Wednesday, May 25, 2011

mon night biblestudy


ref map of gog and magog

 Amos 3:3,6
Ezekiel 38:1-5 
Israel has returned as a nation to the ways they were living in the days of the book of Judges.

Job 38:24 Ecc 4:16 Ps 78:26
Book of Enoch Ch 76- regarding God being in control of the wind
look up wind in the strongs concordance
God is in control of the elements look up hailstones
Jer 51:1-15 God is speaking of a country that resembles the babylon of old. Which country in the world has many religions?
Isa 57:1
look up the Chaldeans,Medes, and persians
Dan 10:1-20
Dan 11:32-38
Ref Matt 24:15, Rev19 Dan 12:1-10


Sunday, May 22, 2011

5/21 Church notes

I know I've fallen behind but I will work at getting everything updated!  Here's what we did last night tho!


Isaiah 43:27  Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me.

2 Peter 2:1  ¶But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.


James 4:1-17
Luke 14:25-29

Matthew 16:23  But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.

1 Corinthians 2:15  But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.

Judge

1 Corinthians 5:12  For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do not ye judge them that are within?

1 Corinthians 6:1  ¶Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints?
2  Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?
3  Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life?
4  If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set them to judge who are least esteemed in the church.
5  I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you? no, not one that shall be able to judge between his brethren?

1 Corinthians 11:31  For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.





Hebrews 10:30  For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people.

Hebrews 12:23  To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,

Hebrews 13:4  Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

Revelation 19:11  ¶And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.

Matthew 7:2  For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.

 Romans 14:10  But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.
11  For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.
12  So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.
13  Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother's way.

Romans 2:16  In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.



Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Womens study wed

Jeremiah 9:17  Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning women, that they may come:
18  And let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.

Call for the weeping women........

Jeremiah 9:20  Yet hear the word of the LORD, O ye women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and every one her neighbor lamentation.

Teach our daughters and our neighbors?

What is wailing?
wail
noun /wāl/ 
wails, plural
  1. A prolonged high-pitched cry of pain, grief, or anger
    • - Christopher let out a wail

  2. A sound resembling this
    • - the wail of an air-raid siren

verb /wāl/ 
wailed, past participle; wailed, past tense; wailing, present participle; wails, 3rd person singular present
  1. Give such a cry of pain, grief, or anger
    • - Tina ran off wailing
    • - “But why?” she wailed

  2. Make a sound resembling such a cry
    • - the wind wailed and buffeted the timber structure

  3. Manifest or feel deep sorrow for; lament
    • - she wailed her wretched life



Web definitions
  • howl: emit long loud cries; "wail in self-pity"; "howl with sorrow"
  • cry weakly or softly; "she wailed with pain"
  • lament: a cry of sorrow and grief; "their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward"
A loud cry or shriek; To cry out, as in sorrow; To weep loudly; To make a noise like crying
  • wailing - loud cries made while weeping
Why was God calling for the wailing women in Jeremiah? Because the people refused to turn from their sin and seek the Lord. Sound familiar? God wants us to understand the seriousness of this thing. In Ezekiel God says he wishes that none should perish but that all would repent and turn and serve the Lord. We are too caught up on our stuff. Our feelings, our thoughts on the matter, our tiny little globes we live in. PEOPLE ARE DYING!!!!!!! God's word tells us that none can come unto Him unless they be called. Who is praying "call them Lord?" Who is asking God to give them the grace to come out from darkness. Preachers all over the world extend the invitation, but if I invited you to Madagascar and never told you what to expect, what you might see, hear, how you will feel when you arrive. Would you walk away from everything you know on a chance? God loves people, even rebellious people, look how long he put up with the children of Israel? But who was praying for that whole nation the entire time? Moses.  Do you love one another enough to pray for one another for more then 5 min or even 5 hours if necessary? The bible tells us that the world shall know we are His disciples by the love we show one for another.(John 13:35) Do you show love for people who are fickle? who don't show it back? who don't even act like they care? Jesus said love your enemies.(Luke 6:35) If we cannot be a people who show Gods love to the world we will never convince them to join in the battle against Satan. Why are you here? What makes you come? Its not because Donald is soo nice and sweet or easy to listen to always. Is it a love for the truth? Honesty? Think about it..... Why. What is your motivation? Is it enough? The devil will always do all he can to hinder you. He will do it obviously and subtly. Do you have your foundation laid so that you can be a tree planted by the waters of living water? (Ps 1:3, Jer 17:8) We are to learn to pray intensely and with passion that surpasses what we give or do for anyone or anything else. In Esther 4 they called a fast with weeping and wailing 3 days. After that God turned the enemies plans on Himself. There is power in prayer. In Amos 5:16-17 God says call those who are skilled. Means they have spent time learning how to pour themselves out before the Lord.

