Who Is The Angel Of The Lord (Jacob's stories)

Yesterday, I gave you the three scripture passages that told us of Jacob's encounters with the angel of the Lord. In Genesis 31:11-13, he has a dream about goats and God told him to go back to his family. In Genesis 32:24-30, he has a physical encounter with the angel of the Lord. And then in Genesis 48:15-16, Jacob blessed Joseph and his sons and although this does not give us a clear picture of an encounter he had with the angel of the Lord, he does mention him as "the God before whom my fathers  Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has been my Sheppard all my life long to this day, the angel who has redeemed me from all evil...." and so my question was what do these passages mean in reference to the angel of the Lord and Jacob.

I am afraid that I bit off more then I can chew. I honestly have to tell you, that I would have to do more of a in-depth study on this to get some answers to that question.  And honestly, I just do not have the time at this point to put into it. So I am going to have to leave us wondering for now on the stories of Jacob and the angel of the Lord and go on to the next one tomorrow which will be Moses. I hope we can learn something about his encounter with the angel of the of the Lord.

I apologize for not being able to find out more about Jacob's encounters with him and hope you will come back tomorrow. In the meantime, thanks for coming by and I pray your day is blessed!

August 31, 2019 Promise: He refreshes my soul. He leads me along the right paths for his name's sake.

Who Is The Angel Of The Lord? (Jacob's stories)

Jacob had three visits from the angel of the Lord. They can be found in:Genesis 31:11-13, Genesis 32:24-30, Genesis 48:15-16.

Genesis 31:11-13 "Then the angel of God said to me in a dream, 'Jacob' and I said, 'Here I am!'  And he said, 'Lift up and see, all the goats that mate with the flock are striped, spotted and molten, for I have seen all that Laban is doing to you. I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar and made a vow to me. Now arise and go out from this land and return to the land of your kindred.'"

Genesis 32:24:30 "So Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until daybreak. When the man saw that he could not overpower him, he touched the socket of Jacob's hip so that his hip was wrenched as he wrestled with the man. Then the man said, 'Let me go, for it is daybreak.' But Jacob replied, 'I will not let you go until you bless me.' The man asked him, 'What is your name?' 'Jacob.' He answered. Then the man said, 'Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel because you have struggled with God and humans and have overcome.' Jacob said, 'Please tell me your name.' But he replied, 'Why do you ask my name?' Then he blessed him there. So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, 'It is because I saw God face to face and yet my life was spared.'"

Genesis 48:15-16 "Then he blessed Joseph and said, 'The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked with the God who has been my Shepard all my life long to this day, the angel who has redeemed me from all evil, bless the boys; and in them let my name be carried on; and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth. 

The question on my mind for today is, what do these passages mean in reference to the angel of the Lord and Jacob? Tomorrow, I will try to be back with some answers for you. Until then my friends, have a blessed day!

August 30, 2019 Promise: He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters. Psalm 23:2

Who Is The Angel Of The Lord? (Abraham's story)

After all that Abraham and Sarah had been through, trying to have a child and finally in their old ages did indeed have that son that God had promised, Abraham was faced with the unthinkable. Now God wanted him to offer Issac as a burnt offering to him. (God)  How could God ask that of him after all they had been through. But, God did. And Abraham did not resist but was obedient to what God was asking of him. He took Issac and two young men and the wood for the burnt offering and they went to where God told them they were to go. When they got close, Abraham told the men to stay and he and Issac would go on and worship and then come back to them. With that he took Issac and the wood and knife to where God told them to go. Issac asked his father where the lamb was for the burnt offering to which Abraham answered that God would provide the lamb for the burnt offering. When they had reached the place where the offering was to take place, Abraham built an alter and then he placed the wood on it and bound Issac and laid him on the alter as well. And then Abraham took out his knife and went to kill his son.

However, the angel of the Lord called to Abraham from out of heaven. Abraham answered, "Here I am."  And the angel of the Lord said, "Lay not your hand on the lad, neither do anything to him. I know that you fear God because you have not withheld your son." And then Abraham saw a ram that had been caught in a thicket and he took the ram and offered it to God instead of his son.

And then the angel of the Lord called to Abraham a second time telling him that because he had been willing to sacrifice his son to him, he was going to bless him and his seed would be multiplied as many as the stars in heaven and the sand on the sea shore. And that all nations would be blessed.

