Armageddun Loc: The show me state

THE NEED FOR THOUGHTFULNESS ISA 1:3

HOOD THE POET HAS WRITTEN:
BUT EVIL IS WROUGHT BY THE WANT OF THOUGHT AS WELL AS WANT OF
HEART.

AS WE ARE NOW IN THE MIDST OF THE HOLIDAY SEASON, WE THOUGHT
PERHAPS IT WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO THINK ABOUT BEING THOUGHTFUL.

OURS IS TRULY BECOMING A THOUGHTLESS AGE.
VERY FEW THINK ABOUT OTHERS IN THE THINGS THEY DO, OR SAY, OR
ACT. AND THOUGHTLESSNESS IS OFTEN THE SLEDGE-HAMMER BLOW, IN MANY
OTHERWISE LOVING RELATIONSHIPS.

PARENTS KNOW HOW TRUE THIS IS. MUCH OF THE PAIN AND WORRY EVEN
SORROW THEY SUFFER OVER THEIR CHILDREN'S ACTIONS ARE NOT SO MUCH
BECAUSE THEY THINK THEIR CHILDREN HAVE HARD HEARTS, BUT BECAUSE
THEY JUST DON'T TAKE THE TIME TO THINK.

ALL OF US HAVE EITHER SAID OR HEARD IT SAID, SO IN SO IS SO
INCONSIDERATE. WE OFTEN EXPERIENCE SOME OF LIFE WORST PAIN AND
IT'S ALL BECAUSE OF THOUGHTLESSNESS. I'M REMINDED OF A FEW YEARS
BACK WHEN A MOTHER LOST HER SON ON THE RAILROAD TRACKS
BECAUSE HE WAS THOUGHTLESSLY PLAYING ON THE TRESTLE
WHEN A TRAIN WAS COMING, HE DIED AS THE RESULT OF
THOUGHTLESSNESS.

GOD GRIEVES OVER THOUGHTLESSNESS. ISA 1:3
HE SAYS EVEN A DONKEY AND THE OX, WERE MORE CONSIDERATE THAN
ISRAEL.

GOD HAD CARED FOR AND FED ISRAEL, YET THEY DID NOT LOVE AND
CARE FOR HIM, THIS TOO, WAS THE RESULT OF THOUGHTLESSNESS.

GOD SAID EVEN THE ANIMALS ARE MORE GRATEFUL TO US FOR WHAT WE
GIVE THEM THAN WE ARE TO HIM FOR WHAT HE GIVES US.

WE HAVE THIS EXPRESSION, OH IF THEY WOULD JUST ONLY THINK ABOUT
WHAT THEY ARE DOING... AND BELOVED IF WE DON'T WATCH IT, WE CAN
BECOME THOUGHTLESS PERSONS AS WELL.

LET'S LOOK AT 5 THINGS THAT WE CAN USE TO GET US STARTED
THINKING AGAIN. THINKING ABOUT GOD AND OTHERS.

PS 8:3 WHEN I CONSIDER THE HEAVENS..

THE STUDY OF THE HEAVENS WAS A FAVORITE PASS TIME OF THE EASTERN
SHEPHERDS.

It WAS IN THE EAST, THE LAND OF THE BIBLE THAT ASTROLOGY HAD
ITS BEGINNINGS.

DO YOU EVER CONSIDER THE HEAVENS? THEY ARE A TRUE SOURCE OF
WISDOM. WHAT CAN WE SEE IN THINKING ABOUT THE HEAVENS.

WE SEE HOW THE GREATNESS OF HEAVEN MAKES MAN LOOK SO SMALL. WHEN THE ASTRONAUTS LANDED IN FLORIDA INSTEAD OF THEIR USUAL PLACE.. JUST FOR A FLEETING MOMENT, HOW MUST THEY FEEL AFTER GOING SO FAR OUT IN SPACE, AND COME BACKKNOWING HOW LITTLE THIS PLANET REALLY IS.


YOU AND I MAY HAVE TRAVELED FROM COAST TO COAST, SOME EVEN TO FOREIGN LANDS, BUT WE HAVE ALL HAD AN ATTACHMENT TO THE GOOD OLD EARTH. BUT FOLKS, THEY HAVEN'T FOUND THE END OF SPACE YET. AND THEY HAVE BEEN SENDING RADIO SIGNALS, LIGHT BEAMS, INSTRUMENTS CREATED BY THE MOST INTELLIGENT HUMAN BEINGS, AND THEY HAVEN'T FOUND THE END YET.

