1 Sam 2:30 for those who honor Me I will honor, and those who despise Me shall be lightly esteemed. ex·hor·t. To address or communicate emphatically urge someone to do something. There is really nothing in this world more important than exhorting others to esteem God. We exhort others to esteem God because we esteem […]
7 `E’s” that lead to ESTEEMING God, ‘EDIFY’
EDIFY ONE ANOTHER. Any weakling can hurt others, be offended or offend. So many people think they are supposed to be like angry Old Testament prophets, speaking the ‘truth in love’ but there is no love, and really, no truth when talking about politics or the news. We just look for news that agrees with […]
7 `E’s” that lead to ESTEEMING God, ‘ESCAPE’
1 Sam 2:30 for those who honor Me I will honor, and those who despise Me shall be lightly esteemed. Everyone on the planet wants God to honor them, irregardless of their beliefs. Also, no one one this planet wants to be lightly esteemed by God. Even if they don’t believe in God, no one […]
7 `E’s” that lead to ESTEEMING God, ‘EVADE’
1 Sam 2:30 for those who honor Me I will honor, and those who despise Me shall be lightly esteemed. EVADE accepting anything that isn’t pleasing to God. When you avoid it, you are showing to yourself and to the world that you esteem God. Here are some things that God wants you to evade. […]
7 ‘E’s’ that lead to ESTEEMING God, ‘ELUDE’
1 Sam 2:30 for those who honor Me I will honor, and those who despise Me shall be lightly esteemed. ELUDE THE ENEMY’S TRAPS: There are so many ways he can catch you and fould you up. Mentally – guard your thought life Spiritually – stay in prayer and in the Word, not in the […]
7 `E’s” that lead to ESTEEMING God, ‘ESTEEM’
(PART# 1 of the 7 `E’s” that lead to ESTEEMING God, ‘ESTEEM’) 1 Sam 2:30 for those who honor Me I will honor, and those who despise Me shall be lightly esteemed. Honor, Respect, Value, and Esteem are pretty much the same thing. Disrespect, dishonor, not value and despise are the opposite. Honor God and […]
The 6 ‘i’s Part 6
The6’i’s PART-6 (PART# 6 of the 6 `i’s” that lead to desp’I’sing God,‘INSULT’) 1 Sam 2:30 for those who honor Me I will honor, and those who despise Me shall be lightly esteemed. INSULTING IS EASY. WE CAN DO IT WITHOUT EVEN THINKING ABOUT IT. IN SOME WAYS, COMPLETELY UNINTENTIONALLY. FOR EXAMPLE, A FEW PASTORS […]
The 6 ‘i’s Part 5
The6’i’sPART-5 (PART# 5 of 6 “i’s” that lead to desp’I’sing God,‘IGNORE’) 1 Sam 2:30 for those who honor Me I will honor, and those who despise Me shall be lightly esteemed. Merry Christmas! God’s presence is what makes heaven heaven. God’s PRESENTS His Son and our salvation gets us there. What God wants for Christmas […]
The 6 ‘i’s Part 4
The6’i’sPART-4 (PART# 4 of 6 “i’s” that lead to desp’I’sing God,‘INTERFERENCE’) 1 Sam 2:30 for those who honor Me I will honor, and those who despise Me shall be lightly esteemed. In a nutshell, despising means disrespecting.. if you disrespect your fellow man, you are disrespecting God, because man is made in God’s image. 1 […]
The 6 ‘i’s Part 3
The6’i’sPART-3 (PART# 3 of 6 “i’s” that lead to desp’I’sing God,‘Intrusion’) 1 Sam 2:30 for those who honor Me I will honor, and those who despise Me shall be lightly esteemed Intrusion – To thrust or bring in without invitation. Proverbs 25:6. Put not forth yourself in the presence of the king, and stand not […]
The 6 ‘i’s Part 2
6’i’sPART-2 (PART# 2 of 6 “i’s” that lead to desp’I’sing God,‘Interruption’) 1 Sam 2:36 “for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed” ‘Despise’ means to regard as unworthy of one’s notice or consideration. The second of the six ‘I’s’ that lead to despising God is the […]
The 6 ‘i’s Part 1
The6’i’sPART-1 (Part# 1 of six “i’s” that lead to desp’I’sing God) 1 Sam 2:36 “for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed” DESPISE = TO ESTEEM LIGHTLYTO ESTEEM LIGHTLY = DESPISE If you really know me, you will know I am not naturally gifted to be […]
2020 Update
2020 update End of the Year/Christmas season update for the past year’s activities in 2020. This is going to be short because I don’t have any working computers, so I have to do it by my phone.This year has been exciting. I am involved three zoom Bible studies and even witnessing the exciting church plant […]
Anxiety
Anxiety Philipians 4:5 Let your gentleness be apparent to all. The Lord is near. 6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus People like […]
Wind Storms
WindStorms Matt 4:37 And there arose a great storm of wind I have been in WindStorms that literally lifted me off of my feet, or moved the car I was driving. The wind can be scary, but for me the scariest thing about windstorms is the noise they make, especially combined with the vibrations a […]
Honor
1 Samuel 2:30…for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed I like the old english spelling of the word honour because it is ‘our honour’. It’s ours to give or not to give. We honour God only because He deserves to be honoured. That is the […]
Door
John 9:11. I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. My little sister came up to me around the year 2000 and said, ‘I found a new group called the “old doors”. It would have been pretty funny, […]
