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A Loving Pursuit: Part 18c (A God Who Mends Hearts)

April 21, 2020 at 2:37 am (A Loving Pursuit, abiding, Assurance, Bible study, Blessings, Devotional Series I Have Written, Discernment, Empathy, Faith, Family, Fear, Forgiveness, Glory, Grace, Guidance, Healing, Home Education, Homeschooling, Hope, Life, Lighter Burdens., Love, Love, Marriage, Mercy, Our Unchanging God, Parenting, Patience, Peace, Praise, Provision, Rejoicing, Relaxed Homeschooling, Repentance, Restoration, Sovereignty of God, strengthening, Thanksgiving, Transformation., Trusting, Truth, value, Veteran Homeschoolers, When you are afraid, When you feel bitter, When You Feel Like Crying., Wisdom, worth)

“I just love happy reunions! I also love it whenever a heavy burden of guilt and fear is lifted. I know Jacob was so relieved at that moment when Esau ran to meet him, fell on his neck, and kissed him. He was relieved that he and his wives, servants, and children were safe from harm. However, that wasn’t all. There was a huge bonus. Esau poured out his love on Jacob. I keep bringing up the fact that these men were not only twins, but at this chapter of their lives they were about 100 years old, and it just amazes me. Jacob was hobbling along because of his hip.”

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Scripture references;

“Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.

²Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.

³When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.

⁴For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.

⁵I acknowledge my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.” Psalm 32:1-5 KJV

“¹ And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids.

²And he put the handmaids…

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Re-blogged: A Loving Pursuit: Part 14 (Loving Guidance)

April 14, 2019 at 2:17 pm (A Loving Pursuit, abiding, advocating, Assurance, Blessings, Contentment, Devotional Series I Have Written, Devotional Thoughts., Discernment, Empathy, Evangelism, Faith, Family, Grace, Guidance, Holy Spirit, Home Education, Homeschooling, Hope, Joy, kindness, Knowledge, Life, Lighter Burdens., Love, Love, Marriage, Obedience, Our Unchanging God, Parenting, Patience, Peace, Praise, Prayer, Provision, refuge, Rejoicing, Relaxed Homeschooling, Resting, Restoration, Righteousness, Serving, Sharing, shelter, Sovereignty of God, strengthening, Thanksgiving, The Greatest Commandment, Trusting, Truth, value, Veteran Homeschoolers, Vigilance, When you are afraid, When you feel bitter, When You Feel Like Crying., Wisdom, Witnessing, worth)

Scripture references;

” ⁸Good and upright is the Lord: therefore will he teach sinners in the way.

⁹The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.

¹⁰All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.” Psalm 25:8-10 KJV

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” 1 Now Abraham was old, well advanced in years. And the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things.²And Abraham said to his servant, the oldest of his household, who had charge of all that he had,“Put your hand under my thigh, ³that I may make you swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and God of the earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell, ⁴but will go to my country and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son Isaac.” ⁵The servant said to him, “Perhaps the woman may not be willing to follow me to this land. Must I then take your son back to the land from which you came?” ⁶Abraham said to him, “See to it that you do not take my son back there. ⁷The Lord, the God of heaven, who took me from my father’s house and from the land of my kindred, and who spoke to me and swore to me, ‘To your offspring I will give this land,’ he will send his angel before you, and you shall take a wife for my son from there. ⁸But if the woman is not willing to follow you, then you will be free from this oath of mine; only you must not take my son back there.” ⁹So the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master and swore to him concerning this matter.

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¹⁰Then the servant took ten of his master’s camels and departed, taking all sorts of choice gifts from his master; and he arose and went to Mesopotamia^[a] to the city of Nahor. ¹¹And he made the camels kneel down outside the city by the well of water at the time of evening, the time when women go out to draw water.

¹²And he said, “O Lord, God of my master Abraham, please grant me success today and show steadfast love to my master Abraham. ¹³Behold, I am standing by the spring of water, and the daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water. ¹⁴Let the young woman to whom I shall say, ‘Please let down your jar that I may drink,’ and who shall say, ‘Drink, and I will water your camels’—let her be the one whom you have appointed for your servant Isaac.By this^[b] I shall know that you have shown steadfast love to my master.”

