Monday

Ladies Do you Believe This? Coffee & Conversation


We believe a lot of things about ourselves.

Many are things we have decided about ourselves from the past or things we have decided for us for the future.

Many are things that family, or friends or workmates have decided about us and those things stick with us.






Do you believe all these things that have often been descriptors of you for years or months or weeks or even just the last few days?

We should not judge or describe ourselves by what others think or even by what we feel we have experienced.

We need to describe ourselves by what God says about us.

So ladies

Do you believe this list of personal things that God has declared in His Word?


You are HIS.
You are ALIVE in CHRIST.
You are a CHILD of GOD.
You are CHOSEN.
You are a CROWN of SPLENDOUR.
You are DEAD to SIN.
You are FEARFULLY and WONDERFULLY MADE.
You are FORGIVEN.
You are GOD'S WORKMANSHIP.
You are HEALED by His STRIPES.
You are HIS.
You are an HEIR to the KINGDOM.
You are MADE for HIS GLORY. 
You are a NEW CREATION.
You are an OVERCOMER. 
You are REDEEMED.
You are the SALT and the LIGHT.
You are SET FREE from bondage.
You are a TEMPLE of the HOLY SPIRIT.
You are WHOLE.
You are WRITTEN on the PALM of HIS HAND.
You are WORTH MORE than MANY SPARROWS.
You are WORTH MORE than RUBIES.




You are MADE for HIS GLORY.   
     





You are WORTH MORE than MANY SPARROWS.
You are WORTH MORE than RUBIES.

You are MORE than a CONQUEROR.
You are MORE than YOUR PAST.
You are MORE than WHAT YOU WEAR.
You are MORE than WHO PEOPLE SAY YOU ARE.
You are ........
You are ........
You are so many things in God's eyes but most importantly you are His creation and He has a plan for your life which starts with

 Salvation

You are FORGIVEN




followed by
 Assurance


You are WRITTEN on the PALM of HIS HAND.




and then let's finish where we started


You are HIS.

from the words of Jesus





Ladies Do you Believe This?











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Wednesday

A Place for Everything and Everything in It's Place! - A Dose of Encouragement



  Where is it?

      Where did you leave it?

          Where did you last see it?

              Where did you last have it?

                  When did you last have it?

                      What did you last use it for?

I need

A Place for Everything!



   





All these questions and more are regularly asked in our house.


So the simple solution to all of this is my favourite quote



A Place for Everything and Everything in it's Place



But even though I have loved this saying for many years

                              I have never yet got to this ideal position in my home or life.


One of the reasons

                       is simply that there are







I often have to overhaul my Study and even there I pick a place to keep something and then later I change my mind and decide to keep in in a different part of that room and then the next time I want that item I go back to the original place and wonder why I can't find it there!



I have forgotten that I changed my mind!




This is especially so with my craft items.

One time I think that one box or container suits my stamps best and then I get some more and decide that the original container was not big enough to hold all that I now have 

or I have my embellishments in segmented containers and then I decide to sort them by a different criterion and find that the sizes of the compartments don't suit or the number of compartments don't suit.

So I rearrange them and then later when I want a certain item I have to go through all my containers again because I can't remember how I rearranged them.


I have forgotten that I changed my mind!


When we lived in America (many years ago) we bought a lovely piece of furniture.

It was a Computer Armoire.






While we were in America and also for some years after we had returned to Northern Ireland, we used it for our computer but then when we all had computers we stopped using it for this purpose and I claimed it as a Craft Armoire.


BUT this is what it can get like when I let it get out of control.

When I don't take the time to put things in their proper place inside it.






Unfortunately other things can get out of control in our lives too.

We start to order our finances with a nice little budget but then forget about or don't write everything down.

We start to be more careful about our eating habits and exercise habits and then after a few weeks we get lazy again.

We plan to do things but just keep putting them off.

What we could be tempted to say then is

I need a

Place for everything and Time for everything!



When what we really need is to get rid of the things that take up space and time in our lives and say

I need to

Concentrate on the good and sensible things that give meaning to my life.


by asking ourselves what God would have us do and going back to the reason we are on this earth


What is Man's Chief End?

Man's chief end is to glorify God and enjoy him forever.


Or in other words


What should we be concentrating on?

We should be concentrating on living our lives so that
 we bring
 glory and honour to God
 and
 draw others to God


Then we will know the fullness of joy that the Bible talks about because we will be in the right place.







Then we will be content with our life because we will be in the right place with God.


Then we won't have perfect homes or perfect memories or be perfect but we will be in good relationship with  our heavenly father.


Let's Put the RIGHT things FIRST in our Lives and Homes.


Let's not keep changing what we think, what we do, what we hold on to.

Let's follow God and stick with what He leads us to.

Let's not keep forgetting or changing our minds.

I'ts time to be consistent in our faith.


God is an unchanging God

Can we be an unchanging people who stick to God's Word and obey all of it.









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Looking for Devotionals or Bible Studies - Stuck at Home and Need Help?






Are you stuck in the house?

If you are confined to home

             or self-isolating

                          or off work because the kids are ill

    or perhaps the weather is just too cold or stormy to get out

  you may be looking for some devotionals to read each day

or Bible Studies to dig into.



If So
THEN
This is the place to find all my devotional & Bible Study type posts 


Just click on the Titles to find out more.




Each of the blog posts that fall into the category of Devotionals will be listed here 
under 
Themes or Topics.



