Morning Blessings

[Betty]

February 3, 2023
Happy Friday,

The Good and Bad

Yesterday, I had a good today. Today is, not so good. My thoughts feel like one of those floor games of long ago, with a small metal ball bouncing all over the place. I cannot remember what the game is called but I spent my coins on them as a kid.

I am reminding myself that God is with me.

Joshua 1:9 "Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go."

I need not fear. Obviously, this will be a no-driving day. I can listen to praise and worship songs and work on my new jigsaw puzzle today. Whatever stage we are in our life, the devil and his demons like to torment us. When we sing praises to God they will move on. They do not want to praise God with us.
Betty

 

[anasazi]

Praying for you and husband........

 

[Betty]

February 4, 2023
Happy Saturday,

Godly Love

“Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.”
1 Corinthians 13:4-

When we are honest with ourselves we can admit that sometimes our love does not measure up to God’s love. We can be guilty of loving for our own gain. We can withhold love on a whim. Our love is not always pure love.

What do when we see ourselves in one of these positions? We seek forgiveness from God. We ask God to teach us how to love. Self-loathing is not the answer. The answer is being honest with ourselves and God.
When we truly love God, we want to love others as God has loved us.

Heavenly Father,teach us to love others with a Godly love.
Amen,
Betty

 

[Betty]

February 5, 2023
Blessed Sunday,

“Pray With Expectations”

My sister last week sent me a card with that title on the front. I happen to see the card again today. When we pray without expectations, we are double-minded. We hoping for an answer to our prayer but we are also doubtful. Shame on us! May God help us to pray to Him, with faith, all the time!
Betty

 

[Betty]

February 6, 2023
Happy Monday,

“They Did Not Recieve The Love of The Truth”

The Devil is attacking the intelligence of young people and young adults, but the reality is they are choosing to believe the devil’s lies. It is no longer popular to believe the truths of God’s Holy Word.

2 Thessalonians 2:5-12
New King James Version

5 Do you not remember that when I was still with you I told you these things? 6 And now you know what is restraining, that he may be revealed in his own time. 7 For the [a]mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only He who now restrains will do so until He is taken out of the way. 8 And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the breath of His mouth and destroy with the brightness of His coming. 9 The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, 10 and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie, 12 that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

We have Christian singers, entertainers, and writers, and even Pastors, and Teachers of God’s Holy Word who have embraced the LGBTQIA. While they have made it about love and acceptance they have rejected the truth of God’s Holy Word. They may not realize it but they have made their beliefs above the laws of God. Because they have chosen to believe a lie from the devil and his demons, God will send them a strong delusion so they may be all condemned.

You might, say that I am being harsh but I am only speaking the Truth. Awake yourselves who believe you are Christians so you can know the truth and be set free.

John 8:32
32 And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”

2 Timothy 4
New King James Version
Preach the Word
4 I charge you [a]therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom: 2 Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching. 3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers; 4 and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables. 5 But you be watchful in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.
Betty

 

[Betty]

February 7, 2023
Happy Tuesday,

“Why Do You Write About Bad Things?”

I have been asked that question many times. Can you imagine if God had never mentioned hell in the Bible? What a nasty surprise it would be for people to end up in hell with no warning? God and Jesus warned us many times the dangers of not repenting and turning away from our sins?

My friends better to be warned about the consequences of unrepentant sin and a lifestyle of sin now while it is time to turn away from sin and live in righteousness and truth.
Betty

 

[athenasius]

February 7, 2023
Happy Tuesday,

“Why Do You Write About Bad Things?”

I have been asked that question many times. Can you imagine if God had never mentioned hell in the Bible? What a nasty surprise it would be for people to end up in hell with no warning? God and Jesus warned us many times the dangers of not repenting and turning away from our sins?

My friends better to be warned about the consequences of unrepentant sin and a lifestyle of sin now while it is time to turn away from sin and live in righteousness and truth.
Betty

Oh BETTY! It's where the rubber meets the road. You write about the very things that everyone suffers, feels, and thinks. But you say it out loud and ALWAYS point to the solution maker-- God Himself.

LOVE YOU and your writing. It's why I always go away encouraged. I know your life is hard, and I know the constant worry about your progressing dementia is there but OH MY GOODNESS how many times I come here and hear directly from God thru you dearest sister!

Love always
Margery

I look forward to someday giving and receiving a hug from you in heaven as we fellowship there.

 

[Betty]

Oh BETTY! It's where the rubber meets the road. You write about the very things that everyone suffers, feels, and thinks. But you say it out loud and ALWAYS point to the solution maker-- God Himself.

LOVE YOU and your writing. It's why I always go away encouraged. I know your life is hard, and I know the constant worry about your progressing dementia is there but OH MY GOODNESS how many times I come here and hear directly from God thru you dearest sister!

