TIDBITS

Well hello again,

It looks kike we are in for another hot hot day here in the Midwest. I read where we are having the hottest summer on record. I believe they might be right.

I was having a cup or coffee this morning at one of our many Starbucks. I was sitting outside, mostly in the shade and a good breeze was coming around the corner. I had just dropped Killes off at the groomer. It seems as soon as I am not doing anything special, I begin thinking and it usually leads to talking to the Lord. A younger man came out with his purchase, looking very normal to me and I watched him go to his car. He crawled into a Mercedes SUV, telling me he was rich. Just then the Spirit told me that I was as rich as he was. The Lord has told me that I will never "need" anything when it comes to finances as long as I am faithful to Him.

I was reading this morning that the jurors in the Blagojevich trial appear stymied, seeking guidance from the Judge. I seems to me this guy can get by with anything..

Speaking of judges, I assume you have heard that a judge in California has struck down a law recently voted on by the people, to allow same-sex marriages.
This should tell you what Man is doing! Heaven help us!

Did you see the brawl at the Reds and Cardinals second game of this series?
It seems that Brandon Phillips had made some remarks about the Cardinal team. Probably a few choice words, but the Cardinals heard about it from somewhere.
Second game, of course Phillips was first up to bat for the reds, and catcher, Molina was spouting off to Phillips as he came to the plate. We as sure as anything Phillips began yelling back and it started. Both teams got involved and  I was surprised to see Scott Rolen get so involved, He seems like a very level headed guy to me. Well needless to the Mgrs. got involved and watched the rest of the game from the locker room.

One last thing today, I heard that older people with "belly pouches" are more apt
to die sooner. Well one more thing why I need to be ready.

Have a good day,

Mr. Bill

What is Man - TIDBITS

Well hello again,

What about man? What has man been doing
to improve our world, or make it worse?

Our First Lady is traveling in Spain, Must be nice
huh? Well how many of you took a vacation this
summer or are going to? How many of you would like
to live in the White House and be responsible for
running a country? Would you like to get away or
do something to help forget about your responsibilities
for awhile?

What has happened to Tiger? Poor guy finished 76th
in his last tournment. All his problems have certainly
taken a toll on him.

Here in Lexington, they are working around the clock
it seems to get ready for the 2010 World Equestrain
Games. I understand they are not selling as many tickets as they were hopeing. Maybe things will pick up soon.

Note to Ohio - my home state. You republicans can
surely replace John Boehner can't you? He is really
tan again, and has done nothing to help anything.
(Same goes for Kentucky and our senator McConnell,
"worthless)

Sorry I am going to try not complain too much.

Let's get together and try to make our world better!

Mr Bill

TID-BITS, from Mr. Bill

Well hello again! What have you all been up to. I have not written for about a month, thinking about my blogs. Maybe I have been talking too deep for most of you. I am thinking maybe another new platform for me. I have this urge inside of me to share my self and I don't really know why. Maybe the Lord has put a lot in there and I need to share it.

I have a positive perspective about life and I want to share it with you. I need your responses and questions though. Please be a follower and talk back to me, I need your help. Let me know what you want to read. I want it to be something you will feel better after reading. OK  OK

I recently heard the old familiar song "When you're Smiling". That is really great philosophy. "When you are smiling, keep on smiling and the whole world will smile with you, when you are laughing, the sun will come shining through." Now isn't that true? Would it not be fantastic if you started a smile that went around the world?
It could happen you know.

It has been very hot lately in the eastern half of the nation. We got to take care of our self you know. Especially us old geezers, we can't take the heat like we used to.
You young folks drink plenty of water.

You know, I might call this blog "Tid-Bits". What do you think?
It will still be "What is man, that God is concerned about him". I will find some new tid-bits from life, politics, religion, and our neighbors.

Please be a follower, it will cost you nothing, and talk to me!

as always, Mr. Bill

THE GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT - PIETY

1.Wisdom; Understanding; Counsel; Fortitude; Knowledge

#6 PIETY
Piety Meaning and Definition


(n.) Veneration or reverence of the Supreme Being, and love of his character; loving obedience to the will of God, and earnest devotion to his service.

