I am so glad that it is the weekend. I have been sick with a cold for two weeks but this week I have really been sick. Sleeping a lot and just feeling bad. Today is somewhat better but so glad it is the weekend and can rest all weekend. I know they say this is a bad year for the flu so glad we got the flu shot. Hope everyone is doing okay and avoiding this flue and cold that is going around.
I haven't been feeling like doing anything at all so this is the first day I have felt like posting. Hoping to get back in the swing next week. Until then Stay Warm, drink lots of Orange Juice and stay well.
Friday, January 31, 2014
Friday, January 24, 2014
Cold Cold and More Cold Bring on the Coffee and Good Book
I don't know what it is like where you are but it is cold here today again. The wind is blowing and there is just a chill in the apartment today, so I think it is a good day to spend reading and drinking coffee.
This has been a roller coaster ride kind of winter here. Like yesterday it was a high in the teens and today suppose to be in the 30's. Tomorrow is a little warmer and Sunday is suppose to be 50 degrees before it starts back down the hill to a low around zero and highs in single digits to low teens. Then back up to the 30's. You have to love the weather.
Life can be a roller coaster ride also. Things are going good and then all of a sudden here comes a big hill that leads down down down to a valley that you have twists and turns in and then you start back up a hill. God never said we wouldn't have trouble actually just the opposite He said in John 16:33 NIV "I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world." God tells us that He has overcome and so can we when we trust, obey and rely on God. He also gives us peace. What more could we ask, God is riding with us and comforting us and giving us strength to make it on the roller coaster we call our lives.
So enjoy your day where you are. Live it for and with God as the focus and hold tight on the ride.
Started my day with reading the Bible and spending time with God and here is a verse that I want to share besides the one above.
Joshua 1:9 KJV "Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest."
This has been a roller coaster ride kind of winter here. Like yesterday it was a high in the teens and today suppose to be in the 30's. Tomorrow is a little warmer and Sunday is suppose to be 50 degrees before it starts back down the hill to a low around zero and highs in single digits to low teens. Then back up to the 30's. You have to love the weather.
Life can be a roller coaster ride also. Things are going good and then all of a sudden here comes a big hill that leads down down down to a valley that you have twists and turns in and then you start back up a hill. God never said we wouldn't have trouble actually just the opposite He said in John 16:33 NIV "I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world." God tells us that He has overcome and so can we when we trust, obey and rely on God. He also gives us peace. What more could we ask, God is riding with us and comforting us and giving us strength to make it on the roller coaster we call our lives.
So enjoy your day where you are. Live it for and with God as the focus and hold tight on the ride.
Started my day with reading the Bible and spending time with God and here is a verse that I want to share besides the one above.
Joshua 1:9 KJV "Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest."
Saturday, January 18, 2014
Sloppy Joe Casserole Recipe
Hope everyone's week was good. I have finished a couple of books and posted the reviews on my other blogs, started crocheting a baby blanket, started 3 more books, tried some new recipes for dinner and did some genealogy. Good week.
I made homemade hamburger soup that we all love on Tuesday night and decided to try a recipe from Bisquick for gluten free bread sticks. I wasn't sure if this was going to work but they really turned out good. I got the recipe from http://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/biscuit-sticks/5d670e15-a7da-4091-b59d-e8d3f1766acb. I just added about 1/4 tsp to the Bisquick whisked them together and then followed the recipe. They turned out really good, sorry I didn't think to take a picture of them. Try these with regular Bisquick or like I did use the gluten free Bisquick.
Thursday night I wanted to use up the russet potatoes that I was afraid would go bad and the hamburger I had left. The same old thing of hamburgers and fried potatoes didn't sound good to me, I wanted something different so I decided to make a Sloppy Joe Casserole instead.
Ingredients:
1 lb ground beef I used 85% for less fat
1 can Manwhich ( you can use any sauce you want that you normally use for sloppy joes. I usually make my own but had this can and decided to make it easy on myself)
5 potatoes
shredded cheddar cheese
Ketchup
olive oil
Directions
Pre heat your oven to 400 degrees.
Brown your ground beef. Drain the fat and then add your can of Manwhich or sauce you use. Simmer.
While you are simmering the sloppy joe cut up your potatoes into thin slices. Put olive oil in to your skillet and heat. Put potato slices into oil and cook till tender like you would for fried potatoes.
