Everyone Has a Portion
Ezekiel 48
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This blog is where I do a Bible Reading. I read a passage from the Bible and then I write down my own thoughts on what I read. I would love to know your thoughts as well!
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Sunday, 13 March 2016
Wednesday, 20 January 2016
Daily Bible Reading with DragoNate #120
A Small Picture
Micah 7
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| I pray blessings on you as you read. |
(v. 7) "But as for me, I watch in hope for he Lord, I wait for God my savior; my God will hear me." (v. 18-19) "Who is a God like you, who pardons sin and forgives the transgression of the remnant of his inheritance? You do not stay angry forever but delight to show mercy. You will again have compassion on us; you will tread our sins underfoot and hurl all our iniquities into the depths of the sea."
My Thoughts
Micah 7 gives us a small picture of who God is. He describes God just a little bit, especially in verses 18 and 19. When you get just a small bit of something, you usually want more, if it's good of course! Like when you taste the frosting on a cake, or when you have one freshly baked cookie. You want more of it after, right? That should be the same with God, when we get just a small amount of Him in our lives.
If you want to know God more and hear God more, you have to read His Word and pray to Him. Yeah, there are going to be things in the Bible that are really hard to understand. Look at me, I've said that with a few different posts of mine. I still have a post on Ezekiel 5 there that doesn't have anything to go with it because I couldn't understand it. I asked you guys for help with that and to tell me what you think Ezekiel 5 means. If you would like to do that, you can click here to go to that post.
Those parts in the Bible where you find it hard to understand? Don't worry about it. Maybe it's not important for you to know at the time. God may reveal it to you at a later time. You may know more about what it means when a pastor or a friend or even a complete stranger gives you their thoughts on it. Sometimes God uses others to help us, or us to help others, for a variety of things and reasons.
As you read your Bible more, God will speak to you from it's words. A lot of the verses that stand out to us do so because they mean something to us personally. God knows that, and that's why He speaks to us through them. Those verses are like a small picture of your own life. Maybe it's something very good. Maybe it's something that you need to work on.
Just keep reading your Bible. Keep praying and talking to God. Get to know more who God is and what He wants for you. God does hear you when you call.
If you want to know God more and hear God more, you have to read His Word and pray to Him. Yeah, there are going to be things in the Bible that are really hard to understand. Look at me, I've said that with a few different posts of mine. I still have a post on Ezekiel 5 there that doesn't have anything to go with it because I couldn't understand it. I asked you guys for help with that and to tell me what you think Ezekiel 5 means. If you would like to do that, you can click here to go to that post.
Those parts in the Bible where you find it hard to understand? Don't worry about it. Maybe it's not important for you to know at the time. God may reveal it to you at a later time. You may know more about what it means when a pastor or a friend or even a complete stranger gives you their thoughts on it. Sometimes God uses others to help us, or us to help others, for a variety of things and reasons.
As you read your Bible more, God will speak to you from it's words. A lot of the verses that stand out to us do so because they mean something to us personally. God knows that, and that's why He speaks to us through them. Those verses are like a small picture of your own life. Maybe it's something very good. Maybe it's something that you need to work on.
Just keep reading your Bible. Keep praying and talking to God. Get to know more who God is and what He wants for you. God does hear you when you call.
Prayer Time
Now you talk to God about what you read, and you can even read this chapter of the Bible for yourself before you do.
Let me know your thoughts on this reading as well.
Thank you for taking the time to read, I pray that what you have read blesses and inspires you! Godbless!
Tuesday, 29 December 2015
Daily Bible Reading with DragoNate #98
God's Holiness Through Us
Ezekiel 36
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| I pray blessings on you as you read. |
(v. 23) "I will show the holiness of my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, the name you have profaned among them. Then the nations will know that I am the Lord, declares the Sovereign Lord, when I show myself holy through you before their eyes."
My Thoughts
God said of Israel that He would show Himself holy through them to the nations around them. I believe that He does the same with all of those who believe in Him. God shows Himself through us in things that we do. We just have to allow Him to. When we show genuine love toward others, that is God showing through us.
