Doodle Challenge for April 2018

April 2018 Doodle Challenge

The April doodle challenge was tricky ๐Ÿ™‚ It’s a big season for planting flowers in some areas of the world, but not really here in Ohio ๐Ÿ™‚ So I depended on a few web sites that give a list of what “day” it is (such as April 2nd being International Autism Awareness Day, April 27th being Arbor Day, etc.).

This challenge is participated in by the members of my Facebook group, Christian Planner, Journal, and Craft Fellowship and any of you who would like to join us! You can join us in the group or join along on Instagram. The doodle challenge just started last month, so we are growing into it, but thereโ€™s a lot of fun going on in the group with itย ๐Ÿ™‚

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Mindful Monday Devotional – He Will Never Forget You!

Mindful Monday - He will never forget you

Have you ever felt that you were just so insignificant in the big picture of the fast universe that it’s difficult to believe that God even knows who you are?ย  I think we all have, (yes, even you! Whether you admit it or not!)ย  I do quite often and the Lord reminds me every time that He loves me enough to die for me. What amazing grace!

I mean think about it. In all the history of the world and all the people who have been born onto it, how can little “me” mean anything to the creator of such a world?ย  But he does!ย  And not just a little bit, the Bible tells us in Luke 12:

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End of the Age Prophecy Updates for 3/25/18

End of the Age Updates for 3-25-18

Well Spring arrived this week -at least on the calendar ๐Ÿ™‚ย  Someone needs to inform mother nature of that fact after the snow storm we had the other day ๐Ÿ™‚ย  I hope it was my son’s last snow day of the school year. Not because I mind him being home, but because he loves school so much.ย  I hope you all are winding up your snowy-season schedules and ready for sweet Spring!ย  Here’s a wind up for you as well – a round up actually. Our end of the age updates for March, 25, 2018 ๐Ÿ™‚

 

Pastor J.D. Farag:

(Pastor J.D.โ€™s Video List Here)

 

Amir Tsarfati:

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Scripture Writing Plan for April 2018

Scripture Writing Plan for April 2018

 

With last month’s theme being “renewal”, I thought the next step in progression should surely be “growth”!ย  Once someone is renewed by becoming a disciple of Jesus, we begin to grow. Growth is necessary for all stages of life: physically, mentally, and spiritually alike.ย  If we become stagnant, we are rendered useless for ourselves and the Kingdom!

Use these passages to write out the scriptures and grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ! ๐Ÿ™‚

 

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April scripture writing plan

End of the Age Prophecy Updates for 3/18/18

End of the Age Updates for 3-18-18

Hi everyone! I hope you all are having a great weekend ๐Ÿ™‚ย  It’s a rough day for me as I just lost a tooth which has left me not wanting to be seen in public due to, but I’m trying to swallow my pride and just be humble about it as I wait to get in to the dentist (not till April 10th! eeks!!).ย  It’s going to be a long three weeks! (prayers appreciated!!)

But there are more intense things happening in our world than my lost tooth. Let’s get to that now —>

UPDATE:ย  This is posted a day behind on 3/19/18 due to technical difficulties. I got it fixed now ๐Ÿ™‚

 

Pastor J.D. Farag:


(Pastor J.D.โ€™s Video List Here)

 

Amir Tsarfati:

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Mindful Monday Devotional – The Fear of the Lord

Mindful Monday Devotional - The Fear of the Lord

The Fear of the Lord

I was raised by two parents both of whom had preachers for fathers. My mom’s dad was a Freewill Baptist hellfire and brimstone preacher. I remember him pounding the pulpit begging sinners to come forward to receive Jesus and become born again.ย  He was only like that at the pulpit. He was very kind and loving. He died when I was only 12, but I have very fond memories of loving him very much (I named my son’s middle name after him). My dad’s dad was very very old when I was old enough to have memories of him and he had retired from preaching by then, so I only have knowledge of his preaching from my brother and sister who are older than I am as well as my parents, but I know his denomination (holiness pentecostal) was very legalistic. They teach that you can fall from God’s graces very easily.

As a result, I had a “Wizard of Oz type of fear” of God. Remember when Dorothy and friends went to the wizard and they shook in their shoes and the tinman was rattling in fear, the scarecrow was falling all over the place and the lion ran out scared to bits? That was my fear of God at an early age.

Since I never felt I could match up to these expectations, I resisted my salvation till I was 17 when God really called me hard through a series of events not related to my family’s teachings.ย  I remember very well the night I told my mom and dad that I’d been saved.ย  As preacher’s kids, both of them should have been thrilled that their child had “come home”, right?ย  Wrong…In fact, when I told my mom and dad that I’d gotten saved they sighed and looked at each other frowning.ย  My dad (who was very stern and had a problem with his temper –thats another post altogether) told me that I could never ever lie, could never sass him ever again, and gave me this long list of things I could never ever do again.

Is it any surprise then that I had a Wizard of Oz fear of God??

Fast Forward to my 20’s.ย  I’m so glad the Lord taught me about His grace and mercy and how only unbelievers should expect to encounter God that way and then on the day of judgment.

He is a holy God Who deserves great reverence for sure, but He is Father to those who believe and receive Christ. To us He WANTS us to come to the throne boldly. He wants to teach of us His love. He is our Abba (daddy)ย ๐Ÿ’“

 

Charles Stanley tells us, “If God is love, then why does He command us to fear Him? The fear of the Lord isnโ€™t about being afraid of God; itโ€™s about revering Him above all else. When we do that, we position ourselves to receive all the benefits that come with putting God first in our lives”


Summary

“What does it mean to fear the Lord? Should we be terrified of Him, or does it mean something else?

If we are lost and living in sin, we have a good reason to be afraid of God because we are not right with Him and are destined for judgment and condemnation. But if we are His redeemed people, there is no reason to be terrified of Him. However, we have every reason to show Him reverence and honor Him.”

 

The Scribe Bible Journal -Review

Scribe Bible Journal Review

This week I’m reviewing a brand new Bible journal called “The Scribe Bible Journal“.ย  I really liked it and if you’d like to check it out or maybe buy one for yourself, you can do that HERE.

I’m going to keep my blog post introduction for this short as I’m experiencing some technical difficulty.ย  The touchpad on my laptop has decided to freeze up and I had to dig around in my desk drawers and find an old mouse to plug into till I can figure out the problem and it’s really awkward. I’ve tried a few suggestions I dug up in a Google search,but every time I reboot the laptop, it’s fine for about five minutes then the cursor freezes up again.

So, the information I want to share with you is in the video below anyway, so I submit that for your information (and hopefully blessing) here —>

 

Here is a selection of pages you can get a better view of, if you’d like.ย  Just click on the image and it will open up as a bigger page:

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