Well, McDonald's, I suppose you're feeling pretty smug about your latest slap in the face to the Christian families in the US. Go ahead and revel in your glory and pat yourself on the back for your supposed "job well done". Then while you congratulate yourselves and celebrate your supposed victory, grab yourself a Happy Meal and take a look at some considerations you may have missed.
Monday, August 25, 2008
Dear McDonalds,
Well, McDonald's, I suppose you're feeling pretty smug about your latest slap in the face to the Christian families in the US. Go ahead and revel in your glory and pat yourself on the back for your supposed "job well done". Then while you congratulate yourselves and celebrate your supposed victory, grab yourself a Happy Meal and take a look at some considerations you may have missed.
Friday, August 01, 2008
Contentment
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1 Timothy 6:6 Read This Chapter
Now there is great gain in godliness with contentment,
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Philippians 4:11
Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content.
Dear Lord in Heaven, please help me to see all of Your blessings in my life and to be content. I have so much that You have blessed me with and yet I still find myself desiring more. You have taken care of all of my needs (and the needs of my family) and then heaped blessings on top of that. Thank you so much! And, please forgive me for always searching and wanting more. Lord, help me to learn contentment. In Jesus blessed name I pray, Amen.
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
McDonald's - It's Official
Read about the boycott here
Choose Your Path
There are times in our lives when when have to sit down and reevaluate our goals, plans, and dreams. We need to do this every now and then because we can get so caught up with the busy-ness and cares of this world that we can get OFF of our chosen path.
"Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few."
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Hard work..
Keeping the family cat in line is also tough....
Once the cat gets up there, he gets really tough to work with! "Here kitty, kitty, kitty.."
Time to call in reinforcements...
If that doesn't work you can always just sleep on it....
Who's Child Am I?
Who's Child am I?
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1 John 3 :10 Read This Chapter
By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother.
My life proves again to whom I belong. A righteous life is evidence that I'm a child of God: however, if I do not "practice righteousness" I'm not a child of God but a child of the devil. On top of that if I do not love my brother (fellow Christians) then I'm not God's child. {Love is very important too. I'm going to devote a whole study to it very soon. For now I'm going to concentrate on "practicing righteousness".}
Righteousness is not a word that is used too frequently today. But, in light of the scripture above I think a good study of the word is necessary. According to 1913 Webster's Dictionary righteousness is: The quality or state of being righteous; holiness; purity; uprightness; rectitude.
Righteous, holiness, purity...
God says if my life does not show evidence of these qualities (righteousness) then I'm not His child... but, the devil's child!
That's harsh.
I wholeheartedly desire and long to be a child of God. So, I want to learn everything that I can about righteousness.
Look up a verse or two in the same chapter:
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Little children, let no one deceive you. Whoever practices righteousness is
righteous, as he is righteous. Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil,
for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God
appeared was to destroy the works of the devil. No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God's seed abides in him, and he cannot keep on sinning because he has been born of God.
Practice makes perfect!
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1 Corinthians 6 Read This Chapter |
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Monday, July 28, 2008
A walk and Neighbors
and country roads....
When we moved here I found that I'm the owner of a fine clothes line!
He's all healed and gaining some weight. So, now we have a new guard dog...
Yep, he's ferocious. And, bored. He goes right along with the guard dog we already had...
See how those wicked eyes watch her prey? Look at those massive paws! Well, OK... she's trying to get a part in a Mountain Dew commercial. But, she can be tough when she wants to be. Just try to take her MD bottle away from her. Yes, she's a guard dog too...
We also have some really great neighbors here. We have the nice people version neighbors; but, then we also have these for neighbors....
Love our neighbors!!!
I'm owned!
The Lord's Art.com
1 Corinthians 6 Read This Chapter
6:20
For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
The King James Version (Authorized)
The King James Version (Authorized)
Acts 20:28 Read This Chapter
Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
Prayer
Taking a look at the verse right before our main verse of study we find that this is a trait that is prayed for.
