Category — word filled wednesday
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This one was just too gorgeous NOT to share – AmyDeanne is the woman who started the Word Filled Wednesday carnival, and her photos each week are glorious. Enjoy!
Each tree is recognized by it’s own fruit.. Luke 6:44
We live in a society that is craving recognition… we want to be seen, to be noticed, to be told how great WE are, when in actuality we need to be recognizing God! This verse reminds us, however, that when we are living our lives in submission to Him and His will for us, we will gain recognition. The right recognition… His recognition of our lives.
Faith cannot be attained by works, lest any man should boast, but the fruit that is borne out of our faith in God and our love for God is seen. Our fruits are seen by the only one who needs to see them – not this world, but our Heavenly Father who has called us to Him in the first place.
A good reminder.
Thanks AmyDeanne for this thought-provoking verse this week.
January 28, 2009 No Comments
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If the wind and the waves can obey Him, why is it so hard for us?
This is from Matt 8:23-27, where the disciples were terrified during a storm… and Jesus slept. When they woke Him up, he rebuked them for their lack of faith!
When the storms come in our own lives, how often do we cry out in terror instead of letting God’s peace fill our hearts and trusting that He will see us to the other side of the storm?
He is able – more than able – to accomplish everything He has set before us each and every day, if we will but surrender our wills to His.
January 14, 2009 1 Comment
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But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. Isaiah 40:31
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I love this passage… If we will seek Him and wait for His perfect timing, everything will work out perfectly. It is when we try to push our own timing and agenda on our lives and the lives of others that problems come.
As the old song adds, “Teach me Lord, teach me Lord, to wait.”
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This is the cross that we placed where my dad crashed his plane. My husband built the cross, and we had it engraved with this verse and a picture of his plane. I haven’t been able to make it back up there since we put the cross in the ground, so I don’t know if it is still there or not… it’s inaccessible in the Winter, and I haven’t made it back home in the Summer for some time.
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The funny thing is that I was planning to post a completely different verse today – also about the peace of God in our lives when I stumbled across this picture. Last night’s home group discussion also seemed to center a lot around the concept of faith and the peace that only God can give… hmmm, perhaps He is trying to tell me something!
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This is past of the Word Filled Wednesday over at 160acrewoods.com
January 7, 2009 4 Comments
Merry Christmas WFW
Isaiah 9:6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
Merry Christmas! I hope that you have received the perfect gift this Christmas season – the gift of Jesus, the Son of God, the blessed Prince of Peace.
December 24, 2008 No Comments
