Personal Responsibility

Personal Responsibility

The word of the Lord came unto me again, saying, What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge? - Ezekiel 18:1-2 your father's, mother's, sister's, brother's, husband's, wife's or whoever's sins are not an excuse for your sins
He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed. - Proverbs 13:20

Biblical Ways to Over Come Strongholds
{Sunday May 15th 2016 by Pastor Brad Durham, at Gethsemane Missionary Baptist Church in Gainesville, Texas - http://gethsemanembc.org/ }

Titus 2:12-15

Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works. These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.

The Excellent wife - A Wife's Understanding of Marriage

God's goal for the Christian husband and wife is to have oneness that is characterized by a loving, spiritual and physical bond that glorifies God and enhances personal growth.
{Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. - Genesis 2:24

The Excellent Wife - A Wife's Understanding of Relationships


 
What did Jesus pray and ask the Father regarding future believers oneness with God? That we would be one with God like Christ and God are one in each other
John 17:21

The Excellent Wife - A Wife's Understanding of Sin


Four Characteristics of Sin

It's universal - Romans 3:23
It's open and obvious to others - Galatians 5:19-21
It cannot be hidden from God - I Samuel 16
It is justly penalized by God - Romans 6:23


The Excellent Wife - A Wife's Understanding of God


A wife's responsibility to God as His creature is to bow in humble submission and adoration to Him, be God centered and to serve Him, for He alone is worthy to be praised.


The Excellent Wife - Who Can Find One


The greatest priority for the Christian wife should be to seek the Kingdom of God before anything else - "But seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you" - Matthew 6:33 - God, His Kingdom, yielding to Him making me the wife He created me to be
 
 
 

My Testimony, part 2

After watching a movie on TBN tonight I found myself watching Joel Osteen, I’ll admit I don’t normally watch Joel Osteen, but was very much enjoying his message about God’s blessings. It brought to mind something my husband and I were just talking about the other day –

My Testimony

It’s so easy when a friend is in the midst of a trial or crossroad to tell them, “Trust God.”, but how well do we really follow our own advice when we find ourselves in the midst of a trial or at a crossroad? I am guiltier than most, I am sure, of answering that question with, “I trust Him all the time!” While that isn’t a complete lie, because I do trust God all the time, it is in the darkness of the unknown, the deepest part of the valley, that I learn my trust and faith only reach down so far and then I have to really trust Him, for real, in a whole new way.

Ephesians 5:22-23


"Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord; For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church, and He is the Savior of the body" -


Crockpot Jalapeño Popper Chicken Taquitos


I tried these for the first time a couple of nights ago, and they were a HUGE hit with my family! This is not my original recipe, here is the link where I found it Crockpot Jalapeno Popper Chicken Taquitos

The Names of God


Jehovah Elohim - Strong Creator

Jehovah Elyon - Lord, most high

Replace fruits of darkness with fruits of the Spirit

 

How do I Delight Myself in the Lord?


"Trust in the Lord, and do good; {so shalt thou dwell in the land}, and verily {thou shalt be fed}. Delight thyself also in the Lord; and {He shall give thee the desires of thine heart}. Commit thy ways unto the Lord, trust also in Him, and {He shall bring it to pass}."