HOW SMALL WE REALLY ARE. YET NOWHERE, NOWHERE IN ALL THIS BIBLE DOES GOD SAY HE LOVES THE STARS MORE THAN HE LOVES MAN.

LOOK AT THE HEAVENS AND YOU WILL SEE THE CALMNESS OF THEIR EXISTENCE PUT TO SHAME THE HURRY WORRY AND FUSSINESS OF THE PASSIONS OF MAN. THE SAME STARS THAT COLUMBUS USED TO PLOT HIS COURSE CAN STILL BE USED TO PILOT THE QUEEN MARY.
LONGFELLOW WROTE OF THE STARS:
SO STILL AND SAINT-LIKE, NO FRET AND WORRY, AND ANGER, AND WRATH.

WHEN I THINK OF THE HEAVENS I SEE THEIR ORDER SHAMES OUR DISORDER.
THEY OBEY THE COMMAND OF GOD. HERE MEN LISTEN TO IVAN BROWNING,
YET DISREGARD THE TEACHING OF THE BIBLE. OUR LIVES ARE FULL OF DISOBEDIENCE, DISCORD, AND STRIFE.

SECONDLY, CONSIDER THE LILIES OF THE FIELD. MATT 6:28

MY GRANDMOTHER CALLED THE FLOWERS, GOD'S SMILES. OH HOW OFTEN GOD
MUST SMILE IF THEY ARE... THE STARS ARE THE FLOWERS OF HEAVEN,
THE FLOWERS ARE THE STARS OF THE EARTH.

AS I THINK ABOUT THE FLOWERS I SEE THEIR PURITY AND BEAUTY, BUT
THAT ONLY POINTS OUT MY IMPURITY AND UGLINESS.

THIRDLY. THINK ABOUT THE RAVENS.LUKE 12:24 (CROWS)

THINK ABOUT IT, THEY ARE UNCLEAN. BUT HE CARES FOR THE RAVENS.

A PLACE WAS FOUND IN THE ARK FOR THE RAVENS. AND GOD USED THEM TO FEED HIS SERVANT ELIJAH.

I AM MORE LIKE A RAVEN THAN A FLOWER, BUT GOD HAS THOUGHT FOR ME AND HAS MADE PROVISION FOR ME BY SUPPLYING MY EVERY NEED.

FOURTH. WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT HIM... HEB 12:2-3

WHAT A SUBJECT TO THINK ON. YOU COULD NEVER EXHAUST THAT STUDY.

HIS GREATNESS, CALMNESS, OBEDIENCE, PURITY, BEAUTY, CAN ENTRANCE US. WHEN COMPARED TO CHRIST ALL ELSE, THE BEAUTY AND ORDER AND GREATNESS OF THE STARS AND HILLS FALL INTO NOTHINGNESS.

EVEN WHEN I CONSIDER HIS DEATH, IT IS LIFE TO ME.

LASTLY, LET US CONSIDER ONE ANOTHER.. HEB 10:24

YES, EVEN WE OURSELVES ARE WORTH CONSIDERING.
IN EVERYONE, THERE IS SOMETHING TO ADMIRE.

HOW ARE WE TO CONSIDER ONE ANOTHER? TO PROVOKE ONE ANOTHER.I KNOW SO MANY WHO HAVE SEEMED TO STOP READING HERE. BUT WE ARE NOT TO PROVOKE TO ANGER OR HURT OR DESTRUCTION OF CHARACTER.

BUT WE ARE TO PROVOKE ONE ANOTHER TO LOVE AND GOOD WORKS.
THIS MEANS TO BE HELPFUL, CARING, SHARING, ENCOURAGING ONE ANOTHER.

IT'S TRULY MY PRAYER THAT WE ALL WILL GIVE THIS DUE CONSIDERATION. NOT JUST FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON, BUT FROM NOW ON THROUGHOUT OUR DAYS.

Rose42

Outstanding post and great reminder. Its much appreciated.

Armageddun Loc: The show me state

Thanks, Rose. My plan is to post more Bible studies in the coming days. I pray that God will bless them and receive the glory for the results.

