"O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt His name together."
Psalm 34:3
Happy Sunday :)
Day 6
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Friday, April 27, 2012
Day 6
"Young people, it's wonderful to be young! Enjoy every minute of it. Do everything you want to; take it all in. But remember you must give an account to God for everything."
Ecclesiastes 11:9
I thought this seemed like an appropriate verse for Saturday--the typical day of rest and fun.
I read all the way through the book of Ecclesiastes, and I loved it so much, but I can't deny that a lot of the verses would not have worked for my whole positive and encouraging theme that I am kind of going for. But I got to this one, and I thought it was perfect! Even with the last part, which in some translations uses the word "judgement" or "accountability." I thought it was still positive, because as long as you strive to make the best decisions and to live for Him, then the terms "judgement," "accountability," or "account" do not have to be negative words at all. Because, as always, if you live for Him, He will bless you.
Happy Saturday :)
Day 5
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Day 5
Sharing the love on day 5 :))
His love for His children will endure throughout all of time, even after the end of the earth.
Have a beautiful day :)
Day4
"For the mountains may move and the hills disappear, but even then My faithful love for you will remain. My covenant of blessing will never be broken, says the Lord who has mercy on you."
Isaiah 54:10
His love for His children will endure throughout all of time, even after the end of the earth.
Have a beautiful day :)
Day4
Day 4
"Let love and truth never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them deep within your heart. Then you will win favor and a good name in the sight of God and man."
Proverbs 3:3-4
The love and truth of Christ and the gospel are the best and truest things in this world that we can put our hope in daily. If we just try to keep Christ first in our lives and make an honest effort to live our life with Him at the center of it, then we will radiate His light and the promise of His love, and others will notice. And if you do your best to daily serve Him, you might fall sometimes, but He will bless you.
Day 3
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Day 3
It is officially Wednesday! Which means that today is day 3 for sharing the love through Bible verses :)
I picked this one, primarily for the same reason I picked the other two so far. I was looking for something encouraging or positive. I was originally using the concordance in the back of my Bible to try and get my brain moving and get some ideas, because there are tons of verses in the Bible that I could use, but I just need to find the right ones. But, then I gave up on the concordance and decided to just browse at my leisure.
I am a freak who, when I highlight something in my Bible, I do it all to a color organized system.Passages that I have underlined in red are all about love and sacrifice, etc. Green passages are all about growth of the faith and spiritual life, and blue passages are what I like to call "refreshers." You might be able to pick up on my train of thought here--refresh/renewal=water, which quenches thirst=blue highlighter. Yeah, you get the point.
But anyways, as I was browsing, I found my color coded passages to be pretty helpful in selecting his verse for today. I was looking mainly at the blue passages, because that's the kind of stuff I was looking for. Then I read Psalm 103:11, which I hadn't color coded at all (yet) and I just immediately thought it was perfect!
If you give your heart over to God and serve Him with everything you have, and love him with all of your heart, then He will walk beside you and show you mercy all the days of your life.
What could be more positive than that to start your day?!
Day 1 & 2
"For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is His mercy toward them that love Him."
Psalm 103:11
I picked this one, primarily for the same reason I picked the other two so far. I was looking for something encouraging or positive. I was originally using the concordance in the back of my Bible to try and get my brain moving and get some ideas, because there are tons of verses in the Bible that I could use, but I just need to find the right ones. But, then I gave up on the concordance and decided to just browse at my leisure.
I am a freak who, when I highlight something in my Bible, I do it all to a color organized system.Passages that I have underlined in red are all about love and sacrifice, etc. Green passages are all about growth of the faith and spiritual life, and blue passages are what I like to call "refreshers." You might be able to pick up on my train of thought here--refresh/renewal=water, which quenches thirst=blue highlighter. Yeah, you get the point.
But anyways, as I was browsing, I found my color coded passages to be pretty helpful in selecting his verse for today. I was looking mainly at the blue passages, because that's the kind of stuff I was looking for. Then I read Psalm 103:11, which I hadn't color coded at all (yet) and I just immediately thought it was perfect!
If you give your heart over to God and serve Him with everything you have, and love him with all of your heart, then He will walk beside you and show you mercy all the days of your life.
What could be more positive than that to start your day?!
Day 1 & 2
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Sharing the love
Hi, all :)
So, today is a pretty good day. And I just thought I'd share something kind of fun that I've been doing.
It actually started as a joke, one of my friends had a kind of rough week last week, so when we were texting this weekend, I said, "This week is going to be great.I promise." and I promised I would text him every day this week, so I told him on Sunday night that I was totally serious and I would text him every morning.
So that's what I've been doing.Every morning, when I wake up, I text him a verse so that maybe it could be an encouragement throughout the day.Even if nothing necessarily goes wrong during the day, he knows that somebody genuinely wants him to have a good day, so it will serve as a reminder that somebody cares. Because there is no way you can have somebody text you a verse and not have it be encouraging.
And I know it's only Tuesday, but I can already tell you that this is kind of fun. It's nice to take time out of your day for somebody else, just to show them that you care about them, even in a way as simple as picking out a verse. It's weird how it ends up being a kind of refreshing and uplifting thing for yourself, too.
