Good Morning Girlz!!! Karlyn still praying for Morgan. Please let us know how it turns out. Bless her heart. I'd be pretty scared too. I know her situation is a lot larger scale than this, but I remember when I was living in my first apartment in Lubbock that I had a peeping Tom. My neighbor came over and told me he had just seen a guy looking in my back bedroom window. Well, I was scared and nervous. I slept on my couch. I wouldn't go back and sleep on my bed that night. I also called Todd in the middle of the night. He was a cop at the time and I wanted his advice. He gave me his cop perspective and then he said, "but Ginny as Christains we are not to fear. We choose to rely on God, and not to be afraid of man." That has stuck with me to this day. I must choose to not be afraid, because I am not to fear this world. If I let it, fear can get a hold of me and keep me up at night. I know God is with me. Morgan is in my thoughts and prayers. I pray they catch this guy who is doing this and that she once again feels safe. I will also pray for Joan & Keith that they will know what to say and do.
Now on a completely side note, I ended up calling the cops last night on my neighbors. After a 10 foot giant of a cop, fire truck called to put out a fire pit, and college kids hiding in their house it all ended up being pretty halarious. One of these days, at our next girls weekend, I'll share all the details. Thank you Lord for protection, for those men and women who serve to protect me, and for laughter in the midst of it all.
One important lesson I want to remember from this week is to love even when it's hard and I don't want to.
I feel God wants me to learn that I am missing out on opportunities to show love and make someone's day because I am so wrapped up in myself. Just this morning I was standing in line at the grocery store fixing to pay for my bfast burrito when the other cashier came up, grabbed my burrito, swiped it at her register, and then gave it back to me. When I looked up and my brain started working again I saw one my church members standing at the other register. He bought my burrito!!!!! It was only $1.72 but he totally made my day. I stopped everything, got out of line, and gave him the biggest hug. Girls, I want to do more things like that.
I am going to put my faith in action by buying more burritos for people :) How can I brighten someone's day? How can I do the unexpected for someone? What can I do for someone where they can't do anything back for me except hug me and say thank you? 1 John says it; my church member did it; now I will pass it on: L-O-V-E. All because HE loved me first!
Showing posts with label 1 John week 9. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1 John week 9. Show all posts
Friday, November 18, 2011
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Ginny - 1 John 4:17-21
Good Morning! Good Morning! Good Morning! A week from today is Thanksgiving! Unbelievable! Jenifer how fun that you and Dan are doing the Turkey Trot. I'm doing one here too. Never done one before. I'm thinking we should dress up like turkeys!!!!
S - 17 By this, love is perfected with us, so that we may have confidence in the day of judgment; because as He is, so also are we in this world. 18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves punishment, and the one who fears is not perfected in love. 19 We love, because He first loved us. 20 If someone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for the one who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen. 21 And this commandment we have from Him, that the one who loves God should love his brother also.
O - Lots of good stuff in here! #1 - "confidence in the day of judgment" - our eternity is secure. #2 - "no fear" - we don't have to fear when we have Jesus. #3 - "He first loved us" - that's what they call the GOOD NEWS! #4 - "love his brother" - we are to love and serve while we are down here
A - O.K. so let me examine how these things are playing out in my daily life...#1 - Salvation is nailed down. I know where I am going when I die. Hallelujiah! All because of grace. #2 - no fear is a daily realization for me. No other area has the Lord done more work and pulled me through and released the chains than fear. It is a nasty thing, and I don't ever want to go back to the bondage I was in. The Lord helps me everyday to take risks and not worry about the unknown. Love is the opposite of fear and freedom is found in love. #3 - He loves me! That's pure joy! #4 - Loving my brother is where I can use more work. Love, love, love. And not only the stranger or acquaintence, but sometimes the ones I love the most are the ones I'm least loving towards. With the holidays coming up there will be lots of family time. I get frustrated and irritated too quickly with a housefull of people. I pray for patience & love when I am around the masses this next month.
P - Lord thank you for Your Word. Thank you for salvation. I also pray specifically for Karlyn this morning too. I pray for a clear answer to what road to take with BeautiControl. I ask that you speak to her heart and mind that she may know what to do. In these next few days, please place the right people and signs in her path that confirm to her what the decision will be.
S - 17 By this, love is perfected with us, so that we may have confidence in the day of judgment; because as He is, so also are we in this world. 18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves punishment, and the one who fears is not perfected in love. 19 We love, because He first loved us. 20 If someone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for the one who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen. 21 And this commandment we have from Him, that the one who loves God should love his brother also.
