God Writings: There is More than Average

Why live the “average Christian life” when there is so much more?  Who can rightly be content where they are, with not searching out the presence of God?  God has so much more planned for us when we become his children.  What father doesn’t want the best for his children?  And God is so much more our Father!  Even our highest dreams and aspirations can’t compare to what he has for us!  His love is so great…His love is ACTION.  And if we let him, he will take over and transform our lives with his glory!  We have the power, through him, to do all that Christ did when he walked this earth!  What would the world be like if we acted with the authority we have through Jesus Christ? Why isn’t it that way?

The Hands of God

The same hands that shaped this earth

Are the ones that formed me.

These hands held mine when I feared

And held me above the overwhelming flood.

These hands beckoned me to open arms

And clasped me tightly.

These  hands guided me when I was blind

And kept me on the path of righteousness.

These hands held us together

When we were falling apart.

These hands have touched

Do touch, and will always touch my life.

What hands are they?

They are the hands of God.

God Writings: Heavenly Musings

You breathed the stars

And yet you made me.

Your purpose for my life is still elusive, like sand slipping from my fingers.

But I look at the sky and the grass and the stars and the clouds and every beautiful thing you created, and I realize…

You will make your purpose known.  You love me with a love greater than the sky, than the sea, than all the particles of sand, than all of the universe…

That you breathed and spoke into being. 

God-Given Opportunities: Sharing the Gospel with the Dalai Lama

I heard this amazing story from a co-worker about one of her friends –we’ll call her Liz. 

Liz was going over to India as a missionary, and she was on the same plane as the “Pope” of Buddhism: the Dalai Lama.   It was opened up to the others on the plane to come and talk to the Dalai Lama (who was in his own little enclosed area).  Liz felt the Spirit prompting her to go up and talk to him, so she went.  She started to share the Gospel, basically preaching to the Dalai Lama!  He told her, “I think you should leave now,” but none of the flight attendants were opening the curtain around them, so she preached to him a little while longer before going back to her seat.  Some people in the back of the plane asked her what the commotion was all about, and she told them.  It turned out they were also missionaries, and they headed up to talk to the Dalai Lama.  He really heard the Gospel that day!

Genesis

*Greek for origin

Genesis 1:1 – In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth – and too many people no longer believe this!

Genesis 1:2-5 – the first day of creation

Genesis 1:6-8 – day 2

Genesis 1:9-13 – day 3

Genesis 1:14-19 – day 4…and GOD CREATED THE STARS!  Sorry, folks, no big bang created anything.  But GOD did.  :-)

Genesis 1:19-23 – day 5

Genesis 1:24-31 – day 6

Genesis 1:27 – God created man in his own image, both male and female

Genesis 1:28 – God told them to be fruitful and multiple and have dominion over every living thing

Genesis 1:31 – all the things God made were very good.

Genesis 2:2-3 – on the seventh day God rested and he blessed and sanctified the 7^th day

Genesis 2:6 – instead of rain, God sent up a mist from the earth to water everything

Genesis 2:7-8 – God created man from dust and the Garden of Eden, and put the man (Adam) there

Genesis 2:13-14 – the garden was near Ethiopia and the river Euphrates

Genesis 2:16-17 – the man could eat from anything but the tree of knowledge

Genesis 2:18 – it’s not good for man to be alone

Genesis 2:20 – Adam named all the creatures

Genesis 2:21-25 – God created woman from Adam’s rib – the uniting of man and woman

Genesis 3:1-5 – uh-oh…the serpent tempted Eve

Genesis 3:6-8 – both ate from the tree and became aware that they were naked.  Then they heard the Lord God…

Genesis 3:12 – ah ha, blame the woman!

Genesis 3:13 – ah ha, blame the serpent!  See, as soon as sin entered, there was blame….

Genesis 3:14-15 – the serpent’s punishment

Genesis 3:16 – childbearing was made painful and women were put under the control of men

Genesis 3:18 – thorns and thistles

Genesis 3:20 – the woman named Eve – the mother of all living

Genesis 3:21 – Clothes make of ANIMAL SKIN (see, it’s ok)

Genesis 3:23 – Adam and Eve kicked out of Eden

Genesis 3:24 – angel with a flaming sword guarding the tree of life

Genesis 4:1-2 – Cain and Abel

Genesis 4:3-5 – fruits and firstlings…firstlings win

Genesis 4:8 – the very first murder

Genesis 4:9 – Am I my brother’s keeper?  Yes!

