Teaching godly character traits # 6

Forgiveness

VS

Rejection

Verse: Ephesians 4:32

Clearing the record of those who have wronged me and allowing God to love them through me.

Teaching godly character traits # 5

Boldness Vs Fearfulness

Confidence that what I have to say or do is true and right and just in the sight of God.

Acts 4:29

Teaching godly Character traits #4

Definition Virtue

A virtuous course of thought ; virtue, moral goodness

any particular moral excellence, as modesty, purity.

The moral excellence and purity of spirit that radiate from my life as I obey God's word.

There is nothing better as a mom to see our children walking in the truth!

Teaching godly character traits # 3

SINCERITY

VS

HYPOCRISY

Eagerness to do what is right with transparent motives.

1 Peter 1:22

Seeing you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit
unto unfeigned love of the brethren , see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:

If we walk in the flesh we will not be able to fulfill this....Remember "obeying the TRUTH through the SPIRIT"

Thankfully if we are 'saved' then we have the Spirit, the Bible calls us to 'walk in the Spirit, and we will not fulfill the lust of the flesh'

Teaching godly character traits #2

OBEDIENCE

VS

WILLFULNESS

Freedom to be creative under the protection of divinely appointed authority.

2 Corinthians 10:5

Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obediance of Christ.

Friday's Weekly Wrap Up

Wheeeeewww.......

What a week......I am so glad it's Friday. It has been one of those weeks that just seemed to never end....you know 'when it rains it pours'! Felt like we were under a cloud all week. School went on the back burner for the beginning of the week. Sunday night at about 8:30pm we took our beloved Chance to be put down.....(never say it's just a dog!) One of the hardest things I have ever had to do...and the vet missed Chances vein and the medicine didn't work...they had to poke him a few times.....agonizing wait, and ugh and I can still see him looking at me helplessly ;(

Monday was a bit better, cause grandma came home after being gone a month in Montana. We were able to get up and go meet them for breakfast.

Tuesday I told the boys we were going to have to get out of the house for the day, so we spent the day in town with our good friends.

Wednesday.....back to homeschooling. ...Routine...Hard day.

Thursday...ICK just bad day. Major fibro flare, slept alot.

Friday.........Yet to be told......I hope and pray I can get out of this funk I am in and we can have a good weekend together as a family. Today is another 'BIG' day in the PROCESS. I am hoping for a decent outcome. God can take care of it!

Tomorrow we are planning to take the kids riding at the track in Longview, they are very exited!

Have A Blessed Friday,

Brandie

Teaching godly character traits # 1

TRUTHFULNESS

VS

DECEPTION

Earning future trust by accurately reporting past facts

Ephesians 4:25

Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbor: for we are members one of another.

Please Pray for Bryce

Update:

Bryce is in the hospital with a fever and chills.

Do we need to understand why?

"Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding."

We are a people who live by sight....are we not?

Lord Help me not to go off of what I see in my vision but Lord to Walk In Faith. The way is dark but you have given us a lamp to see each step in front of us. Help me to live for today and trust that tomorrow you will guide each step as Iwalk by faith. I don't need to understand 'why' today is tough, I only need to trust you are in complete control and will guide my ways.

We will miss you Chance!!

The Way Up ....

"Wheeew, a busy day ahead again today. Our poor pup is getting old. He has not been in the greatest health but we have been cherishing each and every moment left that we have with him! Last night my husband felt more masses (tumors) on his stomach and his lymph nodes are bulging. We have to take him in. My fear is that we may have to put him down. So sad. The boys have been asking for quite some time to take him to the park and take pictures with him...It is a beautiful day, so that is what we will do before his vet appointment.

We had a great devotion this morning about how we are to deny ourselves and our desires and surrender them to God. 'The way up is down'

We read Mat 23:12, Luke 6:38, 1 Corinthians 11:1, Mat 5:44, Mat 20:27, James 4:7, 2 Corinthians 12:10, Mat 6:6, and Mark 10:31


These were great verses and so opposite of what our flesh desires. If we hold these things true on a daily basis it sure would make a huge difference in our joy!
Gods way are to bring about humility and a reliance on God rather then ourselves.

These are all great verses , and I encourage you to look each of them up but the one that really struck me was
Mat 5:44
But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you.

It our nature is to lash back and get angry when we do not get our way, but God tells the way to please him is to love our enemies, pray for them, bless them, and do good unto them.
Hard thing to do, but the Lord tells us to Walk in the Spirit, and we shall not reap the lust of the flesh. Lord Help Us...."

Trials in your life?

Today has been a very rough day in the 'process'! But I feel the grace of God and the prayers of many, sustain me. God is my comfort, and my shield .....I will not fear what man can do unto me.

Life's disappointments come in many forms....but having a BIBLICAL perspective on them can see us through the storm. God tells us in Colossians 3:2 to set our affection on things above, not things on the earth.

2 Corinthians 4:16-18

For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. For our light affliction , which is but for a moment, worketh for us far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; while we look NOT at things which are seen, but things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.

You see my friend we can not see as God sees.....We only see as you might say...a dash board view rather then the helicopter view.. God sees what is ahead, he wants us to trust Him and remember these times are for a season, and what light are they to eternity?

"O' Soul are you weary and troubled? No light in the darkness you see? There's light for a look at the Savior and life more abundant and free! Turn your eyes upon Jesus, look full in His wonderful face, and the things of earth will grow strangely dim in the light of His glory and grace"

God is still good despite of our circumstances, He is in control...His desire is for us to cling to Him. We must remember to have the right perspective, for with out it we have no hope.

Blessings,

Brandie

1 Th 5:24

Faithful is he that calleth you, who will also do it.

Heb 10:23

Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering ; for he is faithful that promised;

Train Up A Child....Your Duty!

As a parent you have authority because God calls you to be an authority in your child's life. You have the authority to act on behalf of God. As a father or mother, you do not exercise rule over your jurisdiction, but over God's. You act at his command. You discharge a duty that he has given. You may not try to shape the lives of your children as pleases you, but as pleases him.

Lets read how God directed Abraham.

Gen 18:19

For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.

As you see here Abraham is on God's errand. He is performing a task on God's agenda. God has called him to these things. He is not freelancing. Abraham does not write his own job description. God defines the task and Abraham acts in God's behalf.

Many times we as parents buy into the world's philosophy of parenting. You are not to be your child's best friend. You are to be a parent in the authority of God. Your job is to train them up as God commanded us to do so.

Personally, I have had to scrap most 'parenting' advice because it was contrary to the Bible! If you were raised in a ungodly home, you must clean out the lies and replace them with the truth, and the truth is found in the Bible.

A godly marriage......How?

Loving Relationships Grow from Sacrifice

The world implies by all it teaches that happiness is in getting, not giving. The world's philosophy exhorts us to meet our marriage partners needs so they in turn will be agreeable to meeting our own. The world's way is to give in order to get. In contrast, a godly wisdom exhorts us to meet our marriage partners needs sacrificially, out of love and forget ourselves altogether.

When people give to get, they begin to believe they are entitled to a partner's attention. And when their supposed needs are not met, they become embittered and resentful and begin to assume withdrawing acts of love is a justifiable response. This only begins a snowball reactions of resentment and retaliation that drives a relationship into the icy water of alienation.

Does Jesus love us because we deserve to be loved? No...... Jesus loves us because He is loving, not because we deserve His love or merit it in any way.

* Delight to meet each others needs
* Don't let selfishness creep in.
* Self Sacrifice is the strength and foundation of true love.


~Next week....Selfless Love Cannot Be Destroyed