Phabs's Blog (12)

I'm looking over a bill for one of our deceased. The man from the funeral home called several times, "is there someone? anyone?" he asked each time. There is no one. The funerals will be tomorrow, no one will attend, There is no family, no friend, there is a court-appointed guardian who could not return my calls three months ago, she didn't seem to care much. Noone cares, here and there, someone said some nice things, "oh he was nice" "i can't believe he's dead" but not much more, life will go… Continue

I've just been very lazy when it comes to the things of God lately... I don't know why.

...I'm self-preservative...

That's what I use to tell my brother when he accused me of selfishness. Now I'm thinking, "hey he might have had a point there". Maybe I'm selfish, or at least self-centered. (whatever the difference may be) I've been so wrapped up in my own emotions, my own feelings lately that I seem to have forgotten, " dudette, there are people around you"



I don't think God wants me to forget though, I've been finding myself in these weird situations lately, on… Continue

If the Spirit calls you to pray, just pray. If you have someone on your heart, someone you've been thinking about, just pray for that person. I certainly don't know why/how but your prayers might be what God uses to keep someone from harm. Your prayers might just be what delivers someone from spiritual warfare.



What if when you thought about that someone, when you got that "feeling" about that someone, that person was at war and you were being called as re-inforcement? what if you… Continue

Am I wrong in not feeling comfortable about praying for adversities that I bring into my own life?

I feel wrong about praying for things that "I knew better" and yet still chose to...

I also feel wrong about not praying about these things because it might just be pride.

Am I thinking "I broke it,therefore I must deal with it on my own?" as if I could!





see....It's one thing to say to God "Father, I was minding my own business doing what you command when..." but… Continue

So today is my anniversary. On this day last year, I was baptized. I said yes to dying with Christ and living for Him, on this day a year ago. The first of April, April fool's day. I committed to dying and living for Christ



I read about King Josiah a couple of days ago, I can't stop thinking about him, what he did. No wonder so many Christians named their children after him.



See, King Josiah discovered the Book of the Law, He discovered what God wanted from the Israelites… Continue

Exodus 12



1. Now the LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt,



3"Speak to all the congregation of Israel, saying, 'On the tenth of this month they are each one to take a lamb for themselves...



7.... they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and on the lintel of the houses in which they eat it.



12'For I will go through the land of Egypt on that night, and will strike down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both… Continue

One of my kids told me he hates God today, well he told the class, just blurted it out while we were reciting our memory verse "Hosana, blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord" If I've learned one thing from my kids, it simply that they don't speak idle words, there's always some reason albeit twisted reasoning, but there is always some reasoning behind their words. After class, I asked him to talk to me for two seconds, his reason for hating God: "Because He died, I hate people who… Continue

Some people say that when we sin, we crucify our Lord all over again. I don't know how much truth there is to that, but I do wonder how Christ feels when we fail Him in the simplest things. The little vices, those that are simply a matter of making up our minds that we will not compromise. Those things where we simply have to say "My God is bigger than that, He is worth much more"





Sure grace increased where sins increased, sure we can always rely on the Father's love and mercy… Continue

I have a micro-economics test tomorrow, I should be studying. Part of me is hoping he'll cancel and I won't have to go in. It snowed pretty bad. So i'm praying that I will not suffer the consequences of the bad choices that i am making now. The odds that God will honor my prayer are about none. Arrrghhhh!

Paul in 2 Thess 1: 11 prayed that the saints would be found worthy of the call placed in their lives. Paul mentions this a few time, perhaps the most popular being his charge to Phillipi. "Whatever happens, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ." ( Phil…

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I think beyond Him being God and ominiscient, there is something about Christ's human nature that allowed Him to sympathize with people. I don't know what it is. perhaps it's the fact that He is perfection. what was it about Christ that allowed Him to sympathize with those in need?

I believe Christ is a very very manly man, I don't suscribe to the "surfer dude" nor the stained-glass-window-teary-eyed idea of Christ. yet there is something about…

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