All because he had been willing to do as the angel of the Lord had instructed and obeyed God.  Genesis 22:1-18

Questions arise in this story for me. Did Abraham really believe God would stop this whole thing so that he would not have to kill his own son? Did Issac struggle while he was being tied up and placed on the alter, knowing now that he was the one to be sacrificed? Did he try to get away? Did he yell at his father? Curse at him? Or did he allow himself to be a willing sacrifice to God? And what of his mother Sarah? Did she know what was about to happen to the son she had waited so long for? Did she try to stop them? Did she get angry with God? With Abraham? Or was she obedient to what God was asking of them as well?

More ever, could I ever have willingly been as obedient to God if he ever asked something like this of me? I can assure you that I probably would not have been able to. I have trouble even obeying God in things that are not near as big as this was. Thankfully, God has never required this of me. Nor anything like it. But we do know that, when God does ask something of us, no matter what it is, or how small or big it is-he provides us with the ability to do it. And sometimes he may provide us with a way out, just like he did Abraham to sacrifice a ram instead of his son. All because of his willingness to do what he asked.

We don't know the answers to any of the questions I wonder about. Maybe someday, when I get to heaven, I will be allowed to know the answers.The thing was God  had required it of these two parents that undoubtedly loved their son. And yet, they or at least Abraham had been willing to do the unthinkable and trust God with the son that they had finally had after years of not having him.

What love God had for him that he spared his son from the death that had been coming.

And yet, God did not spare his own Son, Jesus Christ from the death that would come many years later. Jesus had to die as a sacrifice for the sins of all man kind. Yours and mine. How much more love did he have then that?

He doesn't require anything for his sacrifice. There is nothing we can give or do for it. We have just to acknowledge our sin, repent and accept his gift of eternal life. It is all he requires. It is all we can do.

August 28, 2019 Promise: The Lord is my Shepard. I shall not want. Psalms 23:1

Hello Friends. Thanks for your visit today. Up tomorrow on 'Who is the Angel of the Lord? (Jacob's story.) I hope you will be back to see what we can learn by his account.

Who Is The Angel of The Lord (Abraham and Sarah's story

The angel of the Lord appeared to both Abraham and Sari in Genesis 18:1-3. Abraham was sitting at the entrance of his tent one day when he looked up and saw three men standing nearby. He ran to meet them and bowed low to the ground  He said to them, "If I have found favor in your eyes, do not pass your servant by." He brought them water and had Sarah bake them bread and prepared a calf for them to eat. In verse 10, one of the men gave Abraham the promise that he would return in a year and he and his wife Sarah would have a son. Sarah laughed when she heard this because she was past the age of child bearing.

Then the Lord said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh and say, 'Will I really have a child, now that I am old?' Is there anything too hard for the Lord? I will return at the appointed time next year and Sarah will have a son." vs 13-14

According to Who Is the Angel of the LORD & What Does the Bible Say about Him? - Bible Study
"Abraham recognized these visitors as being extremely important, hence the out of character behavior (for someone of his age and wealth) running to greet them, but he noticed something different about one of them. The term “O Lord” here, as the ESV Study Bible explains, “(Hb. Adonay) is a distinctive one for God in the OT (e.g., 20:4)...If the spelling in the Hebrew text is correct—and there is no reason to doubt it—then Abraham recognizes that one of his visitors is a divine manifestation.”

This passage reveals to us that even though Abraham and Sarah were old, that was not a hindrance to the fact that God was going to bless them with the child that Sarah so desperately wanted. Who else could do that but God? 

This may be a short account of what the angel of the Lord revealed to them. But he was not quite done visiting Abraham. Come back tomorrow for Abraham's next visit. 

August 27, 2019 Promise: Every good and perfect gift coming down from the Father of heavenly lights who does not change like the shift shadows. He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of first fruits of all that he has created.  James 1:17-18


Thanks for coming by Friends. May God bless your day and may you pass your blessings to someone that needs one as well!

Who is the Angel of the Lord in the Bible? (Hagar's story)

"The Hebrew word for angel may be translated 'messenger'....when the angel of the Lord speaks, his words are perceived as being God's words. Therefore the impression is given that the angel is identical with God."  ESV Study Bible


The first recorded angel of the Lord is recorded in Genesis 16:10 when he appeared to Hagar the mistress of Abraham who was also the mother of Ishmael.
 The angel of the Lord also said to her, "I will so greatly multiply your offspring so that they cannot be counted for multitude."