(n.) Duty; dutifulness; filial reverence and devotion; affectionate reverence and service shown toward parents, relatives, benefactors, country, etc.
 
If you would have asked for my definition of Piety, I probably have said something
like someone walking around with their hands folded in front of them in a chapel or the equivalent. I know of a young man who has been "called" into the ministry, and
I see him in church looking somewhat this way. Now this may be perfectly right
and OK, but my perception is somewhat different, which could be bad!
 
My definition says for piety-  love of GOD as a Father, and obey Him because we
love Him, (not much different from above.)
I believe after we become a believer, we do love God, even though it is
a different type of love than we are used to. I think it is a deep feeling inside
us we cannot fully explain. But from this "feeling", we want to do what He says.
 
Thank you God, our faith is something scientists cannot explain, and we do
not have to be concerned about their relentless search trying to explain, or disclaim the existence of our GOD.
 
People: please search for God in your life. Submit your will to His will, and
receive His "faith" in your heart. Fellowship with Him through the Holy Spirit,
and don't be concerned about somebody trying to define God's presence in your
life.
 
                                                                                           
Mr. Bill

GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT -KNOWLEDGE-

1. Wisdom
2. Understanding
3. Counsel
4. Fortitude
5. Knowledge - enables us to discover the will of God in all things:

They say knowledge is power. Ah ha, a gift from God's Holy Spirit is power!
Knowing things is a power, especially if not everyone knows these things!
The Holy Spirit within us has all power and knowledge, therefore we can have
the knowledge the Holy Spirit gives us, as we submit ourselves to Him. The more
time we spend with the Holy Spirit, the more knowledge we gain from Him.

I, in my times with the Holy Spirit, have gained some knowledge, that can come
from no other one. Of course I do not have all knowledge and sometimes I
doubt some of my knowledge I have received, but I should not. Again one of
my favorite phrases - God will do all that He says He will do. Then I should
not doubt.

Establish a relationship with the Holy Spirit, and you will find a wonderful
time you get together!

God, what is man that you care about
him? We were created in Your image
and You want to share Your KNOWLEDGE
with us.

Mr. Bill

THE GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

1. Wisdom
2. Understanding
3 Counsel

4.       FORTITUDE -  Strengthen us to do the will of God in all things

Really? Remember shortly after you were "saved",  you were afraid your best friends would notice something
different about you, and what would you say? Tell them about it, or deny anything was different.
Or you were with your friends and they were acting not like a Christian would. Would you say something
or just let it pass, or speak out against that kind of living?
I believe after you submit yourself to the Holy Spirit within you, You gain the ability to meet such
situations with courage to speak up, and tell others what you believe to be the thing to do
or how we as Christians should act. Actually we now have the desire to take the lead in situations with
friends and others, and show them how a Christian should think and act.

It becomes natural to us and others notice our actions and ask us why. This gives opportunity to tell
them about our God.

                                              Our God, we thank you for Your Holy Spirit you
                                              have given to us. Let us enjoy Your presence
                                              and receive Your strength. In Jesus' name.     Amen

Mr Bill

THE GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

1. Wisdom
                    2. Understanding
                                                    3. COUNSEL

COUNSEL  The Holy Spirit warns us of the deceits of the devil, and the dangers of salvation:

At first I thought we always new right from wrong even before salvation. But the counsel of the Holy Spirit goes
much deeper than that. Not only do we get from the Spirit what is right and wrong, there are many "cloudy areas"
that we have to deal with. Some things may seem alright, and we may do them, but we always have a feeling something is not right. Things that will not keep us from heaven, but things that will keep us from enjoying the Gifts of the Spirit.
I can testify to this myself. I was doing something not quite right and when I put an end to it, I began to enjoy
The Gifts of the Holy Spirit.

Have you ever wondered your salvation? I have and I believe we all have. When we get all sin, that we can control, out
of our lives, the Spirit is then free to counsel us. I am very sure the devil is trying all the time to discourage our
relationship with the Holy Spirit.

