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!
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Thursday, February 11, 2010
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Day 22/365 Bible in a Year
Today I read Romans 7-8 inbetween by first class and second. I also wrote by blog in my journal!! Quiet time was amazing!!
DID YOU KNOW that we aren't bound to the laws anymore?
Romans 7:1
"Don't you know that the law applies only while a person is living?"
An example of this is shown in verses 2-4 with marriage and death. Read it, don't just take my word.
Romans 7:4
"You died to the power of the law when you dide with Christ."
Romans 7:6
"We have been released from the law, for we died to it and are no longer captive to its power. Now we can serve God, not in the way of obeying the letter of the law, but in the new way of living in the Spirit."
Does that mean that God's lawss are sinful? No! (Romans 7:7)
The law helps reveal our sins to us, but I meant that because the law tells us what not to do sin finds ways to pull us into breaking the laws. If there were no laws, yes, we would be sinning no doubt!! But we wouldn't know the difference between sin and no sin. Sin wouldn't try to tempt us so much if there were no laws to break, am I right? Would it not be WAYY easier to be sinless if sins didn't exist or if the laws didn't?
We are slaves to sin, but we are only slaves to what we choose to obey (Romans 6:16) Sin tugs us, tells us what's "better" for us. It is really only telling us what the flesh wants...LIVE IN THE SPIRIT! (Romans 7:25) The nswer is Jesus Christ our Lord!!
Christ died for us as the only complete requirement of the law. He was sinless, never breaking ONE law, but still was murdered! And since He died for us, we are no longer controlled by sin. We live in the Spirit, and Christ helps us resist sin.
I love this verse, Romans 8:17
"And since we are His children, we are His heirs. In fact, together with Christ we are heirs to God's glory. But if we are to share His glory, we must ALSO share His SUFFERING."
It reminds me of the thing I forget the most...we are ALL children of God. When we go to Heaven we will ALL share the kingdom of Christ, the kingdom of God has been given to us freely...but to reach that Kingdom and share it with Christ, we MUST share in His suffering also!
Guys, face it. There WILL be times of persecution in the present and the future. There have been in the past, it is inevitable! But pray and all will be well.
Our suffering won't be long. His kingdom is coming. (Romans 8:25 says be patient and wait and be confident.)
There is a process to being given God's glor, and to give it back with your life and your heart. God causes everything to work together for the good of His kingdom.
*1* God knew US before we existed.
*2* He chose US to be his children.
*3* He called US to come to Him.
*4* He gave US right standing with Him.
*5* God gave us His glory to...
*6* Give His glory back to Him by showing it to the world!
You can find these in Romans 8:29-30
Nothing can seperate us from God's love!
Check out Romans 8:31 and Romans 8:35-39
Amen!
Contemplate that and talk to God some more! Prayer requests? Comment them below or email me at livin4christ0129@yahoo.com!
God bless!
Lanie A.
DID YOU KNOW that we aren't bound to the laws anymore?
Romans 7:1
"Don't you know that the law applies only while a person is living?"
An example of this is shown in verses 2-4 with marriage and death. Read it, don't just take my word.
Romans 7:4
"You died to the power of the law when you dide with Christ."
Romans 7:6
"We have been released from the law, for we died to it and are no longer captive to its power. Now we can serve God, not in the way of obeying the letter of the law, but in the new way of living in the Spirit."
Does that mean that God's lawss are sinful? No! (Romans 7:7)
The law helps reveal our sins to us, but I meant that because the law tells us what not to do sin finds ways to pull us into breaking the laws. If there were no laws, yes, we would be sinning no doubt!! But we wouldn't know the difference between sin and no sin. Sin wouldn't try to tempt us so much if there were no laws to break, am I right? Would it not be WAYY easier to be sinless if sins didn't exist or if the laws didn't?
We are slaves to sin, but we are only slaves to what we choose to obey (Romans 6:16) Sin tugs us, tells us what's "better" for us. It is really only telling us what the flesh wants...LIVE IN THE SPIRIT! (Romans 7:25) The nswer is Jesus Christ our Lord!!
Christ died for us as the only complete requirement of the law. He was sinless, never breaking ONE law, but still was murdered! And since He died for us, we are no longer controlled by sin. We live in the Spirit, and Christ helps us resist sin.
