Something to think about

Not all obstacles were put in your way to challenge you, some were simply put there to redirect you..

Happy Thanksgiving

Let your roots grow down into him

And draw up nourishment from him,

So you will grow in faith,

Strong and vigorous in the truth you were taught.

Let your lives overflow

With thanksgiving for all he has done.





---Colossians 2:7

we're off for 10 days.........

Well, we're leaving in the morning for Northern California.. I am trusting the Lord will protect us on our adventure. He knows I am frightened to fly.. but, I am choosing to give the flight over to Him.. We are looking forward to the chance to reconnect with family and friends, plus get our toes wet in the Pacific Ocean.. We shall be back November 29th - Catch ya on the flip side.

New website

LifeChurch.tv has a new website available for those interested in studying the Bible.. I really think yall should go check it out..

www.youversion.com

The History of The Bible

For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. Hebrews 4:12

I delight in your decrees; I will not neglect your word. Psalms 119:16

shakach (shaw-kakh'); to lay aside, to forget, to take for granted or neglect.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. John 1: 1-2

HISTORY TIMELINE

1400-1500 BC: God wrote the 10 Commandments in ancient Hebrew on stone.

500 BC: 39 books that make up the Old Testament were completed and preserved in Hebrew on scrolls.

First Century AD: New Testament had been completed and was preserved in Greek on Papyrus.

393 AD: Synod of Hippo officially approved the New Testament for the entire Church.

500 AD: Bible had been translated into over 500 languages.

600 AD: Bible was restricted to only Latin. All other versions were considered illegal.

400-1400 AD: This period is known as the "Dark Ages."

500's-1300's: Secret Bible society made up of the "Culdees" continued to study God's word.

1380: John Wycliffe (often called the Morningstar of the Reformation) translated the Bible into English.

1415: John Hus was burned at the stake for his stance for the Bible. Wycliffe's bibles were used to start the fire.

1517: Martin Luther nailed his famous 95 Thesis on the church door at the church in Wittenberg.

1526: William Tyndale printed the first English Bible.

1536: Tyndale was incarcerated before he was strangled and burned at the stake. Before dying, Tyndale prayed, "Oh Lord open the King of England's eyes."

1539: King Henry VIII finally allowed (and even funded) the printing of an English Bible.

DO NOT NEGLECT GOD'S WORD

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God. and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. John 1:1-2, 14

I delight in your decrees; I will not neglect your word. Psalms 119:16

'Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.' Romans 12:2

Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance. Love will last forever.
1 Cor. 13:7

Watchful Eye

Malachi 3:3 says: "He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver" This verse puzzled some women in a Bible study and they wondered what this statement meant about the character and nature of God. One of the women offered to find out the process of refining silver and get back to the group at their next Bible Study. That week, the woman called a silversmith and made an appointment to watch him at work. She didn't mention anything about the reason for her interest beyond her curiosity about the process of refining silver. As she watched the silversmith, he held a piece of silver over the fire and let it heat up. He explained that in refining silver, one needed to hold the silver in the middle of the fire where the flames were hottest as to burn away all the impurities. The woman thought about God holding us in such a hot spot; then she thought again about the verse that says: "He sits as a refiner and purifier of silver." She asked the silversmith if it was true that he had to sit there in front of the fire the whole time the silver was being refined. The man answered that yes, he not only had to sit there holding the silver, but he had to keep his eyes on the silver the entire time it was in the fire. If the silver was left a moment too long in the flames, it would be destroyed. The woman was silent for a moment. Then she asked the silversmith, "How do you know when the silver is fully refined?" He smiled at her and answered, "Oh, that's easy -- when I see my image in it." If today you are feeling the heat of the fire, remember that God has his eye on you and will keep watching you until He sees His image in you.