I was walking my dog, and man dogs love to sniff other dogs poop, the trail we were walking on I know many dogs have trod so there was no doubt a large array of dog scents for my dog to sniff, and my dog appeared to be extremely determined to sniff every single one of those 8 billion dog scents along the trail! I sat there thinking why, why, why do dogs like sniffing the scent from each other's poop so much? Why is this such a beloved activity of dogs? -- I have not the answer to this mystery of the cosmos : ) but I decided that is what gossip is like.......dogs sniffing other dogs poop.....people on this earth are fasinated with gossip I think, it's all over the tabloids gossip is. I did a topical search on "gossip" at biblegateway.com this pretty good verse.......Leviticus 19:16 "Do not go about spreading slander among your people. Do not do anything that endangers your neighbor's life. I am the LORD." I need to do this verse like for good 1 Corinthians 4:13 "when we are slandered, we answer kindly. Up to this moment we have become the scum of the earth, the refuse of the world." Think on the good instead or just not stew on the negative in general, just "answer kindly". Ephesians 2:6 "And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:" Gossip it is like a dog sniffing another dog's poop whether you or I am reading gossip and all enjoying it or "spreading slander" gossiping myself, speaking evil about anyone anywhere! Sitting in the "heavenly places" speaks to me to of thinking on the things that are above! Colossians 3:1 "If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God." IF YE THEN BE RISEN WITH CHRIST (not in the dogs sniffing other dog's poop gossip land) SEEK THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE ABOVE I recommend not reading the tabloids at all, best when you at the magazine rack of your local grocery store to choose like "family circle" uhhhhh "fitness" magazine magazines that aren't filled to the brim w/gossip. I'm going to work much much harder to just love people and be forgiving of people - not to slander nobody in any way shape or form no more ----- love your enemies - be raised w/christ!
Thursday, May 29, 2008
gossip I've decided is like dogs sniffing other dogs poop.............
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Monday, May 26, 2008
The things of this world are dung compared to jesus!.........
I am determined to continue and fight the good fight of faith unto the end! Smith's friends
at salem fellowship not long ago raised a ridiculously large amount of money in the past I'd
maybe been sweating it thinking to myself "geez these people are soooo serious about jesus how
can I even compare" Not so much these days : ) 1 Corinthians 15:58 "Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord." I've been so denying myself and taking up my cross and following jesus so much crucifying my flesh to it's lusts and desires follow jesus so much I am I do believe "unmoveable" and there is such a thing as "unmoveable" it's good to be unmoveable, cause you never know when a church is going to give $200,000 or $300,000 maybe start giving away their jewelry and cars and ????? For jesus's sake.......and that could happen. I'm not sweating it none at all Galatians 5:24 "And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts." I can do that, for sure, and I can keep on doing that!
I'm gunning big time for the prize : ) There was a time it was hard to not give into the lusts of the flesh but over time I've started to not love the things of the earth anymore even I don't even love jewelry anymore - imagine that.
I am young and I could have many many many years left to follow jesus but who knows?
And time goes fast I think it's best to run this race to win the prize sooner then later so later on in life, my flesh will be extra dead I imagine, I'll be extra buried w/christ, it'll be better when I'm older if I live a long time, having run the race to win the prize clean from my youth like this. That ahhhhhhhhh feeling of yes I am christ's!!!!!!
Galatians 5:24 "And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts."
That's going to be nice I imagine super just waking up in the morning and being able to know w/myself ahhhhh I'm jesus's. I kind of feel a bit the ahhhhhhhhh I'm jesus's already : ) but I imagine that'll be extra solidified when I really old and have suffered in the flesh for many many many years like this... it'll be nice. Just so much better to not give into the lusts of the flesh, I can die going the straight and narrow without fear.......sting of death is gone following jesus..........
1 Corinthians 15
55 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
56The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.
57But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
58Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
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Friday, May 23, 2008
psalm 65:4 "Blessed is the man whom thou choosest,........"........
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Thursday, May 22, 2008
Why I don't talk smack about the smith's friends no more.......
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Thursday, May 15, 2008
To the pastor's of America and the world......
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Tuesday, May 13, 2008
I decided I need to suffer in the flesh..........
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Monday, May 5, 2008
Hebrews 10:38 "...if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him"...........
