Consider the lilies of the field… Matt 6:28
True or False:
The word “gossip” is not found in most translations of the Bible. Gossip is defined as, “Idle talk or rumor, esp. about the personal or private affairs of others” (RHCD). The closest thing to a biblical definition of gossip would be the following:
“…they get into the habit of being idle and going about from house to house. And not only do they become idlers, but also gossips and busybodies, saying things they ought not to.(1 Tim. 5: 13, NIV).
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Is it possible to have too much JOY? How does one measure JOY? How does one obtain JOY? Can one give their JOY away?
When I was a child my Mother would give us a phrase she believed to be Biblical and we would have to search the scriptures of her most Holy Bible to see if truth or not? We only had one Bible then. That was the Family Bible. Now, most of us in our homes have many as well as online Bibles. Therefore, we should find truth fast. Yes, very fast in all areas of our life.
OK, let’s try it. Here’s my phrase!
“When I talk the “o serpent bites.”
Recently, Sara took me to visit a historic church site, St. David’s Episcopal Church in Creswell, NC. I love to visit meaningful historical places and view the landscape and architecture as well as try to find out something about the history. There’s just something special about taking a walk into the past and then connect it to the now. Walking over the grounds and reading some of the tombstones, I thought of how many life stories lie beneath the grave markers of the oldest Episcopal church in the area.
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Thumbs up to this House Beautiful garden that I recently visited.
The resident owner/gardener must surely have a green thumb to keep the summer magic flowing and growing. For non-stop color, self-cleaning hybrid petunias had been planted in full sun containers, several of which had stunning Alberta Spruces in the center as a tall focal point.
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Paul writes, “…I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead”
(Philippians 3:13, NLT)
“And Peter opened his mouth and said: Most certainly and thoroughly I now perceive and understand that God shows no partiality and is no respecter of persons,
But in every nation he who venerates and has a reverential fear for God, treating Him with worshipful obedience and living uprightly, is acceptable to Him and sure of being received and welcomed [by Him].” Acts 10:34,35, AMP
Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you will be like him yourself. Proverb 26:4
Hey, I don’t like what I am becoming! Do you remember the songs: Tell me no more lies! And, I played the fool? That’s what I feel like talking to people these days. And, it’s not just a feeling it is the truth….
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Debi, did you go to the Grand Ole Oprey last night? How was it? Some of us would love to GO!
Remember this news: ‘In May 2010, the Opry House was flooded, along with much of Nashville, due to the Cumberland River overflowing its banks.”
“Come close to God, and God will come close to you…”
(James 4:8 NLT)
My husband recently spoke on prayer. He gave us a challenge to pray. To pray more and more effectively by using Biblical examples. He used Daniel and the children of Israel in bondage.
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