THE PROVIDENCE OF GOD PART 5

Hi my friends, today let’s look at some more Scripture about the PROVIDENCE OF GOD.

Joshua 7:14

King James Version (KJV)

¹⁴ In the morning therefore ye shall be brought according to your tribes: and it shall be, that the tribe which the Lord taketh shall come according to the families thereof; and the family which the Lord shall take shall come by households; and the household which the Lord shall take shall come man by man.

Proverbs 16:³³ The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord.

Acts 1:26

King James Version ²⁶ And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.

[ other references, 1 Sam.6:7-10; Isaiah 44:7 ]    IN THESE VERSES WE SEE THE PROVIDENCE OF GOD IN HIS DIRECTION OF EVENTS!

 

King James Version Job 37: 9-13

 

 

⁹ Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north.

¹⁰ By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.

¹¹ Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud:

¹² And it is turned round about by his counsels: that they may do whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the world in the earth.

¹³ He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for mercy.

Isaiah 50:² Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst.

John 1:4,15. [ KJV ]

⁴ In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

¹⁵ John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.

WE SEE THE PROVIDENCE OF GOD IN THE RULING OF THE ELEMENTS!

Matthew 10:29-30 [ KJV ]

²⁹ Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.

³⁰ But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

 

Luke 21:18

King James Version ¹⁸ But there shall not an hair of your head perish.

GOD’S PROVIDENCE IS SEEN IN THE ORDERING OF MINUTEST MATTERS!

[ to be continued ]

WITHOUT WORDS

I lay here thinking,

words running through my mind,

how silent it would be,

in my mind,

if no words were around.

There would be no knowledge,

no wise words shared,

no one could say I love you,

and tell you they cared.

there would be no books,

and God’s word would not be read,

and we wouldn’t know,

the great things Jesus said.

The Bible states creation,

was by God’s word,

and in it,

we have the wisest words ever heard.

I know now,

what I am tryiny to say,

without words,

what we see around,

would not be here today.

Running The Tracks Of Life

 

Life’s race is like a marathon,

Run in years,

Instead of miles,

Some days bring heartaches,

And others bring smiles.

Some days the body is spry,

While others it pains,

And one wants to cry.

Some days are filled with sunshine,

And others filled with rain.

Each day is a challenge,

And a race to be run,

From day break,

To the setting of the sun.

In our spiritual life,

Life’s race is to be run,

Either following Satan,

Or God’s only Son.

Satan races us toward destruction;

Jesus leads us to Heaven,

Eternal life for everyone.

So let us run with Jesus,

Over life’s rocky track,

Looking toward the finish line,

And never looking back.

When life’s race is over,

Heaven will be our prize,

A land without sorrow,

And cloudy skies.

– Winston Staples–

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It snowed and the wind blew hard all night and is still blowing hard, but the snow has stopped and the sun is now shining brightly on me as I write these few words. My son – in – law drives a big snow plow and this morning he got stuck in a six foot snow drift; this reminds me about the storms we have on our life’s road, that we get stuck sometimes and need haled out to freedom. Everyone in born into the big snow drift of sin and we need haled out to have fellowship with God, our creator, again. That is why we need the hands of Jesus that will lift us out and plant our feet on the solid ground of His word and be steadfast again. God sends His Spirit to guide us and show us those snow drifts of life so we won’t get mired again!

SOME FAVORITE QUOTES

Teamwork divides the task and multiplies the success.  ~Author Unknown

No one can whistle a symphony.  It takes a whole orchestra to play it.  ~H.E. Luccock

Regardless of differences, we strive shoulder to shoulder… [T]eamwork can be summed up in five short words:  “We believe in each other.”  ~Author Unknown

Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be.  ~Thomas à Kempis, Imitation of Christ, c.1420

If you don’t like how things are, change it! You’re not a tree. ~Jim Rohn

Never miss an opportunity to make others happy, even if you have to leave them alone in order to do it. ~Author Unknown

You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him.  ~Leo Aikman

Have a heart that never hardens, a temper that never tires, a touch that never hurts.  ~Charles Dickens

I TRUST YOU ENJOY THESE QUOTES MY FRIENDS!

