Saturday, February 26, 2011
Desire to know the Lord...
WOw: another reason to keep on, to move on , to walk right, talk right.....because Peace , Perfect peace will be your portion.....Amen.
I know that I stray sometimes and somehow let the worries and cares and burdens of this world get to me. And it is restless. Sometimes I wonder: how life would be without this greater God we serve: and then..I am comforted by this scripture today.
Chapter 26: Verse 8-9 A desire to know the Lord, A yearning for what makes sense and is right, And only those that hunger and thirst are rewarded. Was reading something the other day: and man it made a lot of sense......and am sure you will pick something from it as well.::
Only the hungry get fed: In the natural, most or even some of us eat when we are not hungry and that can be proved when we turn sideways, while looking at ourselves in the mirror.
However in the spiritual realm only those that hunger and yearn for God get fed. Lack of the latter is what is called Spiritual complacency.
Being hungry for God is one of the best things that can happen to us.....Most people do not feel that way: They would rather have the feeling of being dull. But Jesus promised us that fullness would follow hunger. Longing for GOd is healthy. No one hungers for God on their own: unless the Spirit of God is drawing him: John 6:44.
Hungering for God does not cause God's move in our lives. It is rather a sign that God is already at work in our lives and a part of our whole system..
So when we get hungry - we should thank God because then we are sure that God does not want us to starve abut rather, that he wants to fill us with His blessings and Love. We need a hunger that will never be satisfied until the marriage supper of the Lamb. Amen
Matthew 5:6, " Blessed [are] they which hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled". Amen and Amen.
Isaiah Chapter 28: 23: and Finally : (that is what I seem to hear even as I come to the end of this reading)
Give ear and hear my voice, give attention and hear my speech.
Dill is not threshed with a sledge::
Isaiah is giving us the icing on the cake: Why trust in God, why give ear and take heed? Because He [God] is wonderful in counsel and excellent in wisdom. And that is the guy that I want to emulate. Am sure you too: and that is why you are reading this.
So help Us God.
Till next time , So long Runners,...
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Seek All The Counsel You Can: There Is Great Blessing In That
As far as God is concerned, he knows what we are worth, he knows what we are capable of him, if only we can trust him. Abram was one of those people that took God at his word: He lived a life that I am sure would have been very relevant even in the new testament.
Like we read about in Romans yesterday (Sunday 13th Feb): I think Abram lived in the spirit; he did not live by the flesh. Okay not I think, but he is an example of that part. If he had then he would have chosen the juicy land and or would not have let Lot choose the land first. And in the end he gets blessed greatly from the little and unproductive part that he took over:
This is where I remember one of those verses in the Psalms: do not be afraid of the wicked that prosper: Because usually or rather truthfully they are not that better off: you have the advantage that you are with God and last time I checked anyone with God on their team/; is a winner.
The other amazing thing that struck me was the relationship between Abram and Melchizedek. I think that today there is a tendency to think that seeking counsel, wisdom and blessing is not bad a thing like we would think it is , a wow and great feeling. Sometimes we think that being vulnerable is being weak. But I think otherwise: anyone that wants to get anywhere in this life, seeks blessing, counsel and wisdom. With Abram, you would think, he hears from God and that he has it all thus no need to go to people: but hey that is a lesson to learn,
Seek all the counsel you can: because there is great blessing in that.
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Thursday, February 3, 2011
Sons Of God?
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Assignment
Name Of The Father | Age When First Child Was Born | Name Of The Child | Years Lived |
Adam | 130( the 3rd Child) J | Seth | 930 |
Seth | 105 | Enosh | 912 |
Enosh | 90 | Kenan | 905 |
Kenan | 70 | Mahalalel | 910 |
Mahalalel | 65 | Jared | 895 |
Jared | 162 | Enoch | 962 |
Enoch | 65 | Methuselah | 365 |
Methuselah | 187 | Lamech | 969 |
Lamech | 182 | Noah | 777 |
Noah | 500 | Shem | |
Ham | |||
Japheth | 950 |
For any calculations use the following formula.
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Answer the following questions correctly.
- Explain any trend that you have observed giving proper references
- How many years are there from when Adam was created to when Noah died
- Did they all die?
- Explain the account of Enoch
- Seth was a pre-teen when he had his first born. Argue for or against this statement
- From the handsome 13 names listed above, have you found any suitable name for a son. If Yes, which one and why. If no, really?
- In your own words, discuss Gen 5