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Goals closer relationship with God- Corinthians Chapter 2 , Paul talks about the Holy Spirit and how we are able to communicate with God’s spirit through the Holy Spirit that we have been given through our faith in Christ. Charles Stanly has several videos on the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is our helper inContinue reading “Day 25 and perfection”

Goals Get a closer relationship with God- Today starts a new chapter Corinthians 1. This starts Paul’s letter to the Christians in Corinth. Paul tells the church they must not be divided and need to stand together. Corinth was a big city and he implores the Christians to not let the culture and ways ofContinue reading “Day 24 and revisit forgiveness”

Goals closer relationship with God- today is the last chapter of Romans chapter 16. Paul concludes this letter to Rome with warnings of false teachers and ends it with a hymn of praise to God for revealing his word to us. Get Fit- upper body day! I do love bench presses 3 sets of 6,Continue reading “Day 23 and Swedish death cleaning”

Goals closer relationship with God- Today was Romans chapter 15, this chapter is a hard one. We are told that those stronger in faith should forget their needs and stand by those weaker in faith to lift them up. This is what Jesus did with us, that day he asked his Father to remove theContinue reading “Day 22 and heavy lifting”

Goals closer relationship with God- Romans 14 today. This chapter discusses how some of the decisions we have to make are not clearly spelled out in the Bible. Many things we know are wrong, other things we have to pray about and make the best decisions. Paul continues to talk about the 2 types ofContinue reading “Day 21 and thieving comparisons”

Goals Closer relationship with God- Today Chapter 13 of Romans and Paul continues to tell what living a life sacrificed to God means for us. This chapter makes me think about happiness. Why are we all so unhappy? JD Greear has a podcast that I was listening to last night that goes into Jesus’ talkContinue reading “Day 20 and are your expectations causing your unhappiness?”

Goals 1.Closer relationship with God. Today was a reread of Romans Chapter 11, then chapter 12. Paul tells us that a life of sacrifice involves our will , emotions and mind. We have to continually acknowledge that out hope is in God and not ourselves. I also wrote in my prayer journal. For those ofContinue reading “Day 19 and Nice Things”

Goals Closer Relationship with God- My more specific goal is to read the Bible daily and write in my prayer journal. I wanted to do the read your Bible in a year but I don’t want to get caught up reading a certain amount to say I did but not grasping the meaning. I doContinue reading “Day 18 A reflection day and finding hidden dangers”

Goals Closer relationship with God- abbreviated today because I have my granddaughters overnight last night and my little pony is not conducive to meditation. I did write out a prayer in my prayer journal Get Fit- lower body today, I found some additional sets I am adding using my squat rack, did the 3 setsContinue reading “Day 17 and digging”

Goals Closer relationship with God- Romans 11 , Paul continues to discuss Israel’s rejection of God. He uses this chapter to not try and mix works and Grace for salvation as they are not compatible. This chapter reminds me how blessed we are to have Grace. Get Fit- Upper body today. I am still benchingContinue reading “Day 16 and Focus”