The King James Version (Authorized)
Colossians 1:9 & 10 Read This Chapter
For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
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Heavenly Father, Please fill me with knowledge of YOUR will and all wisdom and spiritual understanding so that I may walk (live) worthy of YOU; and, as my knowledge increase let the fruit of my every good work please YOU. In Jesus name I pray, Amen.
Let us never cease to pray!
Purpose
"Jesus Loves Me" by Kathryn Fincher
The main purpose of this blog is this: it's a great place to put my thoughts. I sometimes have so many thoughts running around in my head that the only way I can deal with any of them is to write them down.
I am also going to write about the things I'm studying in the Bible. The name of my blog is Heaven Bound and that's what it's all about. Living my life in a God pleasing way as I learn and grow on my way to my heavenly home. These studies are mainly for me (and my darlings if they want join in
Currently I have a million plus scripture studies going through my head and I hope to get them all written down here. I want to take a scripture and truly THINK and MEDITATE and STUDY it completely to get everything out of it that I can.
In this way I hope to grow as a Christian and teach my Children as I go.
Your welcome to grow along with me :o)
Friday, July 25, 2008
Just A Little Talk With Jesus
25 Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
GOD says: Isaiah 41:10
fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
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17Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth. 18 Then he prayed again, and heaven gave rain, and the earth bore its fruit.
Just A Little Talk With Jesus
I once was lost in sin but Jesus took me in
And then a little light from heaven filled my soul
It bathed my heart in love and wrote my name above
And just a little talk with Jesus made me whole
Refrain:
Now let us have a little talk with Jesus
Let us tell Him all about our troubles
He will hear our faintest cry
He will answer by and by
Now when you feel a little prayer wheel turning
And you know a little fire is burning
You will find a little talk with Jesus makes it rightSometimes my path seems dreary without a ray of cheer
And then the cloud about me hides the light of day
The mists in me rise and hide the stormy skies
But just a little talk with Jesus clears the way
Refrain
I may have doubts and fears, my eyes be filled with tears
But Jesus is a Friend who watches day and and night
I go to Him in prayer, He knows my every care
And just a little talk with Jesus makes it rightRefrain
You will find a little talk with Jesus makes it right
Makes everything right
Monday, May 05, 2008
Not Good Enough...?
Romans 1
Psalms 127:3-5
Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one's youth. Blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them! He shall not be put to shame when he speaks with his enemies in the gate.
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Proverbs 17:16
Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of children is their fathers.
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Genesis 33:5 Read This Chapter
And when Esau lifted up his eyes and saw the women and children, he said, Who are these with you? Jacob said, The children whom God has graciously given your servant.
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Excerpt from the ICPD Programme of Action 1994
All countries should, over the next several years, assess the extent of national unmet need for good-quality family-planning services and its integration in the
reproductive health context, paying particular attention to the most vulnerable
and underserved groups in the population. All countries should take steps to
meet the family-planning needs of their populations as soon as possible and
should, in all cases by the year 2015, seek to provide universal access to a
full range of safe and reliable family-planning methods and to related
reproductive health services which are not against the law. The aim should be to
assist couples and individuals to achieve their reproductive goals and give them
the full opportunity to exercise the right to have children by choice.
(Paragraph 7.16) (This is from the UN's website...Population Control?)
Abortion is another way to control the population and control "unwanted pregnancies". World Wide there are reported approximately 46 million abortions per year. There are approximately 126,000 abortions per day! Babies are no longer considered precious! For comparison purposes I found that nearly 6 million jews were killed in the holocaust . Abortion is today's holocuast. Another attempt to cleanse society and create a better race.Rember when the elderly were respected and loved?
Proverbs 16:311 Gray hair is a crown of glory;it is gained in a righteous life.
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Leviticus 19:32 "'Rise in the presence of the aged, show respect for the elderly and revere your God. I am the Lord.
