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Foreign gods of today. ... What do you worship? Believe it or not, but some folks blindly serve another god in the form of money, work, or a material possession. Heck, some of us might even worship another human; like a movie star, athlete, or even obsess on a personal relationship. Now don't get me wrong, it's great to have nice things and healthy personal relationships, but are we allowing those things and persons to become our gods? Do we spend a large amount of time focusing our thoughts, energies, and efforts attempting to please or serve them? I am a firm believer of the spiritual principle that your heart exists where your thoughts reside. ...Check your experience. .... "God either is or He isn't. What was our choice to be?" Big Book pg 53. Lord, let us focus our thoughts on Your will and not fall into false worship of the people, places, and things around us, AMEN. "The Lord alone led him; no foreign god was with him." Deuteronomy 32:12 Have a blessed day y'all!! Check out my NEW WORKBOOK! Start your day on a positive note! Daily devotions from the Big Book and Bible combined! Paperback and Kindle versions are now available!! Every penny goes to support Faith Through Works Fellowship ministries including our beloved Furniture Bank! Please order yours today and help us help others! [https://smile.amazon.com/s?k=pastor+mark+farley&crid=14NTE20XGC0O1&sprefix=pastor+mark+%2Caps%2C201&ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_12](https://smile.amazon.com/s?k=pastor+mark+farley&crid=14NTE20XGC0O1&sprefix=pastor+mark+%2Caps%2C201&ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_12) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz0cVtJARzk/?igshid=1ubv5d38lqcts

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If you are going through hell…keep on going… Back in Sacramento, years ago, ol’ Dick B. used to say in the AA meetings, “Don’t turn a bad moment into a bad day.” I have held onto that thought over the years and found that when I am in times of stress or struggle, that this thought gets me through it. While some situations last longer than a moment, I have learned that I am not facing it alone and that when I turn my troubles and fears over to the Lord, not only does my day go better, but also, the situation usually resolves itself and leaves me in a better place as a result. Are you allowing bad moments to become bad days? … Check your experience….“In this book you read again and again that faith did for us what we could not do for ourselves.” Big Book pgs 70-71 Lord, what times of uncertainty, stress, or struggle come, remind my heat that You are with me and I can turn it over to Your care and not let it run my whole day, AMEN. “I know how great this makes you feel, even though you have to put up with every kind of aggravation in the meantime. Pure gold put in the fire comes out of it proved pure; genuine faith put through this suffering comes out proved genuine.” 1 Peter 1:6-7 Have a blessed day y’all! Hey friends please check out Servants Hearts! It’s a free site to help connect folks with volunteer and helping opportunities! Furniture Bank, Spiritual Solutions Group, and Advocate Phoenix are please to share the newest free service from Faith Through Works Fellowship! Its Phoenix based for now. Pray for its growth to provide helping hearts and willing hands to our organizations that need help! http://aservantsheart.us/ https://www.instagram.com/p/Bzx2XUBAXZt/?igshid=t8fzw8yji1lw

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Power Aid… Power is the thing that we all crave and seek in one from another. The problem is our minds get twisted by the illusions of the material world and lead us to seek the wrong type of power. We have our will power that is part of our human make up. It will never go away, but we can learn to harness our will power and align it with a Power greater than ourselves. Hopefully we have learned that the best Power to align our will with is the power of God, and not some worldly based perceived power in another person, place or thing. What is your power source? ….Check your experience. …. “We had to find a power by which we could live, and it had to be a Power greater than ourselves.” Big Book pg 45 Lord, thank You for our free will and the blessing and promise from Your word of the grace, abundance, and eternal life we gain from aligning our will with Yours, AMEN. “…not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,' says the Lord of hosts” Zechariah 4:6 Have a blessed day y’all! …. MAKE A DIFFERENCE! Furniture Bank is in the hand-UP business and not the HANDOUT GAME! You can donate any amount for a tax deduction and tax receipt, even $20 a month helps, because $100 provides a new twin bed and bedding to make a house into a home for our clients and families escaping homelessness and hopelessness. We send 2 or 3 new beds to every family we assist. Furniture Bank is a 501c3 public charity and every penny donated goes toward helping our families, veterans, and individuals in need. Visit our website www.FurnitureBank.us and click on the PayPal button for a secure transaction and tax receipt that will follow within 48 hours. Please help us help others! http://www.furniturebank.us https://www.instagram.com/p/BzvPfRbA5cC/?igshid=ya2whr3mufz3