Take a pan and put the sloppy joe hamburger mix in the bottom. Top with the potatoes. Now cover with aluminum foil and put in oven for 10 minutes covered. Take out and drizzle ketchup over the top of the potatoes and then put the cheddar cheese on top to cover the potatoes. Put back in oven for another 5 minutes or until cheese is melted completely. Serve with a nice salad and the breadsticks from the above recipe and you have a delicious meal.
I would have used hash browns or tator tots instead of the russet potatoes but I needed to use up the potatoes. I think if you used either one of these it would be really good.
It was a hit at our house.
I made homemade hamburger soup that we all love on Tuesday night and decided to try a recipe from Bisquick for gluten free bread sticks. I wasn't sure if this was going to work but they really turned out good. I got the recipe from http://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/biscuit-sticks/5d670e15-a7da-4091-b59d-e8d3f1766acb. I just added about 1/4 tsp to the Bisquick whisked them together and then followed the recipe. They turned out really good, sorry I didn't think to take a picture of them. Try these with regular Bisquick or like I did use the gluten free Bisquick.
Thursday night I wanted to use up the russet potatoes that I was afraid would go bad and the hamburger I had left. The same old thing of hamburgers and fried potatoes didn't sound good to me, I wanted something different so I decided to make a Sloppy Joe Casserole instead.
Ingredients:
1 lb ground beef I used 85% for less fat
1 can Manwhich ( you can use any sauce you want that you normally use for sloppy joes. I usually make my own but had this can and decided to make it easy on myself)
5 potatoes
shredded cheddar cheese
Ketchup
olive oil
Directions
Pre heat your oven to 400 degrees.
Brown your ground beef. Drain the fat and then add your can of Manwhich or sauce you use. Simmer.
While you are simmering the sloppy joe cut up your potatoes into thin slices. Put olive oil in to your skillet and heat. Put potato slices into oil and cook till tender like you would for fried potatoes.
Take a pan and put the sloppy joe hamburger mix in the bottom. Top with the potatoes. Now cover with aluminum foil and put in oven for 10 minutes covered. Take out and drizzle ketchup over the top of the potatoes and then put the cheddar cheese on top to cover the potatoes. Put back in oven for another 5 minutes or until cheese is melted completely. Serve with a nice salad and the breadsticks from the above recipe and you have a delicious meal.
I would have used hash browns or tator tots instead of the russet potatoes but I needed to use up the potatoes. I think if you used either one of these it would be really good.
It was a hit at our house.
Thursday, January 16, 2014
Throw Back Thursday A Post From Feb 2010 Failure or Adventurer
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Failure or Adventurer
I Dreamed a dream and let it go
Afraid to follow through.
I wonder now what could have been
If my dream I had bravely pursued?
Afraid to follow through.
I wonder now what could have been
If my dream I had bravely pursued?
by Deb Forbes 2010 copyright 2010
What is one of your biggest fears? Think about it a minute. What makes you quake or causes you to want to hide somewhere? Is it doing something or trying something new, or how about having a dream and going for it. Maybe it is meeting new people or maybe it is just the unknown and not being in control. All of these have a couple of things that make them fearful for us and that is the fear of rejection and the fear of being a failure. What then is a failure is it trying and not succeeding, or is it being afraid to try at all?
We so many times have a dream that we really want or something we really want to do, but we are held back from even trying because of our fear of becoming a failure. You see we think that just because something we try doesn't work that we become a failure instead of thinking that the idea or thing we tried failed to work. So you say you don't see the difference? The difference is this, you have not become a failure just because you tried something and it didn't succeed, you just found that you need to try or retry this idea or dream in another way or try another idea or dream altogether. The key is not to give up and moan and groan about what a failure you are and never try again, just chalk it up to experience and move on. We worry so much about what people will think of us if we fail at what we try that we beat ourselves up and start believing we are failures and can't do anything. This then leads to not trying. The not trying then leads to us feeling more like failures because we never do anything. Do you see the vicious circle we have just put ourselves in? We need to break out of this circle and start believing that we can do, try and dream.
Failing is inevitable in life because we are all human. What would have happened if after the debacle of Roanoke VA the English gave up coming to the new world? Did Roanoke fail yes, but that didn't stop the English from trying again and Jamestown after several rough times and problems was established. Then there is the inventions that never would have happened if after the first attempt that failed they stopped trying. Inventions like the light bulb, though it is not sure exactly how many times Edison failed it is certain he didn't get it right the first time. Then there is Henry Ford who failed and went bankrupt more than once before his car caught on and became successful. How about Bill Gates who dropped out of Harvard and his first company failed, or how about Abraham Lincoln who failed in public elections and several businesses but later became one of our best presidents. There is Fred Astaire who at his first testing was told he couldn't sing, act or dance. The list goes on and on but what do all these people have in common, they didn't stop at the first failing but kept going until they succeeded. They didn't sit around talking about how they were failures, but got up dusted themselves off and tried and tried again.
