Don't Talk About Spiders!

 

Preserve Your Life! Do Not Consent!

 Proverbs 1:7-19

..."The fear of the Lord is the beginning 

of knowledge;


Fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Hear, my son, your father’s instruction


And do not forsake your mother’s teaching;


Indeed, they are a graceful wreath to your head

And ornaments about your neck.


My son, if sinners entice you,


Do not consent.


If they say, “Come with us,


Let us lie in wait for blood,


Let us ambush the innocent without cause;


Let us swallow them alive like Sheol,


Even whole, as those who go down to the pit;


We will find all kinds of precious wealth,


We will fill our houses with spoil;


Throw in your lot with us,


We shall all have one purse,”


My son, do not walk in the way with them.


Keep your feet from their path,


For their feet run to evil


And they hasten to shed blood.


Indeed, it is useless to spread the baited net


In the sight of any bird;


But they lie in wait for their own blood;


They ambush their own lives.


So are the ways of everyone 

who gains by violence;


It takes away the life of its possessors."...

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I Remember Your Name, LORD, in the Night

Psalm 119:49-56

"Remember the word to Your servant,

In which You have made me hope.

This is my comfort in my affliction,

That Your word has revived me.

The arrogant utterly deride me,

Yet I do not turn aside from Your law.

I have remembered Your ordinances from of old, 

O Lord,

And comfort myself.

Burning indignation has seized me 

because of the wicked,

Who forsake Your law.

Your statutes are my songs

In the house of my pilgrimage.

O Lord, 

I remember Your name in the night,

And keep Your law.

This has become mine,

That I observe Your precepts."

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Children of God: You are the Apple of His Eye

Psalm 17:6-8

I have called upon You, 

for You will answer me, 

O God;

Incline Your ear to me, 

hear my speech.

Wondrously show Your lovingkindness,

O Savior of those who take

refuge at Your right hand

From those who rise up against them.

Keep me as the apple of the eye;

Hide me in the shadow of Your wings

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Proverbs 7:1-5

My son, keep my words

And treasure my commandments within you.

Keep my commandments and live,

And my teaching as the apple of your eye.

Bind them on your fingers;

Write them on the tablet of your heart.

 

Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”

And call understanding your intimate friend;

 

That they may keep you from an adulteress,

From the foreigner who flatters with her words.

Zechariah 2:6-10

“Ho there! 

Flee from the land of the north,” 

declares the Lord,

 “for I have dispersed you as the four winds 

of the heavens,” 

declares the Lord.

“Ho, Zion! Escape, 

you who are living with the daughter of Babylon.” 

For thus says the Lord of hosts, 

“After glory He has sent me against the nations 

which plunder you,

for he who touches you, 

touches the apple of His eye.

For behold, I will wave My hand over them 

so that they will be plunder for their slaves. 

Then you will know that the Lord of hosts 

has sent Me.

Sing for joy and be glad, 

O daughter of Zion; 

for behold I am coming and 

I will dwell in your midst,” 

declares the Lord. "

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 *The phrase "the apple of one's eye" refers to a vulnerable spot that is protected and cherished. 

For example, God held the Israelites as the apple of His eye, even though they were rebellious.

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See the Goodness of the LORD!

 -Scotland FB

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Psalm 27

"The Lord is my light and my salvation;


Whom shall I fear?


The Lord is the defense of my life;


Whom shall I dread?


When evildoers came upon me 

to devour my flesh,


My adversaries and my enemies, 

they stumbled and fell.

Though a host encamp against me,


My heart will not fear;


Though war arise against me,


In spite of this I shall be confident.

One thing I have asked from the Lord, 

that I shall seek:


That I may dwell in the house of the Lord 

all the days of my life,


To behold the beauty of the Lord


And to meditate in His temple.


For in the day of trouble 

He will conceal me in His tabernacle;


In the secret place of His tent 

He will hide me;


He will lift me up on a rock.


And now my head will be lifted up 

above my enemies around me,


And I will offer in His tent sacrifices 

with shouts of joy;


I will sing, yes, 

I will sing praises to the Lord.

Hear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice,


And be gracious to me and answer me.


When You said, “Seek My face,” 

my heart said to You,


“Your face, O Lord, I shall seek.”


Do not hide Your face from me,


Do not turn Your servant away in anger;


You have been my help;


Do not abandon me nor forsake me,


O God of my salvation!

