Monday, October 15, 2012
Who to Believe
In Genesis 3: 1-5 is the story about how the serpent ( the devil, Satan, liar) deceives Eve.
He speaks in 3:1 and again v. 4-5. In this story the serpent speaks about 45 words. ( KJV)
Now in Job 1: 6-12, the story is about how God and Satan are speaking about Job.
Job 2: 1-10 is how Satan has come back and talks with God again about Job and in
both chapters Satan speaks about 131 words. ( KJV)
Now in Matthew 4: 1-11 , this is the story of how Jesus was tempted in the wilderness by Satan.
and he speaks a total of about 71 words. so in scriptures out of the KJV Bible we have a total
of about 247 words that Satan speaks...
Yes, Satan is spoken about but I am talking about him speaking the words. Satan is NOT God...
Why do we give Satan so much time and power over us? He is really nothing but a deceiver.
We give way to much credit to him... Why , if we are saying we are a Christian do we believe
Satan more that what God has said? God does not want us to live in want...... nor in lies... Satan
wants you to need and he will lie to you about EVERYTHING!
So who do you believe; God or Satan? Have you ever thought about what God has promised you?
Have you ever thought about what God has already done for you? He sent His only Son, Jesus Christ
here to die for YOUR sins ( yes mine too) and if nothing else was ever promised that should be enough.
But, He has promised so much more. Read John 3:16 . He promised everlasting life.. Wow! We
get to live with Him forever!! 1 John 4:4 ; " greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world"
He also promises to send a Comforter to you to abide with you for ever.. John 14:16. So many promises
if we would just see them.. Please check out the Word for yourself and see. I am still in the learning mode myself..... I do know that the choice is up to me and to you to make, who to follow... I am learning to
lean on Jesus Christ and I will follow Him...
Satan is a liar and that is the choice he made... PLEASE don't let him make that choice for you....
God loves you. God is Love..God loves you..
Remember: Smile it is a free gift from God for you to share with all you meet...
tenderly with arms wrapped about you.. your sister in Christ Jesus, vickie
Monday, September 3, 2012
Law versus Grace
Good Morning Beloved,
I was just reading in one of my Bibles and found something I would like to share with you.. It is not long.
It is about Law and Grace ;
Law:
Moses was a representative of the law- ( Law brings to Jordon)
Jordon, means death - ( judgement) , law brings us to death and leaves us.
Joshua came and took over ( Joshua means Jesus) , Joshua led them over Jordon
Jesus will take you through valley of the shadow of death , over into eternal life
John the Baptist was the last representative of the law. He brought people down to the Jordon River to be baptized, but he left them at the Jordon.
When Christ came he went INTO the Jordon and brought the people out.
This is the difference between Law and Grace.
Law: slays a man
Grace: makes him live
Law: death and judgement
Grace: eternal life
This was taken from a D. L. Moody sermon I heard. Pretty much sums it all up don't you think?
Remember to Smile: Someone out there needs it today and You are the most beautiful you can be
when you smile and share it. God Bless and Have a great day!!
tenderly with arms wrapped about you , your sister in Christ Jesus, vickie
I was just reading in one of my Bibles and found something I would like to share with you.. It is not long.
It is about Law and Grace ;
Law:
Moses was a representative of the law- ( Law brings to Jordon)
Jordon, means death - ( judgement) , law brings us to death and leaves us.
Joshua came and took over ( Joshua means Jesus) , Joshua led them over Jordon
Jesus will take you through valley of the shadow of death , over into eternal life
John the Baptist was the last representative of the law. He brought people down to the Jordon River to be baptized, but he left them at the Jordon.
When Christ came he went INTO the Jordon and brought the people out.
This is the difference between Law and Grace.
Law: slays a man
Grace: makes him live
Law: death and judgement
Grace: eternal life
This was taken from a D. L. Moody sermon I heard. Pretty much sums it all up don't you think?