Genesis 4:10-12 – naughty Cain!

Genesis 4:13 – “my punishment is greater than I can bear.”  Maybe he should’ve through of that before he killed his brother, huh?

Genesis 4:17 – Cain’s son Enoch

Genesis 4:19-22 – Adah, Zillah, Jabal and Jubal and Naamah

Genesis 4:25 – Adam and Eve’s third son, Seth

Genesis 4:26 – Seth’s son Enos…then began men to call upon the name of the Lord.

Genesis 5:5 – Adam lived 930 years

Genesis 5:8 – Seth lived 912 years

Genesis 5:11 – Enos lived 905 years

Genesis 5:14 – Cainan lived 910 years

Genesis 5:17 – Mahalaleel lived 895 years

Genesis 5:20 – Jared lived 962 years

Genesis 5:22-24 – Enoch walked with God, at age 365 God took him – he didn’t die, but was taken

Genesis 5:27 – Methuselah lived 969 years

Genesis 5:29 – Lamech’s son was named Noah

Genesis 5:31 – Lamech lived 777 years

Genesis 5:32 – At 500 years Noah begat Shem, Ham and Japheth

Genesis 6:4 – giants

Genesis 6:7 – God saw how evil everyone was and was sorry so he decided to destroy everything

Genesis 6:8-9 – Well, except for Noah, because he was a just man and walked with God

Genesis 6:14 – make an ark!

Genesis 6:17-19 – God planned to send a flood to destroy everything except Noah’s family and male and female of every creature

Genesis 6:22 – Noah did as God commanded

Genesis 7:6 – Noah was 600 years old at the time of the flood…so his kids were around 100

Genesis 7:12 – 40 days and 40 nights

Genesis 7:16 – when they went into the ark, God shut them in

Genesis 7:24 – the waters prevailed 150 days, destroying everything

Genesis 8:4 – the ark ended up on Mt. Ararat

Genesis 8:7 – the raven

Genesis 8:8-9 – the dove first time – still waters

Genesis 8:11 – the dove second time – olive leaf

Genesis 8:12 – the dove third time – returned no more

Genesis 8:20-22 – off of the ark

Genesis 9:13-15 – the rainbow – God’s covenant

Genesis 9:29 – Noah lived 950 years

Genesis 10:10-11 – Nineveh, Rehoboth, Babel

Genesis 10:23 – Uz, Mash

Genesis 11:1 – the world was of one language

Genesis 11:4 – they planned to build a tower up to heaven

Genesis 11:7-9 – God confused their languages and scattered them – hence “Babel”

Genesis 11:29-30 – Abram and Sarai

Genesis 12:1-4 – God told Abram Go!  And he went with great faith

Genesis 12:11-20 – Abram deceived – told them Sarai was his sister instead of his wife

Genesis 13:5-12 – Abram and Lot separate

Genesis 14:13 – first mention of Hebrew

Genesis 15:1 – the Lord is our shield and our exceeding great reward

Genesis 16:1-16 – Abram and Hagar and Ishmael

Genesis 17:1-27 – God’s covenant with Abraham [name change – also Sarah]

Genesis 19:1-3, 9-11 – the angels that dwelled in Lot’s house

Genesis 19:24-26 – God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah and Lot’s wife turned into a pillar of salt

Genesis 19:31-36 – Lot’s daughters get pregnant by him

Genesis 19:37 – Moab (Moabites)

Genesis 19:39 – Benammi (Children of Ammon)

Genesis 20:1-18 – Abraham does it again, this time to Abimelech – told him Sarah was his sister
Genesis 20:12

Genesis 21:1-3 – The birth of Issac

Genesis 21:5 – Abraham was 100 years old

Genesis 21:10-21 – Hagar and Ishmael sent away, taken care of by God

Genesis 22:1-14 – Abraham is tested by God, but he would not even withhold his son from God

