Drive a stake in it. Put an end to it.
It's time, you've suffered long enough.
Sometimes in life your called to do things you know you need to do.
Your asked to do it, make the change, Go. Genesis 12:1-GWT
Not forced, asked. By a kind and loving God.
One who is looking out for you.
You hope and pray that you'll make it through, that you'll be o.k. that you'll come out on the other side.
When you do go, and you will come out the other side. You will look back, you can take a deep breath, sigh and say.
"That was hard, but worth it." and I've been asked,
"Would I do it again?" "Yes, indeed."
When God asks you to come, when you see Him reaching His hands out to you. You hear His soft still voice say, "Come and leave the rest behind." Go! and Don't look back; But Lot's wife, behind him, looked back,... Genesis 19:26-ESV
Go! It's worth it! Let your life change forever.
I've been where you've been, I'm still there. I get the looks, the shunning, the rejection, the lies told, the lies spread. But what's different now, I have Christ. And because of Him, I have the faith, the strength, the love, the ability to forgive through Christ himself, and the power to endure the arrow of rejection, the bullet of shunning,
and the sting of lies.
Psalm 31:6-24 MSG
6-13 I hate all this silly religion, but you, God, I trust.
I'm leaping and singing in the circle of your love; you saw my pain, you disarmed my tormentors,
You didn't leave me in their clutches but gave me room to breathe.
Be kind to me, God—
I'm in deep, deep trouble again.
I've cried my eyes out; I feel hollow inside. My life leaks away, groan by groan; my years fade out in sighs. My troubles have worn me out, turned my bones to powder.
To my enemies I'm a monster; I'm ridiculed by the neighbors. My friends are horrified; they cross the street to avoid me. They want to blot me from memory, forget me like a corpse in a grave, discard me like a broken dish in the trash.
The street-talk gossip has me "criminally insane"! Behind locked doors they plot how to ruin me for good.
14-18 Desperate, I throw myself on you:you are my God!
Hour by hour I place my days in your hand, safe from the hands out to get me.
Warm me, your servant, with a smile; save me because you love me.
Don't embarrass me by not showing up; I've given you plenty of notice.
Embarrass the wicked, stand them up, leave them stupidly shaking their heads as they drift down to hell.
Gag those loudmouthed liars who heckle me, your follower, with jeers and catcalls.
19-22 What a stack of blessing you have piled up for those who worship you, Ready and waiting for all who run to you to escape an unkind world.
You hide them safely away from the opposition. As you slam the door on those oily, mocking faces,
you silence the poisonous gossip.
Blessed God!
His love is the wonder of the world. Trapped by a siege, I panicked.
"Out of sight, out of mind," I said. But you heard me say it, you heard and listened.
23 Love God, all you saints; God takes care of all who stay close to him,
But he pays back in full those arrogant enough to go it alone.
24 Be brave. Be strong. Don't give up. Expect God to get here soon.
Showing posts with label God with Us. Show all posts
Showing posts with label God with Us. Show all posts
Birthdays x 2
My dad was born on Feb. 29 in a leap year.
However on his birth certificate,
his date of birth is indicated as Feb. 28, 1936.
Next year 2012 will be a leap year.
My dad would only be 19 years old.
In "regular" years,
he would be 75 years old, this coming up week.
We weren't a family who celebrated birthdays each year.
However, I do celebrate them now!
I would like this blog to be a tribute to my dad, for all the years we missed celebrating!
So in tribute to him, I want to look at the most important birthday on the calendar.
December 25th.
Which is it?
Immanuel,
or Emmanuel,
or Jesus? >All are correct
Immanuel-Hebrew (Isaiah 7:14)
KJV- King James Version
-Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
Old Testament *
Emmanuel-Greek (Matthew 1:23)
KJV- King James Version
-Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
New Testament*
The actual day of Jesus' birth has been a topic of debate for many years.
This controversy can make us lose our focus.
Some people all together deny Jesus came.
Some because of not knowing the actual day, because it's not,
"in the box" they've created, say;
"We don't celebrate because we don't know the actual day, we don't celebrate, because of the "bad" birthday situations in the bible. (Take a peek at the previous Birthday posting.)
