A Complete System Re-Boot

Starting over. Have you ever had to start something from scratch?  Let me share a little bit about my techno-drama. (yep, I just invented a new word) Last January/february I was forced to reboot my entire computer system from scratch. After investing in a couple different anti-virus programs and lotsa trial and error (mostly error), things still weren't working properly. By the way, I am a cheap-skate thrifty person, and the thought of spending *Gasp* money on a new computer gave me night sweats...(although that might have just been the perimenopause), anyways...After trying everything I knew to do including about a hundred different updates (data eaters).
So I finally decided to get a new laptop...We bought one for our daughter a few years ago, but I have never owned one for myself. What made me finally decide to shell out the bucks?...Well, I am sitting out here in a public parking lot posting to this and I don't have to pay for the data I'm using!  This free wi-fi stuff is a cheapskate's paradise...the stuff dreams are made of LOL!...Don't worry, I would never resort to sitting in anyone's driveway on the off chance they have an open broadcast or anything...That is stealing. But I might be found in a public parking lot a lot from now on...This should help draw me out of my agoraphobic tendency to hide away at home. Good therapy perhaps?
So, I have been forced to start over. since a major virus corrupted all of my document files on the desk top PC, and a human error caused me to lose most of my photos and other images...I am needing to depend quite heavily on snatching copy- write- free images from the internet; a good site for this is:
http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=free+christian+images&qpvt=free+christian+images&FORM=IGRE 





So I am wondering, who agrees with me that it sure would be nice to have a boot disc to restart our lives from scratch once we have become so corrupted by our sins and unhealthy, unholy living? Is there a program out there that can erase all that corruption from our hard heart drives? Good news...There is!


                        *The perfect program*

Easy installation instructions:

1. Heavenly Father, I confess that I am a sinner. I   am sorry and I want to be forgiven for my sins.

2. I believe Jesus died on the cross to pay for my sins.

3. I believe Jesus rose from death on the third day proving that He is truly your Son!

5. I'm asking for Jesus to live within my heart so that the Holy spirit can work through me, teaching me of you and giving me power to become more like Jesus.
~Amen~
* If you need further 'tech' support, please read the manual that came with this program..(.The Holy Bible) and please feel free to contact this blog author or any other confessing Christian you may trust*







If you are already a christian let me ask you this: has your walk with the lord gotten a little slow and laggy lately?..Do you find more and more distractions popping up diverting your attention away from your prayer and or Bible study time?  Does it take you forever to open the Bible, and once opened does it quickly close again? Trust me, it's not God who's shutting you down. Maybe you have downloaded something that you shouldn't have, maybe it was hiding within another program that you thought was OK to download.  Feeling a little scatter brained? Maybe you just need to run a scan to defrag all those scattered thoughts that have accumulated inside your brain. 
 The Holy Spirit is the best program we have for detecting malicious threats from the enemy, as well as helping us to interpret the Word of God. We are given power through the Holy Spirit to use our God given gifts to accomplish the Lord's will for our lives. We have a network of fellow believers in whom we all fitted together, are the hands and feet of Jesus here on earth.  Jesus is our source code, our redeemer and in every aspect He is our life! 
Most computer programs require an update from time to time...Our relationship with the Lord also requires an update...God is not the one however who needs that update, as He is the same yesterday, today and forever (the Alpha and the Omega), It is we who need to renew our minds daily.




                        

Have you checked your countenance lately?

countenance (n) - Bing Dictionary

coun·te·nance

[ kówntənənss ]

1. face or expression: somebody's face, or the expression on it
2. composure: composure or self-control
3. tolerate or approve something: to tolerate, accept, or give approval to something

A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.

(Proverbs 15:13)

The joy of the LORD is your strength  (Nehemiah 8)

*(posted last night april 23)

Been going through some tough stuff lately and I've noticed ...it shows.

I won't get into what's been going on suffice to say we are all human, ergo..we suffer in this world.

No, I'm not talking about the kind of suffering that brings blessings (suffering for Jesus), I'm talking about just plain old suffering that every human saved or not must endure in this life. Although as a born again believer, we have access to a hope and a peace that the world can never give nor understand. We have a loving Savior who walks through the fires with us and holds us through the storms ~Amen!

So I've noticed my countenance has well...fallen. Funny, but as an aging woman I have come to just accept stuff falling LOL! But something made me look closer at my face in the mirror as of late; (scary, I know) and what I saw there was not the effects of gravity, but something more sinister and destructive...my joy was gone!..I barely recognized myself.