¹⁵Before he had finished speaking, behold, Rebekah, who was born to Bethuel the son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham’s brother, came out with her water jar on her shoulder. ¹⁶The young woman was very attractive in appearance, a maiden^[c] whom no man had known. She went down to the spring and filled her jar and came up. ¹⁷Then the servant ran to meet her and said, “Please give me a little water to drink from your jar.” ¹⁸She said, “Drink, my lord.” And she quickly let down her jar upon her hand and gave him a drink. ¹⁹When she had finished giving him a drink, she said, “I will draw water for your camels also, until they have finished drinking.” ²⁰So she quickly emptied her jar into the trough and ran again to the well to draw water, and she drew for all his camels. ²¹The man gazed at her in silence to learn whether the Lord had prospered his journey or not.

²²When the camels had finished drinking, the man took a gold ring weighing a half shekel,^[d] and two bracelets for her arms weighing ten gold shekels, ²³and said, “Please tell me whose daughter you are. Is there room in your father’s house for us to spend the night?” ²⁴She said to him, “I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, whom she bore to Nahor.” ²⁵She added, “We have plenty of both straw and fodder, and room to spend the night.” ²⁶The man bowed his head and worshiped the Lord ²⁷and said, “Blessed be the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken his steadfast love and his faithfulness toward my master. As for me, the Lord has led me in the way to the house of my master’s kinsmen.” ²⁸Then the young woman ran and told her mother’s household about these things. Genesis: 24:1-28 ESV

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Today I want to look at Abraham’s servant. He just touches my heart! Did you notice the love? I’m sure he must have had his own moments when he sinned, because the scripture tells us that all people (even people of faith) sin:

^“12Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men^[e] because all sinned— ¹³for sin indeed was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not counted where there is no law. ¹⁴Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sinning was not like the transgression of Adam, who was a type of the one who was to come.” Romans 5:12-14 ESV

However, He knew Abraham, his master, well, and he loved him. It says he was the oldest of his household. That would be pretty old. Just think of all he had witnessed…all of the happy times, all of the sad times..all of his master’s habits, and weaknesses……..and all of his master’s endearing qualities, and his great faith. He also knew his master’s Lord and had faith in Him and Love for Him. Can’t you tell? How else could he speak like that?

Just think about that man.

Wouldn’t you like to spend a day on the job with him, and then sit around the fire with him later on towards bedtime, and listen to the stories he could tell? Just think how privileged you would be if you allowed him to share the wisdom he had gleaned! He is one of my favorite characters in the Bible.

The Lord cared for him, too, and was his guide. He cares for all that he has created, and leads all who trust in Him and in turn, call on Him. He gives them so much cause for rejoicing.

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Re-blogged: A Loving Pursuit: Part 13 (Jehovah-Jireh…’The Lord Will Provide’)

April 13, 2019 at 11:23 pm (A Loving Pursuit, abiding, About Sin, advocating, Assurance, Battling, chastisement, correction, Devotional Series I Have Written, Devotional Thoughts., Discernment, Empathy, Faith, Family, Fear, Glory, Grace, Guidance, Holy Spirit, Home Education, Homeschooling, Hope, Knowledge, Life, Lighter Burdens., Love, Love, Mercy, Obedience, Our Unchanging God, Parenting, Patience, Peace, Praise, Prayer, Provision, refuge, Rejoicing, Relaxed Homeschooling, Resting, Restoration, Righteousness, Salvation, shelter, Sins, Sovereignty of God, strengthening, Suffering, Thanksgiving, Transformation., Trusting, Truth, value, Veteran Homeschoolers, Vigilance, When you are afraid, When you feel bitter, When You Feel Like Crying., Wisdom, worth)

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Scripture references;

“Love never fails…” Corinthians 13:8a NKJV

“¹⁷Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.^[d] ¹⁸Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.” James 1:17-18 ESV

“¹²Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

¹³For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.” Philippians 2:12-13 KJV

“²³The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way.

²⁴Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand.” Psalm 37:23-24 KJV

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The Sacrifice of Isaac

22 After these things God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” ²He said, “Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.” ³So Abraham rose early in the morning, saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and his son Isaac. And he cut the wood for the burnt offering and arose and went to the place of which God had told him. ⁴On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw the place from afar. ⁵Then Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey; I and the boy^[a] will go over there and worship and come again to you.” ⁶And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son. And he took in his hand the fire and the knife. So they went both of them together. ⁷And Isaac said to his father Abraham, “My father!” And he said, “Here I am, my son.” He said, “Behold, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?” ⁸Abraham said, “God will provide for himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son.” So they went both of them together.

