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Murphy Geer Toerner

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Austin TX and Baton Rouge, LA, United States
I enjoy helping people. I am an encourager and I can see the good in others. I want people to understand what it means to be an authentic Christian and not just a religious "nut." I believe if Christians lived and loved others as Jesus lived and loved others, we would experience more of heaven on earth than hell on earth. These thoughts and writings are intended to encourage you to be who God originally designed you to be. They are also intended to challenge you and make you think. Also, I want you to know that I'm praying for you every day. Blessings, Murphy Blessings to you, Murphy

Monday, July 4, 2011

Top Ten Relational Needs ...

1. Acceptance - receiving others willingly and unconditionally (even when their behavior is imperfect) and loving them in spite of any differences that may exist between you.

2. Affection - expressing care and closeness through physical touch and through words such as, "I love you," or "I care about you."

3. Appreciation - expressing thanks, praise, or commendation, particularly in recognition of someone's accomplishments or efforts.

4. Approval (Blessing) - building up or affirming another person, particularly for who they are (as opposed to what they do); affirming both the fact and the importance of our relationship with another person.

5. Attention - conveying appropriate interest, concern, and care, taking notice of others and making an effort to enter into their respective worlds.

6. Comfort - responding with care to a hurting person through words, actions, emotional responses, and physical touch; hurting with and for others in the midst of their grief or pain.

7. Encouragement - urging others to persist and persevere in their efforts to attain their goals; stimulating others toward love and good deeds.

8. Respect - valuing one another highly, treating one another as important, and honoring one another with our words and actions.

9. Security - establishing and maintaining harmony in our relationships and providing freedom from fear or threat of harm through expressions of vulnerability, deepening of trust, and the successful resolution of conflict.

10. Support - coming along side others and providing gentle, appropriate assistance with a problem or struggle.

Murphy J Foster told me about these and I wanted to pass them on to you. Love, Murphy T.

Murphy's Devotions: Look for the FRUIT!

Murphy's Devotions: Look for the FRUIT!: "The fruit of Silence is prayer... The fruit of Prayer is faith... The fruit of Faith is love... The fruit of Love is service... The fruit of..."

Look for the FRUIT!

The fruit of Silence is prayer...
The fruit of Prayer is faith...
The fruit of Faith is love...
The fruit of Love is service...
The fruit of Service is peace...

— Mother Teresa

Saturday, June 18, 2011

Forgiveness

For a person of faith, forgiveness is much more than a notion, it is imperative. In fact, God calls Christians to forgive others as He has forgiven us. One definition of forgiveness is "not holding the past against someone who is injured you."

Is there someone that you have had difficulty forgiving? One reason it is difficult to forgive is because the injury or wound happened recently and you are still feeling a lot of pain because of it. Another name I've given for such an injury or wound is a "sin debt," meaning an offender has sinned in some way against you and created a "debt" of sorts.

Christians generally feel very rushed to forgive someone who has created a "sin debt" in their lives. What I've seen is that when forgiveness is forced or rushed, it is not as sincere or authentic. Rushed forgiveness is not true forgiveness, it is mainly lip-service. Acknowledging the hurt of the injury or sin debt, is the foundation of authentic forgiveness. When we minimize the wound, our efforts at forgiving the one who hurt us is usually not as thorough.

Is there someone who has injured you recently? Is there someone you know you need to forgive? God wants you to express His grace to others through forgiveness, but you want to make sure that it is the right time, that it is authentic, and that it is complete.

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Shirley Sherrod ... Please Don't Misunderstand

This is beautiful testimony of how God worked in a woman's life to see that our issues are not about racism (black and white) it's about the have's and the have not's.

Monday, July 5, 2010

Thank You

God's grace alone grants us the blessing of beginning our life together as one. But the blessings have not stopped there. We want to say a very heartfelt "hank you" for the roles each of you have played in our journey's as individuals and in the process of two becoming one. Just as the two of us feel that we are "better together," we have certainly been made "better" by living life with each of you over the years. Thank you!!!

Our parents deserve special thanks not only for putting up with us over the years, but mostly for providing us with a special example of marriage and for passing on a legacy of faithfulness service, and abiding love. May God bless our line by continuing this legacy for generations to come.

This was the marriage sentiments printed on the wedding card for tow friends. It was a beautiful picture of how all the people of their lives impacted them for good. May God be glorified in their marriage.

Amen and amen!


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