~ The Harvest ~

THE HARVEST


There is a law, I see it all around.
In every plant, that's growing in the ground,
And every child, this simple law has known,
That you shall reap - reap what you have sown.
On that great day - that final harvest day.
When each alone - shall stand before the throne,
And only then - the faithful will be known
When we shall reap - reap what we have sown.
The heart of man is like a garden rare,
With plants both good - and evil growing there.
Yet oh so few this simple fact have known,
That in our lives - we reap what we have sown.
Come plant the truth of Christ within your heart,
His ageless life, to you He will impart.
And mortal man no greater truth has known,
Eternal life: we shall reap what He has sown! 
hope and pray you were blessed.

God is just a prayer away !

When we feel like crying out, "God, where are You?" It is good to know that He is just a prayer away. 

Apples , Apples and Apples this week's menu

Hello dear brother and sisters,

 I have been blessed with an abundance of apples ,

Praise the Lord !

so this week's menu will consist of:

homemade apple cider, homemade apple fritters yummy  ,homemade dehydrated Apple Cinnamon rings yay ,and of course homemade apple butter to go with my homemade sourdough breads YUM :)

the Lord is always so good to me I thank you Jesus ! hope and pray you all have a blessed a week. Remember dear ones when you put God first in obedience you'll never lack for anything  !!! 

Hugs and Love to all.

Jesus kept the Sabbath by doing good .

Jesus Kept the Sabbath by Doing Good

Then Jesus said to them, "I will ask you one thing: is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?" Luke 6:9, NKJV.

It is no violation of the Sabbath to perform works of necessity, as ministering to the sick or aged, and relieving distress. Such works are in perfect harmony with the Sabbath law. Our great Exemplar was ever active upon the Sabbath, when the necessities of the sick and suffering came before Him. The Pharisees, because of this, accused Him of Sabbathbreaking, as do many ministers today who are in opposition to the law of God. But we say, Let God be true, and every man a liar who dares make this charge against the Savior.

Jesus answered the accusation of the Jews thus, "If ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless." He had already declared to them that He had kept His Father's commandments. When He was accused of Sabbathbreaking in the matter of healing the withered hand, He turned upon His accusers with the question "Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill?" In summing up His answer to the questioning of the Pharisees He said, "Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days." Here Christ justified His work as in perfect harmony with the Sabbath law. - The Signs of the Times, February 28, 1878.

Those who hold that Christ abolished the law teach that He broke the Sabbath and justified His disciples in doing the same. Thus they are really taking the same ground as did the caviling Jews. In this they contradict the testimony of Christ Himself, who declared, "I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love" (John 15:10).

Neither the Savior nor His followers broke the law of the Sabbath. Christ was a living representative of the law. No violation of its holy precepts was found in His life.

Looking upon a nation of witnesses who were seeking occasion to condemn Him, He could say unchallenged, "Which of you convicteth me of sin?" (John 8:46, RV)....

"The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath," Jesus said. The institutions that God has established are for the benefit of humankind.... The law of Ten Commandments, of which the Sabbath forms a part, God gave to His people as a blessing. "The Lord commanded us," said Moses, "to do all these statutes, to fear the Lord our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive" (Deuteronomy 6:24).

keeping the Sabbath as a family .

Keeping the Sabbath as a Family

Therefore know that the Lord your God, He is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and mercy for a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His commandments. Deuteronomy 7:9, KJV.

Search the scriptures, parents. Be not only hearers, but doers of the Word. Meet God's standard in the education of your children. Let them see that you are preparing for the Sabbath on the working days of the week. All preparation should be made, every stitch taken, on the six working days; all cooking for the Sabbath should be done on the preparation day. It is possible to do this, and if you make it a rule, you can do it....

Explain your work and its purpose to your children, and let them help themselves and their parents in their preparation to keep the Sabbath according to the commandment. Lead your children to consider the Sabbath a delight, the day of days, the holy of the Lord, honorable....

On Friday the clothing of the children ... should all be laid out by their own hands under the direction of the mother, so that they can dress quickly, without any confusion or rushing about, and hasty speeches.... This is God's holy day; the day that He has set apart to commemorate His creative works; a day which He has sanctified and hallowed....

On the Sabbath, parents should give all the time they can to their children, thus making it a delight. I have seen many families where father, mother, and the older members of the household take themselves away from the younger children, and leave them to amuse themselves as best they can. After a while, the children become weary and go out of doors, and engage in play or some kind of mischief. Thus the Sabbath has no sacred significance to them. In pleasant weather the parents can take their children out for a walk in the fields and forest, and talk to them of the lofty trees, the shrubs and flowers, and teach them that God is the Maker of all these things. Then teach them the reasons for the Sabbath, that it is to commemorate God's created works. After working six days, He rested the seventh, and blessed and hallowed the day of His rest. Thus the most profitable instruction can be given.