O - Lots of good stuff in here! #1 - "confidence in the day of judgment" - our eternity is secure. #2 - "no fear" - we don't have to fear when we have Jesus. #3 - "He first loved us" - that's what they call the GOOD NEWS! #4 - "love his brother" - we are to love and serve while we are down here
A - O.K. so let me examine how these things are playing out in my daily life...#1 - Salvation is nailed down. I know where I am going when I die. Hallelujiah! All because of grace. #2 - no fear is a daily realization for me. No other area has the Lord done more work and pulled me through and released the chains than fear. It is a nasty thing, and I don't ever want to go back to the bondage I was in. The Lord helps me everyday to take risks and not worry about the unknown. Love is the opposite of fear and freedom is found in love. #3 - He loves me! That's pure joy! #4 - Loving my brother is where I can use more work. Love, love, love. And not only the stranger or acquaintence, but sometimes the ones I love the most are the ones I'm least loving towards. With the holidays coming up there will be lots of family time. I get frustrated and irritated too quickly with a housefull of people. I pray for patience & love when I am around the masses this next month.
P - Lord thank you for Your Word. Thank you for salvation. I also pray specifically for Karlyn this morning too. I pray for a clear answer to what road to take with BeautiControl. I ask that you speak to her heart and mind that she may know what to do. In these next few days, please place the right people and signs in her path that confirm to her what the decision will be.
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Ginny - 1 John 4:13-16
Good Morning Girlz!!!
S - By this we know that we abide in Him and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit. And we have beheld and bear witness that the Father has sent the Son to be the Savior of the world. Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. And we have come to know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love and the one who abides in love abides in God and God abides in him.
O - "He has given us of His Spirit." I like that part. It tells me He will help me. He, living through me, will help me love.
A - Why is it love that defines our relationship with the Lord? Why can't it be the Lord got stressed or pouted or moody or selfish. I could certainly abide on those! I'd be the top student. No doubt I was a child of God if those were the defining characteristics! Sometimes I always feel two steps behind on this Christain walk thing. Always trying to speed up to stay in the race. That's why I like these verses. #1, as I've said before, abiding means being with. Daily fellowship. It's not doing, doing, doing. It's being, being, being. #2 - He helps me love. He lives in me, and His love will come out in me.
P - Lord I pray that I may show Your love to those around me. That through my love they see You.
*Quick update on my Aunt. They found some more cancer behind her ear. It is not as aggressive, but it is big cell cancer and therefore they can not treat it at the same time and in the same way as they are treating the current small cell cancer. They don't seem as alarmed by this new discovery, but at the same time it is a downer that there is more that showed up. Treatments are still going good and doing as they should, but looks like there will be something else to fight as soon as this is done. Thanks for the prayers!!!
S - By this we know that we abide in Him and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit. And we have beheld and bear witness that the Father has sent the Son to be the Savior of the world. Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. And we have come to know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love and the one who abides in love abides in God and God abides in him.
O - "He has given us of His Spirit." I like that part. It tells me He will help me. He, living through me, will help me love.
A - Why is it love that defines our relationship with the Lord? Why can't it be the Lord got stressed or pouted or moody or selfish. I could certainly abide on those! I'd be the top student. No doubt I was a child of God if those were the defining characteristics! Sometimes I always feel two steps behind on this Christain walk thing. Always trying to speed up to stay in the race. That's why I like these verses. #1, as I've said before, abiding means being with. Daily fellowship. It's not doing, doing, doing. It's being, being, being. #2 - He helps me love. He lives in me, and His love will come out in me.
P - Lord I pray that I may show Your love to those around me. That through my love they see You.
*Quick update on my Aunt. They found some more cancer behind her ear. It is not as aggressive, but it is big cell cancer and therefore they can not treat it at the same time and in the same way as they are treating the current small cell cancer. They don't seem as alarmed by this new discovery, but at the same time it is a downer that there is more that showed up. Treatments are still going good and doing as they should, but looks like there will be something else to fight as soon as this is done. Thanks for the prayers!!!
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Ginny - 1 John 4:11-12
Good evening again!
S - Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has beheld God at any time; if we love one another, God abides in us, and His love is perfected in us.
O - The best way to show the world we know Jesus is to love.
A - So do you ever have those thoughts of "What difficult person is the Lord fixing to put in my path and I am going to have to love them? What is He preparing me for????" This Bible study has been so timely each day, I can't help but wonder what is fixing to happen. All this talk about love. Who am I forgetting to show love to? You've got to laugh, but it does put me on alert! Ha!
P - Lord I want to show Your love everyday. I want it to be my first, natural reaction. Please open my eyes to those around that need Your love.
Ginny - 1 John 4:7-10
Good Evening Girlz!!!
S - Beloved, let us love one another for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. The one who does not love does not know God, for God is love. By this the love of God was manifested in us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world so that we might live through Him. In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
O - We love because God loved us first. He is our example.
A - I love that line, "the love of God was manifested in us." Manifested seems like such a big, overflowing, full of good stuff word. Like it just fills up a room. I want to love others so that they see Jesus. I want them so overcome by His love that they accept Him and become one of His children.
P - Lord thank You for Your example of how we are to love. Thank You for showing us examples in Your Word of how to love even when it's tough. Thank You for loving me even when I am not lovable. I love you!
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