Sarai had not been able to conceive a child with her husband Abraham, so she allowed Hagar to be with him so that she  (Sari) could then have a child. However, when Hagar had conceived, Sari wasn't so happy with her at all and she treated her very badly. And so Hagar ran from Sari into the desert. And that is where the angel of the Lord appeared to her.

He told her that she would bare a son and would name him Ishmael. He was to be a "wild man" and would make enemies of many men.

In this case, only God can make such grand promises as here that he was going to multiply her offspring.

Hagar did believe this angel was God because she called him "the God that seeth me." 

She went on and had the son that he had told her was coming. And  as it turned out, indeed she named him Ishmael who had many enemies during his life. .

By this account, we know that that angels do foretell the future. Of course, the angel of the Lord would especially be able to do that because he is recognized to be identified as God due to the fact that only God can do the things that he did.

Many people do believe in angels.because many times they are spoken of in the Bible. God did create them for specific purposes that he gives them.

But make no mistake. There are frauds out in the world, more then willing to take our money to have them tell us what our angels are saying to us. We must wholeheartedly reject even the slightest temptation to listen to these people. Even if they tell us things that are true, we must realize that even Satan knows things about us that he can feed to these people to make what they say to us seem true. He is described as an angel of light in 2 Corinthians 11:14,  That in itself should give us warning to keep clear of anything that is not biblical.

 We  do know that there is more then one kind of angel. They are either the ones that are in heaven with God who do his bidding And then....

...there is the other kind is the ones (known as demons)  that fell with Satan from heaven. And it is these, of course, that we want to avoid at all costs.

August 25, 2019 Promise" "...I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of angels over one sinner that repents." Luke 15:10

Hi Friends. Thanks for coming by today. Come back tomorrow for: Who Is The Angel of the Lord? (Abraham & Saris's story)  God bless you on today, His Lord's Day!

From Blessing the Lord to the Angel of the Lord; Psalms 34:1-9

I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul shall make her boast in the boast in the Lord; the humble shall hear thereof and be glad. O magnify the Lord with me and let us exalt his name together. I sought the Lord and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears. They looked unto him and were lightened; and their faces were not ashamed. This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him and saved him from all his troubles. 

The angel of the Lord encamped round about them that feared him and delivered them. O taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusteth  in him. O fear the Lord: ye his saints, for there is no want in him that fear him.  The young lions do lack and suffer hunger: but they that seek the Lord do not lack any good thing. Come ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you to fear me Psalm 34:1-9

Hello Friends. The secret of the Lord's angel being encamped around us, is really no secret at all. It is right there in Psalm 34:7. He is there around those that fear the Lord. Is he there? Around you.? If you seek him, are humble, blessing God at all times, and in all things and  then seeking him-the promise of his angel is with you. What an awesome thing to know that he is with us in all things. Good or bad, he is with us.

But who does the bible say the angel of the Lord is? And what other angels does the bible talk about? Why were they created? How many were there? Who did they appear to and for what reasons? How many did God create?

I have touched on this topic before. Is there anything else that we can learn about them?

Come back tomorrow and I will let you know what I find out, if anything about these beings that God created for his work.

Thanks for coming today May God richly bless and protect you this weekend!

Anxiety

Have you experienced any anxiety this year? This month? How about today?

I am sorry to have to admit. I have. This year. This month. And while the day is just beginning in my neck of the woods, perhaps it hasn't started yet. But will it? Or is there something I can do to have the kind of peace that Jesus wants to give me?

What is anxiety anyway?

Google's dictionary describes it this way: noun: a feeling of worry, concern, or unease typically about an intermittent event or something with an uncertain outcome. 

Does that describe you? Last month? Yesterday? Today?

If so, what can you and I do about it, when it hits us and sometimes wants to bowl us over like a ball hitting pins in a bowling alley?

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and petition with thanksgiving present your requests to God. Philippians 4:6

God doesn't want us to be anxious. Not for anything. But what is this about giving thanks when we are asking his answers to our prayers? Is that absolutely necessary?

Well...absolutely...yes. 

In giving thanks to God, it acknowledges that we are thankful to him. For his love, his mercy, his provision. If he were just a god in the sense that some kings have ruled over their people  with evil intent and cruelty we sure would not be thankful for someone like that. But God-the true God of the bible is good. He wants to give us good things and be thankful for what he has done for us. Even when things may not be going the way we want them to go. 

