Sunday, January 31, 2016

GOD'S PROMISES - EVERYDAY NEEDS

God will help you with any problem you are experiencing, nothing is to big or to small for Him.  Pray and ask for His help for all of your everyday needs.

The Lord is my shepherd, I have all that I need.  You let me rest in green meadows; you lead me beside peaceful streams.  You renew my strength.  You guide me along right paths, bringing honor to your name.  Even when I walk through the darkest valley, I will not be afraid, for you are close beside me. Your rod and your staff protect and comfort me.  You prepare a feast for me in the presence of my enemies.  You honor me by anointing my head with oil.  My cup overflows with blessings.  Surely your goodness and unfailing love will pursue me all the days of my life, and I will live in the house of the Lord forever.  Psalm 23:1-6

O God, when you led your people out from Egypt, when you marched through the dry wasteland, the earth trembled, and the heavens poured down rain before you, the God of Sinai, before God, the God of Israel. You sent abundant rain, O God to refresh the weary land.  There your people finally settled, and with a bountiful harvest, O God, you provided your needy people.  Psalm 68:7-10

The earth is full of your creatures.  Here is the ocean, vast and wide, teeming with life of every kind, both large and small.  See the ships sailing along, and Leviathan, which you made to play in the sea.  They all depend on you to give them food as they need it. When you supply it, they gather it.  You open your hand to feed them, and they are richly satisfied.  But if you turn away from them, they panic. When you take away their breath, they die and turn again to dust.  When you give them your breath, life is created, and you renew the face of the earth.  Psalm 104:24-30

I can never escape from your Spirit!  I can never get away from your presence!  If I go up to to heaven you are there, if I go down to the grave, you are there.  If I ride the wings of the morning, if I dwell by the farthest oceans, even there your hand will guide me, and your strength will support me.  I could ask the darkness to hide me and the light around me to become night - but even in darkness I cannot hide from you.  To you the night shines as bright as day. Darkness and light are the same to you.  Psalm 139:7-12

As for me, since I am poor and needy, let the Lord keep me in his thoughts.  You are my helper and my savior.  O my God, do not delay.  Psalm 40:17

Though I am overwhelmed by my sins, you forgive them all.  What joy for those you choose to bring near, those who live in your holy courts.  Psalm 65:3-4

Answers my prayers, O Lord, for your unfailing love is wonderful. Take care of me, for your mercy is so plentiful.  Psalm 69:16

Bible Trivia Questions
1.    Which honorable counselor was waiting for the Kingdom of God?
2.    One of the Ten Commandments forbids the coveting of a neighbor's property.  Which one?
3.    What did God specifically command concerning the eating of the thanksgiving offering that the Israelites made?
4.    Which tribe's blessing from Jacob said they would "dwell at the haven of the sea"?
5.    Jesus accused the Pharisees of hypocritically paying tithes on herbs, and omitting which weightier matters of the law?
6.    Which king of Heshbon would not let the Israelites pass through his land?
7.    What occasion did David write Psalm 105 for?
8.    Which one of the Ten Commandments was an instruction not to lie (bear false witness)?
9.    What was the name of the god that Barnabas was called at Lystra?
10.  How many horns did the ram in Daniel's vision have?

Inspirational Bible Verse of the Week
1 Corinthians 1:30
It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God - that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption.

Bible Trivia Questions Answers
(Look in the Verses listed below to find the answers.)
1.    Mark 15:43
2.    Exodus 20:17
3.    Leviticus 7:15; 22-30
4.    Genesis 49:13
5.    Matthew 23:23
6.    Deuteronomy 2:30; Judges 11:19-20
7.    1 Chronicles 15:16
8.    Exodus 20:16
9.    Acts 14:12
10.  Daniel 8:3

Saturday, January 23, 2016

GOD'S PROMISES - THANK YOU

In all things, give thanks.  No matter what you may be going through in life, be sure to give thanks to the Lord for the positive things, in your life.  

You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother's womb.  Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex!  Your workmanship is marvelous - how well I know it.  You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the womb.  You saw me before I was born.  Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed.  How precious are your thoughts about me, O God.  They cannot be numbered!  I can't even count them, they outnumber the grains of sand!  And when I wake up, you are still with me! Psalm 139:13-18

Praise the Lord! For he has heard my cry for mercy.  The Lord is my strength and shield.  I trust him with all my heart.  He helps me, and my heart is filled with joy.  I  burst out in songs of thanksgiving. Psalm 28:6-7

O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, thank you for hiding these things from those who think themselves wise and clever, and for revealing them to the childlike.  Yes, Father, it pleased you to do it this way!  Matthew 11:25-26

I thank you, O God!  I give thanks because you are near.  People everywhere tell of your wonderful deeds. Psalm 75:1

Father, thank you for hearing me.  You always hear me. John 11:41-42

I thank you for answering my prayer and giving me victory! Psalm 118:21

Bible Trivia Questions
1.    What does Zechariah see in a vision that destroys the houses of thieves and liars?
2.    How long did it take Solomon to build his own house?
3.    At which battle were the Israelites defeated because Joshua attacked without seeking God's guidance first?
4.    In the parable of the debtors, one owed 500 denarii (pence), but how much did the other one owe?
5.    What was the name of the man who was paralyzed and had been bedridden for eight years?
6.    How old was Abram when he first became a father?
7.    How old was David when he died?
8.    How long was Noah's ark?
9.    During Paul's third missionary journey, roughly for how long did he minister in the school of Tyrannus at Ephesus?
10.  What does James say "envying and strife in your heart" brings?

