God sent us a Saviour...

God sent us a Saviour...

If our greatest need had been information....

God would have sent us an educator.

If our greatest need had veen technology...

God would nave sent us a scientist.

If our greatest need had veen money...

God would have sent us a economist.

If our greatest need had been pleasure...

God would nave sent us an evtertainer.

BUT our greatest need was forgiveness...

So, GOD SENT US A SAVIOUR.

This CHRISTmas may you see and know anew

how great His love is toward you...

Love to all who read...

~~~***Terri***~~~

Reflecting on.....

Today we focus on "Reflecting" on what we have read for the past weeks....a few questions and thoughts..
1. Was it pleasing to the Lord for the lady who cooked her husband supper according to his likes?
2. Would it have been sin to respond with anger or hurt feelings?
3. Would you have sought to please your husband if he had shown such insensitive ingratitide?
4. Do you think her husband was just trying to be cruel?
5. When you first married, did you think of your marriage as a career of pleasing your DH?

A virtuous woman is a crown to her DH: but she that maketh ashamed is as rotteness in his bones"(Proverbs 12:4).

Make a new habit.
Most wives reading this book were trained not to honor their DH's. You were most likely trained by a mother's example to disrespect and resent your dad. You were trained by watching your mother showing displeasure at your dads bad habits, and nothing has changed in the way you relate to your DH. It seems natural to be angry rather than to seek change for the better. It is not easy to break a well-established tradition, but it will certainly be worth the effort.
Liberated to sorrow
Beginning with the womans "liberation" mocement of the 1960's, women have been taught and expected to resent men in authority. All media, magazines, movies, and popular books have promoted eradication of the distinction between male and female. the established churches are only about on e decade behind the, world, so Christian books and Ministers have followed with their own female liberation theology. Ministers and theologians have devised ways of dismissing the authority of the words of God found that speak about the nature and duty of men and women. It has gone so far that the churches are now convinced that the Bible supports this modern view.
When I was a child, no one in our large, extended family could ever remember a divorce on either side of the family, including the many aunts, uncles, cousins, and grandparents. Neither was there a case of abuse or child abuse. In the last 50 years, all that has dramatically changed.
It is hard to believe, but the following assignment was found in a 1950's public high school home economics notebook. When I was in school, this is what the general public was being taught!!! Can yo imagine what an outcry it would cause if someone put this in a public school textbook today????

I guess we will wait till next posting to find our what it is......

Love to all who read.....
~~~*Terri*~~~

Hello..It seems like mu computer is doing better, maybe it got over the flu!!!! HA! HA!
I will try and post today......

Eight practical game rules......

Todays is called...."Eight Practical Game Rules"....
Have you ever studied the word "blasphame"?
When I was small, it struck terror in my heart. We were new christians and somewhere along the way, the preachers were able to stuff into my little brain the verse on blaspheming the Holy Ghost., "But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation"(Mark 3:29).
Today, now at a much riper age, the word "blaspheme" still causes me to shudder---as it should. To some degree, blasphemy is to put oneself above God, either by what you say or what you do. When the Pharisees heard Jesus speak, and because they wanted a reason to kill him, they accursed him of blaspheming,"making himself equal with God"(John 5:18).
This is a womans study about wives and mothers, so you must be wondering what blasphemy has to do with the subject. A lot! I tried to recall the list of 8 things that aged women were told to teach the younger women.
"That the aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; That they may teach the young women to be [1]sober, [2]to love their husbands, [3]to love their children, [4]to be discreet, [5]chaste, [6]keepers at home, [7]good, [8]obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed(Titus 2:3-5).
The word blasphemed jumped out at me,"...that the word of God be not blasphemed." Aged women (that's me) are commanded to teach the young women so they will not blaspheme the word of God!!! As young mothers in danger of blasphemy? The passage says they are.....blasphemeing the Word Of God. Even though it is not the unpardonable sin, it sure is a scary thing for Paul to say that about young wives.
The word blaspheme in this passage had always seemed to be an overstatement---an emphatic exxageration. How can a woman be causing the Word of God to be blasphemed is she is not discreet? Does a women really cause the Word of God to be blasphemed if she doesn't obey her husband? What if he is wrong? What if she dresses a little sexy and is not as chaste as she should be? Should that be judged as blaspheming? What does it mean to be keepers at home? Why are these eight things so critical to young wives that refusal to do them would be termed blasphemy?
God is faithful, as I pondered these thoughts, He gave me a glimpse of how to answer these questions, His answer broke my heart. I could never have dreamed the horror that would teach me just why the word blaspheme is the right word. But first, we will examine the 8 characteristics, one by one, that God commands aged women to teach young women.

