Amazing Grace Baptist Bulletin May 31st, 2026

Amazing Grace Baptist Bulletin May 31st, 2026

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🌾 Counting Blessings in the Barn

© 2026 Susan Barker Nikitenko — All Rights Reserved

🕯️ The Real Story Behind the Lantern Light

Farmer Finn wasn’t just counting blessings because it was sweet —
he was counting blessings because he had been asking God for help all week long.

Simple prayers.
Honest prayers.
Lantern‑light prayers.

“Lord, I don’t know how these bills will get paid.”
“Lord, please help me.”
“Lord, I need You to make a way.”

And God heard every whisper.

But the answer didn’t come in the way Finn imagined.
It didn’t come in the mail.
It didn’t come through a neighbor.
It didn’t come through a sale.

It came…
through the Windows of Heaven.

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🥚 The Egg‑splosion Nobody Expected

Gutsy Goose and Glossy Goose were laying eggs like they had taken on a full‑time factory job.

Eggs in the hay.
Eggs in the buckets.
Eggs under the wagon.
Eggs behind the pitchfork.
Eggs in places eggs should never be.

The geese nearly lost their minds.
The chickens refused to claim them.
The ducks waddled away shaking their heads.
The cat stared down from the rafters like,
“This is above my pay grade.”

And nobody — nobody — wanted scrambled eggs.

But heaven had opened a window.

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🪶 A Blessing Too Big to Receive

One morning, Farmer Finn stepped into the barn and froze.

Eggs.
Everywhere.
A blessing so big the barn couldn’t hold it.

And suddenly, Malachi 3:10 came alive right in front of him:

⭐ Malachi 3:10 (KJV)

“…I will open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.”

There wasn’t room enough to receive it —
not in the nests,
not in the barn,
not in the buckets,
not even in the farmer’s imagination.

Finn gathered the eggs.
He boxed the eggs.
He sold the eggs.
He delivered the eggs.
He donated some, too — because blessings overflow.

And by the end of the week…

Every bill was paid.
Every need was met.
Every prayer was answered.

Farmer Finn sat on his hay bale that night, lantern glowing beside him, notebook open on his knee. Gutsy and Glossy were finally calm, snuggled into their nest like two exhausted feathered heroes.

He wrote:

“Lord… You opened the windows of heaven.”
“The eggs paid the bills.”
“Thank You for knowing what I need before I do.”

He circled it twice.

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📖 Scripture Reflection

Malachi 3:10 (KJV)
“…I will open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing…”

Ephesians 3:20 (KJV)
“Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think…”

Galatians 6:2 (KJV)
“Bear ye one another’s burdens…”

Proverbs 10:22 (KJV)
“The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich…”

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🙏 Prayer

“Lord, thank You for opening the windows of heaven over my life. Teach me to trust Your timing, Your creativity, and Your overflowing provision. Help me to ask when I need help, to share blessings when they overflow, and to recognize Your hand in every unexpected gift. Amen.”

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🌧️ Add a “Windows of Heaven” decorative verse box
🎨 Create a matching coloring page of the egg‑overflow blessing
📜 Format this into a printable devotional sheet with borders

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