What is your Passion?

Checking in with friends on Facebook and Twitter yesterday, I noticed something; My friends have many passions.

One friend posted how proud she was of Phillip Phillips.. I looked him up, I thought he was a member of the family. Evidently he is a contestant on a reality show.


Another friend tweets and posts almost daily about her favorite musician, a previous reality show contestant. She requests people pledge money for his next album and attends every gig she can. 

 And lets not even talk about all the posts and tweets and excitement that sports fans exhibit! Have you ever seen a football fan sitting in freezing cold weather covered in paint?? Now that is passion! 

What is your passion? How does your passion for Jesus, your Savior, the one who died for you, how does your passion for Christ compare to your passion for football, reality show stars or whatever you prioritize?

Exodus 20:3 "you shall have no other gods before me" .  

What if we spent as much time speaking to Him, talking about him, Posting about Him or tweeting about Him. What if we read His word and talked to Jesus as much as we watched our passions on TV?

We want people to like our passions, but so we tell anyone else about the One who should be our main passion? 

Imagine what the impact there would be on the lives around you if you spent as much time and energy on Jesus as you do on football or celebrities or parties or... whatever it is you prioritize. 

What is you talked about what Jesus has done in your live, Tweeted about Jesus, posted statuses about Jesus, sang praises to him, what if? Can you see what  a difference you could make in others lives as well as in your own?

He died for you. No man comes to God except through Jesus Christ. John 14:6

Or could it be you don't truly know Jesus? 

Are you wondering how to come to Jesus?

Romans 3:23 "For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God

Ok, simple enough, you know you are a sinner and you know that because of that you can't get to heaven.. right? 

Romans 6:23"For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." The punishment that we have earned for our sins is death. Not just physical death, but eternal death!

“For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast” (Ephesians 2:8–9).

ok, so you know there is nothing you yourself can do to get into heaven.. doing good works or being a good person, will not do the trick. 

Romans 5:8 "but God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us." Jesus Christ died for us! Jesus' death paid for the price of our sins and gae us the gift of salvation


Romans 10:9 "that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved." Because of Jesus' death on our behalf, all we have to do is believe in Him, trusting His death as the payment for our sins - and we will be saved!


Romans 10:13" for everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved"

Now tell me that isn't the easiest most awesome thing in the world!


Do you see? All you have to do is acknowledge you are a sinner. Then ask Jesus .. confess with your mouth that that Jesus is your Lord and you believe He died to pay the price for your sins.


Have you accepted Christ? I would love to hear about it!

Do you have a Value Above Rubies?

I have been thinking a lot in the past week or so about what it takes to be a Godly woman. So today, I decided to do a short study on what God says a Godly woman is. 

First of all, a Godly Woman is greatly valued and very precious. I certainly would not want to be an ungodly woman! 

Proverbs 31:10-28

10 A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies. A woman of noble character has a very high value. I think we all want to be women of value, don’t we? A ruby is more precious than gold or diamonds.

11 Her husband has full confidence in her and lacks nothing of value. She has her husbands confidence, he doesn’t have to worry about what she is up to when his back is turned.  She would never stray from the marriage bed in thought or deed

12 She brings him good, not harm, all the days of her life. This Godly woman doesn’t say spiteful mean things, she doesn’t do spiteful mean things and she would never think of harming her husband in word or deed.

13 She selects wool and flax and works with eager hands. 14 She is like the merchant ships, bringing her food from afar. 15 She gets up while it is still dark; she provides food for her family and portions for her servant girls. She works and is not lazy. She is a saver, not a spender, she can see the future and not live only for today

16 She considers a field and buys it; out of her earnings she plants a vineyard. She makes good financial decisions.

 17 She sets about her work vigorously; her arms are strong for her tasks. 18 She sees that her trading is profitable, and her lamp does not go out at night.  19 In her hand she holds the distaff and grasps the spindle with her fingers. It is obvious God values a woman with a strong work ethic who is more concerned with enhancing her family than she is with spending the family money. Her lamp doesn’t have to go out at night because she has made good financial decisions and is prosperous as a result.

20 She opens her arms to the poor and extends her hands to the needy. She gives back to the community. She has learned to have a Spirit of Service.