Until next week,..........

Love to all who read....
~~~*Terri*~~~

Monday....The Power of Reverence....

How do your children see their "Daddy"....? How do you see Him even when he is not all that great? How do others see Him?

Even when Your DH is not happy, cute, smelling good, thoughtful, good looking, and all of the things the world sees as "good"...How do you see Him? Even when you reverence a man that does not deserve it, you are in a sense reverencing God.

Do you understand that? You reverence God because you reverence your DH, not because your husband is a fit representative of Christ, and not because he is a worthy substitute, but because God placed you in subjection to your husband. And when it gets humanly ridiculous to obey him, and when he gives you every reason to not respect him, there is only one controlling factor left---God. You obeying and reverencing God, and no one else. That man of yours is the fortunate one who receives honor being given to God. Your faith sees beyond the circumstances of your sinning man to the God who created us all and "so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten son..."(JHohn 3:16).

If your faithfullness is never rewarded with a new-birth change in your husband, your commitment will not be wasted, for the grace that God is working in your heart is making you supremely fitted to be the Bride of Christ. It is an eternal work(we look so temperal)taking place in your soul. Your obedience to God, and your willingness to go beyond the extra mile, prevents your husbands damaging your children. You have covered a multitude of sins with your love and forgiveness(1 Peter 4:8).

Play it again, Sue...

In our own strength, we women tend to have minds like old LP records that are scratched. We take our husbands faults and replay them in our thoughts over and over again, "he's insensitive....he's insensitive....he's insensitive..."We get worked up over the smallest things and offense until our agitation sours into bitterness. He will forget to feed the dog three days in a row. We will look a the empty dog bowl and attribute it to all kinds of evil motives of him. He will leave us waiting in the car for an extra 10 minutes, and we convince ourselves that his lack of consideration is just the tip of the "cold iceberg" in his heart. Since we are "Christian" ladies, and the children are watching, we don't rant and rave; we just give him the cold silent treatment(like that will help!). He must know how much he hurts us, and the best way to retaliate is to hurt him back(STOP!!! This doesn't help!!!)by depriving him of what he wants most---respect, honor, and love.

We know that this will get his attention, and he will eventually have to come humbly asking what is wrong. By then, our miserable countenance(ugly!) should have softened him up for a good case of repentance. Boy, will we make him sorry! But we fully expect that he will try to make up for the birthday he forgot by buying the same kind of candy we told him we hate, and then we hate him all the more for not remembering that we hate that kind of candy. Practice. We are always practicing those awful thoughts!!!!

Remember the 40,000 thoughts a day? Out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaketh. How many thousands of negative thoughts are you thinking in the course of three or four hours? It IS YOUR DUTY before God to think differently....God tells you how to think. When our emotions will not freely allow us to think what we ought, our will(we use it for bad, why not for good?) can command our muscles to actions and the thoughts will follow. "Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established"(Prov. 16:3).

Remember the passage in 11Cor. 10:5? "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"

In the letters I receive, 90% of the offenses are not ony but the wifes imaginative responses to something that could have been easily overlooked......

The difference between a good marriage and a lousy one is not found in good husbands and good wives versus bad husbands and bad wives, for all marriages are made up of 2 sinners with lots of faults. A good marriage is good because one or both of them have learned to overlook each others faults, to love the other as he or she is and to not attempt to change the other or bring the other to repentance. A bad marriage is not one that contains more faults between the 2 of them, it is a marriage where one or both of them gets worked up over issues that good marriage partners let slide and cover up with love and forgiveness.

When a woman gets it in her mind that she must change her husband before she will allow him to relax in the security of her honor and respect, she will never see so much as the bottom side of a good marriage, except when she is kissing hers goodby!!!

~~~Continued next week~~~

Ladies....I hope you thoughtfully pray about all of these tips and truths...

they work....

Love to all who read...

Terri

Tuesday....Our reading material.....