⁹When they came to the place of which God had told him, Abraham built the altar there and laid the wood in order and bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood. ¹⁰Then Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son.

¹¹But the angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” ¹²He said, “Do not lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him, for now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me.” ¹³And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, behind him was a ram, caught in a thicket by his horns. And Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his son. ¹⁴So Abraham called the name of that place, “The Lord will provide”;^[b] as it is said to this day, “On the mount of the Lord it shall be provided.”^[c]

¹⁵And the angel of the Lord called to Abraham a second time from heaven ¹⁶and said, “By myself I have sworn, declares the Lord, because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son, ¹⁷I will surely bless you, and I will surely multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and as the sand that is on the seashore. And your offspring shall possess the gate of his^[d] enemies, ¹⁸and in your offspring shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice.” ¹⁹So Abraham returned to his young men, and they arose and went together to Beersheba. And Abraham lived at Beersheba.

²⁰Now after these things it was told to Abraham, “Behold, Milcah also has borne children to your brother Nahor: ²¹Uz his firstborn, Buz his brother, Kemuel the father of Aram, ²²Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel.” ²³(Bethuel fathered Rebekah.) These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham’s brother.²⁴Moreover, his concubine, whose name was Reumah, bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.

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Do I even dare to comment on Genesis 22?

The Lord calls His Children, and they hear Him (He bestows on them the gift of Faith.). When they hear Him calling they not only answer with their lips, but they follow Him. They walk closely with Him. They stumble (sin), the Lord forgives them, chastises (disciplines and corrects) them, and they in turn repent and continue to follow Him. The Lord also protects them and delivers them from all kinds of evil.

This cycle repeats itself over and over in the lives of His children. As a result, their Faith in Him grows. They become increasingly more confident in His power. They suffer loss, too, but each time they witness the Lord fulfill one of His promises they become more fully persuaded that He will keep His word.

This continuously growing Faith is so powerful. It empowers the Lord’s children to become more and more willing……….more and more able to do things that under any other conditions would be impossible. The Bible tells us that without Faith it is impossible to please God.

But where does this Faith come from? Do we muster it up for ourselves? No. The Lord provides it:

“But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.” Hebrews 11:6 KJV

“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 of God.” Hebrews 12:2

Then those times come when we who believe will be tested. We will not fail. Sometimes the tests will be administered in solitary places where few, if any, will be aware of it. At other times there will be many who will witness it and the Lord will be magnified in their eyes. It is a beautiful thing!

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Re-blogged: A Loving Pursuit: Part 8 ( A God Who Sees)

October 19, 2018 at 9:52 pm (A Loving Pursuit, abiding, About Sin, advocating, Assurance, Battling, Bible study, Contentment, correction, Devotional Series I Have Written, Devotional Thoughts., Discernment, Empathy, Faith, Family, Fear, Forgiveness, Grace, Guidance, Healing, Home Education, Homeschooling, Hope, Joy, Knowledge, Life, Lighter Burdens., Love, Love, Marriage, Mercy, Obedience, Our Unchanging God, Parenting, Patience, Peace, Praise, Provision, refuge, Rejoicing, Relaxed Homeschooling, Repentance, Resting, Restoration, Righteousness, shelter, sorrow, Sovereignty of God, strengthening, Suffering, Thanksgiving, Transformation., Trusting, Truth, value, Veteran Homeschoolers, When you are afraid, When you feel bitter, When You Feel Like Crying., Wisdom, worth)

Scripture references;

^“29Are not two ^[j]little sparrows sold for a penny? And yet not one of them will fall to the ground without your Father’s leave (consent) and notice.

³⁰But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

³¹Fear not, then; you are of more value than many sparrows.” Matthew 10:29-31 AMP

“⁶Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, ⁷casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.’ 1 Peter 5:6-7 ESV

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“1Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. She had an Egyptian maid whose name was Hagar.

²And Sarai said to Abram, See here, the Lord has restrained me from bearing [children]. I am asking you to have intercourse with my maid; it may be that I can obtain children by her. And Abram listened to and heeded what Sarai said.

³So Sarai, Abram’s wife, took Hagar her Egyptian maid, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his [secondary] wife.

⁴And he had intercourse with Hagar, and she became pregnant; and when she saw that she was with child, she looked with contempt upon her mistress and despised her.