For my father and my mother 

have forsaken me,


But the Lord will take me up.

Teach me Your way, O Lord,


And lead me in a level path


Because of my foes.


Do not deliver me over 

to the desire of my adversaries,


For false witnesses have risen against me,


And such as breathe out violence.


I would have despaired unless I had 

believed that I would 

see the goodness of the Lord


In the land of the living.


Wait for the Lord;


Be strong and let 

your heart take courage;


Yes, wait for the Lord."

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Gentle ladies...never give up! 

Instead give all of you unto the LORD!

Live for Him and in Him, cry out to Him!

He hears your cries, knows your sorrows,

and He will carry you through all of your sadnesses until glory!

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Grief is Simply being Love in Disguise

-by Becky Hemsley 

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A Precious way to explain a reality.

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Isaiah 53:4-5

..."Surely our griefs He Himself bore,

And our sorrows He carried;

Yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken,

Smitten of God, and afflicted.

But He was pierced through for our transgressions,

He was crushed for our iniquities;

The chastening for our well-being fell upon Him,

And by His scourging we are healed."...

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Autumn is here, but no scarves as of yet

 

The LORD Holds those Who Trust in HIm

Two months is too little

They let him go, they had no sudden healing

To think that providence would

Take a child from his mother while she prays is appalling

Who told us we'd be rescued?

What has changed and why should we be saved from nightmares?

We're asking why this happens to us who have died to live

It's unfair

This is what it means to be held

How it feels when the sacred is torn from your life

And you survive

This is what it is to be loved

And to know that the promise was when everything fell

We'd be held

This hand is bitterness

We wanna taste it, let the hatred numb our sorrow

The wise hand opens slowly

To lilies of the valley and tomorrow

This is what it means to be held

How it feels when the sacred is torn from your life

And you survive

This is what it is to be loved

And to know that the promise was when everything fell

We'd be held

If hope is born of suffering

If this is only the beginning

Can we not wait for one hour

Watching for our Savior?

This is what it means to be held

How it feels when the sacred is torn from your life

And you survive

This is what it is to be loved

And to know that the promise was when everything fell

We'd be held

This is what it is to be loved

And to know that the promise was when everything fell

We'd be held

This is what it means to be held

-Held, written by Christa Nichole Wells

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Jeremiah 17:7-8

“Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord

And whose trust is the Lord.

“For he will be like a tree planted by the water,

That extends its roots by a stream

And will not fear when the heat comes;

But its leaves will be green,

And it will not be anxious in a year of drought

Nor cease to yield fruit.

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The LORD is our Bulwark!

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Psalm 48:12-13

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Christ is Mine Forever

-net photo: Scotland in Autumn

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Mine are days that God has numbered

I was made to walk with Him

Yet I look for worldly treasure

And forsake the King of kings

But mine is hope in my Redeemer

Though I fall, His love is sure

For Christ has paid for every failing

I am His forevermore

Mine are tears in times of sorrow

Darkness not yet understood

Through the valley I must travel

Where I see no earthly good

But mine is peace that flows from Heaven

And the strength in times of need

I know my pain will not be wasted

Christ completes his work in me

Mine are days here as a stranger

Pilgrim on a narrow way

One with Christ I will encounter

Harm and hatred for His name

But mine is armour for this battle

Strong enough to last the war

And He has said He will deliver

Safely to the golden shore

And mine are keys to Zion city

Where beside the King I walk

For there my heart has found its treasure

Christ is mine forevermore

Come rejoice now, O my soul

For His love is my reward

Fear is gone and hope is sure

Christ is mine forevermore

Come rejoice now, O my soul

For His love is my reward

Fear is gone and hope is sure

Christ is mine forevermore

Come rejoice now, O my soul

For His love is my reward

Fear is gone and hope is sure

Christ is mine forevermore

And mine are keys to Zion city

Where beside the King I walk

For there my heart has found its treasure

Christ is mine forevermore

Christ is mine forevermore

Christ is mine forevermore

By Thompson & Robinson

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All the Way My Savior Leads Me

-Kinsman

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Winging it

A beautiful hymn and commentary for the beautiful woman in Christ, who wrote it.

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This seems very familiar...

 -PLUGGERS

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Speak the Truth: Jesus Saves!