Genesis 22:15-18 – Abraham’s blessing

Genesis 22:21 – Huz and Buz :)

Genesis 23:1-2 – Sarah dies at 127

Genesis 24:1 – Abraham was blessed

Genesis 24:15-16 – Rebekah

Genesis 24:60

Genesis 24:67 – Isaac and Rebekah

Genesis 25:1 – Abraham’s second wife Keturah

Genesis 25:7-8 – Abraham died full of years

Genesis 25:23 – two nations in thy womb, and the elder shall serve the younger

Genesis 25:25-28 – Jacob and Esau

Genesis 25:29-34 – Esau gives Jacob his birthright for a bowl of stew

Genesis 26:7-11 – Isaac did the same thing his father did

Genesis 26:34-35 – Esau married Judith, a Hittite, and Bashemath, a Hittite, “which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah”

Genesis 27:1-46 – At Rebekah’s bidding, Jacob deceives Isaac into giving him the blessing instead of Esau, and then leaves to that Esau doesn’t kill him

Genesis 28:12-22 – “Jacob’s Ladder” Jacob’s dream

Genesis 29:11-35 – Jacob, Laben, Leah and Rachel

Genesis 30:1-21 – Jacob’s many kids

Genesis 30:22-24 – the birth of Joseph

Genesis 32:24-32 – Jacob wrestled with [an angel of God? God?]

Genesis 33:2 – you can tell which of Jacob’s kids he loved most?

Genesis 33:4-5, 9-11 – Esau accepted Jacob

Genesis 34:1-31 – Dinah defiled and all that occurred

Genesis 35:10-11 – God spoke to Jacob, AKA Israel

Genesis 35:18-29 – Family and the deaths of Rachel and Isaac and the birth of Benjamin

Genesis 36:23 – Alvan or Alian

Genesis 36:28 – Aran

Genesis 37:2 – Joseph was 17 when he was sold to Egypt

Genesis 37:3-11 – Joseph’s father loved him the most, the coat of many colors, Joseph’s dreams, the hatred of his brethren

Genesis 37:20-36 – The plot to sell Joseph – Reuben’s my favorite of his brothers

Genesis 38:7,10 – Two of Judah’s sons were slain by God because they were wicked

Genesis 38:27-30 – Pharez and Zarah and the scarlet thread

Genesis 39:2, 21, 23 – the Lord was with Joseph

Genesis 29:1-23 – Joseph in Egypt – the thing with Potiphar’s wife, going to prison, etc.

Genesis 40:1-23 – Joseph interprets the dreams of the butler and baker

Genesis 41:16 – Joseph made sure Pharaoh knows that it was God telling him what the dream meant

Genesis 41-43 – Joseph made ruler of Egypt

Genesis 41:45-46 – Joseph was given a wife, a new name, and he was 30 years old

Genesis 41:51-52 – births of Manasseh and Ephraim

Genesis 42:3-4 – Joseph’s brothers except Benjamin went to Egypt for food

Genesis 42:6 – they bowed before Joseph

Genesis 42:8 – Joseph knew them but they didn’t know him

Genesis 42:22-24 – Reuben – “I told you so!” – Joseph understands without them knowing, and weeps

Genesis 42:37-39 – Reuben told Jacob he could kill his two sons if Benjamin didn’t return safely, Jacob still refused

Genesis 43:30-31 – When Joseph’s brothers were all there, including Benjamin, he had to go away and weep before composing himself

Genesis 43:32 – hmm.  Didn’t know that

Genesis 43:33-34 – Benjamin was his favorite. 

Genesis 45:1-5 – Joseph wept and made himself known to his brothers

Genesis 45:13-15 – Joseph told them to get his father and come live there

Genesis 45:26-28 – Jacob heard Joseph is alive

Genesis 46:2-4 – God spoke to Jacob

Genesis 46:29-30 – Jacob saw Joseph again

Genesis 49:33 – Jacob dies

Genesis 50:1-2 – Israel dead and mourned

Genesis 50:15-21 – Joseph’s brothers were afraid, but comforted

Genesis 50:22-23 – Joseph lived in Egypt and saw many generations

Genesis 50:26 – Joseph died at age 110

Malachi

Malachi 1:3 – dragons

Malachi 2:1-2 – commandment for priests

Malachi 2:7-8 – important verses about priests

Malachi 3:6 – For I am the Lord, I change not

Malachi 3:12 – and all nations shall call you blessed

Malachi 4:2 – the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings

Christmas: A Time of Lies

If you don't know what I mean by that statement, whether or not you are a fellow believer, please visit these  blogs for more information:

