B L A T A N T “S I N C I T Y”
Recently we took a week long trip to Las Vegas, Nevada, otherwise known as “Sin City”. And are they proud of it!
We were walking through a hotel/casino one time and a female voice came over the loud speaker and said: “We are proud to be called ‘Sin City’. Leave all your inhibitions behind and participate in all that we have here”. That”s not the exact quote but essentially what she said.
I couldn’t believe I heard that, a city being proud to be called “Sin City”. And openly telling everyone that it was perfectly fine to do what your basser nature desires to do! Come on and sin! It is fun and perfectly normal to go against God’s laws. It seemed like she was mocking God.
Then out on the street a billboard truck was cruising around all the time that read “Hot Babes Direct to You “! Then to add insult to insult at several places on the street several men were trying to give coupons for that service to passerbys and even to my husband! It didn’t seem to matter to them if the man had a girl or not!
“Sin City” will be judged some day along with the rest of America. Galatians 6:7-8, Be not deceived, God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that shall he also reap. For he that sows to the flesh shall of the flash reap corruption; but he that sows to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life eternal.” Romans 6:23, “ For the wages of sin is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”
We did see one show, that of Donny and Marie Osmond. And were they good! No filth or sex and they served only sodas! So you can have fun without all that other trash!
A good day to you from The Merry Heart
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
BEING TRANSFORMED
B E I N G T R A N S F O R M E D
How do we change? Do we go from bible study to bible study? Do we complain to anyone who will listen to us hoping secretly that they will somehow have the answer to our problem or pray for us and heal us instantly of all our problems? I realize that some people are going through such horrendous ordeals that it is impossible to imagine how they cope on a daily basis. But the only answer and has been and always will be is to get with God. What! Is it that simple! Yes, it is. But you see some people going to different churches or bible studies or complaining to people etc. and to no avail. These people apparently do not want to spend the time it takes to commune with God by reading his word, praying to Him and praising Him. But it is the only way you will be transformed into his image which is his purpose for us.
I don’t want to sound like I am a super “Christian” but I have always communed with God on a daily basis most of the time. But I didn’t know what good fellowship with God was til now when I repented of believing all those lies and He began transforming me. But I digest.
In Romans 15:4 it says; “For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the scriptures we might have hope” It is a process and we are not perfect until we got to heaven. I have to always plug a wonderful seminar that I have gone through called “Cleansing Streams”, which sets and keeps you on the path of transformation. Drawing close to God is the only way that we will find the answers, this I can’t emphasize enough.
A good day to you from The Merry Heart
How do we change? Do we go from bible study to bible study? Do we complain to anyone who will listen to us hoping secretly that they will somehow have the answer to our problem or pray for us and heal us instantly of all our problems? I realize that some people are going through such horrendous ordeals that it is impossible to imagine how they cope on a daily basis. But the only answer and has been and always will be is to get with God. What! Is it that simple! Yes, it is. But you see some people going to different churches or bible studies or complaining to people etc. and to no avail. These people apparently do not want to spend the time it takes to commune with God by reading his word, praying to Him and praising Him. But it is the only way you will be transformed into his image which is his purpose for us.
I don’t want to sound like I am a super “Christian” but I have always communed with God on a daily basis most of the time. But I didn’t know what good fellowship with God was til now when I repented of believing all those lies and He began transforming me. But I digest.
In Romans 15:4 it says; “For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the scriptures we might have hope” It is a process and we are not perfect until we got to heaven. I have to always plug a wonderful seminar that I have gone through called “Cleansing Streams”, which sets and keeps you on the path of transformation. Drawing close to God is the only way that we will find the answers, this I can’t emphasize enough.
A good day to you from The Merry Heart
Friday, May 15, 2009
God ordains our life from birth
God Ordains Our Live Before Birth!
We all have a purpose for our life, not matter what we are going through. Some people go through very hard trials and some not so hard. But God had a purpose in mind even before we were born. I am going to quote Psalm 139:16 from two different bible versions, first the short one from the NIV Version, (New International Version), and then the King James Version; “All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be” and “Your eyes did see my substance, yet being unformed: and in your book all my members were written, which in continuous were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them”. They essentially say the same thing, one short but the other says so much more, not because it is much longer but has more meat to it. In the King James Version God saw us being formed, actually He formed us, and wrote out our entire life story.