It is kind of like when we do something nice for another person. We like to be thanked by them and if they don't thank us, we might tend to be offended. Especially if we do it out of the goodness of our heart. 

It is that way with God. He wants us to thank him for what he has done because he always does things for us, out of the goodness of his heart. /Always. 

We may not always be thankful for the situations we find ourselves in, but looking to God and being thankful for who he is and what he has done and what he is going to do, takes us away from being bitter about what we are going through and puts our minds on "...things above, not on things of the earth." as Colossians 3:2 tells us. I don't know about you, but I would rather have that kind of a mind set then one that is bitter and  not thankful. 

Oh, it is not always easy. But when we dig into what the bible says about thankfulness and also anxiety...when we spend the time in Gods word and learning what he wants for us, we can get our minds in tune with what he does want for us. 

If you are having a bad year or a bad day, look up some scripture on both anxiety and thankfulness. It will make your day go so much better then if you would rather let that ball hit your pin and knock you down. 

August 21, 2019 Promise: Cast your anxiety on him, for he cares for you. 1 Peter 5:7

Hi Friends. Thanks for coming by today. If you are suffering with anxiety in your life, just know that God loves you. I have been there and still have to watch it in myself. If you want some bible verses  and more information on both subjects of anxiety and being thankful, please follow these links.

Bible Verses About Worry: How To Cast Your Cares On Him In The Midst Of Trouble

Why does giving thanks to God matter?

Bible Verses For Anxiety

God Bless!

Is There Anything Too Difficult for Me? Jeremiah 32:27

Hello Friends. Wow, it has been a real journey for us these past few weeks. We had finally made the decision just a short time ago, to move out of state to live closer to a couple of our adult children. I think I have already shared with you, that this didn't just happen. But is  the result of many months of thinking about it, and a few tears too. It seemed that when we started to think about moving and until we actually decided, the time has gone so slow. And yet, once we did decide, the time has gone so quickly in our efforts to get from point A to point B.

We still aren't at point B but we are getting there. And in the mean time, it has been quite a huge undertaking. Trying to decide what to take and what to get rid of, or what to donate has been hard. But then it also has been wondering who we were going to get to help us actually do it. Because we are getting to the place we just can't do what we used to do.

Over the years, I have watched as God has worked out some pretty hard situations in our lives. Things too difficult for me to even imagine how we could get them worked out, and yet God has said in his word, "Is there anything too difficult for me."

No. And he has shown me that time and time again.

This situation has been no different. But even so, I kept wondering through out these weeks, who was going to help us in one of these final chapters before we actually live in our new home state. And sorry to say, I actually worried about it and to be honest with you, it was almost too overwhelming at times to think about. I had even began to wonder why we ever even considered trying to do this thing. At times it just seemed hopeless to me that we would actually succeed.

And yet, here we are, getting right down to brass tacks of the situation and I see that again God did not leave us hanging with all this alone. He has sent people to help us, when we have needed them. And he is still doing that.

Why do we question God when we have seen him work in our lives for years. If he is leading us to something, he will make sure we have the resources to get there.

As always when I doubt that God is going to do something I need him to do, I had to repent for my attitude of doubt. He is bigger then this situation. Even though it has been hard, he is there, lining up what we need to make it happen.

Is there anything too difficult for me? Yes. Many things. But I am not alone because my dependence should not be totally on myself or those around me. My dependence should always be on God first, because nothing is to difficult for him. He said so.

All I need to do is to wait and trust in him. Because he has my back.

August 19, 2019 Promise: And the God of all grace who called you to his eternal glory in Christ,  after you have suffered for a little while will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast. To him be the power for ever and ever. Amen. 1 Peter 5:10-11

Thanks for coming by today Friends. God bless you and yours!

Romans 5:1-4

Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we glory in our sufferings because we know that suffering produces perseverance, perseverance produces character and character hope. And hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us. Romans 5:1-4

I love the book of Romans. Reading it came at a critical time in my life when I needed real answers. Not the namey pamey teachings of a so called church that left no room for God's grace when I didn't quite live up to what they taught as quickly as they thought I should have.

God is there for us everyday. When we wake up and when we go to sleep. Life is so much better knowing he is there,and when I fall, he is there for me even when no one else is. Because I do not live a perfect life. Not in this life will life ever be perfect. And so because I am human, I make mistakes and trip over my shoe laces every day.

