Good Morning Girlz!!! Karlyn, your weekend sounds fun! We are having our celebration dinner with my running club tonight. Tomorrow is our last Saturday run before the big race next weekend. I'm so excited! I haven't been to a dinner party in a long time. I've also decided to quit teaching Weight Watchers at the end of this month... which means I get to skip out on training tomorrow... which means after I run tomorrow morning I get to come home and do whatever I want the rest of the day. That hasn't happened in a long time. I'm going to watch football and work on craft projects all day long. Should be a nice Saturday!
The lesson I learned this week is a mixture of what the Lord is revealing to me through our 1 John study as well as my Beth Moore study, and that lesson is that I must trust Him to reveal to me what I need to know at that time and not any more than what I need.
What I want to learn is that when I am tempted to go find out more info on my own I slip back into the darkness. Keep it in the light!
I will put my faith into action by resisting temptation. I will trust the Lord that He knows what I need to know and that He will give me that info when I need it. Thank y'all for praying me through this week as I have struggled with the desire to know more than I need to. I want to stand strong and only deal with those things in the light. Love you all - have a wonderful weekend!!!
Showing posts with label 1 John week 7. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1 John week 7. Show all posts
Friday, November 4, 2011
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Ginny - 1 John 3:21-24
Good Morning Girlz!!! Don't y'all want to come to Lubbock!?! We could all sit in my den and eat puppy chow. I have been so hungry for puppy chow! It would be so fun!
S - Beloved if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God; and whatever we ask we receive from Him because we keep His commandments and do the things that are pleasing in His sight. And this is the commandment that we believe in the name of the His Son Jesus Christ and love one another just as He commanded us. And the one who keeps his commandments abides in Him and He is in him. And we know by this He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us.
O - #1 - believe in Him #2 - love one another
A - How would my day be different if all I concerned myself with was these two commands? Believe & love. How often I focus on unneccesary issues & forget the most important stuff. Believe & love.
P - Lord I pray I portray You today. Lord I believe in You. Help me to love others as You would love them. I ask for patience and mercy in dealing with others.
S - Beloved if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God; and whatever we ask we receive from Him because we keep His commandments and do the things that are pleasing in His sight. And this is the commandment that we believe in the name of the His Son Jesus Christ and love one another just as He commanded us. And the one who keeps his commandments abides in Him and He is in him. And we know by this He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us.
O - #1 - believe in Him #2 - love one another
A - How would my day be different if all I concerned myself with was these two commands? Believe & love. How often I focus on unneccesary issues & forget the most important stuff. Believe & love.
P - Lord I pray I portray You today. Lord I believe in You. Help me to love others as You would love them. I ask for patience and mercy in dealing with others.
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Ginny - 1 John 3:16-20
Good Morning! Good Morning! Good Morning!
S - We know love by this, that He laid down His life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethern. But whoever has the world's goods & beholds his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how does the love of God abide in him? Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue, but in deed and truth. We shall know by this that we are of the truth and shall assure our heart before Him, in whatever our heart condemns us; for God is greater than our heart and knows all things.
O - Serving others and meeting needs is what we are to be about.
A - Nothing speaks God's love louder than our actions. As this holiday season approaches I want to find a area I can serve in and help those in need. Whether it be something through my church or something through the city, I want to give of myself and my time and my energy to bless others the way I have been blessed.
Also, I want to point out that I love that last line -- "God is greater than our heart and knows all things." Can I get an A-men?!? Thank goodness God is greater! Thank goodness He knows all things! Life can get jumbled up sometimes and I don't even know what I think and feel, but He is always constant. He is still on top of things. He knows. That brings me much comfort this morning.
P - Lord I pray for an opportunity to serve. A ministry I can get involved in where I can give of my time to help others. Lord, thank You for being all knowing. Forgive me for how I confuse things and make them so much more dramatic than they really are.
