Today I read some more of Psalms (13-17) and I also read my favorite (for now) Psalm 66 and I read Matthew 3. Then, after not really having time to actually digest this spiritual meal, I got REALLY busy in Lufkin with my fiance and his registration for classes. So later we went to evening church service and the theme tonight was FAITH once again. I remember that a WHILE back this happened to me. I was spoken to in my heart by God to search about faith. I learned all I could and then some more. But tonight was about needing faith in God to actually have a relationship with Him.
The demonstration was 8 white styrofoam cups. He poured water in one cup (these cups were in a crate with holes in the bottom) and then began moving the cups around and based on our human faith (what we use 5 senses to tell us is real or not) to choose the one we thought had the water in it. He tipped all of them upside down and now a one had water in it. He showed us the holy crate, no pun intended, and lo and behold...no water. none in the cups, none on the table, NOTHING. Our human faith betrayed us. The truth was one of the cups had an absorbent gel in it and we couldn't see it. HA!
Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will happen; it gives us assurance of what we cannot see. (Hebrews 11:1)!
Have faith in Jesus.
Lanie.
(still feelin like somethin may happen) prayer request?? livin4christ0129@yahoo.com
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Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Saturday, July 17, 2010
ROMANS!!
I know it's been a while since I have written a Bible study blog, but I have been studying my Bible nonetheless. So I am getting back into the swing of things. Today I read Romans 4. I have been reading a lot lately. I read Acts last week, this week I am reading Romans. :)
Romans 4
I will start off with verses 1 through 3 (paragraph 1). This is where Paul begins to speak about Abraham's faith to the Jews in Italy (Rome) because they were so proud to be descendants of Abraham. Abraham was saved by faith and Paul used this to speak into their hearts. Abraham was not made righteous by what he did and he couldn't boast about what he was doing to be made righteous because the deeds weren't what made it so. If you look in Genesis 15:6 it says:
"Abraham believed in God, and God counted him righteous because of his faith."
So we are made righteous by our faith, not our deeds.
Now 4 through 8 are a little bit more into detail about this. Think of it this way... When you work at your job (for me, I chat all day LONG with people who don't particularly like me) and you are hard working, you do your deeds and you get paid for it, even if you don't particularly like it... You are given a "gift" that you WORKED for. Now in reality we are now on the spiritual track. You can work all you want to spiritually, but it will get you no reward, no gift, no "money". You will get nothing if you only do good deeds. The real thing you need it FAITH in Jesus Christ! This guy has it all! Have faith in Him because He even forgives SINNERS!!! BTW We are ALLLLLLL sinners. Now think of this,,, You go to work and sit on your butt all day and do nothing but believe that your "boss" is gonna forgive you and pay you anyway, you just have to have faith in Him and follow Him and do what he needs you to do if it comes to that and SOMETIMES you even WANT to work even though you won't get paid extra. In the end you get paid OODLES! This is what faith is like.. sorta. You have faith in Jesus and you are filled with the Holy Spirit which, get this, makes you want to step out IN FAITH and do good deeds that God needs you to do.
For me, this is mission work. I love Jesus. I LOVE Him! I would do anything for him in a heart beat. I felt Him tug on my heart to do missions and that's what I will ultimately do in life. Just pray about it, God has something in store for EVERYONE. God does not create something or someone who He will not have a use for! Be joyful because your sins have been forgiven and wiped off your slate by the blood of Jesus. :) That's not really a happy thing..death..but it kinda is.. It was meant to happen. it was God's plan.
The rest I want you to read for your own quiet time. I love all who read! God bless y'all!
Lanie
Romans 4
I will start off with verses 1 through 3 (paragraph 1). This is where Paul begins to speak about Abraham's faith to the Jews in Italy (Rome) because they were so proud to be descendants of Abraham. Abraham was saved by faith and Paul used this to speak into their hearts. Abraham was not made righteous by what he did and he couldn't boast about what he was doing to be made righteous because the deeds weren't what made it so. If you look in Genesis 15:6 it says:
"Abraham believed in God, and God counted him righteous because of his faith."
So we are made righteous by our faith, not our deeds.
Now 4 through 8 are a little bit more into detail about this. Think of it this way... When you work at your job (for me, I chat all day LONG with people who don't particularly like me) and you are hard working, you do your deeds and you get paid for it, even if you don't particularly like it... You are given a "gift" that you WORKED for. Now in reality we are now on the spiritual track. You can work all you want to spiritually, but it will get you no reward, no gift, no "money". You will get nothing if you only do good deeds. The real thing you need it FAITH in Jesus Christ! This guy has it all! Have faith in Him because He even forgives SINNERS!!! BTW We are ALLLLLLL sinners. Now think of this,,, You go to work and sit on your butt all day and do nothing but believe that your "boss" is gonna forgive you and pay you anyway, you just have to have faith in Him and follow Him and do what he needs you to do if it comes to that and SOMETIMES you even WANT to work even though you won't get paid extra. In the end you get paid OODLES! This is what faith is like.. sorta. You have faith in Jesus and you are filled with the Holy Spirit which, get this, makes you want to step out IN FAITH and do good deeds that God needs you to do.
For me, this is mission work. I love Jesus. I LOVE Him! I would do anything for him in a heart beat. I felt Him tug on my heart to do missions and that's what I will ultimately do in life. Just pray about it, God has something in store for EVERYONE. God does not create something or someone who He will not have a use for! Be joyful because your sins have been forgiven and wiped off your slate by the blood of Jesus. :) That's not really a happy thing..death..but it kinda is.. It was meant to happen. it was God's plan.
The rest I want you to read for your own quiet time. I love all who read! God bless y'all!
Lanie
Monday, February 22, 2010
NEWS!!
AHH! They caught 2 of the guys who were starting the fires here in East Texas! Yay! God is awesome to have given the guys one mistake to leave DNA behind! Amazing! I think there is one more guy left, but I haven't read the report. Last time I did they had sketches on 3 guys, or 2 guys and one girl. But it's all good now. :D
Amen!
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Day 23/365 Bible in a Year
Tonight I am reading Genesis 12-15. Today though, I feel like I should focus on one main verse from every chapter. Really dive into it, contemplat it ya know? BY THE WAY!! IT'S TOTALLY SNOWING OUTSIDE!! AND STICKIN!! Anyway, I digress tooooooo much!
Chapter 12's verse it Genesis 12:1. This verse was the only verse that stuck out to me believe it or not.
"The Lord had said to Abram, "Leave your native country, your relatives, and your father's family, and go to the land that I will show you."
WHAT?! First God tells Him to leave where he lives? Okay, so Abram probably thinks, "Okay, but I'm takin my fathers family with me, okay God?" THEN God tells Abram to leave all his relatives behind... Abram probably thinks, "Okay, well my dad is my dad and I HAVE to take him, he's not really a relative, is he?" THEN what does God say? He says, "..and your father's family"....he's thinkin "What? Not even my dad can come? Can I bring my wife? *doubt*" He then tells Abram that He is going to take him and his wife, hi nephew Lot, and all his belongings and servants and cattle EVERYTHING that God didn't tell him NOT to bring, to a land that "[He] will show [them]".
But what does this mean?
