Sharon Sharing God: SATURDAY STROLL

Saturday, February 18, 2012

SATURDAY STROLL

Welcome to "SATURDAY STROLL!"

In these posts I will be interacting with Scripture – making it a conversational walk of faith.

Sometimes we'll be talking with Jesus, sometimes God will be talking with us.

There might even be *guest appearances* by some of our beloved characters from the Bible!

So put on your walking shoes – you know we can all use the exercise!

ANOTHER *WORD* STUDY

Trust...

Rely on, depend on, have faith in, do not worry, rest without fear of betrayal...

in the Lord...

Not on people, or money, or position, or jobs, or health, or yourself...

with all...

Not some of it, not a portion, not just the part that's easy...

your heart...

The innermost, secret part of you - the thoughts and feelings that make you YOU...

and lean not...

Do not prop yourself up, or turn to your own abilities for support...

on your own understanding...

Your knowledge, your intelligence, your wisdom, your ability to figure things out...

In all your ways...

The little things, the big things - in everything you do...

submit...

Surrender, yield, give over, be humble, set aside self...

to Him...

The One and Only Almighty Sovereign LORD...

and He...

Not you, not anyone else...

will make...

Alter, change, confirm, guide, lead, reveal...

your paths...

Where you go in life, what you do, who you come in contact with...

straight.

In the right position, in line with His will, according to His purposes, in the way of Truth!

YES, Lord!

Lead me away from myself and my own way of looking at life. Give me Your wisdom, Your understanding, Your discernment. Teach me to know Your will. And by Your Spirit, give me the strength to follow You with all of my heart.

"'For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,' declares the LORD. 'As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.'"

(Isaiah 55:8-9, NIV)

(Selection today is Proverbs 3:5-6, NIV)

BLOG = "Blessedly Leaning On God!"

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Janettessage.blogspot.comFebruary 18, 2012 at 6:02 AM
Yes Trust!! Lord strengthen my trust.

I heard this week that Jesus never said to his disciples to obey him, he only said trust me. When we trust then we obey. Trust believes He is doing the right thing in our life...sounds so easy and yet so hard at times.
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UnknownFebruary 18, 2012 at 9:23 AM
Yes, I agree sounds so easy, but so hard at times.

Hope you are feeling better Sharon and that you have a blessed weekend.
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Marsha YoungFebruary 18, 2012 at 1:39 PM
Sharon - I just LOVED this post. Thank you!

Blessings to you - Marsha
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Chatty CroneFebruary 18, 2012 at 5:28 PM
Very good - trust in the Lord with all your understanding. sandie
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DeniseFebruary 18, 2012 at 9:42 PM
Totally agree my friend.
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DebbieFebruary 19, 2012 at 5:31 PM
Wow Sharon! I can honestly say that this is one of my favorite Saturday Strolls yet. I love how it's so simple, to the point, and yet powerful. I really love this!
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PamelaFebruary 20, 2012 at 1:49 PM
Awesome. Another verse I love is "I will go before you and make the crooked places straight. The joy of submission brings guidance through the paths of life -- a joyful stroll with our Father!
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CharlotteFebruary 22, 2012 at 2:07 PM
Amen to this post. It's something we need to be reminded of often. Thank you for this reminder.
Blessings,
Charlotte
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"So [I] have been greatly encouraged in the midst of [my] troubles and suffering, dear brothers and sisters, because you have remained strong in your faith. It gives [me] new life to know that you are standing firm in the Lord. How [I] thank God for you!" (1 Thessalonians 3:7-9)

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MY WORD FOR 2016

GRATEFUL

Grateful: feeling or showing thanks to someone for some helpful act; appreciative of benefits received; warmly or deeply thankful; indebted; beholden.

Word origin: 1550's, "pleasing to the mind," also "full of gratitude," from obsolete adj. grate "agreeable, thankful," from Latin gratus "pleasing" – derived from the same word origin as the word "grace."

The trick to changing your behavior is to become more thankful.

The practice of gratitude involves a focus on the present moment, on appreciating your life as it is today and what has made it so.

Let us begin an eternal quest to express in new and creative ways our thanks to God.

So I'm breathing in Your grace,

And I'm breathing out Your praise.

Let our prayers be the overflow of a grateful heart to God.

Three steps in prayer:

PRAISE – praise, reverence, worship, adoration, and awe for who God is and what He does

ASK – honest, earnest, and intense requests

THANK YOU – always end with thanksgiving for everything

Pulpit commentary:

In everything give thanks.

In every circumstance – in joy and in sorrow; for everything – for prosperity and for adversity; in every place – in the house of God and on the bed of sickness.

Christians should not only be engaged in constant prayer, but in constant thanksgiving.

For this – this thankful spirit – is the will of God, His desire.

God by the gift of his Son has laid us under the obligation of perpetual thanksgiving. Our whole lives ought to be one continued thank-offering for all the blessings of redemption.

Gill's Exposition:

Thanks are to be given to him for all things…

For all temporal good things;

for our beings, the preservation of them;

for food and raiment, and all the mercies of life;

for the means of grace, the word and ordinances, and the ministers of the Gospel;

for spiritual blessings, for electing, redeeming, regenerating, adopting, pardoning, justifying, and persevering grace:

for a meetness for heaven, a right unto it, and a good hope of it;

and especially for Jesus Christ, for such a…Saviour, and advocate with the Father, as he is; and for life, peace, joy, comfort, righteousness, and salvation in him.

Thanks should be given to God in every circumstance of life; in adversity, as Job did; when not in so comfortable and agreeable a frame of soul as to be wished for…even under the temptations of Satan…since the grace of God is sufficient to bear up under them, and deliver out of them.

[Give thanks] in afflictions of every kind, since they are all for good – temporal, or spiritual, or eternal.

WHAT IS LOVE?

Love is when you are missing some of your teeth but you're not afraid to smile because you know your friends will still love you even though some of you is missing.

By Emma K. - Age 6

"Out of the mouth of babes..."

A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words.

Anonymous

When you are uncertain, it helps to have someone remind you what is true – someone who knows you well, who sees you, and keeps track of you – not just your body but your soul.

Emily Freeman

Sharon Sharing God

Saturday, February 18, 2012

SATURDAY STROLL

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