Sharon Sharing God: "FAN THE FLAME" FRIDAY

Friday, March 16, 2012

"FAN THE FLAME" FRIDAY - Curious

Welcome to "Fan the Flame" Friday.

This is a weekly post that will be "short and sweet" (kinda like me...)

Just a word and a phrase, a sentence or a question...just a little something to "fan the flame" of your creativity!

Today's word: curious

What does it mean to be curious?

Is being curious a good thing, or a bad thing - or can it be both? Explain.

If you could ask God one question, what are you most curious about?

Let me know what you think!!

"This is why I remind you to fan into flames the spiritual gift God gave you…For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline." (2 Timothy 1:6-7)

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8 comments:

DebbieMarch 16, 2012 at 3:59 AM
The word curious has a positive connotation to me. I don't think of it as "nosey" (which I am as well). I think of it as the characteristic of one who questions and looks deeply to find the answers to those questions.

I think His Word shows us that appropriate curiousity doesn't make Him angry. I think of the difference between Mary's question (How WILL this be?) and Zechariah's question (How CAN this be?) Mary wasn't saying she disbelieved or even doubted. She was just curious as to how God was going to do this huge thing through her since she was a virgin.

I'm trying to be more like Mary in my curiosity.

Hmmm... what would I ask God? Every day there is a new question, to be honest. The one nagging question that lingers day after day is simply, "Why me?" What did you see in me that was worth all the trouble?
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Chatty CroneMarch 16, 2012 at 9:57 AM
I am curious about what God wants for school for my grandson next year! Sandie
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WandaMarch 16, 2012 at 3:22 PM
The word curious makes me think of the phrase curiosity kill the cat. As with most things, I think being curious can be either good or bad dependent upon the instance.
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bettyMarch 16, 2012 at 9:03 PM
Curious I think is being inquisitive, wanting to know what is going on around you. I think it is a good thing as long as one is careful about it; you know what they say about the cat and curiousity. I'm most curious with God why he loves us so much. Why he was willing to send Jesus to us to die for our sins. Whey we are the apple of his eye. Why he intervenes, why he answers our prayers, why he puts up with us.

betty
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DeniseMarch 16, 2012 at 10:01 PM
Curious is wondering what is going on. I think being curious is not a bad thing. If I could ask God one question, I would ask Him why He chose to love me, flaws and all.
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AnonymousMarch 18, 2012 at 6:32 AM
Interesting...I was curious to see what your link title was about... :)
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CharlotteMarch 18, 2012 at 12:50 PM
The sermon this morning was about the end times. There are so many different interpretations. I think I would ask him which one is correct, and when it will take place.
Curiosity is an interesting word. I'm curious about many things.
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.

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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.

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Friday, March 16, 2012

"FAN THE FLAME" FRIDAY - Curious

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