Dear God, help us with our relationship with You. Counsel us as to what we should be doing, thinking and saying.
Amen

Mr. Bill

THE GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

1. Wisdom - desire for the things of God, and to direct our whole life and all our actions to His honor and glory

2. Understanding - enable us to know more clearly the mysteries of faith

This is a good one. I have found that fellowship with the Holy Spirit is the way to find the TRUTH of this gift
and all gifts.
One problem I have and I assume it is general, is to doubt it when I feel I understand a mystery of The Faith.
For example, I feel I have some understanding of Creation and evolution, and how they may have worked together.
But then I have these feelings of, why should I know this? It is a mystery since the beginning of science. I have to
realize and make myself KNOW that what God says He will do, He will do!
God says He will enable us to understand these mysteries, AND HE WILL!

I believe every time we want communication with the Holy Spirit, we need to confess our sins first, and ask Him
to cleanse us from all unrighteousness, and create a NEW spirit within us. Therefore we are free of sin and God doesn't
hear much of what we say if we are living in sin!!! Again, what God says He will do, He will do. Remember this!
I ask you - begin to fellowship with the HOLY SPIRIT.

Mr. Bill

THE GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

                                                 THE GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT



1. Wisdom - a desire for the things of God, and to direct our
 whole life and all our actions to His honor and glory


What is God?  We are told in the Bible that God is Spirit. Well then, what is Spirit?  I believe the realm of things
 is the spirit of darkness and the spirit of light; the spirit of good and the spirit of bad, the spirit of love and
the spirit of hatred and so on, and on, and on. I think God represents all things good and satan represents all
things bad. And I believe there is much much more to this. God is more indescribable than we can think.

If we have received the Holy Spirit (which is God) we can quiet our spirit and ask the Holy Spirit to teach us
things of and about Himself. Once I learned to do this I have learned things I never thought about before.
I can hear the Spirit showing me things about Himself and God. I can "reason" things that make sense
to me about God, and the Holy Spirit.
It is getting to the place where every time I quiet myself I want to talk to the Holy Spirit, whether I am just
relaxing or going to bed. I always ask God to cleanse me of all unrighteousness and to make a clean spirit
within me. I feel then I am qualified to commune with the Holy Spirit!

Holy Spirit give us Wisdom so we desire all things of God,
and show us You and the Father, through Jesus Christ
Your Son.       Amen

Mr.Bill

The Patience of God

Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling,
Calling for you and for me.
See, on the portals He's waiting and watching,
Watching for you and for me.

Why should we tarry when Jesus is pleading,
pleading for you and for me?
Why should we linger and heed not His mercies,
mercies for you and for me?
                                                                                                   Come home, come home,
                                                                                                  Ye who are weary, come home.
                                                                                                   Earnestly, tenderly Jesus is calling,
                                                                                                   Calling, O sinner come home!            (Will L. Thompson)


People, Jesus has waited so patiently and now in these times of uncertainty, it is time to heed His call and surrender
ourselves unto Him. Whether you have never accepted Him, or have something in your life that you know is not
quite right, it is time to restore your relationship with Him.
       

Mr. Bill

NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER

My Lord, what a morning!


The lawsuit against the National Day of Prayer was brought in Wisconsin by a group of atheists and agnostics called the Freedom From Religion Foundation, which argued that it violated the separation of church and state.

The Obama administration had argued that the National Day of Prayer was legal because it simply acknowledged the role of religion in the United States, according to the Associated Press. But Crabb wrote that "it is because the nature of prayer is so personal and can have such a powerful effect on a community that the government may not use its authority to try to influence an individuals decision whether and when to pray."
Some members of Congress responded negatively to the ruling; House Republican leader John Boehner deemed it "troubling" and urged the Obama administration to appeal. "It violates both well-established legal precedent and the spirit of the principles on which our nation was founded," he said in a statement. A group called the American Center for Law and Justice, which represented more than 30 members of Congress in the lawsuit, also criticized the decision and vowed appeal.
"The decision undermines the values of religious freedom that America was founded upon," said House Judiciary Committee ranking Republican Lamar Smith. "What's next? Declaring the federal holiday for Christmas unconstitutional?"

In a Tweet, the White House said that regardless of the ruling, the president still "intends to recognize a National Day of Prayer." The decision does not ban the president from issuing a proclamation, the White House said.

