Funny Friday: End Call
Can anybody else relate to this meme: “I miss being able to slam my phone down when I hang up on somebody. Violently pressing “End Call” just doesn’t do it for me!”
Funny Friday: End Call
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Funny Friday: Signed Copy
Funny Friday: Signed Copy
My friend Paula sent this meme to me last week for our Funny Friday! Thanks Paula! Here you have a signed copy of the Bible!
“…written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God…” 2 Corinthians 3:3 (KJV)
Dimensions of God’s Love
Dimensions of God’s Love
“And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is. May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God.” Ephesians 3:18-19 (NLT)
This past weekend we celebrated Valentine’s Day in the U.S. It’s a day to celebrate love. In keeping with the theme of the holiday, I had been reading and studying some scriptures on love. As I was reading some of the scriptures, something came to mind about the dimensions of God’s love as I read John 15:12.
“This is my commandment: Love each other in the same way I have loved you.” John 15:12 (NLT)
The phrase in this translation “in the same way I have loved you” stood out to me. I thought to myself, “In what way does God love us?” Then some verses in Ephesians 3 immediately came to mind about the dimensions of God’s love…
“And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is. May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God.” Ephesians 3:18-19 (NLT)
I also started thinking about how Paul was praying here that they (the people of Ephesus) would come to know, understand and experience God’s love firsthand for themselves. As I thought back to John 15:12, I had a recognition that we can’t fully love others the way God intended until we have fully recognized, become aware of, and/or known God’s love. We are called to KNOW and SHOW God’s love. However, we have to know God’s love first before we can love others properly.
4 Dimensions of God’s love: Wide, Long, High, and Deep
Funny Friday: Chicken Tenders
Funny Friday: Chicken Tenders
My son texted my last week to let me know of his recent observation… “You know what I just realized? People who take care of chickens are literally “chicken tenders”.”
“…they tend livestock…” Genesis 46:32 (NIV)
10 Ways to Get Through a Hard Time
10 Ways to Get Through a Hard Time
Have you been going through a hard time? Sometimes as a Christian, we feel like we should always have it “put together” and know how to handle trials, struggles and bad circumstances. Unfortunately, being a Christian doesn’t exempt us from going through a hard time. Jesus told us as much…
“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” John 16:33 (NIV)
However, sometimes it’s just hard to know what to do in the midst of the trouble. Sometimes we already know what to do, we just need someone to remind us or to confirm what we already know.
Previously we talked about the difficulties of going through a transition and discussed some strategies to navigate through the process. Because transitions often include “hard times”, this week I thought I would share 10 ways that I, personally, get through a hard time. This is kind of my go-to list of things to do (even when and ESPECIALLY when I don’t feel like it).
Take Some Practical Steps—10 Ways to Get Through a Hard Time:
Funny Friday: Social distancing hobby
Funny Friday: Social distancing hobby
Anyone interested in a joust? …”Trying to find a hobby that meets the government rules on social distancing.”
“Harness the horses, mount the steeds! Take your positions with helmets on! Polish your spears, put on your armor!” Jeremiah 46:4 (NIV)
Scriptures About the Lord is My Helper
Scriptures About the Lord is My Helper
The Bible declares that the Lord, God, is our helper. He is there to help us in times of need. That is a promise from scripture. It is part of who God is. It is one of his defining characteristics and traits. We are God’s children, and we have the one true and only God on our side to back us up and empower us. God loves us. He is for us, not against us, and he will help when we need it and when we call out to him. He is your helper and my helper!
There are times in our lives where we face trouble, when we need direction, or when we truly can’t do things on our own. We all need help from time to time. We will need help to do some of the things that God has called us to do. Sometimes that help can come from others, but other times we need help directly from God. It’s okay to ask for help, from others and from God! God will partner with us in the things that we face, big or small.
Therefore this week I’d like to share some scriptures to inform you and build your confidence in the fact that the Lord is your helper!
Scriptures about the Lord is my helper:
“By the God of your father who will help you, by the Almighty who will bless you with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that crouches beneath, blessings of the breasts and of the womb.” Genesis 49:25 (ESV)
“Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song to God, and spoke, saying, Let us sing to the Lord, for he is very greatly glorified: horse and rider he has thrown into the sea. He was to me a helper and protector for salvation: this is my God and I will glorify him; my father’s God, and I will exalt him.” Exodus 15:1-2 (BST)
“There is no one like the God of Israel. He rides across the heavens to help you, across the skies in majestic splendor.” Deuteronomy 33:26 (NLT)
“Blessed are you, Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the LORD? He is your shield and helper and your glorious sword. Your enemies will cower before you, and you will tread on their heights.” Deuteronomy 33:29 (NIV)
“And the song was thus: O Lord, my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer, my God; he shall be to me my guard, I will trust in him: he is my protector, and the horn of my salvation, my helper, and my sure refuge; thou shalt save me from the unjust man. I will call upon the Lord who is worthy to be praised, and I shall be saved from my enemies.” 2 Samuel 22:2-4 (BST)
“But You, LORD, do not be far away; You who are my help, hurry to my assistance.” Psalm 22:19 (NASB)
“Do not turn your back on me. Do not reject your servant in anger. You have always been my helper. Don’t leave me now; don’t abandon me, O God of my salvation!” Psalm 27:9 (NLT)
“The LORD is my strength and shield. I trust him with all my heart. He helps me, and my heart is filled with joy. I burst out in songs of thanksgiving.” Psalm 28:7 (NLT)
“We put our hope in the LORD. He is our help and our shield.” Psalm 33:20 (NLT) Continue reading
Funny Friday: Absorb knowledge
Funny Friday: Absorb knowledge
I first saw this adorable video on Instagram where this little boy appears to be trying to absorb the knowledge! I wish this worked for me!
“Be diligent in these matters and absorbed in them, so that your progress will be evident to all.” 1 Timothy 4:15 (BSB)