Life Quotes

 

Just living is not enough… one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.  ~Hans Christian Andersen

In spite of the cost of living, it’s still popular.  ~Kathy Norris

To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else.  ~Emily Dickinson

God pours life into death and death into life without a drop being spilled.  ~Author Unknown

Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be.  ~Grandma Moses

Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living.  The world owes you nothing.  It was here first.  ~Mark Twain

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Oh, sweet spring,

how bad I miss thee,

and want so badly,

the green grass to see,

but the way it is snowing,

coming down steadily,

it will be a while,

before I see the bumble bee.

Hasten sweet spring,

so I can hear,

your song birds sing!

Three Trees!

THREE TREES

One morning,

The air was crisp and still,

I saw on the horizon,

Three trees standing on a hill.

The two trees on the sides,

Were shorter than the center one;

How they stood out,

In the rising sun.

A refuge for the birds,

In the time of storms,

A nesting place,

So peaceful and warm.

Seeing these trees,

So majestic standing in a row,

Took my mind back,

Two thousand years or so,

To a place called Calvary,

Where three wooden crosses,

Stood out plainly in a row.

On the outside crosses,

Hung two guilty thieves,

On the center cross,

Hung the only Son of God;

He was dying for you and me.

Jesus, was bearing our sins,

So we could be set free.

Ephesians 2

 

Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

From Death to Life

2 And you were dead in your trespasses and sins ² in which you previously walked according to the ways of this world,according to the ruler who exercises authority over the lower heavens,^[a] the spirit now working in the disobedient.^[b] 3 We too all previously lived among them in our fleshly desires, carrying out the inclinations of our flesh and thoughts, and we were by nature children under wrath as the others were also.⁴ But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love that He had for us,^[c] 5 made us alive with the Messiah even though we were dead in trespasses. You are saved by grace!⁶ Together with Christ Jesus He also raised us up and seated us in the heavens, ⁷ so that in the coming ages He might display the immeasurable riches of His grace through His kindness to us in Christ Jesus. ⁸ For you are saved by gracethrough faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is God’s gift—⁹ not from works, so that no one can boast. ¹⁰ For we are His creation, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared ahead of time so that we should walk in them.

Unity in Christ

¹¹ So then, remember that at one time you were Gentiles in the flesh—called “the uncircumcised” by those called “the circumcised,” which is done in the flesh by human hands. ¹² At that time you were without the Messiah, excluded from the citizenship of Israel, and foreigners to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world. ¹³ But now in Christ Jesus, you who were far away have been brought near by the blood of the Messiah. ¹⁴ For He is our peace, who made both groups one and tore down the dividing wall of hostility. In His flesh, ¹⁵ He made of no effect the law consisting of commands and expressed in regulations, so that He might create in Himself one new man from the two, resulting in peace. ¹⁶ He did this so that He might reconcile both to God in one body through the cross and put the hostility to death by it.^[d] 17 When the Messiah came, He proclaimed the good news of peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near. ¹⁸ For through Him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father. ¹⁹ So then you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with the saints, and members of God’s household, ²⁰ built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone. ²¹ The whole building, being put together by Him, grows into a holy sanctuary in the Lord.²² You also are being built together for God’s dwelling in the Spirit.

Footnotes:

1. Ephesians 2:2 Lit ruler of the domain of the air
2. Ephesians 2:2 Lit sons of disobedience
3. Ephesians 2:4 Lit love with which He loved us
4. Ephesians 2:16 Or death in Himself

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HAPPY  VALENTINES  DAY!

I don’t understand why Cupid was chosen to represent Valentine’s Day.  When I think about romance, the last thing on my mind is a short, chubby toddler coming at me with a weapon.  ~Author Unknown

Love is a symbol of eternity.  It wipes out all sense of time, destroying all memory of a beginning and all fear of an end.  ~Author Unknown

Love – a wildly misunderstood although highly desirable malfunction of the heart which weakens the brain, causes eyes to sparkle, cheeks to glow, blood pressure to rise and the lips to pucker.  ~Author Unknown