Time is of Necessity

I am really enjoying reading my bible this year but I really don't have the time right now to comment on each days reading. So, I'm not going to make it a goal everyday to comment on what I've read. This way it doesn't become a burden to me. I am limiting my time on the computer at this time in my life because I have a lot going on with my family, kids, and homeschool that needs my undivided attention.

I hope everyone is learning a lot from the Word of God and I will comment here about my readings as I have the time.

Blessings

My Husband Rocks: January 9,2009

If you would like to participate in this weekly meme just go here.

This week we have to answer the following questionnaire.

1. Where did you meet?

In Arkansas

2. Who long did you date b/f you were married?

7 months

3. What does he do that surprises you?

he plans really sweet getaways sometimes

4. What is your favorite quality of his?

he always finds the good in what ever situation he is in

5. What is your favorite feature of his?

His hair

6. Does he have a nickname for you?

Momma

7. What is his favorite food?

spicy Mexican

8. What is his favorite sport?

Football, he coaches flag for our son

9. When and where was your first kiss?

in a quaint little restaurant in Arkansas, he kissed me while we were standing right beside the dance floor. he asked me to dance and I told him "No, I don't dance." He just leaned over and kissed me right there.

10. What do you like to do together?

anything as long as we are together, mostly we like to sit and talk or cuddle and watch a movie

11. Do you have any children?

two, Juliet 9 and Evan 7

12. Does he have a hidden talent?
he can sing

13. Who said "I love you" first?

He did


14. What is his favorite type of music?

Rock, U2 is his favorite

15. What do you admire most about him?

how much he has overcome in his life and his love for others

16. Do you think he will read this?
maybe, if I tell him about it

One year bible blog: January 8, 2009

Todays bible reading can be found here

Today's scriptures:

Genesis 18:16-19:38 ~ Matthew 6:25-7:14 ~ Psalm 8:1-9 ~ Proverbs 2:6-15



I absolutely loved todays reading in Matthew. We are told that if we will only seek God first, he will take care of all of our needs. If we put our needs first...striving for bigger houses and better material things, if this is where our heart and efforts are focused then we are not living as God wants. He has promised to take care of all that we need (and what we desire or want) if we will only put him first. WOW! What a promise.


In Psalms we read about the stars. The entire earth speaks of God's glory. If we will look in nature we will clearly see just how awesome the Lord of Hosts truly is.


in Proverbs I loved this:

He stores up success for honest people (vs.7)

I am claiming this verse for me and my family for 2009. Praise be to God for all that he does!

One year bible blog: January 7, 2009

today's reading can be found here

Today's scriptures:

Genesis 16:1-18:15 ~ Matthew 6:1-24 ~ Psalm 7:1-17 ~ Proverbs 2:1-5


I am reminded today that we can't lie to God. Sarah tried to tell the Lord that she didn't laugh, but the Lord knew that she had. I believe that we should confess our sins and the secrets of our heart openly before the Lord because he knows about them anyway. How many of us try to hide our true feelings or intentions from God? I like to tell him the very worst about me, only then can he change my heart.

I enjoyed reading the Lord's prayer today. I think I am going to memorize it and have both of my kids do the same. I want to pray this prayer once a day.




The theme of the Psalms seems to keep on talking about the wicked and the good. Being good in your heart is what God wants. Getting our motives right, loving what is pure and honest. This is the way God knows the real us, by looking into the deepest parts of who we are. We can't hide from God. I pray for the Lord to make my heart pure and clean before him. Search into my heart and show me anything that is not pleasing in your sight. If we continually pray this way and deal with the sins that we are shown then we can rest assured that God will not bring upon us the judgment that Psalms 7 talks about.


Lastly, we are to cry out for wisdom. Do you cry out for wisdom? We are to search for it and not rest until we find it. I assure you that if you ask for wisdom God will hear you. Sometimes the road to wisdom may be a little bumpy. I believe some of us get from God quicker than others may. The point is to never stop searching. Always pray for wisdom in every situation and aspect of your life.

One year bible blog: January 6, 2009

Todays reading can be found here:


Genesis 13:5-15:21 ~ Matthew 5:27-48 ~ Psalm 6:1-10 ~ Proverbs 1:29-33


something that stood out to me today was from the reading in Genesis:


"The Lord accepted Abram because he believed. So his faith made him right with the Lord."


