Friday, December 1, 2023

WRITING about government

 

1 Corinthians 3:18

King James Version

18 Let no man deceive himself. 

If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, 

let him become a fool, that he may be wise.


Strange how one blog led to another.

And another.

It took 93 blogs to finally create the 94th:

"On GOVERNMENTS"


That's quite a journey, but well worth it.

I guess you could say SPIRIT made me study real hard.

Each blog explored a theme.

Each article expounded on that theme.

Until finally, we got to the government blog.

To my great surprise, of course.

Considering I knew nothing about governments.

And had no desire to know its complexities.

Still, when SPIRIT gives me an idea, I go exploring.

Every time we create a new blog, it's like self-study for me.

I teach myself first.

I have no right to give you half-baked goods.

First, I must understand it.

And be true to Scripture.


Never mind that I'm not a tech guy.

Or a scientist, an economist, a CEO, or in government.

As if that even mattered to GOD.

All GOD cares about is if we seek His truth.

Psalm 14:2

King James Version

2 The Lord looked down from heaven 

upon the children of men, 

to see if there were any that did understand, 

and seek God.


He must have seen me jumping wildly.

Trying to catch His eye.

Calling His attention.

Joyfully volunteering.

He must have been pleased.

If He wasn't, He wouldn't have given me 96 blogs to create.

Just so you know, a 97th seems to be hovering.


GOD also wants to know if we care.

Well, I do care.

I care what happens to you.

I care to know absolute truth.

I care to know from the BEST teacher.

The Triune GOD surely saw my curious, cheerful, childlike heart.

With the indefatigable spirit He gave me.

I was teachable.

I was not government material.

I found I was actually enjoying writing about governments.

Not about the government of men, but the government of GOD.

It's the principles of GOD that matter.

We need GOD-centered governments.

That's the only way we can all live, thrive, and survive.

That's the only way we can have justice on earth.

That's the only way we can have real truth.

What would a good government be like?

That's explored in the 94th blog.


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Monday, August 28, 2023

WORKING for GOD

 

2 Timothy 2:15

King James Version

15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, 

a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, 

rightly dividing the word of truth.


There can be no nonsense when you work for GOD.

Neither laziness.

Nor doubt.

You're literally on call 24/7.

Won't that make you exhausted?

Not if the HOLY SPIRIT guides you.

Not all born again reflect such guidance.

A true born again working for GOD is devoted to Him.

Your heart, mind, body, and spirit are perfectly attuned to Him.

There is no thinking for self; only for GOD.


What does He want you to do?

How can you serve Him best?

What does He want you to do for others?

What is His will?

How can you be of value to others?

How does He want you to be?


Such questions occur daily.

In prayers, and as you live and work.

I must tell you of one instance wherein I slacked a bit.

And I'm mighty ashamed of it.

Thinking I had written enough, I wondered if I should keep writing as I did.

Such presumptuousness!

Soon after, our phone line got cut.

Naturally, my wifi conked out.

I was out of GOD's loop.

Took me a tedious two to three days to get it all sorted out.

It seems the contractors across us installed power for their clients.

In the process, our phone line was accidentally cut.

When I pointed it out to them, there was not much help forthcoming.

I had to get to a neighbor's house to report the issue.

It was a lengthy process with the phone company.

Fortunately, my neighbor was kind.

They allowed me to use their landline.

Mercifully, for as long as needed.

You know how you're put on hold.

And transferred here and there.

Quite a chore.

But I literally had to get back "on line".

At least, with GOD's line.

All because I thought better than GOD.

I got ahead of Him.

I got slack.

That must have been in late 2020.

Lesson learned.

Very humbling, indeed.

Never again was I to get ahead of GOD.

I was to do the work GOD set out for me to do.

At His own time, at His own pace, through His own will.

I was to keep going, for there was TONS of work to do.

Now, I merely pray for His will.

What does He want me to get done?

Also, as of this writing, we now have 89 blogs.

Nothing like being taught a hard lesson for a slacker.

Only by GOD's LOVE and GRACE am I able to write at all.

And to understand Scripture clearly, as if to a child.

I would never want to fall from grace again.

Whooo, I tremble at the thought!

I must truly let SPIRIT guard my throughts.

Come to the LORD JESUS now.

And know what it means to work for Him.

One thing for sure, it will be a 180-degree turn.

You will never be your old self again.

Your work will be marvelous.

Your work will serve GOD.

And others.

What could be more fun than that?


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Saturday, July 22, 2023

MAKING life EASIER for OTHERS

 

1 John 4:7

King James Version

7 Beloved, let us love one another: 

for love is of God; 

and every one that loveth is born of God, 

and knoweth God.


