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Thankful to God
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TheNET Prayer Room
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Praise the lord
I am Rev. O.D.Ananda Rao Samuel; full time Christian gospel worker.
About my self :- My parents dedicated me to JESUS CHRIST when I was born. And i am also dedicated my life to CHRIST service.
India is “Hindu” religious country. In m…
Praise the lord
I am Rev. O.D.Ananda Rao Samuel; full time Christian gospel worker.
About my self :- My parents dedicated me to JESUS CHRIST when I was born. And i am also dedicated my life to CHRIST service.
India is “Hindu” religious country. In m…
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Artists all over God's wonderful world who wish to inspire one another. Even if you don’t think you’re an artist but like to draw, paint, or any kind of art… your welcome to join, this is where we inspire each other to get out there and be creative.
hi wonderful ppl lovely group may the lord and our saviour jesus christ continue to work through u all and may u continue to make good faithful use of your gifts
Artists all over God's wonderful world who wish to inspire one another. Even if you don’t think you’re an artist but like to draw, paint, or any kind of art… your welcome to join, this is where we inspire each other to get out there and be creative.
heres the page....
Artists all over God's wonderful world who wish to inspire one another. Even if you don’t think you’re an artist but like to draw, paint, or any kind of art… your welcome to join, this is where we inspire each other to get out there and be creative.
Good Midsummer and Have a Midnight Sun! Regards, Helen
Profile Information
- Gender
- Female
- City
- SiloamSprings
- State/Province
- AR
- Country (not County)
- USA
- Occupation:
- Artist, Photographer, WebDesigner, Homemaker
- I'm here to...
- meet people, find encouragement and give out inspiration.
- Interests:
- Art, Photography, (www.pattybird.com)
Music, Flute, Drama, Acting, Horseback riding,
Being with kids,
Dislike: Cooking! but like to Bake.
- I'm passionate about...
- Kids and their futures
- My story with God
- Accepted Him as Lord of my Life as a child. However, faulty instruction (children Always obey parents) led to bad marriage decision and a life full of hardships. That along with a child with nerofibromatosis and his death at age 20. But through it all... God is faithful and I am learning to let Him be my All (a lifetime adventure to be sure!).
- Other stuff about me:
- My oldest son died 6 days after the towers fell 2001, 6 days before he would have turned 21.
Something I learned as a bereaved mother is that we can get lost in all the grief. Because of the unique journey of Bereaved Parents a place was made where one can learn of other parents who are struggling through... www.woundedhearts.net.
It started as a map to one of my groups but has expanded throughout the world.
To check out my son's memorial site.. www.birdco.net/mic. It has my journey through grief and other helps for those who are just starting out or been there a little while.
Patricia Bird's Photos
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- At 9:17am on November 18, 2009,
Rev.O.D.Ananda Rao samuel said…
- Praise the lord
I am Rev. O.D.Ananda Rao Samuel; full time Christian gospel worker.
About my self :- My parents dedicated me to JESUS CHRIST when I was born. And i am also dedicated my life to CHRIST service.
India is “Hindu” religious country. In my country most of the people worship IDOLS. These people not accepting JESUS CHRIST.
Indian papulation 115 cross, 80% Hindus ; 13% Muslims ; 4% Sikhs and last 3% Christians.
There is so much God’s work in my country. And Christian gospel workers, Evangelists and pastors are getting so many troubles by Hindu religion people.
If any way to serve JESUS CHRIST message until my last breath.
I am only one son to my parents. And I have one sister who slept in Jesus Christ long ago while she was at 2 years old. And we hope she reached safely in to the hands of JESUS CHRIST.
My sister is named "SHRINE BASILICA”. Since she was invited by Jesus in to his hands my parents started a ministry by her name. And the ministry is called "BREADS” "Basilica Rural Evangelical and Development Society" since 1982.
In this ministry with out any support we preach gospel and do out reach ministry.And
Also started one Orphanage home.
August 23rd 2008 one HINDU religion Elder killed by militants. With out any reason IDOLS worship people attacked and killed so many people nearly 174 Christian believers died and destroyed 12 churches. These incidents are telecasted BBC&CNN and another news channels. With these details I would like to invite you to India to witness my ministry and to take part in helping the needy.
I hope you would encourage my ministry in all aspects please pray for me and my ministry
In His service
Rev.O.D.Ananda Rao Samuel
{BREADS}
INDIA
Cell: - +919848443495
Res: - +918812-233355
shrinebasilica@yahoo.co.in
pastor.odarsamuel@yahoo.com
- At 9:12am on November 13, 2009, Madini C. Jamir gave Patricia Bird a gift…
- From the Gift Store
- At 2:44pm on November 5, 2009,
Yvette Mullings said…
- Your drawings are simply amazing and your story touching. God Bless You!
- At 2:05pm on August 17, 2009,
Deserey Lynn Markwick said…
- Your art work is beautiful. I taught myself how to draw horses and other animals but i never did learn how to draw people.
- At 6:25pm on June 16, 2009,
Mary O said… - Dear Patricia,
Your artwork is beautiful. I see God's love in your pictures. God has blessed you with such an awesome talent.
The art team I was on liked to do things in 3-D. We did a beautiful clipper ship with full open sails on the sea. We used string for the lines and parchment paper for the sails. I forget what we used for the masts. The picture had depth and textures. We called it Artios which means fully equiped.
God bless!
Mary O.