If you love and obey God and you have accepted His Son Jesus, then your heart is where Jesus dwells. He lives in your heart, and because of that, He shines through you. Jesus can turn on all the lights inside His home so that others know that He is there. You just have to allow Him to do that.
God is at work in us. God is at work through us. Every time you read your Bible, talk to God, show love to another or prove your faith, you are growing stronger in Christ. There is no limit to how strong you can become and God is constantly working. People seem to think that God is silent these days and that He just sits there watching, or that He has abandoned us entirely. The truth is that He has not. It is the people who have gone silent and dormant.
See, God works through us. Yes, absolutely God can do whatever He wants, whenever, without any limitation whatsoever. At the same time, God does not want to take away our freedom of choice. That is what makes us human. God has chose His way to act and that is through us. We need to allow Him to or He won't. God wants us to want to do His work, and when we do, He comes in and helps along.
Isn't that actually amazing? That God would choose us; entrust us with His work. Like someone working on a project that is very important to them and they entrust the work to another. That shows how much God wants us to be a part of His plan and a part of His work. That is actually a great opportunity for us, and we should not pass that up.
When you are given an opportunity to do some good in the world, you should take it. I can't say I've taken every opportunity. I know I have missed out on some things. I want to change that. How about you?
If you love and obey God and you have accepted His Son Jesus, then your heart is where Jesus dwells. He lives in your heart, and because of that, He shines through you. Jesus can turn on all the lights inside His home so that others know that He is there. You just have to allow Him to do that.
God is at work in us. God is at work through us. Every time you read your Bible, talk to God, show love to another or prove your faith, you are growing stronger in Christ. There is no limit to how strong you can become and God is constantly working. People seem to think that God is silent these days and that He just sits there watching, or that He has abandoned us entirely. The truth is that He has not. It is the people who have gone silent and dormant.
See, God works through us. Yes, absolutely God can do whatever He wants, whenever, without any limitation whatsoever. At the same time, God does not want to take away our freedom of choice. That is what makes us human. God has chose His way to act and that is through us. We need to allow Him to or He won't. God wants us to want to do His work, and when we do, He comes in and helps along.
Isn't that actually amazing? That God would choose us; entrust us with His work. Like someone working on a project that is very important to them and they entrust the work to another. That shows how much God wants us to be a part of His plan and a part of His work. That is actually a great opportunity for us, and we should not pass that up.
When you are given an opportunity to do some good in the world, you should take it. I can't say I've taken every opportunity. I know I have missed out on some things. I want to change that. How about you?
Prayer Time
Now you talk to God about what you read, and you can even read this chapter of the Bible for yourself before you do.
Let me know your thoughts on this reading as well.
Thank you for taking the time to read, I pray that what you have read blesses and inspires you! Godbless!
Wednesday, 18 November 2015
Daily Bible Reading with DragoNate #59
Your Sin, Your Responsibility
Ezekiel 18
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| I pray blessings on you as you read. |
(v. 5) " 'Suppose there is a righteous man who does what is just and right.' " (v. 9-10) " 'He follows my decrees and faithfully keeps my laws. That man is righteous; he will surely live, declares the Sovereign Lord. Suppose he has a violent son, who sheds blood or does any of these other things" (v. 13) "...Will such a man live? He will not! Because he has done all these detestable things, he will surely be put to death and his blood will be on his own head." (v. 20) "The soul who sins is the one who will die. The son will not share the guilt of the father, nor will the father share the guilt of the son. The righteousness of the righteous man will be credited to him, and the wickedness of the wicked will be charged against him."
My Thoughts
Each of us is responsible for our own sins and not in any way for anyone else's. A child does not share any part of their parents' sins, nor do the parents share any part of their child's sins. Sin is disobedience to God. If a child under the legal age is taken to court or something wrong that they did, then yes, the parents are responsible, legally, because the child cannot act on their own accord, legally. Sin has to do with God, not the law.
