Trusting God JOB 38

Do you know more than GOD? Of course, you don't it would be foolish to even think our small minds could get on his omnipotent level! We are going to study JOB 38 over the next couple of weeks line by line and verse by verse. I will provide you with three different translations of the verses. Let's begin with JOB 38 verse 1-3!

Job 38 (New International Version)
The LORD Speaks
1 Then the LORD answered Job out of the storm. He said:

2 "Who is this that darkens my counsel
with words without knowledge?

3 Brace yourself like a man;
I will question you,
and you shall answer me.


Job 38 (The Message)
God Confronts Job
Have You Gotten to the Bottom of Things?
1 And now, finally, God answered Job from the eye of a violent storm. He said:

2-11 "Why do you confuse the issue?
Why do you talk without knowing what you're talking about?
Pull yourself together, Job!
Up on your feet! Stand tall!
I have some questions for you,
and I want some straight answers.

Job 38 (King James Version)

1Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

2Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?

3Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.

This word literally goes down to the core of my very soul.

God is OMNIPOTENT-
Main Entry:
1om·nip·o·tent Listen to the pronunciation of 1omnipotent
Pronunciation:
\-tənt\
Function:
adjective
Etymology:
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin omnipotent-, omnipotens, from omni- + potent-, potens potent
Date:
14th century

1often capitalized : almighty 12: having virtually unlimited authority or influence 3obsolete : arrant

God is faithful & just!! I literally realize that I'm not GOD in any shape form or fashion. My thoughts are not his thoughts nor his ways my ways...but I desire to do God's will above all else. No matter how hard it becomes I will hold on NO MATTER WHAT!! In spite of our sins God isn't caught by surprise but full of grace & mercy. He knows my beginning to my end! I need to be quiet and stop talking so much and get in this word and feed my spirit.

The Bible One scripture at a time

Reading the bible is a daunting task. It's massive and overflowing with wisdom, knowledge, and things you need to know. It's impossible to read the bible like a novel we must take one scripture at a time. Meditate on it and gather revelation.

Let's begin (we will look at it in various translations): Psalms 37:4 Delight thyself also in the LORD: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. KJV
3-4 Get insurance with God and do a good deed, settle down and stick to your last. Keep company with God, get in on the best. The Message Bible
4 Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart. NIV
4Delight yourself also in the Lord, and He will give you the desires and secret petitions of your heart. Amplified Bible

I'm going to meditate on this for the next week and write down what I gain from it. Won't you do the same!!

Prayers to my father

01-23-08
Dear Lord,

Thank you for waking me @ 4 am this morning and helping me to get on my knees and face & praise your holy & might name. No other name has the power to move me like you do. I couldn’t help but praise your holy & mighty name.

I was listening to Sheryl Brady. Wow what a mighty woman of God she is. God bless her in a mighty way. I love to hear people give you praise and I refuse to not give you praise for you give me the breath to even live. You are truly amazing and I’m so in love with you. I’ve never had a close relationship with my father and felt I had missed out on so much but you know everyday that I get to know you more and more I realize you’ve always been here. I know that I am loved and that I am worthy of all things. I’m entitled to being treated right, to be loved, to be talked to right, and to experience AGAPE love. You’re so awesome!!

Thank you for giving me a new view on life. So many times we get caught up in the mundane ways of life & we fail to realize you have all power in your hands. We often give the devil credit not due to him. If we think about Job, father you gave the devil permission to test Job. Father as soon as we realize that you have to give the devil permission and that if we yet hold on to your will, your way, & your way we will win every time.

When in the face of adversity we have hope because you live in us & are always with us. I just bask in your glory. I love you more today than I did yesterday. The more I attend my church and hear your word brought to me in such a way, “I really get it”. I understand that the reason I am still his is because of the purpose you placed on the inside of me & not anything I did to earn it. I know you have placed great gifts inside of me & I know whatever you started in me you will see through to the end. I’m standing on your word father.. Thank you for loving me in spite of myself. I love you & I need you. No other help I know!! Lord, I’m meditating on Hebrew 11 today.