Last year, the White House did not hold a service at the White House in conjunction with the National Day of Prayer, as President George W. Bush had; the Los Angeles Times described the Bush-era event as "an ecumenical service in the East Room, a big public endorsement of evangelical Christians." (POLITICAL HOTSHEET)

We as Christians should not have to have a day set aside to pray! If your faith is strong you will pray intermittently every day. Words to God or songs in your heart bring you the "Abundant Living" you want in your heart.

              "Bless the Lord, O my soul and all that is with in me bless His Holy Name.
              He has done great things, He has done great things, He has done great things,
              bless His Holy Name.
              Bless the Lord, O my soul and all that is with in me, bless His Holy name."                   Andrae Crouch

Oh I want to Know You More: 
              "Just the time I feel that I've been caught in the mire of self,
              Just the time I feel my mind's been bought by worldly wealth.
              That's when the breeze begins to blow I know the Spirit's call.
              And all my worldly wanderings just melt into His love.
     
               Oh. I want to know You more, deep with in my soul I want to know You.
               Oh  I want to know You:: To feel Your heart and know your mind, looking
                in Your eyes stirs up with in me, cries that say I want to know You,
               Oh I want to know you more, Oh I want to know your more."   (I don't know who wrote it,
                but Debbie Boone sang it).

OH Lord what a Morning!
Make everyday a day of Prayer
Mr. Bill

                    
            

                                                                  

But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.    Isaiah 40:31

The old familiar version. You know when I heard this again, I thought to myself, we surely are not to sit around and wait
on the Lord. The Lord has done His part. He came Himself to be the sacrifice for our sin. I believe He is waiting on us now to accept this sacrifice.

The New Living translation says in verse  - 31
But those who trust in the Lord will find new strength.

They will soar high on wings like eagles.
They will run and not grow weary, They will walk and not faint.

I like "trust" much better! If we trust in the Lord, (be patient; seek; and spend time with), we will find the strength we need to live "the abundant Life", that God so wants us to enjoy. We will go about our Living, soaring above the hum drum world around us. We will go through our days getting only tired in our body, we will face the next day with confidence
and assurance of a great tomorrow.

Teach me Lord to wait!

Have an "Abundant Life" day
Mr. Bill

                                               Jesus said...
                   "Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears    my voice and opens the door, I will come in..." Revelations 3:20 ...

                                       The Savior Is Waiting

                                                                                        The Savior is waiting to enter your heart,
                                                                                         why don't you let Him come in?
                                                                                        There's nothing in this world to keep
                                                                                         you apart, What is your answer to Him?
                       
                                                                                         Time after time He has waited before,
                                                                                         And now He is waiting again
                                                                                         To see if you are willing to open the door,

                                                                                         O how He wants to come in!


One of my favorite Hymns by Ralph Carmichael.

I remember in my early 20s I was just married and we attended a rural church,
the one I had attended as a child. In those days a lot of, especially country churches
had a yearly Revival service, usually lasting 2 weeks. An Evangelist would be invited
and preach every evening on salvation of the soul. Like I said I had been raised in this
church, attending Sunday School and about everything that went on there.
Always at the end of the service we would sing the old hymn, "Just As I Am". I have
always loved this song and if you needed saved, this was the song to make you feel
guilty enough to get it done! Sometime we would sing the song as many as 5 or 6 times
with the evangelist or song leader stopping after each verse and plead with us for
someone to come to the alter and get saved.
Well I had this tugging at my heart every time we sang it and finally gave in and got my
nerve up to go. I even cried a little, but I was saved, and every time we sing this song
to this day I can sing think hallelujah in my heart.

If you have not experienced the saving power of Jesus, and you have a tugging in your
heart that you need to be saved, talk to a Pastor or good Christian friend, and they will
help you make the commitment!

Mr. Bill

What Is Man?

The Abundant Life - How do we get there?

I believe after we receive salvation, (being born again; saved, accepting Jesus Christ as our Savior) God puts His Holy Spirit into our spirit (our self inside the body).

"But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.” Those who receive the gift of the Holy Ghost and remain worthy can enjoy His companionship throughout their lives. The Holy Ghost provides direction and comfort and testifies of truth."

