Happy Birthday Gracie Girl!!

Today was my daughter's 10th birthday! We had a great day. First we went to assemble with the Body at the Hebert home. Our discussion was so rich in revelation (that is for another day...maybe tomorrow). Grace came with a word out of Proverbs 8 verse 8 & 9 where it says:

The prudent understand where they are going, but fools deceive themselves. Fools make fun of guilt, but the godly acknowledge it and seek reconciliation.

She said that those who are prudent or love God know where they are going because God leads them and tells them which way to go, but those that are fools listen to lies and "think" they know where they are going. They deceive themselves. Also, that fools make fun of guilt or conviction. They know they are wrong, but will brush it off and ignore it. Whereas the godly will acknowledge the guilt, repent and seek after being right with God. I love the fact that my 10 year old loves the Word and will ask questions and seek after understanding. I will protect that and fan the flame of that desire as long as I have her in my home. We took her to dinner tonight at Longhorn. They sang to her which made her smile so big. We had a great day with our little Grace.

This is the day the Lord has made...I WILL rejoice!

God is so Faithful. Even in the midst of hard times He is right there. I love where it say's He will NEVER leave or forsake you and He IS our help in time of NEED. He has honored that more than one time in our life. This weekend was so good. We had the youth over on Friday night and Miss Lauren Jackson shared from her heart. The kids all listened and it seemed to spark something in them. They started passing numbers around to keep in touch and build relationships. Saturday we had ball games all morning and then I took the boys swimming and Grace went to hang out with Ashley. Sunday was a day of high expectation. We assembled at the Williams home in Albany...that is a small town in Livingston parish. We worshiped to Keith Green who was an awesome man of God that had powerful songs. We talked about the fear of God. Where is it today? So many Christian homes are void of it. Why is that? We discussed many things to encourage us in the Word to get our homes in order. It starts there. We MUST teach our kids the fear of God, because it is missing in this generation. We shared a great communion meal of red beans and rice....YUMMY!! That was our weekend. Today is a new day and a start of a great week. I have the choice to rejoice or allow circumstances to dictate my attitude and state of being. I decide to rejoice and Thank Him for His presence and faithfulness. Thank you Lord!

Great Quotes that apply to life today!

Quotes of George Whitfield who was a great man of God that didn't water down the Word of God. He didn't care what others thought, he just stood on the Truth.

"When Jesus preached on the earth, there were many opinions about Him. Concerning who He was, some said He was Moses. Others said He was Elijah, Jeremiah, or one of the ancient prophets (ref. Matthew 16:13-14). Very few people admitted who He actually was: the incarnate God. Common people heard him gladly and said He was a good man. But the ... Read MorePharisees, the evil leaders of the churches in His day, said He was in partnership with the Devil. They said He cast out demons by the power of the prince of devils. His own half-brothers were so blind that they tried to stop him from preaching. They said, "He is beside himself" (Mark 3:21). They thought He was insane. ..."

This is the way Jesus, the King of Glory, was treated. Ministers who preach correctly should not expect any better treatment. No, if we preach like our Master, Jesus, we must expect to be rejected, as He was. The reproaches that He suffered, we will suffer also. Common people will hear our preaching gladly. But ministers, especially pastors of ... Read Morelarge churches, who have never been converted themselves, will call us madmen. They will say we are deceiving the people. They will say we are under the influence of demons. ..."

"But a minister who is unwilling to suffer such rebukes from unconverted preachers is unworthy of the name "pastor." False prophets, who do not care about the people, love to have all men speak well of them.

"Blessed are ye, (says Jesus first to the Apostles, and then to all succeeding preachers) when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and ... Read Moreshall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake" (Matthew 5:11).
Indeed, it is not possible for such false preachers to do anything else. If they did not speak against the true preacher, they fear they would be asked, "Why did ye not then believe him?" (Matthew 21:25). We cheerfully go on preaching no matter what these false ministers say. We have no regard for what men or demons say against us, or do to us."

Spring Break!!

This week the kids are out of school for Spring Break. We planned a trip up to go camping. We go the hunting camp which is about 600+ acres. We left on Monday. We had so much fun. We brought the boys moto bike's and had the four wheelers that were left there. We road ATV's most of the day on the first day. Peyton, Grace and Haven all fished. Peyton caught 16 fish. Most of them were bass. He caught one that was really big. The first night we watched Bedtime Stories after supper. It was okay...nothing to brag about. The second day we were there we road our bikes again. I got some good video of Scott and Peyton riding. Haven did so good...he went through mud and ditches and pot holes never once falling. He is doing really good. May even start to race soon. Oh the highlight of the trip was when I was looking for a pan, opened a drawer and saw several mice scurrying. I was not happy. Peyton and Scott tried to kill them, but couldn't catch them so we left them alone. They didn't bother us and we didn't bother them. I would see them run from the back to the front in the evening....that was interesting. At night you could hear them scratching and scurrying around the kitchen. NICE! Gotta love the country. The last night we sat around a bon fire and roasted marshmellows. The kids all got a chance to say one thing they didn't like about our family. We then discussed it and how we need to change. It was real good. We played sharades. That was so funny!! Got that on video as well. Hopefully I will get to post some of this soon. We didn't have running water or electricity. Only a generator. The water we did get only lasted for bathroom and a shower to "clean off".....so I need a shower BAD! :)

A discussion Scott and I had......