So, I said to myself..."Where is your light? Where is the life in you?"

In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.(Matthew 5:16)

‘For in him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.’(Acts 17:28)

I am once again reminded of an experiment I conducted many years ago; I decided I would smile the most genuine smile at everyone whom I encountered for an entire day, and see what would happen.  The result was I saw a lot of smiles, and even had a couple nice comments made ...even those who wore frowns seemed to change their countenance if only for a moment. 

 *(posted today, tuesday april 24):

Something un-ordinary happened today, Oh, I'm not surprised really, you see it has been my experience that whenever you decide to refreshen your walk with the Lord or even to kick it up a notch or two, stuff starts to happen.  So after posting yesterday for the first time in a couple of months...(about hope) and starting on this post as well, today my husband ended up being sent to the hospital after a routine doctor visit for a possible blood clot in his leg...everything is alright, but it was no coincidence that I ended up spending half of my day in waiting rooms where I was able to study...not scripture, but people.  I feel like the Lord put me in a classroom today.  I was glad to get home so I could continue this blog post.

I studied the countenance of each person I saw, and realized many wore their anger, sorrow, confidence, contentment, worry, pain, love, joy, disdain, weariness, etc.. clearly on their faces.  As I (discreetly) studied each one I found my own face beginning to mirror theirs!..Just like my last social experiment proved how a smile is contagious, so is any other expression, even if only briefly.

I sure must have made a lot of people frown recently, and here I thought everyone was just a bit grumpy, which made me even more depressed...we are all somehow affected by one another aren't we?

For we know, brothers and sisters loved by God, that he has chosen you,  because our gospel came to you not simply with words but also with power, with the Holy Spirit and deep conviction. You know how we lived among you for your sake. Y ou became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you welcomed the message in the midst of severe suffering with the joy given by the Holy Spirit.  And so you became a model to all the believers in Macedonia and Achaia. (1Thes.1:4-7)

So, more than ever I am learning the importance of letting my light shine and showing the joy and hope that is within me...showing them Jesus!

~So here I'm leaving you all with a smile to imitate~

 

 

and so do I!

~God Bless~

Lisa

Our Master Gardener...planting new seeds of hope!

"May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit."  (Romans 15:13)



 For the earth which drinks in the rain that often comes upon it, and bears herbs useful for those by whom it is cultivated, receives blessing from God; but if it bears thorns and briers, it is rejected and near to being cursed, whose end is to be burned.  ( Hebrews 6:7-8)



 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. ² He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. ³ You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. ⁴ Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.  (John 15:1-4)

Looking forward to a fruitful summer full of the unwavering peace & blessings of Jesus!  ...Forever remaining in Him.
We are Never Forsaken.

~God Bless~ Lisa



Pathways and Train Tracks

Sometimes the things we allow to take up space in our brains are not only non-conducive to following God’s will for our lives, but they can be downright contrary to that will, and even lead us in a different direction.

Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; (2 Corinthians 10:5)

I realized recently that I had a certain choice set before me.  I could either wile away the hours reading a fictional story on the Internet, or use that time to research and study the scriptures in order to create a post that might glorify the Lord and maybe even be of help to someone.  I have to admit, my flesh wanted to read that story instead.  Sure, I could have read the story and then do a quick search and study about a topic from the Bible, but I know that God would not be honored by being put in second place, and therefore, although His word never returns void, I would lose the fullness of His blessing.

Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. (Isaiah 26:3)

The mind is a wonderful thing, but it is very complex. Our thoughts have the ability to form and change our brains. We develop thought patterns, these thought patterns act like pathways. After awhile these pathways can become more like train tracks. The difference between a pathway and a train track is the freedom to change our direction at will.

Now imagine you are walking on a path alongside a train track talking with the Lord. You are enjoying the walk and feel exhilarated at the freedom you have to follow beside the Lord wherever He may lead. You are not worried about where you are going or at what pace you are walking.  Now suddenly a fast train blazes by and you find you are no longer walking the path beside the tracks, but you are a passenger on the train. The trees and the peaceful path are zooming by as you watch out the window. You have no idea where you are headed and panic grips you as you realize you are powerless to change this course.

What happened is that while you were walking with the Lord, the loud train that blazed past you distracted you. Sometimes thoughts (or circumstances) are like that train.

