Monthly Archives: January 2023

2023, Christian Living, Gospel of Matthew

Best Ride Ever!

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It’s approaching Noon in Lower Alabama as I sit to write this morning.
It’s been quietly occupied here so far today.

So, how’s your year so far?
We are what? Four days into it already!
I’m working on my calendar, and slowly getting it set up. Also, concentrating on a Word for the year.
Do you have a Word for the year that you are trusting came from HOLY SPIRIT for you to seek Him about each time it comes up in the course of the year? I can already attest it is a helpful concept.

Allow me to share a passage of Scripture and a thought with you today.
If you prefer to read a translation other than the CJB, click the word source below and you will find two other translations ready for your reading.

A little further help as you read the CJB is this: talmidim is translated in English as disciples
Ruach HaKodesh reads in English HOLY SPIRIT.

16 So the eleven talmidim went to the hill in the Galil where Yeshua had told them to go.
17 When they saw him, they prostrated themselves before him; but some hesitated.
18 Yeshua came and talked with them. He said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
19 Therefore, go and make people from all nations into talmidim, immersing them into the reality of the Father, the Son and the Ruach HaKodesh,
20 and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember! I will be with you always, yes, even until the end of the age.”    source 

ALL
THEREFORE
GO
REMEMBER
I WILL

Do you need to read those verses again?
Did you notice specifically the words: ALL, THEREFORE, GO, REMEMBER and I WILL?

He has ALL authority and since He does — what do we truly have to worry about?
And because of that, THEREFORE, we must GO. Go out in our little corner of the world and do what?
Make Disciples.
How do we make Disciples?
First, we must encourage people to repent, believe, and accept the sinless birth, the sinless life, the Atoning Sacrifice, the Resurrection, and the Coming Again of JESUS the CHRIST.
Following their conversion from the kingdom of darkness to the Kingdom of GOD then we do what?
Yes, baptism is important.
But our duty and our mission do not end there. Then we are to teach those new converts to obey everything JESUS has commanded us.
And as we do, it is a must and tremendous help to us to REMEMBER this: HE is with us always, to the very end of this age; this way of living here; HE is with us!
We must remember this because this mission HE has given us, ain’t easy!
Through HIM, it is possible and rewarding and exciting, and the 587fb708ef875432d64a01dd9fa303c0--best-bike-bike-ridesBEST RIDE EVER, but not easy.

Are you in?

Love, Kathie

2023, Christian Living, Gospel of John

A Wedding

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Good Morning.

We hope your evening was filled with rest and the peace of GOD quieted any angst in your soul.

John 2

Somewhere about the age of 30, The GODMAN went to a wedding. His mother was invited. He was invited along with His Friends.
We gather from the Scripture at this time He had not yet performed any miracles or shall we say signs that He was/is the Messiah. So I am thinking at this point in time,  His ministry was not off the ground yet (as we might say) but He was forming His circle of students to grow to be ministers of His Gospel; minus one, of course.
So, He went to a wedding.
I wonder how many weddings (and marriages) He attends today?

Moving on . . .

John 2 records His first cleansing of the Temple.
He caused quite a scene. Whip and all.
Perhaps you will read it again with fresh eyes.

And then this verse:  22 Therefore, when he was raised from the dead, his talmidim remembered that he had said this, and they trusted in the Tanakh and in what Yeshua had said.   source 

His students, His disciples, trusted the Tanakh —Tanakh-CEM6 that is the Old Testament Scrolls AND what Yeshua said.

Do we?

Love, Kathie

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2023, NOURISH, Revelation

Come to the Table

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I think as I open this page, I do not have much to say but I saw the opening of my last post reading: December 31, 2022, and I thought, well, you better get something on the screen for 2023. So here I am.

Quietly here I am.

We had a lovely day yesterday. Good food and love-filled conversation around the table.

Today?
It’s a mystery yet but we do hope to take a load to the recycling deposit.
Upload for us – download for them I suppose.

Are you contemplating the year?  Are you wondering what it will bring?
None of us know the future, but we can or do know the GOD of the Future.

I noticed when it clicked from 11:59 December 31, 2022, to 12:00 January 1, 2023, there was no poof, all that was was gone and all that is new was here.
Nope.
Man (and woman) is not good at making lasting changes — but GOD, He is Perfect at transformations!

So talk to Him today and listen to hear what He has to say about transforming YOU.
Today, January 2, 2023, is an excellent day to begin.
The feasting of peas, collards, cornbread, and your favorite protein can now take a backseat and we can start a FEAST of GOD’s Word.

Allow me to share an early morning thought and I will sign off for this time.

It is my intent to explore and learn, spiritually speaking, the concept of  NOURISH this year.

This I know this morning.
I must take the initiative to NOURISH.
Holy Spirit is not going to force-feed me.
I must come to the Table, pick up my fork, and eat.

We have a call — Come to the Table and Dine. Come be Nourished. Communion-Slider
Whatever WORD you are focused on this year; He has given all of us an invitation to come and dine.

Are you coming?

20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with Me. 
21 The one who overcomes, I will grant to him to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat with My Father on His throne.  source 

Romantic-Tablescape-for-Two-07For sure. For sure — if we want to sit around the Throne with Him, we MUST come and sit at the TABLE with Him NOW.

Love, Kathie