Power over Sin Romans 6:1,2,14

Sept 6 Power over Sin  Romans 6:1,2,14
"What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin so that grace may increase? By no means, How can we who died to sin still live in it? For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace."

We told our children and now tell our grandbabies, that they can not do any thing to make us stop loving them.  But they can make us lose trust and not allow us to do things for them  or with  them or take them to special  places.

We want for the kids to behave  even when we are not with them.  We want for them to learn to make good decisions and to do what they know they should  do out of love and not fear.

God is a much better parent than we can ever hope to be.  He wants for us to live under grace and not rules. There  are 10 commandments and man made 1000's of laws from them.  Jesus summed up the entire law with these verses in Matthew.  Thou shall Love the Lord your God with all your heart and all your soul and all your  mind... your neighbor as yourself.

By the way ,God wants us to stay away from sin  because He loves us and wants to shield us from the consequences of sin.  He knows they rest of the story and wants what is best for us.

Pray that the younger ones will fall so in Love with the Lord that they will obey Him out of their love for  our Heavenly Father.  Not a bad idea for us older folks either.

Submission to God Romans 12:1

Sept 5 Submission to God Romans12:1
"I beseech you therefore brethen, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God which is your reasonable service.

Simply stated, this means Yes, Lord

We belong to God. He created  us and we were bought with a price.  There is a story about a little boy that made a special toy and it was taken away from him.  When he finally found it, it was in a store window at a very high price.  So, the little boy worked very hard and earned the money. He went into the store and bought his toy back.  He owned this toy twice, the first time when he made it and again when he bought it for a price

Lord,  please  help all of us to learn to submit to you and learn to say Yes, Lord.  After all you created us and know what is best.    Thank you

To grow in faith Roman 4:20-21

Sept 4-To grow in faith - Romans 4:20-21
"No distrust or  unbelief made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God, fully convinced that God was able to do what He had promised."

These verses are talking about Abraham, the father of our faith, who believed the impossible. He and his wife were going to have a child in their old age....really old. You will find more about his faith in James and Genesis.

To find  the description of faith and the faith " hall of fame", go to Hebrews  Chapter 11, the faith chapter.   "Faith is the substance of things hoped for , the evidence of things not seen."  I think that the most important verse on faith may be, Hebrews 11:6..." but without faith it is impossible to please God"..... That is enough for me to want to have faith. Romans 10:17 says "So then faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God."

Let's pray for our  kids to grow in faith through hearing the Word.

The American Bible challenge

I have never recommended a show on T.V. before,  but this is a must see.  Jeff  Foxworthy  is the host of this new game show on GSN  the game show channel  #116 on my satellite dish.   You may have to find it on yours.  It has been coming on at  different times to find the right time slot.  I think it will be on Thursday nights at 8:00.  The show is fun and interesting and challenging. Of course Jeff is funny.  He is also  respectful  of the contestants and the Bible. Their is a choir that sings uplifting music as you go into and out of commercials . When you get a question wrong, it makes you want to look  it up in the Bible.  It is a  positive  show for the whole family to watch.  The contestants are not playing for money for themselves, but for their favorite charity. Please check out this show and let entertainment  executives  know  that there is a market for positive shows.

A sense of purpose Jeremiah 29:11

Sept 3- A sense of purpose ..Jeremiah 29:11
"For I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for good and not evil, to give you a future and hope."

Ask a child what he wants to be when he grows up and stand back and be charmed by all of their big dreams.
As we get older, the question becomes, What is our purpose? The answer is a challenge at every age and changes with every stage of life.

I always knew what I wanted to be when I grew up, (A wife and mother).  God blessed with  my dream. I have moved into another stage and new season of life. My kids are grown and gone and on their own.  Mark retired. My life went from so busy that I was dealing with survival daily, to what are we going to do now.  What is our purpose?   We love our little business and the travel that it allows us to do. I need to do  more.  For me,  right  now, today ,  I need  to be study, study, study, and pray, pray, pray,  and learn to obey.

Pray for the next generation to find God's purpose for their life.

posting verses the night before

I am posting the verses the night before and re-posting on the correct day. That is so that I can wake up thinking about the verse before I get out of bed in the morning.  This morning the verse is ..".And that from a child, you have know the holy scripture which is able to make you wise unto salvation through faith in Christ Jesus."

 Last night Becca and Riley spent the night with us.  We were eating Pizza and watching The great American  Bible challenge.  The question was . "What was Moses'; basket made out of ?"  Becca answered  reeds and I answered  papyrus.  Turns our we were both right and bulrush would have been correct.  The point is.  I love that she reads the word enough to be able answer questions about the Bible.  I use to watch Jeopardy with our kids and they could answer the  Bible  questions better than most adults on the show.

Another verse that I love is also in Timothy. " Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needed not be ashamed , rightly dividing the word of truth."  Timothy 2:15.  Our children  need to see us reading and studying the Word.

Genuine Conversion 2 Timothy 3:15

Sept 2 Genuine Conversion
2 Timothy 3:15 - " And that from a child, thou have known the holy scripture which are able to make you wise unto salvation through faith in Christ Jesus."

We are to pray for our children and grandchildren and introduce them to scripture..  This can be done through ..daily devotions, bible stories, children's church, sermons, bible drills, Sunday school, songs, VBS, video's and in my day old records.  There are teachable moments and object lessons and let them see you study your Bible.

I love the verse Proverbs 22:6
Train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

When I get to heaven,  I would love to see every child that touched my life join me there in their own time.

Pray for your children and grandchildren today