As the first month of 2012 closes, I am reminded that there is always a season and a time for everything under heaven. There is a time to be born...
A time to be born. Not just a physical birth but a spiritual birth. Nicodemus asked Jesus, "Can a man enter into his mothers womb and be born a second time?" Jesus said that what He was saying is that our HEARTS need to be born again. Our souls need delivery from hell and the only way for that to happen is to ask for God to forgive you of your sins.
Once we ask God to forgive us, we are also asking Jesus to cleanse us from our sinful life by His Blood that was shed on Calvary. Jesus said that there is only ONE way to the Father and that was through Him, Jesus. No other name has the power to save. No other coulod have ever done what Jesus Christ did for us.
The new birth happenes and then most people think..Ok...I'm done now. I don't have to do anything else my whole life to go to heaven. that is not so. You have to change your life to reflect your belief that Jesus has washed you white as snow and you now LOVE Him.
Change the people you hang out with. Change the way you dress. Be seperate from everyone else. Jesus said that we are to come out from the way we had walked. The road you are on now is so much different than the one you had just been walking. Prove it to yourself and others. If you truely asked Jesus into your heart, you will WANT to live your life for Him.
Look into your heart. Have you been walking the way your should be? Are you just simply walking a road and feel like you are going nowhere? If you feel lost or stuck, then go to the Lord in prayer. Ask Him if you are where He wants you to be. If you do not hear an answer, then YOU have started walking down the wrong path. Get on the straight and narrow and live your life to the fullest.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Learning new things.....
As my husband and I started this new year we decided to read the Word each day together. Now you might think that just reading the Word together is not anything new, BUT it is. I bought the Bible in a Year Bible and now I read out loud to my husband each day and then we discuss what we just read.
I am finding that I am learning so many new things that I have never thought of before. Like just how good a farmer that Jacob was. He told his father in-law Laben that he would take all the animals that were spotted, neck ringed, and brown from Labens flocks and cattle herds as his payment for working for Laben. Now this was AFTER he worked for Laben for 14 years. Laben said "OK. Cull them all out of my herds and flocks all those that had any kind of blemish....". So Jacob did. The Word tells me that Jacob built fences to put his animals in and let them bred. He kept them so well watered and feed that they multiplied fast.
Labens sons saw this and complained to Laben and told him that Jacob had bigger herds and flocks than Laben had. They were jealous because Jacob was doing so much better than them.
It got me to wondering something. Was Jacob still sneaky, and conniving? Or was he a just man? Part of me says he never did change his behavior. I'm talking about cheating Esau out of his birthright and then Esau's BLESSING. The blessing that was rightfully Esau's. The other part of me believes that Jacob did learn a lesson. That God gave him the intelligence to multiply his cattle and flocks.
It was interesting to learn also that Leah and Rachel put aside their differences and told Jacob that they should go back to his house because Laben their father never did pay Jacob their "bride price" that he would have had to pay. Instead Jacob worked for Laben to get his two wives.
So that is something interesting that I have learned.
I am finding that I am learning so many new things that I have never thought of before. Like just how good a farmer that Jacob was. He told his father in-law Laben that he would take all the animals that were spotted, neck ringed, and brown from Labens flocks and cattle herds as his payment for working for Laben. Now this was AFTER he worked for Laben for 14 years. Laben said "OK. Cull them all out of my herds and flocks all those that had any kind of blemish....". So Jacob did. The Word tells me that Jacob built fences to put his animals in and let them bred. He kept them so well watered and feed that they multiplied fast.
Labens sons saw this and complained to Laben and told him that Jacob had bigger herds and flocks than Laben had. They were jealous because Jacob was doing so much better than them.
It got me to wondering something. Was Jacob still sneaky, and conniving? Or was he a just man? Part of me says he never did change his behavior. I'm talking about cheating Esau out of his birthright and then Esau's BLESSING. The blessing that was rightfully Esau's. The other part of me believes that Jacob did learn a lesson. That God gave him the intelligence to multiply his cattle and flocks.
It was interesting to learn also that Leah and Rachel put aside their differences and told Jacob that they should go back to his house because Laben their father never did pay Jacob their "bride price" that he would have had to pay. Instead Jacob worked for Laben to get his two wives.
So that is something interesting that I have learned.
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Training up Children
Training up a child....this is way different than raising kids. Training means that we are to put effort into the development and charater of our children. When you train for something you put as much thought and time into it so that it will produce what you want.
Training up children is the same way. How do we want our children to behave as adults or even as children? Is it ok for us to just allow our children to do anything they want to do? Is it ok to get them out of trouble because they made a mmistake? Is it wrong to expect them to deal with things themselves?
If I want my child to act like a young lady or young man , it is my job to show them how to act and not just in public. When children see with their own eyes by our example, they will treat others like they are taught. If the only thing you do is yell and cuss and threaten others, then that is a lesson that will stay with children and will follow them in their lives. They will act the same way. here is a true story.....
"One day a little girl about 4 years old was playing with her babydoll. She sat there rocking the baby, feeding it, changed it's diaper then laid it down on the chair. A little while later the little girl picked up the baby, tried to feed it, tried to rock it even checked the diaper.As I sat there in the Doctor's office watching her, I noticed that she was getting upset. The little girl stood up off the floor with the babydoll put it in the chair again harder than she did the first time and said, "Your getting on my nerves!". The mother of this child looked at her and laughed."
