Pastor

[size=18]H [/size] umble, an example, role model, mentor

[size=18]E [/size] ncourager intercessor, counselor
[size=18]
R [/size]eflector, imitator of the Father

Happy Father's Day

[quote]
The Parable of the Lost Son

11Jesus continued: "There was a man who had two sons. 12The younger one said to his father, 'Father, give me my share of the estate.' So he divided his property between them.
13"Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there squandered his wealth in wild living. 14After he had spent everything, there was a severe famine in that whole country, and he began to be in need. 15So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs. 16He longed to fill his stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.
17"When he came to his senses, he said, 'How many of my father's hired men have food to spare, and here I am starving to death! 18I will set out and go back to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. 19I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your hired men.' 20So he got up and went to his father.
"But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him.
21"The son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.[b]'
22"But the father said to his servants, 'Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. 23Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let's have a feast and celebrate. 24For this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.' So they began to celebrate.
25"Meanwhile, the older son was in the field. When he came near the house, he heard music and dancing. 26So he called one of the servants and asked him what was going on. 27'Your brother has come,' he replied, 'and your father has killed the fattened calf because he has him back safe and sound.'
28"The older brother became angry and refused to go in. So his father went out and pleaded with him. 29But he answered his father, 'Look! All these years I've been slaving for you and never disobeyed your orders. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends. 30But when this son of yours who has squandered your property with prostitutes comes home, you kill the fattened calf for him!'
31" 'My son,' the father said, 'you are always with me, and everything I have is yours. 32But we had to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.' "
[/quote]

Medication for Meditation

[quote]

Medication for meditation

[b][size=12]On leaving an inheritance[/size][/b]

22[size=12] A good man leaves an inheritance for his children's children,
but a sinner's wealth is stored up for the righteous.[/size] Prov.13:22

[size=12]On teaching[/size]
[size=12]The living, the living—they praise you,
as I am doing today;
fathers tell their children
about your faithfulness.[/size]

4[size=12] Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. [/size][a] 5[size=12] Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. [/size]6[size=12] These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. [/size]7[size=12] Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.Deut6:4-7[/size]

[size=12]Isa38:19[/size]
2[size=12]I praise you for remembering me in everything and for holding to the teachings,[/size][size=12] just as I passed them on to you.1Cor11:2[/size]

On training
6[size=12] Train [/size][size=12] a child in the way he should go,
and when he is old he will not turn from it.. Prov. 22:6[/size]

[size=12]On Discipline[/size]
5[size=12]And you have forgotten that word of encouragement that addresses you as sons:
"My son, do not make light of the Lord's discipline,
and do not lose heart when he rebukes you,
[/size]6[size=12]because the Lord disciplines those he loves,
and he punishes everyone he accepts as a son."[/size]
7[size=12]Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father? [/size]8[size=12]If you are not disciplined (and everyone undergoes discipline), then you are illegitimate children and not true sons. [/size]9[size=12]Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us and we respected them for it. How much more should we submit to the Father of our spirits and live! [/size]10[size=12]Our fathers disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, that we may share in his holiness. [/size]11[size=12]No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.[/size]
[size=12]Heb12:6-11[/size]

[size=12]on Work[/size]
10[size=12]For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: "If a man will not work, he shall not eat."[/size]

[size=12]2Thes 3:10[/size]

[size=18]on service[/size]

15[size=12] But if serving the LORD seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your forefathers served beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD."Jos24:15[/size]

[/quote]

Representing God the Father, he provides just like the father of the prodigal son

He provides shelter, food, comfort, education, godly character for emulation such as integrity, commitment, hard work.

He is the intercessor for his children and wife, leaving an inheritance for them and even their children’s children.

He has a vision and makes known the vision to his family, reminding them of where they are going.
He hears from God regularly and communicates the same to the family.

He is the priest of the home who leads in worship, prayer and bible study.

He disciplines the children when they err realizing that if he spares the rod he will spoil the child and that foolishness is often bound up in the heart of a child and that if he trains up the child in the way he should go when he is old he will not depart from it.

He is also the protector of the family- protecting it from intruders such as the devil, parents, friends, relations.