Do you claim to be a Christian?

Christianity,what is it? Do you profess to be a Christian? are you a Christian according to Jesus Christ? or Christian of the world?
Definition of Christianity:

Chris·ti·an·i·ty

ˌkrisCHēˈanədē/

noun

1. the religion based on the person and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth, or its beliefs and practices.

   • Christian quality or character..

   
   

Well , now that we know the definition of Christianity.are you really a Christian? I'll give you an example of what I mean.

this is a Christian that follows Jesus Christ and his practices and beliefs.

OR are you a Christian of the world?

You can't have it both ways folks !
if you claim to be a Christian and practicing Christianity well if you're not following Jesus Christ His laws ,His ways, His practices then you are nothing more than the pagan! and you're doing it your way the Christianity of the world which equals the Christianity of Satan! so which is it choose ye this day!
hope and pray you were blessed....

What is the idol of your heart ?

Idolatry is not just a failure to obey God, it is a setting of the whole heart on something besides God.

It is impossible to understand your heart or your culture if you do not discern the counterfeit gods that influence them. In Romans 1:21-25 we are shown that idolatry is not only one sin among many, but what is fundamentally wrong with the human heart:

For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him … .They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator. (Romans 1:21, 25)

 Here is a long list of sins that create misery and evil in the world, but they all find their roots in this soil, the inexorable human drive for "god-making." In other words,idolatry is always the reason we ever do anything wrong. No one grasped this better than Martin Luther. In hisLarger Catechism (1528) and also hisTreatise on Good Works he wrote that the Ten Commandments begin with a commandment against idolatry. Why does this come first in the order? Because, he argued, the fundamental motivation behind law-breaking is idolatry. We never break the other commandments without breaking the first one. Why do we ever fail to love or keep promises or live unselfishly? Of course, the general answer is "because we are weak and sinful", but the specific answer in any actual circumstance is that there is something you feel you must have to be happy, that is more important to your heart than God himself. We would not lie unless first we had made something—human approval, reputation, power over others, financial advantage—more important and valuable to our hearts than the grace and favor of God. The secret to change is always to identify and dismantle the basic idols of the heart.

It is also impossible to understand a culture without discerning its idols. It is made clear that idolatry is not simply ritual worship, but a whole sensibility and pattern of life based on making particular finite values and created things into god-like absolutes. In the Bible, therefore, turning from idols always includes a rejection of the culture that the idols produce. God tells Israel that they must not only reject the other nations' gods, but "you shall not follow their practices." (Exodus 23:24) There is no way to challenge idols without doing cultural criticism, and there is no way to do cultural criticism without discerning and challenging idols. A good example of this is the preaching of  Paul in Athens (Acts 17) and Ephesus (Acts 19.) Paul challenged the gods of the city of Ephesus (Acts 19:26) and that led to such an alteration in the spending patterns of new converts that it changed the local economy. That in turn touched off a riot led by local merchants. Contemporary observers have often noted that modern Christians are as materialistic as everyone else in our culture. Could this be because our preaching of the gospel does not, like Paul's, include the exposure of our culture's counterfeit gods?

Identifying idols

I am not asking whether or not you have rival gods. I assume that we all do; they are hidden in every one of us. The question is: What do we do about them? How can we become increasingly clear-sighted rather than being under their delusional influence? How can we be free from our idols so we can make sound decisions and wise choices that are best for us and the people around us? How can we discern our idols?

One way requires that we look at our imagination. It was once said, "Your religion is what you do with your solitude." In other words, the true god of your heart is what your thoughts effortlessly go to when there is nothing else demanding your attention. What do you enjoy day-dreaming about? What is it that occupies your mind when you have nothing else to think about? Do you develop potential scenarios about career advancement? Or material goods such as a dream home? Or a relationship with a particular person? One or two day dreams do not indicate idolatry. Ask rather, what do you habitually think about to get joy and comfort in the privacy of your heart?

IS YOUR HEART FOCUSED ON JESUS ?

HOPE AND PRAY YOU WERE BLESSED....

Have you got the faith ?

When in faith we take hold of Jesus' strength, He will change, wonderfully change, the most hopeless, discouraging outlook.
Hope and Pray you were Blessed.