Think about this; God gave us free will. Although the devil will try to use our free will to his own advantage, he hates the fact that we can use that same free will to choose to follow the Lord instead of him.  We need to know that the enemy will try to manipulate and bind that will wherever he can, this usually begins with our thought life.  If we entertain certain thoughts within our brain long enough, the pathways that these thoughts lead us down will become deeper and deeper until they resemble deep tracks or even ruts that no matter how hard we turn the wheel to try to get our tires out of them, it only results in digging us deeper. Before you know it, you are stuck. You can neither move forward nor change direction. It will take direct intervention from God in order to set us back to where we ought to be. Just like the train is bound by the constraints of the track, the ruts formed from thoughts that do not glorify God can bind us along a path that we do not want to follow.  Sometimes this kind of thinking is quite subtle, unlike the distraction of a loud train, these thoughts tend to sneak up on us while we are not paying attention or staying fully focused on the Lord in the first place. The ruts are sometimes created by other people too. We have a choice to follow the way of the world, or the voice of the Way, the Truth, and the Life. AKA Jesus

Your trail map:




In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

 (Proverbs 3:6)

In case you still find yourself lost in the dark:

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. (Psalm 119:105)

Dear Jesus,

Help us to remain focused on you Lord, help us to not be so distracted by the wrong 'train of thought',  so that we may not lose the joy and peace of your fellowship with us as we walk with you along the pathways of life. 

In thy name~ Amen~

I have good news and bad news...

First the good news:  Jesus is coming back soon!

Now the bad news:   Jesus is coming back soon!

 ~Please read on~

 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
(1 John 2:15)



For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever. (1John 2:16-17)







The earth is NOT the Kingdom of God...It is the domain of the devil and his angels.

"And war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels battled with the dragon, and the dragon and its angels battled  but it did not prevail, neither was a place found for them any longer in heaven. So down the great dragon was hurled, the original serpent, the one called Devil and Satan, who is misleading the entire inhabited earth; he was hurled down to the earth, and his angels were hurled down with him."

Revelation 12:7-9

Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence. John 18:36

Who is THE Antichrist? Who are antichrists?

Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time. They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us. But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things. I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth. Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son. Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: (but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.
Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.
And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life. (1John 2:18-25)



According to the above verse THE Antichrist is one who is a liar (deceiver) who denies the Son (Jesus) and the Father. I believe this refers to Satan himself.  Satan knows Jesus is the Son of God the Father, but his mission is to send his dark angels around the whole earth and deceive the people into denying this truth.
People who falsley confess themselves to be a Christian, but whose only mission is to cause trouble in the church, to try and discredit the Lord's people and cause some to fall away from their faith and follow after a lie instead (false doctrines of devils) are also called antichrists.  They take their orders from Satan and are possessed by the spirit of the antichrist.


 When Jesus came to earth the first time it was good news for sinners!...





The Next time Christ comes to earth it will be bad news for sinners...


"Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. And there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books.
"The sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one according to his works. Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And anyone not found written in the Book of LIfe was cast into the lake of fire." Revelation 20:11-15


But it will be good news for believers...


There awaits a NEW HEAVEN and a NEW EARTH for those who put their faith in JESUS CHRIST!

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. Revelation 21:11

Choose Your Path

Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. (Psalm 16:11)

When we are young we find ourselves at many crossroads. When we are older, we find ourselves at fewer crossroads, but now we are able to look back on our journey and know which paths led us astray and which paths led us towards our goals. The problem with doing this however is that it is too late once you have walked the wrong path, you can not go back and choose differently, you can not live your life over again now that you know the right way!
You must decide to start a brand new journey from right where you are now.
This time do not embark on this journey alone..That didn't work before did it?



Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

(John 14:6)


 

 Jesus knows the way you must go, but it is not an easy path. You will need to follow Him very closely.


Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
(Matthew 7:14) .. words of Jesus Christ


Jesus will lead the way...

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. 

He maketh me to lie down in green  pastures:

he leadeth me beside the still waters. 

He restoreth my soul:

he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. 

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me;

thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. 

 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies:

thou anointest  my head with oil;

 my cup runneth over. 

 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life:

and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.

(Psalm 23)

Luke 9:62. But Jesus said to him, "No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God."

Lot's wife looking back
James E. McConnel
(1903-1995)

Whenever God tells us not to look back, we should trust that He means it!

... but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
( Philippians 3:13 )

  Keep moving forward, don't let anything block your way...Listen to your shephard when he warns you of a stumbling block on the path ahead. Don't stop to listen to any other voice telling you to stop or turn around.
Sometimes the stumbling blocks become our stepping stones.