At those times, I can depend on my Creator to pick me back up, to tie my shoes laces again and then help me try to do better. He is there for me.

Because that is what his grace is.

August 15, 2019 Promise: The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.  Lamentations 3:22-23

Thanks for coming by Friends. God bless your day!

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Love Your Enemies

But to those that are listening, I say: Love your enemies and do good to those that hate you. Bless those that curse you, pray for those that mistreat you. If someone slaps you on one cheek, turn them the other also. If someone takes your coat, do not withhold your shirt from them. Give to everyone that asks you. And if someone takes what belongs to you, do not demand it back. Do to others what you would have them do to you. If you love those that love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those that love them.And if you do good to those that do good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do that. And if you lend to those whom you expect repayment, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, expecting to be repaid in full. But love your enemies, do good to them, lend to them without getting anything back.... Luke 6:35


What? God wants us to love our enemies, do good to those that hate us. Bless those that curse us. Pray for those that mistreat us and lend to those without expecting to be paid back?

Why?

Because, the scripture you just read did not end with that last sentence that says, "But love your enemies, do good to them, lend to them without getting anything back....

No. The rest of that sentence gives the reason why we are to love our enemies in the ways stated in this scripture. And that is this: .......then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked."

Not easy is it? But if we truly want to be like Jesus, we need to do as he does in the face of his own enemies. We need to practice it in our own lives.

And that means me. Right now, today. Because yesterday, I had a situation come up with someone that made me get upset. I won't go into details. But, yes I was angry.

Reading that scripture today, was a good reminder for me. Because anyone can be angry. Sometimes for good reason. But who can forgive and be Christlike if not those that have come to the salvation knowlege of Jesus Christ. No one. Except those that have.

Not because we are perfect. But because we are ourselves forgiven.

Verse 36 of that part of the teaching ends with this: Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.

Where is our mercy towards others best shown? When we love and pray for those that curse, mistreat, and take from us. That is when. Easy? Never. But possible? Always. Only because Christ has shown it to us.

August 14, 2019 Promise: Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult. On the contrary, repay evil with blessing because to this you were called, so that you may inherit a blessing. 1 Peter 3:9

Thanks for coming by today Friends! May God's blessing be upon you and your house this day!

I Corinthians 2:9-14

Have you ever wondered why are there are people that refuse to believe in the things of God? I Corinthians 2:9-14 explains why this is so. Read on:

However, it is written"What no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no mind has conceived"-the things God has prepared for those that love him-these are things that God that are revealed by his Spirit.The Spirit searches all things even the deep things of God. For who knows a person's thoughts except their own spirit within them? In the same way, no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. What we have received is not the spirit of the world but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may understand what God has freely given us.This is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom, but in words taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual realities with Spirit-taught words. The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God but considers them foolishness, and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit.


We know that there are many people that consider the things of God to be foolish or not even true. Some do not believe in God. Others believe in many gods.

For those unwilling to accept God's grace, through the forgiveness of his sin which was purchased on the cross by his Son, Jesus Christ-the same will never understand the things that God has taught and given those that have.

The second that we do accept Christ as our Savior, God's Spirit opens up our understanding so that we can understand. There are things that we will never understand on this side of heaven but the time will come, when those of us that love God, will understand the things that we never could while here on earth.

And for those that didn't believe in this life? They will. Eventually. And for them it will be too late.

God bless your day! 

Proverbs 3:7-18

Do not be wise in your own eyes, fear the Lord and shun evil. This will bring health to your body and nourishment to you bones. Honor the Lord with your crops with the firstfruits of your all of your crops, then your barns will be filled to overflowing, and your vats will be brimming over with new wine.My son, do not despise discipline and do not resent his rebuke, because the Lord disciplines those that he loves, as the father the son that he delights in. Blessed are those that finds wisdom, those that gain understanding, for she is more profitable then silver and yields better returns then gold. She is more precious then rubies: nothing you desire compares to her : long life is in her right hand, in her left hand is riches and honor. Her ways are pleasant ways, and all her paths are peace. She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her: those that hold her fast will be blessed.  Proverbs 3:7-18.

Thanks for coming by today Friends. God bless!

Proverbs 3:3-6

Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. Then you will win favor and a good name in the sight of God. Trust in the Lord with all of your heart. Lean not on your understanding; in all of your ways acknowledge him and he will direct your paths. Proverbs 3:3-6

This scripture does not mean to bind love faithfulness around  half of our heart. It means all of the heart. It means to put them to use in our lives, to practice them in every situation.

