cahqueen's Revelife

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Tue, 20 May 2008 15:34:56 GMT

Monday, February 25, 2008

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:30:09 GMT

Monday, April 23, 2007

Mon, 23 Apr 2007 16:42:10 GMT

Romans 14(MSG)

Cultivating Good Relationships

1 Welcome with open arms fellow believers who don't see things the way you do. And don't jump all over them every time they do or say something you don't agree with—even when it seems that they are strong on opinions but weak in the faith department. Remember, they have their own history to deal with. Treat them gently.

2-4For instance, a person who has been around for a while might well be convinced that he can eat anything on the table, while another, with a different background, might assume he should only be a vegetarian and eat accordingly. But since both are guests at Christ's table, wouldn't it be terribly rude if they fell to criticizing what the other ate or didn't eat? God, after all, invited them both to the table. Do you have any business crossing people off the guest list or interfering with God's welcome? If there are corrections to be made or manners to be learned, God can handle that without your help.

5Or, say, one person thinks that some days should be set aside as holy and another thinks that each day is pretty much like any other. There are good reasons either way. So, each person is free to follow the convictions of conscience.

6-9What's important in all this is that if you keep a holy day, keep it for God's sake; if you eat meat, eat it to the glory of God and thank God for prime rib; if you're a vegetarian, eat vegetables to the glory of God and thank God for broccoli. None of us are permitted to insist on our own way in these matters. It's God we are answerable to—all the way from life to death and everything in between—not each other. That's why Jesus lived and died and then lived again: so that he could be our Master across the entire range of life and death, and free us from the petty tyrannies of each other.

How convicting

Conclusion:

22 You may believe there’s nothing wrong with what you are doing, but keep it between yourself and God. Blessed are those who don’t feel guilty for doing something they have decided is right.

Thursday, April 12, 2007

Thu, 12 Apr 2007 17:47:34 GMT

Mental Exercise Helps Maintain Some Seniors’ Thinking Skills

bust out on sudoku

Monday, March 26, 2007

Mon, 26 Mar 2007 20:41:28 GMT

I really like this Message translation of Romans 12:3-8 on how we should behave as a member of the Body of Christ:

3I'm speaking to you out of deep gratitude for all that God has given me, and especially as I have responsibilities in relation to you. Living then, as every one of you does, in pure grace, it's important that you not misinterpret yourselves as people who are bringing this goodness to God. No, God brings it all to you. The only accurate way to understand ourselves is by what God is and by what he does for us, not by what we are and what we do for him.

4-6In this way we are like the various parts of a human body. Each part gets its meaning from the body as a whole, not the other way around. The body we're talking about is Christ's body of chosen people. Each of us finds our meaning and function as a part of his body. But as a chopped-off finger or cut-off toe we wouldn't amount to much, would we? So since we find ourselves fashioned into all these excellently formed and marvelously functioning parts in Christ's body, let's just go ahead and be what we were made to be, without enviously or pridefully comparing ourselves with each other, or trying to be something we aren't.

6-8If you preach, just preach God's Message, nothing else; if you help, just help, don't take over; if you teach, stick to your teaching; if you give encouraging guidance, be careful that you don't get bossy; if you're put in charge, don't manipulate; if you're called to give aid to people in distress, keep your eyes open and be quick to respond; if you work with the disadvantaged, don't let yourself get irritated with them or depressed by them. Keep a smile on your face.

Amen

Monday, March 12, 2007

Mon, 12 Mar 2007 07:21:08 GMT

My car got egged on Friday.Found egg shells all splatterd on the driver's side window and door and sticky egg whites. This is a" firsty".

There's also a "firsty" that night, joining D#1's fellowship for bible study .Was asked only the night before to sit in w/ one of their small groups. Was told to read Luke 17:1-10, but Pabe forgot to give me the questions.Did some research , made some notes, hoping I can add my 2 cents,,hahahaha...turned out...they had prepared some questions that were totally different than what I had prepared.

However, the discussion was quite interesting and thought provoking .Unfortunately,we didnt have time to go through all the questions .

Thursday, March 08, 2007

Thu, 08 Mar 2007 18:08:26 GMT

Mark 10:46-52(Bartimaeus receives his sight)

Came across this commentary for the above passage:

"In coming to Christ for help and healing, we should look to him as the promised Messiah. The gracious calls Christ gives us to come to him, encourage our hope, that if we come to him we shall have what we come for. Those who would come to Jesus, must cast away the garment of their own sufficiency, must free themselves from every weight, and the sin that, like long garments, most easily besets them."

Psalm 139:23-24:

" Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting." Amen!

O Lord, help me to overcome my unbelief !

Tuesday, March 06, 2007

Tue, 06 Mar 2007 00:11:07 GMT

round #2...hehehehe,2+

Sunday, March 04, 2007

Sun, 04 Mar 2007 04:03:02 GMT

D#1 & I had a sudoku showdown, guess who's ahead....hehehehe! by ....1+

Thursday, February 22, 2007

Thu, 22 Feb 2007 17:16:12 GMT

Yesterday's devo:

" Response to the call"

Romans 10:14-15

How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!"

Mark 3:14-15

He appointed twelve—designating them apostlesthat they might be with him and that he might send them out to preach and to have authority to drive out demons.

Matthew 28:18-20

Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them inthe name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."

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Today devo: Grief

Mark 4:18-19

Still others, like seed sown among thorns, hear the word; but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth and the desires for other things come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful.

Romans 12:2

Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.