And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem… And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions. And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers… And he [...]
Archive for January, 2009
My Father’s Business
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged agape, God, love on January 8, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Loving God
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged agape, God, healing, hesed, love on January 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. (Matthew 22:37-38, KJV) Draw nigh to God, and he will [...]
Submitted to Love
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged devil, God, love on January 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
There is a very interesting verse in the Bible. It is 1 Peter 5:8. Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour… (KJV) Why does he have to seek? Because he can’t devour just anyone. Another interesting scripture is James 4:7. Submit yourselves [...]
Lessons Learned
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged forgiveness, God, home-schooling, love, seeds, sowing and reaping, yielding on January 3, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I asked my faithful friend feltsdia to help me with today’s post. She had a story about her young son that I thought was appropriate after yesterday’s post. Here is her account. As a home schooling mother, I look for every opportunity to tie the physical world to the spiritual one. A couple of years ago, [...]
Learning to Love
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged forgiveness, God, love, prayer on January 2, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The world is not a play-ground; it is a schoolroom. Life is not a holiday, but an education. (Henry Drummond, The Greatest Thing in the World, 1891) A friend recently reminded me of this quote from Henry Drummond’s sermon on First Corinthians chapter thirteen. I was thinking about this and it reminded me of an [...]
My Beloved
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged beloved, Christ, God, love on January 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »
My beloved is mine and I am his! (Song of Solomon 2:16, Amplified) I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine… (Song of Solomon 6:3, KJV) In Webster’s 1828 Dictionary the word my is defined as “belonging to me”. I belong to Him and He belongs to me. …because ye belong to Christ… (Mark 9:41, KJV) Belong [...]