So if the Devil is whispering into your ear telling you how unworthy you are to follow this new path,  perhaps reminding you of a past sin, ..just tell him what Jesus told him:

Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men. (Matthew 16:23)

When you do this you will be leaving the devil behind you; Jesus will lead you on the right path. Don't look behind you. The cares of this world will only cast a shadow upon your path with Christ... Don't worry, a shadow can not hurt you
“The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?” (Psalms 27:1)
unless you turn away from the light of Jesus and try to walk alone through the darkness.






 It's your choice...

 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
(John 3:18)

 “I am the light of the world; he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.” (John 8:12)
(Words spoken by Jesus Christ)




Journeying on...

Cleaning House

Just to let people know, I am cleaning up My Heart's Home, hoping to make it a bit more stream- lined. I am revisiting the core reason for beginning this blog in the first place...To glorify Jesus, edify and encourage fellow Christians, and to warn the unsaved of God's coming judgment of mankind.
Less is more and I am simplifying.    using more of God's Word and less of my own.

In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.
 (Proverbs 10:19)

Please do not be offended if you find some posts along with your comments gone. I encourage your comments, but ask for your understanding.

 My only hope is to glorify Jesus more at My Heart's Home!

*Note:
I am making my email address available now in case you need to contact me for prayer.

~God Bless~

My Yes Card

I have to do the grocery shopping today. We don't need very much, so I will shop at our local market.  This store is usually pretty high priced on many items, but there are sometimes decent sales. If you use your Yes Card you can accumulate enough points over time to redeem them for a free item.  This just reminded me today of how Jesus redeems our soul and gives us the free gift of eternal life when we say "Yes" to Him!
Do you have your Yes Card?



 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree. Galatians 3:13
To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. Galatians 4:5
In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace. Ephesians 1:7
Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. Hebrews 9:12

Google image

 

גאול (ga'ul) means redeemed

The Hebrew verb "gā’al" has a central meaning in "to regain possession of by payment" or "buy back something that was lost." In the Old Testament, the verb "gā’al" has been translated as "to redeem", "ransom", and "do the part of a kinsman".

The Hebrew verb "gā’al" has another meaning of "to avenge bloodshed" or "to require blood", and has been translated as "avenge" or "revenge"

Like the above store icon says...

Say YES to savings today!

Happy New Year..The Ark awaits!

And He said to the disciples, “The days will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it. 23“They will say to you, ‘Look there! Look here!’ Do not go away, and do not run after them. 24“For just like the lightning, when it flashes out of one part of the sky, shines to the other part of the sky, so will the Son of Man be in His day. 25“But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation. 26“And just as it happened in the days of Noah, so it will be also in the days of the Son of Man: 27they were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were being given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all. 28“It was the same as happened in the days of Lot: they were eating, they were drinking, they were buying, they were selling, they were planting, they were building; 29but on the day that Lot went out from Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all. 30“It will be just the same on the day that the Son of Man is revealed. (Luke 17:22-30)

God shut the door.

So those that entered, male and female of all flesh, went in as God had commanded him; and the Lord shut him in. (Gen.7:16)

 Jesus said “I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved” (John 10:9).

During this New Year's celebration and beyond, people will be doing what people do, they will be getting together with family and friends, eating and drinking and having a good time. There may be a marriage proposal or two, babies will be born, people will die.
People all over this world will be counting down the last few seconds of the year 2011. Most of us will anticipate a future full of hope and promise as we welcome in 2012.  My hope for the new year is that we will see all of God's promises fulfilled in our lives as we journey into a new day...as we declare Come Lord Jesus...My hope is that all my loved ones will find themselves placed safely in the arms of Jesus, or grasped tightly in his strong hand if they find themselves in over their heads.  I hope for smooth sailing, but I know that storms will come. I know that Jesus will either calm those storms or calm His children as He comforts us within the midst of the storm. He will never leave us alone to battle it out if we stay within the safety of His ark. 



It is not too late. There is still time. The storm is coming, it is on the horizon right now. Do not wait until the storm is in full swing, when it will be very difficult to enter into the Kingdom of God. There is a chance that you will not make it through the coming storm. All will be lost, your soul will be lost forever, without Jesus~without hope.

There is a day coming, and it will come upon you very suddenly, when you will look up and see the Son of God coming from Heaven with his saints.