I've always known it.

I could not bear to see people suffer.

All the research I did was so I may know.

How to make life easier for others.

How I can really help them.

What information can really help them.

How to prevent ANY form of harm.

How to do things better, and more intelligently.

How to make room for more important things.

It was my heart's delight.

If I can make life easier for others.

And take the fear out of their hearts.

And show them a better way.

Thus, all that painstaking "research".


If there was an "experiment", I was probably that.

All those hits and misses.

All the lessons learned.

All the pain I caused others.

All the near-harm I caused myself.

All the ignorance of GOD's laws.

All the resulting humbling.

April 2019 changed everything.

I wanted real change.

I didn't want to sin anymore.

I wanted to know ABSOLUTE truth.

The kind I can really share with others.

And have conviction in doing so.

For my research had always one part missing.

What information was being left out?

What was shielded from me?

But I kept on.


Five months after, GOD made me born again.

And that changed everything in my life.

SPIRIT and SCRIPTURE showed me the best way.

How to live life, according to the Bible.

How to live life, according to GOD's terms.

How to live life, according to JESUS.

SPIRIT taught me all that.

No longer was I researching other books.

Or getting hits and misses in my life.

The BIBLE sufficed.

Now, I knew everything for sure.

How to really make life easier for people.

GOD planted the seeds before I was born.

He knew what I was going to be.

He waited till I came around.

All that "research" would bear fruit.

All those errors will be of use.

I would be able to teach better.

And to help more.

Nothing would be mere theory.

Because I knew the THREE sides of the coin.

I was like an experiment, that eventually got right.

Thanks to GOD, Who didn't give up on me.


What did I learn about making life easier?

By sharing the gospel of JESUS CHRIST.

By sharing with you GOD's WORD.

By sharing with you His LAWS.

By sharing verses that answer life's everyday questions.

By sharing verses that answer life's toughest questions.

By sharing verses that give real hope for our challenges.

By sharing about JESUS.

He is all the help we need.

For in these end times, His WORD is all that will remain.

There is nothing we can "bank" on, but the WORD of GOD.

And that is JESUS.


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Wednesday, June 14, 2023

Some FAVORITE articles

 

Colossians 3:23-24

King James Version

23 And whatsoever ye do, 

do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;

24 Knowing that of the Lord 

ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: 

for ye serve the Lord Christ.


SPIRIT makes writing fun.

He makes serving the LORD awesome.

He makes sharing with you delightful.

Here are some of my favorite articles.

And always, for GOD's GLORY!


A PERSONAL approach

SCRIPTURE sailor

When you know GOD's laws

BORN AGAIN walk

ABANDON worldly ways

SHUN profane babblings

MAKE reading FUN

HOW to DESIGN for OTHERS

The BORN AGAIN designer

It's wonderful knowing SCRIPTURE

COMFORT from GRIEF

Grief therapy the EVERYDAY way

SAVED from evil

YOU must have been CHOSEN by GOD

Some SIMPLE observations

The PLIGHT of the BIRD BRAIN

Get ABOARD now!

The CITY where BORN AGAINS live

WALKING with JESUS

7 things JESUS asks of us

BUILDING a HOME for GOD

For GOD's PERFECT PURPOSE

FAITHFULNESS to the WORD of GOD

The PURPOSE of affliction

GUARDING against sin

FLEE from sin

FORGET about DOING things FROM your OWN steam

The BORN AGAIN heart

THY EVERLASTING LOVE

HOW to SLEEP WELL at night

HONORING the LORD JESUS

SURPRISE from SPIRIT

Blame no one

My DELIGHT in SERVING the LORD

WHAT planning?

Cause NO ONE to FALL

BIBLE ASSURANCES

The LORD's DECLARATION

WORKMAN's CREED

It's TIME to HONOR GOD's PERFECT CREATION

WORK that is fool-proof

The LIFE of a CRAZY BORN AGAIN KID

The FIRST TIME GOD made me LAUGH

In GOD is TRUTH

What do I think of, when JESUS comes to MIND?

LINKS to the LORD

In JESUS, we have EVERYTHING

The TRUE BORN AGAIN

It's TIME we ACCEPTED these THINGS

CHEERFUL climb

VERSES on FAITH

WHAT it means to WORK for the LORD

GOD's WAYS

The IDEAL LIFE

Without the HOLY SPIRIT life is nothing

The PURITY of GOD's WORD in an age of hybrids

Are you a FRUIT of the SPIRIT?