Holy Bible, John 14:26

After our salvation, the Spirit begins to "nag" for use of a better word, you to do what He prefers you to do. But we have a throne in our spirit, and whoever we allow to sit on that throne is the ruler of our life. I believe the Spirit suggests to us what is best for us, but if we are on the throne, we will do what we want to do anyway. I do not think this prevents us from being Christian, but from having the Abundant Life, which God wants us to enjoy. The Lord God also gives to us Spiritual Gifts.  Gifts of the Holy Spirit enable us to live a holy Christian life. The Gifts of the Holy Spirit are:

1.Wisdom - desire for the things of God, and to direct our whole life and all our actions to His honor and glory
2.Understanding - enable us to know more clearly the mysteries of faith
3.Counsel - warn us of the deceits of the devil, and of the dangers to salvation
4.Fortitude - strengthen us to do the will of God in all things
5.Knowledge - enable us to discover the will of God in all things
6.Piety - love God as a Father, and obey Him because we love Him
7.Fear of the Lord - have a dread of sin and fear of offending God

If we do not follow the Lord God's direction, we cannot have the Abundant Life. So what we should do in our spiritual life is remove our self from the "throne" and practice the direction of the Holy Spirit. We have to know that God will do everything He says He will do (Faith). Listen to Him speaking to us. We need to set aside time everyday to ask the Lord to cleanse us from all unrighteousness, and create a clean heart within us. We are forgiven in God's sight of all the sins in our lives and we are worthy to commune with Him.

This is really a blessing, I can assure it. The more you do it the more you will want to.
Remember to quiet your self some of the time so that the Lord God can talk to you. Even ask Him questions and listen!

Abundant Living in my life is Fellowship with the Holy Spirit!             TRY IT


Mr.Bill

Life More Abundantly


In the New Testament, Christ says, “I am come that you might have life, and have it more abundantly.” (John 10:10) What does Christ mean by this? How can Christians live the abundant life?
According to Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Dictionaries, the word abundantly in John 10:10 derives from the original Greek word perissos, which means “excessively, superabundant in quantity, or superior in quality; by implication excessive; preeminence; exceedingly abundantly above, more abundantly, exceedingly, very highly, beyond measure, more, superfluous, vehemently.” The Greek word for life in this passage translates to mean vitality.
When one applies these definitions of abundant living, it may concluded that Christ offers believers the opportunity to live a life that is superior in quality, advantageous, beyond measure, and in general more fulfilling than life apart from the Lord. Based upon this information, the standard of abundant living is beyond that of ordinary day to day life.

Some have tried to teach us that "The Abundant Life" means physical wealth, houses, expensive cars etc.  I think "The Abundant Life" is abundance in our heart. I compare it to the feeling of complete Joy. Like you do when you feel like you are going to explode with Joy, like being so blessed you can't control yourself. Maybe like you want to shout and dance all at the same time.
This morning I was sitting in the swing on our patio in back. I am so thrilled at the blooming bushes and trees. I feel really blessed, and I want to thank God for the beauty He provides for me.
Sure we have our problems and trials. But to me that is the body. "The Abundant Life", I think is on the inside, our real self that lives in the body we have.
Have you ever tried to separate the spirit from the body? I have tried, but I can't quite get there yet, maybe never. Again I believe the "things" we strive for are for the body, and the things abundant living gives is spiritual.
Read more at Suite101: Life More Abundantly: Finding Satisfaction in Christ http://protestantism.suite101.com/article.cfm/life_more_abundantly#ixzz0mcsDZCGx

Thanks again my friends, Please comment if you want to.
 