Hard to do sometimes. Right?

We get down and discouraged at times. When we do, we can forget love and patience.

I have a little mixed Maltese dog. We rescued her in 2015 and from the second we brought her home, she has attached herself to me so much that she doesn't want me out of her sight. 
Last evening I was extremely tired but I needed to talk to my husband about something, who was in the living room watching tv. So I carried her there and sat her down in the recliner with me. The next thing I know, she jumped off it and a few seconds later she was back again wanting up with me. Well, I have a rule when it comes to her doing that because I could sit there for an hour and the whole time she would be back and forth and it can be quite annoying when we are trying to talk especially. My rule is, once down that is it. She does not get any more chances.  And I have way to convey that to her without yelling  or worse yet, abusing her. And it usually works. Last evening it didn't. 

 The Maltese breed is such that they would rather be scolded by their owner, then ignored. The more i tried to give her the command to stop, the more she determined to get picked up as she bounced up and down, happily barking the whole time and the angrier i got,and the more frustrated I became when she wasn't obeying me.

I am afraid that my love for her was not bound around my heart in those minutes that this took place. But I will say, my faithfulness to her was. When I wasn't getting anywhere with her, I simply picked her up and took her in the other room. What we needed to talk about was important but it could wait.

Bind love and faithfulness around your neck, so that you never forget to practice them in every situation. What is in the heart, concerning the things we feel-will come out in some way, at some time. We must be prepared so that we don't fall into temptation to sin. I could have given her a good smack. But believe me, that would not have done a  bit of good and she could have been hurt. I do not believe in abusing our pets and so it had to be handled in a different way.

In all our ways we are to acknowledge him. To obey his commands, knowing that he is supreme and has our best interests at heart. 

And when we do, he will direct our paths so that we don't trip up and go the sin route, which I could have done last evening because I was getting madder and madder at her. 

That may have been a lesson in practicing these things in a small way. But it is in these kinds of ways that we learn so that when the bigger things come along, we already know what to do. 

August 9, 2019 Promise: Therefore, if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature. Old things are passed away, behold all things are new. 2 Corinthians 5:17. 

Thanks for stopping by Friends. Have a blessed weekend!

Proverbs 3:1-2

My son, do not forget my teaching, but keep my commandments in your heart, for they will prolong you life for many years, and bring peace and prosperity. Proverbs 3:1-2

How many times have you imparted wisdom to your children? If you have taught them how to look before crossing the street, or if you have taught them to save money. Or if you have even made sure they have healthy diets as they grow.

These are just a few of the ways we teach wisdom to our children.

That is what Solomon was writing about in Proverbs. He wanted his son to never forget the things that he taught him. Because Solomon, being a faithful servant of God, was himself very wise.

Sometimes in our dealings of life, we don't always make good decisions. Sometimes we make them for the wrong reasons and end up regretting them.

My own father gave me some advice when I was a teenager. He told me not to do something. But because I wanted something badly enough, I did not listen to his advice and I came to find out that he had been right. I had made a bad choice and I suffered the consequences for many years.

We need to know how to make choices according to God and his word. But how do we do that?

James 1:5 says, if anyone lacks wisdom, to ask it of God because God gives it generously without finding fault.

If we do that, and follow God's commandments, they bring us peace, prosperity and long life instead of heartache, sadness, poverty and even death.

Some of us do not learn it very early in our life, going years without God's blessing. Believe me. I know. But God is faithful and there is always possibility for change. No matter what season we are in, in our life. As we ask God for his wisdom instead of the worlds, we can count on him to give it to us generously.

August 8, 2019 Promise: In God, whose word I praise, in the Lord whose word I praise, in God . I trust and am not afraid. What can man do to me? Psalm 56:10-11

Hello Friends. Thanks for coming by! God bless your day!

The Same Lord Romans 10:12-13

For there is no difference between Jews and Gentile-the sameLord is Lord of all and richly blesses all that calls upon him. Everyone that calls on the Lord, will be saved. Romans 10:12-13

Have a very blessed day in the name of our Lord!