21 When it snows, she has no fear for her household; for all of them are clothed in scarlet.  22 She makes coverings for her bed; she is clothed in fine linen and purple. She has made sure her family is healthy and clothed. She is well groomed and takes care of her appearance.  She would never dream of going in public looking slovenly

23 Her husband is respected at the city gate, where he takes his seat among the elders of the land. In other words, she isn’t out running her husband down to her friends. She is supportive and loving. She is faithful to her husband and he can be proud of her. He prospers from this support and love.

24 She makes linen garments and sells them, and supplies the merchants with sashes. Once again, you can see God values a woman who makes good financial decisions. 

25 She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come. Because of her work and dedication, she can anticipate the future with joy, free of worry.

26 She speaks with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue. She is not silly and vapid. She knows Gods Word and can instruct others instructs others about it

27 She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness. Again with the idleness, She not eating bread from anothers table or benefiting from someone elses hard work. She has no need to beg or borrow as she has worked to take care of herself and family

28 Her children arise and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her: For the married women. If a woman does all of this, she will have loving children and husband if married.

30 Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain, But a woman who fears the Lord, she shall be praised. While she is well groomed and cares about her appearance, she understands that the most beautiful part of her is her close walk with God.

She is not contentious. It is better to live in a desert land, Than with a contentious and vexing woman (Proverbs 21:19).

A constant dripping on a day of steady rain and a contentious woman are alike; He who would restrain her restrains the wind, And grasps oil with his right hand (Proverbs27:15-16).

No wonder she has a value above rubies! 

Dear Lord, help me as I strive to be a Godly Woman. I want to do what is pleasing in your sight.

Thank you for giving me the instruction manual in your Holy Word, so i know what to work toward.

Prayer and Confession/Repentance

#3 in the series on Prayer 


When you come before God, it is important to approach with a pure heart. 
Remember, prayer is actually speaking to the living God and being in His presence. 


Prayer is hindered by sin. God wants us to confess and repent of our sins so He do what He has promised, and that is to forgive us and cleanse us. The Heavenly father we pray to knows what is in our hearts, we can not hide it from him. but we can confess and repent. 


Psalm 139:23-24 Search me oh God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.
See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting


Hebrews 4:13 Nothing in all creation is hidden from Gods sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account. 


Psalm 66:18 plainly tells us God does not listen to us if we are cherishing sin in our hearts. If we are not confessing our sin and repenting of it, we are cherishing it. 
If I had cherished sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened


Are you just praying for your want without confessing the sin in your life? Could that be why you feel God is not answering your prayer? 

So, now we know. In order for us to receive answered prayer we must

1.  Praise Him and give thanksgiving

2. Confess and repent

3. and finally, we must be praying for what God wants, which may not always be what we want. 

1 John 5: 14-15  This is the confidence that we have in approaching God, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us

Will you change how you pray to our loving Father? 

Prayer and Thanksgiving

As I said, we are doing a short series on prayer. This is #2 of the series


In the previous blog, I posed the question, "Does God answer your Prayer and if not.. why not? 
We talked about how you may not be asking for what God wants for you. God knows what is best and sees the big picture. God has a plan for your life.


Here is something else to consider:


The Old Testament teaches us that prayer is actually the act of coming into Gods presence. If you start thinking of talking to God and actually being in his presence, I think you will begin to understand why amazing things happen when we pray.


We are told in Psalms 100:4 Enter his gates with Thanksgiving and His courts with praise; Give thanks to Him and praise His name. 


Do you remember to thank God or is your manner of prayer just a litany of wants and complaints? 
Do you merely thank God for prayer He has answered the way you want it or do you thank Him for everything in your life? 


We should be thanking God because of who He is, not because of what He does. ( Avery Willis Jr) 


Hmm, Think about that for a minute!


1 Chronicles 23:30 to stand every morning to thank and praise the Lord, and likewise at evening


We are told to thank God morning and evening. When was the last time you spoke to God without a request on your lips but in order to thank Him and give praise? 




There are many verses in the Bible telling us to thank God. 
1 Chronicles 16:34 Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good!
For His mercy endures forever.

Thank you oh Lord, for having unending mercy on us.

Will you stop and give Thanks and Praise today and every day?