Mr. Bill

                                                         THE COMFORTER


  "But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you."—John 14:2

                                                                   A Sermon (a part)

Delivered on Sabbath Evening, January 21, 1855, by the

REV. C. H. Spurgeon

At New Park Street Chapel, Southwark

" Then mark, how safe a Comforter the Holy Ghost is. All comfort is not safe, mark that. There is a young man over there very melancholy. You know how he became so. He stepped into the house of God and heard a powerful preacher, and the word was blessed, and convinced him of sin. When he went home, his father and the rest found there was something different about him, "Oh," they said, "John is mad, he is crazy;" and what said his mother? "Send him into the country for a week; let him go to the ball or the theatre." John, did you find any comfort there? "Ah no; they made me worse, for while I was there I thought hell might open and swallow me up." Did you find any relief in the gayeties of the world? "No," say you, "I thought it was idle waste of time." Alas! this is miserable comfort, but it is the comfort of the worldling; and, when a Christian gets into distress, how many will recommend him this remedy and the other. "Go and hear Mr. So-and-so preach;" "have a few friends at you house;" "Read such-and-such a consoling volume;" and very likely it is the most unsafe advice in the world. The devil will sometimes come to men's souls as a false comforter; and he will say to the soul, "What need is there to make all this ado about repentance? you are no worse than other people;" and he will try to make the soul believe, that what is presumption, is the real assurance of the Holy Ghost; thus he deceives many by false comfort. Ah! there have been many, like infants, destroyed by elixirs, given to lull them to sleep; many have been ruined by the cry of "peace, peace," when there is no peace; hearing gentle things, when they ought to be stirred to the quick. Cleopatra's asp was brought in a basket of flowers; and men's ruin often lurks in fair and sweet speeches. But the Holy Ghost's comfort is safe, and you may rest on it. Let him speak the word, and there is a reality about it; let him give the cup of consolation, and you may drink it to the bottom; for in its depths there are no dregs, nothing to intoxicate or ruin, it is all safe."


Very good!
Mr. Bill

A BIBLE STUDY - THE COMFORTER -

                                                                   

John 7:39 But this He spoke of the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were to receive; for the Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.

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John 14:26 "But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you .



When the believers were gathered together after the Resurrection of Jesus, the Holy Spirit (Comforter, Advocate, the Spirit of God) fell upon the disciples like fire and they were filled with the Holy Spirit of God.

"And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;"

The disciples were so filled with the Holy Spirit, the Spirit gave them languages to tell the ones of other areas who did not know their language, so they could understand what had happened!

Have you ever been so excited about something happening that you felt like shouting, laughing, dancing, jumping? It is a feeling you cannot control. That is what happened that day.

It can happen to us as well. All it takes is for a Christian to want the Holy Spirit to take control of our life so much, that we are willing to give up everything and let the Spirit of God rule our lives.
Remember we still live a normal life, but we have a comforter, teacher, guide within us to help us live an abundant life.
Remember we do not quit sinning completely, but we have an Advocate to confess to, and know God is faithful and just to forgive us.  HALLELUJAH

                                                                        "Oh the Holy Ghost will set my feet a dancin'
                                                                          The Holy Ghost will fill me thru and thru,
                                                                          The Holy Ghost will set my feet a dancin'
                                                                          And set my Heart a dancin' too.
Mr. Bill

                                                                             "Just a closer walk with Thee"

                                                                               Just a closer walk with Thee  
                                                                               Grant it Jesus is my plea
                                                                               Daily walking close to thee
                                                                               Let it be dear Lord, let it be.

                                                                               I am weak, but Thou art strong.
                                                                               Jesus keep me from all wrong.
                                                                               I'll be satisfied as long, as I walk
                                                                               let me walk close to Thee.
                                                                                                                                              Hal Leonard Corp/ Kenneth Morris




When we are "Born Again", we have a changed heart. We have an urging to learn more about Jesus, and what He did for us. Can you believe a God so much concerned about His Creation, that in order to save them from the eternal sin, He came to their midst, and allowed Himself to be crucifed for the final sacrifice needed to save His people?

When Jesus assended back to Heaven, He promised another one would come to counsel, teach, and help us in our struggles to bear our cross to follow Him. Thus the Holy Spirit was given to us when we surendered our self to Him.

We need to daily communicate with the Holy Spirit. We need to seek the Holy Spirit's help in our daily living.
By doing this we will daily walk closer to Him.

I know when you seek a daily walk with Jesus, you will be thrilled at some of the things He shows you!


                                                                  Dear God, my Father, cleanse me from all unrighteous.
                                                                  Create a clean and refreshed heart in me.
                                                                  Take control of my heart and life, and show me
                                                                  Your will and desire for me!  In  the Holy name of

                                                                  Jesus.       AMEN


If you have not accepted Jesus as your Lord and Savior, it is pretty easy. You need to want to in your heart and know you were born in the sin of Adam. Ask Jesus to forgive you for this sin and ask Him to come into your heart. Now believe what God said He will do, He WILL do.
 
