BUILD ON THE FOUNDATION, part three

He Lives!

May you all have a very blessed Easter.

Jesus Loves Me

Lord I Lift Your Name On High - Go Fish (+playlist)

How I feel about God today. he is so good to us. Sometimes it is hard to trust, but He is patient and always there. I love You  my Lord.

From a friend.

HANDY LITTLE CHART - GOD HAS A POSITIVE ANSWER:

YOU SAY	GOD SAYS	BIBLE VERSES
You say: 'It's impossible'	God says: All things are possible	( Luke 18:27)
You say: 'I'm too tired'	God says: I will give you rest	( Matthew 11:28-30)
You say: 'Nobody really loves me'	God says: I love you	( John 3:1 6 & John 3:34 )
You say: 'I can't go on'	God says: My grace is sufficient	(II Corinthians 12:9 & Psalm 91:15)
You say: 'I can't figure things out'	God says: I will direct your steps	(Proverbs 3:5- 6)
You say: 'I can't do it'	God says: You can do all things	( Philippians 4:13)
You say: 'I'm not able'	God says: I am able	(II Corinthians 9:8)
You say: 'It's not worth it'	God says: It will be worth it	(Roman 8:28 )
You say: 'I can't forgive myself'	God says: I Forgive you	(I John 1:9 & Romans 8:1)
You say: 'I can't manage'	God says: I will supply all your needs	( Philippians 4:19)
You say: 'I'm afraid'	God says: I have not given you a spirit of fear	( II Timothy 1:7)
You say: 'I'm always worried and frustrated'	God says: Cast all your cares on ME	(I Peter 5:7)
You say: 'I'm not smart enough'	God says: I give you wisdom	(I Corinthians 1:30)
You say: 'I feel all alone'	God says: I will never leave you or forsake you	(Hebrews 13:5)

This is My Father's World

And what a beautiful world it is! (all 9 degrees of it this morning:-D)

This is My Father's World

And what a beautiful world it is! (all 9 degrees of it this morning:-D)

Jesus Loves Me!

Yes, He does! And I am so glad He does too! We all know I don't deserve it, but He is my God!

Happy Thanksgiving All!

I am spending the day with my family:-)

I hope you have a very blessed day!

God Bless!

Lord I Lift Your Name on High

About sums up the whole thing:-)

10 Commandments

No "The 10 Suggestions"

The 10 Commandments.

If we follow these, we are making a good start to please God. Yet Jesus said that if you just follow 2 commandments you are pleasing God:

Don't love ANYTHING more than God.
Love your neighbor as much as yourself.

Thin about it; will you murder your neighbor if you love them like you love yourself? Will you steal from them? covet what they have? lie to them?

Of course not!

And if your #1 love is God you won't worship idols (even the ones in sports, movies, music or the mirror), use His Name disrespectfully, or disobey the authorities He put in your life to bring you to adulthood (adults do have to honor their parents, though they don't have to obey them).

Worship of our God is so good. He is such a great God!

Go Fish - Movin' To The Beat

Jesus came to give us life.

Sometimes things can get hard and it's easy to be depressed. But Jesus has it all under control. He sees the beginning from the end and knows what to expect. Nothing surprises Him.

Oh to have more faith in Him. Oh to be able to dance more.

Jesus Loves Me

There is no more important truth in the world.

No matter how bad we each are, no matter what we have done wrong, Jesus loves us.

No one is perfect. We all make mistakes, have areas of weakness. Yet our Lord chose to die for us anyway. In fact, If we hadn't messed up, He wouldn't have needed to die. He was perfect and didn't need the sacrifice. He did it all for us.

Lord I Lift Your Name On High

God is so good! I just can't praise Him enough!

I love this song because it so simply expresses what Jesus did for each of us.

I'm Saved by Grace

and not by anything I have ever done. I rebelled. The punishment for rebellion is eternal death. God loved me enough to provide a way to eternal life. All I have to do is to put my faith in His Way instead of my own efforts.

▶ God's Got an Army - Carman - YouTube

Powerful!

"⁴ (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)"

2 Corinthians 10:4(KJV)

We are at war. Not physical war with bombs and guns, but spiritual war. Our weapons are Prayer, Praise, Love and the Bible. We should each consider ourselves a warrior fitting himself for service to our King by constantly training and improving ourselves in the use of these weapons. “Spiritual warfare is very real. There is a furious, fierce, and ferocious battle raging in the realm of the spirit between the forces of God and the forces of evil. Warfare happens every day, all the time. Whether you believe it or not, you are in a battlefield. You are in warfare.” ― Pedro Okoro

God Isn't an Option, He's a Necessity!

But as for me, I am poor and needy; please hurry to my aid, O God. You are my helper and my savior; O LORD, do not delay. Psalm 70:5 Is God Part of Your Story? Or are you part of His?

Quick Takes Friday

1. Working on getting caught up on pictures. Sorely regret not being a journaler or a scrapbooker all my dc growing up. Maybe I can do better with the grand-kids when they arrive.

2. The Betty's Books needs a whole new store. The old one works I guess, though we've only ever sold 3 things from it. But it is so boring it's painful! I am in the process of switching to a blog based store. check it out: Old store and the future one.

3. Joshua (8months) has been sick this week. He is now acting more normal, but you can tell all is still not quite right with the world.

4. Missing two school books. The owners swear they haven't lost them on purpose. Sigh. I will actually have to clean the girl's room if my mom doesn't find them at her house today.

5. We've had a few new people at our church lately. refreshing.

6. Happy trip to my friend Sharon who is graduating from her collage today. She took her courses by correspondence and because she was a straight A student, over 65, and had never been through a graduation ceremony, the school chipped in the cost of a plane ticket for her to go out there for the ceremonies. I hope she has a great time:-)

7. When I sit and think about it I am so overwhelmed with God's provision. A couple of years ago this above mentioned friend needed new housing asp. God gave her a very nice apartment.

Another friend wanted to buy a house. She kept getting rejections of her bids for descent places. Then a house hit the market that is as, uhhh, unique as she is. It has nice big yards for gardening even. and she was able to buy it for less than half the original asking price.

I needed a new vacuum. Someone donated a Kirby to our church at a time when no other members needed one.

I needed a piano. Someone gave the church one right after they had bought a new one and, again, no one else needed one.

A woman told us she had some brand new clothes to give anyone in our congregation who needed them. I thanked her and assured her I would love them. didn't even ask the size. I had just asked God for some better, more business like clothes. He doesn't get sizes or styles wrong. And He didn't. they were just what I wanted:-)

Be sure to check out the other Quick Takes Friday posts:-)