Amos 8:11-12 We are entering that time. Do you want to be a part of a place in the wilderness that has a word from the Lord or do you want to be a wanderer. If you are unwilling to dedicate and devote whatever time God gives you to become totally focused on Him and seeking His face you will end up a wanderer.

The bible in the old testament says to wail before God. As I thought and researched I realized you can wail and weep over the sins now or forever be in a place where there is weeping, wailing, and gnashing of teeth. Those who pour out their emotion before God here and now are open before Him and can be used by Him.

Ps 1, Ps 51:1-19

How to pray? What to say? To get in our own way....... Hindrances, reservations, self consciousness? 

After we have poured our heart out for/to God and wailed for the lost and broken in this world, cried about the sin in the land and the deception Satan has the people in then God can speak to us.  In the still small voice. Ex 14:3, 1 Ki 19:12, Ps 46:10. God will take us to that quiet place.  The midnight hour. The quiet after the storm. Not until we have sought the Lord, been through the storm, learned the lessons, seen the evil, can we stop, slow down, and hear the voice of God.

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

mon night 5/16

Luke 10:1-11
vs 2 Don't let anyone get in your way
Zach 2:1-5
understanding thru the Holy Spirit 
John 20:22 
Luke 24:45
Psalms 2
Rev 18:8
Isa 30:1-2
Psalms 91
2 Kings 18-19
Isa 31:1-3
Rev 7:1, Job 38 God reserves hailstones for judgement
Judges 6:1-4
We are to entertain and please God not the flesh. When God is pleased is when the Holy Spirit will come unto you. When praises go up Blessings come down. Praise is the strongest weapon of warefare against Satan.
Judges 7:1-4
Rev 21:8, 19:20
We must be prayed up, studied up, and strengthened before the attack comes from the enemy. Don't be reactive BE PROACTIVE!