Remember to Smile: Someone out there needs it today and You are the most beautiful you can be
when you smile and share it. God Bless and Have a great day!!
tenderly with arms wrapped about you , your sister in Christ Jesus, vickie
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Who Is To Blame?
Hello Beloved,
I want to talk to you about blame.. Have you ever been blamed or blamed someone for something?
I am in a Bible study right now , and the lesson for this day was called " The Blame Game". I thought
it had some really interesting things in it... I sure did learn from this lesson today. I hope you can too..
Let's start with with what the lesson started with okay?
I want to set the stage so to speak okay?
Adam is in the garden and has been told by God that he can eat of any of the trees
in the garden except for the tree of knowledge of good and evil . ( Genesis 2: 17)
In Genesis 2: 21-25 God causes Adam to go into a deep sleep and He takes ones of his ribs and makes
woman. So now we can go to Genesis 3: and see Who is to blame.
It starts out that the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made.
And he said to the woman, " Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
Well, we all know the story and how the woman ate the fruit and gave some to her husband , and this is how
we had sin enter into our lives.. Are we in agreement with this? Okay, moving forward.
If we read now in Genesis 3: 3-7 (NIV) , we will get to the point of blame.
" Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves. Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the Lord God among the trees of the garden. But the Lord God called to the man, "" Where are you?"" He answered ""I heard you in the garden , and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid."
Now, we can start asking the question of WHO IS TO BLAME ?
When we are reading it , it sounds like Eve should be blamed , don't you think? Or should we really blame
that old serpent? What about Adam? Who is to blame?
In the study I am doing it starts out with this... Eve was listening to that old serpent.. Now, just listening is not wrong BUT when you listen to a lie and then you start to dwell on it, then you start to believe it, and then you act upon it...And this is what leads us onto the path of bondage.. ie... Eve listened to the serpent tell her that she would not die, that she would be like a god , knowing good and evil... LISTENING was not the problem . She looked at the tree and saw it was pretty and she could become wise and she gave her husband some of it to eat too.. So , she listened , she dwelt a moment and she believed what was told to her by that old serpent and acted upon it.. That was the fall , right? Or was it?
So , now are we blaming the serpent for the lies or Eve for listening to them? Well here is something I picked up in the lesson .. " God didn't ask them what someone else had done to make them sin;
He held them accountable for their own behavior. Regardless of what had influenced them to make that choice, it was still THEIR choice." So pointing fingers at others will keep us in bondage
and guilt.. Freedom comes when we take responsibility for ourselves and the choice that we make..
So, when someone is telling you lies, you do not have to listen to them , but if you do , don't dwell on them and please don't act on them... Remember to be free is to take responsibility for our own choice.
Well , remember to smile , you never know who is looking and might need it today.. God Bless!!
tenderly with arms wrapped about you........ your sister in Christ Jesus, vickie
I want to talk to you about blame.. Have you ever been blamed or blamed someone for something?
I am in a Bible study right now , and the lesson for this day was called " The Blame Game". I thought
it had some really interesting things in it... I sure did learn from this lesson today. I hope you can too..
Let's start with with what the lesson started with okay?
I want to set the stage so to speak okay?
Adam is in the garden and has been told by God that he can eat of any of the trees
in the garden except for the tree of knowledge of good and evil . ( Genesis 2: 17)
In Genesis 2: 21-25 God causes Adam to go into a deep sleep and He takes ones of his ribs and makes
woman. So now we can go to Genesis 3: and see Who is to blame.
It starts out that the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made.
And he said to the woman, " Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
Well, we all know the story and how the woman ate the fruit and gave some to her husband , and this is how
we had sin enter into our lives.. Are we in agreement with this? Okay, moving forward.
If we read now in Genesis 3: 3-7 (NIV) , we will get to the point of blame.
" Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves. Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the Lord God among the trees of the garden. But the Lord God called to the man, "" Where are you?"" He answered ""I heard you in the garden , and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid."
