Encouragement To You: May 2012

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Who are we devoted to?

May 7th, 2012 Over the last few months I would say our family has had some choices to make of where we stood on some matters. It has not been an easy undertaking. "Hear O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them upon your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when your lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the door frames of your houses and on your gates." Deuteronomy 6:4 I'm learning the reality of these scriptures in my life at this moment. This has been underlined for probably ten years in my Bible and I have always taken it to heart in teaching my children. But over the last few months I am now seeing just how desperately important these scriptures are. The world is screaming for the attention and devotion of all of us but especially our children. My youngest will turn ten tomorrow and my heart breaks as I see the evil he will have to overcome. It isn't enough to know the right things but it must be apart of our everyday lives. It must start in the lives of us parents. We can not just give our children things to live with or by, but we must give them HIM to live for. OUR hearts have to be surrendered and captured by the Almighty King if we desire for our children to live a surrendered and devoted life. Too many times we tell our children "do what I say" and never think about the actions WE take. We must wake up and realize our actions will speak much louder than our words! It isn't the Sunday school teacher or the teacher's at school responsibility to steer our children to a right relationship with the Lord...It is our responsibility. I was convicted yesterday as I sat in church and heard Bro Vic once again speak on devotion. Who are we devoted to? The world? God? I left having to apologize to my children for my actions not lining up with my words. Ouch!!

LOVE THEM MORE Ministries

My friend, Kristi Ford, and I are both foster moms. We have seen so many things that foster children are in need of; one being bags. If you know anything about fostering, you know that when a child is removed from their home most of the time they leave with little to nothing that is stuffed in a trash bag. That black trash bag often times is a symbol in their minds that they must be trash. We want to give these children a sense of hope with the simple gift of a duffle bag to carry their few belongings. For many of us, those simple luxuries are never even thought of but to a child being removed it could make all the difference. Join with us and help make this possible to the foster children in our area. We desire to LOVE THEM MORE!!

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Do you like to be encouraged?

If you covet being encouraged, like I do, then this is the blog for you! I am beyond excitement to be able to share with you the encouragement God shows me! My tactic....well, I don't have one other than to share my heart and everyday happenings as God leads me through them. I am as ordinary as they come and I pray you will be able to relate to me as a wife, mother, friend, and servant of the Lord. Life can be very difficult and pull us in all different directions, my goal is to reel us back in, show us where God is working, and encourage us to jump aboard His train!! Because HE is ALWAYS moving!! Amen!! Become a follower of my blog and let's journey together through the muck and the mire, and even the blessings to be true vessels for Him!

Roman Road to Salvation

Romans 3:23 "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God"
We have sin in our hearts. We all were born with sin. We were born under the power of sin's control.
-Admit you are a sinner.

Romans 6:23a "...The wages of sin is death..."
Sin has an ending. It results in death. We all face physical death, which is a result of sin. But a worse death is spiritual death that alienates us from God, and will last for all eternity. The Bible teaches that there is a place called the Lake of Fire where lost people will be in torment forever. It is the place where people who are spiritually dead will remain.
-Understand that you deserve death for your sin.

Romans 6:23b "...But the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."
Salvation is a free gift from God to you! You can't earn this gift, but you must reach out and receive it.
-Ask God to forgive you and save you.

Romans 5:8 "God demonstrates His own love for us, in that while were were yet sinners Christ died for us!"
When Jesus died on the cross He paid sin's penalty. He paid the price for all sin, and when He took all sins of the world on Himself on the cross, He bought us out of slavery to sin and death! The only condition is that we believe in Him and what He has done for us, understanding that we are now joined with Him, and that He is our life. He did all this because He loved us and gave Himself for us!
-Give your life to God...His love poured out in Jesus on the cross is your only hope to have forgiveness and change. His love bought you out of being in slave to sin. His love is what saves you--not religion, or church membership. God loves you!

Romans 10:13 "Whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved!"
-Call out to God in the name of Jesus!

Romans 10:9-10 "...if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Jesus from the dead, you shall be saved; for with the heart man believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resuling in salvation."
-If you know God is knocking on your heart's door, ask Him to come into your heart.

Jesus said,
Revelation 3:20a "Behold I stand at the door and knock, if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him..."
-Is Jesus knocking on your heart's door?

Believe in Him.
Ask Him to come into your heart by faith,
and ask Him to reveal Himself to you.
Open the Bible to the Gospel of John and read what God says about Jesus, and about you, and about being born again.

God will help you. He loves you.

You need to look for a local church where God's Word is preached. The Bible says that we are to desire God's Word like a newborn baby desires mother's milk. Aren't you hungry to know the truth?

Water baptism is one of the ways you first show that you have been joined to Jesus. This is an action, and actions will not save you. However, it is an act of obedience and a symbol of commitment. The symbol is this: When you go down in the water you show that you have been crucified and buried with Him, And when you come up out of the water you show that you have been raised to walk with Him in a newness of life.
(See Romans chapter 6)

You have been born again.
(See Romans chapter 3)

Your body has become God's temple. Your heart is where He lives. Forgiveness is yours in Jesus. And you belong to Him.

You were sin's slave.
But now...
YOU ARE A CHILD OF GOD!!

"As a many as recieved Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name!" John 1:12

Encouragement To You

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Who are we devoted to?

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