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ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS

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  • 📌Something to think about.
  • 📌Do we do daily what the Scriptures say, or just when we want to?
  • 📌Believe it or not, this is a life and death issue.
  • 📌Do we watch a movie with vulgar language but say we don’t listen to those words?
  • 📌Do we participate in a play or other activities that may not be wholesome and pure. Because it is fun?
  • 📌What about books we read and television programs we watch?
  • There are many more to be named but I leave it to you.
  • 📍By participating in these activities we may be leading someone else down the wrong path.

2 Timothy 2:16 “Be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, accurately handling the word of truth. But avoid worldly and empty chatter, for it will lead to further ungodliness,”

‭‭2 Timothy‬ ‭2‬:‭15‬-‭16‬ “Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children; and walk in love, just as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma. But immorality or any impurity or greed must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints; and there must be no filthiness and silly talk, or coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but rather giving of thanks. For this you know with certainty, that no immoral or impure person or covetous man, who is an idolater, has an inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.

Therefore do not be partakers with them; for you were formerly darkness, but now you are Light in the Lord; walk as children of Light (for the fruit of the Light consists in all goodness and righteousness and truth), trying to learn what is pleasing to the Lord. Do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but instead even expose them; for it is disgraceful even to speak of the things which are done by them in secret. For this reason it says, “Awake, sleeper, And arise from the dead, And Christ will shine on you.” Therefore be careful how you walk, not as unwise men but as wise, making the most of your time, because the days are evil. So then do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.”

‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭5‬:‭1‬-‭12‬, ‭14‬-‭17‬ NASB1995

2024 is History and 2025 is a New Babe.

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As you may notice, I have been missing from this Blog.

Well it is true, I have. A lot has happened the last two years. I focused on daily Scripture writing and study and it took a lot of my time. But I also gained a lot of deep Scripture knowledge.

My husband questioned why I wanted to pay another fee to not use my blog. I told him I have plans to start using it. So here I go once again to see if I can stick with it.

A little about the last two years.

2022 is a bit of a blur because we went it to it with a heavy cloud over our head. My husband had spent 5 days in the hospital with the virus. I had the virus for the 2nd time at the same time.

Fast forward to 2023.

In August of 2023 my husband had open heart surgery.

WOW!!!! They cannot tell you how serious that is or no one would have it.

2024 was not a good health year for the three of us.

Started off with our son spending a week in the hospital with his legs and back causing issues.

Later he spent another night in the hospital with a severe pain in his side.

Then my husband had an issue and spent a few days in the hospital and ended up having surgery on his carotid artery.

In the meantime, I was having health issues. but finally something was figured out and I got my gallbladder out and it seems it has helped me tremendously. Before I could do that, my husband had to get a deliberator.

We truly hope and pray that 2025 is a new dawning for our family health wise. We are hopeful. We have been introduced to a new way-natural way of dealing with health issues. I will post about that later.

We realize that so many have lost loved ones. So many have family members or themself who are dealing with cancer. We even young friends who are dealing with life threating debilitating disease.

We do not feel sorry for ourselves because two of us have lived past the 70 years that the Bible speaks of in Psalm 90 :10

As for the days of our life, they contain seventy years, Or id due to strength, eighty years, Yet their pride is but labor and sorrow; For soon it is gone and we fly away.

We hope and pray each of you have a healthy and peaceful New Year during 2025

We are always willing to study the Scriptures with you to help you have a healthy Spiritual Life. Let us know and we will make it happen. Or you can go to http://www.worldbibleschool.org for an online Bible Study.

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How Should We Take Care of Our Body?

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  • Mark-1230-and-you-shall torn note paper whiteGenesis 1:27 NASB
    So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
    Ephesians 2:10 NASB 
    For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.                                     We only get one body, do you think we should take good care of it?  How are you taking care of your body?
  • 1 Corithians 19-20  Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? For you have been bought for a price: therefore glorify God in your body.

If you know me, you know that my main goal is to serve the LORD with all my strength, all my might, all my heart and all my mind. If you do not know me then know you know that is my main goal. Why is it my main goal? Because God commands us to do just that in 

Matthew 22:36-38 NASB

“Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” And He said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the great and foremost commandment.

Also in Deuteronomy 6:5 plus many more scriptures. 

When Jesus says that the great commandment in the Law is to Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, and mind, then I know that is the truth. That is why I strive to do just that. 

