Palm Trees
1. Palms reach and grow up, not out.
Christians should reach up to God, not out to the world.
2. Palm leaves do not resist the wind, but let it pass through them.
Christians should not resist reviling, but should let it pass.
3. Palm trees are flexible. They bend and straighten.
Christians should be flexible, but not breakable.
4. Palm trees have many roots to hold them securely.
Christians should have a strong foundation.
5. Palm trees dig deep for water.
Christians should dig deep into the Word for more understanding.
6. Palm trees have strong armor.
Christians need the strong armor of God.
7. Palm trees survive the heat, but wither in the cold.
Christians need to endure the coldness of the world just as they endure the heat of tribulation.
8. Palm trees only produce fruit when they are mature.
Christians should be patient and wait for Gods timing.
9. The oldest palms produce the sweetest fruit.
The more trials Christians go through, the sweeter and better their fruits and rewards will be.
When things seem tough and every thing is going wrong, remember the palm tree and know that God is preparing something special for you!
Pain and trouble are with the package because of man’s sin.
God will always make it work out for good!
Romans 8:28
Sweetpea (and the Palm tree family)
Friday, June 20, 2008
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Fiery trials
Q. How do fiery trials test the bonds of our affections toward God and things?
A. If we are true, then the trials will help us make our bonds of affections stronger. The trials test to see of you will break.
Q. How do fiery trials separate impurities from our lives?
A. When we go through a trial, if we are true, we will see the impurities and, with God’s help, we will remove them.
Q. How do fiery trials distinguish what is true from false.
A. When we go through trials, we will be able to tell out things and people that are true and will stick with us and those that are false.
Q. How do fiery trials bond us to others who have gone through the fire?
A. We understand what the other has gone through.
Q. How do fiery trials produce transparency in our lives?
A. When we have gone through a trial with a teachable spirit, then we will be able to look into ourselves and see our faults. Also others will be able to see the love of Jesus in our hearts.
Q. How do fiery trials change our attitudes so that we can more easily reject impurities?
A. The more trials that we face and pass, the more we become like our Heavenly Father. So therefore it is easier to reject impurities.
Q. How do fiery trials help us to discern that which is durable from that which is perishable?
A. When we go through a fiery trial we will realize the things that are going to mean something (durable things) and things that aren’t going to mean anything (perishable things).
By: Yours truly, SWEETPEA
Q. How do fiery trials test the bonds of our affections toward God and things?
A. If we are true, then the trials will help us make our bonds of affections stronger. The trials test to see of you will break.
Q. How do fiery trials separate impurities from our lives?
A. When we go through a trial, if we are true, we will see the impurities and, with God’s help, we will remove them.
Q. How do fiery trials distinguish what is true from false.
A. When we go through trials, we will be able to tell out things and people that are true and will stick with us and those that are false.
Q. How do fiery trials bond us to others who have gone through the fire?
A. We understand what the other has gone through.
Q. How do fiery trials produce transparency in our lives?
A. When we have gone through a trial with a teachable spirit, then we will be able to look into ourselves and see our faults. Also others will be able to see the love of Jesus in our hearts.
Q. How do fiery trials change our attitudes so that we can more easily reject impurities?
A. The more trials that we face and pass, the more we become like our Heavenly Father. So therefore it is easier to reject impurities.
Q. How do fiery trials help us to discern that which is durable from that which is perishable?
A. When we go through a fiery trial we will realize the things that are going to mean something (durable things) and things that aren’t going to mean anything (perishable things).
By: Yours truly, SWEETPEA
How has every culture in the world been prepared for God’s message?
A long time ago an Ethiopian government official went in search of the true God. He went to Jerusalem. When he was leaving Jerusalem he was reading the fifty third chapter of Isaiah. Then a Jewish man came along and asked what he was reading. The Ethiopian eunuch showed him what he was reading and told him that he could not understand what it meant. This Jewish man, whose name was Philip, explained to the Ethiopian what Isaiah meant and told him about Jesus and the things which he did for mankind. The Ethiopian asked Jesus into his heart and asked Philip to baptize him. When the Ethiopian went back to his country he told many people and the Gospel spread quickly in Ethiopia.