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

womens study 5/11

http://www.seekgod.org/message/livingingodsheart.html

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.
(2 Corinthians 5:17)
 Revival and righteousness come from revelation of Truth.
Death and sin come from deception.
      As Christians we have been very good at bringing the gospel message for people to receive Jesus into a person’s heart. But we have neglected an important part of the gospel and that is about living in God’s heart. God’s desire is that we would become united with Him. We are to dwell in Him and He in us. …truly our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ. (1 John 1:3) Fellowship is the Greek word koinonia, which literally means partnership and communion. God desires that our heart becomes one with His heart.
      When we think about having Jesus in our heart we sometimes think of Him as about three inches tall and we sometimes treat Him as such. People sometimes receive Jesus into their heart and then go on with their lives instead of living in His life. Some people wear Jesus as a good luck charm and only commune with Him when they have a need or an emergency. But Jesus desires to live in more than just a part of our heart. He desires to fill our heart and our entire being. He desires to have His hands in our hands and His feet in our feet so that we will go and do what He desires. Jesus says, “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides (lives and remains) in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing” (John 15:5). Only what we do in Christ has eternal value. 
      Living in Christ is where you are transformed into a new person. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. (2 Corinthians 5:17) The revelation of being in Christ changes our concept of who we are. It is in Christ where His personality is united with our personality and we take on a new personality. We become a new person with a new attitude, new behaviors, new likes, and dislikes. We do not really know who we are until we see our selves in Christ, because our life is hidden in Him. Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. (Colossians 3:2-3) 
      Living in God’s heart is living in His love. Jesus says, “As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love. If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father's commandments and abide in His love. These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full.” (John 15:9-11) We live and remain in God’s love by following the commands that Jesus gives us. All of God’s commands have to do with love, loving God and loving others.
      When we are walking in God’s love, following His commands, His joy is manifest in our heart. We then do His commands with pleasure because there is no greater joy than the joy that comes from expressing love. For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome. (1 John 5:3-4) We do God’s commandments because we love Him, if His commandments are burdensome then our relationship with God is not in love, we are not living in Him.
      We are commanded to love God with all of our heart and other people as our self. And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength. This is the first commandment. And the second, like it, is this: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these. (Mark 12:30-31) When we are living in true love we are living in God. (lk 10:27, Mt 22:37)
      It is a good to take an honest look deep inside your own heart to see what changes need to be made for the sake of your relationship with God. We all must depend upon God to make the changes in our hearts that are necessary for us to be more like Him. We even need God to help us in evaluating our own hearts in the light of His word and by His Holy Spirit. The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? "I the LORD search the heart and examine the mind, to reward a man according to his conduct, according to what his deeds deserve." (Jeremiah 17:9-10) 
      Jesus taught that we are defiled by what comes out of our hearts. And He said, "What comes out of a man, that defiles a man. "For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, "thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness.  "All these evil things come from within and defile a man." (Mark 7:20-23) 
      Sin is a heart problem. The actions of sin happen when an evil desire in our heart conceives with a temptation from the outside. Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am tempted by God"; for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone. But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed. Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death. (James 1:13-15) Sometimes people have hidden evil desires very deep in their heart and they lay dormant until an outside temptation revives them.   (James 1:5-15)
      Remember that Jesus said that the ruler of this world, Satan, had nothing in Him, (John 14:30). In other words there was nothing in Jesus’ heart that Satan could tempt Jesus into doing against the Father’s will. Temptation did come and it comes to people that have a perfect heart toward God, but the temptation does not have much appeal when there is nothing is a person’s heart to connect with the temptation.
      The Lord is always looking for people whose hearts are perfect toward Him. For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. (2 Chronicles 16:9)  This does not mean God is looking for perfect people; rather He is looking for people who are looking toward Him as their hope of a perfect heart.
      God has the ability to change our heart and even give us a new heart that is perfect toward Him. "I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. "I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them. (Ezekiel 36:26-27)        ( Heb 8:10)
      The Bible says to delight yourself also in the LORD, And He shall give you the desires of your heart. Many people think that this is a way to get God to give you what you want. I believe that the meaning is deeper than that here is the passage. Delight yourself also in the LORD, And He shall give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the LORD, Trust also in Him, And He shall bring it to pass. He shall bring forth your righteousness as the light, And your justice as the noonday. (Psalms 37:4-6)  If you delight yourself in the Lord He then is the desire of your heart, He is the one you long for, He is the reward you seek. What can be greater than the very presence of God? In Your presence is fullness of joy; At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore. (Psalms 16:11) 
      I believe that as we delight ourselves in the Lord He will change our desires and give us His desires, (He shall give you the desires of your heart). As we commit our way toward the Lord He will bring us into His righteousness. The Lord can change what we love and hate so that we now love and hate what He loves and hates.
      God’s word promises that if we deeply desire His righteousness He will fill us with it. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, For they shall be filled. (Matthew 5:6)  The key is your desire, how much do you desire God’s righteousness? Are you willing to seek the Lord until He rains righteousness upon you? Sow for yourselves righteousness; Reap in mercy; Break up your fallow ground, For it is time to seek the LORD, Till He comes and rains righteousness on you. (Hosea 10:12) 
      Jesus promises to reveal Himself to those who love and obey Him. "He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him." (John 14:21)  A pure heart before God has great reward. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. (Matthew 5:8) 
      We can keep our hearts perfect toward God by asking God to reveal and remove any thing in our heart that would keep us from loving Him with our whole heart. “Test me, O LORD, and try me, examine my heart and my mind; for your love is ever before me, and I walk continually in your truth.”(Psalms 26:2-3) We know what is in our heart by the things that we think and the words that come out our mouth. May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer. (Psalms 19:14)                                                         Our passion
      What we think about is what is in our heart, and is what we become. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. (Romans 12:2) The word transformed is the Greek word metamorphoo it is where we get the word metamorphosis from, the word used to describe the transformation of a caterpillar into a butterfly.
      Another place that this word is used is in (2 Corinthians 3:18) But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord. As we focus our mind and imagination toward God His Spirit is transforming us. Because when we set our heart toward God He sets His heart toward us.
      Jesus prayed that we would be united with the other members of His body, in Him and in the Father. “I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word; "that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me. "And the glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they may be one just as We are one: I in them, and You in Me; that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me.” (John 17:20-23) 


