So, my 7 year old last night while saying her prayers, asked God why is it called the Word of God, when there are like millions of words in there? Now, while this made me smile and makes me appreciate that she is thinking about things in her own way and feels like she can ask God questions I feel like as her mother, I should help her find the answer. However, I am completely at a loss as to the answer as why it is called the Word instead of Words.
Anyone have any words or scriptures for her and I to read to understand this better?
Saturday, October 19, 2013
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Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Visitation Time
Possible churches to visit.... Let me know if you know of any others nearby and any opinions you have on those on the list.
Lake Park Church of God
Corinth Baptist Church
Cross Pointe Church Valdosta
Dasher Church of Christ
Lake Park Methodist
Solomon's Porch Valdosta
Azalea City Church of God
Truth Apostolic
About My Father's Ministry
Tired
I am so very tired today.... I don't even think I have anything to say.
God loves us, this I know and this will help me to sleep for tomorrow is bill paying day and there isn't enough to go around. :-(
God loves us, this I know and this will help me to sleep for tomorrow is bill paying day and there isn't enough to go around. :-(
Monday, October 14, 2013
One
One woman
One God
One prayer
One life
One forgiven
One redeemed
One reborn
One Woman
One God
One who will praise Always.
One God
One prayer
One life
One forgiven
One redeemed
One reborn
One Woman
One God
One who will praise Always.
To see you on that cross
the very perfect of us all
Your blood dripping down
as the despair went all around.
Your love always shown
Your eyes never faltered
You hung there till the last,
never failing, never seeking
their approval or feeding their
disdain, only letting your love flow.
Eyes full of tears watching
Never leaving till you were gone.
How broken they must have felt as the watched
the greatest they had known leaving them this way.
The sorrow to see, the despair to feel
not knowing what the next days would bring.
His love for us never died
only moved to the inside.
We can no longer see, we must feel
That seed within us, we must nourish,
let it begin to bring us new.
A journey that starts and yet takes
us into the dark
Stretching, reaching
The Son gives us all we need
brings us to the light and sets us free.
Our seeds sprouted
leaves reaching out
showing the world.
All beginning with the dripping
of the blood of the worlds'
most perfect man.
the very perfect of us all
Your blood dripping down
as the despair went all around.
Your love always shown
Your eyes never faltered
You hung there till the last,
never failing, never seeking
their approval or feeding their
disdain, only letting your love flow.
Eyes full of tears watching
Never leaving till you were gone.
How broken they must have felt as the watched
the greatest they had known leaving them this way.
The sorrow to see, the despair to feel
not knowing what the next days would bring.
His love for us never died
only moved to the inside.
We can no longer see, we must feel
That seed within us, we must nourish,
let it begin to bring us new.
A journey that starts and yet takes
us into the dark
Stretching, reaching
The Son gives us all we need
brings us to the light and sets us free.
Our seeds sprouted
leaves reaching out
showing the world.
All beginning with the dripping
of the blood of the worlds'
most perfect man.
Hidden
Hidden o God
under your wing
You love spreads over me
Protecting and clothing me.
How I long to hear your voice
resonating
To hear you speaking only to me
and me alone.
I let you in- so I say- and
yet I still think I am holding back pieces of me
Those pieces you have already
put together and your have
rearranged to better suit us both.
Yet I still wander
aching to know my path
hurting deep inside for my
lack of trust for you, for me.
Letting go and letting you
take control is the hardest for me
Yet, this I know I must.
under your wing
You love spreads over me
Protecting and clothing me.
How I long to hear your voice
resonating
To hear you speaking only to me
and me alone.
I let you in- so I say- and
yet I still think I am holding back pieces of me
Those pieces you have already
put together and your have
rearranged to better suit us both.
Yet I still wander
aching to know my path
hurting deep inside for my
lack of trust for you, for me.
Letting go and letting you
take control is the hardest for me
Yet, this I know I must.
Daughter of God
Daughter forever
I am a daughter of God
He will always be there for me
As I fall he will reach down and help me back up
No matter where I go, he is always by my side.
Loving me, Guiding me.
Always he loves
Always he is there
Always he will be.
I am a daughter of God
He will always be there for me
As I fall he will reach down and help me back up
No matter where I go, he is always by my side.
Loving me, Guiding me.
Always he loves
Always he is there
Always he will be.
Sunday Ramblings
Sin...
Sin is all around us and yes, even still within us. Trying, seeking to push us towards the side of the devil. I'm still a little strange at mentioning the devil at times even to write it. I spent so many years denying that he even existed, that evil only came from people and not some other being that had once been so close to God. It's been a definite mind shift for me, like several other things. Like getting rid of old rituals, I had thought for a while that some of the celebrations that I used to celebrate could be incorporated into a Christian life, but then I've come to realize that if I am letting God make me new, then that means all of that has to go.
Like it says in Hebrews 10 22:25
We should draw boldly nearer to God which only became possible after the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
We should hold hope, be faithful to God. Do not hold on to old rituals of the former self. That can lead you to stray back to the easy ways.