In the 1920’s a missionary was rather surprised at how well a Bantu tribe in the Central African Republic welcomed the message of the Gospel. He was later told by the Bantu leaders that they had already been waiting for the missionary and his message. They said the Creator, Koro had sent word to their forefathers long ago that He had already sent his son into the world to accomplish something wonderful for all mankind. However, their forefathers later turned away from the truth of Koro’s son and, in time, forgot what it was that He had accomplish for all mankind.
“Since the time of “the forgetting,” successive generations of our people have longed to discover the truth about Koro’s Son. But all we could learn was that messengers would eventually come to restore that forgotten knowledge to us.”
The Gospel is also explained in the Chinese characters. The ideograph for righteousness has two parts: the upper symbol meaning “lamb,” and the lower symbol, meaning “I”. The message, then, is that “I, under the Lamb, am righteous.”
The ideograph for tree is a cross with the symbol for man superimposed on it.
The great Incan Emperor, Pachacuti, was a sun god worshiper for a while until he really started to watch the sun. He noticed that the sun always followed a set path, preformed certain definite tasks and kept set hours, as did a common laborer. With lost interest in the sun Pachacuti started to study the Incan traditions and histories. He read about Adam and Noah and others and at last discovered the Lord, whom his Incan ancestors had called “Viracocha,” and began to worship Him as the Creator of all things.
Also there is the creation itself to look at. If one was to really consider the creation, he would eventually be pointed to God. The stars also point to God. When one considers how massive space is, one can not help but to know that someone Great and Mighty made it all.
All things declare God’s Glory; all things point to Him.
“The heavens declare the Glory of God; and the firmament shows His handiwork.” Psalm 19:1
by: your one and only; SWEETPEA
A long time ago an Ethiopian government official went in search of the true God. He went to Jerusalem. When he was leaving Jerusalem he was reading the fifty third chapter of Isaiah. Then a Jewish man came along and asked what he was reading. The Ethiopian eunuch showed him what he was reading and told him that he could not understand what it meant. This Jewish man, whose name was Philip, explained to the Ethiopian what Isaiah meant and told him about Jesus and the things which he did for mankind. The Ethiopian asked Jesus into his heart and asked Philip to baptize him. When the Ethiopian went back to his country he told many people and the Gospel spread quickly in Ethiopia.
In the 1920’s a missionary was rather surprised at how well a Bantu tribe in the Central African Republic welcomed the message of the Gospel. He was later told by the Bantu leaders that they had already been waiting for the missionary and his message. They said the Creator, Koro had sent word to their forefathers long ago that He had already sent his son into the world to accomplish something wonderful for all mankind. However, their forefathers later turned away from the truth of Koro’s son and, in time, forgot what it was that He had accomplish for all mankind.
“Since the time of “the forgetting,” successive generations of our people have longed to discover the truth about Koro’s Son. But all we could learn was that messengers would eventually come to restore that forgotten knowledge to us.”
The Gospel is also explained in the Chinese characters. The ideograph for righteousness has two parts: the upper symbol meaning “lamb,” and the lower symbol, meaning “I”. The message, then, is that “I, under the Lamb, am righteous.”
The ideograph for tree is a cross with the symbol for man superimposed on it.
The great Incan Emperor, Pachacuti, was a sun god worshiper for a while until he really started to watch the sun. He noticed that the sun always followed a set path, preformed certain definite tasks and kept set hours, as did a common laborer. With lost interest in the sun Pachacuti started to study the Incan traditions and histories. He read about Adam and Noah and others and at last discovered the Lord, whom his Incan ancestors had called “Viracocha,” and began to worship Him as the Creator of all things.
