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Sounds good to me!!!
Thursday, October 27, 2011
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Sunday, October 23, 2011
100 Verse Challenge - Week 7
From dianalovestowrite.blogspot.com:
The Bible
promises us in the Book of Isaiah that God's Word never returns void to
Him, but always accomplishes God's purpose. It is surely God's purpose
to anchor our children in their faith and in the Truth. It is the utmost
importance, therefore, just as we care for and feed our children's
physical bodies, we must also feed their spirits to strengthen them with
the Bread of Life. And that is the exhortation of this weeks verses:
These
words that I am giving you today are to be in your heart. Repeat them
to your children. Talk about them when you sit in your house, and when
you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
Deuteronomy 6:6-7
I want to encourage those of you participating in the Challenge, we are on the right path for doing this! Continue to learn and meditate on God's Word, speak it, and also speak of it. Press on in this Challenge, and involve your children, physical and spiritual in nature. Let's continue the efforts to equip ourselves and those around us to do something to counter the downward trend of Christianity.
Deuteronomy 6:6-7
I want to encourage those of you participating in the Challenge, we are on the right path for doing this! Continue to learn and meditate on God's Word, speak it, and also speak of it. Press on in this Challenge, and involve your children, physical and spiritual in nature. Let's continue the efforts to equip ourselves and those around us to do something to counter the downward trend of Christianity.
Sunday, October 16, 2011
100 Verse Challenge - Week 6
I'm super excited about this week's verses. I know the Challenge
started off pretty easy, and for us at least with a lot of fervor. By
week 4 the Challenge actually felt, well, challenging, and when week 5
was a light week and an opportunity to catch up, it also kind of felt
like a week to slack off. I got the verse from week 5 down, but really
not until yesterday. And then today I sat and read our verses for the
new week, and the timing of them feels perfect. The perfect scriptures
to remind me, and hopefully all of you exactly why we are doing this! I'm excited about this week's TWO scriptures. Consider them confident "atta boy's" or "atta girl's" - there is GREAT purpose in why we are pursuing God's Word and hiding it in our hearts. So here we go, are you ready for the good news about learning and memorizing the Good News?
First scripture:
This book of instruction must not depart from your mouth; you are to recite it day and night, so that you may carefully observe everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in whatever you do. Joshua 1:8
I love this passage- clear instruction, 3 parts; with a promise, doubled It's simple, and yet so very profound.
Robert J. Morgan clarifies this verse for us in his book "100 Verses Everyone Should Know by Heart":
The Instruction:
(1) Don't let the word depart from your mouth: Speak it, read it, repeat it, hear it.
(2) Meditate on it day and night. Morgan tells us the original Hebrew word used here came from the word for "to mutter," imagine yourself continually speaking the Word of God to yourself and establishing it into your own heart.
(3) And after you have done these things, observe it. More simply said, OBEY. (OK, I realize it's not always that simple, but you get my drift.)
The Promise:
I'm excited because the promise in this verse is two fold: Prosperity and success. Now, I am by no means a "name it and claim it" Christian. But I do believe that in God's view point, if we put into practice His word, have it in our hearts and are obeying it, then surely we will be prosperous and successful in His kingdom.
Our next scripture for week 6 is one of my favorites. I love all of Psalm 119, God's Word about God's Word. Verse 11 is one I like to remind myself and my children of often. It's a simple truth that when put into practice, has a profound effect.
Second verse:
I have treasured Your word in my heart so that I may not sin against You. Psalm 119:11
This verse is an example of what I like to refer to as "kingdom math," the if/then passages of scripture. It's like simple mathematics, the basics of faith. 1 + 1 = 2 scripture. And the math here is simple, if you increase the Word you decrease the sin. The more of the Word you have, the less room there is for the corruptible.
Morgan shares a great D.L. Moody quote at the end of his expounding on Psalm 119:11 that is a great way to end this week's blog post: "Sin will keep us from the Bible, or the Bible will keep us from sin." Maybe this could be consider kingdom economics, but whatever way you might like to label it, in the end, the message is clear, if you're participating with us on this Challenge and learning these verses, your on your way to fulfilling the premises to some wonderful promises! And if you're new here, it's not too late to join! Click on The Challenge to RSVP now.
Monday, October 10, 2011
100 Verse Challenge - Week 5
Click here for Diana's entire post
This week we are learning the first of the verses in the section of Robert J. Morgan's book 100 Verses Everyone Should Know By Heart that is titled "Listening: The Word of God and Prayer."
The "address" of the single scripture we are learning this week is familiar, but the street is different. But Morgan points out many similarities between John 3:16 that we learned during week two, and 2 Timothy 3:16 that we will be working on this week:
All Scripture is inspired by God and is profitable for teaching, for rebuking, for correcting, for training in righteousness."
I'd just like to note a couple of the similarities between the two verses that Morgan draws, John 3:16 referring to our Savior and 2 Timothy 3:16 referring to the Scripture.
- The two, Savior And Scripture comprise the two greatest gifts ever bestowed upon mankind.
- Both Savior and Scripture are referred to as "The Word."
- Both are "utterly unique," Jesus was like no other man, and the Bible is like no other book.
- And as the Savior was without sin, so the Scriptures are without error (Holy Spirit inspired.)
This week we are learning the first of the verses in the section of Robert J. Morgan's book 100 Verses Everyone Should Know By Heart that is titled "Listening: The Word of God and Prayer."
The "address" of the single scripture we are learning this week is familiar, but the street is different. But Morgan points out many similarities between John 3:16 that we learned during week two, and 2 Timothy 3:16 that we will be working on this week:
All Scripture is inspired by God and is profitable for teaching, for rebuking, for correcting, for training in righteousness."
I'd just like to note a couple of the similarities between the two verses that Morgan draws, John 3:16 referring to our Savior and 2 Timothy 3:16 referring to the Scripture.
- The two, Savior And Scripture comprise the two greatest gifts ever bestowed upon mankind.
- Both Savior and Scripture are referred to as "The Word."
- Both are "utterly unique," Jesus was like no other man, and the Bible is like no other book.
- And as the Savior was without sin, so the Scriptures are without error (Holy Spirit inspired.)
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