He knows he is a custodian and steward who will give an account one day to God about the children entrusted in his care.

He is a teacher of the word, skillfully handling the word of truth, expounding it faithfully, using it for correction, instruction in righteousness, doctrine reproof so that his children will be thoroughly equipped, not lacking anything good.

He encourages members of the family in times of crisis, reminding them of God’s goodness in times past and inspiring them to stand in faith to see His salvation.

Lord, help me to me a good father, being the priest in my house, training my children in the way they should go, disciplining them, interceding for them, leaving an inheritance for them and their children, reflecting You, in Jesus’ name.

[size=18]F[/size] aithful provider, leader

[size=18]A [/size]ccepts responsibility of training

[size=18]T [/size]eacher, priest, protector, Pastor

[size=18]H [/size] umble, an example, role model, mentor

[size=18]E [/size] ncourager intercessor, counselor
[size=18]
R [/size]eflector, imitator of the Father

Happy Father's Day

[quote]
The Parable of the Lost Son

11Jesus continued: "There was a man who had two sons. 12The younger one said to his father, 'Father, give me my share of the estate.' So he divided his property between them.
13"Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there squandered his wealth in wild living. 14After he had spent everything, there was a severe famine in that whole country, and he began to be in need. 15So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs. 16He longed to fill his stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.
17"When he came to his senses, he said, 'How many of my father's hired men have food to spare, and here I am starving to death! 18I will set out and go back to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. 19I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your hired men.' 20So he got up and went to his father.
"But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him.
21"The son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.[b]'
22"But the father said to his servants, 'Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. 23Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let's have a feast and celebrate. 24For this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.' So they began to celebrate.
25"Meanwhile, the older son was in the field. When he came near the house, he heard music and dancing. 26So he called one of the servants and asked him what was going on. 27'Your brother has come,' he replied, 'and your father has killed the fattened calf because he has him back safe and sound.'
28"The older brother became angry and refused to go in. So his father went out and pleaded with him. 29But he answered his father, 'Look! All these years I've been slaving for you and never disobeyed your orders. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends. 30But when this son of yours who has squandered your property with prostitutes comes home, you kill the fattened calf for him!'
31" 'My son,' the father said, 'you are always with me, and everything I have is yours. 32But we had to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.' "
[/quote]

Medication for Meditation

[quote]

Medication for meditation

[b][size=12]On leaving an inheritance[/size][/b]

22[size=12] A good man leaves an inheritance for his children's children,
but a sinner's wealth is stored up for the righteous.[/size] Prov.13:22

[size=12]On teaching[/size]
[size=12]The living, the living—they praise you,
as I am doing today;
fathers tell their children
about your faithfulness.[/size]

4[size=12] Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. [/size][a] 5[size=12] Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. [/size]6[size=12] These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. [/size]7[size=12] Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.Deut6:4-7[/size]

[size=12]Isa38:19[/size]
2[size=12]I praise you for remembering me in everything and for holding to the teachings,[/size][size=12] just as I passed them on to you.1Cor11:2[/size]

On training
6[size=12] Train [/size][size=12] a child in the way he should go,
and when he is old he will not turn from it.. Prov. 22:6[/size]

[size=12]On Discipline[/size]
5[size=12]And you have forgotten that word of encouragement that addresses you as sons:
"My son, do not make light of the Lord's discipline,
and do not lose heart when he rebukes you,
[/size]6[size=12]because the Lord disciplines those he loves,
and he punishes everyone he accepts as a son."[/size]
7[size=12]Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father? [/size]8[size=12]If you are not disciplined (and everyone undergoes discipline), then you are illegitimate children and not true sons. [/size]9[size=12]Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us and we respected them for it. How much more should we submit to the Father of our spirits and live! [/size]10[size=12]Our fathers disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, that we may share in his holiness. [/size]11[size=12]No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.[/size]
[size=12]Heb12:6-11[/size]

[size=12]on Work[/size]
10[size=12]For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: "If a man will not work, he shall not eat."[/size]

[size=12]2Thes 3:10[/size]

[size=18]on service[/size]

15[size=12] But if serving the LORD seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your forefathers served beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD."Jos24:15[/size]

[/quote]

[quote]8 He has showed you, O man, what is good.
And what does the LORD require of you?
To act justly and to love mercy
and to walk humbly with your God

Micah 6:8 (New International Version)
[/quote]

Have you ever thought: What does God require of me? How can I get right with God? How can I have the peace of God?
Some people have thought being right with God is doing good deeds, like being charitable, being kind, stopping smoking, praying , going to church, being baptized, punishing one’s self, climbing a mountain to show humility etc. etc.

