Thank you so much for the kind words yesterday. They mean so much. I am always afraid that what I write doesn't sound right or makes sense to me but to no one else. So, when people respond fondly it is such a nice thing. Gives me a tad bit more confidence in writing. I am going to ask for your prayers. I struggle with memorization. It very nearly caused me to fail a college class. I love learning, but memorizing is not my friend. I have used that as an excuse to not memorized scripture references for FAR too long. I have printed off a children's guide to memorizing scripture and am starting today. This will be a struggle for me. Satan will try to stop me. BUT I know God wants this from me and it is the best way to fight the enemy.
Matthew 7:
-Verses 1-6: Make sure that I am not judging and that my own stuff is straight before I worry about other peoples.
Verse 7: Am I asking? Am I seeking? Am I knocking? I should be in a constant state of wanting to know more and learn more and see more. God want to show me things but I must be striving to learn.
Verse 13: Find the narrow way and hold fast to it!!
Verses 15-20: Recognize people by their fruits. People say 'do not judge.' But we are supposed to examine the fruits that people produce in their lives. That is how we will know a fellow believer. I need to examine myself often and make sure my fruits are good fruits.
Matthew 8:
-"If you will" in verse 2. Jesus replied "I will." Why does God not always will to clean or heal people? I am sure it is for the overall outcome not the momentary good, but this is a concept that I find so very difficult to wrap my heart around.
**This next part of scripture led to much thinking. I text convo with Sarah Stephenson. A road trip convo with Dustin. I have given this bit of scripture a lot of thought the past couple of weeks.
-Verse 28-34: Why did the demons have to beg to be put in the pigs? Why could they not just leave the man and go to the pigs themselves? Why could they not then leave the pigs? Did they have free choice of what unsaved man they would inhabit? The best answer I have developed to this is that: The demons can not come and go as they please. They only follow orders from a power above them. Satan is usually who they get their orders from. I believe they were told to inhabit this man and they had to do so and could not leave until Satan or someone higher than him, Jesus, told them to. I believe that is why they had to beg permission to go into the pigs. Jesus outsmarted them. He allowed them what they wanted, then drowned them. He showed He was all powerful. This passage has made me think so much about the spirit world and spiritual warfare. If it is that way with demons, I would think it is the same way with angels. They can only go and do what they are told to. So they maybe are assigned to people. I never believed in 1 guardian angel before, but after reading this, maybe I do now.
Matthew 9:
-Verse 13- "I desire mercy and not sacrifice." This should be my prayer every day. It does not matter what I am giving or doing. If I do not show mercy, I have failed.
Thank you for reading. I am curious, are you following along in your own Bible, or just reading?
Matthew 7:
-Verses 1-6: Make sure that I am not judging and that my own stuff is straight before I worry about other peoples.
Verse 7: Am I asking? Am I seeking? Am I knocking? I should be in a constant state of wanting to know more and learn more and see more. God want to show me things but I must be striving to learn.
Verse 13: Find the narrow way and hold fast to it!!
Verses 15-20: Recognize people by their fruits. People say 'do not judge.' But we are supposed to examine the fruits that people produce in their lives. That is how we will know a fellow believer. I need to examine myself often and make sure my fruits are good fruits.
Matthew 8:
-"If you will" in verse 2. Jesus replied "I will." Why does God not always will to clean or heal people? I am sure it is for the overall outcome not the momentary good, but this is a concept that I find so very difficult to wrap my heart around.
**This next part of scripture led to much thinking. I text convo with Sarah Stephenson. A road trip convo with Dustin. I have given this bit of scripture a lot of thought the past couple of weeks.
-Verse 28-34: Why did the demons have to beg to be put in the pigs? Why could they not just leave the man and go to the pigs themselves? Why could they not then leave the pigs? Did they have free choice of what unsaved man they would inhabit? The best answer I have developed to this is that: The demons can not come and go as they please. They only follow orders from a power above them. Satan is usually who they get their orders from. I believe they were told to inhabit this man and they had to do so and could not leave until Satan or someone higher than him, Jesus, told them to. I believe that is why they had to beg permission to go into the pigs. Jesus outsmarted them. He allowed them what they wanted, then drowned them. He showed He was all powerful. This passage has made me think so much about the spirit world and spiritual warfare. If it is that way with demons, I would think it is the same way with angels. They can only go and do what they are told to. So they maybe are assigned to people. I never believed in 1 guardian angel before, but after reading this, maybe I do now.
Matthew 9:
-Verse 13- "I desire mercy and not sacrifice." This should be my prayer every day. It does not matter what I am giving or doing. If I do not show mercy, I have failed.
Thank you for reading. I am curious, are you following along in your own Bible, or just reading?
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