Matters
Ecclesiasticus 3:23 “Be not curious in unnecessary matters: for more things are shewed unto thee than men understand.” ‘Matters’ is a lofty word. Pompous people like to throw this word around because it’s fancy sounding. Pastors down here like to use it a lot. With internet, we have a hundred times the matter content that […]
Resistance
Romans13:2 “Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God” ‘Resistance’ has many meanings, like the word ‘power’. ‘Resisting power’ as a phrase has even more interpretations. Sure, authorities are power, as some translations suggest. We shouldn’t resist our president nor the police if we are followers of Christ. We are to obey our […]
If
Deuteronomy 28:1IF thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth: IF is a word used 1,595 times in the KJV/if/conjunction (introducing […]
Patience
Galatians 5: 22-23 ‘But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law’Berean Study Bible Words are thought containers. They are designed to bundle up a bunch of useless letters (individually), put them together and send them as a thought (idea) […]
Truth
——espanol abajo—— Ephesians 4:15 “But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, evenChrist:” Missionary-ville is a small town. I have a european missionary friend over the years. He would always kind of embarrass me because wherever he went he would get upset and yell at people. Like […]
Perfect
—— español abajo—— MATTHEW 5:48 BE YE THEREFORE PERFECT EVEN AS YOUR FATHER WHICH IS IN HEAVEN IS PERFECT.: THIS ISN’T AN OPTIONAL STATEMENT. Jesus said ‘be perfect’, it’s a commandment. I always said as an excuse, *until now*, THAT NO ONE’S PERFECT. But Jesus commands us to be perfect. That means it’s possible. Jesus also […]
Babies
—— español abajo—— 1 Peter 2:2 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: I LOVE BABIES! I remember that the moment I went from darkness to light. The first thing I noticed with my new nature was that my ‘new man’ loved babies. My ‘old man’, myself before I […]
Worthy = Worth It
—— español abajo—— MATTHEW 10:12 And when ye come into an house, salute it. And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you. Have you ever been invited to a house and sensed that you weren’t welcome? It’s not a nice situation to be in. Sometimes it’s because the host *or his wife* doesn’t think […]
Witness
Learning to WITNESS is #7 out of the 7 phases in spiritual growth —— español abajo—— Acts 1:8 “But ye shall RECEIVE POWER, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and YE SHALL BE WITNESSESUNTO ME . . .” I think of Perry Mason every time I hear the word witness. *aging myself, […]
Give
GIVE! Learning to GIVE is #6 out of the 7 phases in spiritual growth —— español abajo—— Matthew 25:35 For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, So I was told the other day that if I am not teaching the Bible in some Bible school […]
Worship
Worship!Learning to WORSHIP is #5 out of 7 phases in spiritual growth. —— español abajo—— John 4:23-24 “But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall WORSHIP the Father IN SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship […]
Believe = Be Living
BELIEVE!Learning to BELIEVE is #4 out of 7 phases in spiritual growth. —— español abajo—— Mark 11:24 What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, BELIEVE that ye RECEIVE them, and ye shall have them.” *QUALIFIER… God is sovereign and all powerful and all knowing. Sometimes He protects us from ourselves and our prayers, but that is NOT […]
Pray
PRAY!Learning to PRAY is #3 out of 7 phases in spiritual growth. —— español abajo—— JOHN 16:23, Whatsoever ye shall ASK THE FATHER IN MY NAME, he will give it ‘to’ you. Most born again Christians pray every day. Many however, don’t really believe that it actually works. They pray because they are taught to. It’s […]
Forgive
TO FORGIVE #2 out of 7 phases in spiritual growth. —— español abajo——Ephesians 4:32 And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you. Learning to FORGIVE is the 2nd step in growing spiritually. It is closely related to part 1,which was FORGET. They are intertwined. To […]
Forget
—— español abajo—— PHILIPPIANS 3:13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, FORGETTING THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE BEHIND, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, 14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. Talk about forgetting […]
Entrenched
Entrenched —— español abajo——- 1 Corinthians 2:2 For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and Him crucified. As we age, we absorb things. I think the more we ‘absorb’ the more we ‘entrench ourselves’. Like aged whiskey in a wooden keg, or a steak cooked extra slowly over mesquite, […]
Shame
——-español abajo———- Hebrew 12:2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of [our] faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne. I gew up thinking that shame was a Christian word. Every self righteous person that […]