Inspirational Bible Verse of the Week
Psalm 107:43
Whoever is wise, let him heed these things and consider the great love of the Lord.

Bible Trivia Questions Answers
(Look in the Verses listed below to find the answers.)
1.    Zechariah 5:1-4
2.    1 Kings 7:1
3.    Joshua 7:5-12
4.    Luke 7:41
5.    Acts 9:33
6.    Genesis 16:16
7.    2 Samuels 5:4
8.    Genesis 6:15
9.    Acts 19:10
10.  James 3:16

Saturday, January 16, 2016

GOD'S PROMISES - GUIDANCE AND DIRECTION

God will lead and guide you in all areas of your life.  Pray and ask God to keep you in his perfect will in everything thing that you do.

O Lord, I give my life to you.  No one who trusts in you will ever be disgraced, but disgrace comes to those who try to deceive others. Show me the right path, O Lord, point out the road for me to follow.  Lead me by your truth and teach me, for you are the God who saves me.  All day long I put my hope in you. Psalm 25:1, 3-5

Send your light and your truth, let them guide me.  Let them lead me to your holy mountain, to the place where you live.  There I will go to the altar of God, to God - the source of all my joy.  I will praise you with my harp, O God, my God!  Psalm 43:3-4

Your laws are wonderful.  No wonder I obey them!  The teaching of your word gives light, so even the simple can understand.  I pant with expectation, longing for your commands. Come show me your mercy, as you do for all who love your name.  Guide my steps by your word, so I will not be overcome by evil. Ransom me from the oppression of evil people, then I can obey your commandments. Look upon me with love, teach me your decrees.  Rivers of tears gush from my eyes because people disobey your instructions. Psalm 119:129-136

Bible Trivia Questions
1.    Who does James say is the "source of every good and every perfect gift"?
2.    Which disciple asked Jesus to show them the Father?
3.    What did Athaliah do when she saw her son, Ahaziah, was dead?
4.    Who had a bed 13.5 foot long by 6 foot wide?
5.    Whose handkerchiefs were able to heal the sick?
6.    How did Daniel react to the vision by the river Hiddekel?
7.    Which Old Testament prophet was given a book to eat by God.
8.    What was the name of the centurion who looked after Paul on the journey to Rome?
9.    Which book of the bible comments that "dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savor?"
10.  "Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man", but what shall his mouth be filled with afterwards?

Inspirational Bible Verse of the Week
Ecclesiastes 2:26
To the man who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge and happiness, but to the sinner he gives the task of gathering and storing up wealth to hand it over the to the one who pleases God.

Bible Trivia Questions Answers
(Look in the Verses listed below to find the answers.)
1.    James 1:17
2.    John 14:8
3.    2 Kings 11:1
4.    Deuteronomy 3:11
5.    Acts 19:12
6.    Daniel 10:8
7.    Ezekiel 3:2
8.    Acts 27:1
9.    Ecclesiastes 10:1
10.  Proverbs 20:17

Sunday, January 10, 2016

GOD'S PROMISES - VENGEANCE

It is a normal reaction to want to get back at people who have hurt us or have done wrong to us, but remember the Lord said, "Vengeance is Mine, I will repay."

You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the sons of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself; I am the Lord.  Leviticus 18:19

Vengeance is Mine, and retribution, In due time their foot will slip; For the day of the calamity is near, and the impending things are hastening upon them.  Deuteronomy 32:35

O Lord, God of vengeance; God of vengeance, shine forth! Psalm 94:1

For the Lord has a day of vengeance, A year of recompense for the cause of Zion. Isaiah 34:8

For we know Him who said, "Vengeance is Mine, I will repay." And again, "The Lord will judge his people." Hebrews 10:30

Bible Trivia Questions
1.    One of the ten plagues of Egypt was the plague of boils, but which number was it?
2.    After being left behind in Berea, in which city did Silas and Timothy meet up with Paul?
3.    Who told his wife not to worry that she was barren and said, "am not I better to thee than ten sons'?
4.    What does Job say is "poured out like water"?
5.    A word "fitly spoken" is like what of gold set in pictures of silver?
6.    On which occasion in the Bible does it specifically say that believers sung a hymn?
7.    To which city did Samson go down to kill thirty men?
8.    Who was the Persian king when the rebuilding of the temple after the exile was finally complete?
9.    What part of King Asa's body was diseased?
10.  Which priest anointed Solomon?

Inspirational Bible Verse of the Week
Listen, my son, accept what I say, and the years of your life will be many.  Proverbs 4:10

Bible Trivia Questions Answers
(Look in the Verses listed below to find the answers.)
1.    Exodus 9:8
2.    Acts 18:1-5
3.    1 Samuel 1:8
4.    Job 3:24
5.    Proverbs 25:11
6.    Matthew 26:30
7.    Judges 14:19
8.    Ezra 6:15
9.    1 Kings 15:23
10.  1 Kings 1:39


Friday, January 1, 2016

NEW YEAR BLESSING

Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!

As we enter into 2016 pray that this will be your due season year for all of God's blessing in your life.  

Pray and ask God that you will be at the right place, at the right time, in the right frame of mind at all times!  Amen and Amen!!

The blog will return with normal postings on January 10, 2016.