Love always
Margery

I look forward to someday giving and receiving a hug from you in heaven as we fellowship there.

Margery,

I love you, too. Thank you for encouraging me.
Betty

 

[Betty]

February 9, 2023
Happy Wednesday.

Trust In God


Promise #40:
Trust in Me with all your heart and I will guide you.

Proverbs 3:5-6 (WEB)
5 Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.
6 In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.

When we put complete trust in God, we can lay aside fear of the unknown. There are many challenges ahead but we can live in peace knowing that God will always be with us.

We also need to lay our doubts and fears at the feet of Jesus and trust Him to comfort and sustain us.
Betty

 

[Betty]

February 10, 2023
Happy Friday,

Keep Loving

Above all keep loving one another earnestly. 1Peter 4:8

We live in a world where the masses proclaim their love for everyone and hate anyone who disagrees with them. The devil would like for Christians to react in kind.

We are to hate sin and love the sinner. Having a loving heart does not mean that we condone sin nor should we try to make people feel better about their sin.

If our neighbor’s house was on fire, we would not go over and have a tea party in the middle of the fire. We would do everything we could to get them out of the burning house.

With sin, it is a little more complicated. We can not force people to turn away from their sins and turn to Jesus. We share the truth and pray that they accept the truth. Sadly, there are times when someone will tell us that they do not want to hear about salvation anymore.

There were people in Jesus' day that did not want to hear the truth. Jesus told the Disciples this:

Matthew 10:14
New King James Version
14 And whoever will not receive you nor hear your words, when you depart from that house or city, shake off the dust from your feet.

There comes a time when you realize your words mean nothing to a person. That they are so blinded by the pleasures of this world that they refuse to see the consequences of refusing salvation. This is when you move on but continue to pray for them.

The world will condemn us but remember we were not called to serve this world but to serve our Heavenly Father.
Betty

 

[Betty]

February 11, 2023
Happy Saturday,

Cry Out To, God


Promise #42:
Call on Me when you are in trouble and I will rescue you.

Psalm 91:15 (WEB)
He will call on me, and I will answer him.
I will be with him in trouble.
I will deliver him, and honor him.

I was raised to keep my problems to myself and as I have gotten old, I am more inclined to close into myself on bad days. There are many of us that worry about being a bother to others.

We must be careful that we do not withdraw from God when we are having bad times. These are the times we should cry out to God and seek Him more than ever. We will never arrive at perfection on this earth. We will always have problems. Let us lean more on God and seek His help more than ever.
Betty

 

[Everlasting Life]

I was raised to keep my problems to myself...

I'm so glad you share your prayer needs with us to support you in prayer.

Thanks for the reminder not to withdraw from God in tough times but draw closer to Him.

This stint with the mold in attic and it's affects on me was very difficult with insomnia and flu like symptoms. At times there was temptation to withdraw. But the truth that God loves me sustained and reminded me that He cares.

Psalm 91:15 (WEB)
He will call on me, and I will answer him.
I will be with him in trouble.
I will deliver him, and honor him.

Amen, this is so true. Thank you Betty.

 

[Betty]

February 12, 2023
Blessed Sunday,

He Will Fight For Us

“In Exodus 14:14 the Bible says... The Lord himself will fight for you. Just stay calm. (NLT)”

We spend so much time-fighting battles on our own and that is a shame. We often forget that God wants us to call out to Him for help. He wants to walk with us down every road we walk the good and the bad. We can trust God to sustain us to carry us when we are too exhausted to walk on our own.

As we walk with God we should be communicating with Him with our petitions and our praise. As we praise God we will find ourselves strengthen in our weaknesses, encourages in our despair, and uplifted when we feel defeated.
Betty

Philippians 4:6 ESV / 143 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
Romans 15:13 ESV / 136 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.
Deuteronomy 31:6 ESV / 136 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful
Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the Lord your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you.”
Psalm 31:24 ESV / 129 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful
Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for the Lord!
Deuteronomy 31:8 ESV / 126 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful
It is the Lord who goes before you. He will be with you; he will not leave you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.”
Jeremiah 29:11 ESV / 117 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.
Psalm 32:8 ESV / 116 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful
I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you.
Matthew 11:28 ESV / 107 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful
Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
2 Timothy 1:7 ESV / 106 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful
For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.
1 Corinthians 16:13 ESV / 103 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful
Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.
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Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

 

[Betty]

February 13, 2023
Happy Monday,

God Gave Us A Way of Escape

Psalm 51:5
King James Version
5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.

Every person since Adam and Eve have been born into sin. Adam and Eve’s sin has stained the human race. God could have chose to scrape Adam and Eve, but in spite of their rebellion against Him, He still loved them.