Abram and Sarai and the company with them just packed ther things and left. No second thoughts of what they left, no nothing! They fully trusted God. How often do we trust God? Daily? Weekly?....NEVER!? People these days think about tomorrow and they are SCARED! Not me girl boo! I am excited, I guess you could say, because I know the God who holds tomorrow! Do you? Abram and Sarai did, I just love that verse.
The question is... would you just up and leave?
Chapter 13 wasn't hard to find a verse for. Let's make the theme "Things You Can Do For the Lord" Genesis 13:4. Worship lately? I know I have. EVERYDAY I pray, I sing and I think, oh, and I read my Bible, as you can see haha!
"This was the same place where Abram had built the altar, and there he worshipped the Lord, again."
Abram was a man of God. See how it says the word "again" at the end of that sentence. Yes, we worship the Lord, sometimes we just go through the motions.. that is why I like to pray before I begin worshipping, I ask God to show me something new whenever I'm about to worship Him. I ask Him to move in me and even if need be, bring tears tom my eyes, which happens more often than not, ask my boo. Abram worshipped the Lord, AGAIN! Which means he worshipped Him before.. WE SHOULD WORSHIP GOD WHOLE HEARTEDLY! Amen? DUR! It's the only thing we can probably do right in this world.
Next time you are about to go to worship service, think of Abram. AND BTW just because it's called worship doesn't mean you can only do it in a church. I have a friend named Allison. She puts it this way, "You don't just worship God in church, you worship God in life. Even tying your show is worshipping God if you do it with gladness." Amazing right? You can worship in your car, walkin down the sidewalk, in this case playing in the SNOW!!! EVERYDAY!
Chapter 14 was hard to find a verse in, but I found one that sticks out as giving the GLORY to GOD
Genesis 14:20.
"And blessed be God Most High, who has defeated your enemies for you."
Give the glory to God, enough said, right? Apparently not. How many times do you hear people say, it was God who saved me from that accident? It was God who kept me home so I wouldn't get on that plane...that crashed..? It was God who saved me? We seem to push God away when it come to the good in our life.. have you noticed?
Instead of them saying it was God who saved them from that accident, they say they have good luck. Instead of saying God kept them off that plane, they say they have good luck...INSTEAD of saying God saved me by giving up His Son, Jesus, who bled and died for MY sins, they say, I was saved... and maybe they smile.. The new Christian is very zealous.. it takes work to keep that zeal.
Like building a relationship with your husband does.... IT TAKES WORK TO MAKE IT PERFECT!
Give glory to GOD always!
Chapter 15 the only verse that stuck out to me like a sore thumb was Genesis 15:6.
"And Abram believed the Lord, and the Lord counted him as righteous because of his faith."
Have faith in the LORD! FAITH is the only proof some people can give toward their beliefs. You can feel God move in you, you can feel Him speaking to you, you can FEEL His presence when you KNOW He's around you.. THAT IS FAITH! KNOWING DEEP INSIDE that God is REAL and that He EXISTS! That is faith. Do you have faith?
ANYONE could say they have faith in something. "I have faith in the New Orleans Saint" I am glad they won BTW haha! People can say they have faith in Jesus even, and not mean it. Once you say something enough times it sinks in and you begin to say t without meaning it. You could have faith in Jesus when you're saved.. keep saying oyu have faith in Christ. Say it again. Again. Again.....one more time, again.. again.... AGAIN!! Now tell me that by the time you got to the end.....of all the "again"s that you weren't just saying it...? Am I right? Take it one step at a time guys... Learn more about Him daily. Talk to Him about your days, love HIM!!
Prayer requests? Comment below of email me at livin4christ0129@yahoo.com
Lanie-Boo!
Chapter 12's verse it Genesis 12:1. This verse was the only verse that stuck out to me believe it or not.
"The Lord had said to Abram, "Leave your native country, your relatives, and your father's family, and go to the land that I will show you."
WHAT?! First God tells Him to leave where he lives? Okay, so Abram probably thinks, "Okay, but I'm takin my fathers family with me, okay God?" THEN God tells Abram to leave all his relatives behind... Abram probably thinks, "Okay, well my dad is my dad and I HAVE to take him, he's not really a relative, is he?" THEN what does God say? He says, "..and your father's family"....he's thinkin "What? Not even my dad can come? Can I bring my wife? *doubt*" He then tells Abram that He is going to take him and his wife, hi nephew Lot, and all his belongings and servants and cattle EVERYTHING that God didn't tell him NOT to bring, to a land that "[He] will show [them]".
But what does this mean?
Abram and Sarai and the company with them just packed ther things and left. No second thoughts of what they left, no nothing! They fully trusted God. How often do we trust God? Daily? Weekly?....NEVER!? People these days think about tomorrow and they are SCARED! Not me girl boo! I am excited, I guess you could say, because I know the God who holds tomorrow! Do you? Abram and Sarai did, I just love that verse.
The question is... would you just up and leave?
Chapter 13 wasn't hard to find a verse for. Let's make the theme "Things You Can Do For the Lord" Genesis 13:4. Worship lately? I know I have. EVERYDAY I pray, I sing and I think, oh, and I read my Bible, as you can see haha!
"This was the same place where Abram had built the altar, and there he worshipped the Lord, again."
Abram was a man of God. See how it says the word "again" at the end of that sentence. Yes, we worship the Lord, sometimes we just go through the motions.. that is why I like to pray before I begin worshipping, I ask God to show me something new whenever I'm about to worship Him. I ask Him to move in me and even if need be, bring tears tom my eyes, which happens more often than not, ask my boo. Abram worshipped the Lord, AGAIN! Which means he worshipped Him before.. WE SHOULD WORSHIP GOD WHOLE HEARTEDLY! Amen? DUR! It's the only thing we can probably do right in this world.
Next time you are about to go to worship service, think of Abram. AND BTW just because it's called worship doesn't mean you can only do it in a church. I have a friend named Allison. She puts it this way, "You don't just worship God in church, you worship God in life. Even tying your show is worshipping God if you do it with gladness." Amazing right? You can worship in your car, walkin down the sidewalk, in this case playing in the SNOW!!! EVERYDAY!
Chapter 14 was hard to find a verse in, but I found one that sticks out as giving the GLORY to GOD
Genesis 14:20.
"And blessed be God Most High, who has defeated your enemies for you."
Give the glory to God, enough said, right? Apparently not. How many times do you hear people say, it was God who saved me from that accident? It was God who kept me home so I wouldn't get on that plane...that crashed..? It was God who saved me? We seem to push God away when it come to the good in our life.. have you noticed?
Instead of them saying it was God who saved them from that accident, they say they have good luck. Instead of saying God kept them off that plane, they say they have good luck...INSTEAD of saying God saved me by giving up His Son, Jesus, who bled and died for MY sins, they say, I was saved... and maybe they smile.. The new Christian is very zealous.. it takes work to keep that zeal.
Like building a relationship with your husband does.... IT TAKES WORK TO MAKE IT PERFECT!
Give glory to GOD always!
Chapter 15 the only verse that stuck out to me like a sore thumb was Genesis 15:6.
"And Abram believed the Lord, and the Lord counted him as righteous because of his faith."
Have faith in the LORD! FAITH is the only proof some people can give toward their beliefs. You can feel God move in you, you can feel Him speaking to you, you can FEEL His presence when you KNOW He's around you.. THAT IS FAITH! KNOWING DEEP INSIDE that God is REAL and that He EXISTS! That is faith. Do you have faith?
