Revelation 1:17
"When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand on me saying , "Fear not, I am the first and last."
Isaiah 41:10
"Fear not, for I am with you be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand."
Psalm 5:7
"Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling."
Monday, January 31, 2011
Friday, January 28, 2011
Exodus 1:17
"But the midwives feared the Lord and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but let the male children live.:
Exodus 14:13
"And Moses said to the people, "Fear not, stand firm and see the salvation of the Lord which will work for you today. For the Egyptians who you see today, you shall never see again."
"But the midwives feared the Lord and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but let the male children live.:
Exodus 14:13
"And Moses said to the people, "Fear not, stand firm and see the salvation of the Lord which will work for you today. For the Egyptians who you see today, you shall never see again."
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Verse 2
Genesis 26:24
"And the Lord appeared to him the same night and said, "I am the God of Abraham, your father. Fear NOT for I am with you and will bless you and multiply your offspring for my servant Abraham's sake."
"And the Lord appeared to him the same night and said, "I am the God of Abraham, your father. Fear NOT for I am with you and will bless you and multiply your offspring for my servant Abraham's sake."
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
FEAR
Did you know that there are 365 verses in the Bible about FEAR?? I was at Bible Study Fellowship today and this was something that one of my group members mentioned that Julie said in lecture last week when I was at home with sick kids. I could not get out of my head.
One verse for each day of the year....one verse for every fear that pops into my head (maybe others' head but I am still selfish and tend to think about me first).....I think I need to know these verses!
The first one that I found tonight was Genesis 15:2 "After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision,"FEAR NOT, Abram, I am your shield, your reward shall be very great."
More to come......let's hold on to the Lord and cling to HIM when we are afraid. (again...I am thinking about me.... :O)
One verse for each day of the year....one verse for every fear that pops into my head (maybe others' head but I am still selfish and tend to think about me first).....I think I need to know these verses!
The first one that I found tonight was Genesis 15:2 "After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision,"FEAR NOT, Abram, I am your shield, your reward shall be very great."
More to come......let's hold on to the Lord and cling to HIM when we are afraid. (again...I am thinking about me.... :O)
Monday, October 4, 2010
Strength
Strength: power to withstand force or pressure.
I have never been known for this quality.... physical strength or emotional strength. I am not an athlete or really ever have desired to be. (In fact, when we had to run the mile in PE at school, I walked it) I was not really into pushing myself physically. However, emotional strength was probably even worse! I spent many of my days as a child worrying and avoiding fearful things (which was practically everything) My poor mom could not even check the mail without me panicing about her leaving! I watched my younger sisters ride the bus, jump off the high dive, spend the night at friend's houses and many other things that I wasn't willing to do because I was afraid. I even was in advanced reading in 3rd grade but my parents had to take me out because I couldn't handle the pressure. If you know me now, the next part could be hard to believe but I was also really quiet! (haha!)
There was only one thing that I was not afraid to do.......sing. I have always loved to sing with all my heart. My mom started us all off with basic melody and simple songs and once we could hold the melody....she would add in the alto harmony. I can actually remember the night we were driving home and we were singing silent night and she joined in with harmony and I held strong. WOW! "This is really cool," I thought. So over time, we would just keep singing and before we knew it we were singing 3 parts.....we didn't have DVD players in cars then, so when we would go on trips...we would sing. It was FUN! Around 5th grade, I sang my first solo "Let there be peace on Earth" and again, this was something that I wasn't afraid of doing. I started to realize that this was something that scared most people...while I was a little nervous to do it....it was something I could always walk through without it affecting my ability to sing well. This was unheard of for me. This was an area of strength! Something that I never really had to think about but was very natural for me to complete...and complete well.
The next few years were very exciting....I joined the youth choir at the new church we were at and my life was never the same again. I suddenly was surrounded by people who loved singing and loved Jesus too....in fact....they were singing for HIM! Long story short, I accepted Christ and as I sang for Jesus my 14 year old heart began to bloom....I was no longer quiet or shy but growing in my faith and singing. As I understood and accepted that Jesus loved me some of my fears naturally went away....I could spend the night at my friends, babysit....my mom could check the mail! :O) They were not all gone but God has been so kind to me to work each one of those fears out slowly and mercifully. He has revealed them to me one or two at a time and He has worked with me on getting them out. I am sure that there are still some in there but I am trusting that the Lord will continue to be faithful.
WHY all this non-essential information you say? Well...here it goes...
We are given a word each year on the women's retreat to reflect and study over the next year. This year....my word was strength! I almost laughed! You see, I had really been faced with some serious attack over the one area that I feel like is my strength... (insert the past history above here so you can guess what my one strength is...) singing. My honest response to the attack has been "Lord....I really want to quit." And Each time I ask the Lord...the Holy Spirit whispers..."you can't". So I have not. I even was asking the Lord on the retreat what I should do about the attack I feel....then I pulled out the word strength. (the coolest part is that all the words are hidden and you just "randomly"choose a paper without seeing what the word is.) I felt like the Lord had spoken to me.... "I will give you the power to withstand force or pressure" in this situation! WOW!!!! Then I looked back at the verse ( also "randomly" placed) that was sitting on my seat for the general session.....it was 2 Corinthians 10:3-4 "We are human , but we don't wage war with human plans and methods. We use God's mighty weapons, not mere wordly weapons to knock down the devil's strongholds." I couldn't believe it. God was answering my prayer immediately! I asked and He answered. I prayed and He responded. I was honest with God about my struggle and He met me. It was a moment I hope that I never forget. Here are a couple other verses that I am learning about strength....I pray that they give you strength as you (and me) fight the daily battle ahead!
