We're home at last! Had a wonderful, wonderful vacation with two of our sons and their families. The weather really co-operated and we had beautiful sunshine every day until the last day. Even then, the rain wasn't that bad. We even enjoyed Thanksgiving dinner last Sunday including turkey with all the trimmings! Tippy was exceptionally good on the trip. Never once did he go hide behind the couch whenever we'd take off. He just made himself at home on one of the easy chairs or the davenport. When we got home, he walked out of the motor home by himself, crossed the carport, went up the front porch steps and walked right into the house as though he did it every day!
It took us two "cripples" two days to unload everything from the motor home, but we've finally got most of it put away where it belongs and the motor home is now parked in its usual place behind the house. We'll have to be sure and finish putting away the rest of it tomorrow as our cleaning lady comes bright and early Monday morning! We can do the laundry after that!
We've been more than busy since being home. Started our Bible study class day before yesterday with one class in the afternoon for those who don't drive after dark and a second session at night. Yesterday was the regularly scheduled time for our senior citizens' monthly dinner at the smorsgasbord. Then today I decided to go shopping -- something I seldom do any more. Of course, my idea of a shopping trip is a visit to the Salvation Army Thrift store! I'm happy as a lark when I get inside a thrift store of any kind -- and we have several around town. Today was even more special as all clothing was 50% off! I'm not telling you how much I spent! And I really didn't need a bit of it!
One of these days I'll get back in the swing of blogging again. Just thought I'd blog this little note so you'd know I'm home again and I'm OK. See you all later!
Preacher's Kid
Friday, October 29, 2010
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
HAVIN' FUN
Hi, Everyone! It's another gorgeous day in Idaho and we're enjoying vacation to the hilt! In fact, it'so good to sit around, relax, visit, play games and read, that you may not get any more blogs for another week, even though I am able to get online! But so long as I'm here, let me share a verse of Scripture and a quote from Noah Webster that just came in the email this morning from John Hagee Ministries regarding our nation and the upcomiung election. Maybe you got it, too, if you signed up for his 40 days of prayer for our nation. But it's good enough to repeat.
Preacher's Kid
Proverbs 24:21-22 My son, fear the LORD and the king; do not associate with those given to change; for their calamity will rise suddenly, and who knows the ruin those two can bring?
Founding Father Quote:"When you become entitled to exercise the right of voting for public officers, let it be impressed on your mind that God commands you to choose for rulers, "just men who will rule in the fear of God." The preservation of government depends on the faithful discharge of this duty; if the citizens neglect their duty and place unprincipled men in office, the government will soon be corrupted; laws will be made, not for the public good so much as for selfish or local purposes; corrupt or incompetent men will be appointed to execute the laws; the public revenues will be squandered on unworthy men; and the rights of the citizens will be violated or disregarded. If a republican government fails to secure public prosperity and happiness, it must be because the citizens neglect the divine commands, and elect bad men to make and administer the laws."
--Noah Webster
Preacher's Kid
Proverbs 24:21-22 My son, fear the LORD and the king; do not associate with those given to change; for their calamity will rise suddenly, and who knows the ruin those two can bring?
Founding Father Quote:"When you become entitled to exercise the right of voting for public officers, let it be impressed on your mind that God commands you to choose for rulers, "just men who will rule in the fear of God." The preservation of government depends on the faithful discharge of this duty; if the citizens neglect their duty and place unprincipled men in office, the government will soon be corrupted; laws will be made, not for the public good so much as for selfish or local purposes; corrupt or incompetent men will be appointed to execute the laws; the public revenues will be squandered on unworthy men; and the rights of the citizens will be violated or disregarded. If a republican government fails to secure public prosperity and happiness, it must be because the citizens neglect the divine commands, and elect bad men to make and administer the laws."
--Noah Webster
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
VACATION TIME AGAIN
Blogs will be intermittent for a while (what else is new???) as Rex and I are leaving for Idaho for almost two weeks to visit two of our sons. As usual, I will have my laptop with me so may be able to get some blogs written. However, it seems that whenever I'm away from my PC here at home, I have trouble getting on the internet! Since last time, however, I have learned one trick that will hopefully keep me connected!
Today and tomorrow we have our hands full with cleaning and loading the motor home, grocery shopping, making arrangements for someone to water my house plants and get our newspapers and mail! Tomorrow is also my turn to have devotions at the nursing home near by. (Each week the Pastor and I take turns.)