Having faith makes us right with the Lord. Having faith in his written word and believing that all of God's promises will come about in their time. Do a study on how many times the bible talks about having faith. it's a lot!
Hebrews 11:6 says that without faith it is impossible to please God.

In Matthew today I am reminded of the sanctity of marriage. It is a covenant before God and not to be taken lightly. Also, as a woman I am reminded that how I dress and how I behave are very important to the Lord. Women are very much responsible for being modest in every aspect of our lives.

In Psalms today I think about how many times I have felt like David. How many times have I cried and poured out my heart to God. After crying out to God I always feel better, and sometimes only then is it truly possible to have faith that what you are in need of will be given. Pouring our hearts out before God is something we should be doing regularly.



I really like this:

Proverbs 1:32

"The Lord really hates sinful people. But he makes honest people his closest friends."

One year bible blog: January 5, 2009

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Today's reading:

Genesis 11:1-13:4~ Matthew 5:1-26 ~Psalm 5:1-12 ~Proverbs 1:24-28



I too have turned into somewhat of a night owl since my husband started working from home. His day use to start at 6:00 and it was really easy for me to get up and get my day going as soon as he left the house.

Now that he is at home his day starts rather late and because of this I have started getting up later and going to bed later.

I desperately want to change this!

I must admit that I have been doing my daily bible study in the evenings, and sometimes even before bed. I am rather ashamed of this and I am committed to changing my schedule.

I am going to set my alarm for 7:00 tomorrow and get up when it goes off! Sometimes this is hard to do when my husband is still snuggled up in bed. But if I do this I will be able to have an hour or more to pray and read my bible before I have to start my day of homeschooling.

I do believe that being a night owl is no good and it's also unhealthy.

I enjoyed the scriptures today. Proverbs really makes you think about how important it is to listen and obey. Just like I tell my kids "Bad things happen when you don't listen to your mom and dad!"

One year bible blog: January 4, 2009

Today's reading:
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Genesis 8:1-10:32 ~ Matthew 4:12-25 ~ Psalm 4:1-8 ~ Proverbs 1:20-23

some things that stood out to me today:

Genesis 8:1-10:32

"I will never put a curse on the ground again because of men. I will not do it even though his heart is always directed toward what is evil. His thoughts are evil from the time he is young."

This really stood out to me today. Our flesh is always pulled toward what is evil, even from the time we are children. It is only by the power of the Holy Spirit, the renewing of our mind and putting off of our old man that we are changed into the image of Christ. Without the communion with God daily through prayer and storing God's word in out heart we don't have the ability to turn away from evil, not on our own. We are dependent on God's help to be transformed.

I don't know about you, but for me this is a daily walk and a daily battle of renewing my mind. Satan is always there trying to steal the word out of my mind and bring fear and doubt. The more in communion with I am with God the easier it is to resist Satan's attacks.

I also noticed that after Noah got off the boat the Lord told him "Everything that lives and moves will be food for you." This is the first time in the bible that God allows man to eat meat. I assume at this time animals started each other as well. Thankfully this will be changed and the orginal diet for man and animals will be restored in the new heaven and new earth.

Matthew 4:12-25



Psalm 4:1-8

I love this entire Psalm. Well, the entire book of Psalms is wonderful. To pick something...


"How long will you love what will certainly fail you?"

Let's look at our own lives and ask this question. Do you love your house, your stature in your community or church, your pride in your accomplishments...do you love these more than God? All of these things, even our husband and our children, will fail us at some point.



Proverbs 1:20-23

I have prayed for wisdom since I was 16 years old. I have to say that sometimes to gain wisdom you have to go through some hard times. The wisdom I have gained in my life is more precious to me than anything anyone could offer up to me.

My kids are memorizing scriptures from the book of Proverbs. I think this book is so important for young children to learn and remember. It will help equip them for what the world has in store for them when they get older.


I definitely believe that the Lord is always calling us to something. He is constantly challenging us to surrender to him that which keeps us from being transformed into his likeness. We are never standing still. We are either moving forward or backward on the path that we are on.

I feel I am being called in 2009 to take a closer look at my role as a wife, mother, and woman of God. I feel a calling to change something significant in my life...(I am going to be talking about this in an upcoming post of mine, I am not quite ready yet to tell about it.)

