Baby Dedication Prayer

I love that our son has a strong faith.  Jason, and his wife, Bekki, prayed this over their daughter at her dedication last month:

Lord, we come before you this morning in earnest humility, asking for a blessing on the child that you have given into our care. May you give Farrah a heart that is satisfied always by your steadfast love (PS 90:14) and that you would be glorified by the joy that she finds in who you are. Give her the strength to live a life of self-sacrificing love because it is only with your Spirit that she can accomplish this. Bless her with the wisdom not to look left or look right, but instead straight ahead towards her own unique relationship with you God. May she always make her identity in you Lord and not in this world.

We know that you desire for us to raise a God-following adult, but we need your help. Please guide us so that we can model your love every day in every way. Give us the strength to be faithful that you are caring for this child and to realize the truth that we have no power to keep her physically safe or emotionally healthy. Please equip us for this task you’ve set before us.

Farrah, may your roots go down deep into the soil of God's marvelous love. And may you have the power to understand, as all God's people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love really is. May you experience the love of Christ….Then you will be filled with the fullness of life and power that comes from God" (Ephesians 3:17-19).

In the name of Jesus, Amen.

By the way.... did you know that no where in the Bible is a parent's prayer unanswered!

Blessings for Our Children and Grandchildren

In the Biblical days the children were “Blessed” by their parents. I would like to continue this tradition with a blessing on my children and grandchildren. Here it is:

I bless you with:

• Humility
• Happiness
• Health
• a strong Faith in God

I pray that our Lord will give you:

• Protection from harm and evil
• Provisions for your needs and give you a extra to share
• Peace that you can only get from your Personal Relationship with our awesome God

And may you always be blessed with the joy from the love and support of a close family!

I love you !

I love seeing God's fingerprints.

 I just went to Irene Bergh's prayer service.  After the service I went over to her grandson, Robert, to share  a couple things with him.... but I didn't get much of a chance because as soon as he saw me, he was very anxious to tell ME something. 

This is what Robert said:

"On Tuesdays after Irene left Bible Study she would come home, open up the Bible and show me what you guys had studied. I was a (Some word I did not understand) which means that I didn't believe in
ANYTHING.... not even other  (same word).ists).  Irene would ask me "Now Do You Believe in God?" I did... How could I not believe? I found that I wanted to learn more and more. I knew what time your Bible Study was over and I'd skip school every week, just to learn more. I became a believer because of your Bible Study! "

Isn't that awesome! What a missionary Irene was! God worked through our Bible Study and Irene to reach Robert! 

Please Read This

All the big name Pastors, David Jeremiah, Greg Laurie, Beth Moore, etc, and now even our local Kindred pastors have all been recent preaching on end time events.  Is it coincident that three of the kindred Bible study groups were studying Revelation last year? Is God trying to tell us something?  A final warning or giving us a heads up?

I can't get  yesterday's sermon out of my head.  I've learned that when Israel regained it's national status in 1948 it put the end time events in motion. What's scary is that all the puzzle pieces have now fallen into place.  Not a few but ALL! Today there is a coalition that is forming around Israel that will result in a peace contract. Why this is sooo big is that the contact will be signed AFTER the rapture! That means the rapture will happen soon!  Very soon! Wow!

How do you feel about this? I don't know about you, but I feel an urgency. There a few of my family members and a few close friend of mine that are not saved yet. It's a now or never situation. They have to decide now. The Bible says that after the Rapture, those that have rejected Jesus will have hearts that will be hardened and will not accept him later.

Have you asked God into your heart? Acknowledging that God is God is not enough.  The Bible says even the demons acknowledge that God is God and they shudder. You have to do 3 things.  Acknowledge that you have sinned.  (We all have.) Ask for forgiveness. And most importantly allow Jesus to come into your heart and be YOUR savior.... by acknowledging that He died so that YOUR sins can be forgiven.  Thank him for his sacrifice.  Nothing unclean can enter heaven. By His death, Jesus who was sinless took on your sins so that you (if you ask for forgiveness) are clean. You will spend all eternity with your family and friends and Jesus in a joyful, wonderful place called Heaven.

You can't say that you don't believe in this stuff and escape it.  Sorry it doesn't work that way.  It's like back in Noah's time.  People said "I don't believe there's going to be a flood."  Guess what.... if God says it's going to happen it will.... no matter what your opinion is.  Did you know that there is twice as much prophecy in the Bible predicting end time events as there was predicting Jesus' birth? All predictions have come to pass.  That is why, without a doubt, the Rapture is about to happen. God says so!

Please, before it's too late.  Ask Jesus to become YOUR savior, now!

Quote from Max Lucado

I just read this from Max Lucado: "God has sent his angels to care for you, his Holy Spirit to dwell in you, his church to encourage you & his word to guide you." How comforting and energizing that is!

Bible Study Book of Revelation

This link/site looks very interesting. I'm saving this link here, so I can get back to it. I've studied Revelation twice. There is so much to remember. I'm ready to study it again.

Bible Study Book of Revelation: AAG BSP #004 Revelation 1:1

An Answered Prayer

There was a baby robin right on the other side of our window. He was calling for his mom. He cried for at least an hour. Sierra and I felt so sorry for him. Then we prayed and asked God to help him. A moment later we saw his mom show up and the two of them hopped off together. God had answered our prayer. It was exciting to see!