LOVING one ANOTHER

The ONLY THING you can TRUST

PLUMBING the DEPTHS of our SOUL

DELIGHTING in OBSCURITY

GOD and NONE ELSE

GOSPEL of SALVATION

Things ETERNAL

PSALM of PRAISE

AGENTS of GOD

LIVE by the BIBLE

TRUSTING the LORD's WAYS

BE a SPIRIT-filled woman

How do you KNOW you are SPIRITUALLY mature?

Knowing RIGHT from wrong

The MOST BEAUTIFUL thing that can EVER happen to ANYONE

Religion or RELATIONSHIP?

TRUE SERVANTS of CHRIST

How GOD is GLORIFIED in us

BODY of CLEARNESS

On getting GOD's LAW right

SPIRIT-filled women

If we LOVE JESUS

Can we live by FAITH alone?

The LORD hears your CRY

NO fellowship with UNBELIEVERS

MEDITATING upon our LIVES

NOT money, media, or man

ONLY by GRACE are we SAVED

TAKING up our CROSS

FEAR the LORD verses

GET off the GREED

FAITHFUL ministers of CHRIST

SPIRITUAL discernment

BEST service to the WORLD

"TAKE AWAY the road blocks"

CLEARING the WAY for OTHERS

VERSES honoring GOD

STEADY kind of LOVE

Believers trust JESUS

ENTER the NARROW gate

Whoever BELIEVES in JESUS

On KEEPING watch

What can SAVE our souls?

Who MUST we avoid?

What is the ROAD to RIGHTEOUSNESS?

Who shall have EVERLASTING life?

What does GOD ask of us?

What does the LORD require of us?

How can we CEASE to do evil?

Going FISHING with the LORD

What it means to be a STUDENT of SPIRIT

STUDENT of POWER

NO desire for sophistication

The CHRISTIAN life

HUNGER for TRUTH

A New Life With JESUS

The JOY of Following JESUS

What it Means to WORK for Jesus

A Day in the LIFE of a BELIEVER

THANK YOU

Why Study Bible Prophecy At All?

What the Word of God Means to Me As a Writer

It is TIME to LIVE RIGHT by the LORD

God Seems To Like The Work I Do

Who to TRUST?

It is RIGHT to FEAR the LORD

BUILDING blogs of FAITH

What Does PERFECTION Mean?

WORKMAN's FAITH

BEST Approach to UNDERSTANDING the BIBLE

LEADERS honor the BIBLE

BIBLE as REFERENCE

Early Morning INSTRUCTIONS

Why We MUST Love GOD's TRUTH Alone

GETTING things RIGHT

ROCK steady

DEEP abiding FAITH

3 things you can TRUST

FREE of worry

Is PERFECTION possible?

The Born Again Concept of Freedom

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Saturday, May 13, 2023

On PREPOSITION challenges

 

Matthew 18:3 

King James Version

3 And said, 

Verily I say unto you, 

Except ye be converted, 

and become as little children, 

ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.


Prepositions can be tricky.

We all have the same challenges.

I did, once.

Consider the following:

of God

from God

for God

by God

to God

with God

about God

into God

in God


As workman for GOD, I have to be sure I get words right.

Rare is the person who doesn't get confused with prepositions.

I was once a business communications lecturer.

One task was to simplify letter-writing for executives.

Prepositions posed a Waterloo.

I figure, they had much to do already.

Why clutter their heads?

We found a solution:

-- Simplify writing.

-- Don't intellectualize too much.

-- Have fun writing, almost like a child.


And today, I found that image above.

Which illustrates prepositions even better.

Ends all confusion.

Makes you enjoy communicating more.

In a fun sort of way.

Anything SPIRIT makes me do to help everyone, I will do.

In the simplest way possible.

For we have to get the WORD out.

We need to be with JESUS during the RAPTURE.

No man left behind.

Ideally.


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Friday, February 10, 2023

22 FLAGSHIP verses

 

Matthew 16:24-26

King James Version

24 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, 

If any man will come after me, 

let him deny himself, 

and take up his cross, 

and follow me.


How has GOD influenced the work you do?

What path did He take you to?

This was the path given me.

First, He made me born again.

SecondSPIRIT gave me sets of verses.

Not in one shot, but as we went along.

Verses that resonated with my heart.

Serving as my everyday compass.

That we may set sail, under the flagship of JESUS.

These 22 guide the work I do each day.

Arranged according to when it was given.


Genesis 1:1-3

King James Version

1 In the beginning 

God created the heaven and the earth.

2 And the earth was without form, and void; 

and darkness was upon the face of the deep. 

And the Spirit of God moved 

upon the face of the waters.

3 And God said, 

Let there be light: 

and there was light.


