When I was a small girl, a popular song my mother sang to me had a part in it that said “mother said there would be days like this….”
Well, she is right. I’ve been having days like this for a few days. I’m not feeling too well so I won’t be able to put up [...]
Archive for June, 2008
Mother said there would be days like this….
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged mother said there will be days like this on June 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Life is a Temporary Assignment, Day 6, Journaling Purpose Driven Life
Posted in Bible, Bible Study, Blessings, Christianity, Conflict, Death, Devotion, Encouragement, Faith, God, God's Will, Happiness, Healing, Our Attitude, Promises, Religion, Salvation, Scripture Promises, Stress, The Purpose Driven Life, entertainment, tagged life is a temporary assignment on earth, we are not home yet on June 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Rick Warren, In the Purpose Driven Life, uses 14 different Bible quotations to help his readers understand that life here is just temporary. There is an eternity and where we spend that time is up to us. For those of us who are believers, and we are looking into the purpose God has for us [...]
Grandma’s Page
Posted in Blessings, Children, Encouragement, Family, Grandchildren, Happiness, Our Attitude, Praise, parenting on June 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Children are such a blessing and I have to admit that I find myself realizing that nothing takes the place of spending time with them, identifying where they are at the age they are. Whether they are teens learning to drive, and you listen to their music, or if the are elementary children looking to [...]
Passed My Test
Posted in Faith, Uncategorized on June 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »
If you read my OOPS, OOPS, OOPS, you know I did not pass my test on a course I am taking online. Well, I restudied the material and this morning I took the test and got a 100% the 1st time. Yeah!
Seeing Life from God’s View, Day 5, Journaling Purpose Driven Life
Posted in Bible, Bible Study, Blessings, Christianity, Conflict, Devotion, Encouragement, Faith, God, God's Will, Jesus, Love, Love and Conflict, Our Attitude, Religion, Salvation, Scripture Promises, Servant, Teaching Material, The Purpose Driven Life, tagged How I see my life, I need help, impossible problems, major changes in my life, where is God, Why am I going through this?, Why me? on June 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I find this day a difficult one for me because I have not always seen my life as God does. Rick Warren writes in The Purpose Driven Life, that “The way you see your life shapes your life.” Thankfully, for me, I am a Christian and I think of the verse, ‘For as you think [...]
Overview of the Purpose Driven Life – My Journaling
Posted in Bible, Christianity, Devotion, Encouragement, Faith, Family, God, God's Will, Hope, Love, Love and Conflict, Our Attitude, Religion, Scripture Promises, Servant, The Purpose Driven Life, tagged How can I balance my life?, What does God want me to do?, Why am I here on June 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I would like to give an overview of The Purpose Driven Life, by Rick Warren. It has six major points.
First you study “What on earth am I here for” which covers seven chapters. The next chapter is Purpose #1, You were planned for God’s pleasure, which covers the next seven days. Purpose #2 is You [...]
Made to Last Forever, Day 4, Purpose Driven Life
Posted in Bible, Bible Study, Blessings, Christianity, Death, Devotion, Encouragement, Faith, God, God's Will, Jesus, Promises, Religion, The Purpose Driven Life, Uncategorized, tagged Is there life after death? on June 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
In the Purpose Driven Life” by Rick Warren he uses I John 2:17 as the scripture to ponder. (KJV) And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth forever.
Because the individual who does the will of God abides forever it is important to me that I know [...]
What Drives Your Life? Purpose Driven Life, Day 3
Posted in Anxiety, Bible, Bible Study, Blessings, Blogroll, Christianity, Conflict, Depression, Devotion, Encouragement, Faith, Family, Fear, Forgiveness, God, God's Will, Guilt, Healing, Helplessness, Hope, Jesus, Loneliness, Love, Love and Conflict, Promises, Religion, Servant, The Purpose Driven Life, freedom, tagged Do you know God's will for you?, What motivates you on June 20, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I must admit when I reread this section of The Purpose Driven Life, by Rick Warren my answer to that question “What Drives Your Life?” is not as clear as it was many years ago when I taught this book to my Sunday School class.
Then I was assured, confident, working a full time job as [...]
“You are Not an Accident”, Day 2, Purpose Driven Life
Posted in Bible, Bible Study, Blessings, Children, Christianity, Devotion, Encouragement, Faith, Family, God, God's Will, Our Attitude, Promises, Religion, Scripture Promises, The Purpose Driven Life, Uncategorized on June 19, 2008 | 5 Comments »
The Purpose Driven Life, by Rick Warren is a book packed with scriptures to back up every principle he writes. In the second day, he talks about “you are not an accident.” Scripture after scripture is given to show no matter what are circumstances are surrounding our birth, God had conceived us in his mind.
I [...]
Journaling Purpose Driven Life-It All Starts with God
Posted in Bible, Bible Study, Blessings, Blogroll, Christianity, Devotion, Encouragement, Faith, Family, God, God's Will, Object Lesson, Religion, The Purpose Driven Life, Uncategorized, tagged How do I know God's Will for my life on June 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We often wonder what God’s purpose is for our lives. One of the most important things I had to learn was it is not about me. In The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren, one of the first verses in Day #1 is:
For everything, absolutely everything, above and below, visible and invisible…everything got started in [...]