Remember us in your prayers.
God bless.
Preacher's Kid
Today and tomorrow we have our hands full with cleaning and loading the motor home, grocery shopping, making arrangements for someone to water my house plants and get our newspapers and mail! Tomorrow is also my turn to have devotions at the nursing home near by. (Each week the Pastor and I take turns.)
Remember us in your prayers.
God bless.
Preacher's Kid
Friday, October 8, 2010
WILL I EVER LEARN?
Sometimes it seems I'm the slowest person on earth to learn spiritual lessons! I don't suppose you can identify with that, now, can you!
Anyhow, day before yesterday I had a routine appointment scheduled with my doctor for 1:40 in the afternoon. Early that morning, before I even had time for breakfast, I got a phone call from the doctor's office asking if I could come in at 1:00 pm instead of 1:40. Fine -- I had no problem with that.
If only the secretary would have stopped with the change in time, I would have been OK and thought nothing about it. But instead, she added, "That way the doctor can spend more time with you! More time??? Of course, I immediately thought the worst and figured the doctor had found something dreadfully, dreadfully wrong from my recent blood tests! I panicked!
I asked the Lord to help me face whatever was going to happen and right away came the Scripture "What time I am afraid, I will trust in you." I can't even give you the reference without looking it up. But do you think I let that verse calm my troubled spirit? Not a bit! I hung on to my panic for dear life! My husband prayed for me; later, when I saw the pastor, she, too, prayed with me. But I was still a basket case!
When 1:00 o'clock finally rolled around and I told the doctor how upset I had been all day, she replied, "I didn't know anything about the phone call!" What a relief to know nothing was wrong!
I'd like to think I've learned my lesson, and that the next time something like that happens, I'll be able to put the situation in the Lord's hands and trust Him to see me through! But, knowing me -- well, as I said, I'm so slow in learning spiritual lessons!
Hope you can do better, even if it does put me to shame!
Preacher's Kid
Anyhow, day before yesterday I had a routine appointment scheduled with my doctor for 1:40 in the afternoon. Early that morning, before I even had time for breakfast, I got a phone call from the doctor's office asking if I could come in at 1:00 pm instead of 1:40. Fine -- I had no problem with that.
If only the secretary would have stopped with the change in time, I would have been OK and thought nothing about it. But instead, she added, "That way the doctor can spend more time with you! More time??? Of course, I immediately thought the worst and figured the doctor had found something dreadfully, dreadfully wrong from my recent blood tests! I panicked!
I asked the Lord to help me face whatever was going to happen and right away came the Scripture "What time I am afraid, I will trust in you." I can't even give you the reference without looking it up. But do you think I let that verse calm my troubled spirit? Not a bit! I hung on to my panic for dear life! My husband prayed for me; later, when I saw the pastor, she, too, prayed with me. But I was still a basket case!
When 1:00 o'clock finally rolled around and I told the doctor how upset I had been all day, she replied, "I didn't know anything about the phone call!" What a relief to know nothing was wrong!
I'd like to think I've learned my lesson, and that the next time something like that happens, I'll be able to put the situation in the Lord's hands and trust Him to see me through! But, knowing me -- well, as I said, I'm so slow in learning spiritual lessons!
Hope you can do better, even if it does put me to shame!
Preacher's Kid
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
JOINT-HEIRS
In Galations 4:7, Paul says, "Wherefore, thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ." In Romans 8:17, he expands on the statement and says we're "joint-heirs with Christ."
I got a new insight on that verse, too, when I read an explanation yesterday of what a "joint-heir" is. Oh, I had a good idea of what a "joint-heir" was, but it means a little more, quite a bit more, in fact, than what I figured.
For example, I assumed that if you and I were named as joint-heirs of $1,000 in someone's will, we'd each get a check of $500. Huh-uh! If we're "joint-heirs", we'd get ONE check made out in both of our names for $1,000! In other words, you and I own that $1,000 together!
What a difference that makes. Now we see that we own everything TOGETHER with Christ!
Maybe you're wondering what I'm getting at. Well, I'll tell you. I'm leading up to John 14:12, the words of Jesus Himself, where He tells us "He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father."
Did you ever think you could do the same things Jesus did? And doesn't it blow your mind to think that you can do even GREATER works than Jesus did????? Wow!!!! He said it -- I didn't!