So, two days are down!Can't wait to pick out more! :)
So, today is a pretty good day. And I just thought I'd share something kind of fun that I've been doing.
It actually started as a joke, one of my friends had a kind of rough week last week, so when we were texting this weekend, I said, "This week is going to be great.I promise." and I promised I would text him every day this week, so I told him on Sunday night that I was totally serious and I would text him every morning.
So that's what I've been doing.Every morning, when I wake up, I text him a verse so that maybe it could be an encouragement throughout the day.Even if nothing necessarily goes wrong during the day, he knows that somebody genuinely wants him to have a good day, so it will serve as a reminder that somebody cares. Because there is no way you can have somebody text you a verse and not have it be encouraging.
"So shall My word be that goes forth out of My mouth: it shall not return unto Me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it."
Isaiah 55:11
And I know it's only Tuesday, but I can already tell you that this is kind of fun. It's nice to take time out of your day for somebody else, just to show them that you care about them, even in a way as simple as picking out a verse. It's weird how it ends up being a kind of refreshing and uplifting thing for yourself, too.
So, two days are down!Can't wait to pick out more! :)
"May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit."
Romans 15:13
"The Lord make His face to shine upon you, and be gracious to you; the Lord lift up His countenance upon you and give you peace."
Numbers 6:25-26
Monday, April 23, 2012
Member of a family
So, I'm a little bit of a strange bird within the church community.
I'm a little strange because it is unusual for someone to be born into a specific denomination or affiliation of the church and to stay there through adulthood. And I'm also a little strange because there are not a whole lot of people who are born right into the Evangelical Free Church. But, hey, that's me :) I raise my hand because all of the above applies.
My own father wasn't a pastor but he also wasn't in the picture for most of my life. My grandpa, on the other hand, if you will remember, was a pastor of an Ev Free Church, and he was very influential in raising me. So, I'm kind of an indirect PK, I guess. So, I grew up in the Ev Free Church that is here in Cheyenne until I left when I was in the 4th grade because my family moved to good ole TN (<--please note sarcasm).
I just moved back to Cheyenne in August for college, and it was a pretty natural decision to go to the Free Church that I grew up in. To be honest, I didn't even consider going anywhere else. But, since I was a child when I attended church here before, I was not considered a member, even though my parents and grandparents were, because you have to be a certain age to make that commitment/decision.
Well, I was raised to recognize the importance of belonging to a church family and making that commitment through membership. SO, I am becoming a member now! I'm taking a class for it (which isn't nearly as greuling as it sounds), and then it'll be official. And I have to say I am very excited about this. Before I moved back out here for school, I had people in my family tell me that they were afraid it wouldn't be all I expected it to be because you can't ever really come back "home" and have it be the way it was before.
And they are right. It is nothing like it was before, because I am older and doing different things in my life, not everything is the same, and I'm pretty much out here by myself. But that doesn't mean that it hasn't been wonderful, because it has. I love being back here, and it's not "home" like it was when I was a little girl, but it is home in a whole new way, and the place I have felt the most accepted and welcomed is at the church. Which is how it should be if you are where God wants you to be. So, I am ready to officially become a part of this church family of my own free will, and I am definitely excited for it.
I'm a little strange because it is unusual for someone to be born into a specific denomination or affiliation of the church and to stay there through adulthood. And I'm also a little strange because there are not a whole lot of people who are born right into the Evangelical Free Church. But, hey, that's me :) I raise my hand because all of the above applies.
My own father wasn't a pastor but he also wasn't in the picture for most of my life. My grandpa, on the other hand, if you will remember, was a pastor of an Ev Free Church, and he was very influential in raising me. So, I'm kind of an indirect PK, I guess. So, I grew up in the Ev Free Church that is here in Cheyenne until I left when I was in the 4th grade because my family moved to good ole TN (<--please note sarcasm).
I just moved back to Cheyenne in August for college, and it was a pretty natural decision to go to the Free Church that I grew up in. To be honest, I didn't even consider going anywhere else. But, since I was a child when I attended church here before, I was not considered a member, even though my parents and grandparents were, because you have to be a certain age to make that commitment/decision.
Well, I was raised to recognize the importance of belonging to a church family and making that commitment through membership. SO, I am becoming a member now! I'm taking a class for it (which isn't nearly as greuling as it sounds), and then it'll be official. And I have to say I am very excited about this. Before I moved back out here for school, I had people in my family tell me that they were afraid it wouldn't be all I expected it to be because you can't ever really come back "home" and have it be the way it was before.
And they are right. It is nothing like it was before, because I am older and doing different things in my life, not everything is the same, and I'm pretty much out here by myself. But that doesn't mean that it hasn't been wonderful, because it has. I love being back here, and it's not "home" like it was when I was a little girl, but it is home in a whole new way, and the place I have felt the most accepted and welcomed is at the church. Which is how it should be if you are where God wants you to be. So, I am ready to officially become a part of this church family of my own free will, and I am definitely excited for it.
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| It isn't much, but it's home to me :) |
"The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs--heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with Him in order that we may also be glorified with Him."
Romans 8:16-17
"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, even as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before Him. In love He predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of His will, to the praise of His glorious grace, with which He has blessed us in the Beloved."
Ephesians 1:3-6
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