Tuesday....
Our reading material....
What does our reading material say in our hearts?
Does it lft up the one and only God of the universe? Or, does it kind of hint about the "one".....?
Beware, of falsities in this reading material....hinting, about "the one" and only true God, is it what our minds know as that, our minds will pick up subtleties in what we read...Does our reading ..."build us up in the most holy faith...", or does it tickle our ears?
Does it help us grow into the likeness of Christ, love our fellow man more, have more Grace for the unlovely, or does it make us critical, judgemental and just plain grumpy at those who dont do/think/dress as we think they should?
Lets keep our eyes open to the subtleties of the enemy in our souls...

Love...
Terri...

What must Ido t be saved?

What must I do...?

This is a very good question everyone should ask. It pertains to the eternal destiny of the soul--eternal life. If yo are not a Christian, not born again, Jesus would say: "Ye must be born again"(John 3:7).



What is meant by "being born again"?

It means to be reborn--experiencing a rebirth. In other words be converted--made over'...that your sins may be blotted out..."(Acts 3:19).



Who needs this new birth?

Every man or woman and every boy and girl who has come to the years of

accountability needs to be spiritually born. In chapter 53 the prophet Isaiah, moved by the Holy Ghost, portrayed the suffering of our Lord Jesus for the sins of mankind several hundred years in advance. In verse six he says, "All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way,;;;" Jesus made it very plain to Nicodemus, a teacher in Israel, when he said "...Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannotsee the kingdom of God"(John3:3). He also told him it was a spiritual birth. It's operations are by the Holy Spirit.

Jesus invites "Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is ight"(Matthew 11:28-30).

All who are sinsick and tired of their load of sin are invited to come lay it down at the foot of the cross of Jesus, and "receive the atonement"(Romans 5:11). Jesus suffered, shed His blood and died on the cross a "...propitiation(self sacrificial death) for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins fo the whole world"(1John 2:2).

We must feel the guilt of ur sins--and that Jesus bore the agony in our stead. "He that covereth his sins shall nor prosper: but whoso confesseth and FORSAKETH them shall have mercy"(Proverbs 28:13).

No matter how great a sinner you may be, there is hope for you. "Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool"(Isaiah 1:18). "...These are they which come out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb[Jesus Christ]"(Revalation 7:14).

The Bible teaches us that all men have sinned and come short of the glory of God(Romans 3:23). But, man is not in a hopeless condition, for God commands all men everywhere to repent(Acts 17:30). "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness"(1 John 1:9). This means that where we have wronged our fellow man, we shall confess and acknowledge our sin--also make rstitution, where needed.

In luke 19, we read of Zaccheus and how he restored fourfold to any from whom he had tamen by false accusation. This repentance, confession and restitution is all a part of our coming to the Lord Jesus with all our heart, soul, mind and strength.

We also read, "If thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved"(Romans 10:9). Believing and acting---faith and works---go hand in hand. "Behold, I stand at the door[door on your heart] and knock[call]: if any man hear my voice, and open the door[we must head/answer His call and open our heart''s door], I will come in to him, and will sup with him[help him, have sweet fellowship], and he with me"(Revelation 3:20). What a glorious state and condition it is to have forgiveness of our sins and "...peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ!"(Romans 5:1)... It is the beginning of Heaven on earth.

"Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old thing are passed away behold, all things are become new"(2 Corinthians 5:17). "There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit"(Romans 8:1). Lusts of the flesh and of the eye, and the pride of life(1 John 2:15-17) and works of the flesh as mentioned in Galations 5:19-21, are outside the realm of salvation. Whereas the fruit of the Spirit as recorded in Galatians 5:2222-26 have the "..promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come'(1 Timothy 4:8).

Do you love the world?

We sang this song on Sunday, thought I would share it with you...........
Do you love the world, in its pomp and show?
In it's course of sin will you onward go?
Is the pride of life more than heav'n above?
Will you lose your soul for the sins you love?

Do you love the world, its applause and fame?
Soon twill end in sorrow, remorse snd shame;
Jesus bids you come and redeem your soul
From its awful doom, ere the judgements roll.

Do you love the world? is it dear to thee?
Can it help thy soul in eternity?
Will you choose its way more than godly fear,
Sealing thus your doom, when the Lord is near.

Do you love the world more than Christ who died?
How the blood flow'd free from his pierced side!
When its cost His life to prepar that "place,"
Will you die in sinm and refuse His Grace?

Chorus............
Do you love the world?
Will you selfish be?
When the Lord provides everything for thee?
Can you still refuse?
Will you come and bow?
Give your heart and life to His service now?

Love............
Terri