Of course we can't do these wonderful things by ourselves. We'd fail every time if we tried that! But we don't have to do these marvelous works alone. Because we're "joint-heirs" with Christ, we have equal power WITH Christ according to John 14:12 and can work together WITH Him. That's why Ephesians 2:10 tells us we're "His workmanship created in Christ Jesus unto good works."
Seems to me the modern-day church is lacking in good works. Why? Because they don't realize they're "joint-heirs" with Christ, and don't understand what a "joint-heir" is!
What a responsibility this places on us as children of the living God. Let's be courageous, arise, take our God-given place and exercise our God-given rights and responsibilities in Him!
Preacher's Kid
I got a new insight on that verse, too, when I read an explanation yesterday of what a "joint-heir" is. Oh, I had a good idea of what a "joint-heir" was, but it means a little more, quite a bit more, in fact, than what I figured.
For example, I assumed that if you and I were named as joint-heirs of $1,000 in someone's will, we'd each get a check of $500. Huh-uh! If we're "joint-heirs", we'd get ONE check made out in both of our names for $1,000! In other words, you and I own that $1,000 together!
What a difference that makes. Now we see that we own everything TOGETHER with Christ!
Maybe you're wondering what I'm getting at. Well, I'll tell you. I'm leading up to John 14:12, the words of Jesus Himself, where He tells us "He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father."
Did you ever think you could do the same things Jesus did? And doesn't it blow your mind to think that you can do even GREATER works than Jesus did????? Wow!!!! He said it -- I didn't!
Of course we can't do these wonderful things by ourselves. We'd fail every time if we tried that! But we don't have to do these marvelous works alone. Because we're "joint-heirs" with Christ, we have equal power WITH Christ according to John 14:12 and can work together WITH Him. That's why Ephesians 2:10 tells us we're "His workmanship created in Christ Jesus unto good works."
Seems to me the modern-day church is lacking in good works. Why? Because they don't realize they're "joint-heirs" with Christ, and don't understand what a "joint-heir" is!
What a responsibility this places on us as children of the living God. Let's be courageous, arise, take our God-given place and exercise our God-given rights and responsibilities in Him!
Preacher's Kid
Monday, October 4, 2010
GOD'S YOKE
The other day I had some new insights into Matthew 11:29, 30 -- a portion of Scripture well known to all of us. Jesus said, "Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart . . . For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light."
Did you know that the Jewish rabbis had a saying that when you put yourself under a teacher -- when you become a student of a particular teacher or willingly learn from a teacher -- then you have taken upon yourself the yoke of the teacher? That thought fascinated me. I'm a pupil of Christ, a student of Jesus. And my textbook, of course, is the Bible, the Word of God. I don't have to go to college or seminary to study with Him -- I'm homeschooled!
Then I got to thinking about what a yoke is. When it comes to animals, we think of a yoke as a harness that connects animals to a plow or farm tool of some kind. The animals work side by side, each bearing their share of the work, or the burden. I thought Wow! I'm harnessed to Jesus. I'm working side by side with Him, each bearing our share of the work, or the burden. I don't have to do the work or carry the burden all by my lonesome -- He's right there with me helping me. Sometimes it's God's work that we're sharing. Other times it's my burdens that we're sharing. They're heavy, too! And what I really like is the thought that when the burden is more than I can handle, He not only does HIS share of helping me bear that burden, He carries the heaviest part of the burden as His strength compensates for my lack! Isn't that neat?
So remember -- you're yoked to Christ, homeschooled by the Master Himself! You don't have to go it alone.
Preacher's Kid
Did you know that the Jewish rabbis had a saying that when you put yourself under a teacher -- when you become a student of a particular teacher or willingly learn from a teacher -- then you have taken upon yourself the yoke of the teacher? That thought fascinated me. I'm a pupil of Christ, a student of Jesus. And my textbook, of course, is the Bible, the Word of God. I don't have to go to college or seminary to study with Him -- I'm homeschooled!
Then I got to thinking about what a yoke is. When it comes to animals, we think of a yoke as a harness that connects animals to a plow or farm tool of some kind. The animals work side by side, each bearing their share of the work, or the burden. I thought Wow! I'm harnessed to Jesus. I'm working side by side with Him, each bearing our share of the work, or the burden. I don't have to do the work or carry the burden all by my lonesome -- He's right there with me helping me. Sometimes it's God's work that we're sharing. Other times it's my burdens that we're sharing. They're heavy, too! And what I really like is the thought that when the burden is more than I can handle, He not only does HIS share of helping me bear that burden, He carries the heaviest part of the burden as His strength compensates for my lack! Isn't that neat?
