Springing into April

Hi,

The scripture this time is so appropriate as Easter comes since it mentions one reason why Jesus' lives. Thank God for His resurrection power!

"Therefore He is able to save forever those who draw near to Him since He always lives to make intercession for them."

Hebrews 7:25 NASV

Spring is here!

As we spring forward, let's remember Who is responsible for all our blessings.

 My mouth is filled with Your praise and with Your glory all day long. Do not cast me off in the time of old age, do not forsake me when my strength fails.

Psalm 71:8-9 (NASV)



God bless you,

Ouida

Marching On

What a good scripture I noticed for March with the wedding of our son and spring coming!

Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice! Let your gentle spirit be known to all men. The Lord is near.

Philippians 4:4-5  (NASV)

God bless you,
Ouida

Oops Again

Hi All,

Here I am a day late again and Gerry thinks I need to do my post the day before the 1st and 15th. We'll try that next time.

The scripture these two weeks has to do with a discipline the Lord keeps trying to teach me. It is to cut out judging and critical thinking of others. The most amazing thing is that there are five huge reasons to stop it.

1. We are ignorant of all the data about those we judge.
2.We are guilty of the same things and will receive the same consequences.
3.We are blinded by judging of others' valuable qualities.
4.We side with the devil (accuser) himself when we judge against those God loves.
5. Judging creates a wall of isolation making us feel all alone.

So lets cut out the judging and critical thinking and maybe this scripture will help:

"Do not judge so that you will not be judged. For in the way you judge, you will be judged; and by your standard of measure, it will be measured to you."

Matthew 7:1&2 (NASB)

Oops1

Oops, time for the next scripture! Really one day past time so there is room for improvement.

I am so excited about this one!

I count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord for whom I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish that I may gain Christ and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith.

Philippians 3:8-9 (NIV)

This verse relates to our new Bible Study starting in 2 weeks - "Jesus, the One and Only." Hallelujah!

Love,
Ouida

One of the best gifts I got in 2009 was the encouragement from Beth Moore's blog to learn a verse of scripture every two weeks. On the 1st and 15th ( or close to that ) we would send in the scripture as a comment on the blog with the reference and version (abbreviated) and our first name. They figured out a reward for those who could say 20 out of the 24 scriptures (free entrance to a conference), but I will not be attending that. My best reward was having to work for days to get one verse memorized and then having some of God's word that was mine and could be used in the night or while driving etc. Many of us wrote these verses down on one of those little spiral notecard binders (I like the colored one) that you get at Wal-Mart. Since these verses were such good news to me many times this last year, I would like to start this blog for any of you that would like to do something similar. I will not be doing a seminar for a reward, but we could do one dandy party in January for those who have been encouraged to learn verses through this blog. Believe me the best reward is working on verses meaningful to you and even praying them to God. So think about participating. I hope to hear from you.

The verse I started this year on that some of you might like to use also is:

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Romans 15: 13 (NASV)