Isaiah 40:5, 28-29, 31

Promises for August 6, 2019

And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the Lord has spoken it. (5)

Hast you have not known, have you not heard?  That the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth, does not faint nor has he grown weary? There is no searching of his understanding. He gives power to the faint; and to those that has no might, he increases their strength. (28:29)

But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run and not be weary, they shall  walk and not faint. (31)

Lord, for all those that are weary, including myself; please help us to learn to wait upon you. To have the wings as eagles and to and walk without being weary and to run without becoming faint.
Because Lord, you know that sometimes we are so much about being weary to the point of being faint. Bring to us your strength and help us find an enter strength and a peace that comes only from you. Thank you, God. Amen!

Thanks for coming by Friends! God bless!

What Has Satan Stolen That Belongs To You?

Wow. What a question for this week. He has stolen a lot from me. My peace, my joy, my health.

We have made this trip back to our home state because there are still things that need to be done here. We are in the process now of doing some cleaning and getting ready to paint and maybe do a few other minor repairs so that we can sell our home.

And quite a feat it is at the ages we are now in our lives.

I had suffered some health problems starting a couple hours away from finally getting here the night we were still on the road. My husband had been driving straight through for hours. I won't try to go into what was going on with me, but let me tell you. It was something new to me and it was scary. I did find out what it was but it took at least the 24 hours after we got home to finally get over it. I kept praying for God to heal me, because coming in and looking again at what needs to be done here, did not help me at all. I had looked around and knowing I needed to get busy, I also knew that right at that time, it was not going to happen.

My peace had been stolen. For awhile any way. But....I am thankful that the enemy did not steal my sleep that next 24 hours. I was exhausted and needed it and God did get me through it so that my body had time to heal.

I didn't really get any energy back though, and felt out of sorts in trying to do some things yesterday. I had to finally give up. It wasn't until early this morning that I realized that we need a plan to forge ahead on getting this done.

My thoughts went back to the scripture in Hosea 4:6. My people perish for lack of knowledge. I had decided that this situation was not going to kill me if I didn't have a plan. Perhaps ulcers, but not kill me.

But then I read it in the KJV and it says: My people are destroyed for a lack of knowledge.

Ah. Maybe that means something a little different. We needed an updated plan to get these things we are dealing with on the move to go ahead. If we don't ask God for a plan, it could surely give us ulcers. Or it could destroy us if we let it. It could cause us so much stress that it would destroy our minds or health or even our marriage.

A little radical maybe? Not for me. I could see any of those things happening because we have been under tremendous stress and if we let them by not having God's plan, any of those have the potential for being. And it is because we have let Satan steal them from us.

So I am asking God for his plans and also asking those I trust to pray for us in being able to execute them according to his will. Because I do not want to ever have to go through again, what I went through just a few short days ago. And with that, I have gotten a lot of peace back that Satan had stolen.

What has Satan stolen from you? Your home? Your job? Your family? Any of your blessings? He will if you let him. And it is never pretty when he does. But God is ready to restore them to you when you ask. If you ask his will and know that he will do it in his time. He will do it. Because his word says he will.

August 4, 2019 Promise: Therefore I tell you, whatever you have asked for in prayer believe you have received it and it will be yours. Mark 11:24

Thanks for coming by Friends. Have a blessed LORD'S Day! 

Are You Sitting on the Fence?

Promise for August 3,2019 "Remember what happened from long ago, for I am God and there is none other; I am God and there is none like Me. I distinguish the end from the beginning and ancient times from what still is to come, saying: 'My purpose will be established, and I will accomplish all my good pleasure.'" Isaiah 46:9-10

If we are to believe God's word, then this verse knocks down any god or goddess that anyone, from the beginning of time to today or in the future, that people worship as their god(s). There is no other then the God of the bible. What one of them can bring to life a man from the dust? Which ones can call the universe into being? Which of any of them can forgive us of our sin and give us a place, a home with him in heaven when our lives our over here?

None of them. If it is things of this world we seek, we are so lacking because they will get us no where and at best may give us only a temporary satisfaction. At the worst, they surely will not get us to heaven some day.

Joshua 24:15 tells us to choose this day whom we will serve. Who do you serve? Make the right choice for it is not by chance where you end up. If you do not chose God, your choice has been made. But God is waiting for you to choose him and if you do not do it right now, you are not guaranteed another minute before it would then be too late. Don't sit on the fence waiting to decide at a later time. Choose now. Before it is too late for you.

Hi Friends. Thanks for being patient with me at this time. I think I will be able to do something now everyday for awhile until we are ready to make the trip back to our new home. It may be a simple scripture everyday, but it may also be more. So I hope you will continue to check back each day. God bless you and yours.