I love this verse, Romans 8:17
"And since we are His children, we are His heirs. In fact, together with Christ we are heirs to God's glory. But if we are to share His glory, we must ALSO share His SUFFERING."
It reminds me of the thing I forget the most...we are ALL children of God. When we go to Heaven we will ALL share the kingdom of Christ, the kingdom of God has been given to us freely...but to reach that Kingdom and share it with Christ, we MUST share in His suffering also!
Guys, face it. There WILL be times of persecution in the present and the future. There have been in the past, it is inevitable! But pray and all will be well.
Our suffering won't be long. His kingdom is coming. (Romans 8:25 says be patient and wait and be confident.)
There is a process to being given God's glor, and to give it back with your life and your heart. God causes everything to work together for the good of His kingdom.
*1* God knew US before we existed.
*2* He chose US to be his children.
*3* He called US to come to Him.
*4* He gave US right standing with Him.
*5* God gave us His glory to...
*6* Give His glory back to Him by showing it to the world!
You can find these in Romans 8:29-30
Nothing can seperate us from God's love!
Check out Romans 8:31 and Romans 8:35-39
Amen!
Contemplate that and talk to God some more! Prayer requests? Comment them below or email me at livin4christ0129@yahoo.com!
God bless!
Lanie A.
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, January 31, 2010
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!
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Crave Life
Today was fun I guess. I studied...studied....studied...and oh yeah! Studied. And I am STILL not done. I went to Crave tonight. It was amazing. A guy names Stephen was saved last night at Great Escape. AMAZING! But now I am going to read Job 3-4. Night guys!
Booyah!
Booyah!
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
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!
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Day 7/365 Bible in a Year
So today I read Matthew 1-2.
Chapter one goes through all of the decendants of Abraham...14 generations until David....14 generations from David to the Babyloni exile...and 14 generations from the exile to the Messiah (Jesus). Altogether thats 42 generation from Abraham to Jesus Christ. LOOOONNNNGGG family tree, right?
Well it came all the way down to Joseph, Mary's husband... and Mary became pregnant as a virgin. Everyone knows that now-a-days if you end up pregnant, you did something you either weren't supposed to, or you were married and wanting a family. But Mary was a VIRGIN, did you catch that? God gave Mary a child that was His. Mary and Joseph weren't even technically married, they were engaged to be married. Well Josph discovered this little detail about Mary and decde that she cheated on him, and he was going to seperate from her quietly.
I did say quietly. He wasn't going to tell ANYONE what happened. He was a pretty genuine guy, right? He didn't want to embarass her... While he was thinking baout that one night while he was falling asleep the Lord appeared to him in his sleep. He told Joseph to stay with Mary, that that baby was God's son, and Joseph was to name that baby Jesus. Your son will save the world, save all the people from their sins.
Could you imagine? A baby that could change the world... Save people from their sin.. how? What? Huh? Joseph was probabl speechless...wouldn't you be? It kind of reminds me of that movie "Four Christmases" I don't recommend the movie if you are trying to stay away from the secular world..but it is a funny movie, a romantic comedy if you will. There is a scene in there somewhere when the two main characters volunteer to be part of the "Christmas Pageant". The guy says these words, about, "Would it be okay? My wife comes to me to tell me she's pregnant and it's not my baby? It's God's baby... does that make it okay?" That might have been what was going through Joseph's mind.
Joseph went back to Mary, stayed away from sexual relations with her until Jesus was born, and was happy.
Chapter 2 some wise men were on the way to visit Jesus, they stopped by Herod's palace to ask where He was, the "New born King of the Jews". Herod wanted to know immediately where this baby was... He even told the wise men to find Him and come back to tell him here He was at so he could go worship Him too. But the wise men were told by God in a dream not to go back to King Herod.
They walked into the barn thing... ?... they saw Mary and her son, Jesus as a child.. a baby. so vulnerable, so cute and cuddly.... Can you imagine seeing a baby that would be the King..? Wow. They worshipped Him and gave Him gifts. Then the wise men went a different route home to avoid Herod.
oseph goes to bed and God appear to him again in his sleep. He tells him to wake up and leave with his son and Mary, Herod's coming to kill the baby! So Joseph get's up and take his family where God tells him to...which is....Egypt!
