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a season for everything..

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a season for everything..

Even though I am not writing for Seeds of Faith anymore, I will plan on taking part of their iFellowship day.  In the past, for iFellowship, I have always shared scripture that has spoken to me during the previous week.  I would love to continue to do that.

What scripture is on my heart now?

Ecclesiastes 3

1 For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven:

2 a time to be born, and a time to die;
a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;
3 a time to kill, and a time to heal;
a time to break down, and a time to build up;
4 a time to weep, and a time to laugh;
a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
5 a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together;
a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
6 a time to seek, and a time to lose;
a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
7 a time to tear, and a time to sew;
a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
8 a time to love, and a time to hate;
a time for war, and a time for peace.

Yes, there is a season for everything.  Lately, God has been telling me it is time for me to move on from a few things.  For example, I will no longer be writing for Seeds of Faith.  It was a hard decision, but I must obey.  Another position I am moving on from is being the leader of a local homeschool support group.  I helped start the group and have been the leader for 5 years.  Again, this is a hard thing that I am doing, but it is time for me to move on.

God has been speaking to my heart and I must obey and keep glorifying God with all my might, even if I don’t like what He is saying.  I know that if I obey God, He will open other doors for me. The key is to listen and obey.  There will always be seasons and changes.  The good thing about that?  God will always be there with us as well.  I am learning to embrace and enjoy each and every season that God is allowing us to experience.

Are you leaving one season and entering another?  I would be more than happy to pray and even encourage you on your new season of life!

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iFellowship – Prayer

Written by Joy
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iFellowship – Prayer
iFellowship

It has been a while since I have joined in with iFellowship and I have truly missed it. I am hoping to change that, starting today.Before, I used this time to share scripture that has touched me during the previous week. I want to continue that as well.

James 5:13-18

13 Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise. 
14 Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. 
15 And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. 
16 Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working. 
17 Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth. 
18  Then he prayed again, and heaven gave rain, and the earth bore its fruit.

 Today, I wanted to share a few verses on prayer. I love to pray. It is something that I can do anytime and anywhere that I can. Praying is a quiet conversation between me and God. An intimate time that I can praise Him, worship Him, pour my heavy heart to Him and lift others up to Him. You see, there was a time I wanted to be more involved in the ministry at my church. However, I have children and through the grace of God, the last few years, I have learned that my main ministry and mission field at this time is my children and being at home with them. Yet, I still felt like I could still do something more. Then God finally spoke to heart        that I could do something more.  I could pray.

Prayer works!!  I have seen miracles happen.  God may not always answer the prayer right away, but He does answer them!  He may not answer them the way you think it should be answered, but He ANSWERS!

Do you have a burden and would love for someone to pray for you?   If you do and feel comfortable leaving it in the comments section, please do so.  I will pray for you.  If you don’t want to leave it in the comment section, that is perfectly alright.  You can e-mail me at jumpforjoy (at) gmail (dot) com.

Blessings!
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still on track..

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still on track..

As many of you know I am reading through the bible with a group of awesome ladies from The Homeschool Village. We are reading the Bible in 90 Days. I must say, I am really enjoying myself. I am noticing details that I hadn’t noticed before. I had hoped to update at least once a week, but this past weekend and this week have been crazy busy around our house and I am just now making time to get a few thoughts down.

Yes, I am up to date on my reading. One of my biggest worries was falling behind and not being able to catch back up. So far, I have not had any issues about missing a day. I told myself when I started this, that I would read before I fell asleep each night. I have kept up with this for the most part. I am finding though that I am wanting to read during the day to see what I will be reading next. Yes, I am enjoying all of the little details of the Old Testament.

What am I enjoying the most about reading through cover to cover? Like I said before, the details. God has told his people from the beginning of time what to do and how to do it. I loved reading about his description of the Tabernacle. Actually, there hasn’t been anything that I haven’t enjoyed reading!

While several of the verses have really popped out to me, there were a couple that I have been thinking a lot on since I read them. I meant to share them with you when I read them last week, but time got away from me.

Exodus 4:10-12

10 But Moses said to the LORD, “Oh, my Lord, I am not eloquent, either in the past or since you have spoken to your servant, but I am slow of speech and of tongue.” 11 Then the LORD said to him, “Who has made man’s mouth? Who makes him mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Is it not I, the LORD? 12 Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you shall speak.”

The reason this popped out to me is, towards the end of 2011, I had thought about giving up the blog and not writing for the wonderful groups at Seeds of Faith and The Homeschool Village. I found myself comparing my writing and blogs to others. I felt like what I have to say isn’t as important as the other writers around. Just like Moses, I felt I wasn’t as eloquent or gifted enough of a writer.

I love God’s response to Moses, “Who has made man’s mouth? Who makes him mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Is it not I, the LORD? 12 Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you shall speak.”

Moses doesn’t give up though. He is trying his hardest to get out of being chosen to lead God’s people.

13 But he said, “Oh, my Lord, please send someone else.” 

But then do you see what God does?  He gives Moses help!  He sends Aaron, his brother!  

14 Then the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses and he said, “Is there not Aaron, your brother, the Levite? I know that he can speak well. Behold, he is coming out to meet you, and when he sees you, he will be glad in his heart. 15 You shall speak to him and put the words in his mouth, and I will be with your mouth and with his mouth and will teach you both what to do. 16 He shall speak for you to the people, and he shall be your mouth, and you shall be as God to him. 17 And take in your hand this staff, with which you shall do the signs.”