1 Peter 1:3-5
King James Version
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
4 To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,
5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

God chose to send His only Son to die for our sins. Jesus chose to suffer and die so we could receive redemption. If we go to hell it will be our choice of choosing sin over redemption.

Jesus is coming soon. The Church Age is coming to an. It will soon be too late for most people to be saved.

2 Thessalonians 2:10-12
King James Version
10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

Praise God who provided us a way to escape the horrors of hell. God help us to cherish our salvation, it is a precious gift, bought with the precious blood of our Savior and Lord, Jesus.
Betty

 

[ItIsFinished!]

February 13, 2023
Happy Monday,

God Gave Us A Way of Escape

Psalm 51:5
King James Version
5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.

Every person since Adam and Eve have been born into sin. Adam and Eve’s sin has stained the human race. God could have chose to scrape Adam and Eve, but in spite of their rebellion against Him, He still loved them.

1 Peter 1:3-5
King James Version
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
4 To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,
5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

God chose to send His only Son to die for our sins. Jesus chose to suffer and die so we could receive redemption. If we go to hell it will be our choice of choosing sin over redemption.

Jesus is coming soon. The Church Age is coming to an. It will soon be too late for most people to be saved.

2 Thessalonians 2:10-12
King James Version
10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

Praise God who provided us a way to escape the horrors of hell. God help us to cherish our salvation, it is a precious gift, bought with the precious blood of our Savior and Lord, Jesus.
Betty

Amen!!!

 

[penbrat]

Betty, you are being used by God as an inspiration to us all on this board (and far beyond, I am sure). May God bless you as He continues to use you to bless others!

 

[Betty]

February 14, 2023
Happy Valentine's Day,

Love is Complicated

The first Marriage Ceremony was officiated by God. Even with God providing a mate for Adam it does not mean their marriage was perfect. There is no perfect marriage. Marriage takes commitment and hard work.

Everyone goes through troubles and heartache. A mate works with us and helps us to keep walking through the desert heat and the winter storms. There are times when our mate is the problem. This is when we seek God’s help to heal our marriage.

We can succeed when we trust God in every area of our lives. He made us and He knows how to put us back together.
Betty

 

[Betty]

February 15, 2023
Happy Wednesday,

Live As The Lord Does


Daily Prayer for February 15
CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH BLUMHARDT
For this is what the high and exalted One says - he who lives forever, whose name is holy: “I live in a high and holy place, but also with the one who is contrite and lowly in spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and to revive the heart of the contrite.” Isaiah 57:15, NIV
Dear Father in heaven, we thank you that even in need and misery we may feel and know that you are with the weak, for you are mighty in helping your children. You give the weak strength to serve you in spite of all their faults and weaknesses. Make us glad at heart for everything we are allowed to do and experience, because it serves you, your glory, and your kingdom until the day when others also are given eyes to see. Amen

In Heaven God is surrounded with angels who praise His name 24/7 and 24 hours a day and yet He sends His Holy Spirit to surround the brokenhearted, to comfort and sustain them.

As our bodies begin to fail us and our minds weaken, also the Holy Spirit will not abandon nor forsake us. As we become more childlike, the Holy Spirit will reach us at our level.

We do not have to worry about our tomorrow knowing our Heavenly Father will always be with us. Trust In God and rejoice in the knowledge that He will always be with us.
Betty

 

[Betty]

February 17, 2023
Happy Friday,

Put On Your Garment Of Love


1 Peter 4:8
New King James Version
8 And above all things have fervent love for one another, for “love will cover a multitude of sins.”

Love one another just as your Heavenly Father loved you so much that he died for your sins.

Colossians 3:14
New King James Version
14 But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection.

How can we allow God‘s light to shine forth to the world when we are wearing a garment of anger and resentment? How can others see Jesus in us when we are wearing of garment of bitterness?

Before we go out and face the world we must seek God and ask for forgiveness of our sins. When we hide our sins we open up our heart to all kinds of sins.

The world hates Christianity but at the same time, they do not want to hang around bitter angry people. When we through the help of the Holy Spirit we put on the garment of love, then the world can see Jesus living in us. Our prayer should be that others can see Jesus living in us.
Betty

 

[Betty]

February 18, 2023
Happy Saturday,

Build Up, One Another

"Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing." (1 Thessalonians 5:11, NIV)

Building up one another in the body of Christ is a Ministry. When we see a brother or sister in Christ struggling, pray for them. Pray for opportunities to encourage them. As we encourage one another, God will encourage us.

Often it is the little things that encourage us. We met Sarah and Savannah yesterday and watched Savannah at gym class. This encouraged hubby and me. Sarah is very good to include us in Savannnah’s life and I appreciate that.

Let us pray for opportunities to encourage each other. When we see a young mom struggling look for opportunities to help and of course pray for the family. May it be said of us that we loved, much.
Betty