Friday, October 22, 2010
Needs to get it TOGETHER!!!!
Grr life is really really bust :-( I really want to commit to this blog and I AM!!! This week I will be updating my blog and posting everyday....WAIT NO..this week & next week....thats all bye...........
Monday, October 11, 2010
Bible verse's via Bible Gateway(New Testament)
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Today's New Testament reading: Colossians 3
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If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.
Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:
In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them.
But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:
Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.
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If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.
Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:
In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them.
But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:
Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.
After you have been born again you now should have a new mindset...We do not focus on the things here in earth as we did before our re-birth we think of things that our not of this earth. Basically we worry getting to the kingdom and being with our lord and savior of ALL ETERNITY!!!! YAY, Your goal should be not only to try to get yourself into heaven because there is NOTHING you can do to get there...only by God mercy can you get there...But try do to a christ did in that his goal was to save souls, other people, his brethern. We are our brothers keepers.
Verse 5-10 5Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry. 6Because of these, the wrath of God is coming.[b] 7You used to walk in these ways, in the life you once lived. 8But now you must rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips. 9Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices 10and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator. 11Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, but Christ is all, and is in all.
This is a vital verse and one of my favorite it reminds me to put to death all of the things that used to bind me to sin before my resurrection. All of the things listed in v. 5 our sins...but they all started with sin...sin being the nature of being selfish. Thats where all sins start. The first sin from satan started with selfishness he put himself above God and loved his self more than he loved God..This is why we commit sins...We have sex before marriage because it feels good to us knowing that it is against Gods will. We get greedy about money and possessions because it makes us feel better.We us these earthly things to make us feel better instead of turning to God who is the only one who can truly heal us. Thats why we always feel empty and we keep trying to find things to fill that void...
here's a song to illustrate what i'm trying to say....
In verse 6 it says this is why the wrath of Gos is coming....because of sin and selfishness, we think we our Gods. We do everything we possibly can to serve ourselves instead of serving God.
"If we gave half the time we spend serving ourselves to serving God I think we would be in pretty good shape."
Thats what this is it's a transfer of power from using all of our energy on ourselves and what we want to, using that power to serve God....
VERSE 12-17- BEING A PEACEFUL WARRIOR 12Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. 13Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. 14And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.
15Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. 16Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God. 17And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
Hmm and we wonder why households and family are falling apart....RUN YOU HOUSE ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE.
I will expand more on this topic at a later time, in the meantime also read http://www.bukisa.com/articles/191373_bible-verses-for-familes
AND WATCH
today's bible verse's via Bible gateway
today's bible verse's via Bible gateway
today's reading: Isaiah 37-38, Colossians 3
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Today's Old Testament reading: Isaiah 37-38
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And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD.
And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests covered with sackcloth, unto Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.
And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.
It may be the LORD thy God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God, and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is left.
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Today's Old Testament reading: Isaiah 37-38
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And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD.
And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests covered with sackcloth, unto Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.
And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.
It may be the LORD thy God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God, and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is left.
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Ok but you cannot read these verse without going back because this is basically just cutting right into the middle of the story.
Isaiah 36: So the is this King of Assyria named
Sennacherib, and he is basically the "big dawg" he's taking over cities left and right and no one can stop him.
The dialog in verses 4 -10, 13-14, 18-20 show that he is quite a cocky man he challenges King Hezekiah and our God... " 'This is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: On what are you basing this confidence of yours? 5 You say you have strategy and military strength—but you speak only empty words. On whom are you depending, that you rebel against me? 6 Look now, you are depending on Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff, which pierces a man's hand and wounds him if he leans on it! Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who depend on him. 7 And if you say to me, "We are depending on the LORD our God"-isn't he the one whose high places and altars Hezekiah removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem, "You must worship before this altar"?
8 " 'Come now, make a bargain with my master, the king of Assyria: I will give you two thousand horses—if you can put riders on them! 9 How then can you repulse one officer of the least of my master's officials, even though you are depending on Egypt for chariots and horsemen? 10 Furthermore, have I come to attack and destroy this land without the LORD ? The LORD himself told me to march against this country and destroy it.' "
13 Then the commander stood and called out in Hebrew, "Hear the words of the great king, the king of Assyria! 14 This is what the king says: Do not let Hezekiah deceive you. He cannot deliver you! 15 Do not let Hezekiah persuade you to trust in the LORD when he says, 'The LORD will surely deliver us; this city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.'