⁵Then Sarai said to Abram, May [the responsibility for] my wrong and deprivation of rights be upon you! I gave my maid into your bosom, and when she saw that she was with child, I was contemptible and despised in her eyes. May the Lord be the judge between you and me.

⁶But Abram said to Sarai, See here, your maid is in your hands and power; do as you please with her. And when Sarai dealt severely with her, humbling and afflicting her, she [Hagar] fled from her.

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But ^[a]the Angel of the Lord found her by a spring of water in the wilderness on the road to Shur.

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⁸And He said, Hagar, Sarai’s maid, where did you come from, and where are you intending to go? And she said, I am running away from my mistress Sarai.

⁹The Angel of the Lord said to her, Go back to your mistress and [humbly] submit to her control.

¹⁰Also the Angel of the Lord said to her, I will multiply your descendants exceedingly, so that they shall not be numbered for multitude.

¹¹And the Angel of the Lord continued, See now, you are with child and shall bear a son, and shall call his name Ishmael [God hears], because the Lord has heard and paid attention to your affliction.

¹²And he [Ishmael] will be as a ^[b]wild ass among men; his hand will be against every man and every man’s hand against him, and he will live to the east and on the borders of all his kinsmen.

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¹³So she called the name of the Lord Who spoke to her, You are a God of seeing, for she said, Have I [not] even here [in the wilderness] looked upon Him Who sees me [and lived]?Or have I here also seen [the future purposes or designs of] Him Who sees me?

¹⁴Therefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi [A well to the Living One Who sees me]; it is^[c]between Kadesh and Bered.

¹⁵And Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram called the name of his son whom Hagar bore^[d]Ishmael.

¹⁶Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael.” Genesis 16:1-16 AMP

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Here we are in Genesis 16 facing an interesting situation. The Lord had spoken to Abram on a number of occasions concerning offspring (note the scripture below), and if you look at Genesis 15:6 you will see that it says that Abram believed the Lord. Abram was a lot like us. He had some information, but not all of the information. I think a lot of people in a situation like theirs would reason and conclude that a surrogate mother was the means the Lord intended them to use. I can sympathize with Abram, Sarah, and Hagar. However the Lord had His own plan. The same God who sees every sparrow that falls looked upon them….all of them. He looks upon us, too, and He cares for us.

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1Now the Lord said^[a] to Abram, “Go from your country^[b] and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. ²And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. ³I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.” Genesis 12:1-3 ESV

¹⁴The Lord said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him, “Lift up your eyes and look from the place where you are,northward and southward and eastward and westward, ¹⁵for all the land that you see I will give to you and to your offspring forever. ¹⁶I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if one can count the dust of the earth, your offspring also can be counted. ¹⁷Arise, walk through the length and the breadth of the land, for I will give it to you.” Genesis 13:14-17 ESV

God’s Covenant with Abram

15 After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: “Fear not, Abram, I am your shield; your reward shall be very great.” ²But Abram said, “O Lord God, what will you give me, for I continue^[a] childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?” ³And Abram said, “Behold, you have given me no offspring, and a member of my household will be my heir.” ⁴And behold, the word of the Lord came to him: “This man shall not be your heir; your very own son^[b] shall be your heir.” ⁵And he brought him outside and said, “Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them.” Then he said to him,“So shall your offspring be.” ⁶And he believed the Lord, and he counted it to him as righteousness.

⁷And he said to him, “I am the Lord who brought you out from Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.” ⁸But he said, “O Lord God, how am I to know that I shall possess it?” ⁹He said to him, “Bring me a heifer three years old, a female goat three years old, a ram three years old, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.” ¹⁰And he brought him all these, cut them in half, and laid each half over against the other. But he did not cut the birds in half. ¹¹And when birds of prey came down on the carcasses, Abram drove them away.

¹²As the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram. And behold, dreadful and great darkness fell upon him. ¹³Then theLord said to Abram, “Know for certain that your offspring will be sojourners in a land that is not theirs and will be servants there, and they will be afflicted for four hundred years. ¹⁴But I will bring judgment on the nation that they serve, and afterwardthey shall come out with great possessions. ¹⁵As for you, you shall go to your fathers in peace; you shall be buried in a good old age. ¹⁶And they shall come back here in the fourth generation, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”

¹⁷When the sun had gone down and it was dark, behold, a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch passed between these pieces. ¹⁸On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your offspring I give^[c] this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates, ¹⁹the land of the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites, ²⁰the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim, ²¹the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites and the Jebusites.”Genesis 15 ESV

On December 20, 2013 I started a series titled “A Loving Pursuit” . I am resuming my study tonight. Below are the links to the other posts in the series for anyone who would like to start from the beginning and catch up. Although I started in Genesis, and am working my way through the Bible I won’t make a post on every chapter of every book, so if you only wish to read occasionally it really doesn’t matter what order you read the posts or if you only read some of them.

