My Father's Birthday

Five years ago, my father gave me the ONLY card he gave me and it was for my birthday. Two years after, he died. That was the worst day of my life. I miss him so much! Today is his birthday and I wish I can give him another card, give him another kiss, another hug, another gift. I really regret leaving home for college. How I wish I can dance with him again. He died even before I fully understood the Gospel and gave my life to Jesus. When I did, I wondered if he DID. I shared Jesus to him before but I never knew if he ever received Him as His Savior. We prayed for him before he died but I never knew if he has EVER received Him as his personal Lord and Savior. It breaks my heart. So every time I think of Him, every time we remember him on various occasions, I am reminded of all the lost, of all who needed Jesus. I am reminded of those who are lonely and sick. The Bible says,"But as many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His name." John 1:12. How about those who don't? We only have one life to live. We don't know what tomorrow will bring. We don't know what the next minute will bring. One thing is for sure, there is heaven and hell. There is Jesus who came down to earth from heaven to DIE for our sins that we may live! Forever. He loved you and me so He took ALL  our sins on that cross and PAID for it. So we do need to REPENT and completely turn away from our sins and RECEIVE Him as our Savior.

And for those of us who know and believed and received, let us reach out to someone, pray for someone or love someone for Jesus and His glory. We'll never know when it is too late.

For those who are with their loved ones, LOVE them. PRAY for them. TREAT them with honor and respect. I cannot wait to see my family, in His time...

God bless everyone!

Her Father's little girl,
Aileen

Prayer

"No learning can make up for the failure to pray. No earnestness, no diligence, no study, no gifts will supply its lack." E.M. Bounds

"The prayer power has never been tried to its full capacity. If we want to see mighty wonders of divine power and grace wrought in the place of weakness, failure and disappointment, let us answer God's standing challenge, "Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things which thou knowest not!'" (J. Hudson Taylor) 

"The men who have done the most for God in this world have been early on their knees. He who fritters away the early morning, its opportunity and freshness, in other pursuits than seeking God will make poor headway seeking Him the rest of the day. If God is not first in our thoughts and efforts in the morning, He will be in the last place the remainder of the day." E.M. Bounds

"Don’t pray when you feel like it. Have an appointment with the Lord and keep it. A man is powerful on his knees." Corrie ten Boom

"Talking to men for God is a great thing, but talking to God for men is greater still." E.M. Bounds

"0h brother, pray; in spite of Satan, pray; spend hours in prayer; rather neglect friends than not pray; rather fast, and lose breakfast, dinner, tea, and supper - and sleep too - than not pray. And we must not talk about prayer, we must pray in right earnest. The Lord is near. He comes softly while the virgins slumber." Andrew A. Bonar

"Satan does not care how many people read about prayer if only he can keep them from praying. Paul E. Billheimer

“Prayer is where the action is." John Wesley

“God shapes the world by prayer. The more prayer there is in the world the better the world will be, the mightier the forces of against evil …” E.M. Bounds 

 "Men may spurn our appeals, reject our message, oppose our arguments, despise our persons, but they are helpless against our prayers." Sidlow Baxter

"If I fail to spend two hours in prayer each morning, the devil gets the victory through the day. I have so much business I cannot get on without spending three hours daily in prayer.  Martin Luther

"Prayer strikes the winning blow; service is simply picking up the pieces."  S.D. Gordon

"One should never initiate anything that he cannot saturate with prayer."

"The greatest thing anyone can do for God or man is pray." S.D. Gordon 

Source: http://www.christian-prayer-quotes.christian-attorney.net/