http://thethoughtsofhans.blogspot.com/2012/12/the-twelve-lies-of-christmas.html

http://truthseekersministry.com/articles/is-christmas-in-the-bible/

http://lookyeblind.blogspot.com/2012/12/christmas-condemned.html

http://thethoughtsofhans.blogspot.com/2011/12/mistake-of-king-saul-to-obey-is-better.html

Please allow the Spirit to lead you, Friend!

Zechariah

Zechariah 1:1 – Zechariah, son of Berechiah

Zechariah 2:5 – a wall of fire round about

Zechariah 2:6 – ho, ho and a nice rhyme

Zechariah 3:1-2 – Joshua, the angel of the Lord, and Satan – very strange…

Zechariah 3:8 – BRANCH…?

Zechariah 4:6 – not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit saith the Lord of hosts

Zechariah 5:1-2 – a flying roll…?

Zechariah 6:1 – mountains of brass

Zechariah 6:12 – BRANCH…?

Zechariah 7:5-6 – did ye at all fast unto me?

Zechariah 9:9 – prophecy

Zechariah 10:12 – and I will strengthen them in the Lord

Zechariah 11:7 – Beauty and Bands [Binders]

Zechariah 14:8 – living waters out from Jerusalem

Zechariah 14:9 – And the Lord shall be king over all the earth

Zechariah 14:20 – HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD

Haggai

Haggai 2:6-7 – I will fill this house with glory, saith the Lord of hosts

Mostly about rebuilding the Lord’s temple.

Zephaniah

Zephaniah 1:1 – Zephaniah the son of Cushi

Zephaniah 3:17 – he will joy over thee with singing

Habakkuk

Habakkuk 2:4 – the just shall live by his faith

Habakkuk 2:12 – taking over by blood and iniquity – WOE!

Habakkuk 2:14 – cool verse

Habakkuk 3:18-19 – nice verses…the Lord God is my strength

Nahum

Nahum 1:1 – Nahum the Elkoshite

Nahum 1:2-3 – awesome God verses

Nahum 1:7 – The Lord is good, a stronghold…

Micah

Micah 1:1 – Micah the Morasthite

Micah 1:8 – dragons, strange verse

Micah 4:5 – we will walk in the name of the Lord our God forever and ever

Micah 5:2 – Ephratah

Micah 5:12 – I will cut off witchcrafts

Micah 7:7-8 – our awesome God, in whom we can all find refuge

Jonah

Jonah 1:1 – Jonah, son of Amittai

Jonah 1:2 – Arise, go to Nineveh!

Jonah 1:3 – instead of obeying, Jonah went to Joppa and got a boat to Tarshish

Jonah 1:4 – God sent a mighty tempest – Jonah was fast asleep

Jonah 1:12 – Jonah told the men it was his fault and to cast him into the sea

Jonah 1:14-15 – the men cried on to God to not let them die for tossing Jonah overboard and they did it and the sea became calm

Jonah 1:17 – Jonah was swallowed by a great fish – was inside it for 3 days and 3 nights 

Jonah 2:1-9 – Jonah prayed to God from inside the fish

Jonah 2:10 – the fist vomited Jonah onto dry land

Jonah 3:1-3 – God told Jonah a second time to go to Nineveh and he finally obeyed

Jonah 3:5-10 – the people of Nineveh repented and God spared them

Jonah 4:1-11 – Jonah was angry about it all and wanted to die, but God talked some sense into him

Obadiah

*Shortest book in the Old Testament*

Against Edom and Esau

Obadiah 1:4 – beautiful verse

Amos

Amos 1:1 – Amos was a herdman of Tekoa

Amos 3:3 – can two walk together, except they be agreed?

Amos 3:4 – will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey?

