tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37648782009-06-14T14:50:13.586-04:00IMMANUEL: Inspirations from the SpiritThoughts on Christianity, God, and the Bible.Drihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05765551962213854760noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3764878.post-1063231628648633052003-09-10T18:07:00.000-04:002003-09-10T18:07:08.660-04:00you know, it's been a year since brp's started... praise God i've kept it up!!! cause only by the Holy Spirit's movement have i had the motivation and will to keep it up... and the Word is good. and the Word is true.
recently, through the old testiment i've been thinking alot about the battles that were being fought. and noticing a pattern. when people depended on God to strengthen them jalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01756198511601214080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3764878.post-851812212002-11-27T17:01:00.000-05:002002-11-27T17:01:53.073-05:00i’m back!! actually, it’s quite a praise...i’ve been able to keep up with the brp! there was a time..in genesis where i was really struggling to keep up. i had to revamp my system and now it works out great! so, praise God. yesterday’s and today’s passage really reminded me of God’s provision. if you haven’t read it, or read it yet, allow my to give a brief synopsis. basically God has justjalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01756198511601214080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3764878.post-834137392002-10-23T13:27:00.000-04:002002-10-23T13:27:40.803-04:00"Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God."
* Romans 5:1-2 *
i studied this verse yesterday morning during my QT, and i wanted to share it with you guys as a word of encouragement b/c it's PACKED! (=
SmellyKatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3764878.post-821058902002-09-25T14:40:00.000-04:002002-09-25T14:40:50.450-04:00PHILIPPIANS is awesome. PAUL is awesome. i wanna marry someone with paul's character. do you think that's too much to ask for? (= i've been studying Philippians for the past week. the book of JOY. joy through suffering, giving, serving, etc.... His words have been the source of my comfort the past week. Praise God. (=
let's hang out! feels like it's been a while. (=SmellyKatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3764878.post-820044102002-09-23T14:32:00.000-04:002002-09-23T14:32:22.293-04:00real quick, once again, today i was challenged with just obeying God. this is our greatest act of love to Him... yeah.. just reaffirming that this year is going to be about obedience...yippee. :) why does obedience always have to sound sooo... painful? :) jalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01756198511601214080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3764878.post-819789482002-09-23T00:24:00.000-04:002007-02-09T19:34:24.790-05:00Hey guys, just wanted to mention two quick things:1. Apparently the Dead Sea now is in the area that used to be the Jordan Valley where Sodom and all the other neighboring (probably wicked) cities dwelled, and in which God rained down fire and burning sulfur. Travelers say that the Dead Sea is literally what it is--dead. There is nothing living in it. Nothing really sinks in it. The wind doesn't Drihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05765551962213854760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3764878.post-819356752002-09-21T23:08:00.000-04:002002-09-21T23:08:36.273-04:00thus proves my ability to communicate. :) sorry. i guess i didn't really state correctly what i was trying to say... i didn't mean that the awesomeness of God is based on the four men mentioned that left to follow him... what i meant to say was that Christ is pretty awesome to have that effect... the fact that His nature was so... Divine...He can go up to people, say few words and have people jalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01756198511601214080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3764878.post-819349392002-09-21T22:47:00.000-04:002002-09-21T22:47:11.763-04:00how come our comments aren't working?jalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01756198511601214080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3764878.post-819346382002-09-21T22:37:00.000-04:002002-09-21T22:37:40.816-04:00abraham lied about sarah being his wife...a second time. my first initial reaction was," hello! does this guy not remember what happened last time?" and then i remember that i myself have, plenty of times, made the EXACT SAME MISTAKE... yeah... that was humbling.
my friend was cross referencing the phrasing "i have done this with a clear conscious and clean hands." (gen 20:5)...she jalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01756198511601214080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3764878.post-819260742002-09-21T17:27:00.000-04:002007-02-10T04:05:07.824-05:00Three times within the past 24 hours have I encountered a lesson about reproof. First Pastor S last night mentioned in general about how he advises not to reprove people until you've built a relationship with them, so they understand that you do it out of love and concern and do not balk or become bitter at chastisement. No human likes to be chastised. No one likes to be reproved, unless they Drihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05765551962213854760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3764878.post-817393902002-09-17T17:02:00.000-04:002002-09-17T17:02:56.076-04:00i know that i haven't been commenting a whole lot..i've been busy. one thing that i do want to say... noah's curse...wow! it explains alot. i'm learning alot about history through the old testiment. :) it's nice.
