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Year of the Bible - Friday, January 30
Matthew 21.36-46
I am tired and grumpy. I have a bad attitude. Help me God to have a better attitude. Thanks for loving me.
Year of the Bible - Saturday, January 29
ingredients of good prayer -
Faith - Matthew 21:18-22
22 If you have faith when you pray, you will be given whatever you ask for.
Year of the Bible - Tuesday, January 27
Matthew 19.23-20.16
I have had a negative outlook on life. Missie has been all over me. People have been letting me down. I have been letting myself down. I am tired. I do not know what I am doing. What I should be focusing on?
We, as a family, watched the Veggie Tales "Esther". She did not know what was going on, why she was choose to be queen, she did not want to be queen. But God knew. God had her right where she wanted her, even though it did not feel right.
I am not sure what I am doing here either God.
I had a good reading with the kids last night. I need to not get frustrated and love my kids. We read proverbs, which the kids really enjoyed. I quized them to see if they knew what the verse the read meant.
Macy is really working hard to read better. I am impressed with her attitude and resolve to learn. It is neat to see her determination.
Year of the Bible - Monday, January 26
I like the story about the Rich Young Man because I think most people are like that guy, including me. We think we got it figured all out, then we find out we don't. Then we walk away, like him "he was sad, because he was very rich."
Help me God not to walk away from you sad. Help me to walk away from you with a right understanding, and be excited about it, not bummed out.
I am not sure what I am suppose to be doing. It has been strange the past couple of years. I have lost my place, not sure where I belong.
All areas of my life are "sad", because I thought I was rich. Rich in what: relationships ... I am sad because I am very shallow ... finances ... going pay check to pay check ... not getting rich ... not saving enough ... not making enough ...
If you want to be perfect, go sell everything you own! Give the money to the poor, and you will have riches in heaven ...
I think about that gal the other day on Oprah while we were on vacation in Florida ... doing simple surgeries to poor ethiopian women ... who otherwise would be shunned away ... who would live life in hut ... seperated from society ... like the leper.
Steve's teaching was very powerful ... are you loving people no one else is loving.
I feel that way with Chaos ... but I feel like I am spinning my wheels ... not really getting any where ... leaders not showing up ... students not showing up ... it is very discouraging.
Help me God not to be "sad", but be "perfect" ...
Year of the Bible - Friday, January 23
18 So I will call you Peter, which means "a rock." On this rock I will build my church, and death itself will not have any power over it. 19 I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven, and God in heaven will allow whatever you allow on earth. But he will not allow anything that you don't allow.
In this verse - Peter is on cloud nine ...
23 Jesus turned to Peter and said, "Satan, get away from me! You're in my way because you think like everyone else and not like God." 24 Then Jesus said to his disciples: If any of you want to be my followers, you must forget about yourself. You must take up your cross and follow me.
In this verse - Peter is brought back to real life. One minute Jesus thinks your a rock, the next minute he calls you Satan. What a life?
I like verse 24 "you must forget about yourself" - this is so true - whenever you focus on yourself you get screwed up ...
Year of the Bible - Thursday, January 22:
Thursday, January 22 - Matthew 15.29-16.12
I like this story about feeding the five thousand, because you need to read between the lines and do a little math. Seven small loaves of bread and a few little fish. small little. Everyone ate. Left overs. Seven Large baskets. four thousand men. not counting women and children.
Jeremiah 5 (NIV)
In what areas can you be more honest with God, yourself and other people?
I feel I have been drifting from you God in the past year or so. Just going through the motions. I feel like I am distant from you. I know you are close, but I feel like I am in the same bed, but ignoring you, giving you the cold shoulder, like I do my wife when I am mad at her.
I am trying to get back to my first love, which is you, knowing you, trusting you, relying on you.
Help me do this.
Jeremiah 5:24 They do not say to themselves,
'Let us fear the LORD our God,
who gives autumn and spring rains in season,
who assures us of the regular weeks of harvest.'
25 Your wrongdoings have kept these away;
your sins have deprived you of good.
