I have been journaling what I have learned when I taught The Purpose Driven Life. Chapter 26 is about growing through temptation. In Galatians 5:22 and 23, Paul teaches about the nine fruits of the spirit. We develop these nine fruits by experiencing the opposite, for example, patience is learned through trials; kindness can be developed by harshness experienced or [...]
Archive for August, 2008
How Temptation Works – Purpose Driven Life
Posted in Be all you can be, Bible, Bible Study, Blessings, Conflict, Faith, God, God's Will, Our Attitude, Religion, Scripture Promises, Sin, Stress, Teaching Material, Temptations, The Purpose Driven Life, Who do you aspire to be, Word of God, Wounded, tagged being tempted, everyone does it, God wouldn't send anyone to hell, it is only a little white lie, Temptation on August 31, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Presdential Election
Posted in Faith, Presidential Election, Voting in Presidential Election, tagged Black American running for President, minorities run for President, Presidential Election, vote election, Woman running as VP on August 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
What a choice we are going to have in America. This is the first time in our country’s history that we have minority representation as we do in this upcoming election. Today I was on the phone ordering spa supplies and the service rep told me they needed a box that stated “None of the [...]
Rambling Rose
Posted in Uncategorized on August 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
For so many of us, we end the day with fatigue and weariness. Some are going to work at the beginning of a night shift. For so many night is filled with fear. Tonight, we have heard the rain gently beating on the tin roof of our enclosed porch. We have need the rain so [...]
The devil Made Me Do It!
Posted in Be all you can be, Bible, Bible Study, Blessings, Christianity, Conflict, Devotion, Encouragement, Faith, Forgiveness, God, God's Will, Guilt, Happiness, Healing, Helplessness, Hope, Hurting, Jesus, Love and Conflict, Object Lesson, Our Attitude, Pain, Religion, Salvation, Scripture Promises, Sin, Stress, Teaching Material, The Purpose Driven Life, Who do you aspire to be, Word of God, Wounded, freedom, obesity, worship, tagged becoming a winner, I can't help myself, I can't stop...", the devil made me do it on August 28, 2008 | 3 Comments »
The devil made me do it! Quite a statement that use to be so very popular a few years back. Now, in reality, did the devil really make you do it? Did he force you to do something? God gave us free will to choose. In The Purpose Driven Life, by Rick Warren, chapter 26 [...]
Rambling Blog
Posted in Blessings, Children, Family, Grandchildren, Happiness, Humor, entertainment, laughter, parenting on August 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Today I want to thank those who have visited my blog. While the vast majority do not leave comments, it is still nice to know you have come for a visit. I wish I could offer you some refreshment of coffee, tea, or a cold soda and a plate of home made cookies. Yum. So [...]
Learning Obedience Through Suffering
Posted in Be all you can be, Bible, Bible Study, Blessings, Chronic Pain, Encouragement, Faith, God's Will, Our Attitude, Religion, Scripture Promises, Servant, Who do you aspire to be, Word of God, worship, tagged Christian walk, suffering on August 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
So many of us have the wrong impression about what Jesus’ life was like here on earth. He suffered, but we think of it being only when he suffered on the cross. The Bible says in Hebrews 5:8, 9 that even thou He was the Son of God, he had to learn obedience by the things he suffered and [...]
Can Trouble Be Good
Posted in Blessings, Encouragement, Faith, God, Our Attitude, Uncategorized on August 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Many of us learn things through the trials we go through. It is when we go through the deep valleys of life that we look up to the hills where our Savior is always present. Recently, I got sick and had to go out on disability which has put a hardship on our finances. Due [...]
Gut, Spiritual, Emotional, Mental Forgiveness
Posted in Encouragement, Faith, tagged abuse, Food Addiction, Forgiveness, Healing, Love Hunger on August 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I have been looking at anger issues and forgiveness for a few months and I recently read in a book, Love Hunger, that usually we will give a mental forgiveness first but it takes much longer to give that person gut forgiveness. But I think the forgiveness can go further than that. When [...]
Who do you aspire to be?
Posted in Anxiety, Be all you can be, Bible, Bible Study, Conflict, Devotion, Encouragement, Family, Friends, God, God's Will, Guilt, Happiness, Healing, Our Attitude, Praise, Promises, Religion, Scripture Promises, Stress, The Purpose Driven Life, Word of God, tagged being all you can be, feeling unworthy and you can't do it all, what, what choices should you make, What motivates you on August 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Many years ago, my husband and I were at the counselor’s office for some problems I was having stepping into a world I was unfamiliar with. After being sheltered so many years I had concerns. When I was working in missions, the Senior Pastor’s Wife was teaching all that a woman should be in what ever [...]