Rose42

Excellent. I look forward to seeing them!

Armageddun Loc: The show me state

GLORYING IN THE CROSS

GAL 6:14-16


AS STRANGE AS IT MAY SEEM, THERE IS GLORY IN THE CROSS OF CHRIST.
I SAY STRANGE BECAUSE THE CROSS WAS THE MOST PAINFUL METHOD DEVISED BY MAN TO EXECUTE A PERSON.

THERE IS HOWEVER GLORY EVEN AMIDST THE SHAME AND PAIN BECAUSE OF WHO IT WAS THAT WAS NAILED TO THAT VILE INSTRUMENT OF DEATH.
YOU AND I AND ALL WHO NAME THE NAME OF CHRIST MAY GLORY IN THE CROSS BECAUSE:

1. IT IS THE FULFILLMENT OF PROPHECY.

GEN 3:15; ISA 55; DAN 9:24-26.


2. WE SEE THE LOVE OF GOD EXHIBITED... 1 JOHN 3:16


3. WE SEE THE LOVE OF CHRIST DECLARED. JOHN 15:13; GAL 2:20.


4. WE SEE THE REMOVAL OF THAT WHICH WAS AGAINST US. COL. 2:14.


5. WE SEE THE REDEMPTION PRICE OF OUR SOULS. GAL 3:13.


6. WE SEE THE WAY OF ESCAPE FROM OUR SINS. 1 PETER 2:24.


7. WE SEE THE FOUNDATION OF OUR PEACE ESTABLISHED. COL 1:20; EPH 2:16.


YES, I WILL CLING TO THE OLD RUGGED CROSS AND EXCHANGE IT SOMEDAY
FOR A CROWN...

TexaCan Loc: Homeward Bound!

There hasn’t been a time in my life that Clinging to that Old Rugged Cross has not been more needed! Tribulation is coming to our Nation that will require great faith! IMHO

Rose42

Amen and amen.

Armageddun Loc: The show me state

GOD REALLY CARES 1 PET 5:6-7

THERE ARE TIMES EVEN IN THE LIFE OF THE MOST DEDICATED CHRISTIAN THAT IT ALMOST SEEMS PRESUMPTUOUS TO THINK THAT THE ALMIGHTY GOD WOULD TAKE TIME TO BE INTERESTED
IN WHAT GOES ON IN OUR LIVES.
VERY OFTEN, WE PUT GOD IN THE CATEGORY OF A REALLY SUPER NICE GUY,BUT WE ALL KNOW AFTER ALL EVEN SUPER NICE PEOPLE HAVE LIMITATIONS.

THEY HAVE SCHEDULES AND COMMITMENTS TO KEEP. THEY HAVE THEIR OWN LIVES TO LIVE, AND EVEN THE BEST OF THE BEST, CAN REACH A POINT WHERE THEY ARE TO INVOLVED IN
OTHER PROJECTS TO HAVE TIME FOR US.

WELL GOD IS NOT A REALLY SUPER NICE GUY. GOD, IS PART OF HIS CREATION, YET AT THE SAME TIME HE IS TOTALLY OTHER.

WE CALL HIM FATHER BECAUSE THAT IS THE CLOSEST AND BEST EARTHLY RELATIONSHIP, THAT WE UNDERSTAND, TO DESCRIBE JUST MINUTELY HOW MUCH AND THE WAY GOD CARES FOR US.


HOW DOES GOD SHOW HIS CARE AND CONCERN FOR HIS PEOPLE.

1. HE ......... OVER THEM WITH HIS ....... PS 34:15


2.HE .......... LISTENS TO THEIR PRAYERS WITH HIS ...... 1PET 3:12


3. HE ......... THEM BY HIS ...... DEUT. 33:3


4. HE ........ THEM WITH HIS HEART. 1 JOHN 3:1


5. HE ........ THEM BY HIS ...... HOSEA 11:3

6. HE ........ THEM BY HIS ....... ROM 8:14


7. HE ........ THEM BY HIS ........ 2 PET 1:4

YES GOD REALLY DOES CARE FOR HIS CHILDREN.

ARE YOU CASTING ALL YOUR CARE UPON HIM ?

Zemirah Loc: Sojourner En Route...