God was speaking to me about the mind of Christ and the heart of God. We know that What was in Christ was in God 1 Jn 5:7-8 But to have the mind of Christ will send you chasing after the heart of God. Christ was Passionate, Focused, Determined, Trusted His father completely(Isa 26:3) , and Not distracted(even by family Matthew 12:47) We are to have transformed minds Rom 12:2. Not to be unsettled by the subtlety and deceptions from Satan 2 Thess 2:2. We must chase after God with everything we have Mk12:30. Then he will write His laws on our hearts and mind and change us so that our desires are no longer our own but His as he lives in us.

Rom 7:25, 8:5-12,27
Phill 3:15

Philippians 3 - Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible 

Expresses earnest desire to be found in Christ; also his pressing on toward perfection; and recommends his own example to other believers.


This simple dependence and earnestness of soul, were not mentioned as if the apostle had gained the prize, or were already made perfect in the Saviour's likeness. He forgot the things which were behind, so as not to be content with past labours or present measures of grace. He reached forth, stretched himself forward towards his point; expressions showing great concern to become more and more like unto Christ. He who runs a race, must never stop short of the end, but press forward as fast as he can; so those who have heaven in their view, must still press forward to it, in holy desires and hopes, and constant endeavours. Eternal life is the gift of God, but it is in Christ Jesus; through his hand it must come to us, as it is procured for us by him. There is no getting to heaven as our home, but by Christ as our Way. True believers, in seeking this assurance, as well as to glorify him, will seek more nearly to resemble his sufferings and death, by dying to sin, and by crucifying the flesh with its affections and lusts. In these things there is a great difference among real Christians, but all know something of them. Believers make Christ all in all, and set their hearts upon another world. If they differ from one another, and are not of the same judgment in lesser matters, yet they must not judge one another; while they all meet now in Christ, and hope to meet shortly in heaven. Let them join in all the great things in which they are agreed, and wait for further light as to lesser things wherein they differ. The enemies of the cross of Christ mind nothing but their sensual appetites. Sin is the sinner's shame, especially when gloried in. The way of those who mind earthly things, may seem pleasant, but death and hell are at the end of it. If we choose their way, we shall share their end. The life of a Christian is in heaven, where his Head and his home are, and where he hopes to be shortly; he sets his affections upon things above; and where his heart is, there will his conversation be. There is glory kept for the bodies of the saints, in which they will appear at the resurrection. Then the body will be made glorious; not only raised again to life, but raised to great advantage. Observe the power by which this change will be wrought. May we be always prepared for the coming of our Judge; looking to have our vile bodies changed by his Almighty power, and applying to him daily to new-create our souls unto holiness; to deliver us from our enemies, and to employ our bodies and souls as instruments of righteousness in his service.

1 Chronicles 28:9 (Amplified Bible)

9And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father [have personal knowledge of Him, be acquainted with, and understand Him; appreciate, heed, and cherish Him] and serve Him with a blameless heart and a willing mind. For the Lord searches all hearts and minds and understands all the wanderings of the thoughts. If you seek Him [inquiring for and of Him and requiring Him as your first and vital necessity] you will find Him; but [a]if you forsake Him, He will cast you off forever!
   