So remember -- you're yoked to Christ, homeschooled by the Master Himself! You don't have to go it alone.
Preacher's Kid
Friday, October 1, 2010
OUR PASSOVER LAMB
Another Old Testament example of healing for everybody is found in the story of the Passover Lamb in Exodus 12:5-13. You know the story well, how the Lord sent plagues on the land of Egypt when Pharoah refused to release the Children of Israel from their slavery. The last plague was when the death angel was going to pass through the land one night and kill the oldest child in each family. To escape this tragedy, the Israelites were instructed to kill the Passover Lamb and sprinkle its blood on their doorposts. The death angel would then pass over every house where he saw the blood and the oldest child would not die. Then they were to roast the flesh of the lamb and eat it.
What was this all about? The blood was for protection from the death angel, and the meat that was eaten provided strength and health for the long journey ahead.
Approximately three million people left Egypt that fateful night. Did you ever stop to think how many sick people there would be among three million people? The crippled, the ones bent over with age, those with arthritis, etc. Some may have had broken bones -- who knows? Where could you ever find three million people where absolutely no one had a broken bone or illness of one kind and another? How would such people ever be able to travel so far on foot when they were sick? Know what? Not one person among them was sick!
Can we prove that by Scripture? You bet! Read Psalm 105:34-38. Part of verse 37 says, "there was NOT ONE feeble person among their tribes." Can you imagine that? Not one sick or even feeble person among nearly three million people. Why? They had eaten of that Passover Lamb; and as a result received physical strength, or healing!
Now let's look at the counterpart in the New Testament in I Cor. 5:12 where it tells us that "Christ, our passover, is sacrificed for us." Read John 4:48-58 where it tells us to eat of His body. There you have it: (1) Christ is our Passover Lamb, and (2) we are to eat of His body. And isn't that what we do every time we take communion? The bread and the wine. The blood and the broken body.
Just as under the old covenant the Passover Lamb was for protection and healing, under the new and BETTER covenant we talked about yesterday, our Passover Lamb, the Lord Jesus Christ, was sacrificed not only for our spiritual protection (saving us from spiritual death, in other words) but He was also crucified for our physical strength, or healing.
So we see that both salvation and healing are part of the Atonement and are for all who avail themselves of Christ, the Passover Lamb!
Wish we had time and space to go into this in a lot more detail! But perhaps these Biblical illustrations will give you something new to meditate on regarding Divine healing for us today.
Preacher's Kid
What was this all about? The blood was for protection from the death angel, and the meat that was eaten provided strength and health for the long journey ahead.
Approximately three million people left Egypt that fateful night. Did you ever stop to think how many sick people there would be among three million people? The crippled, the ones bent over with age, those with arthritis, etc. Some may have had broken bones -- who knows? Where could you ever find three million people where absolutely no one had a broken bone or illness of one kind and another? How would such people ever be able to travel so far on foot when they were sick? Know what? Not one person among them was sick!
Can we prove that by Scripture? You bet! Read Psalm 105:34-38. Part of verse 37 says, "there was NOT ONE feeble person among their tribes." Can you imagine that? Not one sick or even feeble person among nearly three million people. Why? They had eaten of that Passover Lamb; and as a result received physical strength, or healing!
Now let's look at the counterpart in the New Testament in I Cor. 5:12 where it tells us that "Christ, our passover, is sacrificed for us." Read John 4:48-58 where it tells us to eat of His body. There you have it: (1) Christ is our Passover Lamb, and (2) we are to eat of His body. And isn't that what we do every time we take communion? The bread and the wine. The blood and the broken body.
Just as under the old covenant the Passover Lamb was for protection and healing, under the new and BETTER covenant we talked about yesterday, our Passover Lamb, the Lord Jesus Christ, was sacrificed not only for our spiritual protection (saving us from spiritual death, in other words) but He was also crucified for our physical strength, or healing.
So we see that both salvation and healing are part of the Atonement and are for all who avail themselves of Christ, the Passover Lamb!
Wish we had time and space to go into this in a lot more detail! But perhaps these Biblical illustrations will give you something new to meditate on regarding Divine healing for us today.
Preacher's Kid
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