John 3:16-21

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Waiting and Longing for the Mail to Arrive

-FB Scotland

Waiting for the arrival of the mail and that one special letter you long to receive is a world wide waiting.

So many sorrows, so many groans, so many concerns, and so many heartaches...

There is One for whom we never have to wait. This is the LORD God, His Son Jesus, and His Helper the Holy Spirit.

At any time, anywhere, we can cry out and we will be heard. 

We feel alone? We can tell Him in any moment.

We are deeply wounded in our inner most self? He already knows, but cry out to Him!

Seek Him in His Word anytime!

We are so very fearful of the world's troubles! But He can calm us in ALL the trials we are in and that which will come.

John 14:1,6-7,12-13,16-17,25-27

“Do not let your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me...

...Jesus *said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.

If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; from now on you know Him, and have seen Him.”...

...Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do, he will do also; and greater works than these he will do; because I go to the Father. Whatever you ask in My name, that will I do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son...

''' I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever; that is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him, but you know Him because He abides with you and will be in you...

...“These things I have spoken to you while abiding with you. But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you. Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful."..."

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Give your sorrows and worries to the LORD. 

You can wait for the mail, but you never have to wait to talk with the LORD.

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Kindness and Respect

 1 Peter 3:7-9

..."You husbands in the same way, live with your wives in an understanding way, as with someone weaker, since she is a woman; and show her honor as a fellow heir of the grace of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.

To sum up, all of you be harmonious, sympathetic, brotherly, kindhearted, and humble in spirit; not returning evil for evil or insult for insult, but giving a blessing instead; for you were called for the very purpose that you might inherit a blessing."...

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Not one thing in these verses sound cruel, mean, vicious, controlling, disrespectful, violent, manipulating, crazy-making, lying, tricking, abusive...

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Blessed be the LORD God for Jesus!

-Kinsman

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1 Peter 1:3-5

..."Blessed be the God and Father 

of our Lord Jesus Christ,

 

who according to His great mercy 

has caused us to be born again 

to a living hope through the resurrection 

of Jesus Christ from the dead, 

to obtain an inheritance which is 

imperishable and undefiled 

and will not fade away,

 

reserved in heaven for you,

who are protected by the power 

of God through faith for a salvation 

ready to be revealed in the last time."...

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Our Daily Source of Knowledge

-Yellowstone FB photo

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“Instead of coming into worship with the express understanding that all of this begins with God in His glory,

 people come with coffee in hand, saying,

‘Let’s see if he’s got something good for us today,’” 

“Expositional preaching gives way to inspirational talks, 

which gives way to therapeutical endeavors,”  

“I'm not sure that America understands just how deep the problem is, 

in relationship to biblical illiteracy. 

You cannot continue to make your journey through life without your Bible, 

not as a talisman, 

not as something just to be revered in a corner, 

but without the Bible as our daily source of knowledge and encounter with God.”

-Alastair Begg

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Child of God, you are so valuable to Him

-White Crowned Sparrow, Yellowstone FB 

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Matthew 10:26-31

 ...“Therefore do not fear them, for there is nothing concealed that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known.

What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in your ear, proclaim upon the housetops.

Do not fear those who kill the body but are unable to kill the soul; but rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

Are not two sparrows sold for a cent? 

And yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father.

But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

So do not fear; you are more valuable than many sparrows."

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Sadly...Manipulating, Using, and Abusing comes quite naturally to some people.

-Charles Schulz 

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Colossians 3:1-17

"Therefore if you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.

Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth.

For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

When Christ, who is our life, is revealed, then you also will be revealed with Him in glory.

Therefore consider the members of your earthly body as dead to immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which amounts to idolatry.

For it is because of these things that the wrath of God will come upon the sons of disobedience, and in them you also once walked, when you were living in them.

But now you also, put them all aside: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and abusive speech from your mouth.

Do not lie to one another, since you laid aside the old self with its evil practices, and have put on the new self who is being renewed to a true knowledge according to the image of the One who created him— a renewal in which there is no distinction between Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave and freeman, but Christ is all, and in all.

So, as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience; bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, whoever has a complaint against anyone; just as the Lord forgave you, so also should you.

Beyond all these things put on love, which is the perfect bond of unity.

Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body; and be thankful.

Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God.

Whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father."...

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The Light, Jesus, Shinning in the Darkness

 -UK

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John 1

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 

He was in the beginning with God.

All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being.

In Him was life, and the life was the Light of men.