1) A Loving Pursuit: Introduction (One Minute and Twenty-nine Seconds)

2)A Loving Pursuit: (Part 1: In The Beginning)

3) “Driven” (a poem)

4) A Loving Pursuit: Part 2 (Driven by Love)

5) “Reasonable” (a poem)

6) A Loving Pursuit: Part 3 ( Love Stands to Reason)

7) “Valuable” (a poem)

8) A Loving Pursuit: Part 4 (Divine Measures)

9)A Loving Pursuit: Part 5 ( Love Came to Call)

10)A Loving Pursuit: Part 6 ( Declaring God’s Goodness )

11)“Dayspring” (a poem)

12) A Loving Pursuit: Part 7 (Spring Cleaning)

13)A Loving Pursuit: Part 8 ( A God Who Sees)

14) A Loving Pursuit: Part 9 ( A God Who Calls Us By Name)

15) A Loving Pursuit: Part 10 ( Love is Tenderhearted)…a long post

16) A Loving Pursuit: Part 11 ( Love is Patient)

17) A Loving Pursuit: Part 12 (God Never Fails)

18) “Trial of Faith” (A Poem)

19)A Loving Pursuit: Part 13 (Jehovah-Jireh…’The Lord Will Provide’)

20) A Loving Pursuit: Part 14 (Loving Guidance)

21) A Loving Pursuit: Part 15 (Love’s Grand Appearance)

22) A Loving Pursuit: Part 16 ( God’s Higher Purpose )

23) A Loving Pursuit: Part 17 (God’s Transforming Touch)

24) A Loving Pursuit: Part 18a (God Remains True)

25) A Loving Pursuit: Part 18b (Encountering God)

26) A Loving Pursuit: Part 18c (A God Who Mends Hearts)

27) “Prayer”

28) A Loving Pursuit: Part 19 (“His Mercy Endureth Forever”)

29) A Loving Pursuit: Part 20 (“In The Day Of Distress”)

30) A Loving Pursuit: Part 21 (“The Author Of Dreams”)

31) A Loving Pursuit: Part 22 (Loving Observation)

32) A Loving Pursuit: Part 23 (Divine Continuance)

33) A Loving Pursuit: Part 24 ( Grace That Is Greater)

34) A Loving Pursuit: Part 25 (But The Lord Was With Him)

35) A Loving Pursuit: Part 26 ( A Type of Mercy )

36) A Loving Pursuit: Part 27 ( Loving Revelation)

37) A Loving Pursuit: Part 28 ( “Manasseh”…A Time To Forget…And To Heal)

38)A Loving Pursuit: Part 29 (“Ephraim”…Fruitful In Affliction)

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Perfect Love: (Conclusion… Whose Mind is Stayed on Thee)

September 5, 2018 at 5:16 pm (abiding, About Sin, Assurance, correction, Devotional Series I Have Written, Devotional Thoughts., Discernment, Faith, Forgiveness, Gifts, Grace, Guidance, Healing, Homeschooling, Hope, Joy, Knowledge, Lighter Burdens., Love, Love, Our Unchanging God, Parenting, Patience, Peace, Praise, Rejoicing, Relaxed Homeschooling, Resting, Restoration, Sovereignty of God, strengthening, Transformation., Trusting, Truth, value, When you are afraid, When you feel bitter)

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Eight years ago I wrote a post here at my “Moore To Ponder” blog. It still encourages me today. I hope it will bless you. Here is the link to that post.

https://pronetoponder.wordpress.com/2010/05/24/perfect-love-conclusion-whose-mind-is-stayed-on-thee/

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“Faithful” (a poem)

June 23, 2018 at 2:13 am (abiding, Assurance, Blessings, Devotional Thoughts., Faith, Grace, Guidance, Home Education, Homeschooling, Hope, Joy, Life, Lighter Burdens., Love, Love, Marriage, Our Unchanging God, Patience, Peace, Poems I've written, Praise, Provision, Rejoicing, Relaxed Homeschooling, Resting, Salvation, Sovereignty of God, Truth, value, Veteran Homeschoolers, When you are afraid, When you feel bitter, When You Feel Like Crying., Wisdom, worth)

I just wrote a poem at my other blog. I hope it will bless you.