Hebrews 2:3 "How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;" A thourough salvation.........Romans 8:37 "Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us." Save me from my tendancy to want to get mad at people and lash back, save me from envy, saving me from slews of buisiness heeding the word of god, I believe it's meant to be a "so great salvation" a immense salvation, a thourough salvation........1 Peter 4:1 "Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;" It's a thourough salvation it's meant to be in christ jesus. Ceasing from sin that is thourough, more then a conqueror that is thorough, so much more then just jesus died for my sins and i'm saved by grace, which is true...........but I'm to be saved, not just forgiven!!!!!!! Not a magic wave a magic wand salvation either.........Matthew 7:21 "Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven." There's something I'm to give something I'm to do w/my life, to sacrifice...be lead daily like a sheep to the slaughter!!!!!!!!! Romans 8:36 "As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter." ahhhhhhhhhhhh ya!
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Thursday, May 1, 2008
Romans 1:22 "Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,"
I got to add some 2020 claus to this blog post: (ya if you want to know the truth someone in my family is of the LBGTQ - which got me thinking on the topic more then I would have, and ended up a good thing, I ended up with much hope for the LBGTQ they are just like us truelly, with families, etc. etc. just the same except you know..........later on at night)
This blog post is a prime example of me "digging a hole" for myself. I recently blogged about a bible verse talking about digging ahole for oneself and how I had did just that https://givingittogod.blogspot.com/2020/08/video-blog-post-i-was-mega-encouraged.html But I do believe LGBTQ can very much be saved (while still being lgbtq) just like people that have tattoo's can be saved, etc. (look at me undigging my hole : ) Like ok, if you think you are "born LBGTQ" which might be possible since how there are gay animals in the animal world that were clearly born that way...............still the verses spoken about in this blog post are worth all of us thinking about that follow jesus whether straight or LGBTQ..................I listened to christian radio on the drive home from dragon boat practice, and I way way way agree'd w/all he had to say he made mention of these verses.............
Romans 1
20For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
21Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
22Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
23And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
24Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
25Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
26For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
27And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
Verse 23 this pastor said on christian radio that that's what this world has done most of it "...changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things." AMEN AMEN AMEN extra AMEN to that!!!!! This world has became odd to me, this world that worships celebrities, puts them up on such high pedastle's. This pastor made mention of bible verse how in last days people will be "lovers of self" that they put themselves up on some pedastle and people they can still do this stuff and "profess to be wise" they can and do I believe love themselves a slew and have god on some backburner way way way in the background somewhere and "profess to be wise".....21Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. 22Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, ----- really speaks to me in verse 21 that they a) glorified him not as god b) were not thankful and especially that "they became vain in their imaginations"
Pastor on christian radio last night talked about how the lusts of the flesh giving into them doesn't lead to any freedom, but just to more bondage just worse sins ----- I soooooooo agree w/him about that, I was amening like made listening to this pastor on my drive home last night!!!!! For reals! Galatians 5:1 "Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage." God allowed for these people to go on w/their lusts of the flesh athon and this verse points I believe the sort of direction this sort of buisiness leads.....26 "For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:"27 "And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another.................." There's a lot of gay people today, I think they are just a product of our society, one that worships celebrities "the creature" and not so much worshipping god not that I can see, not outside christianity none??????? This pastor said you can just flick through the tv channels to see how bad things are, that the most abonimable stuff is being talked about on the talk shows etc. and it's ok now stuff that once wasn't ok to talk about like that --- I believe that to! 2 Timothy 3 "This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good," This pastor on radio last night that I agree w/fervently mentioned how these verses don't disinclude the body of christ, how even in the body of christ......these are "perilous times" cause all this loving of themselves stuff people are doing, all this "covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, UNTHANKFUL, UNHOLY etc............. this stuff leads to BONDAGE!!!!!!!!!! This stuff leads to bad buisiness!!!!!!!! 2 Timothy 3:13 "But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived."
All these verses more then anything speak to me how important it is that I put god first, be reading my bible, be going to church, "......Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator........" be heeding god's word be about doing that!!!!!! Not living for myself! NO WAY!!!!!! I hope to god I don't do that!!!!!!! The truth and heeding that will set me free........this world and the course of it and the lusts of it would for sure just lead me into BONDAGE!!!!!!!!! John 8:32 "And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."
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