Herod get so angry because the wise men had tricked him that he makes orders to kill every male child in and aroung Bethlehem who was 2 years old or younger based on how the wise men told him the star appeared. All those innocent children dead in at least 2 weeks.. can you imagine the mourning around the country..?
Well, Herod eventually died and God told Jospeh in another dream to take his family and go back because he was dead, so they left but Joseph was afraid because Herod's son was ruling so God told them to go to the region of Galilee. Ending up in Nazareth and fulfilling the prophecy that He would be called a Nazarene.
All things work for the glory of God, am I right? The Bible says that in Romans 8:28 that "we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them."
Prayer requests? Comment them below or email me at livin4christ0129@yahoo.com
Lanie
Chapter one goes through all of the decendants of Abraham...14 generations until David....14 generations from David to the Babyloni exile...and 14 generations from the exile to the Messiah (Jesus). Altogether thats 42 generation from Abraham to Jesus Christ. LOOOONNNNGGG family tree, right?
Well it came all the way down to Joseph, Mary's husband... and Mary became pregnant as a virgin. Everyone knows that now-a-days if you end up pregnant, you did something you either weren't supposed to, or you were married and wanting a family. But Mary was a VIRGIN, did you catch that? God gave Mary a child that was His. Mary and Joseph weren't even technically married, they were engaged to be married. Well Josph discovered this little detail about Mary and decde that she cheated on him, and he was going to seperate from her quietly.
I did say quietly. He wasn't going to tell ANYONE what happened. He was a pretty genuine guy, right? He didn't want to embarass her... While he was thinking baout that one night while he was falling asleep the Lord appeared to him in his sleep. He told Joseph to stay with Mary, that that baby was God's son, and Joseph was to name that baby Jesus. Your son will save the world, save all the people from their sins.
Could you imagine? A baby that could change the world... Save people from their sin.. how? What? Huh? Joseph was probabl speechless...wouldn't you be? It kind of reminds me of that movie "Four Christmases" I don't recommend the movie if you are trying to stay away from the secular world..but it is a funny movie, a romantic comedy if you will. There is a scene in there somewhere when the two main characters volunteer to be part of the "Christmas Pageant". The guy says these words, about, "Would it be okay? My wife comes to me to tell me she's pregnant and it's not my baby? It's God's baby... does that make it okay?" That might have been what was going through Joseph's mind.
Joseph went back to Mary, stayed away from sexual relations with her until Jesus was born, and was happy.
Chapter 2 some wise men were on the way to visit Jesus, they stopped by Herod's palace to ask where He was, the "New born King of the Jews". Herod wanted to know immediately where this baby was... He even told the wise men to find Him and come back to tell him here He was at so he could go worship Him too. But the wise men were told by God in a dream not to go back to King Herod.
They walked into the barn thing... ?... they saw Mary and her son, Jesus as a child.. a baby. so vulnerable, so cute and cuddly.... Can you imagine seeing a baby that would be the King..? Wow. They worshipped Him and gave Him gifts. Then the wise men went a different route home to avoid Herod.
oseph goes to bed and God appear to him again in his sleep. He tells him to wake up and leave with his son and Mary, Herod's coming to kill the baby! So Joseph get's up and take his family where God tells him to...which is....Egypt!
Herod get so angry because the wise men had tricked him that he makes orders to kill every male child in and aroung Bethlehem who was 2 years old or younger based on how the wise men told him the star appeared. All those innocent children dead in at least 2 weeks.. can you imagine the mourning around the country..?
Well, Herod eventually died and God told Jospeh in another dream to take his family and go back because he was dead, so they left but Joseph was afraid because Herod's son was ruling so God told them to go to the region of Galilee. Ending up in Nazareth and fulfilling the prophecy that He would be called a Nazarene.
All things work for the glory of God, am I right? The Bible says that in Romans 8:28 that "we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them."
Prayer requests? Comment them below or email me at livin4christ0129@yahoo.com
Lanie
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Day 5/365 Bible in a Year
Job 1-2 was my reading today. Job is a book that address the question that everyone wants to ask but never does.
"Why does God allow the righteous to suffer?"
So there's this guy named Job. He's the richest man in all land where he lives. He has "7 sons, 3 daughters, 7000 sheep, 3000 camels, 500 teams of oxen, and 500 female donkeys". And to top it all off, the Bible says in verse 1 that "he was blameless-a man of complete integrity" Really? Take a second to think of someone you know who is blameless........NOONE!!! The Bible also says in the new testament after Jesus came and died for us that "there is none good, no not one!" Romans 3:10.