The key is this TRY, fail maybe, and TRY TRY TRY again. Never give up and never stop trying. Pray about your dreams and wants, God wants you to tell Him about them. Ask God to show you what He wants you to do and then go do it. Never be held back because you are afraid of failing and people seeing you has a failure. We should worry more about what God thinks of us than what people do and God loves us. We don't have to be successful to have God's love and we don't have to worry about being failures and losing God's love either. God loves us period! Rom 5:8 "But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." KJV So then why worry about being failures if God loves us no matter what. Doesn't that give you some strength and courage to try your dreams and try to do what God wants you to do? Rom 8:31 "What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?" KJV
Get out there and be an adventurer following and trying your dreams. God has something or somewhere He wants you to do or go so don't be afraid step out in faith and go. YOU ARE NOT A FAILURE! YOU ARE A CHILD OF GOD, A CO-HEIR WITH JESUS SO GET OUT THERE AND ACT LIKE IT!!!
Rom.8:16-18 16 The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children. 17 Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.
18 I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. NIV
What is one of your biggest fears? Think about it a minute. What makes you quake or causes you to want to hide somewhere? Is it doing something or trying something new, or how about having a dream and going for it. Maybe it is meeting new people or maybe it is just the unknown and not being in control. All of these have a couple of things that make them fearful for us and that is the fear of rejection and the fear of being a failure. What then is a failure is it trying and not succeeding, or is it being afraid to try at all?
We so many times have a dream that we really want or something we really want to do, but we are held back from even trying because of our fear of becoming a failure. You see we think that just because something we try doesn't work that we become a failure instead of thinking that the idea or thing we tried failed to work. So you say you don't see the difference? The difference is this, you have not become a failure just because you tried something and it didn't succeed, you just found that you need to try or retry this idea or dream in another way or try another idea or dream altogether. The key is not to give up and moan and groan about what a failure you are and never try again, just chalk it up to experience and move on. We worry so much about what people will think of us if we fail at what we try that we beat ourselves up and start believing we are failures and can't do anything. This then leads to not trying. The not trying then leads to us feeling more like failures because we never do anything. Do you see the vicious circle we have just put ourselves in? We need to break out of this circle and start believing that we can do, try and dream.
Failing is inevitable in life because we are all human. What would have happened if after the debacle of Roanoke VA the English gave up coming to the new world? Did Roanoke fail yes, but that didn't stop the English from trying again and Jamestown after several rough times and problems was established. Then there is the inventions that never would have happened if after the first attempt that failed they stopped trying. Inventions like the light bulb, though it is not sure exactly how many times Edison failed it is certain he didn't get it right the first time. Then there is Henry Ford who failed and went bankrupt more than once before his car caught on and became successful. How about Bill Gates who dropped out of Harvard and his first company failed, or how about Abraham Lincoln who failed in public elections and several businesses but later became one of our best presidents. There is Fred Astaire who at his first testing was told he couldn't sing, act or dance. The list goes on and on but what do all these people have in common, they didn't stop at the first failing but kept going until they succeeded. They didn't sit around talking about how they were failures, but got up dusted themselves off and tried and tried again.
The key is this TRY, fail maybe, and TRY TRY TRY again. Never give up and never stop trying. Pray about your dreams and wants, God wants you to tell Him about them. Ask God to show you what He wants you to do and then go do it. Never be held back because you are afraid of failing and people seeing you has a failure. We should worry more about what God thinks of us than what people do and God loves us. We don't have to be successful to have God's love and we don't have to worry about being failures and losing God's love either. God loves us period! Rom 5:8 "But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." KJV So then why worry about being failures if God loves us no matter what. Doesn't that give you some strength and courage to try your dreams and try to do what God wants you to do? Rom 8:31 "What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?" KJV
Get out there and be an adventurer following and trying your dreams. God has something or somewhere He wants you to do or go so don't be afraid step out in faith and go. YOU ARE NOT A FAILURE! YOU ARE A CHILD OF GOD, A CO-HEIR WITH JESUS SO GET OUT THERE AND ACT LIKE IT!!!
