My Attitude Has Stunk Lately!!!!

I have to remind my self of Philippians 4:7 often.

My attitude has really stunk lately.  I cannot feel the peace that passes all understanding when my attitude stinks . All I feel is a lot of unrest.

 Some words really spoke to my heart as I was reading scriptures today.

Matthew 22:37

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul and with all your mind.

Colossians 3:1-3,5 

(Speaking to those who have been baptized into Christ)

Therefore if you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.

Set you mind on the things above, not on things that are on earth.

For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

v 5 So put to death whatever in your nature belongs to the earth...

Romans 12:2-3

Do not be conformed to this present world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.

For by the grace given to me I say to every one of you not to think more highly of yourself that you ought to think; but to think with sober discernment as God has given to each a measure of faith.

Why has my attitude stunk lately?

Selfishness

Self-centered ambition

Thinking more highly of my self than I ought.

Not loving God more than myself.

Not loving God with all my heart, soul and mind.

Not seeking the things above where Christ is seated with God.

Not setting my mind above but setting it on the things of this earth.

Being conformed to this world. 

Not renewing my mind with the Word of God.

What do I need to do about this stinking attitude?

Love the Lord God with all my heart, mind and soul.

Seek thing above.

Stop being selfish.

Stop being self centered.

Think more highly of others.

Love God more than myself.

Do not be conformed to this world.

Set my mind on things above and stay in the Word and Prayer.

If you need a change in attitude get into the Word and listen to God speak to you just click on the link below.

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My Attitude Has Stunk Lately!!!!

I have to remind my self of Philippians 4:7 often.

My attitude has really stunk lately.  I cannot feel the peace that passes all understanding when my attitude stinks . All I feel is a lot of unrest.

 Some words really spoke to my heart as I was reading scriptures today.

Matthew 22:37

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul and with all your mind.

Colossians 3:1-3,5 

(Speaking to those who have been baptized into Christ)

Therefore if you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.

Set you mind on the things above, not on things that are on earth.

For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

v 5 So put to death whatever in your nature belongs to the earth...

Romans 12:2-3

Do not be conformed to this present world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.

For by the grace given to me I say to every one of you not to think more highly of yourself that you ought to think; but to think with sober discernment as God has given to each a measure of faith.

Why has my attitude stunk lately?

Selfishness

Self-centered ambition

Thinking more highly of my self than I ought.

Not loving God more than myself.

Not loving God with all my heart, soul and mind.

Not seeking the things above where Christ is seated with God.

Not setting my mind above but setting it on the things of this earth.

Being conformed to this world. 

Not renewing my mind with the Word of God.

What do I need to do about this stinking attitude?

Love the Lord God with all my heart, mind and soul.

Seek thing above.

Stop being selfish.

Stop being self centered.

Think more highly of others.

Love God more than myself.

Do not be conformed to this world.

Set my mind on things above and stay in the Word and Prayer.

If you need a change in attitude get into the Word and listen to God speak to you just click on the link below.

www.bigcountry.worldbibleschool.org

Think About The Babies

Psalm 139:13-16

¹³ 

For You formed my inward parts;

You wove me in my mother’s womb.

¹⁴ 

I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;

Wonderful are Your works,

And my soul knows it very well.

¹⁵ 

My frame was not hidden from You,

When I was made in secret,

And skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth;

¹⁶ 

Your eyes have seen my unformed substance;

And in Your book were all written

The days that were ordained for me,

When as yet there was not one of them.

Exodus 20:13

New American Standard Bible (NASB)

¹³ “You shall not murder."

How many abortions are performed in the United States each year?

According to the Guttmacher Institute, there were 1.21 million abortions performed in the United States in 2008, the most recent year for which data is available. This amounts to 3,322 abortions per day.

Source: Jones, Rachel K. and Kathryn Kooistra. "Abortion Incidence and Access to Services in the United States, 2008." Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health 43, no. 1 (2011, March): 41-50 [PDF]  

How many abortions are performed at each stage of pregnancy?

The following table lists both the percentage of abortions performed during various stages of pregnancy, along with the total yearly abortions at each stage, based on a total of 1.2 million abortions per year (see above).

