06 Jun 09 He Loves Me!
This is an excerpt from Fields with God.
He Loves Me!
How often do we really look at how much God loves us? I did today.
He loves me, He loves me not, He loves me, He loves me not. When
young, we would pluck petals off daisies to discover the verdict.
He loves me!
How do I know? I put my nose up to a Purple Vervain wildflower. It is
everywhere this year! Our Joepyeweed will bloom soon and we have
lots of it, too. I also investigated another plant that I call “Arms of
God.” It is mostly green with white edged leaves. One small flower is
nearly hidden and protected in the center of four slightly larger flowers.
He loves me!
He loves me not.
Don’t we sometimes feel like we are
far from God’s love? Sometimes
we just don’t feel
worthy.
How could He possibly love me?!
Yet we are told that nothing shall separate us from His love, goodness
and blessing . . . unless we let it! Greater God sees us through the perfection
of His Son, and through the offering of His Son who make us
“perfect.”
He loves me!
Rom. 8:31-39 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for
us, who can be against us? He that spared not his own Son, but delivered
him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us
all things? Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect? It is
God that justifieth. Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died,
yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God,
who also maketh intercession for us. Who shall separate us from the
love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine,
or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written, For thy sake we
are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through
him that loved us. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life,
nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor
things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall
be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus
our Lord.
03 May 09 Power, Part 2
Exodus 15:6Thy right hand, O LORD, is become glorious inpower: thy right hand, O LORD, hath dashed in pieces the enemy.Exodus 32:11And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with greatpower, and with a mighty hand? Deuteronomy 8:17, 18 And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth.But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.
02 May 09 Zephi’s Wedding Pics
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01 May 09 Power, God’s
Look the word up in a dictionary (http://definr.com/power)and think about it! (also see below for an entire dictionary entry.) If you meditate on this one word, in the concept of God’s power; “all power”, you will have no problem with faith. You will have no problem with anything! More and more, I am seeing that we are lacking in mental focus. Meditation means (see below) and is a chance to do that; a chance to develop our concentrated focus. In this case, when we focus on God’s power, not neglecting his unstoppable love for us, we know that we have all the things we need and desire. Don’t forget, He is our loving Father and wants to give us “the kingdom.”
30 Apr 09 Life after Kids
I have not written anything about children or homeschooling for so long. Sorry! But it seems like there really is a life after kids and it does not include the day to day to day activities, or teaching that would be of interest to homeschooling parents. The latest family thing was Zephi and John’s wedding in South Dakota on April 4th. There was a huge snowstorm and even natives were having trouble getting to the church. Nevertheless it will be very memorable because of that. It was nice to be together with family. Everyone was there except Ezra who is stationed in Kuwait and his wife, Nikole, living at the base in Alaska.John is in the Air Force and he and Zephi will be moving to Japan soon with his transfer, for four years. Zephi Perea and Jessica Jobes both have active Facebook pages if you want to keep up with family news.
27 Feb 09 Are You Really Listening?
Matthew 13
9“Are you listening to this? Really listening?”
10The disciples came up and asked, “Why do you tell stories?”
11-15…Whenever someone has a ready heart for this, the insights and understandings flow freely. But if there is no readiness, any trace of receptivity soon disappears. …In their present state they can stare till doomsday and not see it, listen till they’re blue in the face and not get it. I don’t want Isaiah’s forecast repeated all over again:
Your ears are open but you don’t hear a thing.
Your eyes are awake but you don’t see a thing.
The people are blockheads!
They stick their fingers in their ears
so they won’t have to listen;
They screw their eyes shut
so they won’t have to look,
so they won’t have to deal with me face-to-face
and let me heal them.
16-17“But you have God-blessed eyes—eyes that see! And God-blessed ears—ears that hear! A lot of people, prophets and humble believers among them, would have given anything to see what you are seeing, to hear what you are hearing, but never had the chance.
… 23“The seed cast on good earth is the person who hears and takes in the News, and then produces a harvest beyond his wildest dreams.”.’”
Are you listening to this? Really listening?… 51Jesus asked, “Are you starting to get a handle on all this?”
They answered, “Yes.”
52He said, “Then you see how every student well-trained in God’s kingdom is like the owner of a general store who can put his hands on anything you need, old or new, exactly when you need it.”