Some people may say, “Hey, what is new? I already knew that” Well, to me, even though I have read that verse many many times, it finally hit me tonight what it truly was saying! I looked up the word “ordained” in my dictionary which I do a lot of now just to make sure that I am getting the right definition of it. One definition is to appoint or admit to the Christian ministry which our son went through at an ordination ceremony to become a full fledged minister some time back. Another definition is to set in order, to arrange, to prepare which is the definition that all we ordinary people have. Oh, yes, our son fits that definition also. God set in order our life, He arranged it and He prepared us for it. He set in motion the events from birth that would shape the type of ministry that He is preparing for us! If we would look at our situations that we have gone through or are going through as designed for us by God, our outlook on our situation would have an entirely different outlook. We should think about what is the purpose that God has for this hardship, trial, sickness or whatever we are going through? What does God want us to learn from this? Usually, everything that occurs is for our benefit or to help others who are going through the same thing.
Things do not happen accidently, NO, God has a purpose for them if we take the time to get with God and find out what that purpose is. Then our life will take on an entirely different meaning than just to exist til we die. It is a purpose that will be fulfilling and very rewarding, not necessarily money wise but will really bring true happiness to us. For in Christ will you find true happiness.
A good day to you from The Merry Heart
We all have a purpose for our life, not matter what we are going through. Some people go through very hard trials and some not so hard. But God had a purpose in mind even before we were born. I am going to quote Psalm 139:16 from two different bible versions, first the short one from the NIV Version, (New International Version), and then the King James Version; “All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be” and “Your eyes did see my substance, yet being unformed: and in your book all my members were written, which in continuous were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them”. They essentially say the same thing, one short but the other says so much more, not because it is much longer but has more meat to it. In the King James Version God saw us being formed, actually He formed us, and wrote out our entire life story.
Some people may say, “Hey, what is new? I already knew that” Well, to me, even though I have read that verse many many times, it finally hit me tonight what it truly was saying! I looked up the word “ordained” in my dictionary which I do a lot of now just to make sure that I am getting the right definition of it. One definition is to appoint or admit to the Christian ministry which our son went through at an ordination ceremony to become a full fledged minister some time back. Another definition is to set in order, to arrange, to prepare which is the definition that all we ordinary people have. Oh, yes, our son fits that definition also. God set in order our life, He arranged it and He prepared us for it. He set in motion the events from birth that would shape the type of ministry that He is preparing for us! If we would look at our situations that we have gone through or are going through as designed for us by God, our outlook on our situation would have an entirely different outlook. We should think about what is the purpose that God has for this hardship, trial, sickness or whatever we are going through? What does God want us to learn from this? Usually, everything that occurs is for our benefit or to help others who are going through the same thing.
Things do not happen accidently, NO, God has a purpose for them if we take the time to get with God and find out what that purpose is. Then our life will take on an entirely different meaning than just to exist til we die. It is a purpose that will be fulfilling and very rewarding, not necessarily money wise but will really bring true happiness to us. For in Christ will you find true happiness.
A good day to you from The Merry Heart
Sunday, May 10, 2009
musical tables
M U S I C A L T A B L E S A N Y O N E ?
You have heard of musical chairs but have you heard of musical tables? I hadn’t either til we did it! When we lived out in the country for twenty years, we have been in the city for ten years now, I had a ping pong table for my sewing table. Out children played ping pong while living at home but have been gone around twenty years now. When we moved to the city, the ping pong table did not fit in my sewing room so we gave it away. My hubby made me a sewing table out of a door with two legs attached to it. But it was not as satisfactory as the old ping pong table, I really missed it. And I had bought a cheap table for the kitchenette.. Then we inherited an antique but nice table from his mother that we decided to put in the kitchen and put that table in his den for his use.
Recently I was thinking of how I could get a table as big as the ping pong table without it overwhelming the room. Then I thought of the antique but nice table that we had inherited from my hubby’s mother that we use in the kitchenette. I measured it and it was big enough for the sewing projects that I do now. But how to replace the kitchen table. I did not want to waste my time going to garage sales or pay an exorbitant price. So my hubby suggested we put his table back in the kitchen, the antique table in my sewing room and the old sewing table in the garage to use for garage sales and he would use the two card tables that we have rarely used. Ta da! Problem solved! Thus musical tables!
A good day to you from The Merry Heart
You have heard of musical chairs but have you heard of musical tables? I hadn’t either til we did it! When we lived out in the country for twenty years, we have been in the city for ten years now, I had a ping pong table for my sewing table. Out children played ping pong while living at home but have been gone around twenty years now. When we moved to the city, the ping pong table did not fit in my sewing room so we gave it away. My hubby made me a sewing table out of a door with two legs attached to it. But it was not as satisfactory as the old ping pong table, I really missed it. And I had bought a cheap table for the kitchenette.. Then we inherited an antique but nice table from his mother that we decided to put in the kitchen and put that table in his den for his use.
Recently I was thinking of how I could get a table as big as the ping pong table without it overwhelming the room. Then I thought of the antique but nice table that we had inherited from my hubby’s mother that we use in the kitchenette. I measured it and it was big enough for the sewing projects that I do now. But how to replace the kitchen table. I did not want to waste my time going to garage sales or pay an exorbitant price. So my hubby suggested we put his table back in the kitchen, the antique table in my sewing room and the old sewing table in the garage to use for garage sales and he would use the two card tables that we have rarely used. Ta da! Problem solved! Thus musical tables!