S - We know love by this, that He laid down His life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethern. But whoever has the world's goods & beholds his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how does the love of God abide in him? Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue, but in deed and truth. We shall know by this that we are of the truth and shall assure our heart before Him, in whatever our heart condemns us; for God is greater than our heart and knows all things.
O - Serving others and meeting needs is what we are to be about.
A - Nothing speaks God's love louder than our actions. As this holiday season approaches I want to find a area I can serve in and help those in need. Whether it be something through my church or something through the city, I want to give of myself and my time and my energy to bless others the way I have been blessed.
Also, I want to point out that I love that last line -- "God is greater than our heart and knows all things." Can I get an A-men?!? Thank goodness God is greater! Thank goodness He knows all things! Life can get jumbled up sometimes and I don't even know what I think and feel, but He is always constant. He is still on top of things. He knows. That brings me much comfort this morning.
P - Lord I pray for an opportunity to serve. A ministry I can get involved in where I can give of my time to help others. Lord, thank You for being all knowing. Forgive me for how I confuse things and make them so much more dramatic than they really are.
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
ginny - 1 John 3:13-15
Good Morning Girlz!!!
S - Do not be surprised brethren if the world hates you. We know that we have passed out of death into life, becuase we love the brethern. He who does not love abides in death. Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer; and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.
O - Love, love, love. It's the most important thing.
A - When am I going to learn this lesson? I have got to start loving more.
P - Lord I'm so sorry for not being a good example of You. Help me as I try to love.
Also, thank you girls for praying for me yesterday. It was a good day. Love y'all!
S - Do not be surprised brethren if the world hates you. We know that we have passed out of death into life, becuase we love the brethern. He who does not love abides in death. Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer; and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.
O - Love, love, love. It's the most important thing.
A - When am I going to learn this lesson? I have got to start loving more.
P - Lord I'm so sorry for not being a good example of You. Help me as I try to love.
Also, thank you girls for praying for me yesterday. It was a good day. Love y'all!
Monday, October 31, 2011
Ginn - 1 John 3:11-12
Good Morning Girlz!!!
S - For this is the message which you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another; not as Cain, who was of the evil one, and slew his brother. And for what reason did he slay him? Because his deeds were evil and his brother's were righteous.
O - You can't help but read the story of Cain and Abel and think jealousy, but what struck me this time is that when we deal with things in darkness it ends up affecting others too.
A - Cain's emotions of jealousy were not brought to the light and dealt with & therefore festered and eventually made way to murder. All the more reason to get out of the darkness - I don't want to hurt anyone or bring any one else down. No I am not talking about murder, but just the quenching of the spirit in others. As John says - love. Love one another and then you don't have to worry about acting out in wrong ways.
P - You know it's interesting how God always gets His point across. I've mentioned how I am doing a Beth Moore study at the same time as doing this, and the Lord is weaving them both together so well. Last night the Lord really convicted me about some very innocent actions that are not portraying the light. Please pray that I am able to resist temptations and stay in the light. Love you girls!
S - For this is the message which you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another; not as Cain, who was of the evil one, and slew his brother. And for what reason did he slay him? Because his deeds were evil and his brother's were righteous.
O - You can't help but read the story of Cain and Abel and think jealousy, but what struck me this time is that when we deal with things in darkness it ends up affecting others too.
A - Cain's emotions of jealousy were not brought to the light and dealt with & therefore festered and eventually made way to murder. All the more reason to get out of the darkness - I don't want to hurt anyone or bring any one else down. No I am not talking about murder, but just the quenching of the spirit in others. As John says - love. Love one another and then you don't have to worry about acting out in wrong ways.
P - You know it's interesting how God always gets His point across. I've mentioned how I am doing a Beth Moore study at the same time as doing this, and the Lord is weaving them both together so well. Last night the Lord really convicted me about some very innocent actions that are not portraying the light. Please pray that I am able to resist temptations and stay in the light. Love you girls!
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