Until Jesus came to save us, all people could try as the might to be sinless, but only very few succeeded. And Job was one of those few, and as far as I've read he is the only, but I have only haphazardously read, picked through and I am only on day 5 of 365 on reading my entire Bible at a slow and understanding pace.
Well Job's sons would always take turns having people over to have meals in their homes, sometimes they'd invite their sisters. EVERY morning after these gatherings Job would go to the temple and make burnt offerings for EACH of his children, purifying them in the eyes of God. He really cared for his children, loved them so much.
Well, we've seen so far that Job has a pretty much perfect life. He has 7 sons and 3 daughters, he loves them, theylisten to him, and respect flows on both ends of these relationsips. He has the world at his fingertips and he follows God with his whole heart.
One day up in Heaven they are having a meeting, and all of the heavenly court comes to the Lord with Satan with them. God asks Satan, "Where have you come from?" Of course He knew Satan was from Hell, but He meant where have you been.. but God knows everything about EVERYBODY! He was really just wanting to show off His followers. You see, Satan told God he was patrolling the earth to watch everything. God asks Satan if he's seen His servant, Job.
Satan just said he was watching EVERYTHING that was going on. Satan of all evil entities is going to notice a servant of God. So he asks God to remove His protective shield from Job. He does, but only to test Job. God knew Job would succeed in the test of Satan.
This next part actually made me cry when I read it.. so be prepared...
Now we are back on earth, Job is sitting at home, probably praying or thinking and his sons and daughters were all feasting again. Out of nowhere comes a messenger to Job to tell him that people came to raide them and they stole all the oxen and donkeys from the field and that he was the only one to flee, while the first messenger is still speaking ANOTHER one comes up and just interupts to tell Job that the fires of Heaven came down on his sheepo and all the shepherds he was the only one left.
Like that'snot enough to lose in one day, ANOTHER messenger comes up halfway through the previous messenger's speech to tell Job that another group of people raided the camels and killed the servants, they were all dead except for, of course, him.
Job, so far has lost all his sheep, oxen, camels, servants, and only has 3 people who survived all that...and his sons and daughters, but wait. There's more.
The last thing that happened was that his sons and daughters were all celebrating and feasting, and a great wind came and knocked ALL of the walls down on them, killing them. All... this servant was the only to survive to tell...
Job tore his clothes, shaved his head, and despite all that had happened he didn't curse God. He remained blameless. He went from owning 7000 sheep, 3000 camels, 500 teams of oxen, 500 female donkeys, 7 sons, and 3 daughters to...4 messengers and his wife...
I know I spent a lot of space on chapter 1, but is it not inspiring to see that Job kept worshipping God?
Chapter 2 is short and sorta sweet. So basically in chapter one Satan could harm ANYTHING/ANYONE who Job knew of owned but he couldn't lay one hand on Job himself. Well, in chapter 2 Satan goes to the heavenly courts again and asks God if he can test Job one more time. He takes his health, but God tells him to do as he wishes, just don't kill Job.
Satan gives him boils from head to toe. Already suffering for the loss of his children he is swollen with soars. He's scraping himself with clay when his wife comes to him and tells him to curse God and get it over with. Do you know what Job says?
"Should we accept only good things from God and none bad?"
Did he curse God? No. Did he get angry? No.
God gives Job 3 friends in this trial to share his suffering with. They sit with him andsay nothing because they understand him. They stay and sit for 7 days and nights with Job.
God always provides for us, even in intense suffering he gives us friends with common experiences. Thank you God for that, thank you for this life and the trials you give us thrugh Satan. Amen.
Prayer requests? Comment or email me at livin4christ0129@yahoo.com.
Lanie
"Why does God allow the righteous to suffer?"
So there's this guy named Job. He's the richest man in all land where he lives. He has "7 sons, 3 daughters, 7000 sheep, 3000 camels, 500 teams of oxen, and 500 female donkeys". And to top it all off, the Bible says in verse 1 that "he was blameless-a man of complete integrity" Really? Take a second to think of someone you know who is blameless........NOONE!!! The Bible also says in the new testament after Jesus came and died for us that "there is none good, no not one!" Romans 3:10.