In the Old Testament it was the case that man tried to appease God by keeping the Ten Commandments. Besides the Ten Commandments, they also had hundreds of rules and regulations that were like a mill stone on the necks of the people. They tried to appease God but no one was able to keep the law perfectly. They could not do it in their strength.

This was why we had to have another covenant that came through Jesus Christ- the Law of the Sprit of life. If the Old covenant was sufficient there would have been no need for Jesus to die on the Cross.
No one can earn their salvation. All our righteousness is just like filthy rags before the Lord. Paul in spite of his legalistic righteousness came to a place where he regarded every thing as rubbish for the sake of knowing Christ. He had to judge his past to move forward. Everyone of us must come to that place.

[quote]15I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do.
21So I find this law at work: When I want to do good, evil is right there with me. 22For in my inner being I delight in God's law; 23but I see another law at work in the members of my body, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within my members. 24What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? 25Thanks be to God—through Jesus Christ our Lord!
So then, I myself in my mind am a slave to God's law, but in the sinful nature a slave to the law of sin. (Rom7:15,21-25)[/quote]

Paul in the above scripture acknowledged the futility of trying to please God by keeping the Law. We will always fall short of God’s glory so we need to surrender like Paul did:
[quote][b][i]24What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? 25Thanks be to God—through Jesus Christ our Lord! [/quote][/i][/b]
Only Jesus can save from condemnation, damnation and separation. Only Jesus can reconcile any man to God- not our good works; not our piety, not our religious credentials.

I was a religious man until 1981 when I realized that trying to be good to please God was foolishness. God opened my eyes to see that I was lost and without hope. I accepted the Lord and was born again.
The law we were told, was like a schoolmaster that brought us to the cross. It is through Jesus that we cross over to the other side.

[quote]Wherefore the law was our [b]schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. (Gal3:24)
For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ John1:17
[/quote]

We are justified by faith in Jesus, not in our righteousness or goodness. No one is good by God’s standard. We have all missed the mark.

[quote][b]10As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: (Rom.3:10)
10For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. (James2:10)

[/quote][/b]

Jesus is the way to rightness with God. Acceptance of Jesus as our Lord and Saviour is the first thing we need to do. He gives us access to the Father. He gives us peace with God. Doing any good deeds before accepting Christ as Lord and Saviour is like putting the cart before the horse which is futile.

[quote]Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole [b]duty of man.
Eccl 12:13[/quote]

We the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom, and the first commandment according to Jesus is to love God with all your heart. You cannot love the Lord with all your heart if you reject His Son, His Redemption plan, the perfect sacrifice, the Mediator between God and man.
For He who knew no sin was made to be sin so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

[quote][b]8For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9not by works, so that no one can boast
Ephesians 2:8-9 (New International Version)
[/quote]

[quote][b]9That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.10

For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved. 11As the scripture says, "Anyone who trusts in him will never be put to shame."12For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile—the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him, 13for, "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."[Rom 10::9-10

33But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Mat 6:33[/quote]

Let’s put first things first- Jesus first, salvation first, peace with God first, then our names will be written in the Lamb’s Book of Life. We can then follow this step with good works because we are children of light, and co-workers with Him. Yes, we were created for good works but not before we accept Jesus as Lord and Saviour.[/size]

[quote]8 He has showed you, O man, what is good.
And what does the LORD require of you?
To act justly and to love mercy
and to walk humbly with your God

Micah 6:8 (New International Version)
[/quote]

Have you ever thought: What does God require of me? How can I get right with God? How can I have the peace of God?
Some people have thought being right with God is doing good deeds, like being charitable, being kind, stopping smoking, praying , going to church, being baptized, punishing one’s self, climbing a mountain to show humility etc. etc.

