Anybody wants to post a Bible verse ?

[MrBear]

Judges 6:11

The angel of the Lord came and sat down under the oak in Ophrah that belonged to Joashthe Abiezrite, where his son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress to keep it from the Midianites. When the angel of the Lord appeared to Gideon, he said, “The Lord is with you,mighty warrior.”

Im sure Gideon was like. “ sir is there someone else here that I don’t see?”

Gideon was the farthest from a mighty man, he was hiding, when wheat was threshed it was tossed into the open wind and the wind would catch the Chaffee and the grain would fall to the floor and here was poor frightened Gideon hiding in the winepress

Did the angel know something he didn’t?

God had a plan for Gideon just like he has a plan for us- if we trust in him, Gideon faced overwhelming odds

300 men vs 120,000 Midianites, before the 300 Spartans there was Gideon and his 300

this little man put his faith in the Lord and was made mighty in the sight of men- so much they begged him to rule them, but Gideon declined and gave the glory to the Lord

8:23

But Gideon told them, “I will not rule over you, nor will my son rule over you. The Lord will rule over you.”

God can make the weak mighty, he can make the mighty fall, and even though we as Christians are outnumbered to the unbelievers like Gideon we to can triumph against impossible odds ??

SHALOM❤️

[Mama Etna]

The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.

Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.

Acts 5:30-31

[Mama Etna]

For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
Romans 8:29

[MrBear]

 1 Kings 22:20

20And the LORD said, ‘Who can entice Ahab to go into battle against Ramoth-gilead so he can be killed?’

“There were many suggestions, 21and finally a spirit approached the LORD and said, ‘I can do it!’

22“‘How will you do this?’ the LORD asked.

“And the spirit replied, ‘I will go out and inspire all of Ahab’s prophets to speak lies.’

“‘You will succeed,’ said the LORD. ‘Go ahead and do it.’

I love this because I ask you

DOES THE LORD NEED TO TAKE ADVICE FROM ANYONE?

all knowing all powerful?

my theory is ofcourse he doesn’t need advice but he loves his family much he wants to include us in his decisions??

—-but I like to look at it from another point of veiw—-

The spirit’s

I bet he made that spirits day, I imagine that spirit strutting around heaven for a millennial with a big smile on his face ?? 

“ hey remember the time God took my advice”

” That was my idea”

” hey I ever tell you the story?……….”

I bet he was grinning ear to ear the king of the universe said “ good idea”

???

I have a bucket list when I get to heaven of things to do

and I want to meet that spirit !?

” oh you read about that!?!” I picture him asking 

I bet he is still smiling?

so that verse reminds me God doesn’t need us, but he loves us and includes us 

SHALOM❤️

Edited November 21, 2021 by MrBear

[Mama Etna]

And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:

And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

Genesis 12:2-3

[Duck]

Song of Solomon 1:12
While the king is at his table,
My spikenard sends forth its fragrance.

John 12:3
Then Mary took a pound of very costly oil of spikenard, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped His feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the oil.

[MrBear]

Judges 16:5
And the lords of the Philistines came up to her and said to her, “Seduce him, and see where his great strength lies, and by what means we may overpower him, that we may bind him to humble him. And we will each give you 1,100 pieces of silver.”
So Delilah said to Samson, “Tell me the secret of your great strength and how you can be tied up and subdued.”

She would ask him 3 times and I thought to myself despite what we were shown in Sunday school comic books if Samson was this huge steroid  pumped up Arnold  Schwarzenegger looking man like we picture…. Delilah wouldn’t have to ask “ how are you so strong?”

I think he looked no different than you or me, God all through the Bible used the least expected to carry out his will :: Barren women, Moses, even the disciples were a group of misfits picked out so people wouldn’t say ‘ oh that’s just talented people’ , he clearly wanted people to know “ this is Gods work at hand”

So I think Samson would actually look just like us,. And like Samson God can use us to do great things to imbue us with the strength when we need it

People sometimes are afraid to ask God for things “ it’s too big” , “ I don’t want to bother him with this huge burden”

IS ANYTHING TOO BIG FOR GOD?

Its true that Samson did more in his last 5 minutes than he did his whole life , But when he needed it God gave him that strength he asked for?

and he will do that for us also 

Here is a poem about the little boy that held Samson’s hand it touched me ?

They gouged his eyes,
At first I could not bear to look,
Empty and raw and cruel,
I would not look,
The shock of emptiness knowing he would not see.

I watched the shaven head bowed low,
Rocking with the rhythm of the grindstone,
Round, round, round.

I watched the needless shackles,
Heavy and hard,
Biting the flesh,
That needs no binding.
 

Now,
It does not matter,
That his eyes are gone,
I am his eyes,
He sees through me,
He has to see through me,
There is no other way.
I have wept the tears he cannot weep,
For all those careless years
And I have learned to love this broken man
While he has learned, at last,
To fear his God.

So,
I am not afraid to die,
Happy to be his eyes,
This one last time,
Taking his hand,
Leading with practised care,
Step by guided step,
Into the place where he can pray:
‘Oh Lord, oh sovereign Lord’,
And as the pillars fall,
I cry,
Amen.

Ask him for strength and he will give it 

SHALOM❤️

Edited November 22, 2021 by MrBear

[Mama Etna]

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
1 John 1:9

[Walter and Deborah]

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[MomBearTo4]

Exodus 33:17-20
And the Lord said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken: for thou hast found grace in my sight, and I know thee by name. And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory. And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the Lord before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy. And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live.

 

2 Corinthians 3:18
But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.