1 Samuel 2 Hannah’s Prayer 2 Then Hannah prayed and said: “My heart rejoices in the Lord; in the Lord my horn[a] is lifted high. My mouth boasts over my enemies, for I delight in your deliverance. 2 “There is no one holy like the Lord; there is no one besides you; there is no Rock like our God. O that we should pray and belive like Hanna and trust that he will deliver us from what ever we are up against I for one need to do more of this. Love you all have a great day.

GOD'S WISDOM

We always need God"s wisdom so I chose James 1:5

If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault,and it will be given to him.

August Verse

The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord. All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the spirit. Commit your work to the Lord and your plans will be established.
Proverbs 16:1-3
I think this vese applys tp Kristin and I with the adoption. We both went through a down period. I really feel that God is trying to teach us patience and faith.

Living with the situations God has put us in.

This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says to all those I carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon: 5 “Build houses and settle down; plant gardens and eat what they produce. 6 Marry and have sons and daughters; find wives for your sons and give your daughters in marriage, so that they too may have sons and daughters. Increase in number there; do not decrease. 7 Also, seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile. Pray to the LORD for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper.”
This passage caught my attention. It was part of a letter from Jeremiah to the people of Isrel that had been taken as slaves to Babalon. They were to live in the situation God had put them in. They were to be happy about it and live a life that was productive, and happy even though they were slaves. I know many times I get very down and depressed about situations, thinking about how someone has it so much more or is doing so much better than I. I get lost in that and do not live with the joy God wants me to live in. He has soooooo blessed me. Many times the reason I do not have better is because I do not do as he has said. Plant your food build your houses marry and live life not on what I do not have but on what he is going to bless me with.

July Verse

Praise the Lord. Blessed is the man who fears the Lord, who finds great delight in his commands. Psalm 112: 1-2

I found these verses very convicting. I know that I do not fear the Lord like I should. I know in my mind that I'm fearful, but often it doesn't come across in my everyday life. I have read the Bible and know some of the things He has done and can do, yet I don't have the proper amount of fear. I know that I can ask for forgiveness and it will be granted. However, there are so many sins that I do over and over, that if I had the proper amount of fear I would be working harder at overcoming. That leads me to the second verse. "Who finds great delight in his commands" I have a really hard time with that. It is hard enough not doing many of the thing my mind and human nature find appealing. But to enjoy not doing those things is even harder. It will only be by the grace of God that I will hopefully eventually get to that place. As I continue to think about this verse I think it is not only talking about the things we are called not to do, but all the things we are to do. Which can also be difficult at times.

Let me know what y'all think about these verses and my comments. Sorry that I rambled.

Saved As Sinners

Hey,
I missed last month mostly because I am struggling not any one thing I think it is a culmination of a lot of things that are going on in my life. I have not had a good attitude and have withdrawn myself somewhat from people in my life but especially from God. For me it becomes a vicious cycle. When I feel distant and disobedient and just not in a "good place" I find it hard to listen to Christian music, pray, and read the bible. I feel like I am not "worthy" of it and I need to remember that is when I need God the most.
I was thinking back to a sermon we had where Josh pointed out that God saves us AS SINNERS not when we are "in a good place" we cannot achieve that place without God. All this leads me to the verse I chose. The story is where Levi (the tax collector) is eating with Jesus and the scribes have a problem with it because of the views on tax collector's in that day.


And when Jesus heard it, he said to them,"Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners"

Mark 2:17

The Breaking Point

I found this on a book mark that was in my mother-in-laws bible

The Breaking point

" Don't you feel you're liable to break?"was asked of a devoted Christian man who was in the midst of severe testings.

"Yes," he replied, "I often feel I might, but not until the fiftieth Psalm breaks at the fifteenth verse."

"What does that say?" asked his friend.

He opened his bible and read: " Call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and and thou shalt glorify Me."

TAKE HIS PROMISE TO YOUR PILLOW