I am doing an online bible study of the book "The Excellent Wife" by Martha Peace. I will be posting my responses to our study questions ASAP.

I know that one day I will stand before the King of Kings and I want to be ready. What about YOU?

One year bible blog: January 3, 2009

I am loving the time I spend each day reading my bible. I am learning so much from the commentary at bible.org for each of the daily scriptures. It is a lot of reading to do, it takes me 1 to 1 1/2 hours to finish each day, but is completely worth it.

today's reading:
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Genesis 5:1-7:24 ~ Matthew 3:7-4:11 ~ Psalm 3:1-8 ~ Proverbs 1:10-19

Here are the things that stood out to me today:

Genesis 5:1-7:24

I have to say I am so enjoying reading from Genesis. Today I was touched to read the genealogies in chapter 5 and see how God's chosen line for Jesus came from Seth and not Cain. When reading about the flood, I see how God saved Noah and enabled the line to continue for the Messiah to be born.

Matthew 3:7-4:11

In Matthew today I see how Jesus used the word of God to defeat Satan when he was being tempted. If Jesus needed to remember and quote scripture, how much more do we need to do the same?

I have already started a scripture memory system with my children. We have been learning scriptures from the book of Proverbs and we have memorized about 30 scriptures so far. Here is a link to the scripture memory system we are using. It is so easy to set up and use, for yourself and your entire family.

Also, Jesus was baptized before he began his ministry. This also shows his dependence on the Holy Spirit while he was here on earth. Like wise, we are dependent on the Holy Spirit for power to resist sin and temptation, and to the work that God has called us to do, whatever that work might be, for preaching in a third world country to being a homemaker and raising Godly children. We can't do it without the power and leading of the Spirit of God.

I read the following from a post on the one year bible blog and I wanted to share it with you so I copied it:

WHY MEMORIZE SCRIPTURE?

1. To avoid sin.

"Thy word have I hid in mine heart,

that I might not sin against thee."

Psalm 119:11

2. Out of obedience.

"My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.

Keep my commandments, and live;

and my law as the apple of thine eye.

Bind them upon thy fingers,

write them upon the table of thine heart."

Proverbs 7:1-3

3. In order to resist the devil

In Matthew 4 (which was in today's reading), Jesus was tempted three times by the devil, and each time He quoted scripture back saying "it is written...". In the end (v. 11) the devil left Him. We too can do that, if we lay up His words in our heart through memorization. John 14:26 says: "But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you."

4. To teach our children.

"And these words,

which I command thee this day,

shall be in thine heart:

And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children,

and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house,

and when thou walkest by the way,

and when thou liest down,

and when thou risest up.

Deuteronomy 6:6-7

5. To be prepared to share the Gospel

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts:

and be ready always to give an answer to

every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you

with meekness and fear:

1 Peter 3:15

We are commanded to put on the armour of God which includes putting on shoes of preparation to share the Gospel. Ephesians 6:15 says "And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace." Memorization is one way to be prepared to share the Gospel.

That you may answer. Proverbs 22:20-21 says "Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge, That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee?"

6. To overcome our own will

Then I said, I will not make mention of him,

nor speak any more in his name.

But his word was in mine heart

as a burning fire shut up in my bones,

and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay.

Jeremiah 20:9

In this time of Jeremiah's life, God's word had been made a "reproach" and a "derision" daily. So Jeremiah had a bad attitude and decided that he was no longer going to speak out for God. But God's word was burning inside him, and he could not stay silent.

Here´s a good Bible Memorization Plan:

1. Choose a topic

2. Find a verse and write it on a card

3. Read the verse several times for meaning

4. Set the verse aside until tomorrow

5. Read the verse phrase by phrase, looking away from it as you begin to remember the words. Repeat several times

6. Do this for five days in a row, or until you can remember the whole verse and its "address" (reference) without a prompt

7. Use weekends to review memorized verses.

This is a part of a series of lessons on memorization.

Psalm 3:1-6

"Lord you are like a shield that keeps me safe"

Proverbs 1:10-19

"...don't even set your feet on their paths."

there are only two paths in life and we need to make sure we are going down the path that leads to eternal life. Jesus said "I am the way the truth and the life, no one comes to the Father except through me."

