Worship

Wednesday July 13, 2011

 

I have some exciting news for Grandma.  I signed up for a bus trip, September 24th, to Chautauqua, NY for a large quilt show.  The speaker is Jinny Beyer and she is my absolute favorite quilter.  I'm hoping they get enough people for the bus trip otherwise it might get cancelled.

 

The other exciting news if you haven't heard already is the Grubbs family have a new addition to their household.  His name is Micah and he is an adorable lab/boxer mix.  Can't wait to meet him.

 

 

MEMORIES

(How Jesus Came Into My Life)

 

So far we had Pray and Obey and tonight it will be Worship.  Stay with me on this.

 

As Christians, our devotion to God is to be continuous.  Privately, we should worship God in our thoughts and prayers (Ps. 34:1).  Publicly, we should unite with fellow believers in a local assembly to bring praise to God (Ps. 111:1; Heb. 10: 24-25).

 

Psalm 34:1I will extol the Lord at all times; his praise will always be on my lips.

 

Psalm 111:1I will extol the Lord with all my heart in the council of the upright and in the assembly.

 

Hebrews 10: 24-25 And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds.  Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing , but let us encourage one another---and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

 

To Be Continued,

Love, grandma

 

OBEY

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

 

All I can say tonight is " I'm very blessed with a loving family and friends.  I thank God for everything the bad and the good.  You say how can I thank Him for the bad?  He carries me through those times with His Word and love of family and friends."

 

I ask for all of us the remember Tracy's Mom, Barbara Downing as she goes through a very difficult time with her health.  I am praying she will be strong enough to have her next treatment which comes up on the 15th.

 

MEMORIES

(How Jesus Came Into My Life)

 

Yesterday was PRAYand today will be OBEY.

In John chapter 14, Jesus said that our obedience to His commands is an indicator of our love for Him (vs. 15,21,23). We can't do it in our own strength, however, That's one of the reasons He gave us the Holy Spirit (vs.. 16-17).  As we yield to Him, the Spirit provides the power to walk in obedience (Gal. 5:16-25).

 

vs..15 If you love me, you will obey what I command.

 

vs..21 Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me.  He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love him and show myself to him."

 

v16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever---

 

v17 The Spirit of truth, The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him.  But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you.

 

Galatians 5: 16-25  So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature.  For the sinful nature desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the sinful nature.  They are in conflict with each other, so that you do not do what you want.  But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under law.

     The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; idolatry and witchcraft;hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy, drunkenness, orgies, and the like.  I warn you as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.

     But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.  Against such things there is no law.

     Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires.  Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.

 

WHEN I WAS NOT LED BY THE SPIRIT GRANDMA WAS UNDER THE SINFUL NATURE.  IT'S PRETTY HARD TO READ BUT THE TRUTH NEEDS TO BE SPOKEN.

 

To Be Continued,

Love, grandma

PRAY

Monday, July 11, 2011

 

Today I worked a funeral dinner at our church.  The deceased was a young 23 year old women who recently just became engaged.  She and her fiancé were both killed in a car accident last week.  There are no boundaries with age on death. 

 

Grandpa and I watched "Secrets Of Seal Team 6" last night on the discovery channel.  It was amazing and informative and you might say a little to much informative.  Denny was part of the commentary and did a good job I might add.  If you missed it Grandpa looked ahead and it will be shown again on Thursday, July 14, 9 p.m. Eastern time and again at 11 o'clock on the discovery channel. 

 

MEMORIES

(How Jesus Came Into My Life)

 

PRAY.  Christians who want to grow, communicate with God through prayer.  They express their gratitude to Him, confess their sins, and come to Him with their requests for themselves and for others.  God promises to be near to all who come to Him in prayer.

 

Psalm 145:18 The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.

 

 

To Be Continued, 

Love, grandma

My Baptism

Sunday, July 10, 2011

 

Need to watch the Discovery Channel tonight at 9PM. Secrets of SEAL team Six. My cousin Denny will be one of the former Seal Team Six members being interviewed. Should be a good show.

 

MEMORIES

(How Jesus Came Into My Life)

 

The picture is of Grandma when I chose to be Baptized in 1986.  The location was at The Paul's house when they lived back behind the funeral home.  Hank Paul took the picture.  I was submerged under water signifying:

 

 Romans 6:3,4  Or don't you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were Baptized into his death?  We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.

 

I just heard today in church that Baptism is an outward sign of inward grace. 

