Heaven is for Real

I just finished reading this book last night. It was extremely interesting, though there were a few parts when the boy described Heaven that I wasn't sure were based on scripture. What I mean by that is just the way he described it and his dad interpreted it. You could tell it was written by man and not God, but overall a very good book, one I'd recommend.



I still haven't worked on the bible study I want to do, instead I've been working on writing out my testimony. With help from my friend Amanda, I've written it out in six pages. The first few are the story and the last two or three are poems/songs that I wrote during that time and fit extremely well. I didn't even realize until I was looking at them in the same document how well they fit together. The way they fit, they practically tell the story themselves.


It's late and I should be sleeping so I'll go now, God Bless.

As For Today

I've been thinking of what I'd like for my next post to be about. I'd like to do a bible study or something on a passage of scripture in Matthew, my favorite in the bible (or what I've read of it so far), Matthew 6:24-34. It's sort of a long passage, and I haven't found a topic to focus on yet. I'm trying to figure out if there's a way I can use the lilies mentioned in verse 28 as an analogy for, well, being provided for. That's my basic thought anyway, I'm not even sure what I'll come up with. We'll have to see.

Until next time, farewell and God bless =)

Good Idea, But Would It Work?

So I'm thinking about making this blog about things I want to share from church or prayer or bible reading. I'm thinking it may be a good idea because no one is very likely to read it, and if they did they might appreciate it. I doubt these entries will be very long, but hopefully they'll be worthwhile...

So the mid-week service of the church I attend was tonight, and the pastor taught on Separation from the World. I'm just going to touch on a few points he made in his introduction.

On Separation from the World:

"Separation from the world brings the opportunity" for a relationship with God.

2 Corinthians 6:11-18, firstly focusing on 17,

"Therefore "Come out from among them And be separate, says the Lord. Do not touch what is unclean, And I will receive you,"

It doesn't say not to hug or grasp or hold onto the unclean thing, it says don't even touch it.

Then in 2 Corinthians 7:1 it says

"Therefore, having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God."

Every once in a while we have to purge from ourselves the things that slip in, the things that we make excuses for. "It's not that bad," "It's okay," if we have to make excuses, then we probably shouldn't be doing it in the first place.

We need to be separate from the world, not going back and forth over the line we draw and the boundaries we make. They're there for a reason.