Neh. 8:10 "Do not greive, for the joy of the Lord is your STRENGTH."
Psalm 28:7 "The Lord is my STRENGTH and my shield. My heart trusts in Him and I am helped."
Psalm 46:1 "God is our refuge and STRENGTH, our ever-present help in trouble."
Eph. 6:10 "Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the STRENGTH of His might."
I have never been known for this quality.... physical strength or emotional strength. I am not an athlete or really ever have desired to be. (In fact, when we had to run the mile in PE at school, I walked it) I was not really into pushing myself physically. However, emotional strength was probably even worse! I spent many of my days as a child worrying and avoiding fearful things (which was practically everything) My poor mom could not even check the mail without me panicing about her leaving! I watched my younger sisters ride the bus, jump off the high dive, spend the night at friend's houses and many other things that I wasn't willing to do because I was afraid. I even was in advanced reading in 3rd grade but my parents had to take me out because I couldn't handle the pressure. If you know me now, the next part could be hard to believe but I was also really quiet! (haha!)
There was only one thing that I was not afraid to do.......sing. I have always loved to sing with all my heart. My mom started us all off with basic melody and simple songs and once we could hold the melody....she would add in the alto harmony. I can actually remember the night we were driving home and we were singing silent night and she joined in with harmony and I held strong. WOW! "This is really cool," I thought. So over time, we would just keep singing and before we knew it we were singing 3 parts.....we didn't have DVD players in cars then, so when we would go on trips...we would sing. It was FUN! Around 5th grade, I sang my first solo "Let there be peace on Earth" and again, this was something that I wasn't afraid of doing. I started to realize that this was something that scared most people...while I was a little nervous to do it....it was something I could always walk through without it affecting my ability to sing well. This was unheard of for me. This was an area of strength! Something that I never really had to think about but was very natural for me to complete...and complete well.
The next few years were very exciting....I joined the youth choir at the new church we were at and my life was never the same again. I suddenly was surrounded by people who loved singing and loved Jesus too....in fact....they were singing for HIM! Long story short, I accepted Christ and as I sang for Jesus my 14 year old heart began to bloom....I was no longer quiet or shy but growing in my faith and singing. As I understood and accepted that Jesus loved me some of my fears naturally went away....I could spend the night at my friends, babysit....my mom could check the mail! :O) They were not all gone but God has been so kind to me to work each one of those fears out slowly and mercifully. He has revealed them to me one or two at a time and He has worked with me on getting them out. I am sure that there are still some in there but I am trusting that the Lord will continue to be faithful.
WHY all this non-essential information you say? Well...here it goes...
We are given a word each year on the women's retreat to reflect and study over the next year. This year....my word was strength! I almost laughed! You see, I had really been faced with some serious attack over the one area that I feel like is my strength... (insert the past history above here so you can guess what my one strength is...) singing. My honest response to the attack has been "Lord....I really want to quit." And Each time I ask the Lord...the Holy Spirit whispers..."you can't". So I have not. I even was asking the Lord on the retreat what I should do about the attack I feel....then I pulled out the word strength. (the coolest part is that all the words are hidden and you just "randomly"choose a paper without seeing what the word is.) I felt like the Lord had spoken to me.... "I will give you the power to withstand force or pressure" in this situation! WOW!!!! Then I looked back at the verse ( also "randomly" placed) that was sitting on my seat for the general session.....it was 2 Corinthians 10:3-4 "We are human , but we don't wage war with human plans and methods. We use God's mighty weapons, not mere wordly weapons to knock down the devil's strongholds." I couldn't believe it. God was answering my prayer immediately! I asked and He answered. I prayed and He responded. I was honest with God about my struggle and He met me. It was a moment I hope that I never forget. Here are a couple other verses that I am learning about strength....I pray that they give you strength as you (and me) fight the daily battle ahead!
Neh. 8:10 "Do not greive, for the joy of the Lord is your STRENGTH."
Psalm 28:7 "The Lord is my STRENGTH and my shield. My heart trusts in Him and I am helped."
Psalm 46:1 "God is our refuge and STRENGTH, our ever-present help in trouble."
Eph. 6:10 "Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the STRENGTH of His might."
Saturday, August 28, 2010
A couple of weeks ago, I was noticing that I was having a little jealousy (is jealousy ever really little?) over the lucky parents that were taking their kids to school! (Thanks facebook!) Honestly, this isn't exactly what I planned for our family.....I sincerely liked taking my child to school, dropping her off and saying...."Have a great day....I am praying for you! See you after school! " (Enters God and His plan....) Long story short, God lead us in another direction and I have mostly (yes....mostly) enjoyed the journey of homeschooling....so what was going on this year?? Why the discontent and jealous thoughts?? Not really sure but for some reason, I decided to start planning our school year and setting up our little room for school and before I knew it, I was so excited! God answered my prayer before I even prayed it! Suddenly, I was looking forward to sharing with the kids the things that we were going to walk through this year. Isn't God so nice? He knows what we need before we even need it and sometimes we are given these things before we realize or even recognize the gift! He is so much better than us and I am thankful for that!!!!! Here are a couple more pictures of our trip to Estes Park this summer....what a beautiful place!
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