Now, we can start asking the question of WHO IS TO BLAME ?
When we are reading it , it sounds like Eve should be blamed , don't you think? Or should we really blame
that old serpent? What about Adam? Who is to blame?
In the study I am doing it starts out with this... Eve was listening to that old serpent.. Now, just listening is not wrong BUT when you listen to a lie and then you start to dwell on it, then you start to believe it, and then you act upon it...And this is what leads us onto the path of bondage.. ie... Eve listened to the serpent tell her that she would not die, that she would be like a god , knowing good and evil... LISTENING was not the problem . She looked at the tree and saw it was pretty and she could become wise and she gave her husband some of it to eat too.. So , she listened , she dwelt a moment and she believed what was told to her by that old serpent and acted upon it.. That was the fall , right? Or was it?
So , now are we blaming the serpent for the lies or Eve for listening to them? Well here is something I picked up in the lesson .. " God didn't ask them what someone else had done to make them sin;
He held them accountable for their own behavior. Regardless of what had influenced them to make that choice, it was still THEIR choice." So pointing fingers at others will keep us in bondage
and guilt.. Freedom comes when we take responsibility for ourselves and the choice that we make..
So, when someone is telling you lies, you do not have to listen to them , but if you do , don't dwell on them and please don't act on them... Remember to be free is to take responsibility for our own choice.
Well , remember to smile , you never know who is looking and might need it today.. God Bless!!
tenderly with arms wrapped about you........ your sister in Christ Jesus, vickie
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Daniel The Prophet
Hello Beloved,
I have been studying the book of Daniel in the Bible. I had recently heard something that I just could
not agree with, so I started digging to find the answer.
2 Timothy 2: 15. "Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth."
I will now show you what I have learned along the way.. If you see something you don't agree with please, at the bottom of the entry is a comment line, so tell me what and why and I will research it some more. thanks. I want to give you a little background history here..
I am going to start with King David. King David was born about 1040 BC and he died about 970 BC.
This would have made him 70 years of age when he died... He became King at 30 years of age and he
was King for 40 years.( 2 Samuel 5:4, 1 Kings 2:10-11) King David had a son called Daniel or Chileab with his third wife Abigail. ( 2 Samuel 3:3, 1 Chronicles 3:1)
Now lets move on to the book of Daniel.
Daniel was born about 622 BC, so when he was taken along with Hananiah( Shadrach), Mishael ( Meshach), Azariah ( Abed-nego) he would have been about 17 years of age. So, I don't believe it was
possible for this Daniel to be the son of King David and Abigail. I am not saying it is not possible that Daniel
was a descendant of King David and Abigail , just that it was not a direct son ship.
Daniel 1:1.
" In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it."
Jehoiakim( Jehoiachim) his birth name was Eliakim. He was installed as king of Judah in about 608 BC.
So his third year would have been about 605 BC. He ruled for about 11 years.
Daniel 1:3
" And the king spake unto Ashpenaz the masters of the eunuchs, that he should bring certain of the children of Israel, and of the king's seed, and of the princes. ( nobility)
In all of the research material I searched I could not find Daniel's lineage. So I have to just take what I see in Daniel 1: and know that he was of noble birth.
I found so much out about this period of history and it was all very interesting ... I started out trying to see
if what I had heard was correct... I believe I have now found my answer.. I hope you find this interesting
enough to look and see if I am correct . Please DO NOT EVER JUST SIT AND TAKE FOR GRANTED WHAT SOMEONE SAYS, SEARCH IT OUT FOR YOURSELF.
Smile: it is a free gift from God for you to share and you are at your most beautiful when you do...
tenderly with arms around you. vickie
I have been studying the book of Daniel in the Bible. I had recently heard something that I just could
not agree with, so I started digging to find the answer.
2 Timothy 2: 15. "Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth."
I will now show you what I have learned along the way.. If you see something you don't agree with please, at the bottom of the entry is a comment line, so tell me what and why and I will research it some more. thanks. I want to give you a little background history here..