And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. (Matthew 24:30)

  The dead in Christ and the *raptured saints*  will be with Jesus when He returns to earth... And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven...Those who are gathered at this time will be called the great tribulation saints, the ones who overcame the tyranny of the Beast during a time of unprecedented terror and horror upon the earth; a time of unspeakable evil and violence like this world has never seen before. These tribulation saints are those who refused to take the mark of the beast, and as a result they lost loved ones, homes, jobs and all of their property, and many if not all of their possessions. They were hunted down like fugitives, hidden from sight from those who would torture and kill them, they would be declared as enemies of the government, dangerous right-wing fundamentalist Christians, and regarded as a dangerous terrorist threat because they refused to obey the new world order government and deny their new faith in the Lord Jesus and convert to a new one world religion. They refuse to live in opposition to the Word of God written in the Holy Bible.

There will also be other angels who will gather together all those who did not regard the God who created them, who did not care about the Son of God or His sacrifice for them. These were scoffers who ridiculed the Lord who paid for their ugly sins with His blood shed for them on the cross. These are they who upon hearing the Word of God telling them that He loved them so much  that He gave His own Son Jesus (The Christ) to first teach and show them how they must live, and then finally to suffer and die in their place, to pay with His own blood the penalty for the sin of all mankind. They laughed or completely ignored and rejected the free gift of salvation; thinking it ridiculous or un-scientific, illogical, or just not necessary as they believed they were good enough on their own, by their own good works to earn their place in Heaven. There will be many who will deny their faith in Jesus so they can recieve the mark of the beast in order to recieve provision for their lives here on earth. ..That life will only be for another 3.5 to 7 years, depending upon when during the great tribulation the mark was established to replace all modes of currency, shorter if they succumb to any one of the judgements that will be poured out upon the earth...read The Book of Revelation for descriptions of these)...
So in essence, these people will be trading in their eternal life with their Creator in a New Heaven and New Earth, for a few miserable years upon this fractured and dying earth which will be thrown into a lake of fire that will burn and torment forever. Even Satan, the beast that you depended on for everything can not save you now, as he will suffer the same judgement....

 10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. 12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. 13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. 14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. 15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire. (Revelation 20) 

The New Ark Awaits

The first ark was built out of wood by man following explicit instructions from God. The New Ark is built upon a foundation of solid rock; 

¹ Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking, ² as newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby, ³ if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious.  (1 Peter 2)

The Chosen Stone and His Chosen People

⁴ Coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious, ⁵ you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. ⁶ Therefore it is also contained in the Scripture,


“ Behold, I lay in Zion
A chief cornerstone, elect, precious,
And he who believes on Him will by no means be put to shame.”<sup>[b]

7</sup> Therefore, to you who believe, He is precious; but to those who are disobedient,^[c]


“ The stone which the builders rejected
Has become the chief cornerstone,”^[d]

⁸ and


“ A stone of stumbling
And a rock of offense.”^[e]
They stumble, being disobedient to the word, to which they also were appointed.

Built to withstand the fires of Hell itself, this ark is given to man from God the Father in the form of Jesus His only begotten Son. This ark does not  only ask that you enter into it, He asks to enter into you, to give you a new and eternal life, to change you into a new creation, a new being...

2 Corinthians 5:17

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.

You will be called Sons and Daughters of God, grafted into the Royal family of God to live forever in a new Heaven and Earth.

⁹ But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; ¹⁰ who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy. (1Peter 2:9)

⁵Having predestined us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
⁶To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
⁷In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace; (Ephesians 1)

When you enter into your eternal home you will receive a new body. There will be no more sorrow and weeping, no more sickness and pain...

The Resurrection Body  (1 Corinthians 15:35-44)

35 But someone may ask, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?”

36 How foolish! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies. 37 When you sow, you do not plant the body that will be, but just a seed, perhaps of wheat or of something else. 38 But God gives it a body as he has determined, and to each kind of seed he gives its own body. 39 All flesh is not the same: Men have one kind of flesh, animals have another, birds another and fish another. 40 There are also heavenly bodies and there are earthly bodies; but the splendor of the heavenly bodies is one kind, and the splendor of the earthly bodies is another. 41 The sun has one kind of splendor, the moon another and the stars another; and star differs from star in splendor.

42So will it be with the resurrection of the dead. The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable; 43it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; 44it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body

A New Heaven and Earth  (Revelation 21)

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

The Door is opened wide..Please come in.


"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever BELIEVETH in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." -John 3:16

God made the plan of salvation so simple that a child can understand it. We are expected to present this salvation to others as God gave it to us, "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved" (acts 16:31).