So we are looking at this being in God's eyes who is responsible. God is not the law and the law is not God. Authority is given by God, but that's not what we are talking about here. In God's eyes (I use this expression a lot) we are each responsible for our own sins. It does not matter what you, as a parent, do or who you hurt or what wrongs you have committed, your children do not, at any point, take any responsibility or it, unless they actually take part in it. Not in God's eyes.
Your parents are not in any way responsible for your sins as their child. Again, no matter what you do, your parents are not going to be held responsible in God's eyes. Each person will be paid back according to what they, themselves, have done. There is no need to worry that you are at fault for what anyone else has done. There are times when one person does something very serious and tries to push blame off of themselves onto someone else, implicating them, or just to shift focus off themselves. If this happens to you, then as long as you know that you've done nothing wrong, you are alright. It only matters what God thinks, no one else.
We may not all be parents, but every one of us has parents. You do not ever need to worry about anything that your parents bad that is wrong, their sins are their own. No matter how serious your parents' wrongs, even if only to society, you are not responsible for them. People may treat you accordingly, but God does not. God will treat you according to what you have done, no one else.
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So we are looking at this being in God's eyes who is responsible. God is not the law and the law is not God. Authority is given by God, but that's not what we are talking about here. In God's eyes (I use this expression a lot) we are each responsible for our own sins. It does not matter what you, as a parent, do or who you hurt or what wrongs you have committed, your children do not, at any point, take any responsibility or it, unless they actually take part in it. Not in God's eyes.
Your parents are not in any way responsible for your sins as their child. Again, no matter what you do, your parents are not going to be held responsible in God's eyes. Each person will be paid back according to what they, themselves, have done. There is no need to worry that you are at fault for what anyone else has done. There are times when one person does something very serious and tries to push blame off of themselves onto someone else, implicating them, or just to shift focus off themselves. If this happens to you, then as long as you know that you've done nothing wrong, you are alright. It only matters what God thinks, no one else.
We may not all be parents, but every one of us has parents. You do not ever need to worry about anything that your parents bad that is wrong, their sins are their own. No matter how serious your parents' wrongs, even if only to society, you are not responsible for them. People may treat you accordingly, but God does not. God will treat you according to what you have done, no one else.
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Prayer Time
Now you talk to God about what you read, and you can even read this chapter of the Bible for yourself before you do.
Let me know your thoughts on this reading as well.
Thank you for taking the time to read, I pray that what you have read blesses and inspires you! Godbless!
Monday, 26 October 2015
Daily Bible Reading with DragoNate #36
Hope for Non-Believers
Ezekiel 20
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| I pray blessings on you as you read. |
(v. 39) "As for you, O house of Israel, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Go and serve your idols, every one of you! But afterward you will surely listen to me and no longer profane my holy name with your gifts and idols."
My Thoughts
No matter what you do or have done, God will accept you if you will accept Him. The Israelites turned from God how many times, and God still accepted them back. God loves us all so much, and again, nothing will ever take that away from us.
There is hope for all our friends who don't believe. Just because they don't believe now, does not mean that they never will. You just have to give them time and give God time. Don't lose hope for them. You are a positive influence on them if you stay true to who you are in Christ, and that's what matters. You cannot force your friends, or anyone else for that matter, into following God, it has to be their own personal choice to do so.
Always pray for them. Keep praying for God's lost children, that they would be found. We are all God's children and some of us are lost. If you lost your child, even for a few minutes, what would you do? That horrible feeling you'd get, thinking something bad could have happened. God feels the same way about all His lost children. We can help bring them back by living a life of Christ, outwardly, so that those around us see Him in us.
It is very hard watching someone you care about constantly suffer the consequences of their sins, especially when they do so willingly. If you have already tried to help them, and you can say so honestly, in your heart, and they still won't listen to you, then unfortunately, there isn't much else you can do. Eventually, they may finally realize, but if not, then you can say that you did all you could. Even if they still choose the other way, they will likely realize their mistakes. That is something at least.
Whatever happens, don't lose hope for them. Do what you can, and then leave the rest to God. You can't let yourself continue to worry about them either, give your thoughts and your worries and feelings all to God. Put them in His hands so that you can be at peace, but don't forget to pray. Pray for those you love, whether they know God or not, pray for them and have faith in God.
