Grounding kids from Church?!?

May20

This is something that is breaking my heart to see. I hear about children who get grounded from coming to church. Church is the place these kids needs to be. We are to raise up our kids in the way of the Lord.

I believe most parents ground their children from church because they see the passion the kids have for church. They know they enjoy it and they are taking away that joy or trying to take that joy from them. Most of these parents that ground these children, do not go to church.

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Ephesians 6:4

Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Proverbs 22:6

Train up a child in the way he should go,
And when he is old he will not depart from it.

Deuteronomy 6:7

You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.

Talking with other people from other churches, it seems that this is very common. This is sad. It breaks my heart to not have these children come to church.

If we ground our children from church then we are not training them up in the way of the Lord.

If you are a parent and reading this blog entry. Please do not ground them from church. Take something else away from them. What they learn at church has a major impact on their salvation and eternal life with Christ.

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Forgiveness

May16

Forgiveness it can be easier said then done. Do you easily forgive others when they do wrong to you? Have you ever had anyone not forgive you and you wished they did? What does it mean to forgive?

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What is forgiveness? If you truly have forgiveness it means that you do not allow that to hold you back or get to you anymore. It means you washed the other person clean of the wrong doing they have done to you. It also means you forget it. In other words you let it go! Sometimes we do not forget. To forgive we must

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East to West by Casting Crowns Live Music Video

May15

This is the Live YouTube Music Video for Casting Crowns, the song “East to West”

This is a good music video about forgiveness and God’s forgiveness for us. Casting our sins in sea of forgetfulness. They are cast as far as the East is to the West.

This songs comes from Psalm 103:12

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The Rainbow: A Covenant from God

May14

I set My rainbow in the cloud,
and it shall be for the
sign of the covenant between
Me and the earth.

Genesis 9:13

Rainbow

Covenant of God

When we see the rainbow we can always remember the covenant that God gave us to never flood the Earth again. This came after God destroyed the Earth by flooding it. God had Noah build an ark and had animals and his family get on it. Then it rains for 40 days and 40 nights. Several times in Genesis 9, does it mention the rainbow being a sign unto us, we also can see this rainbow in the clouds. A covenant is promise that will never be broken.

Likeness of the Glory of God

Ezekiel 1:28 tells us that the appearance of a rainbow on a rainy day is just like the appearance of God to us. Continue reading →

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Worship notes on worship

May13

Psalm 4:1-4

1. Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness!
You have relieved me in my distress;
Have mercy on me, and hear my prayer.

2. How long, O you sons of men,
Will you turn my glory to shame?
How long will you love worthlessness
And seek falsehood? Selah

3. But know that the Lord has set apart for Himself him who is godly;

The Lord will hear when I call to Him.

4. Be angry, and do not sin.

Meditate within your heart on your bed, and be still.Selah

God demands us worship Him. We ought to worship God with all our heart. Even use musical instruments too. God sets apart those who are godly. godly person is someone that is Holy. A godly person wants to do all they can to serve God. We have to do all we can for the church and show our love for Jesus. Remember Jesus gave his life for the church. We are the sanctuary. Christ lives in me and we are a temple of the Holy Spirit. The Church is the people, not the building. But, we still take care of the building. godly is also being God loving, a God knowing person. They have a personal relationship with God.

LIfe without God is like an unsharpened pencil. No Point. MyBible.com

Selah means God has spoken. It is translated from the Hebrew word. David used it 71 times in Psalms. It is also used 3 times in the Book of Habakkuk. It is also used to show either a liturgico-music mark or an instruction on the text like “Stop and listen”. The Amplified Bible shows it as “Pause, and think of that”.

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Choosy Moms Choose …

May12

This is a church sign that I passed on my way home from Oak Ridge, TN. It is New Life Church of the Nazarene. This church sign says, “Choosy Moms, Choose Jesus!” How fitting that today is Mother’s Day too. (at least the day I took this picture and that I am posting this picture).

Choosy Moms Choose Jesus church sign

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Happy Mother’s Day

May12

Happy Mother’s Day to all the Mother’s out there.

Also includes all the men who are not only the Father but also the Mother, raising their child(ren) on their own. It is hard work being both parents in one.

This works the same on Father’s Day for women raising children on their own cause they are both mother and father