"But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtlety, so your minds should be corrupted from the SIMPLICITY that is in Christ." (2 Cor 11:3)

 But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer. (1Peter 4)
And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh. (Luke 21:8)



*For more information about the pre-tribulation rapture of the Church please study:

For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever (1 Thessalonians 4:16-17)



In Luke 12:36, the Word states that when Christ returns, He will be returning from a wedding. In Revelation 19:7-8, we read about the marriage itself. The marriage supper takes place before the marriage. According to Jewish custom, the marriage contract, which often includes a dowry, is drawn up first. The contract parallels the act of faith we use when we trust Jesus to be our Savior. The dowry is His life, which was used to purchase us. When it's time for the wedding, the groom goes to the bride's house unannounced. She comes out to meet him, and then he takes her to his father's house. This precisely correlates with the events according to the pre-trib scenario. Jesus, the Groom, comes down from heaven and calls up the Church, His Bride. After meeting in the air, He and His Bride return to His Father's house, heaven. The marriage supper itself will take place there, while down here on earth the final events of the tribulation will be playing out. After the marriage supper of Jewish tradition, the bride and groom are presented to the world as man and wife. This corresponds to the time when Jesus returns to earth accompanied by an army "clothed in fine linen, white and clean" (Rev 19:14).
source: http://www.raptureready.com/rr-pretribulation-rapture.html
* all images are from Google


Have a Safe and Joyful New Year's celebration!
~God Bless~

I Am The Bread Of Life



^{John 6:32}Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven.
³³For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.
³⁴Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread.
³⁵And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
³⁶But I said unto you, That ye also have seen me, and believe not.
³⁷All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.
³⁸For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.
³⁹And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.
⁴⁰And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.

Thank you Father for giving us Jesus!

Help us to never take for granted this gift you have given us.
Help us to live our lives according to your will for us.

May we always remember to celebrate the gift of eternal life through Jesus CHRIST our Lord  today and every day!

Merry CHRISTmas everyone~ And may the Lord richly bless you and your family this New Year!

                                                         Love In Christ,
                                                                Lisa & Jeff

Stiff Necked

I awoke this morning with a stiff neck. I am not surprised, I anticipated this. My husband and I have been working on our bathroom and we replaced all the drywall. I worked well into the night putting a coat of primer on the ceiling and walls. Today I will try to at least get the area done where the washer/dryer goes so that I can get the laundry done.

I have arthtitis in my spine, and have been having trouble with my neck for a few years now, this is going to take a toll I am sure. I hope I don't end up in therapy, but that is the requirement of the insurance company if I seek medical help for my arthritis. Oh well, whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger or something like that right?

I can't believe how late I slept in this morning. I was exhausted after last night. I feel like climbing back into bed now. I am ignoring the headache that is beginning to take a grip. I have been hearing a lot about that Higgs particle, otherwise known as the "God particle". I understand the science, but I fear the creator of us all will intercept if & when this particle is harnessed , I don't believe it can be. I can't help but think of what happened with the Tower Of Babel.


Genesis 11 - The Tower of BabelGenesis 11:1 Now the whole earth had one language and few
words. 2 And as men migrated from the east, they found a plain in the land of
Shinar and settled there. 3 And they said to one another, "Come, let us make
bricks, and burn them thoroughly." And they had brick for stone, and bitumen for
mortar. 4 Then they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower with
its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be
scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth." 5 And the LORD came down to
see the city and the tower, which the sons of men had built. 6 And the LORD
said, "Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language; and this is
only the beginning of what they will do; and nothing that they propose to do
will now be impossible for them. 7 Come, let us go down, and there confuse their
language, that they may not understand one another's speech." 8 So the LORD
scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth, and they left
off building the city. 9 Therefore its name was called Ba'bel, because there the
LORD confused the language of all the earth; and from there the LORD scattered
them abroad over the face of all the earth.

Perhaps this will be our Tower of Babel?

I can not help but be fascinated by science, I love physics and wish I had spent more time learning. I love my creator more though, so I have spent much time learning of Him instead. I look forward to the next Big Bang that is a shout from Jesus calling me home!

For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words. 1 Thess. 4:15-18

Perhaps this is a good time to heed this warniing from Moses again:

 27For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against the LORD; and how much more after my death? 28Gather unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to record against them. 29For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days; because ye will do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands. (Deut. 31)

That kind of stiff neck will get one in great trouble with the Lord!

Well, I wish I had all day to just sit here and write stuff, but I must finish my coffe, check email, put on my 'painting clothes', and get to work..I am waiting for my arthritis medicine to kick in so that I can move. I have taken care of the dogs, and made the bed, I wish I could just climb back into it!