ANYONE could say they have faith in something. "I have faith in the New Orleans Saint" I am glad they won BTW haha! People can say they have faith in Jesus even, and not mean it. Once you say something enough times it sinks in and you begin to say t without meaning it. You could have faith in Jesus when you're saved.. keep saying oyu have faith in Christ. Say it again. Again. Again.....one more time, again.. again.... AGAIN!! Now tell me that by the time you got to the end.....of all the "again"s that you weren't just saying it...? Am I right? Take it one step at a time guys... Learn more about Him daily. Talk to Him about your days, love HIM!!
Prayer requests? Comment below of email me at livin4christ0129@yahoo.com
Lanie-Boo!
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Day 21/365 Bible in a Year
Well that day that I read the Sermon on the Mount I wasn't sure what day it would actually be on, but apparently it's today haha! So soon!
Chapter 5
One day Jesus saw the crowds gathering, He sat on the mountain side and started teaching His disciples. His words mean so much and people these days don't even care. He tells us how blessed we are, even when we are being persecuted (church fires here) we are blessed. The Kingdom of Heaven is ours!! We are the salt of the earth, the light. We CANNOT lose our taste, we CANNOT cover ourselves up. People are supposed to know who we are (Christians) by watching us, even if we don't say ANYTHING! We should help heal the earth like salt heals wounds, flavor this world like salt does food, preserve this world and the goodness in it like salt does foods.. This next verse is very important!
Matthew 5:17-18
"Don't misunderstand why I have come I did not cme to abolish the law of Moses or the writings of the prophets. No, I came to accomplish their purpose. I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not even the smallest detail of God's law will disappear until its purpose is achieved."
Some people believe that when Jesus came that the old law was gone. This CLEARY states otherwise. Then Jesus emphasizes how He views anger. Killing alone is bad,but He says that even being ANGRY at someone is murder (in your mind). Cursing someone, calling someone an idiot, all of it is anger and anger is murder in your mind. If you think murder, you commit murder. Just the same with sexual sin, if you think lustful, you are commiting adultery. Also, if a man (or woman) divorces his or her husband without commiing adultery (just like they don't get along anymore) he or she makes the one who suffered the divorce ( not made it ) an adulterer. But if the one who began the divorce had an affair before hand the loyal one is not made an adulterer. And keep promises! Don't say "maybe I'll do it," just say yes or no and get it done. Maybe is of the"evil one". Revenge? What is revenge. NO REVENGE!! If someone slaps you take it and turn your other cheek!! Let them slap it too!! The rest of chapter 5 YOU have to read so I know you're reading your Bible too!
Chapter 6
This is where He teaches us how to give to the needy, how to pray!!! If any of you know me, you know I LOVE to pray. Why wouldn't you love to talk to God? Why woudn't you want to tell Jesus that you love Him? Just look up and imagine He is there, looking at you, watching you, listening to you. He is, but you can't see Him. So just imagine He's there. Say "I love you Daddy. Thank you for wakin' me up this morning. Thank you for breakfast, thank you." Even when you're "alone" (you're never alone) talk to Him like He is your self. Tell Him what's goin' on. Yes, He already knows.. but jjust like a friend who already knows, tell Him. He tells us about fasting, how to do it right, what not to do... Not to keep treasures on earth, build up your treasure in heaven! Also don't worry! Give it all to God. He wants us to be happy and worrying does no such thing. I heard this quote on KSWP earlier, "Why worry about the troubles of tomorrow, when you know Who holds tomorrow?" or something along those lines. Amazing right?
Chapter 7
Here He covers the ask, seek, knock thing. Ask the Father for what you need, He will provide. And trust me with this one guys!! He does! Seek Him and you will find Him in you, moving in you. Knock and the dorr will be openned. When you were little and you told your mom you were thirsty, did she give you dirt? God is your Father, wy would He not give you water? He would!! Do to others like you would like to be done to you. THE GOLDEN RULE!! There is only one way to heaven, and that is through Jesus.
He says, "Noone comes to the Father except through me." John 14:3
Have a relationship with Jesus. Don't just say you're doing things in His name. Don't. What He wants you to do it to actually carry out actions of compassion for Him in His name. Pray to Him, talk to Him, have a strong relationship that CANNOT be shaken!
That's it today. I know a lot of it is the story line, but I also threw a LOT of my opinions in there! How I view things.
Prayer requests? Comment below or email me at livin4christ0129@yahoo.com!!
Lanie
Meditation? Remember up there ^ ^ ^ where I told you to imagine talking directly to God, Directly to Jesus your Savior? Do it, it is so relaxing to talk to this wonderful God! He has his way of calming, give Him your troubles. Don't Only thank Him and ak Him for things! Praise Him! Have a great night!
Chapter 5
One day Jesus saw the crowds gathering, He sat on the mountain side and started teaching His disciples. His words mean so much and people these days don't even care. He tells us how blessed we are, even when we are being persecuted (church fires here) we are blessed. The Kingdom of Heaven is ours!! We are the salt of the earth, the light. We CANNOT lose our taste, we CANNOT cover ourselves up. People are supposed to know who we are (Christians) by watching us, even if we don't say ANYTHING! We should help heal the earth like salt heals wounds, flavor this world like salt does food, preserve this world and the goodness in it like salt does foods.. This next verse is very important!
Matthew 5:17-18
"Don't misunderstand why I have come I did not cme to abolish the law of Moses or the writings of the prophets. No, I came to accomplish their purpose. I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not even the smallest detail of God's law will disappear until its purpose is achieved."
Some people believe that when Jesus came that the old law was gone. This CLEARY states otherwise. Then Jesus emphasizes how He views anger. Killing alone is bad,but He says that even being ANGRY at someone is murder (in your mind). Cursing someone, calling someone an idiot, all of it is anger and anger is murder in your mind. If you think murder, you commit murder. Just the same with sexual sin, if you think lustful, you are commiting adultery. Also, if a man (or woman) divorces his or her husband without commiing adultery (just like they don't get along anymore) he or she makes the one who suffered the divorce ( not made it ) an adulterer. But if the one who began the divorce had an affair before hand the loyal one is not made an adulterer. And keep promises! Don't say "maybe I'll do it," just say yes or no and get it done. Maybe is of the"evil one". Revenge? What is revenge. NO REVENGE!! If someone slaps you take it and turn your other cheek!! Let them slap it too!! The rest of chapter 5 YOU have to read so I know you're reading your Bible too!
Chapter 6
This is where He teaches us how to give to the needy, how to pray!!! If any of you know me, you know I LOVE to pray. Why wouldn't you love to talk to God? Why woudn't you want to tell Jesus that you love Him? Just look up and imagine He is there, looking at you, watching you, listening to you. He is, but you can't see Him. So just imagine He's there. Say "I love you Daddy. Thank you for wakin' me up this morning. Thank you for breakfast, thank you." Even when you're "alone" (you're never alone) talk to Him like He is your self. Tell Him what's goin' on. Yes, He already knows.. but jjust like a friend who already knows, tell Him. He tells us about fasting, how to do it right, what not to do... Not to keep treasures on earth, build up your treasure in heaven! Also don't worry! Give it all to God. He wants us to be happy and worrying does no such thing. I heard this quote on KSWP earlier, "Why worry about the troubles of tomorrow, when you know Who holds tomorrow?" or something along those lines. Amazing right?
