JohnD Posted January 31, 2020 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 0 Topic Count: 905 Topics Per Day: 0.19 Content Count: 9,646 Content Per Day: 2.02 Reputation: 5,832 Days Won: 9 Joined: 04/07/2011 Status: Offline Share Posted January 31, 2020 5 minutes ago, DustyRoad said: I'll be 8 months old in less than two weeks! The most astonishing and joyful day of my life was June 10, 2019. That's the day I was born again, the day Jesus Christ sent His Spirit to dwell with me. Nothing has been the same... Hallelujah! Wonderful! Best thing any of us can do once we make that eternal choice is to consult God's love letter / manual / the Bible with a vengeance. First things first: 1. God the Holy Spirit interprets the Bible (2 Peter 1:20) 2. Because God the Holy Spirit wrote the Bible (2 Peter 1:21) 3. How to be sure you are in touch with the Holy Spirit and not a false spirit (1 John 4:1) 4. We should be testing / proving all things anyway (1 Thessalonians 5:21) 6. By the Bible itself (Acts 17:11 / 2 Timothy 3:16-17) Hebrews 4:12 (AV) 12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. 2 Timothy 2:15 (AV) 15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. Deuteronomy 29:29 (AV) 29 The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law. Isaiah 28:9–13 (AV) 9 Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts. 10 For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little: 11 For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people. 12 To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear. 13 But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken. Proverbs 25:2 (AV) 2 It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frienduff thaylorde Posted January 31, 2020 Group: Mars Hill Followers: 17 Topic Count: 18 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 13,256 Content Per Day: 5.33 Reputation: 1 Days Won: 62 Joined: 07/07/2017 Status: Offline Birthday: 03/25/1972 Share Posted January 31, 2020 2 hours ago, DustyRoad said: I'll be 8 months old in less than two weeks! The most astonishing and joyful day of my life was June 10, 2019. That's the day I was born again, the day Jesus Christ sent His Spirit to dwell with me. Nothing has been the same... Hallelujah! hands up Dusty , hands up and praise the LORD . let us feast only more and only more on the bible . get well grounded in it . And leap up and praise the LORD my friend . Just rejoice in HIM . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blood Bought 1953 Posted February 1, 2020 Group: Royal Member Followers: 13 Topic Count: 48 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 6,726 Content Per Day: 2.88 Reputation: 6,258 Days Won: 5 Joined: 12/03/2017 Status: Offline Share Posted February 1, 2020 11 hours ago, JohnD said: For years I didn't remember when it actually was that I was reborn. At times I came forward thinking I hadn't done it or made it official. Then one day the Lord reminded me of a day in 1967 when my mother was very late picking me up from kindergarten. My teacher, Miss Maggard, patiently waited in one room and she had me go to another room where the lights were off and I was to put my head down on the table. I was a worry wart and feared the worst. This she believed would calm me. And it did. Still, I felt worried and embarrassed Miss Maggard had to be inconvenienced. I looked up at the calendar (I think it was April) and the picture at the top was of Jesus on the cross. I remember a warm feeling coming over me... comfort, assurance, and a knowing that the Lord claimed me and that I would be his forevermore. Many years later, I looked up Miss Maggard. I guess I was hoping to thank her for her Christian teaching in my kindergarten class. But I found her obituary here. A surprising read (even to me). I didn't know just how devoted this Godly Christian woman was until then. I am honored to have been her kindergarten student at Gardenside Christian Church in Lexington, Ky. And that this is where the Lord claimed me as his own. Don't tell me women don't make a difference in the faith! Plus both my grandmothers were praying women who prayed every day for everyone of their children and grandchildren and great grandchildren. Nostalgia break: This is the house we lived in at the time (to the right): 54 years ago I climbed the tree to the left way up into the small branches... tree was much smaller then... so was I I have taken several Harley Rides in the Lexington area......I usually focus my riding around those beautiful Horse Farms.....it takes me 2 hours to get to Lexington from Southern Ohio.....it’s always worth the ride.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blood Bought 1953 Posted February 1, 2020 Group: Royal Member Followers: 13 Topic Count: 48 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 6,726 Content Per Day: 2.88 Reputation: 6,258 Days Won: 5 Joined: 12/03/2017 Status: Offline Share Posted February 1, 2020 10 hours ago, DustyRoad said: I'll be 8 months old in less than two weeks! The most astonishing and joyful day of my life was June 10, 2019. That's the day I was born again, the day Jesus Christ sent His Spirit to dwell with me. Nothing has been the same... Hallelujah! Lol....my wife’s birthday ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blood Bought 1953 Posted February 1, 2020 Group: Royal Member Followers: 13 Topic Count: 48 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 6,726 Content Per Day: 2.88 Reputation: 6,258 Days Won: 5 Joined: 12/03/2017 Status: Offline Share Posted February 1, 2020 On 1/21/2020 at 9:45 PM, turtletwo said: This month marks my 47th Birthday ("Born Again Birthday", that is. ) I wrote a poem to celebrate this, the most important day in my life. I wanted to share it with you, my Worthy family Testimony- (A Poem I Wrote This Month) I praise God for Christian parents Ones who cared about my soul As a child the seeds were planted And I felt the Spirit's pull Grandma gave me my own Bible I discovered there's a Hell Then I read I was a sinner Who deserved to go there well But in Jesus there was mercy He who paid the price for sin I cried out to be forgiven And God's Spirit entered in In that moment Jesus found me I became a new creation Trusting in His blood to save me Christ alone was my salvation My desires changed to please Him These my Savior put in me Flowing freely for I loved Him living for eternity Scripture became precious to me In a way unlike before I would just devour it daily Finding I was craving more Telling others about Jesus How He died to save them, too Sharing with the lost the gospel Now was what I longed to do Praying, praising not a burden They became a pure delight Fellowshiping with my Savior Who had brought this blind soul sight This- my simple testimony How Christ made my heart brand new To the ones who still don't know Him He can do the same for you This little poem is a God-Inspired Masterpiece....Thanks for sharing ! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtletwo Posted February 1, 2020 Group: Royal Member Followers: 35 Topic Count: 1,192 Topics Per Day: 0.19 Content Count: 7,264 Content Per Day: 1.18 Reputation: 15,710 Days Won: 194 Joined: 07/15/2007 Status: Offline Author Share Posted February 1, 2020 17 hours ago, DustyRoad said: I'll be 8 months old in less than two weeks! The most astonishing and joyful day of my life was June 10, 2019. That's the day I was born again, the day Jesus Christ sent His Spirit to dwell with me. Nothing has been the same... Hallelujah! @DustyRoad Praise the Lord! I love the way you explained it. Life certainly does change. It is a beautiful thing. The scripture that came to mind as I read your post: 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted February 2, 2020 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 0 Topic Count: 905 Topics Per Day: 0.19 Content Count: 9,646 Content Per Day: 2.02 Reputation: 5,832 Days Won: 9 Joined: 04/07/2011 Status: Offline Share Posted February 2, 2020 On 1/31/2020 at 11:20 PM, Blood Bought 1953 said: I have taken several Harley Rides in the Lexington area......I usually focus my riding around those beautiful Horse Farms.....it takes me 2 hours to get to Lexington from Southern Ohio.....it’s always worth the ride.... Lived in also in Cincy (too young to remember well), Ft Thomas, Xenia (before the first BIG ONE) then Florida. ♥♥♥ the summers up there. Hated the rest of the seasons. Small world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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