58But Jesus said, “A prophet is taken for granted in his hometown and his family.” He didn’t do many miracles there because of their hostile indifference.
26 Feb 09 God’s Economy, Baby!
Have you been listening, believing and seeing the bad money news? Sure… that’s exactly how it happens! Faith cometh by hearing.. hearing both bad and good. First you hear it, then you believe it, then you think it, then you see it. Simple. And the more people doing this, the worse it will be. As for me, I made a decision long ago to live above the world. Since this whole “mess” started, I decided to continue my pattern. I turn off the news, refuse to listen, hear or think about it, but continue to put my trust in God. Now I can tell you again that He never fails you when you don’t let your faith fail. In every situation in my (money is what we are talking about here) things are better than last year. I’m not talking about personal income. I’m talking about things like investments being worth more than a year ago, commissions I have to pay people being less, and even costs of big ticket items I need being down! Moreoever, every debt/bill was/is paid when it comes due! Go figure! 
People, you really can put your trust in the Lord. First get plugged in to Jesus if you are not, then simple believe what he says! Why is it so difficult?
Isaiah 55 The Message (Excerpts.. read it all!)
1-5 “Hey there! All who are thirsty,
come to the water!
Are you penniless?
Come anyway—buy and eat!
Come, buy your drinks, buy wine and milk.
Buy without money—everything’s free!…
Listen to me, listen well: Eat only the best,
fill yourself with only the finest.
Pay attention, come close now,
listen carefully to my life-giving, life-nourishing words.
I’m making a lasting covenant commitment with you, …
8-11“I don’t think the way you think.
The way you work isn’t the way I work.”
God’s Decree.
“For as the sky soars high above earth,
so the way I work surpasses the way you work,
and the way I think is (WAAAAAAAAAAAAY lol) beyond the way you think.…
12-13“So you’ll go out in joy,
you’ll be led into a whole and complete life.
The mountains and hills will lead the parade,
bursting with song.
All the trees of the forest will join the procession,
exuberant with applause.
No more thistles, but giant sequoias,
no more thornbushes, but stately pines—
Monuments to me, to God,
living and lasting evidence of God.”
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25 Feb 09 We Really Are The King’s Kids
We should meditate on this more often. We are children of God. What does that mean? Think about it. You have children… you want to give them everything. Everything it is in your power to give, you give. Well God has all power. Why would He not give us absolutely everything also? We are his heirs. All he has is ours.
Galatians 4:
4But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
5To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
6And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
7Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
23 Feb 09 Be Healed– Choose
Need healing? Need to walk in greater health? Simple.. believe the mulitude of Bible verses and STOP believing symptoms! Jesus has paid the price, now we have the easy part. Don’t have to lift a finger! Just CHOOSE to believe! That’s all it takes. Really.
Matthew 12:15 ” great multitudes followed him (Jesus), and he healed them all..
Matthew 14:14 And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick. (sssssssssssssssoooo many verse like this in the gospels, grad hold of them!)
Deuteronomy 30:19
I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:
19 Feb 09 Is it Not Obvious to You?
Excerpts from Galatians 3: 7-14, The Message
7-8Is it not obvious to you that persons who put their trust in Christ (not persons who put their trust in the law!) are like Abraham: children of faith?…Scripture anticipated this in the promise to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed in you.”
We must live by faith, it is the only way, the only possible way to live a life both satisfying and pleasing to God.
“..anyone who tries to live by his own effort, independent of God, is doomed to failure. Scripture backs this up: “Utterly cursed is every person who fails to carry out every detail written in the Book of the law.”
…Rule-keeping does not naturally evolve into living by faith, but only perpetuates itself in more and more rule-keeping, a fact observed in Scripture: “The one who does these things [rule-keeping] continues to live by them.”
13-14Christ redeemed us from that self-defeating, cursed life by absorbing it completely into himself. Do you remember the Scripture that says, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”? That is what happened when Jesus was nailed to the cross: He became a curse, and at the same time dissolved the curse. And now, because of that, the air is cleared and we can see that Abraham’s blessing is present and available for non-Jews, too. We are all able to receive God’s life, his Spirit, in and with us by believing—just the way Abraham received it.