Rom.8:16-18 16 The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children. 17 Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.
18 I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. NIV
Wednesday, August 7, 2013
Faith a Way of Life Repost
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Faith a Way of Life
All these examples of Faith are not just about these people having faith in God but that they exercised their faith. Faith then is believing and trusting in an all powerful, all knowing God who is the creator of everything. It is trusting that God is a loving, merciful God who will reward and protect us. Faith is living in the center of God’s will and never questioning or doubting God is watching out for us and has a perfect plan for our lives. Faith is a relationship with God not just a belief in God. Faith is just knowing that God is who He says He is and not doubting that God can and will do what He says. Faith is more than just belief though; it is a way of life. Faith is assurance that God is with us in the good and bad times and that He loves us and takes care of us. It is having courage to live for God even when it is not the popular way to live. Faith is believing and knowing without a doubt that God hears our prayers and answers them. Faith is living for God in God’s will no matter where He leads us.
When things are going smooth we say we have faith and are living for God but we need to rely on our faith when there are problems and troubles that come our way too. Faith is knowing that God is still God in good and bad times and that God is in control. Faith is a relationship with God and it is how we should live. We should continually pray and read our Bible so our faith grows. Faith is the love we have towards God and our wanting to live for God and be more like God. We should be like these examples from the Bible and our faith should be unquestioning, unwavering, obedient, unchanging, courageous faith just like these examples. Jesus says in Matt. 17:20 that all it takes is a small amount of faith and then nothing is impossible. Matt. 17:20 “And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.”(KJV) God is awesome and is able to do anything and all we have to do is have faith and believe in Him and what God can do and nothing then is impossible for us either.
As I conclude this study on faith it is important to remember that faith should be not just what we believe, but how we live in good and bad times. Exercising our faith daily is how we grow in our walk with the Lord. Do not just say I have faith but practice the faith you have. If you live by your faith then your witness to others will be great and God will be able to use you in the work he has planned for you. It is so easy when things get rough to falter, but living by faith means that we rely on God and the knowledge that God provides and takes care of His children. We don’t have to understand everything that we go through we just have to trust and believe that God is in control. In Mark it tells us that if we have faith and don’t doubt then we can move mountains or in other words nothing is impossible for us with God’s help. The key is to believe and not to doubt, to ask and expect to get an answer. Mark 11: 22-24 22“And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God. 23For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith. 24Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.”(KJV) My desire is to grow in my faith and to live daily in my faith. To have a faith that is unquestioning, unwavering, unchanging, obedient and courageous so that God can use me how ever He sees fit. I pray that all Christians will grow in faith and live by faith too.
When things are going smooth we say we have faith and are living for God but we need to rely on our faith when there are problems and troubles that come our way too. Faith is knowing that God is still God in good and bad times and that God is in control. Faith is a relationship with God and it is how we should live. We should continually pray and read our Bible so our faith grows. Faith is the love we have towards God and our wanting to live for God and be more like God. We should be like these examples from the Bible and our faith should be unquestioning, unwavering, obedient, unchanging, courageous faith just like these examples. Jesus says in Matt. 17:20 that all it takes is a small amount of faith and then nothing is impossible. Matt. 17:20 “And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.”(KJV) God is awesome and is able to do anything and all we have to do is have faith and believe in Him and what God can do and nothing then is impossible for us either.
As I conclude this study on faith it is important to remember that faith should be not just what we believe, but how we live in good and bad times. Exercising our faith daily is how we grow in our walk with the Lord. Do not just say I have faith but practice the faith you have. If you live by your faith then your witness to others will be great and God will be able to use you in the work he has planned for you. It is so easy when things get rough to falter, but living by faith means that we rely on God and the knowledge that God provides and takes care of His children. We don’t have to understand everything that we go through we just have to trust and believe that God is in control. In Mark it tells us that if we have faith and don’t doubt then we can move mountains or in other words nothing is impossible for us with God’s help. The key is to believe and not to doubt, to ask and expect to get an answer. Mark 11: 22-24 22“And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God. 23For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith. 24Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.”(KJV) My desire is to grow in my faith and to live daily in my faith. To have a faith that is unquestioning, unwavering, unchanging, obedient and courageous so that God can use me how ever He sees fit. I pray that all Christians will grow in faith and live by faith too.