Chapter 7
Here He covers the ask, seek, knock thing. Ask the Father for what you need, He will provide. And trust me with this one guys!! He does! Seek Him and you will find Him in you, moving in you. Knock and the dorr will be openned. When you were little and you told your mom you were thirsty, did she give you dirt? God is your Father, wy would He not give you water? He would!! Do to others like you would like to be done to you. THE GOLDEN RULE!! There is only one way to heaven, and that is through Jesus.
He says, "Noone comes to the Father except through me." John 14:3
Have a relationship with Jesus. Don't just say you're doing things in His name. Don't. What He wants you to do it to actually carry out actions of compassion for Him in His name. Pray to Him, talk to Him, have a strong relationship that CANNOT be shaken!
That's it today. I know a lot of it is the story line, but I also threw a LOT of my opinions in there! How I view things.
Prayer requests? Comment below or email me at livin4christ0129@yahoo.com!!
Lanie
Meditation? Remember up there ^ ^ ^ where I told you to imagine talking directly to God, Directly to Jesus your Savior? Do it, it is so relaxing to talk to this wonderful God! He has his way of calming, give Him your troubles. Don't Only thank Him and ak Him for things! Praise Him! Have a great night!
Sunday, February 7, 2010
News!
I'm watching the news tonight and the fires are really getting to me. In this region alone there have been nine church fires recently. All of these are close to us. God is using this to test our faith. I'm glad we aren't relying on the building being the church. The body (the people) are the church. Amen? Please be praying that the arsonist either turn themselves in or are caught. Have a nice night! tomorrow I am reading Isaiah 12-17.
Night!
Night!
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Day 19/365 Bible in a Year
Hey guys. Today we're talking about Job 5-6. In the previous chapters, if you remembered, Job lost EVERYTHING except for a few good servants and his wife. All his livestock and children were dead.. even his shepherds.. Then Job and his friends mourned for a week (7days and 7 nights). After that time was up, Job decided to make a little speech about how he wanted for God tojust kill him. Satan was testing Job because God KNEW that he would not give up on Him. He knew that Job was loyal and faithful to God. In chapter 4 Job's friends Eliphaz tells him that he doesn't need to wish he was never born! He had helped so many people through difficult times and nw he has a difficult tie and he wants God to take his life? WHAT??
Well we are pickin up in chapter 5.
Eliphaz is still talking here. Although he seem to be accusing Job of doing things that would deserve him his kids' deaths, there are still some great points here. He is sayin that resenting what happened is NOT going to help and being jealous of the people who still have everything isn't either. Bad things are going to happen, not that you, (Job) deserve it or anything. Stuff just happnens! People always have trouble, they are always going to have or cause trouble... That's just the way it is. God has always provided in times of need and trouble. God will provide for you now. Does He not give rain to the earth to grow? My favorite verse of this chapter is Job 5:9.
"He does great things too marvelous to understand. He performs countless miracles."
Amen?
God will bring you peace in your storm. Always know that you Home is always gonna be there. When you take a glance at everything you have, NOTHING will be missing. For Job, his children. He tells Job to listen to what he says and apply it to his life?!
Sound familiar? God wants us to listen to what He is showing us and APPLY it to our lives. How many of you do that? I know recently I've been VERY good at it, but it's not for me to boast. God did it through me. He gives me hope, and I take it. Thank God, right? Thank God.
Chapter 6
Job answers back and wonders why it isn't okay for him to complain. Why isn't it okay for him to complain when God just struck everything from him? (Satan took it all to test him in his strength in God, but he doesn't know this.) Again he wishes that God would take his life. He literally begs Him to. He was in so much agony!
Job is literally helpless right now. He is so vulnerable to anything. If Satan were permitted to kill him right now, he probably would have, but God told Him not to.
He accuses Eliphaz, his friend, of makin accusations against him. He tells him that if he were his friend he wouldn't do that. He would support him in his mourning. He wonders if his "friends" really want to help him in his desperation.
"Look at me! Would I lie to your face? Stop assuming my guilt, for i have done no wrong. Do you think I am lying? Don't I know the difference between right and wrong?"
On this note, would you be the kind of person who assumes that just because something bad happens to someone good that they must not have bene "good enough"? Or do you stop and think, have compassin for that person, pray for that person, HELP that person, and get that person through their troubles? Your choice... please make the right decision.. God helps everyone, and wouldn't you love to be helped by Him? Love your neighbor as yourself, and if you love yourself enough to want help, then give help to others.
Prayer requests? Comcment below or email me at livin4christ0129@yahoo.com
Lanie
Well we are pickin up in chapter 5.
Eliphaz is still talking here. Although he seem to be accusing Job of doing things that would deserve him his kids' deaths, there are still some great points here. He is sayin that resenting what happened is NOT going to help and being jealous of the people who still have everything isn't either. Bad things are going to happen, not that you, (Job) deserve it or anything. Stuff just happnens! People always have trouble, they are always going to have or cause trouble... That's just the way it is. God has always provided in times of need and trouble. God will provide for you now. Does He not give rain to the earth to grow? My favorite verse of this chapter is Job 5:9.
"He does great things too marvelous to understand. He performs countless miracles."
Amen?
God will bring you peace in your storm. Always know that you Home is always gonna be there. When you take a glance at everything you have, NOTHING will be missing. For Job, his children. He tells Job to listen to what he says and apply it to his life?!
Sound familiar? God wants us to listen to what He is showing us and APPLY it to our lives. How many of you do that? I know recently I've been VERY good at it, but it's not for me to boast. God did it through me. He gives me hope, and I take it. Thank God, right? Thank God.
Chapter 6
Job answers back and wonders why it isn't okay for him to complain. Why isn't it okay for him to complain when God just struck everything from him? (Satan took it all to test him in his strength in God, but he doesn't know this.) Again he wishes that God would take his life. He literally begs Him to. He was in so much agony!
Job is literally helpless right now. He is so vulnerable to anything. If Satan were permitted to kill him right now, he probably would have, but God told Him not to.
He accuses Eliphaz, his friend, of makin accusations against him. He tells him that if he were his friend he wouldn't do that. He would support him in his mourning. He wonders if his "friends" really want to help him in his desperation.
"Look at me! Would I lie to your face? Stop assuming my guilt, for i have done no wrong. Do you think I am lying? Don't I know the difference between right and wrong?"
On this note, would you be the kind of person who assumes that just because something bad happens to someone good that they must not have bene "good enough"? Or do you stop and think, have compassin for that person, pray for that person, HELP that person, and get that person through their troubles? Your choice... please make the right decision.. God helps everyone, and wouldn't you love to be helped by Him? Love your neighbor as yourself, and if you love yourself enough to want help, then give help to others.
Prayer requests? Comcment below or email me at livin4christ0129@yahoo.com
Lanie
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Day 18/365 Bible in a Year
Today I read Psalms 6-8. They are truely amazing.
This is another one of those read and comment things!! I know it's late..but it's so worth it to read God's word. I can't get you to grasp that concept enough guys. God is there for us ALWAYS! He has ALWAYS been faithful! Have some faith, and give your life to Christ.
