Friday, October 28, 2011

WHY DID YOU NOT TELL ME?



WHY DID YOU NOT TELL ME?

I hope this poem will cause you to tell someone how they can go to Heaven before they die.

I stood in line on judgement day to kneel before the Lord.
In hopes that He would gladly say, “Well done, Here’s your reward.”
But as I stood there all alone
surrounded on all sides,
My hands did shake as friends were tossed to flames that never die.
And they said, “Why did you not tell me about this final plan?”
“Why did you not tell me about
the Son of man?” 
The millions cried as all hope died!  “We thought you were our friend!”
Now friend, if while this poem you read, some faces you recalled,
Of loves ones who are yet undone who on Jesus have not called,
Go tell them now before too late,
the Gospel you know well. 
Their unbelief may seal their
fate eternally in Hell.
And they’ll say, “Why did you not tell me about this final plan?”
“Why did you not tell me about
the Son of Man?” 
The millions cried as all hope died! 
“We thought you were our friend!” 
“We thought you were our friend!”
- - by Eric Repleog        

"Helping to keep homes and lives from becoming shipwrecked."

Wed. Bible Studies: What My Children Must Know (Week 11)



CHILDREARING
They say you never know how good you did rearing your children until you see how they rear their children.

How many things did you instill in them that they will instill in their children?

What did the wisest man in the world teach his son about rearing children?

DAY 1 - Train up a child
Prov 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

 To exercise; to discipline; to teach and form by practice; as, to train the militia to the manual exercise; to train soldiers to the use of arms and to tactics. Abram armed his trained servants.
6. To break, tame and accustom to draw; as oxen.

Anytime you want to teach something to your child, you need to teach them by practice.

We know that in sports, we know that with music, we know that with our pets, we know that with math, but when it comes to obedience, we don’t get it.

DAY 2 - Foolishness is there, and only a spanking will get it out.
Prov Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

We do our children a disservice when we do not lovingly, correctly, discipline them.

DAY 3 - Children need correction, and it won’t kill them.
Prov 23:13 Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.

Correction – to make them correct. Don’t we want them to be correct?

DAY 4 - Spankings and teaching give wisdom, but don’t leave a child alone.
Prov 29:15 The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.

Go to your room!
Timeout?  What is that?

DAY 5 - If you bring up a servant delicately, he will become a son.
Prov 29:21 He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become his son at the length.

 2 Sam 22:36 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy gentleness hath made me great.

Ps 18:35 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great.

DAY 6 – Even a child is known by what he does.
Prov 20:11 Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.

What do people say about our children?  Even a child is known…

DAY 7 – If you raise a wise child you will have great joy.           
Prov The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.

Prov 31:28 Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.

Saturday, October 15, 2011

Wed. Bible Studies: What My Children Must Know (Week 10)




YOU MUST FIND THE RIGHT MATE.

The biggest decision anyone ever makes is the decision to trust Christ as their Saviour.  That will make sure we go to Heaven and that we miss hell.

The second biggest decision anyone ever makes is who they marry.  That can determine whether someone will have heaven on the earth and miss hell on earth.

It cannot be exaggerated too much, a good marriage is one of the most important things you can ever have.  It all starts out with who you marry.

1.)    Living in a bad, little place is better than living with a bad woman.
Prov 21:9  It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
Prov 25:24  It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.

2.)    It is better to live in the wilderness than with a bad woman.
Prov 21:19  It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.

Son, there is not much worse than a brawling woman.
Son, a big, rich, wonderful house is not good enough to make up for what you will get in a brawling woman.   BRAWL'ING, n.  The act of quarreling.

I love strong willed women.  They don’t bother me.  I know I am stronger, and most of the time with strong willed women, they are very capable, and just need a strong leader so they can follow.  Many woman have to lead, because they husband won’t.

A strong willed woman is totally different than a brawling woman.

3.)    When you find a wife, you find a good thing.
Prov 18:22  Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD.

God said whoso findeth a wife.  That is “a” singular.  That doesn’t man many wives, or just any wife.  I believe that means “a” wife, and the wife, the one that God picked out for you.

4.)    If you get a prudent wife, you have gotten her from the Lord.
Prov 19:14  House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the LORD.
When you get a wife that is prudent, a wife that is wise all the time, in all thing, you have a  great wife, and she is from the Lord.

5.)    Don’t get a wife that will be a nag, (drip, drip, drip)
Prov 19:13  A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

Drip, drip, drip, drip, drip…….that sound can be very annoying, and doesn’t ever fix anything.
Ladies, the drip, drip, or nag, nag is annoying, and doesn’t work.

6.) Only God can find you a virtuous woman.  You better wait on God.
Prov 31:10  Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.

7.) The virtuous woman will be trusted by her husband and will do him good all the time.
11  The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.  12  She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.

Let’s do all we can to help our kids pick the right mate.

Friday, October 7, 2011

Wed. Bible Studies: What My Children Must Know (Week 9)



SOWING AND REAPING

Sowing and reaping is a very simple concept.  It is also a simple concept to teach to children.

This truth can be taught by getting some seeds, and naming them disobedience, pride, rebellion and then planting them.  They they will see what comes up.

That will give them a visual lesson of the spiritual truth you are trying to teach them.

Most proverbs are sowing and reaping.
You reap what you sow.
You reap more than you sow.
You reap after you sow.
What you sow, or put in the ground or your life, it will come back on you.
There are consequences for what you do.
There is nothing you can do to get out of it.
You better start right away sowing a new, good crop.
For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.
God sees all you do, and will make sure people are punished for what they do.
Even thou you are saved, God will still see and spank His children.
God loves us and knows what is best for us.  Trust Him, and obey Him.
The best teacher is not experience.  Learn from someone else’s experience.
God gave us the Bible for “ensamples” to learn from what other people did wrong and right so we can just do right!!!



Day 1 – The wicked fall by their own wickedness.
Prov 11:5        The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

Day 2 – The seed of the righteous shall be delivered.
Prov 11:21      Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.

Day 3 – We sow with our mouth and reap the good or the bad.
Prov 13:2 A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence.

Day 4 – If we work hard, then we will reap leadership.
Prov 12:24 The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.

Day 5 – When we are bad, bad will come on us.
Prov 13:17 A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health.

Day 6 – What we sow in our friends, we will reap in our friends.
Prov 13:20 He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

Day 7 – Evil will chase and run after sinners, but good comes to those that do good.
Prov 13:21 Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed.

THERE ARE HUNDREDS MORE PROVERBS THAT TEACH SOWING AND REAPING
Prov 12:21 There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.
Prov 13:10 Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.
Prov 13:18 Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.
Prov 15:4 A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
Prov 15:6 In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.