I am going to start with King David. King David was born about 1040 BC and he died about 970 BC.
This would have made him 70 years of age when he died... He became King at 30 years of age and he
was King for 40 years.( 2 Samuel 5:4, 1 Kings 2:10-11) King David had a son called Daniel or Chileab with his third wife Abigail. ( 2 Samuel 3:3, 1 Chronicles 3:1)
Now lets move on to the book of Daniel.
Daniel was born about 622 BC, so when he was taken along with Hananiah( Shadrach), Mishael ( Meshach), Azariah ( Abed-nego) he would have been about 17 years of age. So, I don't believe it was
possible for this Daniel to be the son of King David and Abigail. I am not saying it is not possible that Daniel
was a descendant of King David and Abigail , just that it was not a direct son ship.
Daniel 1:1.
" In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it."
Jehoiakim( Jehoiachim) his birth name was Eliakim. He was installed as king of Judah in about 608 BC.
So his third year would have been about 605 BC. He ruled for about 11 years.
Daniel 1:3
" And the king spake unto Ashpenaz the masters of the eunuchs, that he should bring certain of the children of Israel, and of the king's seed, and of the princes. ( nobility)
In all of the research material I searched I could not find Daniel's lineage. So I have to just take what I see in Daniel 1: and know that he was of noble birth.
I found so much out about this period of history and it was all very interesting ... I started out trying to see
if what I had heard was correct... I believe I have now found my answer.. I hope you find this interesting
enough to look and see if I am correct . Please DO NOT EVER JUST SIT AND TAKE FOR GRANTED WHAT SOMEONE SAYS, SEARCH IT OUT FOR YOURSELF.
Smile: it is a free gift from God for you to share and you are at your most beautiful when you do...
tenderly with arms around you. vickie
Friday, August 10, 2012
Psalm 23
Hello Beloved,
The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. ( He leads me and he is my caregiver)
He makes me to lie down in green pastures: ( this is where I grow)
He leads me beside the still waters. ( peace)
He restores my soul: ( saved me)
He leads ( shows me) me in the path of righteousness for His name sake.( Jesus)
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death ( trials)
I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; ( He is always there)
Thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. ( support)
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies, ( covenant)
Thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over ( pouring out blessings and overflow)
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; ( blessings)
And I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. ( living with Jesus for eternity)
Remember to smile, it is a free gift from God for you to share with all that you meet.
tenderly with arms wrapped about you. your sister in Christ, vickie
The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. ( He leads me and he is my caregiver)
He makes me to lie down in green pastures: ( this is where I grow)
He leads me beside the still waters. ( peace)
He restores my soul: ( saved me)
He leads ( shows me) me in the path of righteousness for His name sake.( Jesus)
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death ( trials)
I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; ( He is always there)
Thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. ( support)
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies, ( covenant)
Thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over ( pouring out blessings and overflow)
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; ( blessings)
And I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. ( living with Jesus for eternity)
Remember to smile, it is a free gift from God for you to share with all that you meet.
tenderly with arms wrapped about you. your sister in Christ, vickie
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
God Loves You..
Good Morning Beloved,
I just was reading in Ephesians in Chapter 1:4-5 out of The Children's Living Bible( paraphrased).
I am going to write it the way I read it. I changed the words us, and we to my own name... You do
the same.... Okay.
" Long ago, even before He made the world, God chose ME to be His very own, through what Christ would do for ME; He decided then to make ME holy in His eyes, without a single fault--- I who stand before Him covered with His love." 5 " His unchanging plan has always been to adopt ME into His
own family by sending Jesus Christ to die for ME. And He did this because He wanted to! "
Where you see caps is where the words us or we were in the chapter that I changed...