Footnotes:
  1. 1 Chronicles 28:9 God's promises to men and women invariably are dependent upon the other party to the covenant meeting His conditions, whether He says so at the time or not. In I Chron. 28:7 we find Him promising to establish Solomon's kingdom forever. Yet in I Kings 11:9-11 we find that God became angry with Solomon for all his degenerate and abominable conduct and his treachery of heart toward Him; and without mercy, except for David's sake, God declared that the kingdom would be torn from him. Was God breaking His covenant with Solomon? No, Solomon had broken and nullified that covenant long before; it no longer existed. There was now no promise for God to keep. Christians are prone to think that God will keep His part of a bargain whether they do or not, but the wisest man who ever lived died knowing that God is not mocked; "[He inevitably deludes himself who attempts to delude God.] For whatever a man sows, that and that only is what he will reap" (Gal. 6:7). "If you seek Him [inquiring for and of Him and requiring Him as your first and vital necessity], you will find Him; but if you forsake Him, He will cast you off forever!" David was telling Solomon all this, but as the new king grew in power, popularity, and personal aggrandizement, step by step he set himself up as privileged to ignore God. In all his wisdom he failed to comprehend that "Something greater and more exalted and more majestic than the temple is here!... Someone more and greater than Solomon is here" (Matt. 12:6, 42).

Ephesians 4:21-24 (Amplified Bible)

21Assuming that you have really heard Him and been taught by Him, as [all] Truth is in Jesus [embodied and personified in Him],
    22Strip yourselves of your former nature [put off and discard your old unrenewed self] which characterized your previous manner of life and becomes corrupt through lusts and desires that spring from delusion;
    23And be constantly renewed in the spirit of your mind [having a fresh mental and spiritual attitude],
    24And put on the new nature (the regenerate self) created in God's image, [Godlike] in true righteousness and holiness.

Thursday, May 5, 2011

womans biblestudy -Determined

http://www.gospel.com/blog/index.php/2010/09/07/todays-devotional-shaped-by-god/

Romans 8:29
Phill 1:6
Ruth 1:6-22
Ruth was Determined.

 google determined this is what you see-

adjective /diˈtərmind/ 
  1. Having made a firm decision and being resolved not to change it
    • - Alice was determined to be heard
  2. Processing or displaying resolve
    • - Helen was a determined little girl
    • - a determined effort to reduce inflation


Web definitions
  • characterized by great determination; "a struggle against a determined enemy"
  • having been learned or found or determined especially by investigation
  • devoting full strength and concentrated attention to; "made continued and determined efforts to find and destroy enemy headquarters"
  • determined or decided upon as by an authority; "date and place are already determined"; "the dictated terms of surrender"; "the time set for the launching"
  • compulsive: strongly motivated to succeed

  • Decided; resolute

  • determine - establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study; "find the product of two numbers"; "The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize"
  • determine - shape or influence; give direction to; "experience often determines ability"; "mold public opinion"
  • determine - fix conclusively or authoritatively; "set the rules"
  • determine - specify: decide upon or fix definitely; "fix the variables"; "specify the parameters"
  • determine - decide: reach, make, or come to a decision about something; "We finally decided after lengthy deliberations"
  • determine - fix in scope; fix the boundaries of; "the tree determines the border of the property"
  • determine - settle: settle conclusively; come to terms; "We finally settled the argument"
 
When you sign up for service you determine that you are going to do whatever it takes to fulfill your duties. Quite often it may be something that you will hate. But the process will make you stronger, better, smarter, have better character. More things then I could list. It will definitely change you forever. Pastor prophesied in McNary that God is pouring out a Ruth anointing upon the church. What is a Ruth anointing? I submit to you it is a soldiers anointing. Ruth was determined. She left all she understood about her world, her normal and set out under spiritual leadership into the unknown. She went to places she had never been and around people she had never known to do things differently then she had before. She didn't need to know the outcomes or the whys for everything she just knew she trusted who she was following. DO you trust who you are following? Soldiers learn to trust their commanding officers because it may mean life or death. WE trust Jesus for eternal life or death. \
 
Rom 15:2-6 
Rom 12
Jer 29:11-14
Isa 50:7
Acts 17:24-28
2 Tim 3:16-17
MK 13:31