To find local you-pick gardens, check your local newspapers or go to www.localharvest.org.
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Frugal Friday: Home Grown Vegetables
Eat home grown vegetables! If you don't have a garden, find a local you-pick garden. Last month we canned green beans we picked at a local you-pick garden. We picked 6, 5 gallon buckets. The price was $7 per bucket and we ended up with 65 quarts. That came to be 67 cents per quart! We are going to pick peas in the morning. The price of the peas are $7 per bucket and $1.50 per bucket if you choose the have them shelled. So, it will actually by $8.50 per bucket. We get approximately 7 quarts of peas per bucket. That ends up being $1.21 per quart; which I think is pretty frugal...and tasty!
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Theology Thursday: Active Obedience
Active Obedience:
A term referring to Christ's perfect obedience to God during his earthly life that earned the righteousness that God credits to those who place their faith in Christ.
Systematic Theology
by Wayne Grudem
Theology Thursday: Adoptionism
Adoptionism:
The false teaching that Jesus lived as an ordinary man until his baptism, at which time God "adopted" him as his "Son" and conferred on him supernatural powers; this teaching thus denies Jesus' preexistence and divine nature.
Systematic Theology
by Wayne Grudem
Theology Thursday: Amillennialism
Amillennialism:
The view that there will be no literal thousand-year bodily reign of Christ on earth prior to the final judgment and the eternal state; on this view, scriptural references to the millennium in Revelation 20 actually describe the present church age.
Systematic Theology
by Wayne Grudem
From Him, Through Him, To Him
The true woman knows that deeper than her own limitations and problems, is the bedrock of God's riches, wisdom, and knowledge. His unseen yet sovereign, eternal purposes are underneath it all, holding it all together.
"There is no pit so deep that He is not deeper still." Betsie ten Boom, while dying in the Nazi concentration camp at Ravensbruck.
"The eternal God is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms." Deut. 33:27
The Deep Riches of God
Rich in kindness, Romans 2:4
Rich in forbearance, Romans 2:4
Rich in patience, Romans 2:4
Rich in mercy, Eph. 2:4
Rich in grace, Eph. 1:7-8
The gold in God's mine will never be emptied. Never. It is limitless. It is inexhaustible. God will never experience economic collapse or even the slightest wave or bobble of uncertainty. "God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus" (Ph. 4:19). His always-available provision for your needs will neither strain nor drain the budget of the Most High. Rather, it will continue pouring from His hand into your life, utterly free and fathomless, from His bottomless resources. Whatever you need, whatever your deficit, the riches of God are more than what's required.
God knows everything--and everything about everything. The wisdom and knowledge of God are infinitely greater than our own.
"For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men" (1 Cor. 1:25)
Beyond Knowing
Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways! Rom 11:33
Inscrutable: incapable of being searched into and understood by inquiry or study; impossible or difficult to be explained or accounted for satisfactorily; incomprehensible; not easily understood; mysterious.
"In every situation and circumstance of your life, God is always doing a thousand different things that you CANNOT see and you DO NOT KNOW." John Piper
God is everything we are not. He makes no mistakes. He's not indebted to anyone, doesn't owe us anything. Nothing ever just occurs to God. Nothing ever surprises Him. He never has to scramble to come up with a solution. He has no sudden starts or emergency situations.
Circumstances may be difficult. They may be hard to understand--incomprehensible to your feeble sense. It may seem that His plan is not working; you can't imagine how the outcome could be anything but bleak. But you can be assured that God doesn't make mistakes. He has an eternal purpose in mind--a plan for the display of His glory throughout all the universe. He is working out that plan, and you are a part of it. You don't have to know what He's doing. Or why. The fact is, He knows. And that's all that really matters. and if you trust Him, in time, you will thank Him for the treasures that have resulted from those trials.
He is the Source and origin of our existence. He "upholds the universe by the world of his power". He is our supreme purpose. He is our goal. He created all things--for Himself and His pleasure. When we oppose His righteous, unsearchable judgements, He lovingly disciplines us as His children until we're back in line with the way things really are, the way He created all things to operate. And what is our response? "To him be glory forever. Amen" (Romans 11:36) Therefore, we submit our entire lives to His holy, eternal purposes. Amen. Let it be so!
Nancy Leigh Demoss,
Chapter 2
Voices of the True Woman Movement,
A Call to the Counter-Revolution
Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways! "For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor?" "Or who has given a gift to him that he might be repaid?" For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen. Rom 11:33-36
Worship Wednesday: Christ the Lord Has Risen Today
And entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe, and they were alarmed.
And he said to them, "Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen; he is not here. See the place where they laid him. Mark 16:5-6
CHRIST THE LORD IS RISEN TODAY
| WRITTEN BY: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 COMPOSED BY: Lyra Davidica, 1708 |
Earth and heaven in chorus say, Alleluia!
Raise your joys and triumphs high, Alleluia!
Sing, ye heavens, and earth reply, Alleluia!
2. Love's redeeming work is done, Alleluia!
Fought the fight, the battle won, Alleluia!
Death in vain forbids him rise, Alleluia!
Christ has opened paradise, Alleluia!
3. Lives again our glorious King, Alleluia!
Where, O death, is now thy sting? Alleluia!
Once he died our souls to save, Alleluia!
Where's thy victory, boasting grave? Alleluia!
4. Soar we now where Christ has led, Alleluia!
Following our exalted Head, Alleluia!
Made like him, like him we rise, Alleluia!
Ours the cross, the grave, the skies, Alleluia!
5. Hail the Lord of earth and heaven, Alleluia!
Praise to thee by both be given, Alleluia!
Thee we greet triumphant now, Alleluia!
Hail the Resurrection, thou, Alleluia!
6. King of glory, soul of bliss, Alleluia!
Everlasting life is this, Alleluia!
Thee to know, thy power to prove, Alleluia!
Thus to sing, and thus to love, Alleluia!
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Tasty Tuesday: Cinnamon Rolls
For many years I have been in search of the perfect cinnamon roll recipe. I have tried many that were very tasty but were not quite what I was looking for until now. May I present the best homemade cinnamon roll I have ever had!!!
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