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It’s an inside job…. People who are living with grace, joy, and peace have that happy glow about them. What I have learned is that they get this glow from the happiness that exists inside of them. It’s not from winning the lottery, or being a millionaire, or even having those material things that we feel at times we just have to have. Yes, those things bring a different kind of happiness. It’s from knowing that, no matter what, that we are covered, protected, and blessed by God. His Holy Spirit lives in each of us and that is how He is able to bless us abundantly. Our part is to merely seek and do His will on a daily basis. In living our faith in a way that others can see, we are allowing God to work through us to help others. Are you doing your part?… Check your experience. … “And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.” 2 Corinthians 9:8 Lord, thank You for the abundance of blessings in our lives. Please continue to let our hearts see that happiness comes from the Holy Spirit living in each of us, AMEN. “We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness.” Big Book pg 83 Have a blessed day y’all! Hey friends please check out Servants Hearts! It’s a free site to help connect folks with volunteer and helping opportunities! Furniture Bank, Spiritual Solutions Group, and Advocate Phoenix are pleased to share the newest free service from Faith Through Works Fellowship! Its Phoenix based for now. Pray for its growth to provide helping hearts and willing hands to our organizations that need help! http://aservantsheart.us/ https://www.instagram.com/p/Bzsxkz4ADhD/?igshid=1kqvkau3hqctn

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Using the correct power source … Human beings are amazing creatures. When we want something we usually and naturally use our own power to provide the correct effort to gain it. On occasion when that fails, we apply more of our own power through effort and self-will to make it happen. Sometimes it does and sometimes it does not happen. Over the years I have learned by experience that the problem is not our lack of power. The problem is our lack of using the right Power source to make sure we are seeking the correct thing for us. Just because it’s new and shiny does not necessarily mean we have to have it right now. Just because the guy on TV tells us we need it to make our lives better does not mean that it’s the truth. Tap into the power of God and watch a new world of possibility, abundance, and grace open up for you! … Check your experience. … “But where and how were we to find this Power?” Big Book pg 45 Lord let Your power lead, guide, and direct our thoughts, will, actions, and words, AMEN. “With God’s power working in us, God can do much, much more than anything we can ask or imagine.” Ephesians 3:20 Have a blessed day y’all! …. MAKE A DIFFERENCE! Furniture Bank is in the hand-UP business and not the HANDOUT GAME! You can donate any amount for a tax deduction and tax receipt, even $20 a month helps, because $100 provides a new twin bed and bedding to make a house into a home for our clients and families escaping homelessness and hopelessness. We send 2 or 3 new beds to every family we assist. Furniture Bank is a 501c3 public charity and every penny donated goes toward helping our families, veterans, and individuals in need. Visit our website www.FurnitureBank.us and click on the PayPal button for a secure transaction and tax receipt that will follow within 48 hours. Please help us help others! http://www.furniturebank.us https://www.instagram.com/p/BzqN4xGgFeY/?igshid=11g07742rrsde

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Work is one of them 4 letter words…..Work seems to be a heavy word. There are things in life we must do that we don’t necessarily enjoy that require work. From simple things like laundry to complex things like car maintenance (well… it’s very complex for me!) the work required may not be enjoyable but we know it’s needed. On the other hand, each of us possess talents and skills that we enjoy and because of our passions for them, it doesn’t feel like work. What is your passion or talent that you gain enjoyment and satisfaction from doing? These are just a part of the many gifts God has given us. … Check your experience…. “It works, if we have the proper attitude and work at it.” Big Book pg 86 Lord let our hearts be reminded that while most work is necessary, we do have talents and gifts that bring us pleasure in some of our work, AMEN. Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.” Matthew 9:37-38 Have a blessed day y’all! Start your day on a positive note! Daily devotions from the Big Book and Bible combined! Paperback and Kindle versions are now available!! Every penny goes to support Faith Through Works Fellowship ministries including our beloved Furniture Bank! Please order yours today and help us help others! https://smile.amazon.com/s?k=pastor+mark+farley&crid=14NTE20XGC0O1&sprefix=pastor+mark+%2Caps%2C201&ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_12 https://www.instagram.com/p/BznzvXOgGgc/?igshid=vmjhof29aiyq