Now , read this aloud and let it sink into your soul....... Jesus Christ died for me... He wanted me.. He
chose me. He did all of that just for me. Are you getting this into your soul? I know that most of the time
I am writing these things for myself... I don't know if anyone ever really even reads these pages I write down. But I do it in hopes that somewhere, sometime, someone will and it will help them in their walk
with Our Savior, Jesus Christ.. I love Him so much and I love all of you who read this too.
Have a great day in our Lord and God Bless you all...
tenderly with arms about you....... vickie
I just was reading in Ephesians in Chapter 1:4-5 out of The Children's Living Bible( paraphrased).
I am going to write it the way I read it. I changed the words us, and we to my own name... You do
the same.... Okay.
" Long ago, even before He made the world, God chose ME to be His very own, through what Christ would do for ME; He decided then to make ME holy in His eyes, without a single fault--- I who stand before Him covered with His love." 5 " His unchanging plan has always been to adopt ME into His
own family by sending Jesus Christ to die for ME. And He did this because He wanted to! "
Where you see caps is where the words us or we were in the chapter that I changed...
Now , read this aloud and let it sink into your soul....... Jesus Christ died for me... He wanted me.. He
chose me. He did all of that just for me. Are you getting this into your soul? I know that most of the time
I am writing these things for myself... I don't know if anyone ever really even reads these pages I write down. But I do it in hopes that somewhere, sometime, someone will and it will help them in their walk
with Our Savior, Jesus Christ.. I love Him so much and I love all of you who read this too.
Have a great day in our Lord and God Bless you all...
tenderly with arms about you....... vickie
Monday, July 23, 2012
Joseph: Letting Go
Hello Beloved,
Today in Sunday School, the lesson was about Joseph.. It was a good lesson... it was taught by my
friend , the " Yellow Road Warrior".. she really did a bang up job.
Her lesson was taken from Genesis 42: 1-13. You really need to read it , it talks about how Joseph
is in Egypt and the famine has started and Jacob and his family are needing food. So 10 of the sons of
Jacob travel down to Egypt to get some grain, but Jacob won't let them take Benjamin.. In case something
should happen to him.. Now, Joseph is in Egypt and he is the Governor ( second only to the Pharaoh).
Now , the 10 brothers come and need grain and Joseph sees them and knows them but they don't know
Joseph. So when Joseph speaks to them he is sorta rough sounding.. Joseph remembers his dreams of his
youth and he tells them they are spies. They tell him they are not... but are there to buy food. Joesph asks
where are you from . They answer and tell him they are 12 brothers , the sons of one man, but that the youngest brother is with his father and one is not. Now , I will tell you what I got from her lesson on these
scriptures today..
First thing, Joseph recognizes his brothers and that sees they don't recognize him.. He remembers the dreams he had. Can you think of what might have been going on in his thoughts? Do you think he might be thinking back on how he came to be in Egypt? Maybe he is thinking about being put into that well and sold
into slavery or how they made fun of him all the time when he did have these dreams.. Maybe he is thinking about the father and brother he lost. How do you think you would have handled this ? They did not forget him either.. and one is not... They counted him as a brother.. Maybe some remorse? Well.......
In the lesson this is what I got from it....
Let go of the past. The things that happened yesterday are gone and can not be brought back,,,, wash it off. Sherry, told about how when you are outside and you get dirt on you, you get up and brush it off and then when you go inside you wash it off and it is gone. So, LET GO of all the things that have happened to you and wash it off and start a fresh new day... When you read about Joseph you will see that he was a
man who feared God... He never lost hope and finish the story and you see that he was a man full of
forgiveness. He lived his love and faith in God everyday ... I don't know about you but just hearing it
put into words like she used and being where I am in my thought process it was just an amazing story
lesson for me.. She told us , don't lose heart, hope is there for us too... and if you want things to happen
in your life then you need to do what Joseph did. He worshipped God and praised God... He did it everyday .... So if you want to see God work in your life ,, make praise and worship a habit to do everyday. Is that not just good teaching? I think so... She finished with " Let God sift you and all the
good will come out . " I pray you will go and read the book of Genesis about Joseph and what happened to him and his family.. It is a great way one to learn many, many lessons from.. ex... you will see that
he had perseverance ( he was steadfast or not changing) , had patience( lived without complaint), and
forgiveness( pardon or to cancel) these are a few things you will learn about Joseph.. I know I am going
to be looking into Genesis and really watching Joseph in the next few days.. I want to learn how he lived.