Also there is the creation itself to look at. If one was to really consider the creation, he would eventually be pointed to God. The stars also point to God. When one considers how massive space is, one can not help but to know that someone Great and Mighty made it all.
All things declare God’s Glory; all things point to Him.
“The heavens declare the Glory of God; and the firmament shows His handiwork.” Psalm 19:1
by: your one and only; SWEETPEA
How to pray for an hour.
Do each thing for five minuets each in youre prayer closest.
· Praise. Praise God for who He is.
· Wait. Wait and listen to what He has to say.
· Confess. Confess you’re sins, problems and hardships.
· Read the Word. Pretty self explanatory.
· Intercession. Pray for others.
· Petition. Ask for things. Make sure that they are ok in scripture.
· Pray the Word. Read His Word back to him.
· Give Thanks. Thank Him for everything, even the hard things.
· Singing. Sing hymns to Him.
· Meditate. Think about what God has taught you.
· Listen. Listen some more to what God has to say.
· Praise Him. Praise Him for who He is.
Do each thing for five minuets each in youre prayer closest.
· Praise. Praise God for who He is.
· Wait. Wait and listen to what He has to say.
· Confess. Confess you’re sins, problems and hardships.
· Read the Word. Pretty self explanatory.
· Intercession. Pray for others.
· Petition. Ask for things. Make sure that they are ok in scripture.
· Pray the Word. Read His Word back to him.
· Give Thanks. Thank Him for everything, even the hard things.
· Singing. Sing hymns to Him.
· Meditate. Think about what God has taught you.
· Listen. Listen some more to what God has to say.
· Praise Him. Praise Him for who He is.
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Go rest Ye in Peace
Now go ye to rest in a land evergreen;
Where love abides and peace is king.
Go there and wait patiently for me.
The world was harsh and cruel unto thee;
Go now and rest eternally.
Go there and rest from life's hardships, toil and plights;
For I will come when time is right and hold thee in mine arms.
Go to sleep oh dearest ones;
Rest ye in peace in Dayspring's arms.
Go ye to rest in a land evergreen;
"Where love abides and peace is king.
by Sweetpea
Where love abides and peace is king.
Go there and wait patiently for me.
The world was harsh and cruel unto thee;
Go now and rest eternally.
Go there and rest from life's hardships, toil and plights;
For I will come when time is right and hold thee in mine arms.
Go to sleep oh dearest ones;
Rest ye in peace in Dayspring's arms.
Go ye to rest in a land evergreen;
"Where love abides and peace is king.
by Sweetpea
Be Ye Warned
God cautions that the secret motives of mans heart will eventually asertain the durability of his name. If a person's secret mania is motivated by lust, greed and pride, then that person's thoughts and actions will ultimately be predisposed by them.
"I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings."
Jeremiah 17:10
On the other hand, if the secret motives of a person are to please the LORD and promote His Kingdom, then that person's name and reputation will be preserved even though he falters and falls sometimes.
"For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief." Proverbs 24:16
If a man has a secret desire to be rich, he will be attracted to intrigue and people that will ruin his life and demolish his name.
For this reason, God cautions those who have a secret desire to be rich will: "... fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition."
If a person's secret motives are to set his inclination on things above rather than on worldly things, he is able to undergo loss of temporaoy worldly things and will gather insight and spiritual gain.
SWEETPEA
"I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings."
Jeremiah 17:10
On the other hand, if the secret motives of a person are to please the LORD and promote His Kingdom, then that person's name and reputation will be preserved even though he falters and falls sometimes.
"For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief." Proverbs 24:16
If a man has a secret desire to be rich, he will be attracted to intrigue and people that will ruin his life and demolish his name.
For this reason, God cautions those who have a secret desire to be rich will: "... fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition."
If a person's secret motives are to set his inclination on things above rather than on worldly things, he is able to undergo loss of temporaoy worldly things and will gather insight and spiritual gain.
SWEETPEA
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