The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.

There came a man sent from God, whose name was John.

He came as a witness, to testify about the Light, so that all might believe through him.

He was not the Light, but he came to testify about the Light.

There was the true Light which, coming into the world, enlightens every man.

He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him.

He came to His own, and those who were His own did not receive Him.

But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.

And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.

John *testified about Him and cried out, saying, 

“This was He of whom I said, 

‘He who comes after me has a higher rank than I, for He existed before me.’”

For of His fullness we have all received, and grace upon grace.

For the Law was given through Moses; grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ.

No one has seen God at any time; the only begotten God who is in the bosom of the Father, He has explained Him.

This is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent to him priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?” 

And he confessed and did not deny, but confessed, 

“I am not the Christ.” 

They asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?”

And he *said, “I am not.” 

“Are you the Prophet?” 

And he answered, “No.”

Then they said to him, “Who are you, so that we may give an answer to those who sent us? What do you say about yourself?”

He said, 

“I am a voice of one crying in the wilderness, 

‘Make straight the way of the Lord,’ as Isaiah the prophet said.”...

(read the rest in John 1)

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Jesus is:

The Word was God

The Light who enlightens men

From God the Father

Full of grace and truth

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Beware of the Dishonorable People out there

 

Kindness and Truth in your own life

Proverbs 3:3-6

..."Do not let kindness and truth leave you;

Bind them around your neck,

Write them on the tablet of your heart.

So you will find favor and good repute

In the sight of God and man.

Trust in the Lord with all your heart

And do not lean on your own understanding.

In all your ways acknowledge Him,

And He will make your paths straight.

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He is My Portion and so I Hope in Him

-Scotland on the Net

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Lamentations 3:1-3, 7-9, 21-24, 37-40

1) I am the man who has seen affliction

Because of the rod of His wrath.

He has driven me and made me walk

In darkness and not in light.

 

Surely against me He has turned His hand

Repeatedly all the day...

...7) He has walled me in so that I cannot go out;

He has made my chain heavy.

Even when I cry out and call for help,

He shuts out my prayer.

He has blocked my ways with hewn stone;

He has made my paths crooked...

...21) This I recall to my mind,

Therefore I have hope.

The Lord’s lovingkindnesses indeed never cease,

For His compassions never fail.

They are new every morning;

Great is Your faithfulness.

“The Lord is my portion,” says my soul,

“Therefore I have hope in Him.”

The Lord is good to those who wait for Him,

To the person who seeks Him.

 

It is good that he waits silently

For the salvation of the Lord...

...37) Who is there who speaks and it comes to pass,


Unless the Lord has commanded it?

Is it not from the mouth of the Most High


That both good and ill go forth?

Why should any living mortal, or any man,


Offer complaint in view of his sins?

Let us examine and probe our ways,


And let us return to the Lord..."

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Precious and Magnificent Promises

2 Peter 1

"To those who have received a faith of the same kind as ours, by the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ:

Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord;

seeing that His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence.

For by these He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises, so that by them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world by lust.

Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence, and in your moral excellence, knowledge, and in your knowledge, self-control, and in your self-control, perseverance, and in your perseverance, godliness, and in your godliness, brotherly kindness, and in your brotherly kindness, love.

For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they render you neither useless nor unfruitful in the true knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

For he who lacks these qualities is blind or short-sighted, having forgotten his purification from his former sins.

Therefore, brethren, be all the more diligent to make certain about His calling and choosing you; for as long as you practice these things, you will never stumble;

for in this way the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be abundantly supplied to you.

Therefore, I will always be ready to remind you of these things, even though you already know them, and have been established in the truth which is present with you.

I consider it right, as long as I am in this earthly dwelling, to stir you up by way of reminder, knowing that the laying aside of my earthly dwelling is imminent, as also our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.

And I will also be diligent that at any time after my departure you will be able to call these things to mind.

For we did not follow cleverly devised tales when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of His majesty.

For when He received honor and glory from God the Father, such an utterance as this was made to Him by the Majestic Glory, 

“This is My beloved Son with whom I am well-pleased”— 

and we ourselves heard this utterance made from heaven when we were with Him on the holy mountain.

So we have the prophetic word made more sure, to which you do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star arises in your hearts.

But know this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture is a matter of one’s own interpretation, for no prophecy was ever made by an act of human will, but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God."

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