We should work together and with each other and for each other, always encouraging one another and ALWAYS LOVING one another as we are commanded to do.
Remember God will never forsake us and it is impossible for him to lie, so the rewards and blessings that he has promised us through his word will one day be ours, only in his time, when we are ready to receive them.
Sin is all around us and yes, even still within us. Trying, seeking to push us towards the side of the devil. I'm still a little strange at mentioning the devil at times even to write it. I spent so many years denying that he even existed, that evil only came from people and not some other being that had once been so close to God. It's been a definite mind shift for me, like several other things. Like getting rid of old rituals, I had thought for a while that some of the celebrations that I used to celebrate could be incorporated into a Christian life, but then I've come to realize that if I am letting God make me new, then that means all of that has to go.
Like it says in Hebrews 10 22:25
We should draw boldly nearer to God which only became possible after the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
We should hold hope, be faithful to God. Do not hold on to old rituals of the former self. That can lead you to stray back to the easy ways.
We should work together and with each other and for each other, always encouraging one another and ALWAYS LOVING one another as we are commanded to do.
Remember God will never forsake us and it is impossible for him to lie, so the rewards and blessings that he has promised us through his word will one day be ours, only in his time, when we are ready to receive them.
A Prayer
Dear God,
Bless us this week as we try to keep your words and remember how you would have us to be.
Give us peace when we fret, trust in when we start to worry and let us always remember that you are with us today and all our tomorrows and that you will bless us.
In Jesus Name,
Amen.
Bless us this week as we try to keep your words and remember how you would have us to be.
Give us peace when we fret, trust in when we start to worry and let us always remember that you are with us today and all our tomorrows and that you will bless us.
In Jesus Name,
Amen.
Saturday, October 12, 2013
Giving it all to God
I have to give it all to God, let him take over my soul and make me whole.
One night after listing out all of the blames that I had, the study I was doing have me list my blessings.
I am so very blessed.
One night after listing out all of the blames that I had, the study I was doing have me list my blessings.
I am so very blessed.
- I have a loving, forgiving God
- I have a loving, supportive Sean
- I have an awesome Liliana that I get to watch grow
- I have a wonderful adventurous Jack monkey
- I have other family that loves me and sees me as better than I do.
- I have a steady job.
- I get to spend time with my family daily.
- I am able to watch/hear my children grow & express themselves and know that they can complain to me.
- I know that even when I am cranky and not so good that neither God nor Sean will leave or quit loving me.
October 12th, Notes from Luke 17
~These are all notes from my devotional time this morning~
We should forgive someone each time the sin against us, especially after they apologize. I'm understanding that to mean that the normal we forgive them even if the don't apologize.
This did leave me with the question of, what about sins committed against you by you? What is the proper course of action there?
Verse 5-10 gave me problems- I had to ask for some help from a friend.
But, she helped me realize that I was reading too much into it. Simply put, it is that we should do our duty to God, for God and not for the praises of others.
We should always remember to praise God for all the he has given us, all that he has promised to us and for ALWAYS standing by our side.
God's kingdom is amongst us, we will not recognize when it comes and thus we should live each day in the ways that He has laid out for us and seek the path that he wants us to walk down in our daily lives remembering him at all times. When he does come, we are to put down all our 'human stuff' and follow him. Otherwise, we will be left.
ALWAYS PRAY!
Admit your sins and failings to God, for he will see them anyways, do not seek to make yourself bigger than others.
Remember to follow where God leads you for he will reward his followers in time and to seek his kingdom and rejoice with him as if you were a little child.
We must keep God first in our lives, from the moment we wake until we lay down to sleep. For all our troubles and for all our praises, he is with us, he is for us and he will guide us. His love lives within us!
All study this morning comes from Luke
We should forgive someone each time the sin against us, especially after they apologize. I'm understanding that to mean that the normal we forgive them even if the don't apologize.
This did leave me with the question of, what about sins committed against you by you? What is the proper course of action there?
Verse 5-10 gave me problems- I had to ask for some help from a friend.
But, she helped me realize that I was reading too much into it. Simply put, it is that we should do our duty to God, for God and not for the praises of others.
We should always remember to praise God for all the he has given us, all that he has promised to us and for ALWAYS standing by our side.
God's kingdom is amongst us, we will not recognize when it comes and thus we should live each day in the ways that He has laid out for us and seek the path that he wants us to walk down in our daily lives remembering him at all times. When he does come, we are to put down all our 'human stuff' and follow him. Otherwise, we will be left.
ALWAYS PRAY!
Admit your sins and failings to God, for he will see them anyways, do not seek to make yourself bigger than others.
Remember to follow where God leads you for he will reward his followers in time and to seek his kingdom and rejoice with him as if you were a little child.
We must keep God first in our lives, from the moment we wake until we lay down to sleep. For all our troubles and for all our praises, he is with us, he is for us and he will guide us. His love lives within us!
All study this morning comes from Luke
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