Sharon Sharing God: SATURDAY STROLL

Saturday, June 9, 2012

SATURDAY STROLL - He Loves Us

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!

THE PROFOUNDLY SIMPLE, THE SIMPLY PROFOUND

For God...

so loved...

the world...

that He gave...

His only...

begotten Son...

that whosoever...

believeth in Him...

should not perish...

but have everlasting...

LIFE!

(John 3:16, KJV)

Sometimes this simple verse just overwhelms me with its truth. Back when I was volunteering at an assisted living facility, we would often end our time by quoting this verse. I was amazed to see almost every single aged mouth saying these precious, precious words.

Our worship leader also volunteered his time in prison ministry. Again, he often ended his time there with this verse - and nearly every person (hardened, tattooed, scarred, and mean person) said this verse along with him.

Many of us were taught this verse as children - and it has stuck in our minds ever since.

Let's continue to pray that this verse will reach many more hearts with its TRUTH!

Yes, Jesus loves me
Yes, Jesus loves me
Yes, Jesus loves me
The Bible tells me so.

What verse and/or song do you remember from your childhood?

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http://bitsandpieces-sonja.blogspot.com/June 9, 2012 at 5:11 AM
The B.I.B.L.E, yes that's the book for me.
I stand alone on the Word of God,
The B.I.B.L.E

Truth does not always get better with more words and thoughts...

No wonder Jesus loved the little chldren!
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UnknownJune 9, 2012 at 10:47 AM
Hi Sharon,

I didn't know the Lord properly until I was in my early thirties, so no childhood song. But one that stays in my memory is "Amazing Grace" how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me.
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PamelaJune 10, 2012 at 7:58 PM
Into my heart,
Into my heart,
Come into my heart, Lord Jesus.
Come in today,
Come in to stay.
Come into my heart, Lord Jesus.

But I love Jesus loves me, too. I sing sweet Cameron to sleep with it. He doesn't care what Mawmaw's voice sounds like. :-)
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DeniseJune 11, 2012 at 4:50 PM
The greatest book ever, the Bible.
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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, June 9, 2012

SATURDAY STROLL - He Loves Us

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