one thing that really challenged me, again in the area of obedience and faith... simon peter, andrew, james and john all immediately stopped, left all, and followed Christ. i meanjalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01756198511601214080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3764878.post-817092062002-09-17T01:02:00.000-04:002002-09-17T01:02:39.060-04:00hi guys. (=
so i stopped doing the Bible reading program. why? well, b/c God's been really moving my heart through my studies on Paul...and i just don't have time to do both. it's a lil bit challanging not going to Harvest as well. (= but that's ok. i hope you guys are all doing well!SmellyKatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3764878.post-816076262002-09-14T17:54:00.000-04:002007-02-10T03:58:21.261-05:00Hahahah. Hey guys, I just wanted to clear up my point with the whole how us girls seem to be ex bad and how the guys seem to ex bad and how God seems funny for bringing us together. I don't mean in the sense for us to get WITH each other cuz it's what "we want". I meant that with similar experiences and nature, it helps us understand better, edify, and keep each other accountable. Ok, just wantedDrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05765551962213854760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3764878.post-815581892002-09-13T12:16:00.000-04:002002-09-13T12:16:41.843-04:00i confess...i missed yesterday. :( but!! praise God i had alot of time today, so... :) i was able to catch up on ALL my reading. praise God!!! i just am so filled with joy right now!! can i just say, GOD IS GOOD!! today, reading noah's story made me know more of God's grace and mercy in combination with His justice. it's all just hitting me how much God loves me!!! with all the crap thatjalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01756198511601214080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3764878.post-815409752002-09-13T01:08:00.000-04:002007-02-10T03:50:03.503-05:00jess, you have no comments, so i will post my comments to your blogspot here. hee hee hee. (=funny how God is working in all of us. (= andri commented on one of our millions of pages that it's funny how God brought us all together. and what a blessing it has been for me to see how God is using us to build each other up. i've been thinking a lot about guys as well. and i also made the decision to SmellyKatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3764878.post-815172442002-09-12T14:55:00.000-04:002002-09-12T14:55:04.540-04:00you guys are blog queens. :)mChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09522229061140872098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3764878.post-814445322002-09-11T02:42:00.000-04:002007-02-10T03:45:50.071-05:00Ahhhhhhhhhhhh! Way past my bedtime! Yet all this Scripture dwelving and sharing about God is so edifying and satisfying....but I gotta start to learn to budget my time cuz starting to lag a bit on schoolwork. But don't want to miss out on people time as well, and definitely not skimp on QT.So I'm just going to post Pastor S's answers today instead of sharing my personal questions/observations. (Drihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05765551962213854760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3764878.post-814429742002-09-11T01:48:00.000-04:002002-09-11T01:48:58.803-04:00Gen 3:19 - 5:5
1) "The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever." (v. 3:22) Once they could see, they could not return. Remember our talked yesterday, Mace? How after we experienced that closeness with God...how we can never go back to what it was like before...b/c SmellyKatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3764878.post-813877662002-09-09T23:26:00.000-04:002007-02-10T03:34:55.143-05:00For today's passages (Gen 2:7-3:18):1. The origin keeps reaffirming the importance of naming things, of "What's in a Name". I have yet to listen to most of PS's message on that, but I think it will give me a new perspective on the power behind the name of Jesus and LORD God.2. God made Adam a companion. After talking with a friend today, I think it is ok for us to desire a companion in marriage. Drihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05765551962213854760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3764878.post-813869462002-09-09T23:08:00.000-04:002007-02-10T03:43:27.721-05:00P.S. But wow, to think of it all being a quivering mass of water-like substance in the beginning covered by darkness...I will never look at a pool of water the same way again. =)Drihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05765551962213854760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3764878.post-813644812002-09-09T13:59:00.000-04:002002-09-09T13:59:24.070-04:00wow...okay, so i'm reread gen. 1 again just cause i was thinking about stuff... creation, evolution, science...and i decided to nit-pick a little more...
summary, cause i always get lost:
day 1: light was created and separated from dark.
day 2: sky was created...separated from the water on the earth.
day 3: land appeared to separate the waters... establish oceans, seas, rivers, etc. also,jalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01756198511601214080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3764878.post-813547542002-09-09T09:44:00.000-04:002002-09-09T09:44:15.586-04:00just a brief comment... about the pangea thing. i've always wanted to know about that too...i wonder what other biblically based books are out there that give theories to the beginning of the world...like the pangea theory. sometimes when i look at the globe i think: wow, the land masses do look like they'd fit. i think it makes sense..but i want to do more investigation... i want to hang outjalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01756198511601214080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3764878.post-812887342002-09-07T16:35:00.000-04:002007-02-10T03:25:29.267-05:00Incredible. I've never really dug into Scripture before (too lazy to dig, I just used to read) and already, within the FIRST chapter of the FIRST book, there were a gazillion questions and info and stuff. Wowio. (Jess, I ended up marking my common English Bible, cuz it was just easier. And it actually helped me understand. I'm glad it's marked up now hahahah)1. SO--in the beginning, was the "Drihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05765551962213854760noreply@blogger.com