Serenaded Softly

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Scripture reference;

“1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:

²Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.” Ephesians 1:1-2

After a long pause in writing anything devotional I decided to get my feet wet tonight.

I had been reading passages out of a Sunday school quarterly and although I understood the lesson, I just wanted to go somewhere else.

So I did.

I decided to read from Ephesians, and stopped after Ephesians 1:2.

You might be thinking, “Well she didn’t get very far.”, but you know what? I really did. Whenever I believe I have truly heard from God and the message is “Grace be to you and peace” that is a message worth quietly contemplating.

Have you ever been with a…

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Transitions 31: Smiling

February 12, 2018 at 6:21 pm (Praise, Rejoicing, Sovereignty of God, strengthening, Transformation., Transitions ( Where I am, where I have been...the happenings of my life))

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¹¹But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.

¹²For thou, Lord, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.” Psalm 5:11-12 KJV

I have been smiling a lot lately.

“He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.” Psalm 18: 19 KJV

“ I waited patiently for the Lord; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.

²He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.

³And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the Lord.” Psalm 40:1-3 KJV

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“Love never fails…” Corinthians 13:8a NKJV

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The Sacrifice of Isaac

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“1Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. She had an Egyptian maid whose name was Hagar.

6 But Abram said to Sarai, See here, your maid is in your hands and power; do as you please with her. And when Sarai dealt severely with her, humbling and afflicting her, she [Hagar] fled from her.

But [a]the Angel of the Lord found her by a spring of water in the wilderness on the road to Shur.

11 And the Angel of the Lord continued, See now, you are with child and shall bear a son, and shall call his name Ishmael [God hears], because the Lord has heard and paid attention to your affliction.

13 So she called the name of the Lord Who spoke to her, You are a God of seeing, for she said, Have I [not] even here [in the wilderness] looked upon Him Who sees me [and lived]?Or have I here also seen [the future purposes or designs of] Him Who sees me?

God’s Covenant with Abram

1) A Loving Pursuit: Introduction (One Minute and Twenty-nine Seconds)

2)A Loving Pursuit: (Part 1: In The Beginning)

3) “Driven” (a poem)

4) A Loving Pursuit: Part 2 (Driven by Love)

5) “Reasonable” (a poem)

6) A Loving Pursuit: Part 3 ( Love Stands to Reason)

7) “Valuable” (a poem)

8) A Loving Pursuit: Part 4 (Divine Measures)

9)A Loving Pursuit: Part 5 ( Love Came to Call)

10)A Loving Pursuit: Part 6 ( Declaring God’s Goodness )

11)“Dayspring” (a poem)

12) A Loving Pursuit: Part 7 (Spring Cleaning)

13)A Loving Pursuit: Part 8 ( A God Who Sees)

14) A Loving Pursuit: Part 9 ( A God Who Calls Us By Name)

15) A Loving Pursuit: Part 10 ( Love is Tenderhearted)…a long post

16) A Loving Pursuit: Part 11 ( Love is Patient)

17) A Loving Pursuit: Part 12 (God Never Fails)

18) “Trial of Faith” (A Poem)

19)A Loving Pursuit: Part 13 (Jehovah-Jireh…’The Lord Will Provide’)

20) A Loving Pursuit: Part 14 (Loving Guidance)

21) A Loving Pursuit: Part 15 (Love’s Grand Appearance)

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⁶But Abram said to Sarai, See here, your maid is in your hands and power; do as you please with her. And when Sarai dealt severely with her, humbling and afflicting her, she [Hagar] fled from her.

But ^[a]the Angel of the Lord found her by a spring of water in the wilderness on the road to Shur.

¹¹And the Angel of the Lord continued, See now, you are with child and shall bear a son, and shall call his name Ishmael [God hears], because the Lord has heard and paid attention to your affliction.

¹³So she called the name of the Lord Who spoke to her, You are a God of seeing, for she said, Have I [not] even here [in the wilderness] looked upon Him Who sees me [and lived]?Or have I here also seen [the future purposes or designs of] Him Who sees me?