Have a nice night! Prayer requests? Comment them below or email me at livin4christ0129@yahoo.com
Lanie
This is another one of those read and comment things!! I know it's late..but it's so worth it to read God's word. I can't get you to grasp that concept enough guys. God is there for us ALWAYS! He has ALWAYS been faithful! Have some faith, and give your life to Christ.
Have a nice night! Prayer requests? Comment them below or email me at livin4christ0129@yahoo.com
Lanie
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Day 17/365 Bible in a Year
Today I am reading Joshua 11-15. Previously in Joshua, he and the tribes had over taken quite a few kings. God gave them the land and the people and they took them.
Chapter 11
So King Jabin of Hazor heard all about what was going on and told ALL the kings he know, and they all gathered their armies and stood guard to fight the Israelites. Well, God, as great as He is had already promised the land and the people to Israel. He told Joshua not to fear the armies, that He would hand them over to them. They took them down! Even burned their chariots! Joshua and his army killed everyone in the city and then burned it down. I know it sounds bad, but that's what God wanted. Joshua had to do it.
Then the land rested from war. All the tribes of Israel shared the land.
Chapter 12
This chapter mainly is a list of all the kings the Israelites defeated with the Lord's help. 31 in all! Imagine all the land form all those kingdoms east AND west of the Jordan River!!
Chapter 13
God tells Joshua in his old age that there is still so much land to be conquered. He even moves the people from those kingdoms ahead of time. He wants Joshua to divide the land among the tribes. To the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh was given allotments east of the Jordan. Levi received a portion of the offering they had burned for the Lord. And that was all the land of the Eastern side of the Jordan River.
Chapter 14
This is the land of the West side of the Jordan River. He gave that land to all the other tribe but not the Levites. They only received cities to live in with pastures around them. He divided it according to rules from Moses. Caleb requested his land that Moses has blessed upon him, and Joshua gave it to him.
Chapter 15
This chapter tells of all the land given to the tribe of Judah. The southern border was from the south bay of the Dead Sea all the way to the Mediterranean Sea. The eastern border stretched along the Dead Sea to the mouth of the Jordan River. The northern border was from the bay where the Jordan River empties into the Dead Sea all the way to Mediterranean Sea. And the western border was the shore line of the Mediterranean Sea. But the land that was given to Caleb he still conquered more. He gave his daughter to whoever defeated and captured Kiriath-sepher. Othniel captured him and married Caleb's daughter. He
gaver her the upper and lower springs as requested.
Then God alloted towns to Judah.
The Jebusites could not be driven out of the towns so they lived with the triber of Judah to this day.
I know these are so full of war in Joshua, but this was when God was giving the land He promised to the
tribes. Than the Lord for His faithfulness. Amen.
Prayer requests? Comment below or email me at livin4christ0129@yahoo.com
Lanie
Chapter 11
So King Jabin of Hazor heard all about what was going on and told ALL the kings he know, and they all gathered their armies and stood guard to fight the Israelites. Well, God, as great as He is had already promised the land and the people to Israel. He told Joshua not to fear the armies, that He would hand them over to them. They took them down! Even burned their chariots! Joshua and his army killed everyone in the city and then burned it down. I know it sounds bad, but that's what God wanted. Joshua had to do it.
Then the land rested from war. All the tribes of Israel shared the land.
Chapter 12
This chapter mainly is a list of all the kings the Israelites defeated with the Lord's help. 31 in all! Imagine all the land form all those kingdoms east AND west of the Jordan River!!
Chapter 13
God tells Joshua in his old age that there is still so much land to be conquered. He even moves the people from those kingdoms ahead of time. He wants Joshua to divide the land among the tribes. To the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh was given allotments east of the Jordan. Levi received a portion of the offering they had burned for the Lord. And that was all the land of the Eastern side of the Jordan River.
Chapter 14
This is the land of the West side of the Jordan River. He gave that land to all the other tribe but not the Levites. They only received cities to live in with pastures around them. He divided it according to rules from Moses. Caleb requested his land that Moses has blessed upon him, and Joshua gave it to him.
Chapter 15
This chapter tells of all the land given to the tribe of Judah. The southern border was from the south bay of the Dead Sea all the way to the Mediterranean Sea. The eastern border stretched along the Dead Sea to the mouth of the Jordan River. The northern border was from the bay where the Jordan River empties into the Dead Sea all the way to Mediterranean Sea. And the western border was the shore line of the Mediterranean Sea. But the land that was given to Caleb he still conquered more. He gave his daughter to whoever defeated and captured Kiriath-sepher. Othniel captured him and married Caleb's daughter. He
gaver her the upper and lower springs as requested.
Then God alloted towns to Judah.
The Jebusites could not be driven out of the towns so they lived with the triber of Judah to this day.
I know these are so full of war in Joshua, but this was when God was giving the land He promised to the
tribes. Than the Lord for His faithfulness. Amen.
Prayer requests? Comment below or email me at livin4christ0129@yahoo.com
Lanie
Monday, February 1, 2010
Day 16/365 Bible in a Year
Today I read Genesis 8-11 amongst all my inbetween class studying. I also finish Crazy Love by Francis Chan, but that's another story completely. A very awakening book, nonetheless.
Chapter 8
We are still with Moses. Still on that same old ark. Still trusting God to save us before we run out of food. (Putting yourself in the story helps you remember it better.) Well, God remembered them all and the rain stopped pouring. The flood went down and the ark ended up on top of a very tall mountain. They waited 40 days and other mountain tops finally started poppin up like daisies. So Noah sent out a black raven who flew back and forth between the boat and vacant pieces of earth that stuck up until the earth was dried enough to stay out. He also let a white dove outto go find land to stay on, but the dove kept coming back because there was no land dry enough to live on. A week later he let the dove go again and it brought an olive leaf back. Then again a week later he let the dove go and it didn't come back. But they waited 2 more months on this boat..!!! UGH!!! But you know? Noah was patient in waiting this long on the most likely cramped boat. When the land dried up completely, God told them all to get on the boat. And Noah built an altar to the Lord. And God promised not to ever kill all of His creation again.
Chapter 9
I'll attempt to be less wordy here haha!
God told them all to repopulate the earth, and so they did. He told them that if anyone killed another person that they will be killed by human hands in return. He told them they could eat the animals, but not the humans (duh!) Then God also promises that He will never flood the whole earth again. RAINBOW!!!
One day Noah gets really drunk and ends up naked in his tent. Ham finds him and instead of covering him he runs off to tell the other brothers, embarassing Noah even more than before. The other two brothers, Shem and Japheth ran into the tent to cover their father up before anyone else saw him. Then Noah cursed Ham's son Canaan to be slaves to Shem and Japheth because instead of taking care of Noah, Ham just told others about his nudity. Wow!
Chapter 10
I did better that time with the wording..maybe better this time?
There is an account of geneaology from verses 1-31 and verse 32 tells you that you just read all the clans of Noah. :D
Chapter 11
Wow, that was short, but there was only names so.....
This is by far one of my favorite passages (chapter 11) I'm not sure why.. I think it's because God shows that He and He ONLY is in control of His creations accomplishments. I love it.
Once upon a time......no for real.. once upon a time EVERYONE on this entire earth spoke the SAME language?! What!? You bet.
Well...they all decided to build a great tower in Babylonia.. a tower that touched the sky. A tower that would show how amazing and awesome they are. How much THEY could achieve. How much THEY THEMSELVES could do for THEMSELVES and THEMSELVES only.. Not God.