- At 10:22pm on June 15, 2009,
Darlene said… - Patricia, I just read the letter you wrote about the painting you're doing. You have a wonderful talent. I can see your work right here. It's excellent!
I hope you'll remember that no one is as critical of our work as we are.
Please take a deep breath, and then relax for a few minutes.
God bless you dear girl, Darlene
- At 12:08am on June 9, 2009,
Rose Atieno Atanda said… - Praise the name of the living God, Patricia, I feel your pain and your situation. I want you to believe that the Lord is your shepherd, that he Loves all of you. I am in prayer for you and your family. May the devil who breaks homes die in Jesus name. May the Lord send you 10 of His angels to protect your child and your home in Jesus name. Am in prayer for your husband to recieve Christ in Jesus name. Amen.
- At 5:44pm on May 20, 2009,
Terry Scerine said… - I understand very well not having any fight left in you, and being very tired and drained. And I'm certainly not going to say," Just have strenth and courage in the Lord and fight", or anything like that.
I hate to see you facing another painful season, too, and I especially hate to see what it's doing to his relationship with your young daughter.
I feel like saying, "Sounds like it's time to just throw in the towel", but of course I can't.
I would say, though, that you need to do more than put bugs in people'e ears at your church, though. I do think it's time to go to your pastor and tell him you need help, at least for yourself! Tell him you have no fight left. Time to come right out and ask for assistance, rescue, point blank. Not suggestions, but rescue. Ask the pastor to let you get right up to the pulpit and tell the congregation what's been going on, as ugly as it might be.
At least ask that you be surrounded with prayer and love from the women in your congregation.
If no one will do anything, then I have to wonder what your church is about. I'm sorry, but that would be a dead church. If these "churches" we attend can't even attend to the marriage problems in their fellowship, then they have no business being involved in any other ministries, that's for sure!
I'm so glad that reading the Psalms gives you a lift! Prayer and reading His Word are the foundations of our strength and endurance. But I think there's times when we have to just give up trying, cease from our efforts, and just hand the whole mess over to Jesus and go. Resting in Him is our comfort!
Lastly, though, I would ask Mitch, "What do you want, Mitch? If you could be granted three wishes, anything at all, no matter how crazy, no matter how fantastic, what would they be?" If you could get him to seriously ponder his answer and write it down, it might bring something to the surface for you or him to sink your teeth in.
- At 2:28am on May 18, 2009,
Madini C. Jamir said…
- Hi Patricia, thanx for accepting me as a friend.Im actually so glad that I came to this site, coz I'm getting to meet genuine people like you, who are so ready to give of themselves even after experiencing such deep loss.By the way, could you show us some more of your lovely drawings?:))
- At 10:37pm on May 17, 2009,
Terry Scerine said…
- Hi Patricia! My heart cries for you in your situation with your husband that you wrote me about. Yes, you're right - God is your husband and all things work together for the good of those who love Him. And a wife's prayers for her husband are a very powerful thing, but God can do anything except change a persons determined will to rebel against Him.
But desperate times call for desperate measures. I believe there comes a time when you must fight for your spouse and for joy and harmony in your marriage, at least for the sake of the innocents - your children.
It sounds to me that your husband is embittered toward God about the death of your son, but I'm just guessing. If so, it's understandable. Not right, but certainly understandable. But the problem with bitterness withheld in one's heart is that it doesn't hurt anyone more than the person who carries it. It's a fact. And because he is hurting, he is hurting those he loves.
There's nothing other than Truth counseling (biblical counseling) that can help him wash that bitterness from his heart so that he can be free from that bondage.
Bitterness and resentment give the devil a stronghold in one's heart; your husband's heart is being held hostage by the devil. He needs to be freed from that prison. I've lived it and I know it, and I also know how it feels to release the bitterness and be suddenly free again to smell the roses and appreciate your loved ones again.
I would suggest he write a letter to God, a no-holds-barred letter of all his most honest, deepest, ugliest feelings. That would be a start.
Out of his love for you and your living children, I wish he could see how his bitterness is hurting you and robbing your marriage and family of the joy you could be living in. But with his heart held in bondage as it is, he is probably blind to it.
Did he ever have the chance, or did he ever take the time to allow himself to heal from whatever he's bitter about, which I'm guessing is your son's death?
I think he's crying out for rescue. I think he's testing the strength of the love of those who love him. And I think he is hating God, hoping maybe then God will show up and scoop him up in his arms and take away the pain.
But these are all my guesses. Do you know about the interventions performed in the 60's to rescue loved ones from cults, or the interventions to make someone willing to get help for addictions? I think maybe it's time to arrange an intervention by you and any other family or friends who love him and whom he respects, to get him to agree to a committed time of counseling, first for himself and then maybe for both of you.
As I said, desperate times call for desperate measures. When is enough enough? It's easy to put it off another day, but then days turn to months and years, and the damage slowly crumbles your marriage to total rubble. Then it's too late, because even you won't feel like fighting for it any more either.
Waiting and hoping and praying for him to change is not all you can do. Hope is not a strategy.
There's no counseling like biblical counseling. Without the Truth, nothing else can work. And it can be had, free of charge.
So I suggest that along with prayer and hope, you pull out all stops and fight for your husband's heart back. Your marriage and your children are worth any effort, even extreme. And I think that may be what he's at least subconsciously hoping for. He might be angry about it at first, but what have you got to lose? Hopefully, he will love you all the more for it later.
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