Until Jesus came to save us, all people could try as the might to be sinless, but only very few succeeded. And Job was one of those few, and as far as I've read he is the only, but I have only haphazardously read, picked through and I am only on day 5 of 365 on reading my entire Bible at a slow and understanding pace.
Well Job's sons would always take turns having people over to have meals in their homes, sometimes they'd invite their sisters. EVERY morning after these gatherings Job would go to the temple and make burnt offerings for EACH of his children, purifying them in the eyes of God. He really cared for his children, loved them so much.
Well, we've seen so far that Job has a pretty much perfect life. He has 7 sons and 3 daughters, he loves them, theylisten to him, and respect flows on both ends of these relationsips. He has the world at his fingertips and he follows God with his whole heart.
One day up in Heaven they are having a meeting, and all of the heavenly court comes to the Lord with Satan with them. God asks Satan, "Where have you come from?" Of course He knew Satan was from Hell, but He meant where have you been.. but God knows everything about EVERYBODY! He was really just wanting to show off His followers. You see, Satan told God he was patrolling the earth to watch everything. God asks Satan if he's seen His servant, Job.
Satan just said he was watching EVERYTHING that was going on. Satan of all evil entities is going to notice a servant of God. So he asks God to remove His protective shield from Job. He does, but only to test Job. God knew Job would succeed in the test of Satan.
This next part actually made me cry when I read it.. so be prepared...
Now we are back on earth, Job is sitting at home, probably praying or thinking and his sons and daughters were all feasting again. Out of nowhere comes a messenger to Job to tell him that people came to raide them and they stole all the oxen and donkeys from the field and that he was the only one to flee, while the first messenger is still speaking ANOTHER one comes up and just interupts to tell Job that the fires of Heaven came down on his sheepo and all the shepherds he was the only one left.
Like that'snot enough to lose in one day, ANOTHER messenger comes up halfway through the previous messenger's speech to tell Job that another group of people raided the camels and killed the servants, they were all dead except for, of course, him.
Job, so far has lost all his sheep, oxen, camels, servants, and only has 3 people who survived all that...and his sons and daughters, but wait. There's more.
The last thing that happened was that his sons and daughters were all celebrating and feasting, and a great wind came and knocked ALL of the walls down on them, killing them. All... this servant was the only to survive to tell...
Job tore his clothes, shaved his head, and despite all that had happened he didn't curse God. He remained blameless. He went from owning 7000 sheep, 3000 camels, 500 teams of oxen, 500 female donkeys, 7 sons, and 3 daughters to...4 messengers and his wife...
I know I spent a lot of space on chapter 1, but is it not inspiring to see that Job kept worshipping God?
Chapter 2 is short and sorta sweet. So basically in chapter one Satan could harm ANYTHING/ANYONE who Job knew of owned but he couldn't lay one hand on Job himself. Well, in chapter 2 Satan goes to the heavenly courts again and asks God if he can test Job one more time. He takes his health, but God tells him to do as he wishes, just don't kill Job.
Satan gives him boils from head to toe. Already suffering for the loss of his children he is swollen with soars. He's scraping himself with clay when his wife comes to him and tells him to curse God and get it over with. Do you know what Job says?
"Should we accept only good things from God and none bad?"
Did he curse God? No. Did he get angry? No.
God gives Job 3 friends in this trial to share his suffering with. They sit with him andsay nothing because they understand him. They stay and sit for 7 days and nights with Job.
God always provides for us, even in intense suffering he gives us friends with common experiences. Thank you God for that, thank you for this life and the trials you give us thrugh Satan. Amen.
Prayer requests? Comment or email me at livin4christ0129@yahoo.com.
Lanie
Crave @ 7
Today was a pretty good day. I woke up later than I meant to, got ready, ate, went to Matt's to see what's up, came back home, studied psychology and student development...ate a snack... then I studied some more and left for Crave.
Crave was AMAZING! I truely belive I met God again tonight.. just like last night at Great Escape.
Now I am about to read my Bible and write another blog!! Today was great, and I'm waking up tomorrow morning at 8 and studying some more after I post my Bible study.
Night
Crave was AMAZING! I truely belive I met God again tonight.. just like last night at Great Escape.
Now I am about to read my Bible and write another blog!! Today was great, and I'm waking up tomorrow morning at 8 and studying some more after I post my Bible study.
Night
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