Why We Worship

#1   God is Great                                                  
#5   God is Holy                                                 
#9   God is Merciful                                             
#17   God is Wise                                                




It's God's Love                          
                                                   

It's God's Love #4
It's God's Love #5                                                
It's God's Love #8
It's God's Love #9                                                
It's God's Love #12
It's God's Love #13                                              
It's God's Love #16
It's God's Love #20
It's God's Love #21                                                 
It's God's Love #24
It's God's Love #25                                                 




Songs for Worship



Pondering the Psalms




Smile God Loves You







Sunday Scripture

Sunday Scripture  Luke 1v37
Sunday Scripture  Psalm 145v1-3
Sunday Scripture  Matthew 8v27
Sunday Scripture  2 Timothy 1v7
Sunday Scripture  Romans 8v25 
Sunday Scripture  John 16v24 
Sunday Scripture  Hebrews 12v14
Sunday Scripture  Psalm 16v8
Sunday Scripture  1 Thessalonian 5v16-18
Sunday Scripture  Philippians 1v21
Sunday Scripture  Psalm 34v1
Sunday Scripture  Proverbs 22v17-21









New Testament





                  

Just click on the Titles to find out more.




I started the Advent Reading Challenge through the Gospel of Luke where you read 1 chapter each day from 1st December to 24th Dec and by then you have reached the end of the book.

Then I thought I would write a series of blog posts as I went along mostly covering 2 chapters at a time.


Each time I publish my post I will put the link to that post in the list below so have a good wander around and read my thoughts on the Book of Luke.


The Gospel of Luke 


Overview & Chapter 1
Chapters 2 & 3
Chapters 4 & 5
Chapters 6 & 7
Chapters 8 & 9
Chapters 10 & 11
Chapters 12 & 13
Chapters 14 & 15
Chapters 16 & 17
Chapters 18 & 19
Chapters 20 & 21
Chapters 22 & 23
Chapters 24 & Summary




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I started blogging each day for 31 Days for an October challenge and reached the end of chapter 17 so then I decided to continue on through Acts but only posting approx. twice a week.


Each of the posts are in the list below so have a good wander around and read my thoughts on the book of Acts.










SCHEDULE

DAY 1  -  Do You Read Everything in a Book?  
DAY 2  -  Who is your Attention on?
DAY 3  -  All Together Now?
DAY 4  -  Is there Strength in the Promise?
DAY 5  -  What Happened at the Gate?
DAY 6  -  Have We Got Your Attention?
DAY 7  -  Who Complains About Good Things?
DAY 8  -  Responses to the Gospel
DAY 9  -  Because of a Lie
DAY 10  -  Who Does the Miracles?
DAY 11  -  What's the Outcome?
DAY 12  -  Wise & Respected Men
DAY 13  -  A Result of Hatred.
DAY 14  -  Good Out of Evil.
DAY 15  -  Important Questions, Simple Answers
DAY 16  -  Darkness! Now the True Light!
DAY 17  -  Changing Lives & Communities
DAY 18  -  Death & Life
DAY 19  -  It's not about Us, It's all about God!
DAY 20  -  We all need to be Encouragers
DAY 21  -  A Miraculous Escape
DAY 22  -  Daily Scriptures
DAY 23  -  A Specific Job for the Kingdom
DAY 24  -  Love & Hatred
DAY 25  -  All the Same?
DAY 26  -  Believe in the Right Thing!
DAY 27  -  Empowering People's Lives
DAY 28  -  The Call
DAY 29  -  What Does God Need?
DAY 30  -  The Power & Destruction of Envy
DAY 31  -  Knowing God



This is the rest of the Book of Acts .



Chapter 18  -  Reactions of People
Chapter 18 (contd)  -  A Godly Couple
Chapter 19  -  Questions are Important!
Chapter 19 (contd)  -  The Influence of Paul
Chapter 20  -  A Short Eventful Visit
Chapter 20 (contd)  -  Paul's Goal
Chapter 21  -  The Journey to Jerusalem
Chapter 21 & 22  -  Paul's Defense
Chapter 23  -  A Murder Plot
Chapter 23 & 24  -  Accusations & Indecisions
Chapter 25  -  The Big Appeal
Chapter 26  -  Paul Comes Before the King
Chapter 27 & 28  - 

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Looking at 4 studies 
of 
the

 What 

When

  Where, Why, Who

 and 

 How 

of 
Mercy





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Looking at the Story of Ruth and Boaz from the Book of Ruth from the relationships of the 3 main characters Ruth, Boaz and Naomi.


Ruth & Boaz - The Start of the Story



Ruth & Boaz - Unconditional Love








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Sunday

Pondering the Psalms - Psalm 18


Some Sundays I choose a Psalm and write down some brief thoughts on it.



                    Today I'm looking at

Psalm 18 

A Psalm of David






This Psalm falls into 7 parts:


V. 1-3
Acknowledgement of God who was David's Deliverer






V. 4-6
Acknowledgement of God who Heard David's Cry






V. 7-15
Acknowledgement of God who was David's Avenger




V. 16-19
Acknowledgement of God who Delighted in David








V. 20-30
Acknowledgement of God who treated David Justly







V. 31-45
Acknowledgement of God who was David's Support




V. 46-50??

Acknowledgement of God who was worthy to be Exalted above all





This Psalm could be summed up simply by verses 31-32 






Surely we can acknowledge God in the same way
 as David did in this Psalm.

From this Psalm we should always remember that:

We have to be humble to be delivered also for our city to be delivered.   v 27

God will give us the strength for the battle against evil in our city   v 39

 So that the enemy will have to turn away from us  v 40

Because of what God has done and will do in our city we must extol him  v 49



















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