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 I have not had a good attitude and have withdrawn myself somewhat from people in my life but especially from God.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

Moving Mountains

I have chosen Mathew 17:20 for this month. I have always struggled with having enough faith. I continue to work on this and do not know if I will ever get to where I could tell a mountain to move but I do need to get to a point where I will at least have the faith that he will give me and I will act on the faith to do it and trust that in some way that mountain will be moved. I know we all have things in our lives that could be change if we just had the faith and commitment to do it. Hope everyone is having a great day. I am sooooo looking forward to July and seeing all of you.

Matthew 17:20He replied, “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”

No particular reason for this verse I just like it.

Psalm 100: 1-3

Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth.
Worship the LORD with gladness;
come before him with joyful song.
Know that the LORD is GOD.
It is he who made us, and we are his;
we are his people, the of his pasture.

Room to improve

Mike and I have been blessed to finally find a church we really like and connect with. Our one pastor wears jeans and teaches from an Ipad, the other from an Iphone...we fit right in haha, Ava likes the nursery, although she cries when other babies cry and then the care giver has to come find us...such a stinker.
Anyways, we talked about this verse in church on Sunday and it stuck with me.

2 Peter 1:5-8
⁵ For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge;⁶ and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; ⁷and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love. ⁸ For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.


We should always being trying to improve upon showing others love, kindness, patience, and our godliness. Instead of saying to yourself, you wish you did these things more or thinking you will practice it more, you should just do it. Don't just show interest in the idea, but rather show others that you can do it.

Faith

FAITH

IN A WORLD FULL OF GREED
DISHONESTY AND DESPAIR

NEVER LOSE FAITH
GOD IS THERE

WHEN YOU FEEL ALONE
AND LOSE SIGHT

THE DEVILS STRONG BUT HE
WON’T WIN THIS FIGHT

GOD IS THERE TO GUIDE
YOU THROUGH

PRAY FROM THE HEART
HE HAS ROOM FOR YOU

PRAY FOR FORGIVENESS
AND GOD TO COME INTO YOUR HEART

HE’LL GUIDE YOU AND SHOW YOU
IT’S THE RIGHT START

GOD WILL HELP YOU
FIGHT THE TEMPTATION

BUT MAKE THE EFFORT
AND PRAY FOR SALVATION

IF YOU THINK YOUR LOST
YOU’LL ACT LIKE IT TO

BUT WHEN GOD’S ON YOUR SIDE
YOU’LL FEEL BRAND NEW

THINGS CAN GET HARD
AND BE PRETTY ROUGH

GOD IS THE ANSWER
HE’LL MAKE YOU TOUGH

NO MATTER YOUR TROUBLE
OR TRIBULATION

LEAVE IT TO GOD AND HE’LL
SHOW YOU, YOUR DESTINATION
I found this on the wide world of internet and though it was a nice read hope u like it and helps someone out today