18 "Do not let Hezekiah mislead you when he says, 'The LORD will deliver us.' Has the god of any nation ever delivered his land from the hand of the king of Assyria? 19 Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? Have they rescued Samaria from my hand? 20 Who of all the gods of these countries has been able to save his land from me? How then can the LORD deliver Jerusalem from my hand?"
Now back to the original text Isaiah 37
Hezekiah was obviously in distress about the situation..so he puts on his sakcloth and goes to the temple of the Lord of guidance. He sent his messengers to go see the prophet Isaiah basically I said says..don't worry I God has your back don't let this jerk scare you.
verse 5-7: 5 When King Hezekiah's officials came to Isaiah, 6 Isaiah said to them, "Tell your master, 'This is what the LORD says: Do not be afraid of what you have heard—those words with which the underlings of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me. 7 Listen! I am going to put a spirit in him so that when he hears a certain report, he will return to his own country, and there I will have him cut down with the sword.' "
Also we see again in 37:9 The King of Assyria gets just a tiny bit cocky AGAIN!!! 9 Now Sennacherib received a report that Tirhakah, the Cushite [a] king of Egypt , was marching out to fight against him. When he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah with this word: 10 "Say to Hezekiah king of Judah: Do not let the god you depend on deceive you when he says, 'Jerusalem will not be handed over to the king of Assyria.' 11 Surely you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the countries, destroying them completely. And will you be delivered? 12 Did the gods of the nations that were destroyed by my forefathers deliver them—the gods of Gozan, Haran, Rezeph and the people of Eden who were in Tel Assar? 13 Where is the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, the king of the city of Sepharvaim, or of Hena or Ivvah?"
Next in verses 14-19 we see Hezekiah prayer, this beautiful example of prayer through the storm is like something you would think to find in psalm by the troubled king David..But this is not David its Hezekiah and this is his prayer......14 Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers and read it. Then he went up to the temple of the LORD and spread it out before the LORD. 15 And Hezekiah prayed to the LORD : 16 "O LORD Almighty, God of Israel, enthroned between the cherubim, you alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth. 17 Give ear, O LORD, and hear; open your eyes, O LORD, and see; listen to all the words Sennacherib has sent to insult the living God.
18 "It is true, O LORD, that the Assyrian kings have laid waste all these peoples and their lands. 19 They have thrown their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods but only wood and stone, fashioned by human hands. 20 Now, O LORD our God, deliver us from his hand, so that all kingdoms on earth may know that you alone, O LORD, are God. [b] "
AMEN
I love seeing these men of God, these Kings bowing down before the Almighty God<---MESSAGE!!!!
Verses 21-38 Shows what happens when you blaspheme God and go against his ppl
Isaiah 38-Hezekiah illness
verse 2-7 show Hezekiah praying and God answering.... 2 Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD, 3 "Remember, O LORD, how I have walked before you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion and have done what is good in your eyes." And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
4 Then the word of the LORD came to Isaiah: 5 "Go and tell Hezekiah, 'This is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears; I will add fifteen years to your life. 6And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city.
7 " 'This is the LORD's sign to you that the LORD will do what he has promised: 8 I will make the shadow cast by the sun go back the ten steps it has gone down on the stairway of Ahaz.' " So the sunlight went back the ten steps it had gone down.
Upon his recovery Hezekiah wrote a short memoir if you will about how great God is and how much he has done for him.
Question?????
10/11/2010-Genesis 1:1-
my questions-If in the beginning God created the "heaven" the same day he created earth then when was there time for this lucifer vs God conflict to evolve. From what I thought the rebellion of satan happened before the creation of earth. Who is this serpent that is mentioned in Genesis 3:1 But I am getting ahead of myself.
Side note Isaiah 14:12 the first time we see the word lucifer...hmm lucifer is a latin word so how did the hebrew speaking prophet end up putting a latin word in this story. I cant help but wonder what was the original hebrew word that was there.Is this story really mistranslated, is Isaiah 14:12 just truly talking about a fallen king who enslaved the Israelite's???