Thank you for reading this today. Please follow my site. I am on a journey to get and stay as healthy as I possible can. Both spiritually and physically. Please come along with me on this journey.

Blessing and prayers,

Shelia Holmes

For a Free Bible Study go: www.worldbibleschool.org

When We Feel Like a Failure.

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It May Seem Like We Have Failed but God Has Not.

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Anyone ever feel like you do not always understand why things do not work out the way you planned? I wish God would speak directly to us today to tell us exactly what He wants us to do. I wish He would say yes this is what I want you to do, or no don’t do that. Do you think we would really listen to Him or just argue with Him and tell Him what we want? Maybe I do not know what I am wishing for. There might be stricter consequences if He did that. We know He speaks directly to us through His Word and that is good enough because that is His plan.

I may fail God but He will never fail me. God will not fail us or forsake us. Hebrews 13:5 Make sure that your character is free from the love of money, being content with what you have; for He Himself has said, I WILL NEVER DESERT YOU, NOR WILL I EVER FORSAKE YOU.

Joseph’s brothers did evil to him but God used it for His glory and good. Genesis 50: 19 But Joseph said to them, Do not be afraid, for am I in God’s place? As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good in order to bring this present result, to preserve many people alive.

But sometimes I am a little confused on exactly what He wants me to do at a particular time in my life. I feel like the Israelites wandering in the wilderness for 40 years, not knowing what is going to happen next. I feel like Moses when he did not get to cross the Jordon into the promise land.  God spoke through Moses for 40 years.  Then in the end when he could not enter the promise land but he showed great faith when he spoke to the Israelites.  I cannot imagine how broken hearted Moses was but I can empathize with him. This seems more real to me than ever now. BUT Moses kept his faith and he gave God the glory and credit.  God was the one who crossed the Jordon ahead of them. Not Moses.  Deuteronomy 31: 3 It is the Lord your God who will cross ahead of you; …. Moses tells them in Deuteronomy 31:6 Be strong and courageous, do not be afraid or tremble at them, for the LORD your God is the one who goes with you.

What seems like failure to us may very well be glory and success for God.  We do not know God’s ways and that’s the way He planned it. He has revealed everything we need to know to us. Romans 11:33-36   Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and unfathomable His ways! For Who HAS KNOWN THE MIND OF THE LORD, OR WHO BECAME HIS COUNSELOR? Or WHO HAS FIRST GIVEN TO HIM THAT IT MIGHT BE PAID BACK TO HIM AGAIN? For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever. Amen.

God does not need us at all. Acts 17: 24 The God who made the world and all the things in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands; nor is He served by human hands, as though He needed anything, since He Himself gives to all people life and breath and all things; and He made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their habitation, that they would seek God, if perhaps they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each of us; for in Him we live and move and exist, …For we also are His children.

He does not need us, YET, He desires us. James 4:5 Or do you think that the Scripture speaks to no purpose: “He jealously desires the Spirit which He has made to dwell in us”?  8 Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double minded.  10 Humble yourselves in the presence of the Lord and He will exalt you. He desires us to be in His presence so much that.

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He gave His Only Son for our sacrifice. John 3:16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.

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Galatians 3:27 For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. 1 Corinthians 12: 13 For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and we were all made to drink of one Spirit. One thing I do know for sure:  The greatest commandment is found in Deuteronomy 6: 5 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. Matthew 22: 36-37 Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law? And He said to him, YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND. This is the great and foremost commandment. The second is like it. YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.

Without faith, we would be so lost we would die. We would not know which way to turn.  We truly stepped out on faith when we moved to Zambia and we continue to live our life on faith in God and all He says in His word is true. We do not fully understand what has happened or why and we may never know in this lifetime. But we believe Romans 8:28 is true and God will cause this all to work for His good and His glory. Romans 8:35 Who will separate us from the love of Christ: Will tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril or sword?

My charge to you is to keep the faith and keep on keeping on.

Romans 8: 37 But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us.  1 Peter 4:11 Whoever speaks, is to do so as one who is speaking the utterances of God; whoever serves is to do so as one who is serving by the strength which God supplies; so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belongs the glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.

We have been afforded the opportunity of a lifetime to live in Chipata Zambia for six months.  However, our greatest opportunity is to serve God with all our heart, mind, soul and strength where ever we are.

If you want to find this faith go to: http://www.worldbibleschool.org