I, however believe He was born.
He was birthed on a day by the virgin Mary.
I consider it an honor and privilege
to celebrate His day
each year on December 25th.
Why?
When I sit and consider His birthday I rejoice and celebrate.
There are so many things that blow my mind!
God came to me, to us, took on this, my, our sinful flesh, walked with us, dwelled with us, all so that I, you would be saved.
The foundation of the faith I proclaim and the core, the Rock I stand on.
He never stopped being God, and also became man. God-Man with US.
Why? For me. For you.
How? I don't know, it's beyond my comprehension. By faith I believe.
It's a topic I revel in!
Every December, Christian or Non, some way or another recognize that December is 'THE MONTH" and there is a day, (the 25th) that IS
"The Reason for The Season."
It's a miracle! One to ponder! One to Celebrate!
Look at his names again...
ImMANuel !
EmMANuel !
JesUS !
GOD WITH US!
WITH US IS GOD!
AS A MAN!
Happy Birthday Dad!
I miss you!
I love you!
I don't know what happens in those last seconds from, here on earth, and our time before You.
But I will always think of
the one man on the cross next to
JesUS,< = > GOD knew his heart.
"Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom."
Jesus answered him, "I tell you the truth , today you will be with me in paradise."
Luke 23: 42,43 NIV-New International Version- (emphasis added-) mine
My cry, my prayer:
Just call on His Name!
*References taken from www.blueletterbible.org
However on his birth certificate,
his date of birth is indicated as Feb. 28, 1936.
Next year 2012 will be a leap year.
My dad would only be 19 years old.
In "regular" years,
he would be 75 years old, this coming up week.
We weren't a family who celebrated birthdays each year.
However, I do celebrate them now!
I would like this blog to be a tribute to my dad, for all the years we missed celebrating!
So in tribute to him, I want to look at the most important birthday on the calendar.
December 25th.
Which is it?
Immanuel,
or Emmanuel,
or Jesus? >All are correct
Immanuel-Hebrew (Isaiah 7:14)
KJV- King James Version
-Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
Old Testament *
Immanuel = "God with us" or "with us is God"
1) symbolic and prophetic name of the Messiah, the Christ, prophesying that He would be born of a virgin and would be 'God with us.'
Emmanuel-Greek (Matthew 1:23)
KJV- King James Version
-Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
New Testament*
Emmanuel = "God with us"
1) the title applied to the Messiah, born of the virgin.
The actual day of Jesus' birth has been a topic of debate for many years.
This controversy can make us lose our focus.
Some people all together deny Jesus came.
Some because of not knowing the actual day, because it's not,
"in the box" they've created, say;
"We don't celebrate because we don't know the actual day, we don't celebrate, because of the "bad" birthday situations in the bible. (Take a peek at the previous Birthday posting.)
I, however believe He was born.
He was birthed on a day by the virgin Mary.
I consider it an honor and privilege
to celebrate His day
each year on December 25th.
Why?
When I sit and consider His birthday I rejoice and celebrate.
There are so many things that blow my mind!
God came to me, to us, took on this, my, our sinful flesh, walked with us, dwelled with us, all so that I, you would be saved.
The foundation of the faith I proclaim and the core, the Rock I stand on.
He never stopped being God, and also became man. God-Man with US.
Why? For me. For you.
How? I don't know, it's beyond my comprehension. By faith I believe.
It's a topic I revel in!
Every December, Christian or Non, some way or another recognize that December is 'THE MONTH" and there is a day, (the 25th) that IS
"The Reason for The Season."
It's a miracle! One to ponder! One to Celebrate!
Look at his names again...
ImMANuel !
EmMANuel !
JesUS !
GOD WITH US!
WITH US IS GOD!
AS A MAN!
Happy Birthday Dad!
I miss you!
I love you!
I don't know what happens in those last seconds from, here on earth, and our time before You.
But I will always think of
the one man on the cross next to
JesUS,< = > GOD knew his heart.
"Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom."
Jesus answered him, "I tell you the truth , today you will be with me in paradise."
My cry, my prayer:
Just call on His Name!
*References taken from www.blueletterbible.org
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