Answer via wikipedia The Vulgate (Latin) version of the Christian Bible used the word "lucifer" (with lower-case initial) twice to refer to the Morning Star: once in 2 Peter 1:19 to translate the Greek word Φωσφόρος (phōsphoros), a word, from φῶς (phōs) meaning "light" and φέρω (pherō̄) meaning "to carry", that has the same meaning of Light-Bringer that the Latin word has, and once in Isaiah 14:12 to translate the Hebrew word הילל (Hêlēl).[26] In the latter passage the title of "Morning Star" is given to the tyrannous Babylonian king, who the prophet says is destined to fall. This passage was later applied to the prince of the demons, and so the name "Lucifer" came to be used outside the Bible for the devil, and was popularized in works such as Dante Alighieri's Inferno and John Milton's Paradise Lost, but forEnglish speakers the greatest influence has been its use in the King James Version of Isa 14:12 to translate the Hebrew word הילל, which more modern English versions render as "Morning Star" or "Day Star". A similar passage in Ezekiel 28:11–19 regarding the "king of TyreThe Vulgate did not use the Latin word lucifer to represent the two references to the Morning Star in the Book of Revelation . In both cases the original Greek text uses a circumlocution instead of the single word "φωσφόρος", and a corresponding circumlocution is used in the Latin. Thus "stella matutina" is used for "ὁ ἀστὴρ ὁ πρωϊνός" in Revelation 2:28, which promises the Morning Star to those who persevere, and for "ὁ ἀστὴρ ὁ πρωϊνός" (or, according to some manuscripts, "ὁ ἀστὴρ ὁ ὀρθρινός") in Revelation 22:16, where Jesus calls himself "the bright morning star".
The English word "Lucifer" is used in none of these places (other than Isaiah 14:12), where the Latin translation uses the Latin word "lucifer" (i.e., morning star).
Outside the Bible, the Roman Rite liturgy's Exultet chant in praise of the paschal candle refers to Christ as the Morning Star (in Latin, lucifer, with lower-case initial)" was also applied to the devil, contributing to the traditional picture of the fallen angel........
So although this answers my question about the hebrew prophet turning up a latin word, I still wonder what this heaven is referring to is it just talking about outer space or high up into the sky, or is it the actual heaven where God and the angels are. If that is so and the serpent mentioned is satan then how long was it between adam and eve's creation and fall...less then 130 years gen 5:3 :)
Genesis 1
Day Numero Uno-Genesis 1
1In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
2And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
3And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
4And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
5And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
6And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
7And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
8And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
9And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
10And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
11And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
12And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
13And the evening and the morning were the third day.
14And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
15And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
16And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
17And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
18And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
19And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
20And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
21And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
22And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
23And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
24And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
25And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
26And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
27So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
28And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
29And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
30And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
31And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
This may seem like a pretty textbook chapter ohh yes this is the "CREATION" God just made a bunch of stuff Whoopeee.But it is soo much more than that. It's the story of us it's a written account of God's love for in the sense that he created everything here for us to enjoy. Reading this should give you whole new look on tree you see outside your building everyday....you should think WOW God made that THANK YOU FATHER!!!!! I don't know about you but I think it's cool that we get to seven days of creation every single day.
But with the good comes bad we often see genesis one being the front-lines in the battle of creation vs evolution..ding ding
ROUND ONE: I invite you to read
Evolution: The Grand Experiment: The Quest for an Answer By Carl Werner, Debbie Werner
It's on Google Books and you can watch a few videos.. (LINKS PLEASE!!) Grand Experiment---> http://youtu.be/XP6htc371fM
Spontaneous Generation from Evolution: The Grand Experiment--->http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNByRghR6sw
I'm still in the process of reading this book but feel free to read along with me...were in this together =)
I will keep you posted, as I get more insight into genesis 1 i will posy post it so stay tuned.
Reading the bible is an ongoing process...it is a journey your welcome to come along.......
INSPIRATIONAL NUGGET!!!! Genesis 1:27 says we (all of us) were created in "their" image so let us not be ashamed of ourselves.We as people of God should set the standard of what true beauty looks like not follow.It's time time to recognize that we are the leaders we never follow anything or anybody but jesus. If nobody ever tells you this I am telling you that you are GORGEOUS, BEYOND BEAUTY. And thats real......xoxoxoxo
"Forget Picasso God is the greatest artist in my eyes."
Sunday, October 10, 2010
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