I thought to myself, I know what is going on in that home. This child will grow up to parent like she is being parenting unless her parents change their style.
It is not ok to always get children out of trouble. I believe the first time a kid makes a mistake that as parents we are to help them but if they make it a habit of doing wrong, let them fix it by themselves. As parents we have to set examples and one of those things wedo not like to do is see our children fall. But unless they get their knees skined then they will never learn a valuable lesson. People fall and get hurt, that is life but what is needed is that as a parent I show my child how much he/she is loved and what is expected of them. It is wrong to always do for your child. How will they ever learn to deal with the world if they are never expected to try when they are young? Just something to think about.
Training up children is the same way. How do we want our children to behave as adults or even as children? Is it ok for us to just allow our children to do anything they want to do? Is it ok to get them out of trouble because they made a mmistake? Is it wrong to expect them to deal with things themselves?
If I want my child to act like a young lady or young man , it is my job to show them how to act and not just in public. When children see with their own eyes by our example, they will treat others like they are taught. If the only thing you do is yell and cuss and threaten others, then that is a lesson that will stay with children and will follow them in their lives. They will act the same way. here is a true story.....
"One day a little girl about 4 years old was playing with her babydoll. She sat there rocking the baby, feeding it, changed it's diaper then laid it down on the chair. A little while later the little girl picked up the baby, tried to feed it, tried to rock it even checked the diaper.As I sat there in the Doctor's office watching her, I noticed that she was getting upset. The little girl stood up off the floor with the babydoll put it in the chair again harder than she did the first time and said, "Your getting on my nerves!". The mother of this child looked at her and laughed."
I thought to myself, I know what is going on in that home. This child will grow up to parent like she is being parenting unless her parents change their style.
It is not ok to always get children out of trouble. I believe the first time a kid makes a mistake that as parents we are to help them but if they make it a habit of doing wrong, let them fix it by themselves. As parents we have to set examples and one of those things wedo not like to do is see our children fall. But unless they get their knees skined then they will never learn a valuable lesson. People fall and get hurt, that is life but what is needed is that as a parent I show my child how much he/she is loved and what is expected of them. It is wrong to always do for your child. How will they ever learn to deal with the world if they are never expected to try when they are young? Just something to think about.
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Sleepless nights and Prayer
Sleepless nights are the perfect time to pray. There is always a reason that a person cna't sleep. One of them maybe that the Lord has impressed upon you to pray for someone or something in particular. Another reason could be that the enemy does not want you to have the rest you need.
I can remember one time my Papa telling me to pray when I can't sleep. He said it puts you to sleep every time. Well I thougth "Of course it does! Prayer is boring." This was way back in the day when I was not a Christian. It was my Papa's way of wittnessing to me about the love of Jesus Christ even though I didn't know it.
Prayer is such an important part of my life now. I really enjoy talking to my Lord. I have learned to stop and listen too. Even though I am a "talker", I know that God don't care that sometimes I ramble on, He never gets tired of what I ahve to say.
Paul said that we are to be in prayer constantly. Now that don't mean that we are to be on our knees all the time and do nothing else in our life, no, what he is saying is that we are to be in the attitude of prayer. To praise the Lord for no reason at all just to say "I love you Lord" To life His name up in praise. When we are in that attitude of prayer it will come much more easily to pray for a need when we are called upon to pray.
Be ready at all times. Be sure that you can go to the Throne of God and petition Him for things without having to make sure you are clean and ready to go before Him. That is another thing that Paul talked about. Die daily. This means make sure that there is not one sin or thing that stands between you and God. That it all is under the blood of Jesus Christ our Savior.
So the next time you cannot sleep, try praying. God will answer your prayer one way or another, be it that you go back to sleep or that you sit up and post something on the computer that may help someone else in the world.
I can remember one time my Papa telling me to pray when I can't sleep. He said it puts you to sleep every time. Well I thougth "Of course it does! Prayer is boring." This was way back in the day when I was not a Christian. It was my Papa's way of wittnessing to me about the love of Jesus Christ even though I didn't know it.
Prayer is such an important part of my life now. I really enjoy talking to my Lord. I have learned to stop and listen too. Even though I am a "talker", I know that God don't care that sometimes I ramble on, He never gets tired of what I ahve to say.
Paul said that we are to be in prayer constantly. Now that don't mean that we are to be on our knees all the time and do nothing else in our life, no, what he is saying is that we are to be in the attitude of prayer. To praise the Lord for no reason at all just to say "I love you Lord" To life His name up in praise. When we are in that attitude of prayer it will come much more easily to pray for a need when we are called upon to pray.
Be ready at all times. Be sure that you can go to the Throne of God and petition Him for things without having to make sure you are clean and ready to go before Him. That is another thing that Paul talked about. Die daily. This means make sure that there is not one sin or thing that stands between you and God. That it all is under the blood of Jesus Christ our Savior.
So the next time you cannot sleep, try praying. God will answer your prayer one way or another, be it that you go back to sleep or that you sit up and post something on the computer that may help someone else in the world.
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