In the Old Testament it was the case that man tried to appease God by keeping the Ten Commandments. Besides the Ten Commandments, they also had hundreds of rules and regulations that were like a mill stone on the necks of the people. They tried to appease God but no one was able to keep the law perfectly. They could not do it in their strength.

This was why we had to have another covenant that came through Jesus Christ- the Law of the Sprit of life. If the Old covenant was sufficient there would have been no need for Jesus to die on the Cross.
No one can earn their salvation. All our righteousness is just like filthy rags before the Lord. Paul in spite of his legalistic righteousness came to a place where he regarded every thing as rubbish for the sake of knowing Christ. He had to judge his past to move forward. Everyone of us must come to that place.

[quote]15I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do.
21So I find this law at work: When I want to do good, evil is right there with me. 22For in my inner being I delight in God's law; 23but I see another law at work in the members of my body, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within my members. 24What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? 25Thanks be to God—through Jesus Christ our Lord!
So then, I myself in my mind am a slave to God's law, but in the sinful nature a slave to the law of sin. (Rom7:15,21-25)[/quote]

Paul in the above scripture acknowledged the futility of trying to please God by keeping the Law. We will always fall short of God’s glory so we need to surrender like Paul did:
[quote][b][i]24What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? 25Thanks be to God—through Jesus Christ our Lord! [/quote][/i][/b]
Only Jesus can save from condemnation, damnation and separation. Only Jesus can reconcile any man to God- not our good works; not our piety, not our religious credentials.

I was a religious man until 1981 when I realized that trying to be good to please God was foolishness. God opened my eyes to see that I was lost and without hope. I accepted the Lord and was born again.
The law we were told, was like a schoolmaster that brought us to the cross. It is through Jesus that we cross over to the other side.

[quote]Wherefore the law was our [b]schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. (Gal3:24)
For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ John1:17
[/quote]

We are justified by faith in Jesus, not in our righteousness or goodness. No one is good by God’s standard. We have all missed the mark.

[quote][b]10As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: (Rom.3:10)
10For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. (James2:10)

[/quote][/b]

Jesus is the way to rightness with God. Acceptance of Jesus as our Lord and Saviour is the first thing we need to do. He gives us access to the Father. He gives us peace with God. Doing any good deeds before accepting Christ as Lord and Saviour is like putting the cart before the horse which is futile.

[quote]Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole [b]duty of man.
Eccl 12:13[/quote]

We the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom, and the first commandment according to Jesus is to love God with all your heart. You cannot love the Lord with all your heart if you reject His Son, His Redemption plan, the perfect sacrifice, the Mediator between God and man.
For He who knew no sin was made to be sin so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

[quote][b]8For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9not by works, so that no one can boast
Ephesians 2:8-9 (New International Version)
[/quote]

[quote][b]9That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.10

For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved. 11As the scripture says, "Anyone who trusts in him will never be put to shame."12For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile—the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him, 13for, "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."[Rom 10::9-10

33But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Mat 6:33[/quote]

Let’s put first things first- Jesus first, salvation first, peace with God first, then our names will be written in the Lamb’s Book of Life. We can then follow this step with good works because we are children of light, and co-workers with Him. Yes, we were created for good works but not before we accept Jesus as Lord and Saviour.[/size]

No, heart, no brains and no courage
Friends, Romans, Countrymen lend me your hears
Allow me to introduce the Queen of Truth
Your majesty, you are the fairness of them all
Such an honor to be your Lord Chancellor
Thus, I beckon your call
Your highness and sweet gratefulness
I take great pleasure
In serving you, my lady
Indeed, I am at you services,
Day or night, and
Your wish is by command

This heart
Like a red rose
That opens up,
Completely
Receive and breathe
This fragrant air, and
Bathe in the warmth of
This tearful sun, but
When this
Heart breathes
In deeply,
I know
This heart, becomes
This rose

Domain and dominion
Lord, their voices have reasons
To receive this Holy Communion

Poetry, be
This lute,
I shall play
Your voice
From heaven,
I pray
Sing out
This lute, and
Say what
You need
To say