I pray that you will too .. I pray that we can hang on and keep reaching for the prize.... a home in heaven.
Well , God bless and I pray that your day is filled with all that you will let God put in it...
Remember to Smile: it is a free gift from God for you to share and you are the most beautiful when you do..
tenderly with arms wrapped about you ,,, in the love of Jesus Christ, vickie
Today in Sunday School, the lesson was about Joseph.. It was a good lesson... it was taught by my
friend , the " Yellow Road Warrior".. she really did a bang up job.
Her lesson was taken from Genesis 42: 1-13. You really need to read it , it talks about how Joseph
is in Egypt and the famine has started and Jacob and his family are needing food. So 10 of the sons of
Jacob travel down to Egypt to get some grain, but Jacob won't let them take Benjamin.. In case something
should happen to him.. Now, Joseph is in Egypt and he is the Governor ( second only to the Pharaoh).
Now , the 10 brothers come and need grain and Joseph sees them and knows them but they don't know
Joseph. So when Joseph speaks to them he is sorta rough sounding.. Joseph remembers his dreams of his
youth and he tells them they are spies. They tell him they are not... but are there to buy food. Joesph asks
where are you from . They answer and tell him they are 12 brothers , the sons of one man, but that the youngest brother is with his father and one is not. Now , I will tell you what I got from her lesson on these
scriptures today..
First thing, Joseph recognizes his brothers and that sees they don't recognize him.. He remembers the dreams he had. Can you think of what might have been going on in his thoughts? Do you think he might be thinking back on how he came to be in Egypt? Maybe he is thinking about being put into that well and sold
into slavery or how they made fun of him all the time when he did have these dreams.. Maybe he is thinking about the father and brother he lost. How do you think you would have handled this ? They did not forget him either.. and one is not... They counted him as a brother.. Maybe some remorse? Well.......
In the lesson this is what I got from it....
Let go of the past. The things that happened yesterday are gone and can not be brought back,,,, wash it off. Sherry, told about how when you are outside and you get dirt on you, you get up and brush it off and then when you go inside you wash it off and it is gone. So, LET GO of all the things that have happened to you and wash it off and start a fresh new day... When you read about Joseph you will see that he was a
man who feared God... He never lost hope and finish the story and you see that he was a man full of
forgiveness. He lived his love and faith in God everyday ... I don't know about you but just hearing it
put into words like she used and being where I am in my thought process it was just an amazing story
lesson for me.. She told us , don't lose heart, hope is there for us too... and if you want things to happen
in your life then you need to do what Joseph did. He worshipped God and praised God... He did it everyday .... So if you want to see God work in your life ,, make praise and worship a habit to do everyday. Is that not just good teaching? I think so... She finished with " Let God sift you and all the
good will come out . " I pray you will go and read the book of Genesis about Joseph and what happened to him and his family.. It is a great way one to learn many, many lessons from.. ex... you will see that
he had perseverance ( he was steadfast or not changing) , had patience( lived without complaint), and
forgiveness( pardon or to cancel) these are a few things you will learn about Joseph.. I know I am going
to be looking into Genesis and really watching Joseph in the next few days.. I want to learn how he lived.
I pray that you will too .. I pray that we can hang on and keep reaching for the prize.... a home in heaven.
Well , God bless and I pray that your day is filled with all that you will let God put in it...
Remember to Smile: it is a free gift from God for you to share and you are the most beautiful when you do..
tenderly with arms wrapped about you ,,, in the love of Jesus Christ, vickie
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