For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward. 2 Cor 1:12

Are you trusting in the world? (Romans 8:5)
For your every need? (Ephesians 2:2-3)
Do you try to further your stay here
Through all your vain deeds? (I Peter 1:18)

Do you draw near to God with your lips. (Matthew 15:8)
While your heart is far away?
How do you spend your time?
Do you always "watch and pray?"(Mark 13:33)

Like a thief in the night,
Our Lord will return! (II Peter 3:10)
The earth is reserved unto fire
All its works will burn! (II Peter 3:7)

Believe ye His promises! (2 Peter 1:4) (Hebrews 10:36)
His promises are yea, and Amen, (2 Cor 1:20)
Looking for new heavens and a new earth,
Dwelling only righteousness within
(2 Peter 3:13)

Not trusting ourselves,
Or in things others said,
But in Our Dear Lord,
Who raises the dead! (2 Cor 1:9)

Romans 8:5
For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.

Ephesians 2:2-3
Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.

I Peter 1:18
Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;

2 Peter 2:10
But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities.

Matthew 15:8
This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me

Mark 13:33
Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.

II Peter 3:10
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

II Peter 3:7
But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.

2 Peter 1:4
Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

Hebrews 10:36
For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise

2 Cor 1:20
For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us

2 Peter 3:13
Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.

2 Cor 1:9
we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead: 

Consider Your Ways!

(Haggai 1:5-6)

Consider your ways, people of God

Think about this thing

You spend your day sowing a lot

But little in you bring

You eat but don't have enough

Your clothed but never warm

There something missing from your life

This lesson must you learn!

Go up and build a house (Haggai 1:8-9)

Where glorified He will be

Be strong and set to work

On Him your every thought should be

You must seek first the kingdom (Matt 6:31-33)

The rest will be added to you

You've been seeking to do these things

Without His strength, it's true.

Cry out for His mercy, (Exodus 15:13)

Repent from your evil ways (II Kings 17:13)

Let the Spirit if The Lord consume

Every second of your day

Haggai 1:5-6

 Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways. 

Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes. 

Haggai 1:8-9

 Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the LORD. 

 Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house. 

Matt 6:31-33

 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? 

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. 

Exodus 15:13

Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed: thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation. 

II Kings 17:13

Yet the LORD testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets.

Things were once so simple
A woman's role was in the home
Nursing up her children in the Word
Until they could stand alone

But the devil pulled out the apple
Woman was tricked once again
Go out, make some money
Your just as good as your man

Or maybe when the right to vote
Came through women's rights
Now she's organizing political parties
And busy days AND nights

Today's church needs the woman too
Or the devil should I say,
She can organize church events
While her children run off and play

No! Not me!
My choice is to embrace and hold
The role God picked just for me
The raising of eternal souls

If you listen to Jesus' words
And consider carefully
By faith, you'll move mountains (Matt 21:21)
into the sea!

Two blind men were calling
Out to Jesus to be healed
His response was very simple
Yet a secret it revealed...

"According to your faith
be it unto you" (Matt 9:29)
Jesus touched their blinded eyes
And they were healed anew

"Wilt thou be made whole?" (John 5:6)
Said Jesus to the impotent man
Take up your bed and walk
Was part of the healing command

"Be it unto thee
even as thou wilt" (Matthew 15:28)
He told the woman with a devil
The next moment, she was healed

Abel obtained witness that he was righteous
Through his sacrifice
And By faith Enoch was translated
He saw not death in all of this life

The substance of things hoped for
That is what faith really means
The elders gained their good report
Through things that were unseen (Hebrews 11)

Lord, increase my faith and (Luke 5:17)
Help me strengthen those around me (Luke 22:32)
I want to trust completely
And dwell with righteousness abounding!

That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men,
but in the power of God. I Cor 2:1

The horn in the center
Is a powerful king
He will destroy wonderfully
And do a great thing

Through his policy, craft will prosper
He'll destroy many by peace (Daniel 8:24-25)
All this from the Great Power
The powers that be. (Romans 13)

He may be an earthly king
But in confidence we know,
His heart is in the hand
Of the One we love so!

Like a river, He'll turn his heart
Whithersoever he wants (Proverbs 21:1)
For good or for evil
Truth never departs (John 14:17)
Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, today,  and FOREVER!!! Hebrews 13:8


Daniel 8: 24-25 (King of Grecia)
And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practice, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people. And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand.

Proverbs 21:1
The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.

John 14:17
Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.

Take heed to thyself
When you are in a strange land
Don't make friends with the inhabitants
Lest it become a snare (Ex 34)

You are called to be strangers
And pilgrims on earth (Heb 11:13)
You mustn't bow down
Or partake in their mirth

Don't take their daughters for wives
Nor learn of their ways
Their molten image is falsehood (Jer 10:14-15)
That will perish in a day

Prepare a habitation (Psalms 107:36-37)
For The Lord to come in
Sow seeds and plant vineyards
Keep the weeds out ( of sin)

Man doesn't have the strength
To do it alone ( Jer 10:23)
The spirit of God
Must come into his home

Cry out for his mercy (Psalms 27:7)
Offer the sacrifice of praise (Heb 13:15)
Spend time in His Word. (I Tim 4:16)
Your life He will save! (Mark 8:35)

Heb 11:13
These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

Jer 10:14-15
Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them. They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

Psalms 107:36-37
And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation; And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase.

Jer 10:23
O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
Psalms 27:7
Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me.
Heb 13:15
By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.
I Tim 4:16
Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.
Mark 8:35
For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it.

Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer. Psalms 19:14

Idols made in days of old
Carved and formed by the hand
Today created in the mind
A focus on things of man

What will I do tomorrow? or
I have to have that thing!
Spending time thinking lustily
To see what this world may bring

But it shouldn't be that way!
Every thought should be on Him
Seeking out a way to rest in God and
Fully trust whatever he sends

Take no thought for tomorrow
The morrow shall take thought for the things of itself (Matt 6:34)
Put all your strength towards serving God
And keep your Bible off the shelf!