New Years pt. I: Joy & Peace
My family and I flew up to NJ to sing and play worship music for my home church’s New Years eve service at 10pm-Midnight. Everything went so smoothly and I could really feel God’s presence throughout the building..
After we played, our pastor spoke for a bit then we did communion and picked a Bible verse from a basket full of little cards. Whatever verse you picked was God’s special one for YOU and not just a coincidence. My verse fit my situation perfectly:
“The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O Lord, endureth forever.” -Psalm 138:8
Took me a while to grasp because I don’t prefer King James Version, but it hit me. In 2011, I made a lot of dumb mistakes and felt depressed 75% of the year :| I flipped the Bible verse card over and found a prayer:
“Thank you, Father, for the joy and peace you have given me.”
In conclusion, despite all that I’ve done and all the sadness I felt, I still have joy and peace because God forgives mistakes every time we ask (and not abuse His mercy). I believe 2012 will be a grand year for me, things are finally turning around for me.
To God be the glory~
+If you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find me.
Jeremiah 29:13 +“Those who love money will never have enough. How absurd to think that wealth brings true happiness!”
-Ecclesiastes 5:10 (NLT)
Content people save more and go into debt less.
+A gentle answer deflects anger, but harsh words make tempers flare.
Proverbs 15:1 +
+“God desires much more than coexistence. He sent His Son to re-establish Shalom peace…. not mere co-existence.”
-Some guy I saw on facebook
lol d:
+In case you haven’t heard, my parents sing d:
The Prayer
@3:00 oh lawd, i thought he was gonna pop a vein. lol
Our hearts ache, but we always have joy. We are poor, but we give spiritual riches to others. We own nothing, yet we have everything.
2 Corinthians 6:10 +
ohwhycantwestartoldandgetyounger:
ohwhycantwestartoldandgetyounger:
+ponder+
The bible: the universe is about 6000 years old.
Science today: the universe is about 4.6 billion years oldHm but nobody can really confirm how old the earth really is because no one alive now was there.. I don’t even know.
I know, but I was just throwing out one of the differences, though I do believe in a higher being, I also agree with science. But through all the scientific studies and all that BS it is highly estimated to that.
+EDIT+ The only way I would know, is because if you study the genealogy in the Bible, it estimates that life on earth began about 6,000 years ago. But who knows? When God created earth by day, we don’t know if it was a literal day or 1,000 years to us. So no one really knows d: I mean i find the arguments irrelevant when it comes to believing in God, but i just found this online and thought it was cool lol
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ohwhycantwestartoldandgetyounger:
+ponder+
The bible: the universe is about 6000 years old.
Science today: the universe is about 4.6 billion years old
Hm but nobody can really confirm how old the earth really is because no one alive now was there.. I don’t even know.
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