Amos 4:12 – prepare to meet thy God

Amos 4:13 – Creator of all – The Lord, the God of hosts, is his name

Joel

Joel 1:1 – Joel the son of Pethuel

Joel 1:3 – tell ye your children of it

Joel 2:12 – turn unto the Lord…with fasting

Joel 2:28 – GREAT verse – And it shall come to pass

Joel 2:30-32 – God will show wonders

Joel 3:10 – let the weak say I am strong

Hosea

Hosea 1:1 – Hosea son of Beeri

Hosea 1:2-3 – Hosea marries and gets a son

Hosea 1:6 – Hosea gets a daughter

Hosea 1:8 – another son

Hosea 7:8 – Ephraim is a cake not turned

Hosea 8:12 – still true today for many

Hosea 9:6 – Memphis

Hosea 10:12 – sow, reap, break up your fallow

Hosea 11:1-4

Hosea 13:3 – as the morning cloud, as the early dew…13:4 – there is no savior beside me [God]

Hosea 14:9 – the ways of the Lord are right

Daniel

Daniel 1:2-4 – when Jerusalem is besieged, Nebuchadnezzar takes the best of the best kids/young people back to Babylon to teach them the Babylonian ways.

Daniel 1:6 – Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah – the Hebrew names of four of them .

Daniel 1:7 – Now Belteshazzar, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.

Daniel 1:8-14 – Daniel and his three friends didn’t want the king’s fine meat and wine, but the guy in charge was afraid they wouldn’t look as nice as the others, so they gave it a trial run.

Daniel 1:1516 – they won that one – the four looked better than all the rest.

Daniel 1:17 – God gave them knowledge and wisdom – Daniel understood visions and dreams.

Daniel 1:19-20 – the king communed with them and found them the best and they got in high places with the king.

Daniel 2:17-18 – Daniel and his friends asked God to show Daniel the meaning of the king’s dream so they would not be killed.

Daniel 2:19-23 – God revealed it to Daniel and he praised God.

Daniel 2:27-28 – Men can do nothing but God can do everything.

Daniel 2:31-45 – the vision of the king explained *Look it up in more detail; it is an interesting study – Look up “the dream of Nebuchadnezzar powerpoint” and click on the first link that has [ppt] in front of it and says Daniel Chapter 2 – Bible Study Resource Center*

Daniel 2:47-49 – the king praises “Daniel’s” God and sets him in a place of high power – so were his friends once Daniel requested it.

Daniel 3:1-6 – the king made a large statue and gets together all the important officials and orders them to bow down and worship it when they hear the music.

Daniel 3:12 – Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego didn’t.

Daniel 3:15-18 – the king gives them a second chance: bow down and worship, or die.  The three tell him then and there that no way would they do that.  God would protect them.

Daniel 3:19-22 – Nebuchadnezzar was furious and ordered the furnace seven times hotter than normal, bound the three guys, and cast them into the furnace.  The guards throwing them in died from the heat.

Daniel 3:23-27 – They see FOUR people inside the furnace – walking around.  The three guys and “the fourth is like the Son of God.”  So the king called them out and they didn’t even smell of smoke.

Daniel 3:28-29 – the king turns to God and threatens whoever speaks against Him.

Daniel 3:30 – Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego are promoted yet again.

Daniel 4:3 – praises to God

Daniel 4:25-26 – the king has another dream and this is the meaning.

Daniel 4:30-37 – what happens to the prideful king and how he turns to God and is restored.

Daniel 5:4-8 – the new king, Nebby’s son Belshazzar, and his important people drink wine and worship false gods so there is something written on the wall by a hand and no one can figure it out.

Daniel 5:10-16 – the queen tells the king of Daniel and his abilities so Daniel is called in

Daniel 5:17-28 – Daniel explains the writing on the wall

Daniel 5:30 – that night the kind was slain.

Daniel 6:1-2 – the new king, Darius, set Daniel really in charge.

Daniel 6:3-4 – Daniel was preferred “because an excellent spirit was in him,” but jealous guys tried to find error in him but they could never find error or fault in him.

Daniel 6:7 – they get the king to make a decree that people can only pray to him for thirty days or be thrown in the lions’ den.

Daniel 6:10-11 – Daniel knows about the law but he goes right up to his room to pray to God like always – FAITHFUL.  The guys catch him.