Romans 1:20-25
Sharon Hughes from NewsWithViews.com says:
"Lenin used evolution to brainwash the Soviet Union into a 'scientific atheism.' Mao, responsible for the deaths of tens of millions of people, had two favorite books, one by Darwin and the other by Huxley. And Nietzsche, who declared to the world 'God is dead,' believed in the breeding of a master race. "And John Bergman from Answers in Genesis states:
"Darwinism not only influenced the Nazi attitude toward Jews, but other cultural and ethnic groups as well. Even mental patients were included later, in part because it was then believed that heredity had a major influence on mental illness (or they possibly had some Jewish or other non-Aryan blood in them), and consequently had to be destroyed. Poliakov notes that many intellectuals in the early 1900s accepted telegony, the idea that ‘bad blood’ would contaminate a race line forever, or that ‘bad blood drives out good, just as bad money displaces good money’. Only extermination would permanently eliminate inferior genetic lines, and thereby further evolution. "
Yeah, I think maybe the teaching of lies may have had something to do with it....Sunday, May 04, 2008
No Excuse
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them.
For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. (emphasis mine)
All of the scientists who want to convince us all that there is no GOD - No Creator have NO excuse.
Their lies scatter across the land confusing the minds of those who allow it. Many of us know better. Many of us do not believe for a minute the lies that are taught as truth. But, we don't want to cause a fuss.
We don't want to stir up any trouble....
And the lies continue to scatter....
It's nothing too new though. Jesus dealt with some of the same kinds of people in His day. People who believed but just didn't want to stir up trouble (mainly for themselves.)
John 12:42 & 43
Nevertheless, many even of the authorities believed in him, but for fear of the Pharisees they did not confess it, so that they would not be put out of the synagogue; for they loved the glory that comes from man more than the glory that comes from God.
Psalm 19:1
The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.
We have NO excuse.
Heavenly Father please forgive this country for claiming there is no God and that YOU are not our CREATOR. Please forgive this nation. And, please forgive me for being so passive and so silent as the lies scattered all around me. Give me courage LORD to always stand up for YOUR truth and to take the opportunities that YOU give me to share that truth with others.
Saturday, May 03, 2008
Expelled!
We went to see this movie and I have to say it was great! I had mixed feelings about paying to go see a documenary. How interesting would that be? I already believe in intelligent (Creation) design so I didn't feel that "I" needed to be convinced.
That's not exactly what this movie is about. It's an extreme eye opener of exactly where we are in America concerning our freedoms. As Christians who believe in a one true and powerful God we are surely losing freedoms that we once took for granted.
This movie gives us a wake up call to take a stand and not sit around waiting for our next "right" to be taken away. Such as the right to speak freely about a world that is intelligently created.
I don't want to give too much away about the movie. But, it is worth the money to go see. (*While you can...there is a push to take the movie out of theaters right now. Click on the image and then click on "news" to see the current news concerning this controversial movie.)
It's a great movie to take your teens to see. Some of the graphic images might be too disturbing for younger children. (some brief images of the holocaust)
Voddie Baucham has an excellent review that you might like to check out.
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
No One Ever Told Me
Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD,
the fruit of the womb a reward.
Like arrows in the hand of a warrior
are the children of one’s youth.
Blessed is the man
who fills his quiver with them!
He shall not be put to shame
when he speaks with his enemies in the gate.
Psalm 127:3-5 (English Standard Version)
Monday, January 28, 2008
Count your blessings
For the past week our family has been sharing some nasty germs. Croupy cough, fevers, tummy troubles... you get the idea. Anyway, as a mom it's hard to see everyone feeling so yucky. And, it's especially hard to keep a good attitude when "mom" is one of the yucky ones!
So, after about a week of this I thought it would be a good idea to perk myself up a bit by counting my blessings.
Knowing God
My Bibles
My husband
My 4 darling blessings
My home
My husbands job
Food in the pantry
heat
snuggly blankets
hugs
friends
prayers of friends!
church family
my parents
my grandparents influence
our over-all good health
oil lamps for when the power goes out
a toasty fire
a soft pup who is always grinning
washer and dryer!
oranges
hot tea
cold diet Coke
good books to read
a beautiful view
soft fuzzy yarn to knit
more hugs
smiles from the darlings who are starting to feel better
laundry folding darlings!
BLEACH
and so much more!!!
I'm a very blessed woman and I'm feeling better already.