Tuesday, August 6, 2013
Courageous Faith Re Post
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Courageous Faith
The last example of faith I want to look at is a courageous faith in God. This example of courageous faith can be found when we look at Daniel who because of his obedience and faith in God he is put into a lions den. Daniel has favor with King Darius and he is going to appoint him chief overseer of the whole kingdom and the other leaders decide they have to find away to get rid of Daniel. They could find no wrong with him so they decided to use his faith in God against him. They get the King to order a decree that no one in the kingdom can pray to anyone but the King or they would be put in the lions den. When Daniel heard this he still went three times a day with the window open and looking to Jerusalem and prayed to God just like he always did. Daniel was not afraid to stand up for his faith in God and not for his own safety to just go along with the decree. The other leaders knew that Daniel had that strong of faith in God and would not even for safety sake go along with the decree which says a lot about Daniel’s witness and his faith. Dan. 6: 3-9 3“Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm. 4Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him. 5Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God. 6Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever. 7All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions. 8Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not. 9Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.”(KJV) As soon as they saw Daniel praying they brought him before the king and the king could not get out of the decree he made but he was upset that he had to put him in the lions den. The king tries all day to think of a way but he couldn’t so he had Daniel brought and he put him in the lions den and sealed and then said to Daniel your God will protect you. So even the king understood Daniels strong faith in God. Dan. 6:10-18 “10Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime. 11Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God. 12Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king's decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask a petition of any God or man within thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not. 13Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, which is of the children of the captivity of Judah, regardeth not thee, O king, nor the decree that thou hast signed, but maketh his petition three times a day. 14Then the king, when he heard these words, was sore displeased with himself, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him: and he laboured till the going down of the sun to deliver him. 15Then these men assembled unto the king, and said unto the king, Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is, That no decree nor statute which the king establisheth may be changed. 16Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. Now the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee. 17And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that the purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel. 18Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting: neither were instruments of musick brought before him: and his sleep went from him.”(KJV) God closed the lion’s mouth and when the king came the next morning and opened up the den Daniel was fine. God had rewarded Daniel for his steadfast and courageous faith. The king proclaimed that all in his kingdom while he was king would worship this God of Daniel so Daniel’s faith that didn’t waiver but even in the face of death was strong brought a king and his kingdom to God. Dan 6:10-28 “19Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste unto the den of lions. 20And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice unto Daniel: and the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from the lions? 21Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever. 22My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt. 23Then was the king exceedingly glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he believed in his God. 24And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the den. 25Then king Darius wrote unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you. 26 I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God, and stedfast for ever, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed, and his dominion shall be even unto the end. 27He delivereth and rescueth, and he worketh signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who hath delivered Daniel from the power of the lions. 28So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.”(KJV)We need to have a courageous faith like Daniel and not be afraid even when it isn’t popular in the world or our families to believe and have faith in God. God will reward and protect us just like he did Daniel and the world and our families will have a witness of God and his faithfulness to us also. Never let fear come between us and God.
Monday, August 5, 2013
Simple Faith in Action Re Post
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Simple Faith in Action
Two more examples of faith is when a ruler tells Jesus his daughter is dead but that if Jesus would just come and lay His hands on her she would live again and Jesus followed him and as they were going there in the crowd was a woman who was sick for many years and she knew if she could just touch Jesus’ garment she would be healed and when He passed the woman touched the hem of Jesus’ garment and Jesus knowing this had happened turned and told her that her faith had made her whole. Matt. 9:18-25 18 “While he spake these things unto them, behold, there came a certain ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even now dead: but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live. 19And Jesus arose, and followed him, and so did his disciples. 20And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment: 21For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole. 22But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour. 23And when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise, 24He said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn. 25But when the people were put forth, he went in, and took her by the hand, and the maid arose” (KJV) These two people had a faith that was simply knowing that Jesus was who He said He was and they knew they just had to ask or do and it would happen plain and simple they were confident that Jesus could help them. What a faith to have to just simply know with out question that God can do what is needed but not stopping there to be bold enough to then just put into action that faith expecting the miracle to happen. Because they believed that Jesus could and would help them and because of this faith it happened. So many times we think we can’t ask God for things or if we do ask then we never believe it really will happen, so we limit God by not asking or believing. We need to be like the ruler and the woman in the crowd and believe, ask and know that God will. We have at our old church a sign that says Expect a Miracle. It is a reminder not to just ask for a miracle but expect it to happen too. We need to have faith and act on it knowing that if it’s God’s will it will happen. Next time you pray for someone or yourself remember to not only believe in God’s ability but have faith He will take care of you or the one you are praying for. Expect an answer and Expect a miracle.
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