When the God on the universe literally SEES everything you do, think, hear, touch, smell, and feel....why in the world would you want to basically tell Him He means nothing to you????!??!?!!?!?!?!!!!!
You would have to be crazy... well these people were.
God saw what they were doing and scattered their language. They couldn't understand eachother. Without communication they couldn't tell eachother their selfish needs, without the things they "needed" they couldn't build the tower, and without the tower there was no putting themselves up higher than our God.
Then there is the geneaology of Shem all the way to Abram. Abram marries Sarai, Terah dies, and Lot, Abram, and Sarai end up in Ur together.
So basically, I know this scripture isn't in Genesis, but it has a LOT to do with the Tower of Babel.
Psalm 127:1-2
"Unless the Lord builds a house, the work of the builder is wasted. Unless the Lord protects a city, guarding it with sentries will do no good. It is useless for you to work so hard from early morning until late at night, anxiously working for food to eat; for God gives rest to His loved ones."
In another form, and simply put,
"Unless the Lord builds the house those who build it labor in vain." Psalm 127:1
Prayer requests? Comment below or email them to me at livin4christ0129@yahoo.com
Lanie
Chapter 8
We are still with Moses. Still on that same old ark. Still trusting God to save us before we run out of food. (Putting yourself in the story helps you remember it better.) Well, God remembered them all and the rain stopped pouring. The flood went down and the ark ended up on top of a very tall mountain. They waited 40 days and other mountain tops finally started poppin up like daisies. So Noah sent out a black raven who flew back and forth between the boat and vacant pieces of earth that stuck up until the earth was dried enough to stay out. He also let a white dove outto go find land to stay on, but the dove kept coming back because there was no land dry enough to live on. A week later he let the dove go again and it brought an olive leaf back. Then again a week later he let the dove go and it didn't come back. But they waited 2 more months on this boat..!!! UGH!!! But you know? Noah was patient in waiting this long on the most likely cramped boat. When the land dried up completely, God told them all to get on the boat. And Noah built an altar to the Lord. And God promised not to ever kill all of His creation again.
Chapter 9
I'll attempt to be less wordy here haha!
God told them all to repopulate the earth, and so they did. He told them that if anyone killed another person that they will be killed by human hands in return. He told them they could eat the animals, but not the humans (duh!) Then God also promises that He will never flood the whole earth again. RAINBOW!!!
One day Noah gets really drunk and ends up naked in his tent. Ham finds him and instead of covering him he runs off to tell the other brothers, embarassing Noah even more than before. The other two brothers, Shem and Japheth ran into the tent to cover their father up before anyone else saw him. Then Noah cursed Ham's son Canaan to be slaves to Shem and Japheth because instead of taking care of Noah, Ham just told others about his nudity. Wow!
Chapter 10
I did better that time with the wording..maybe better this time?
There is an account of geneaology from verses 1-31 and verse 32 tells you that you just read all the clans of Noah. :D
Chapter 11
Wow, that was short, but there was only names so.....
This is by far one of my favorite passages (chapter 11) I'm not sure why.. I think it's because God shows that He and He ONLY is in control of His creations accomplishments. I love it.
Once upon a time......no for real.. once upon a time EVERYONE on this entire earth spoke the SAME language?! What!? You bet.
Well...they all decided to build a great tower in Babylonia.. a tower that touched the sky. A tower that would show how amazing and awesome they are. How much THEY could achieve. How much THEY THEMSELVES could do for THEMSELVES and THEMSELVES only.. Not God.
When the God on the universe literally SEES everything you do, think, hear, touch, smell, and feel....why in the world would you want to basically tell Him He means nothing to you????!??!?!!?!?!?!!!!!
You would have to be crazy... well these people were.
God saw what they were doing and scattered their language. They couldn't understand eachother. Without communication they couldn't tell eachother their selfish needs, without the things they "needed" they couldn't build the tower, and without the tower there was no putting themselves up higher than our God.
Then there is the geneaology of Shem all the way to Abram. Abram marries Sarai, Terah dies, and Lot, Abram, and Sarai end up in Ur together.
So basically, I know this scripture isn't in Genesis, but it has a LOT to do with the Tower of Babel.
Psalm 127:1-2
"Unless the Lord builds a house, the work of the builder is wasted. Unless the Lord protects a city, guarding it with sentries will do no good. It is useless for you to work so hard from early morning until late at night, anxiously working for food to eat; for God gives rest to His loved ones."
In another form, and simply put,
"Unless the Lord builds the house those who build it labor in vain." Psalm 127:1
Prayer requests? Comment below or email them to me at livin4christ0129@yahoo.com
Lanie
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Day 15/365 Bible in a Year
Today I am reading Romans 5-6. The first part is called "Faith Brings Joy", you know? Those little title type things they label sections with in your Bible? That's what I mean.
Chapter 5
Key verse, and favorite verse from this chapter is 17.
"For the sin of one man, Adam, caused death to rule over many. But even greater is God's wonderful grace and His gift of righteousness, for all who receive it will live in triumph over sin and death through this one Man, Jesus Christ."
Adam, the first man on earth drove us all down to the sinful pits of...well...SIN! He and his wife betrayed God's trust. They sinned before there was a law to sin against. Yes, people sinned before there were laws, they just didn't know they were sinning. God gave us laws so we could see how bad off we were into sin...but it just became a common thing to do.
God gaves us grace after that. Grace was something not many found for a while. It was the light in the darkness, the good amongst all the bad. But God then sent His son Jesus to die for us. He died for a bunch of sinners like us. Like it says in verse 7, most people wouldn't even die for a righteous man these days..maybe for a really good guy.... but sinners? Jesus did it. Thank you Lord, you saved us all from Hell. We just need to belive in you the way you believe in us.
Chapter 6
This section is actually titled "Sin's Power is Broken". Already sounds amazing right? THe first paragragh of this chapter gives me chills. Go read Romans 6:1-4 and tell me it doesn't give you chills. It actually tells you what a baptism is and what it stands for.
There are a few verses I ABSOLUTELY love in this chapter.
Verse 6
"We know that our old sinful selves were crucified with Christ so that sin might lose its power in our lives. WE ARE NO LONGER SLAVES TO SIN."
Verses 10-11
"(10)When He died, He died once to break the power of sin. But now that He lives, He lives for the glory of God.(11)So you should also consider yourselves to be dead to the power of sin and alive to God through Christ Jesus."
Amen?
And finally verse 22-23
"(22)But now you are free from the power of sin and have become slaves of God. Now you do those things that lead to holiness and result in eternal life. (23)For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord."
Amen.
Prayer requests? Comment below or email me at livin4christ0129@yahoo.com
Lanie
Today I listened to these songs during my blog time. They are awesome!
Dwell by Casey Corum
Your Presence by Darren Clarke
If You Say Go by Diane Thiel
Holy by Brebton Brown
Chapter 5
Key verse, and favorite verse from this chapter is 17.
"For the sin of one man, Adam, caused death to rule over many. But even greater is God's wonderful grace and His gift of righteousness, for all who receive it will live in triumph over sin and death through this one Man, Jesus Christ."
Adam, the first man on earth drove us all down to the sinful pits of...well...SIN! He and his wife betrayed God's trust. They sinned before there was a law to sin against. Yes, people sinned before there were laws, they just didn't know they were sinning. God gave us laws so we could see how bad off we were into sin...but it just became a common thing to do.