Hebrews 11
Faith in What We Don't See
1-2The fundamental fact of existence is that this trust in God, this faith, is the firm foundation under everything that makes life worth living. It's our handle on what we can't see. The act of faith is what distinguished our ancestors, set them above the crowd.
3By faith, we see the world called into existence by God's word, what we see created by what we don't see.
4By an act of faith, Abel brought a better sacrifice to God than Cain. It was what he believed, not what he brought, that made the difference. That's what God noticed and approved as righteous. After all these centuries, that belief continues to catch our notice.
5-6By an act of faith, Enoch skipped death completely. "They looked all over and couldn't find him because God had taken him." We know on the basis of reliable testimony that before he was taken "he pleased God." It's impossible to please God apart from faith. And why? Because anyone who wants to approach God must believe both that he exists and that he cares enough to respond to those who seek him.
7By faith, Noah built a ship in the middle of dry land. He was warned about something he couldn't see, and acted on what he was told. The result? His family was saved. His act of faith drew a sharp line between the evil of the unbelieving world and the rightness of the believing world. As a result, Noah became intimate with God.
8-10By an act of faith, Abraham said yes to God's call to travel to an unknown place that would become his home. When he left he had no idea where he was going. By an act of faith he lived in the country promised him, lived as a stranger camping in tents. Isaac and Jacob did the same, living under the same promise. Abraham did it by keeping his eye on an unseen city with real, eternal foundations—the City designed and built by God.
11-12By faith, barren Sarah was able to become pregnant, old woman as she was at the time, because she believed the One who made a promise would do what he said. That's how it happened that from one man's dead and shriveled loins there are now people numbering into the millions.
13-16Each one of these people of faith died not yet having in hand what was promised, but still believing. How did they do it? They saw it way off in the distance, waved their greeting, and accepted the fact that they were transients in this world. People who live this way make it plain that they are looking for their true home. If they were homesick for the old country, they could have gone back any time they wanted. But they were after a far better country than that—heaven country. You can see why God is so proud of them, and has a City waiting for them.
17-19By faith, Abraham, at the time of testing, offered Isaac back to God. Acting in faith, he was as ready to return the promised son, his only son, as he had been to receive him—and this after he had already been told, "Your descendants shall come from Isaac." Abraham figured that if God wanted to, he could raise the dead. In a sense, that's what happened when he received Isaac back, alive from off the altar.
20By an act of faith, Isaac reached into the future as he blessed Jacob and Esau.
21By an act of faith, Jacob on his deathbed blessed each of Joseph's sons in turn, blessing them with God's blessing, not his own—as he bowed worshipfully upon his staff.
22By an act of faith, Joseph, while dying, prophesied the exodus of Israel, and made arrangements for his own burial.
23By an act of faith, Moses' parents hid him away for three months after his birth. They saw the child's beauty, and they braved the king's decree.
24-28By faith, Moses, when grown, refused the privileges of the Egyptian royal house. He chose a hard life with God's people rather than an opportunistic soft life of sin with the oppressors. He valued suffering in the Messiah's camp far greater than Egyptian wealth because he was looking ahead, anticipating the payoff. By an act of faith, he turned his heel on Egypt, indifferent to the king's blind rage. He had his eye on the One no eye can see, and kept right on going. By an act of faith, he kept the Passover Feast and sprinkled Passover blood on each house so that the destroyer of the firstborn wouldn't touch them.
29By an act of faith, Israel walked through the Red Sea on dry ground. The Egyptians tried it and drowned.
30By faith, the Israelites marched around the walls of Jericho for seven days, and the walls fell flat.
31By an act of faith, Rahab, the Jericho harlot, welcomed the spies and escaped the destruction that came on those who refused to trust God.
32-38I could go on and on, but I've run out of time. There are so many more— Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, the prophets....Through acts of faith, they toppled kingdoms, made justice work, took the promises for themselves. They were protected from lions, fires, and sword thrusts, turned disadvantage to advantage, won battles, routed alien armies. Women received their loved ones back from the dead. There were those who, under torture, refused to give in and go free, preferring something better: resurrection. Others braved abuse and whips, and, yes, chains and dungeons. We have stories of those who were stoned, sawed in two, murdered in cold blood; stories of vagrants wandering the earth in animal skins, homeless, friendless, powerless—the world didn't deserve them!—making their way as best they could on the cruel edges of the world.
39-40Not one of these people, even though their lives of faith were exemplary, got their hands on what was promised. God had a better plan for us: that their faith and our faith would come together to make one completed whole, their lives of faith not complete apart from ours.
Hebrews 11 (The Message)

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hebrews%2011;&version=65;

Hell is REAL

It's amazing to me how many people live their lives with no regard for eternity. I watched Bill Weise's 23 minutes in hell & could relate.

I've exprienced something similar but not as deep as his. 2008 is another year to get it right. I don't want to waste this year on ignorance. I challenge you to get out and get involved make a difference and stop taking up space sensely.

Waiting on God

As a single woman one often ponders the question When? When God shall it be my turn? When will I have my happily ever after? When can I experience the joy of forever in love.
I feel once one becomes whole. Sure we profess to be complete but are we truly? I've never been patient or understanding in this area. After recieving a word I'm hopeful. I know what God has prepared for me will be like no other I have had before.

It seems in my past 3-4 years each man that has come into my life has had one more thing I wanted or was a portion of what the previous one needed. One was everything externally I wanted but had no substance. The others had everything almost internally and the external was something to be desired. I wonder what i will end up with? I know I have given my wish list: Handsome, Saved & Holy Ghost filled, a tither/giver, Faithful to the word of God, Unselfish, Compassionate, Quick-witted, Hilarious, Passionate, Great with Children, A Great Provider, Financially Stable, Emotionally Stable, Interesting, Open-minded, Educated, A great Communicator, someone who will be there throughout lifes changes...someone who will care for me if I were ill, someone who will be there when my parents pass to console me and understand, someone who was created for ME!! 12/27/07 It was prophesied that my Husband a true Man of God is on the way..I receive it in Jesus Mighty Name!! Me a first lady...WOW!!