The other day I had a couple of comments from my blog. This blog is set up to allow ALL comments. However, I am the moderator because this is a blog my kids read. There are people out there that could use inappropriate language. These comments were interesting to say the least. They had some accusations, some opinion, some false use of Scripture, some false judgment to name a few. Well, I have NO problem posting these type comments. The problem I have is that they were all anonymous. IF you are that passionate and believe what you are saying then put your name on it. To me that is proof of uncertainty. I know who I am in Christ and with my friends and family so nothing anybody say's will affect me. I say things that mean something to me and if it bothers somebody else then they don't have to read it. I post stuff all the time on my facebook about Christ, and my friends who I don't assemble with as a Church read it all the time. They have never once made a statment to me about it bothering them. They still talk to me like normal. Some are even unchurched and have said so. We are a strong family and we can handle other peoples opinion. We have nothing to hide. If anything that is why we have this blog and have opened it to everybody hoping that our home will be a testimony of Jesus Christ. Scott said from now on if you post a comment you MUST put your name or it will be rejected. If you put your name and it is not pure hatred then I will post the comment. I like to hear what people have to say. Thank you for coming to our blog and seeing what we are about. I hope to have more comments.

Daily readng today from Berean. Say's it all!!

1 John 2:29 (29) If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness is born of Him. 1 John 3:3 (3) And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure. 1 John 3:9-14 (9) Whoever has been born of God does not sin, for His seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God. (10) In this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: Whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is he who does not love his brother. (11) For this is the message that you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another, (12) not as Cain who was of the wicked one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his works were evil and his brother's righteous. (13) Do not marvel, my brethren, if the world hates you. (14) We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love his brother abides in death. 1 John 5:1-4 (1) Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves Him who begot also loves him who is begotten of Him. (2) By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep His commandments. (3) For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome. (4) For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world?our faith. 1 John 3:22 (22) And whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do those things that are pleasing in His sight. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.

In several places, such as I John 2:29; 3:3; 3:9-14; and 5:1-4, John expressly states what the responsibilities of a converted person are. In these verses, the work of keeping the commandments is plainly shown. The application of Paul's statement in Ephesians 2:10 is becoming ever clearer. He writes that we are indeed saved by grace through faith. However, he adds, "For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them." Sanctification is a process involving a period of intense work: walking in love, keeping the commandments, and overcoming sin and the world, as John's first epistle clearly stipulates. This process within a relationship with the Father and Son brings us to completion. Sanctification does not consist only of a lot of talk about religion. Nor does it consist only of spending large amounts of time studying the Bible and commentaries. As helpful as these might be, God also calls for a great deal of action. The apostle John again supplies helpful exhortation: "My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth" (I John 3:18). It could not be stated more clearly that the love of God is an action. Further, Jesus exhorts all His disciples, "If you love Me keep My commandments" (John 14:15). "Keeping" indicates consistent effort to obey as a means of expressing our love, loyalty, and submission to Him. Paul writes in Romans 5:5, "Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit which was given to us." The indwelling of the Holy Spirit is essential to salvation, and God gives it to those who obey Him (Acts 5:32). As we saw earlier, Paul says in Romans 8:9, "Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His." God gives His Holy Spirit for the very purpose of making one His child. It also allows one to witness on His behalf, to produce the fruit of the spirit in preparation for His Kingdom, and to glorify Him. Jesus says in John 15:8, "By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples." Sanctification is the period of our converted lives when God expects us to provide evidence that we are indeed His converted children. In fact, the fruit produced by our works, themselves enabled by God, are the evidence of our conversion. Some things in life are absolute certainties: Where the fruit of the labors of conversion are, there the Spirit of God will be found. Where those fruits are absent, the people are spiritually dead before God—they lack the life of the Spirit. Put another way, where there is no holy living, there is no Holy Spirit. The works of sanctification are the only sure sign that one has been called of God and impregnated by His Spirit. Notice something Peter writes on this: "[Christians are] elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ" (I Peter 1:2). Paul adds in II Thessalonians 2:13, "But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God from the beginning chose you for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth." He also writes in Ephesians 1:4, ". . . just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love." When Paul saw the Ephesians' attitudes, their manner of life, and the evidence of their conversion, he knew they were part of the elect of God. He could thus honestly write to them with glowing praise. Many more similar verses could be added to these. Out of ignorance, weakness, or lack of understanding, a person may break some of God's commands. However, anyone who boasts of being one of God's elect while willfully living in sin is only deceiving himself—and his claim may very well be wicked blasphemy. Thus, because of the works that are performed during sanctification, it will always be a visible condition. As Jesus says in Matthew 7:18-20: "A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Therefore by their fruits you will know them."

What a GREAT day!!!

We woke up and had our morning reading with the kids. I finished my daily routine in getting kids ready for school. I got on the computer to check my emails and read some emails that caused me to rejoice. Jesus said in Matthew 5 vs. 10 - 12 "Blessed are those who have been persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. "Blessed are you when men cast insults at you, and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, on account of Me. "REJOICE, and be glad, for your reward in heaven is great, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you. What a beautiful day.....my son and his friend are here helping me with my huge garden. We have been making rows. The wind is blowing giving us A/C! :) Scott is down the road working with Teryl (his partner in a land developing business) fixing some roads to sell lots we have. I have reason to rejoice there too, because that business has allowed Scott to be at home more with his family. It has allowed him to provide for us and be there at the same time. It has allowed him to start a business that will one day be given to our boys to help support them. It will also pay off 98% of our debt making us so close to being debt free. I have so much to be thankful for. I am thankful for the friends I have reconnected with from elementary school, middle school, high school and my neighborhood I grew up in. I am thankful for the friends I have with the Church that are rich and lasting. Man, what a GREAT day!! I look around me and I am blessed.