Oh Eve...
I know you didn't realize the consequences of your decision to take that bite. It looked good to eat and held promise of making you wise, knowing good AND evil, making you like God...
If you hadn't done it, I would still have perfect relationship with God and those around me...
Oh God...
I'm so amazed and astounded at Your wisdom. That You planned for the consequence of Eve's decision long before You created her. You determined to provide a way to bring me back into that perfect, sinless relationship with You...
Oh Jesus...
Thank you for living an obedient life, dying an incredibly horrible and painful death and defeating the power of sin, so I could have relationship with the Father again...
With You, I have the power to live life as God designed it to be!
"The Woman said to the serpent, "Not at all. We can eat from the trees in the garden. It's only about the tree in the middle of the garden that God said, 'Don't eat from it; don't even touch it or you'll die.'"
The serpent told the Woman, "You won't die. God knows that the moment you eat from that tree, you'll see what's really going on. You'll be just like God, knowing everything, ranging all the way from good to evil."
When the Woman saw that the tree looked like good eating and realized what she would get out of it—she'd know everything!—she took and ate the fruit."
Genesis 3:2-6 The Message
"Because of the sacrifice of the Messiah, His blood poured out on the altar of the Cross, we're a free people—free of penalties and punishments chalked up by all our misdeeds. And not just barely free, either. Abundantly free! He thought of everything, provided for everything we could possibly need, letting us in on the plans He took such delight in making. He set it all out before us in Christ, a long-range plan in which everything would be brought together and summed up in Him, everything in deepest heaven, everything on planet earth."
-Ephesians 1:7-10 The Message
Wednesday 29 August 2012
Friday 10 August 2012
Stepping Beyond the Fear of Rejection
Well Said!!!
http://www.paleoforwomen.com/food-love-hack-friday-stepping-beyond-the-fear-of-rejection/
"The world of the generous gets larger and larger; the world of the stingy gets smaller and smaller."
Proverbs 11:24 The Message
http://www.paleoforwomen.com/food-love-hack-friday-stepping-beyond-the-fear-of-rejection/
"The world of the generous gets larger and larger; the world of the stingy gets smaller and smaller."
Proverbs 11:24 The Message
Fast Food Letdown
I had a very exciting job opportunity come into my life. I was excited and very nervous. I love the job I have and will be sad to leave it. It doesn't pay a lot though and I would like to be able to move forward with my life a little faster than I am.
I was so excited and focused on what this job would bring that I let myself slide back into bad financial habits. I placed all my hope in the fact that I would be making more money, I could do more of the things I dream of, before I even had the job. Bad financial decisions lead to stress, stress leads to poor sleep and bad eating habits, those lead to a bunch of annoying health issues and a very unhappy, guilt-ridden, depressed me.
Thankfully, Saturday morning God smacked me in the face with this Scripture:
"Samuel said to them, 'Don't be fearful. It's true that you have done something very wrong. All the same, don't turn your back on God. Worship and serve Him heart and soul! Don't chase after ghost-gods. There's nothing to them. They can't help you. They're nothing but ghost-gods! God, simply because of who He is, is not going to walk off and leave His people. God took delight in making you into His very own people...But I beg of you, fear God and worship Him honestly and heartily. You've seen how greatly He has worked among you!'"
-1 Samuel 12:20-22, 24 The Message
I was placing my identity in ghost-gods. Ghost meaning a mere shadow or semblance. Something that looks like the real thing. Ever watched a fast food commercial, then went to the fast food restaurant and thought, "This isn't what I ordered? It looked bigger and better on TV!" That burger you saw on TV is just a ghost or semblance of what you will actually get. Gotta love advertisements!
Instead of trusting that God would take care of me, I was looking to my job to provide my sense of identity and worth. Again. Thankfully, He is always forgiving and when I miss it, He is waiting to welcome me back and help me learn more about myself and about WHO HE IS!
Having dreams and working hard to achieve them isn't a bad thing, but allowing them to take God's place in your life is.
"Disciples so often get into trouble; still, God is there every time."
-Psalm 34:19 The Message
"What happened was this: People knew God perfectly well, but when they didn't treat Him like God, refusing to worship Him, they trivialized themselves into silliness and confusion so that there was neither sense nor direction left in their lives. They pretended to know it all, but were illiterate regarding life. They traded the glory of God who holds the whole world in His hands for cheap figurines you can buy at any roadside stand."
-Romans 1:21-23 The Message
I was so excited and focused on what this job would bring that I let myself slide back into bad financial habits. I placed all my hope in the fact that I would be making more money, I could do more of the things I dream of, before I even had the job. Bad financial decisions lead to stress, stress leads to poor sleep and bad eating habits, those lead to a bunch of annoying health issues and a very unhappy, guilt-ridden, depressed me.
Thankfully, Saturday morning God smacked me in the face with this Scripture:
"Samuel said to them, 'Don't be fearful. It's true that you have done something very wrong. All the same, don't turn your back on God. Worship and serve Him heart and soul! Don't chase after ghost-gods. There's nothing to them. They can't help you. They're nothing but ghost-gods! God, simply because of who He is, is not going to walk off and leave His people. God took delight in making you into His very own people...But I beg of you, fear God and worship Him honestly and heartily. You've seen how greatly He has worked among you!'"
-1 Samuel 12:20-22, 24 The Message
I was placing my identity in ghost-gods. Ghost meaning a mere shadow or semblance. Something that looks like the real thing. Ever watched a fast food commercial, then went to the fast food restaurant and thought, "This isn't what I ordered? It looked bigger and better on TV!" That burger you saw on TV is just a ghost or semblance of what you will actually get. Gotta love advertisements!
Instead of trusting that God would take care of me, I was looking to my job to provide my sense of identity and worth. Again. Thankfully, He is always forgiving and when I miss it, He is waiting to welcome me back and help me learn more about myself and about WHO HE IS!
Having dreams and working hard to achieve them isn't a bad thing, but allowing them to take God's place in your life is.
"Disciples so often get into trouble; still, God is there every time."
-Psalm 34:19 The Message
"What happened was this: People knew God perfectly well, but when they didn't treat Him like God, refusing to worship Him, they trivialized themselves into silliness and confusion so that there was neither sense nor direction left in their lives. They pretended to know it all, but were illiterate regarding life. They traded the glory of God who holds the whole world in His hands for cheap figurines you can buy at any roadside stand."
-Romans 1:21-23 The Message
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