God gaves us grace after that. Grace was something not many found for a while. It was the light in the darkness, the good amongst all the bad. But God then sent His son Jesus to die for us. He died for a bunch of sinners like us. Like it says in verse 7, most people wouldn't even die for a righteous man these days..maybe for a really good guy.... but sinners? Jesus did it. Thank you Lord, you saved us all from Hell. We just need to belive in you the way you believe in us.
Chapter 6
This section is actually titled "Sin's Power is Broken". Already sounds amazing right? THe first paragragh of this chapter gives me chills. Go read Romans 6:1-4 and tell me it doesn't give you chills. It actually tells you what a baptism is and what it stands for.
There are a few verses I ABSOLUTELY love in this chapter.
Verse 6
"We know that our old sinful selves were crucified with Christ so that sin might lose its power in our lives. WE ARE NO LONGER SLAVES TO SIN."
Verses 10-11
"(10)When He died, He died once to break the power of sin. But now that He lives, He lives for the glory of God.(11)So you should also consider yourselves to be dead to the power of sin and alive to God through Christ Jesus."
Amen?
And finally verse 22-23
"(22)But now you are free from the power of sin and have become slaves of God. Now you do those things that lead to holiness and result in eternal life. (23)For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord."
Amen.
Prayer requests? Comment below or email me at livin4christ0129@yahoo.com
Lanie
Today I listened to these songs during my blog time. They are awesome!
Dwell by Casey Corum
Your Presence by Darren Clarke
If You Say Go by Diane Thiel
Holy by Brebton Brown
Kindness and Compassion
Today was pretty fun. I read my Bible, I wrote my blog.. about to post it here in a few.. I watched movies with my family and had family time.. Pretty much a great day. Then I studied. Haha.
I was thinking aabout things along the lines of kindness and compassion earlier. We have this essay we are writing a rough draft for in Composition. The quote we started with was "Kindness gives to another, compassion knows no other" It was only to get our minds stirring for this esay, but I swear up and down...maybe even left and right that Ms. Wijntjes was once a motivational speaker.. Had to be.. She literally puts yu into the shoes of other people. I have been a compassionate person for a bit (ever since right before I was called to do mission work) and here lately it's been getting deeper. I have begun thinking about how I can be MORE compassionate. And then I realized it's no thinking thing! Compassion has started to just come to me! I understand why Jesus died for everyone. He had been in their place, He had been tempted and tried.. He had been there with the sinners and dined with them and told them stories. He loved them! Love people, people! Love them, love everyone!
Love y'all!
I was thinking aabout things along the lines of kindness and compassion earlier. We have this essay we are writing a rough draft for in Composition. The quote we started with was "Kindness gives to another, compassion knows no other" It was only to get our minds stirring for this esay, but I swear up and down...maybe even left and right that Ms. Wijntjes was once a motivational speaker.. Had to be.. She literally puts yu into the shoes of other people. I have been a compassionate person for a bit (ever since right before I was called to do mission work) and here lately it's been getting deeper. I have begun thinking about how I can be MORE compassionate. And then I realized it's no thinking thing! Compassion has started to just come to me! I understand why Jesus died for everyone. He had been in their place, He had been tempted and tried.. He had been there with the sinners and dined with them and told them stories. He loved them! Love people, people! Love them, love everyone!
Love y'all!
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Day 11/365 Bible in a Year
Today I read Psalms 3-5. I love the Psalms.
Psalm 3 is a psalm that was written by David (most pslams were) about when he had to fun away from his son, Absalom. It speaks of confidence in our Lord.God gave him confidence instead of fear when fleeing his son. He (God) gave David peace enough to sleep in the wilderness and know that when he woke in the morning, he would still be in one piece.
Psalm 4 is another psalm written by David meant to be accompanied by instruments. It is yet, another psalm of the wonderful confidence God gives us in times of trouble. God ALWAYS listens to us when we call on Him. Don't hesitate or simply not pray to God just because you feel distant with Him, or you don't know Him. Prayer is a conversation between you and God. Granted, most of the time we pray, and God doesn't verbally answer us back, sometimes we pray and we FEEl what He wants us to do, sometimes we simply pray and stop and continue with our lives without meaning it. But the few who pray and listen and pray and listen and pray.....and
listen...
are the few who have a relationship with God that they are proud of, that they give God the glory for, that they show others.
Psalm 5 is also written by David, but unlike the others, this psalm is not about the confidence given to us by God, but the defense He gives us (the righteous...well the ones who try to be righteous...) when lies are spoken agfainst us. When someone out there begins to lie about you know that the truth will come out soon.
Pray.
God will answer in time, just give Him time.
Pray.
Lies are revealed sooner than later in most cases and ALWAYS in your lifetime you are proven correct in your actions.
Pray.
A verse that always sticks out to me when I read Psalm 5, and it has been highlighted before and is still highlighted to this day in my Bible is Psalm 5:3.
"Listen to my voice in the morning, Lord. Each morning I bring my requests to you and wait expectantly."
Again...pray....and....LISTEN!
Speaking of prayer. I have a prayer requests today.
Please pray for "Spread the News to Nac". This is a ministry that me and some of my friends just started this year. We haven't done any projects yet, and we have only met up once, but pray for this ministry to help spread the Gospel throughout Nacogdoches. This could be the beginning of the ends of the earth. (Read Isaiah 49:6)
Also pray for *Mama C* that her nursing license come in pretty soon because she needs to help her hubby support her family and they also need to fix their cars.
A friend of mines girlfriend was in a wreck recently, pray that she is healed without complication.
Pray for Haiti, and that everyone in the world find compaasion for them.
Any prayer requests of your own? Comment below or emial me at livin4christ0129@yahoo.com
Psalm 3 is a psalm that was written by David (most pslams were) about when he had to fun away from his son, Absalom. It speaks of confidence in our Lord.God gave him confidence instead of fear when fleeing his son. He (God) gave David peace enough to sleep in the wilderness and know that when he woke in the morning, he would still be in one piece.
Psalm 4 is another psalm written by David meant to be accompanied by instruments. It is yet, another psalm of the wonderful confidence God gives us in times of trouble. God ALWAYS listens to us when we call on Him. Don't hesitate or simply not pray to God just because you feel distant with Him, or you don't know Him. Prayer is a conversation between you and God. Granted, most of the time we pray, and God doesn't verbally answer us back, sometimes we pray and we FEEl what He wants us to do, sometimes we simply pray and stop and continue with our lives without meaning it. But the few who pray and listen and pray and listen and pray.....and
listen...
are the few who have a relationship with God that they are proud of, that they give God the glory for, that they show others.
Psalm 5 is also written by David, but unlike the others, this psalm is not about the confidence given to us by God, but the defense He gives us (the righteous...well the ones who try to be righteous...) when lies are spoken agfainst us. When someone out there begins to lie about you know that the truth will come out soon.
Pray.
God will answer in time, just give Him time.
Pray.
Lies are revealed sooner than later in most cases and ALWAYS in your lifetime you are proven correct in your actions.
Pray.
A verse that always sticks out to me when I read Psalm 5, and it has been highlighted before and is still highlighted to this day in my Bible is Psalm 5:3.