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Prayer Time
Now you talk to God about what you read, and you can even read this chapter of the Bible for yourself before you do.
Let me know your thoughts on this reading as well.
Thank you for taking the time to read, I pray that what you have read blesses and inspires you! Godbless!
No matter what you do or have done, God will accept you if you will accept Him. The Israelites turned from God how many times, and God still accepted them back. God loves us all so much, and again, nothing will ever take that away from us.
There is hope for all our friends who don't believe. Just because they don't believe now, does not mean that they never will. You just have to give them time and give God time. Don't lose hope for them. You are a positive influence on them if you stay true to who you are in Christ, and that's what matters. You cannot force your friends, or anyone else for that matter, into following God, it has to be their own personal choice to do so.
Always pray for them. Keep praying for God's lost children, that they would be found. We are all God's children and some of us are lost. If you lost your child, even for a few minutes, what would you do? That horrible feeling you'd get, thinking something bad could have happened. God feels the same way about all His lost children. We can help bring them back by living a life of Christ, outwardly, so that those around us see Him in us.
It is very hard watching someone you care about constantly suffer the consequences of their sins, especially when they do so willingly. If you have already tried to help them, and you can say so honestly, in your heart, and they still won't listen to you, then unfortunately, there isn't much else you can do. Eventually, they may finally realize, but if not, then you can say that you did all you could. Even if they still choose the other way, they will likely realize their mistakes. That is something at least.
Whatever happens, don't lose hope for them. Do what you can, and then leave the rest to God. You can't let yourself continue to worry about them either, give your thoughts and your worries and feelings all to God. Put them in His hands so that you can be at peace, but don't forget to pray. Pray for those you love, whether they know God or not, pray for them and have faith in God.
Previous PostNext Post
There is hope for all our friends who don't believe. Just because they don't believe now, does not mean that they never will. You just have to give them time and give God time. Don't lose hope for them. You are a positive influence on them if you stay true to who you are in Christ, and that's what matters. You cannot force your friends, or anyone else for that matter, into following God, it has to be their own personal choice to do so.
Always pray for them. Keep praying for God's lost children, that they would be found. We are all God's children and some of us are lost. If you lost your child, even for a few minutes, what would you do? That horrible feeling you'd get, thinking something bad could have happened. God feels the same way about all His lost children. We can help bring them back by living a life of Christ, outwardly, so that those around us see Him in us.
It is very hard watching someone you care about constantly suffer the consequences of their sins, especially when they do so willingly. If you have already tried to help them, and you can say so honestly, in your heart, and they still won't listen to you, then unfortunately, there isn't much else you can do. Eventually, they may finally realize, but if not, then you can say that you did all you could. Even if they still choose the other way, they will likely realize their mistakes. That is something at least.
Whatever happens, don't lose hope for them. Do what you can, and then leave the rest to God. You can't let yourself continue to worry about them either, give your thoughts and your worries and feelings all to God. Put them in His hands so that you can be at peace, but don't forget to pray. Pray for those you love, whether they know God or not, pray for them and have faith in God.
Previous PostNext Post
Prayer Time
Now you talk to God about what you read, and you can even read this chapter of the Bible for yourself before you do.
Let me know your thoughts on this reading as well.
Thank you for taking the time to read, I pray that what you have read blesses and inspires you! Godbless!
Tuesday, 13 October 2015
Daily Bible Reading with DragoNate #23 (Your Turn!)
Tell Me Your Thoughts
Ezekiel 5
What verse speaks to you from Ezekiel 5?
Saturday, 26 September 2015
Daily Bible Reading with DragoNate #6
Accountable to One Another
Ezekiel 3
I pray blessings on you as you read.
(v. 18) "When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand."
Thursday, 24 September 2015
Daily Bible Reading with DragoNate #4
Don't Follow the Crowd
Ezekiel 23
(v. 5) "And Aholah (Oholah) played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers..." (v. 11) "And when her sister Aholibah (Oholibah) saw this, she was corrupt in her inordinate love than she...."
