"The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me, because the LORD has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners, to proclaim the year of the LORD's favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn, and provide for those who grieve in Zion — to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair."~from ISAIAH 61 Bible verse for this Blog

APOLOGY to READERS who followed a SEARCH to HERE & didn't find it

On July 18, 2017, I drafted almost 3000 blog posts that I had published since 2008 when I began blogging, rather than edit each one. So if you clicked here from somewhere else and ended up with the post unavailable or error, I am sorry but this is why. It'd be too much work for me to go back and fix them. There's an explanation on 7/19/17 as I'm still learning.

Monday, June 19, 2017

MOORE On Monday (MOM)

with one of two of the newest
LIFEWAY WOMEN
Online Bible Study

"ENTRUSTED"
{which I shared last Thurs. and promised to update on Mon.}
by
Beth Moore

"...and a promise is a promise"

Even if I am not at all caught up with this "Entrusted" study, I've already missed publishing SOS (which I'm saving to post about either P31's OBS "Me, Myself and Lies" or Faith Gateway's "Daniel Prayer") and nothing else has been done either like my book review long overdue (so much so, that I have now been deactivated-sigh) yet I'm still loving Faith Barista Bonnie Gray daily with "Whispers of Rest" (which I have set aside my Weds. to share, but I'd really love to do them daily online but it's enough for me to just take time to do them first thing in the morning and 'breathe ...just breathe' ... yes, I 'bit off more than I could chew' but ... I just did not want to miss out on any of these, they are so good!!! And ENTRUSTED is as I thought, packed with so many details, in its thin study guide of 179 [large 8 1/2 by 11] pages filled to the brim, no matter which of the 5 levels you choose to do, just check out the outline of Week 1. 


Day One: "A Trail of Two Cities"
On Reading Scripture
Day 2 (Sat. or Sun.) "Meet the Teacher"
Day 3 (Mon.) "Where Was He When"
Day 4 (Tues.) "A Beeline to City Three"
Theology: A Collective Struggle
Day 5 (Weds.) "A New Son and A Circumcision"

according to my own plan, I should be on

Day 3
"Where Was He When"

FLASH FORWARD: 1 Corinthians 2:2

 Job 38:4
who asked the question, who was addressed and what was the occasion for the
"where were you when ______________"?
the glaring event for the early church
"where were you when they crucified Jesus?"

Acts 20:16
"why didn't Saul of Tarsus stay in Ephesus?"

(this is just the first 2 pages of this day with much background information)

2 more pages packed
and then Day 3 ends with this:


"On the high road of that rabid zeal we land our lesson. Read Acts 9:1-9 and, if you've read it many times, try to read it with new eyes. If you're like me, (Beth Moore) some responsive thoughts are rolling around in your head as you raise your chin from that page. Record two of them as your conclusion today~"Entrusted" by Beth & Melissa Moore
1 Corinthians 15:8

Since this is my first Beth Moore actual study, I don't want to miss anything! I can tell it'd be so,much better in a church group or sitting in the group as Beth instructs us - but for now the videos will do just fine. And I'm thrilled to be able to view them online without having to purchase them right now. 

SESSION ONE
for
WEEK 1

Lots to think about and this is just the background and introduction
This Thursday we'll be in WEEK 2 when we actually start with

2 TIMOTHY

but all this preparation is so good

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In "WHISPERS of REST" today's
DAY 15
in Part 3 "Dreaming as the Beloved"
Rejuvenate Your Passion for Life12

{oh yeah}

"GATHER"

{more on my Weds. WOW}

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I apologize for not posting anything for SOS from those two wonderful studies mentioned above ... so I may go back and add a post on SONday 6pm for P31 and perhaps Faith Gateway's Ann Graham Lotz "Daniel Prayer" OBS on Friday {if I can do it ahead of time to publish on Friday and sum up this week rather than look ahead to the next, but she also is such an excellent teacher and guide for "praying"} 

Perhaps if you read 
Acts 9:1-9
you might share with me
your thoughts that
"are rolling around in your head"
from what it said
to you


Sunday, June 18, 2017

SOS

Study On SONday

WEEK TWO
with
P31 OBS
of
Jennifer Rothschild's book
"Me, Myself, and Lies"

"CHOOSING and SPEAKING TRUTH"


Proverbs 16:23 (NIV84) | "A wise man's heart guides his mouth, and his lips promote instruction." | Proverbs 31 Online Bible Studies | Week 2 Verse | #NoMoreLies #P31OBS
[image credit: P31]

"...  Jennifer gives us a battle plan to help shut the door to those negative thoughts:
The three R’s — Recognize, Refuse and Replace
I know I find it hard to Refuse the “lie.” That’s the one “R” I want to work on this week. What’s the most difficult “R” for you? What can you do to shut the door on your negative thoughts?"
- See more at: P31 OBS and Jennifer Rothschild's book, "Me, Myself and Lies"
I am only highlighting this so you can link up or follow along with
Proverbs 31 OBS
who already do an exceptionally wonderful weekly discussion
but there's quite often so many "comments"
it's hard for me to connect
but I love them, their choices for book studies and their team
No reason for me to reinvent what they do so well

however

you are certainly welcome to comment here rather or in addition to there
because I have so few comments, you're guaranteed that I won't miss it

I'll Repeat the questions (and that's not even one of the "R") here:
What’s the most difficult “R” for you? 
What can you do to shut the door on your negative thoughts?"

For me,
I'm sure I struggle with all 3 of the "R's"
but initially it has to be
"RECOGNIZE"

because often I don't realize that and recognize it as a lie
but receive the lie as truth
usually spoken by another but rehearsed and replayed
in my mind without recognizing it as a lie
or device of the enemy to mess me up
but I am getting better at discerning a lie spoken to me

and I guess
that if I knew the answer to the 2nd part of this ?
I would have written JR's book and not be struggling with this,
hoping I will learn from this book how to shut the door
especially when the negative thoughts are mine or 
spoken by me to others (but I sure hope not)

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Going to try to do Fridays for
Faith Gateway's OBS
of
"The Daniel Prayer"
by
Anne Graham Lotz
[Kick-off]
but I will share on
SOS
that week's link

Session 2
"Preparing for Prayer"

What are some areas you need to work on to better 
prepare your heart to pray as Daniel did?

{but this is for Friday for me here, if I get to it before then; 
if not, this will have to do-sorry}


To my faithful visitors;
all of you who spend your valuable time here with me
I do appreciate you so much!

Thank you for taking your time to visit!

Love, Sweet blessings & Hugs!

DIOS TE BENDIGA
GOD BLESS YOU

always

Peggy