Mr Bill                                                                 
                                                                                                                            

What is Man? A Bible Study

continued:                                                             
                                                                                And then came Jesus!

God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a village in Galilee, to a virgin named Mary. She was engaged to be married to a man named Joseph, a decendant of King David. Gabriel appeared to her and said, "Greetings, favored woman! the Lord is with you!" Mary was confused and disturbed. "Don't be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God! You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you will name him Jesus. He will be very great and will be called the Son of the Most High". "The Lord  God will give him the throne of his ancestor David. And He will reign over Israel forever, His Kingdom will never end!" Mary asked the angel how this could happen? I am a virgin. The angel replied, "the Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the baby to be born will be holy, and he will be called the Son of God."       Luke 1:26-35

Jesus was born a lowly birth in a stable in Bethleham, because it was censes time there, and there was no room at the hotels or motels. The angels announced His birth to the shepherds who were watching their sheep. They were astonished, but the angels said fear not for we bring you good news, and there will be much joy for the world. The shepherds went to see Jesus. A few years later the wise men arrived from the East, with gifts.

Jesus grew up a normal life helping His step father Joseph a carpenter in Nazareth. When Jesus was 12 years old, His family had returned to Bethleham for another censes time again. When Joseph and Mary were heading home, they noticed Jesus was not with them. They looked for Him and found Him in the temple discussing the laws with the leaders.

When Jesus was 30 years old it was time for Him to begin His ministry to the people. He found His cousin John the Baptist, and was baptised. He called together 12 diciples, and began to teach them and heal the sick and raise people from the dead, and preach the words of God.

The Jewish leaders began to fear Jesus' followers where getting too strong and looked for ways to kill Jesus. Their task was finally completed when Jesus was 33 years old and He was crucified on a cross among some theives.
He was burried in a friends tomb. After 3 days some of His friends went to the tomb and found Him missing, all except the grave cloth. They were terrified and when they were going to tell the diciples, Jesus appeared to them and re-asurred them He had risen from the dead. Jesus again began preaching to His diciples and followers. Before Jesus accended to Heaven to be with His Father, He told his followers He would send another comforter, the Holy Spirit to abide with His followers.
After He assended, one day when the diciples were all gathered together with a bunch of people, the Holy Spirit came upon them and they were so filled they began to speak in the languages of all the people, so they could understand.

Later a man named Saul, a Roman citizen,  who was trying to kill the followers was struck by the power of God and was blinded for 3 days. He recognized the power of God and was converted to Christianity. The followers of Jesus, who had accepted Jesus as their personal Lord and Savion, were called Christians. God gave Saul a new name, Paul and Paul became the most famous and strongest preachers of the Word, ever.

Later John, one of the diciples of Jesus, was given the revelation of the end times. This can be found in the book of "The Revelation", the last book in the Bible. It is very symbolic, and something I beleive all Christians should read, more than once.

If you have never been "born again", or saved, please accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior. It is easy to do, just realize you were born in the sin of Adam and ask Jesus to forgive you of that, read the Word and try to follow what it says, and believe God will do all that He says He will do for you.

What about Us

Continued from last blog:                                A Bible Study

 The Lord God finally picked Abraham to be the leader of His people, because he was the most righteous of the people. Now the Lord God said to Abraham I am going to make you the father of My nation. Abraham was over 90 years old and His wife Sarah was also very old. Abraham and Sarah could not believe this was possible, but so be it they had a son and he was called Issaic. The Lord God asked Abraham to kill his son Issaic as a sacrifice. Abraham reluctantly was going to do just that and the Lord God stopped him as he was about to kill his son.
God's people continued to disobey the Lord God, and wound up in slavery for many years making bricks for their masters.
Moses who had been saved as a little baby by one of the kings daughters. He grew up in the household of the king with all the rights of the king's family. The Lord God spoke to Moses when he was grown up and asked him to deliver His people from their slavery and take them to the Promised Land to begin their own country. They wondered for 40 years in the deserts in order to get there. They again strayed from the Lord God in the wilderness and made a golden calf and began to worship it. The Lord God was very angry and destroyed the golden calf and called Moses up on the mountain and gave him the Ten Commandments for the people to follow.