"Listen to my voice in the morning, Lord. Each morning I bring my requests to you and wait expectantly."
Again...pray....and....LISTEN!
Speaking of prayer. I have a prayer requests today.
Please pray for "Spread the News to Nac". This is a ministry that me and some of my friends just started this year. We haven't done any projects yet, and we have only met up once, but pray for this ministry to help spread the Gospel throughout Nacogdoches. This could be the beginning of the ends of the earth. (Read Isaiah 49:6)
Also pray for *Mama C* that her nursing license come in pretty soon because she needs to help her hubby support her family and they also need to fix their cars.
A friend of mines girlfriend was in a wreck recently, pray that she is healed without complication.
Pray for Haiti, and that everyone in the world find compaasion for them.
Any prayer requests of your own? Comment below or emial me at livin4christ0129@yahoo.com
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Day 10/365 Bible in a Year
Today I read Joshua 6-10. War, war, war...
Take a look yourself. God gave Israel the whole region after He gave the Jericho. After the commander of the Lord's armies came to Joshua, Israel conquered Jericho, the walls literally crumbled when they screamed! Amazing! Enjoy the reading today.
Tomorrow I am reading Psalms 3-5.
Prayer requests? Comment them below, or email me at livin4christ0129@yahoo.com
Take a look yourself. God gave Israel the whole region after He gave the Jericho. After the commander of the Lord's armies came to Joshua, Israel conquered Jericho, the walls literally crumbled when they screamed! Amazing! Enjoy the reading today.
Tomorrow I am reading Psalms 3-5.
Prayer requests? Comment them below, or email me at livin4christ0129@yahoo.com
Monday, January 25, 2010
Day 9/365 Bible in a Year
Today I read Genesis 4-7.
Mostly I read around in Psalms, but the assigned section today was Genesis 4-7.
Here's the main squeeze. Cain and Abel were born, Cain killed Abel. Cain got cursed. Abel's blood cried out to God. Adam and ve has Seth, Seth was in Adam's image. Adam has a son who has a son who had a son who had a son who had a son who had a son who has a son who had a son who had a son who had a son names Noah. (10 generations)
Noah was blameless, another blameless person. God was sad because His creation had defiled themselves and He wanted to destroy them. But he found favor in Noah and told him to build an ark. He put his whole family on it and their wives...and two of every animal, and seven pairs of the animals to eat and enough food for the animals and themselves. God flooded the earth and killed all the animals on the earth.
I learned from reading this that God is faithful to those who are faithful to Him, and he will deny you if you deny Him. He just wants a relationship with us. A perfect relationship.
Prayer requests? Comment them below or email me at livin4christ0129@yahoo.com
Lanie
PS: Tomorrow's reading is Joshua 6-10.
Mostly I read around in Psalms, but the assigned section today was Genesis 4-7.
Here's the main squeeze. Cain and Abel were born, Cain killed Abel. Cain got cursed. Abel's blood cried out to God. Adam and ve has Seth, Seth was in Adam's image. Adam has a son who has a son who had a son who had a son who had a son who had a son who has a son who had a son who had a son who had a son names Noah. (10 generations)
Noah was blameless, another blameless person. God was sad because His creation had defiled themselves and He wanted to destroy them. But he found favor in Noah and told him to build an ark. He put his whole family on it and their wives...and two of every animal, and seven pairs of the animals to eat and enough food for the animals and themselves. God flooded the earth and killed all the animals on the earth.
I learned from reading this that God is faithful to those who are faithful to Him, and he will deny you if you deny Him. He just wants a relationship with us. A perfect relationship.
Prayer requests? Comment them below or email me at livin4christ0129@yahoo.com
Lanie
PS: Tomorrow's reading is Joshua 6-10.
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Day 8/365 Bible in a Year
Today I am reading Roman 3-4.
Chapter 3 starts out talking about how God stay faithful and ho we have forgiveness through Christ.The verse I'd enjoy pointing out here is Roamns 3:20. Read it. Read it again. Read it a third time.
"For noone can ever be made right with God by doing what the law commands. The law simply shows us how sunful we are."
Ain't it so true?
But to show how faithful God is to us no matter how unfaithful we are to Him, welcome to Romans 3:3-4
"True, soe of them were unfaithful; but just because they were unfaithful, does that mean God will be unfaithful? Of course not! Even if everyone else is a liar, God is true. As the scripture says about Him, 'You will be proved right in what you say, and you will win your case in court.'"
That last part is in Psalm 51:4.
God is so faithful to us.
Romans 3:21 "But now God has shown us a way to be made right with Him..."
Romans 3:22 "We are made right with God by placing our faith in Jesus Christ."
Romans 3:23 "For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God's glorious standard."
Have faith in Jesus, that's the way God meant it to be! He sacrificed His only Son, a pure sacrifice, to let us live the way we do. Yet, even now we have places like Somod and Gamorrah... guys! Come on!
Chapter 4 talks about the faith of Abraham.
A verse that appears twice, at least as I know it, maybe more, Romans 4:3,
"For the scripture says, 'Abraham believed God, and God counted him righteous BECAUSE OF HIS FAITH'"!!!!!
Also stated in Genesis 15:6.
Romans 4:16-17 shows what happened to Abraham because of his faithfulness to God.
"For Abraham is the father of all who believe.That is what the Scriptures mean when God told him, 'I have made you the father of many nations.' This happened because Abraham believed in God"
That's in Genesis 17:5.
Prayer requests? Comment below or email me at livin4christ0129@yahoo.com.
Goodnight guys!
PS: tomorrow I'm reading Genesis 4-7!
Chapter 3 starts out talking about how God stay faithful and ho we have forgiveness through Christ.The verse I'd enjoy pointing out here is Roamns 3:20. Read it. Read it again. Read it a third time.
"For noone can ever be made right with God by doing what the law commands. The law simply shows us how sunful we are."
Ain't it so true?
But to show how faithful God is to us no matter how unfaithful we are to Him, welcome to Romans 3:3-4
"True, soe of them were unfaithful; but just because they were unfaithful, does that mean God will be unfaithful? Of course not! Even if everyone else is a liar, God is true. As the scripture says about Him, 'You will be proved right in what you say, and you will win your case in court.'"
That last part is in Psalm 51:4.
God is so faithful to us.
Romans 3:21 "But now God has shown us a way to be made right with Him..."
Romans 3:22 "We are made right with God by placing our faith in Jesus Christ."
Romans 3:23 "For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God's glorious standard."
Have faith in Jesus, that's the way God meant it to be! He sacrificed His only Son, a pure sacrifice, to let us live the way we do. Yet, even now we have places like Somod and Gamorrah... guys! Come on!
Chapter 4 talks about the faith of Abraham.
A verse that appears twice, at least as I know it, maybe more, Romans 4:3,
"For the scripture says, 'Abraham believed God, and God counted him righteous BECAUSE OF HIS FAITH'"!!!!!
Also stated in Genesis 15:6.
Romans 4:16-17 shows what happened to Abraham because of his faithfulness to God.
"For Abraham is the father of all who believe.That is what the Scriptures mean when God told him, 'I have made you the father of many nations.' This happened because Abraham believed in God"
That's in Genesis 17:5.
Prayer requests? Comment below or email me at livin4christ0129@yahoo.com.
Goodnight guys!
PS: tomorrow I'm reading Genesis 4-7!
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