 

To Be Continued,

Love, grandma

 

Good News

July 9, 2011

 

Well today my eleven year old Amish neighbor girl came before 8 o'clock this morning to wash our car and our neighbor, Dawn's car.  I think she was having to much fun.  She asked if she could play the radio and put on some country tunes.  Of course who doesn't like to have music when there working.  The best part was when Dawn came over with her car, Dawn held up an earring to show Cindy and told her that she lost an earring just like this one and if she found it in her car there would be a bonus for her.  Well wouldn't you know Cindy came in the front door with a big smile and an earring in her hand.  I'm not quite sure if Cindy did as good of job as she did the last time but Grandpa reminded me she is eleven years old.  She was so excited to have a job and earn a few dollars.  She will wash the car every other Saturday.

 

MEMORIES

(How Jesus Came Into My Life)

 

I believe I ended yesterday with I wanted more information on what Jesus did for me.  This information I'm going to give you comes from a Discovery Series Bible Study. 

 

The word gospel means "good news."  The gospel of Christ is that God Himself loved us enough to send His own Son into this world to rescue us from ourselves and our sin (John 1:1-4; 3:16)  That is the Book of John, Chapter one, verses one thru four; and chapter three, verse 16.

 

The good news is that Jesus lived the quality of life that God intended for us to live.  Without flaw.  He loved His heavenly Father with all of His heart, soul, and mind.  Without fail, He showed us what it means to love our neighbor as ourselves.

 

Then , to solve the problem of our lost relationship with His Father, Jesus died in our place, offering Himself as a perfect sacrifice to pay the price of sin.  Because He was not only man but God our Creator as well (John 1:1-14).  His death was of infinite value.  When He rose from the dead, He proved that He had died in our place to pay the price of all sin--past, present, and future.  With one sacrifice, He paid for the least--and the worst --of our sin.

                                                  THIS IS WHAT JESUS DID FOR ME AND FOR YOU

 

Tomorrow will be what we need to do.

                                                    

 

To Be Continued,

Love, grandma

New Church

Friday, July 8, 2011

 

Well today I went to the beauty shop, (I think that is funny they call it a beauty shop) and had my hair dresser do my hair lighter.  When I came home the first thing Grandpa said was "Oh! that looks nice."  That's all that mattered because he is the one who has to see it all the time. 

 

MEMORIES

(How Jesus Came Into My Life)

 

Tim and Kathy took me to church where Kathy's friend, Wendy Paul, went.  (side note) I saw Wendy today at the beauty shop and of course she did look beautiful. 

 

I started to attend Faith Church which was very different then the Catholic Mass I would go to.  The first thing that really impressed me was people stood up and started sharing how Jesus Came Into Their Lives.  I had never really heard testimonies before.  Faith Church was without a Pastor at the time because the previous Pastor became Superintendent of the District.  It was the people of the church who welcomed me with opened arms.  I would not say anything bad about the Catholic Church only it was a different kind of worship. It was a difficult decision to leave the Catholic Church but that is when I realized I had a strong desire to learn "God's Word".  I had really never learned about all the children's stories in the bible so what better way to learn is by teaching two and three year olds bible stories. 

 

I remember before Tim and Kathy got married, Tim's Mom, Louise, had Kathy and I over to her house and we had a bible study there.  I just remember Kathy and I had lots of questions and Louise was very patient with us during the study.  I was thirsty, thirsty, thirsty for more information about Jesus and what he did for me.

 

To Be Continued,

Love, grandma

My First Study Bible

Thursday, July 7, 2011

 

Another beautiful day in Garrettsville.  Where else may one go to get perfect weather.  No answer required.

 

MEMORIES

(How Jesus Came Into My Life)

 

 

In 1984 Tim and Kathy were both in college at Hiram.  Kathy was taking a religion class  and like me knew very little about the Bible.  Tim was brought up in a home that read, studied and lived the Bible teachings.  Tim helped Kathy with her studies and homework.  They would come to the house and study together and I had the privilege of watching and learning right along with Kathy.  I was amazed how much Tim knew about the Bible.  Again my interest was revived and I wanted to know more.  On November 6, 1984 Tim and Kathy gave me a gift of my first Ryrie Study Bible.  I was so excited to have received it.  I still have it and use it to this day.  I also have purchased many other Bibles along the way but there is nothing like receiving that first Study Bible.   

 

God is Good because I have a hard time memorizing anything so all these important events happen on my birthdays.  Another important event which happened on my birthday in 1987 was Alyssa and Christopher became Belden's and Grandpa and I became Grandparents.  :))

 

Now that I had my Study Bible it was important I attend a Bible teaching church where I could really grow and learn in THE WORD OF GOD.

 

To Be Continued,

Love, grandma