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May23

Sayings vs Scripture…

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Let’s dispel these “stinkin’ thinkin’ sayings…

And focus on Scripture!!

My hairdresser and I were talking…

As usual…

About our walk with the Lord…

As usual…

And we started talking about what people (friends and family) say…

That really doesn’t ring true with Christian beliefs!

She mentioned…

Luck vs Blessings

“Wish me luck…”

No, I’ll pray for God’s blessings!

Or, Superstition vs God’s Care For You

“Knock on wood.”

“Keep your fingers crossed.”

Nope, I’ll look to God, thank you!

I thought about Coincidence vs God’s Favor

Nah, nothing’s just a coincidence, I believe God has a BIG plan!!

We had to really think about these sayings…

Since we don’t think like the world anymore!!!

PRAISE GOD!

Then she said,

“How about people who laugh and say,

‘I’m going straight to hell for that one!’

They laugh!

  Like it’s not so bad to go there?”

It is!

“They will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction,

away from the presence of the Lord

and from the glory of His might,”

2 Thessalonians 1:9

“Right!

And my Mom would say,

‘God’s going to punish you…’

Whenever we misbehaved!”

Why didn’t we hear about His amazing grace…

And His outrageous love?”

“Yeah!!”

She said, “And what about ‘karma?’

Last time I checked, that was called…

Sowing and Reaping!

LOL!

And how about, ‘This is gonna kill me!'”

It won’t!

“No temptation has overtaken you

except what is common to mankind.

And God is faithful;

He will not let you be tempted

beyond what you can bear.

But when you are tempted,

He will also provide a way out

so that you can endure it.”

1 Corinthians 10:13

“Right!”  I said, 

“And my Mom also used to say to us…

When we were especially exasperating…

 ‘I’m going to kill you!’

In my Bible…

‘Thou shalt not kill’

Is one of the Ten commandments!!”

“Right!” she said,

“I asked God to give me some more unChristian sayings…

So that we can expose the lies!!!!

Like, ‘If I eat one cookie, I have to eat them all!’

Since when does a cookie have authority over us?!

LOL!  LOL!

How about, ‘That tickles me to death!’ 

LOL!

Or, ‘Slap me silly!’ 

LOL!  Even louder!!!”

Really???

The Bible doesn’t advocate that behavior!

“God helps those who help themselves.”

Not in the Bible!

“I’ll be happy when….”

You’re a child of God, why can’t you be happy now!?!

“God is gonna send me straight to hell for …..”

God doesn’t want anyone to perish!!

“I don’t have a chance in hell!”

Why would you want one???

“Heaven’s not ready for me…

And hell doesn’t want me!”

Oh, so not true on both accounts!!

Or, is it,  “Hell’s not ready for me…

And Heaven doesn’t want me???”

Either way it’s wrong!!

Hell’s always ready…and Heaven always wants you!!

“Wish upon a star…”

“Thank your lucky stars…”

Forget that and pray to your Lord!

“The Universe!” 

Ugh!!!!

Sounds like you don’t want to offend anyone!

It’s Father, Son and Holy Spirit!!

There’s power in the Name of Jesus!

Just say His Name!

“Don’t mess with Mother Nature!”

HAHAHA!!!!!

God is the Creator of all of nature!

“Gotta think about it, cuz, I really hear some good ones in this salon!!

Like…

‘I should have held the door for Mr. ‘so-and-so’

Because, you know…

My good deeds…

My corporate works of mercy…

They get me to Heaven!’

OUCH!”

Faith in Jesus Christ gets you to Heaven!

“For God so loved the world,

that He gave His only Son,

that whoever believes in Him

should not perish

but have eternal life.”

John 3:16

“Jesus said to him,

“I am the way,

and the truth,

and the life.

No one comes to the Father

except through Me.”

John 14:6

May22

Who Am I???

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Hallelujah!!!

I’m A Child Of The One True King!!

Hello…

My name’s no longer…

“Regret!”

“Defeat!”

I no longer believe the lies…

Hello, my name is…

Child Of The One True King

I’ve been saved…

I’ve been changed…

And I’ve been set free!

“Amazing Grace”

Is the song I sing!!

Hello, my name is now…

Child Of The One True King

I’m no longer defined…

By all the wreckage behind…

Jesus has made all things new…

It’s true…

Just take a look at my life!

“See what great love the Father has lavished on us,

that we should be called children of God!

And that is what we are!

The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him.”

1 John 3:1

Amen!!

I’m called His child!!

A Child Of The One True King

Walk in that promise from your Father!!!

May8

No More Battles Over… Hymns? Or Choruses? Ha!

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Now We Can Have Them Together In One Song!!

Psalm 34:1-4

“I will bless the LORD at all times:

His praise shall continually be in my mouth. 

My soul shall make her boast in the LORD:

the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad . 

O magnify the LORD with me,

and let us exalt His Name together. 

I sought the LORD,

and He heard me,

and delivered me from all my fears.” 

Psalm103 

“Bless the Lord, O my soul:

and all that is within me,

bless His Holy Name.

Bless the Lord, O my soul

and forget not all His benefits:

Who forgiveth all thine iniquities;

who healeth all thy diseases;

Who redeemeth thy life from destruction;

who crowneth thee with loving kindness

and tender mercies;

Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things;

so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

The Lord executeth righteousness

and judgment for all that are oppressed.

He made known His ways unto Moses,

His acts unto the children of Israel.

The Lord is merciful and gracious

slow to anger,

and plenteous in mercy.

He will not always chide:

neither will He keep His anger for ever.

He hath not dealt with us after our sins;

nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.

For as the Heaven is high above the earth,

so great is His mercy toward them that fear Him.

As far as the east is from the west,

so far hath He removed our transgressions from us.

1Like as a father pitieth his children,

so the Lord pitieth them that fear Him.

For He knoweth our frame;

He remembereth that we are dust.

As for man, his days are as grass:

as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.

For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone;

and the place thereof shall know it no more.

But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting

upon them that fear Him,

and His righteousness unto children’s children;

To such as keep His covenant,

and to those that remember His commandments to do them.

The Lord hath prepared His throne in the Heavens;

and His Kingdom ruleth over all.

Bless the Lord, ye His angels, that excel in strength,

that do His commandments, hearkening unto the Voice of His Word.

Bless ye the Lord, all ye His hosts;

ye ministers of His, that do His pleasure.

Bless the Lord, all His works in all places of His dominion:

bless the Lord, O my soul.”

Amen!!

Titus 3:5

“He saved us,

not because of works

done by us in righteousness,

but according to His own mercy,

by the washing of regeneration

and renewal of the Holy Spirit,”

 Acts 20:24
“However, I consider my life worth nothing to me,

if only I may finish the race and complete the task

the Lord Jesus has given me-

the task of testifying to the Gospel of God’s grace.”

2 Corinthians 8:9
“For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,

that though He was rich,

yet for your sakes He became poor,

so that you through His poverty might become rich.”

2 Corinthians 12:9

But He said to me,

‘My grace is sufficient for you,

for My power is made perfect in weakness.’

Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses,

so that Christ’s power may rest on me.

2 Thessalonians 2:16-17

“May our Lord Jesus Christ Himself

and God our Father,

who loved us

and by His grace

gave us eternal encouragement

and good hope,

encourage your hearts and strengthen you

in every good deed and word.”

Amen and Amen!!