One year bible blog: January 2, 2009

January 2,2009 reading

Genesis 3:1-4:26 ~ Matthew 2:13-3:6 ~ Psalm 2:1-12 ~ Proverbs 1:7-9

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I really enjoy reading the commentary at bible.org that is given for each daily bible reading. I use it as a bible study and I really get a lot from it. Today what spoke to me the most from my reading was how sneaky the serpent was in the garden of Eden. He simply questions what God had told Eve. He just makes her think about disobedience, and what pleasure she might attain from disobeying.

It really makes me ask myself if there is an area of my life where I am disobeying God. I think sometimes we are afraid to surrender certain sins to God because we enjoy the pleasure we get from them too much, and we really don't think that God is really that worried about them. This could be something as simple as a certain tv show that we watch that we know isn't glorifying to God, but when we feel conviction, we simply say "That's not a big deal" until we aren't convicted anymore. I believe that we should surrender things as soon as we are convicted of them being wrong. When we don't do this we allow satan to tell us all the reasons why that "sin" isn't really a sin. And pretty soon, we have justified our disobenience. Just like with Eve, satan wants us to disobey God without realizing that we are disobeying. He wants to trick us.

I encourage you today to reevaluate your relationship with the Lord and to search your heart for anything that might be displeasing to Him, and surrender it up. Any pleasure we get from doing something displeasing to God, isn't worth the reward we will receive from obedience.

"If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. John 14:23

One year bible blog: January 1, 2009

Today I started with the One year Bible blog. Today was my first reading and study. I am reading the designated passages as well as reading the commentary's for each passage at bible.org.

I am so excited about reading the bible through this year. It has been something I have wanted to for years. I usually skip around in my reading and I have never finished reading the old testament in it's entirety. I going to be starting my day with my bible reading. I plan on devoting an hour each morning before I do my morning routine and get ready to start our school day. On the weekends I sometimes like to sleep in with my hubby, so I might do an afternoon bible reading on the weekends...I am still pondering on this. I invite you to join in with me and share your daily reading adventures! Each day I will be posting something about what I read. If you are doing the same please come here and leave a comment with a link to your blog post.

January 1, 2009 reading:

Genesis 1:1-2:25 ~ Matthew 1:1-2:12 ~ Psalm 1:1-6 ~ Proverbs 1:1-6



Hi,

I am Michelle

1. Have you read the entire Bible before?

No. I have read all of the new testament several times, but only about half of the old testament. I am really look forward to finally finishing the old testament!

2. What are you looking forward to about reading the entire Bible in 2009?

I am really looking forward to reading every day with a goal of finishing in a year. I really like the accountability aspect of it. I want to draw closer to the Lord and give him my time in study.

3. What's your favorite book or verse in the Bible?
My favorite books are Galatians and Proverbs; my favorite scripture is Proverbs 3:5

"Trust is the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your understanding; In all your ways acknowledge him, and he shall make your path straight."

4. What's a fun or interesting fact about yourself?
I am a homeschool mom of 2, and I love making homemade gifts for others. I love the Lord and am striving to raise up 2 kids who have a heart for HIM.

5. Do you have a blog or website link that you want to share with everyone?

I have a homeschool website(I sell notebooking pages and unit studies) and 2 blogs:

www.homeschoolnotebooking.com
www.homeschoolnotebooking.blogspot.com
www.michelleshomemakingjournal.blogspot.com

6. Also, what verses or insights stand out to you in today's readings?

I really enjoyed reading the creation account in Genesis. I learned a lot from reading the commentary at bible.org on Genesis 1 and 2. I am reminded about the purpose of marriage, and how holy and beautiful it is. Reading about when God created Adam and Eve, and how he joined them together made me thank God for my marriage and remember how sacred it is to the Lord.

I also enjoyed reading from Psalms today. I am reminded that every aspect of how I conduct myself is important to God and to the testimony of my faith. I am urged to surrender up to the Lord all of the things that my not be right in my life, no matter how trivial I think they might be. My purpose in this life is to become more and more like Jesus.

To quote from bible.org's commentary:

"Those who pursue happiness as their goal in life will not find it, but those who seek holiness will find happiness as a pleasant by-product."

Can't wait for tomorrows reading and study!

I love this picture depicting the creation of Genesis from left to right