Finally after 40 years they reached the Promised Land and they still continued to turn away from the Lord, until they would get a new leader that would bring them back to the Lord. There were many prophets and kings that led and taught the people.

David at the age of 12 was picked by The Lord God to be a King of His people. David was a good friend of King Saul's son Jonathan. When Saul was picking his successor Jonathan prefered David over himself to be the next king. When David was king, He too failed the Lord God and had a child with another married woman. But still through all of his failures, David remained as God's favorite king.

Then finally the Lord God decided to fulfill His plan to come to the people Himself to teach His people and make a final sacrifice! He would come as a baby, and would be known as the Son of God. He would be called Wonderful; Counsellor; The Mighty God; and The Prince of Peace. 

To be continued:

God is good, God is great, let us thank Him for all the good we have!

What about Us?

I am still searching for my niche. I feel I have experienced some interesting things in my spiritual life in the last few years.
If you don't mind I would like to share some of them with you in the next few weeks. You might call it revelation to me some things I never could grasp.



What is Man that GOD is concerned about Them? (Biblical)           A Bible Study


God has always been and will always be! Can we comprehend that? Probably not. God is a Spirit encompassing everything here; there; and everywhere. Scientists say the earth is 300 billion years old, and God was always before that! A light year is how long it takes light to travel 1 year. Just our galaxies is how many light years across, and there are billions of galaxies out there? WOW I don't understand all this!

And God put all this together. As you are seeing we cannot understand the vastness of God !
As the Bible tells us-"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth, and all that is within the heavens". Now this could explain the big bang theory! I can imagine a loud bang when this all came together, can't you?

Genesis 1:6 says the third day. "God said "let the waters beneath the sky flow together into one place, so dry ground may appear" and that is what happened!
Scientists say there was a time when there was only one continent on the earth. Ah Ha......Remember when the Lord God shifted the waters and dry earth appeared?

Genesis 1:27 says the sixth day God created "human beings in his own image, male and female he created them". With this I am not saying this is the start of the Lord God's special people.
Now I think there could have been billions of years go by, because as you know "there is no time with God" and there were no calenders and evolution of man and animals, dinosaurs,volcanos, earthquakes, the formation of continents etc., in some agreement with science to form what we call earth now?

Now maybe about 6 or 7 thousand years ago, God was wanting some fellowship as Genesis says and created Adam? In agreement with Christianity?
There was a part of the earth that was called Eden. Genesis 2:7 Then the Lord God formed the man from the dust of the ground. He breathed the breath of life into the man's nostrils and the man became a living person and the Lord God planted a garden in Eden in the east, and there he placed the man he had made. The Lord God seen that the man (Adam) was lonely and took a rib from Adam and formed Eve, (a woman for comfort for the man Adam). The Lord God gave some rules to Adam and Eve, and told them certain things not to do. One was not to eat from the tree of Life. Well we know how people are, even God's "special people". A serpent came along and tempted Eve to eat from the tree and she did eat. Eve then convinced Adam to partake also, and you know we men, we do what the woman says, and they had the knowledge of Life.Well God was not happy with that and kicked them out of the Garden of Eden. They were now suppose to till the ground and provide for themselves.

Adam and Eve had 3 sons. Cain; Abel; and Seth. God had said they had to make sacrifices unto Him, which both Cain and Abel did. But Cain was jealous of Abel's sacrifice and killed Abel. Then Cain was afraid and ran away to the Land of Nod, and married a woman (evolved human beings, from the first creation?) Now Cain may have turned his wife to the Lord God? I believe Seth then is the start of the Lord God"s people before He chose Abraham to begin the Hebrew or Jewish nation.From then on we get Profits and Kings to lead the people down through the years. Well the people will be people and disobey God, which they did. For awhile they would worship God and then they would disobey and start to worship idols etc., then God would have to get new leaders that would bring them back to Himself.

TO BE CONTINUED:

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