Sorry

On the bottom post i forgot to put a scripture. Here it is.

Proverbs 14:30
A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones.

The green-eyed monster

A peaceful heart is easy and not very tense. Sometimes when you have envy and jeaulousy inside, you don't have a peaceful heart. Envy and jealously can take you totally by suprise! The bible says it can even rot your bones! NOT HEALTHY! The stab of jealousy can jab hard. There is different types of jealously, and when i think about it, for adults and kids. ADULTS: Say a fellow colleauge got a better pay-check than you or you see the beautiful 2-3 story houses and look at your own in disgust. KIDS: You see other people wearing the latest fashions while you are stuck in hand-me-downs. Or you see that one of your peers got a brand new toy while you still play with your old ones.
These are all forms of envy. Some are large and some are mild. It depends on what it is. Anyway, on of the commandments in the bible says not to covet anything that belongs to your neighbor. So when you see your friends or family getting blessings, be glad for them...and then think of the wonderful things God has blessed you with. It will put that envy in its place, out of your life!

Healing

God can heal. It is just a fact. There are many stories in the bible where it talks about Jesus healing people of his time. Like the man of leprosy story......(Matthew 8:3) " Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. "I am willing ", he said. "Be clean!" Immediately he was cured of his leprosy."
There is also a story where it says Jesus came to Peter's house and found his mother-in-law lying in the bed with a fever. Jesus touched her hand and the fever left her. He also drove out the spirits of the demon-possed that were brought to him.
All these stories prove that Jesus can heal both you and me. So just ask him. Nothing is too big or small for Jesus.

Matthew 8:17 This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: He took our infirmaties and carried our diseases.

"The narrow and wide gates"

The bible says, in Matthew chapter 7, there are two gates: The narrow and wide gates. It says to enter the narrow one for it leads to life. That means it is the gate to heaven and you will have eternal life there. Also the bible says not to enter the wide gate with broad roads for it leads to destruction. That means it is the gate to hell and if you enter that one you will burn in fire forever. This is talking about something very simple actually....it talks about how we need to accept Christ as Savior. That is the defition of the narrow gate. If we ask the Lord to come into our hearts and forgive us of our sins....we enter through the narrow gate, the gate to heaven. If we do not ask him this and live for our own ways, we enter through the wide gate, the gate to hell. It is your choice. Simple.

Matthew 7:13-14
Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.

"A tree and its fruit" (from the bible)

The bible says in Matthew 7:16 " By their fruit you will reconize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles?" Today I want to talk about how you can tell people by their fruit. Fruit, in life, are doings or sayings of other people. In that chapter it says that every good tree bears good fruit. That means if the fruit of a person is good, they are good people. It also says in that chapter that bad trees will bear bad fruit. That means that is the fruit of people is bad, they are bad people. Verse 18 says " A good tree cannot bear bad fruit and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit." That means that bad people cannot have good fruit and good people cannot have bad fruit. The lesson here is that you can always tell the person by their fruit!

Judging others

God was giving me something to write on my blog today when I realized that a lot of people now these days are beginning to judge other people by the way they look or act or if they have a special need. In the bible there is a paragraph under the words JUDGING OTHERS and I suggest you read it. It is a really good thing to work on. God took me back in the bible to where it says that God created us in his likeness and he told me that if we judge others, we are basically judging God because god created them. Do you get what I am aying? I think all people need to work on this and I hope all that read this got something important out of it.

Letting your light shine

Jesus wants us to let his light shine so that we can let other people know that Jesus cares about them. I know I need to do a little better in my life as a christian and I bet some other people do too. By showing Jesus' light through you, you can help God lead people to Salvation. Even if you do not know how to show that light that God gives you just ask him to speak to people in his ways. Just put a smile on your face and that is one way to show Jesus' light in you. Just by doing that you are making a difference in people lives. They might wonder what makes you so happy or what has gotten into you and then that is your chance to tell others about how Jesus died for them. From now on one of my goals in life is to be a help to God in leading people to him. I want to let him use me and you too. Just ask him and you will recieve.

Psalm 119:101 thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path.
(Thank you miss kim for saying this scripture and talking about it in Kid's Church today.)

What a day!

Don't you just love having a good time with your family? Well, if you do your gonna be kinda jealous when I tell you that's exactly what I did today. This morning a litlle after nine we left to drop me off at my aunt's house to babysit my little cousins, Ellie and Silas. In fact, they are at my house right now and are having so much fun! Anyway, I am so glad they had a lot of fun and for the first time by myself, I had a great time too!

Then after lunch I went fishing with my dad and little sister Holly. Even though we didn't catch any fish and it was blazing hot outside, I still had a good time.

This proves that my goal today was to let the light of Jesus shine out of me. I want to show the love of Christ to people everyday, even if it's just my family. I hope you had a good day too and that the scripture I will put on here for today will be within your heart for the rest of your life.

Pslam 150:6
Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord.
(Pslam 150 is a great chapter and not that long so grab out your bibles and read!)

VROOM! VROOM!

Race cars are really fast and really loud! The reason I am saying that is because we went to a race car race 2 nights ago with my dad! It was a lot of fun! We saw a few friends of his from work and we got to have snacks and dinner there and watch the race cars. The funny part is all through out the thing, every 5 minutes I would have to take someone to the bathroom! LOL. I think I looked like a total weirdo out there. Anyhow, I had a lot of fun and so did my dad and the other kids! Mom had a lot of fun too at her girls' night that night. I thought that I wouldn't like it at the beginning and I wouldn't have any fun but I was wrong! I learned that you'll never know if you like something til' you try it. (That goes with veggies too! LOL).

Proverbs 28:13 He who conceals his sins does not prosper but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy.

fireworks! BOOM! BOOM!

Who enjoyed the Fourth of July? I sure did! We invited more than 50 people over to our house for a big cookout and firework show outside. It was awesome!!! First we talked and played for a little while. ( we had a bounce house set up and we have a swing set and my dad set up some games to play. ) And then we ate and roasted hot dogs. And after we played and talked and chatted some more we had roasted smores. Then a few familys stayed until after midnight chatting, roasting, and telling stories. We had a lot of fun and if you came I hope you did too! I thank God for the day we celebrate indeendence and all those men who fought for our freedom and are still fighting to this day. I would like to know what you did for The Fourth of July. please comment and tell me all about it!

Galatians 6:12 Those who want to make a good impression outwardly are trying to compel you to be circumcised. The only reason they do this is to avoid being persecuted for the cross of Christ.

Focus on horses

For the past few weeks we have been doing riding and showmanship on different kinds of horses, expesially me. The week of June 20th was our horse camp and that Sunday was the horse show. Then for the past week I have been practicing with Renetta for a horse festival tomorrow after church. I get to wear a fancy outfit while riding a horse named Dodger. In the festival, i am suppose to ride the horse to music. (BTW: The festival is called: The Fresians and Friends Festival.) Then after the festival, not the next week but the following week, I am taking horse back riding lessons ,once a week, again from Renetta just for fun! I totally cannot wait for next year and I just pray that God will help me remember the order and dance moves i am suppose to do tomorrow and that he will minister to the people there.

(This was my devotion for today)
Proverbs 28:14 Blessed is the man who always fears the Lord, but he who hardens his heart falls into trouble.