Daniel 6:13-14 – they told the king and he was displeased with himself.

Daniel 6:16-17 – Daniel was sealed into the lions’ den.

Daniel 6:18 – that night the king fasted.

Daniel 6:19-20 – the king hurried to see if Daniel was ok

Daniel 6:22-23 – Daniel tells him “My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions’ mouths.”  The king was happy and they brought Daniel out safe “because he believed in his God.”

Daniel 6:24 – the king cast the jealous guys, their wives and their kids into the lions’ den and all their bones were broken into pieces.

Daniel 6:26-27 – great verses about God’s power

Daniel 7:1-28 – Daniel’s vision

Daniel 7:9-10 – awesome in power

Daniel 7:13-14 – the Son of man

Daniel 8:1-27 – another vision

Daniel 8:16 – mention of Gabriel

Daniel 8:17-18 – Gabriel comes over to Daniels

Daniel 8:27 – Daniel fainted and was sick certain days, ad astonished at the vision, but none understood it.

Daniel 9:2 – Daniel understands what he reads in Jeremiah

Daniel 9:3 – Daniel seeks by prayer and supplication, with fasting

Daniel 9:19-20 – Daniel praying…

Daniel 9:21-27 – Gabriel comes again to speak to Daniel and foretells about eh Messiah

Daniel 10:5-9 – Daniel sees another vision, a man, described here.

Daniel 10:10-12 – the man speaks

Daniel 10:13 – Michael the archangel

Daniel 10:16-19 – Daniel is given strength

Daniel 10:21 – Michael again

Daniel 12:1 – Michael, those found written in the book will be delivered

Daniel 12:2 – GREAT verse about rising from the graves in the last days

Daniel 12:3 – AWESOME VERSE

Daniel 12:6-7 – time – when he scatters the power of the holy people 

Ezekiel

Ezekiel 1:1 – Nice start.  Down by the river Ezekiel saw visions of God.

Ezekiel 1:3 – Ezekiel the priest, son of Buzi

Ezekiel 1:4-28 – what Ezekiel saw “Ezekiel Saw The Wheel”

Ezekiel 2:1-10 – the spirit enters and speaks to Ezekiel

Ezekiel 8:2-18 – the incredible vision Ezekiel saw of the abominations against God

Ezekiel 10:1-16 – more wheels and cherubims

Ezekiel 10:13 – O wheel

Ezekiel 10:14 – each cherub had four faces – cherub, man, lion, eagle

Ezekiel 13:3 – foolish prophets – woe unto them!

Ezekiel 16:30 – how weak is thine heart!

Ezekiel 18:4-9 – a just man…

Ezekiel 18:19-21 – The Soul That Sinneth It Shall Die

Ezekiel 18:30 – each is judged separately

Ezekiel 18:32 – For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God.

Ezekiel 21:27 – overturn, overturn, overturn!

Ezekiel 25:5 – stable for camels.  :)

Ezekiel 26:21 – thou shalt never be found again

Ezekiel 27:1-36 – the beauty of Tyrus

Ezekiel 27:8 – mariners and pilots

Ezekiel 27:9 – calkers

Ezekiel 29:3 – dragon

Ezekiel 30:2-3 – howl ye, woe worth the day! and a cloudy day

Ezekiel 30:5 – Chub

Ezekiel 30:14-16 – No, Sin, and Noph

Ezekiel 31:8-9 – in the garden of God 31:16-18 – Egypt cast down into hell

Ezekiel 33:11 – God has no pleasure when the wicked die

Ezekiel 34:1-31 – God’s flock and the shepherds

Ezekiel 34:26 – there shall be showers of blessing

Ezekiel 37:1-10 – the dry bones becoming as flesh :-)

Ezekiel 41:18-19 – Cherubims and palm trees as decoration

Ezekiel 44:20 – poll their heads

Ezekiel 48:1-27 – Portions for the 12 tribes of Israel: Dan, Asher, Naphtali, Manasseh, Ephraim, Reuben, Judah, Levi, Benjamin, Simeon, Issachar, Zebulun, and Gad. 

Ezekiel 48:35 – The Lord is here