Manitou Lake

Today March 25th went on my first fishing trip of the year, to manitou lake in Woodland Park, Co. Caught one keeper a 14" rainbow trout on salmon eggs.

Manitou lake is part of Pike National forest, five miles north of Woodland Park on Highway 67. There is a $5.00 entrance fee or a $40 annual national park pass. There is picnic shelters, outhouse and hydrants. A Very easy trail around the lake with benches and docs to fish from. Trout creek flows from the lake overing flyfishing opportunity. With a bold view of the North side of Pikes Peak.

April

“The Good Shepherd puts the sheep before himself.” John 10:11, The Message
God is on a cross. The creator of the universe is being executed. Spit and blood are caked to his cheeks, and his lips are cracked and swollen. Thorns rip his scalp. His lungs scream with pain. His legs knot with cramps . .And there is
no one to save him, for he is sacrificing himself. It is no normal six hours . . . it is no normal Friday. (Max Lucado)

Christians call this Friday; Good Friday because Jesus died paying for mankind sins. The Sunday after this spectacular sacrifice is what we call Easter. Resurrection Paul defines the importance of Easter when he says regarding his Son, who as to his human nature was a descendant of David, 4 and who through the Spirit[a] of holiness was declared with power to be the Son of God[b] by his resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord. Romans 1:3,4

Good Friday paid for our sins the great Sunday morning proved Jesus had the right to pay for our sins, and that he was the Son of God! How important is this? I passed on to you what was most important and what had also
been passed on to me. Christ died for our sins, just as the Scriptures said. 4 He was buried, and he was raised from the dead on the third day, just as the Scriptures said. I Corinthians 15:3,4 NLT

April is our opportunity to celebrate Man’s redemption and the Son of God’s resurrection. Invite a friend or two, to the Easter Cantata or the Easter service. Take time to thank God for moving heaven and earth to save you. May April be a reminder it’s not about you but the one who died and rose again.

Be God’s

Roger Miller

CONVERSION

Snippet

A beloved professor of mine spoke of Christian conversion as a verb that arrives in several tenses. We have been justified, we are being sanctified, and we will be glorified. That is to say, on the Cross, Christ became our sacrifice, and the work is finished for all. God has declared his children righteous because we are united to his Son. But Christ is also our moral influence, the message of the gospel is transformational, and the believer is continually being sanctified through the Holy Spirit. To the one who has been united with the Son, the daily indwelling of Christ is a gift and a sign of the message that is presently being worked within us. Furthermore, what a person will be in Christ through the process of sanctification and the promise of justification has not yet been fully revealed, but there are signs all around of the hope and glory that is to come in Christ Jesus . www.rzim.org Daily slice Jill Cartinni

SCRIPTURE

So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation
2 Corinthians 5:16-18


SONG

Brandon Heath- I'm not who I was

I wish you could see me now
I wish you could see me now
I'm not who I was
I used to be mad at you
A little on the hurt side too
But I'm not who I was

I found my way around
to forgiving you
some time ago
But I never got to tell you so

I found us in a photograph
I saw me and I had to laugh
You know, I'm not who I was
you were thee, you were right above me
and I wonder if you ever loved me
Just for who I was

When the pain came back again
like a bitter friend
it was all I could do
to keep myself from blaming you

I reckon it's a funny thing
I figured out I can sing
now i'm not who I was
I write abou love and such
maybe 'cause I want it so much
I'm not who I was

I was thinking maybe I
I should let you know
I am not the same
but I never did forget your name
hello

Well the thing I find most amazing
is amazing grace
is the chance to give it out
maybe that's what love is all about

I wish you could see me now
I wish I could show you how
I'm not who I was

Sentence Prayer

My blessed Savior and Lord. I praise you for freely giving
me the Bread of life. Your replaced my darkness with your
light, my fear with your security, andmy despair with your
hope. Remind me every day, Father, that the Bread of Life
I have in Jesus comes to me by your grace and through
your love-and that it delights your generous heart when I
others where they can find and partake. Make me into an
eager ambassador of Jesus Christ. Turn my fear into boldness
so that heaven's streets may be filled with men and women
who love the Savior, in part because they first heard of His
grace and mercy from my lips.

In Jesus' name I pray, amen.

Max Lucado Out live your life pg 40