A good day to you from The Merry Heart
stinky thinking remover
STINKY THINKING REMOVER
Do you think stinky thoughts?
Do you want to get revenge?
Are your thoughts of Me, Me, Me?
Stinky Thinking Remover can help!
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A satisfied customer can testify to the satisfying results of Stink Thinking Remover, Jesus Christ. He can remove those thoughts when they enter your mind. He is the only one capable of doing that. When He does the job, the results are satisfying! When you come to Jesus Christ, you do not have to clean up your act to come, He will clean you up!
I am that satisfied customer. I tried to clean up my act for many many years with no satisfied results. The thoughts would always come back. I can’t guarantee that they will not because satan will always come back and tell you his lies about you that you are no good, no one loves you, you said that wrong, etc. But we have an advocate, Jesus Christ, who will help us. He loves you with an everlasting love and is always for your good. In John 10:10, it says: “Satan comes to steal, kill and destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly”, John 10:10.
I highly recommend Him!
A good day to you from The Merry Heart.
Do you think stinky thoughts?
Do you want to get revenge?
Are your thoughts of Me, Me, Me?
Stinky Thinking Remover can help!
Satisfied Results!
Highly Recommended!
A satisfied customer can testify to the satisfying results of Stink Thinking Remover, Jesus Christ. He can remove those thoughts when they enter your mind. He is the only one capable of doing that. When He does the job, the results are satisfying! When you come to Jesus Christ, you do not have to clean up your act to come, He will clean you up!
I am that satisfied customer. I tried to clean up my act for many many years with no satisfied results. The thoughts would always come back. I can’t guarantee that they will not because satan will always come back and tell you his lies about you that you are no good, no one loves you, you said that wrong, etc. But we have an advocate, Jesus Christ, who will help us. He loves you with an everlasting love and is always for your good. In John 10:10, it says: “Satan comes to steal, kill and destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly”, John 10:10.
I highly recommend Him!
A good day to you from The Merry Heart.
Saturday, May 9, 2009
H E A V E N L Y L O V E !
H E A V E N L Y L O V E !
For years I had been trying to find a feeling of love from my Heavenly Father because I never did feel love from my earthly father or anybody for that matter. Although I knew that my father and mother loved me, they were not the kind of people that showed love so I grew up not showing love to others. Then it is only when we know the love of our Heavenly Father that we can truly show love to others. I spent many years reading the book of Palms in the Bible but never could find that sense of love that I needed. Palms is a good book to read when you feel down or depressed as it gives you such inspiration.
A prophecy was given me in the year of 1996 that I have been working through. I didn’t know that I was working through it til some months back when some sentence really made sense to me. Since then every so often another sentence is clarified as to what it truly means. This morning in my quiet time I was doing a lesson in a workbook for a bible class and it mentioned that God will envelope you with His perfect heavenly love. Another sentence clarified! In this prophecy it says; “I will show you more of me and I will envelope you with my love and myself.” He has enveloped me so much with His love in the last few months! It is so wonderful to be enveloped with His love! His heavenly love has started a healing in my heart so that I can start loving others!
The main reason that I feel so much love for God is because He sent His Son to die for me on the cross so that I do not have to go to hell for my sins. You too can feel his love by accepting Him as your Savior.
A good day to you from The Merry Heart
For years I had been trying to find a feeling of love from my Heavenly Father because I never did feel love from my earthly father or anybody for that matter. Although I knew that my father and mother loved me, they were not the kind of people that showed love so I grew up not showing love to others. Then it is only when we know the love of our Heavenly Father that we can truly show love to others. I spent many years reading the book of Palms in the Bible but never could find that sense of love that I needed. Palms is a good book to read when you feel down or depressed as it gives you such inspiration.
A prophecy was given me in the year of 1996 that I have been working through. I didn’t know that I was working through it til some months back when some sentence really made sense to me. Since then every so often another sentence is clarified as to what it truly means. This morning in my quiet time I was doing a lesson in a workbook for a bible class and it mentioned that God will envelope you with His perfect heavenly love. Another sentence clarified! In this prophecy it says; “I will show you more of me and I will envelope you with my love and myself.” He has enveloped me so much with His love in the last few months! It is so wonderful to be enveloped with His love! His heavenly love has started a healing in my heart so that I can start loving others!
The main reason that I feel so much love for God is because He sent His Son to die for me on the cross so that I do not have to go to hell for my sins. You too can feel his love by accepting Him as your Savior.
A good day to you from The Merry Heart
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