Jan 3
2006

Greetings from Me and My House,

I’m on a roll, a blog everyday in this new year. Don’t count on it continuing.

But something I do hope YOU continue is your daily Bible reading and study. Everyday of not only this year, but every year for the rest of your life. It is said, “This book will keep you from sin, or sin will keep you from this book.” I hope sin in your life is forgiven. That not only the presence of sin is under the blood, but the power of sin over your life is broken. And that you have a deep hunger for God’s Word, and reading, studying, and hiding it in your heart every day.

The children and I are finishing a wonderful book from the early 1800′s. (Sound familiar? Yes, older books really are much better usually.) This one is entitled The Scripture Guide and is by James W. Alexander. It is a great introduction to understanding the Bible for children. It is written as a dialog between an uncle and his two young nephews that he is instructing. It concludes with 30 directions for reading the Bible that we would all be benefitted by keeping in mind.

I have read many children’s introductions to the Bible. This is by far the best, for delight in reading, and understanding the Scriptures as God’s Word, and how we should approach our study of them.

I highly recommend that you enhance your reading of the Bible, with an understanding of the Bible itself, not just individual verses, but as a whole. The Scripture Guide is a great way to do that.

At Jesus’ feet,
Lisa @Me and My House

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Jan 2
2006

Greetings from Me and My House,

On the first day of the New Year (Sunday, yesterday) we were presented a great sermon, and it really got me thinking.

Our son-in-law, Mitch preached on Mary’s conception (kind of – actually it was on purpose – God-given and Eternal lasting). Anyhow, he talked about God’s visitation and how it is for the purpose of impartation. How God visited Mary and imparted something Eternal in her – Life, that she gave birth to. He related it to God’s visitations to us. In revival, God many times presents Himself in very real ways, He seems “closer”, more real and active in our lives. But these times of God’s visitations aren’t just to make us feel good, and “have fun” in the presence of God, but rather to impart something eternal in us – a life purpose. Some people get all upset when the “felt presence” of the visitation is no longer there. But we can’t dictate when God’s manifest presence comes and how long it stays. But He does come for a purpose. To impart Life to us. He places a seed within us, and breathes Life upon that seed, and it begins to grow. That “thing” God imparts, has a life of its own, it grows and develops. It is God-given, not a work of the flesh (dead) striving, etc.

Anyhow, I really got to thinking on what did come out of the time we had that manifest presence at our church, several years ago – for me personally. I believe God did impart something Eternal, something with Life in me at that time. And it has been growing ever since. It was in the prayer room during that visitation (when I was great with child with Isaiah) that God spoke clearly to me that I would have a “Deborah” ministry (the prophetess in the Old Testament). I would lead others, but from under my own “palm tree”.

Up until that time, my focus was mainly on traveling, and going places to teach and such. I so wanted that to expand, but it wasn’t happening at that time – in fact was slowing down. I wasn’t happy about the circumstances that were slowing it down (and that wasn’t my children!) I also was really living under the feeling that, “a prophet is not accepted in his home city”. So I figured, that outside ministry was pretty much at an end for me – although, that is not what God was saying through others all around me. But I knew that all things go through a dormancy/wilderness stage – the death of the seed, before there can be the birth of the plant. Anyhow, I had cried out to God that I really didn’t want to keep teaching (or rather my main focus to be) on “beans” (my nutrition teaching). I didn’t care about “beans” and wanted my emphasis to be on teaching things of eternal purpose.

The Deborah “anointing” had been applied to me many times, but I really didn’t (and still don’t) know all the implications of it. But it was within that next year, that God greatly expanded my “online” ministry. It has been an area of great growth continually since then. My email list is far bigger than I ever dreamed, and many others are ministered to through my homeschool blog, and my website and my other blogs. I have several individuals that I have personal, close connection with, that truly feel God is using me to help disciple. I am truly ministering from “under my own palm tree”. I am truly teaching of things of eternal purpose.

GOD IS TRULY GREAT AND FAITHFUL – not that we deserve any of it, but He is faithful to His purposes and His plans – and He chooses to work them through us, unworthy vessels. To Him be all the glory and honor. Amen.

At Jesus’ feet,
Lisa @Me and My House

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Jan 1
2006

Greetings from Me and My House,

I hope you all had a “Blessed Incarnation of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, Emmanuel, Day” (think about it – “Christmas”) and a triumphant entry to the New Year.

If you don’t have a Bible Reading Plan I encourage you to begin one. It is a great way to begin the New Year, with a plan to read God’s Word completely through, during the year. It is important to read the Bible, completely and in context (as opposed to haphazardly, here a little, there a little). There are many plans you can follow. A very easy one is to read about 3 chapters a day (5 on the Lord’s Day/Sabbath).

One we are enjoying following is a bit different. It prescribes reading from both the Old and New Testaments everyday, and takes you through the whole Bible completely once, and the New Testament and Psalms twice in the year. The layout of it divides the readings into Family and Individual readings, so half the chapters will be read by yourself, and the other half as part of your daily Family Altar time (I hope you are doing this too.)

One great thing about this schedule is that the whole family (and perhaps your whole church, if they do such) is reading the same chapters each day and you can all discuss them at any time. It is a great way to bring spiritual unity in growth, in the family and the church.

This schedule was arranged by Robert Murray M‘Cheyne, who lived in the early 1800’s. It is/was recommended by Ravi Zacharias, Charles Spurgeon and John Stott, among many others.

Here’s a link to a site where you can download/print the schedule. (There are many others, but I like the format of this one – legal size, folds to brochure to fit in Bible, large enough to read easily.) Look under Daily Bible Reading and click on pdf file:
www.mountzion.org/see.html

(Put M’Cheyne Bible into a google search and you will come up with many others, some interactive online versions.)

And here’s a link to a website where you can download free Bible Reader software for reading the Bible on your Palm (or other) handheld, and M’Cheyne reading schedule that you can check off the chapters as you read them. Click on your type of handheld on the left to get the download page for Bible Reader.
www.olivetree.com/download/

Then click on this page to choose a bible version to download. Several are free. KJV is $5.00.
www.olivetree.com/store/catalog/Products-p-1-c-259.html

Then click on this page, on Robert Murray M’Cheyne’s Schedule to download his reading schedule:
www.olivetree.com/handheld/BibleReadMe/

You can also download many other books (many for free) to read on your Palm with Bible Reader. But that’s another topic for another day.
For today, start a systematic reading of the Bible itself – for a Blessed New Year!

At Jesus’ feet,
Lisa @ Me and My House ministries
for Christian Family Discipleship
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