John 3:30

King James Version

30 He must increase, 

but I must decrease.


John 3:5-7

King James Version

5 Jesus answered, 

Verily, verily, I say unto thee, 

Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, 

he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; 

and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, 

Ye must be born again.


2 Timothy 2:15

King James Version

15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, 

a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, 

rightly dividing the word of truth.


1 Corinthians 15:1-4

King James Version

15 Moreover, brethren, 

I declare unto you 

the gospel which I preached unto you, 

which also ye have received, 

and wherein ye stand;

2 By which also ye are saved, 

if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, 

unless ye have believed in vain.

3 For I delivered unto you first of all 

that which I also received, 

how that Christ died for our sins 

according to the scriptures;

4 And that he was buried,

 and that he rose again the third day 

according to the scriptures:


Matthew 24:40

King James Version

40 Then shall two be in the field; 

the one shall be taken, 

and the other left.


1 Thessalonians 4:16-17

King James Version

16 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:

17 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.


Hebrews 2:14

King James Version

14 Forasmuch then as the children 

are partakers of flesh and blood, 

he also himself likewise took part of the same; 

that through death he might destroy him 

that had the power of death, 

that is, the devil;


John 1:1-5

King James Version

1 In the beginning was the Word, 

and the Word was with God, 

and the Word was God.

2 The same was in the beginning with God.

3 All things were made by him; 

and without him was not any thing made 

that was made.

4 In him was life; 

and the life was the light of men.

5 And the light shineth in darkness; 

and the darkness comprehended it not.


John 1:14

King James Version

14 And the Word was made flesh, 

and dwelt among us, 

(and we beheld his glory, 

the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) 

full of grace and truth.


Colossians 3:1-2

King James Version

3 If ye then be risen with Christ, 

seek those things which are above, 

where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.

2 Set your affection on things above, 

not on things on the earth.


John 16:33

King James Version

33 These things I have spoken unto you, 

that in me ye might have peace. 

In the world ye shall have tribulation: 

but be of good cheer; 

I have overcome the world.


Matthew 4:17

King James Version

17 From that time Jesus began to preach, 

and to say, Repent: 

for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.


Ephesians 2:8-9

King James Version

8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; 

and that not of yourselves: 

it is the gift of God:

9 Not of works, 

lest any man should boast.


Acts 4:12

King James Version

12 Neither is there salvation in any other: 

for there is none other name under heaven 

given among men, 

whereby we must be saved.


John 3:16-17

King James Version

16 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.

17 For God sent not his Son into the world 

to condemn the world; 

but that the world through him 

might be saved.


Matthew 5:8

King James Version

8 Blessed are the pure in heart: 

for they shall see God.


1 Corinthians 2:1-2

King James Version

2 And I, brethren, 

when I came to you, 

came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, 

declaring unto you the testimony of God.

2 For I determined 

not to know any thing among you, 

save Jesus Christ, 

and him crucified.


1 Thessalonians 5:23

King James Version

23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; 

and I pray God 

your whole spirit and soul and body 

be preserved blameless 

unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.


John 21:25

King James Version

25 And there are also many other things 

which Jesus did, 

the which, if they should be written every one, 

I suppose that even the world itself 

could not contain the books that should be written. 

Amen.


Psalm 51:10-13

King James Version

10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; 

and renew a right spirit within me.

11 Cast me not away from thy presence; 

and take not thy holy spirit from me.

12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; 

and uphold me with thy free spirit.

13 Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; 

and sinners shall be converted unto thee.


Colossians 2:8-18

King James Version

8 Beware lest any man spoil you 

through philosophy and vain deceit, 

after the tradition of men, 

after the rudiments of the world, 

and not after Christ.

9 For in him dwelleth 

all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.

10 And ye are complete in him, 

which is the head of all principality and power:

11 In whom also ye are circumcised 

with the circumcision made without hands, 

in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh 

by the circumcision of Christ:

12 Buried with him in baptism, 

wherein also ye are risen with him 

through the faith of the operation of God, 

who hath raised him from the dead.

13 And you, 

being dead in your sins 

and the uncircumcision of your flesh, 

hath he quickened together with him, 

having forgiven you all trespasses;

14 Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances 

that was against us, 

which was contrary to us, 

and took it out of the way, 

nailing it to his cross;

15 And having spoiled principalities and powers, 

he made a shew of them openly, 

triumphing over them in it.

16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, 

or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, 

or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:

17 Which are a shadow of things to come; 

but the body is of Christ.

18 Let no man beguile you of your reward 

in a voluntary humility 

and worshipping of angels, 

intruding into those things which he hath not seen, 

vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,


Third part?

I just began writing.


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