If God did not love us with an all encompassing love, there would be no Christianity and no Christians.

He sent us His Holy Word of Revelational Truth.
He sent us a nation, Israel, His Ten Commandments, His written Laws.
Finally, He sent the Eternal Son, the 2nd Person within the One Spiritual Triune Godhead.

He gave each of us an indwelling conscience, an undeniable compass by which we may choose to steer our course.

But, first, He gave us free will, so that if we loved Him, it would be by our own choice, not by coercion, and not from fear of "going to hell..."

For every Christian, this is the one constant, our invariable.

1 John 4:19 - "We love because He first loved us."

Rose42

Amen and amen

Armageddun Loc: The show me state

Amen and Amen

Armageddun Loc: The show me state

THE BELIEVERS WALK

PS. 143:8-12

THIS IS A PSALM WRITTEN BY DAVID AS HE WAS BEING PURSUED RESTLESSLY BY KING SAUL.

THIS COMES FROM A PERIOD IN DAVID'S LIFE WHEN THERE WAS NO ONE TO COUNSEL HIM, NO ONE TO ENCOURAGE HIM, NO ONE TO SHELTER HIM FROM THE HOUNDING OF AN INSANELY
JEALOUS KING.

DAVID HAS BEEN REDUCED TO HIDING IN CAVES. V-3 HE IS EXHAUSTED PHYSICALLY AND SPIRITUALLY. V-4

IN VERSE 8 HE PLEADS WITH GOD TO TEACH HIM THE WAY TO WALK.

NOW THE TERM WALK IN THE BIBLE HAS A MUCH DEEPER MEANING THAN JUST A DIRECTION.

DAVID AT THIS POINT IN HIS LIFE WAS SEEKING MORE THAN JUST A WAY OF ESCAPE, HE WAS SEEKING A WAY TO END THIS NIGHTMARE OF RUNNING LIKE AN ANIMAL, AND HIDING LIKE A
CRIMINAL.

THE PICTURE HERE IS ONE THAT CAN BE LIKENED TO A CHRISTIAN BEING PERSECUTED AND HAUNTED BY THE DEVIL AND HIS DEMONIC CROWD.

HOW DO WE PUT AND END TO THIS CAT AND MOUSE GAME WHERE THE DEVIL SEEMS TO HAVE THE VICTORY AT EVERY TURN.

WELL THE BIBLE TELLS US THE ANSWER AS TO HOW WE SHOULD WALK OR THE WAY THAT WE CAN STAY AHEAD OF SATAN WITH POWER.

1. WALK IN LOVE. EPH 5:1-2

2. WALK IN TRUTH. 3 JOHN 3-4

3. WALK IN THE SPIRIT. GAL 5:16

4.WALK BY FAITH. 2 COR 5:7

5. WALK IN NEWNESS OF LIFE. ROM 6:4

6. WALK-IN HONESTY. ROM 13:13

7. WALK WORTHY OF THE LORD COL 1:10.

YES, THERE IS A WAY TO DEFEAT THE DEVIL AT EVERY TURN, A WAY TO PUT AND END TO HIS RELENTLESS PURSUIT.

YOU MAY ASK DO YOU MEAN THAT THIS WILL STOP THE DEVIL FROM BOTHERING ME?

NO, THE DEVIL WILL NEVER STOP TRYING TO BOTHER YOU. BUT IF WE WILL WALK THE WAY THE BIBLE TEACHES US TO WALK. WE BEGIN TO SEE THAT THE DEVIL HAS NO POWER,
NO REAL POWER. WE CAN FACE HIM IN THE NAME OF JESUS. JAMES 4:7

Zemirah Loc: Sojourner En Route...

Whenever any believer in Christ reaches the end of his/her own strength, and crumbles at the feet of the Lord God in faith, He will step in without missing a beat, and enable each of us to stand...

James 4:7 "Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you."

... "So humble yourselves before God ... Resist the devil, and he will flee from you."

Zechariah 3:2 "The LORD said to Satan, 'The LORD rebuke you ... Satan! The LORD, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebuke you ... Is not this man a burning stick snatched from the fire?'"

TexaCan Loc: Homeward Bound!

So appropriate for these times!

🙏🏻. Thank you!

Armageddun Loc: The show me state