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Got faith? ... Except for electricians and engineers, can we absolutely and completely explain why the light comes on when we touch the switch? We have faith from our experience that it will. Same thing with starting our computers and cars, we can't entirely explain it but we have faith from our experience that it will work. Now what about God? I can't speak for you but through my life experiences and His grace and Word, I know my faith is based on a real and loving God. How about you? ... Check your experience. ... "We finally saw that faith in some kind of God was a part of our make-up, just as much as the feeling we have for a friend." Big Book pg 55. Lord, let us grow our faith through daily contact with You through prayer and Your Word, AMEN. "Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see..." Hebrews 11:1 Have a blessed day y’all! Start your day on a positive note! Daily devotions from the Big Book and Bible combined! Paperback and Kindle versions are now available!! Every penny goes to support Faith Through Works Fellowship ministries including our beloved Furniture Bank! Please order yours today and help us help others!https://smile.amazon.com/s?k=pastor+mark+farley&crid=14NTE20XGC0O1&sprefix=pastor+mark+%2Caps%2C201&ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_12 https://www.instagram.com/p/BzlFC0qguke/?igshid=z92huirx3ec6

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One stop shopping…. We stop at many places for many things most days. We go to the coffee shop for our coffee, the juice place for our smoothies, the cleaners for our clothes, the healthy market for our specialty foods, and the grocery store for the rest! We travel many places to get many things to help us in our daily lives! What about our spiritual lives? It is comforting to know that all we need is contained in one book and we can usually get spiritually fed through studying and learning The Book with other believers. How is that working out for you? Where are you getting your spiritual food? …. Check your experience…. . “Assuming we are spiritually fit, we can do all sorts of things” Big Book pg 100 Lord, let us look to Your Word to learn and apply the truths in our lives to give us our spiritual nourishment, AMEN. “Jesus replied, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry again. Whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.” John 6:35 Have a blessed day y'all!! Check out my NEW WORKBOOK! Start your day on a positive note! Daily devotions from the Big Book and Bible combined! Paperback and Kindle versions are now available!! Every penny goes to support Faith Through Works Fellowship ministries including our beloved Furniture Bank! Please order yours today and help us help others! [https://smile.amazon.com/s?k=pastor+mark+farley&crid=14NTE20XGC0O1&sprefix=pastor+mark+%2Caps%2C201&ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_12](https://smile.amazon.com/s?k=pastor+mark+farley&crid=14NTE20XGC0O1&sprefix=pastor+mark+%2Caps%2C201&ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_12) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bzio33JgfPL/?igshid=1fcd5pusx01di

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Freedom is not free…. As we celebrate with family and friends today, please remember our soldiers who made and make our way of life possible along with the biblical principles our Founding Fathers used to build the foundation of our great nation upon. “For the Lord is the Spirit, and wherever the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom” 2 Corinthians 3:17 Lord, let us remember that our freedom is a privilege and a part of the heritage we receive from You, AMEN. “We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness.” Big Book pg 83 Have a blessed day y’all! Hey friends please check out Servants Hearts! It’s a free site to help connect folks with volunteer and helping opportunities! Furniture Bank, Spiritual Solutions Group, and Advocate Phoenix are please to share the newest free service from Faith Through Works Fellowship! Its Phoenix based for now. Pray for its growth to provide helping hearts and willing hands to our organizations that need help! [http://aservantsheart.us/](http://aservantsheart.us/) https://www.instagram.com/p/BzgBkRFAx1t/?igshid=19crgsiqxk8d5