SWEET SATURDAY
Our Keurig coffee station—♥ it!
Christmas gift from Kathy, Alan & Denise
P.S. to (well, you know who you are): Rick admitted last night that he really likes the Keurig now!
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I Nailed It (3/9/13)
Reblogged from The River Walk:
Read: Numbers 10:1-11:23, Mark 14:1-21, Psalm 51:1-19, Proverbs 10:31-32
Against you, and you alone, have I sinned; I have done what is evil in your sight. You will be proved right in what you say, and your judgment against me is just. (Psalm 51:4)
Relate: Every now and then wikipedia nails it. I know this is true because I've written and edited a few articles myself, and if I wrote it...
Love #3 – He Loved Us
Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us. —1 John 4:7-12
Who Says It's Not A Baby? This Is Amazing!
Reblogged from vineoflife.net:
It's a newborn, still in the sac. It's was an amazing opportunity to see something so rare. Like a glimpse of what it's like "on the inside". Hope you all appreciate it as much a s I do. I can't believe how squished up they are, inside of it! Amazing!
Giving birth with the amniotic sac intact is called a "veiled birth." It is very rare but it is possible.
When I read this a little while ago, I knew I had to share it with you!
What Does God Say about Me?
Reblogged from Peacefulwife's Blog:
Let's just look at Romans through chapter 8. There are obviously thousands of other promises and things that God says about us in the Bible. But here are some of the most basic and foundational tenets of Scripture upon which we may build our lives, hope and faith with confidence. It is time to tear out all that is ungodly in our thinking and build on the foundation of Christ and His Word alone.
This post is brought to you via April (aka Peacefulwife), who does her usual great job of reminding us where our Hope comes from. Thank you, April!
OUR SELFLESS SAVIOR (Part 2)
~This is the second part of the series on John 13 by Donna Baker~
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Last Thursday we read how Jesus spent His last hours fulfilling the will of His Father in teaching and serving others.
God’s plan was in place.
Jesus was in lockstep with His Father in spite of what He knew He was facing.
The focus switches now to Judas.
During supper, the devil having already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, to betray Him… —John 13:2
All sin begins in the heart. Only when it is acted upon does it become sin.
We can read about this downward slide in chapter 1 of James:
Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God”; for God cannot be tempted by evil, and He Himself does not tempt anyone. But each one is tempted when he is carried away and enticed by his own lust. Then when lust has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and when sin is accomplished, it brings forth death. Do not be deceived, my beloved brethren. —James: 1:13-16
If you look up the verses in the Bible where Judas is mentioned, you learn he was covetous. We know this because it tells us he was a thief. He didn’t need the money, he simply wanted the money. He had been with Jesus for three years. Did he think Jesus didn’t know he was stealing?
Our hearts deceive us too. We think God doesn’t see our secret sins but He does, just as Jesus knew Judas’ heart.
One of the most startling things to consider about Judas is that earlier in time, Jesus had also sent Judas to heal, cast out demons, etc.:
And he called to him his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every affliction.
The names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James [the son] of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus; Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
These twelve Jesus sent out, instructing them, “Go nowhere among the Gentiles and enter no town of the Samaritans, but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
And proclaim as you go, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’ Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, cast out demons. You received without paying; give without pay.
—Matthew 10:1-8 (ESV)
Isn’t this astonishing? Judas was able to do all these things and saw these miracles and many more. He saw Lazarus and the others Jesus raised from the dead, and yet he still didn’t believe with his heart.
Sobering thoughts, aren’t they? Doesn’t it give this portion of Matthew 7 a whole new perspective to ponder?
Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’
And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’
—Matt. 7:21-23
We all have preconceived ideas of what we expect of Jesus in our lives even if we are not aware of it. It is very likely that Judas had some preconceived ideas too—how he thought Jesus should be or do—and it was not working out that way. From my point of view, this is probably part of why he was contemplating betraying Him.
Here is one of my thoughts [and remember, this is my opinion, not the Bible’s]: we know that two of the other disciples thought Jesus was going to set up His kingdom right away and free them from the Romans. We know this because their mother asked Jesus to give them the two highest political offices, on the right and the left of Him.
Maybe Judas expected, as they did, to have an important “cabinet” position such as Department of Treasury where he could have both prestige and siphon off a lot more money to help him grow rich and powerful.
Does that sound like some of today’s politicians?
When it became clear to Judas that Jesus had another plan, he was probably disillusioned and maybe even angry. He seemed to have forgotten all the miracles of the past.
Remember, it is only a few days before Jesus will raise Lazarus from the dead! Judas was there!
How this applies to us.
Often when we pray, our preconceived or erroneous ideas expect God to answer in a specific way. Or maybe we wonder why He is sometimes silent. Perhaps there’s even some other way we are disappointed by the answer [or no answer] to our prayers.
We must guard our hearts so as not to let unbelief seep in and cause us to sin or to doubt that God always has our best interests at work in our lives.
When we are angry or fearful, or when things are not going well, we are vulnerable. But sometimes we are equally vulnerable when we are on the “mountaintop.”
Therefore, we must be like Jesus: keep focused on the mission.
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To be continued next Thursday…
LIFE Wristband Dropped in Walmart Saves Baby
Reblogged from promisebook.net:
Peter Baklinski (Sep 10, 2012)
"Thank you. If you hadn't lost this bracelet, I wouldn't have my beautiful baby next to me."
(Mankato, MN)—Rachel remembers being excited as she purchased a red Bound4LIFE bracelet with the single word LIFE engraved on it. Wearing the bracelet wasn't a fad or fashion statement for her, but a sign of her commitment to pray daily for the ending of…
I'll let this awesome blog post speak for itself. Thank you, Lyn Leahz and Peter Balinski!
NOTABLE SAYINGS ABOUT THE BIBLE BY GREAT LEADERS. WHAT HAS HAPPENED?
Reblogged from promisebook.net:
As you read some of these profound statements, please consider the many tragedies going on around the world, and here in America. The only difference now is that America has greatly changed just in the last 20+ years, and more than ever before since 9-11. Could it indeed be as these great leaders warned?
Also, please take note of the importance of the family; both father and mother.
My bloggy friend, Lyn Leahz at promisebook.net, posted this today. It is very worthy of reposting, so here it is! Thank you Lyn!