Moses didn’t have to do all of that work on his own.  He had Aaron to help, as well as God giving them the words to say.  God really will provide all that we need.  We just have to trust and wait on His timing.

So what does that mean for me?  It means I  was trying to do this blogging thing on my own.  That is how come it wasn’t working like I wanted it to.  Now that I have made a couple of goals for the new year (which I have yet to blog about!), I now have my priorities they way they should be.  Last week’s iFellowship post touched a bit on a couple of my goals.  Hopefully this weekend, I will be able to sit down and  talk about my personal, family and blogging goals.

I am linking up with Seeds of Faith for iFellowship and Mustard Seed Planting.  Be sure to stop by and visit!

iFellowship

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2012, iFellowship

still on track..

Written by Joy
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still on track..

As many of you know I am reading through the bible with a group of awesome ladies from The Homeschool Village. We are reading the Bible in 90 Days. I must say, I am really enjoying myself. I am noticing details that I hadn’t noticed before. I had hoped to update at least once a week, but this past weekend and this week have been crazy busy around our house and I am just now making time to get a few thoughts down.

Yes, I am up to date on my reading. One of my biggest worries was falling behind and not being able to catch back up. So far, I have not had any issues about missing a day. I told myself when I started this, that I would read before I fell asleep each night. I have kept up with this for the most part. I am finding though that I am wanting to read during the day to see what I will be reading next. Yes, I am enjoying all of the little details of the Old Testament.

What am I enjoying the most about reading through cover to cover? Like I said before, the details. God has told his people from the beginning of time what to do and how to do it. I loved reading about his description of the Tabernacle. Actually, there hasn’t been anything that I haven’t enjoyed reading!

While several of the verses have really popped out to me, there were a couple that I have been thinking a lot on since I read them. I meant to share them with you when I read them last week, but time got away from me.

Exodus 4:10-12

10 But Moses said to the LORD, “Oh, my Lord, I am not eloquent, either in the past or since you have spoken to your servant, but I am slow of speech and of tongue.” 11 Then the LORD said to him, “Who has made man’s mouth? Who makes him mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Is it not I, the LORD? 12 Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you shall speak.”

The reason this popped out to me is, towards the end of 2011, I had thought about giving up the blog and not writing for the wonderful groups at Seeds of Faith and The Homeschool Village. I found myself comparing my writing and blogs to others. I felt like what I have to say isn’t as important as the other writers around. Just like Moses, I felt I wasn’t as eloquent or gifted enough of a writer.

I love God’s response to Moses, “Who has made man’s mouth? Who makes him mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Is it not I, the LORD? 12 Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you shall speak.”

Moses doesn’t give up though. He is trying his hardest to get out of being chosen to lead God’s people.

13 But he said, “Oh, my Lord, please send someone else.” 

But then do you see what God does?  He gives Moses help!  He sends Aaron, his brother!  

14 Then the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses and he said, “Is there not Aaron, your brother, the Levite? I know that he can speak well. Behold, he is coming out to meet you, and when he sees you, he will be glad in his heart. 15 You shall speak to him and put the words in his mouth, and I will be with your mouth and with his mouth and will teach you both what to do. 16 He shall speak for you to the people, and he shall be your mouth, and you shall be as God to him. 17 And take in your hand this staff, with which you shall do the signs.”

Moses didn’t have to do all of that work on his own.  He had Aaron to help, as well as God giving them the words to say.  God really will provide all that we need.  We just have to trust and wait on His timing.

So what does that mean for me?  It means I  was trying to do this blogging thing on my own.  That is how come it wasn’t working like I wanted it to.  Now that I have made a couple of goals for the new year (which I have yet to blog about!), I now have my priorities they way they should be.  Last week’s iFellowship post touched a bit on a couple of my goals.  Hopefully this weekend, I will be able to sit down and  talk about my personal, family and blogging goals.

I am linking up with Seeds of Faith for iFellowship and Mustard Seed Planting.  Be sure to stop by and visit!

iFellowship

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2012, iFellowship

Seeking God and giving Him ALL the Glory

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Seeking God and giving Him ALL the Glory
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I have set down several times over the last few days and just haven’t known what to write about.  I have been meaning to sit down and write about my goals for our family, goals for our homeschooling and goals for my blog.  However, life has just happened and I have been doing what I am supposed to do.  Tending to my hubby and my children.  God is first in my life and then my husband and my children.  I told myself once the new year was here, that they would be my focus.

Since getting my priorities straight, two verses have come to my mind.


1 Chronicles 22:19


19 Now set your mind and heart to seek the LORD your God. Arise and build the sanctuary of the LORD God, so that the ark of the covenant of the LORD and the holy vessels of God may be brought into a house built for the name of the LORD.”


and

1 Corinthians 10:31


 31 So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

So what does these two verses mean to me?  It means that I need to seek God in everything I do and everything that I do, I need to do it for the glory of God.  I love my hubby and children.  I want them to know that I do.  While I can tell them daily that I love them, I also need to show them by blessing our home.  That means taking care.  It also means that I do ALL of it for the glory of God.  You see, God has given me everything that I have, including my hubby and my children.  I am so thankful for the loving, merciful God we have.  It is my goal daily, to live for God and God alone.  Not man.

Blessings!

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2012, iFellowship, Mustard Seed Planting