Gestational Age	Percentage	Yearly Total
Less than 9 weeks	61.8%	749,232
9-10 weeks	17.1%	207,312
11-12 weeks	9.1%	110,324
13-15 weeks	6.6%	80,015
16-20 weeks	3.8%	46,069
21+ weeks	1.5%	18,185

Source: Guttmacher Institute, 2011, August. Facts on Induced Abortion in the United States.[PDF]  

Let us not remain silent. Let us speak up for the babies that are being murdered every day and every year. They have no voice but we can be their voice. Let us get to the polls and speak up for the innocent so they may live to do something great for God. 

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Think About The Babies

Psalm 139:13-16

¹³ 

For You formed my inward parts;

You wove me in my mother’s womb.

¹⁴ 

I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;

Wonderful are Your works,

And my soul knows it very well.

¹⁵ 

My frame was not hidden from You,

When I was made in secret,

And skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth;

¹⁶ 

Your eyes have seen my unformed substance;

And in Your book were all written

The days that were ordained for me,

When as yet there was not one of them.

Exodus 20:13

New American Standard Bible (NASB)

¹³ “You shall not murder."

How many abortions are performed in the United States each year?

According to the Guttmacher Institute, there were 1.21 million abortions performed in the United States in 2008, the most recent year for which data is available. This amounts to 3,322 abortions per day.

Source: Jones, Rachel K. and Kathryn Kooistra. "Abortion Incidence and Access to Services in the United States, 2008." Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health 43, no. 1 (2011, March): 41-50 [PDF]  

How many abortions are performed at each stage of pregnancy?

The following table lists both the percentage of abortions performed during various stages of pregnancy, along with the total yearly abortions at each stage, based on a total of 1.2 million abortions per year (see above).

Gestational Age	Percentage	Yearly Total
Less than 9 weeks	61.8%	749,232
9-10 weeks	17.1%	207,312
11-12 weeks	9.1%	110,324
13-15 weeks	6.6%	80,015
16-20 weeks	3.8%	46,069
21+ weeks	1.5%	18,185

Source: Guttmacher Institute, 2011, August. Facts on Induced Abortion in the United States.[PDF]  

Let us not remain silent. Let us speak up for the babies that are being murdered every day and every year. They have no voice but we can be their voice. Let us get to the polls and speak up for the innocent so they may live to do something great for God. 

For a Free Bible Study Click Here:

www.bigcountry.worldbibleschool.org

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I do appreciate everyone who visits my Blog.
Blessings and Have a Great Day.
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10,000 Views Give Away-Only 258 more Views Until....

Give Away only applies to USA visitors at this time.

Only 1,000  258 more views and I will be announcing a winner.
Winner gets the tea light cover of their choice from the ones pictured.
When I reach 10,000 Views, I will be giving  away One Fall Tea Light.
The Winner may pick One Tea Light of their choice from the ones shown in the picture.
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Also, tell me what you like best about this Blog.
2. Please Follow me with GFC or Google + and Like my Face Book Page.
I would appreciate it so much. This is not mandatory, just a wish.
Winner will be picked randomly from all who leave a comment on this page.
Hurry as I am quickly approching 10,000 Views.
I do appreciate everyone who visits my Blog.
Blessings and Have a Great Day.
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How Shall They Hear?

 All Photos are copyrighted by Shelia Holmes 2012

Romans 10: 14-15

How then will they call on Him in whom they have not believed?

How will they believe in Him whom they have not heard?

And how will they hear without a preacher?

How will they preach unless they are sent? Just as it is written,

"HOW BEAUTIFUL ARE THE FEET OF THOSE WHO BRING GOOD NEWS OF GOOD THINGS!

 All Photos are copyrighted by Shelia Holmes 2012

Romans 10:17 

So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.

Acts 19:5

And when they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

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How Shall They Hear?

 All Photos are copyrighted by Shelia Holmes 2012

Romans 10: 14-15

How then will they call on Him in whom they have not believed?

How will they believe in Him whom they have not heard?

And how will they hear without a preacher?

How will they preach unless they are sent? Just as it is written,

"HOW BEAUTIFUL ARE THE FEET OF THOSE WHO BRING GOOD NEWS OF GOOD THINGS!

 All Photos are copyrighted by Shelia Holmes 2012

Romans 10:17 

So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.

Acts 19:5

And when they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

Click this link for a Free Bible Study:

www.bigcountry.worldbibleschool.org

10,000 Views Give Away

This Photo is Copyrighted by Shelia Holmes
Embroidery Pattern is by Embroidery Garden
Give Away is only open to USA at this time.

When I reach 10,000 Views, I will be giving  away One Fall Tea Light.
The Winner may pick One Tea Light of their choice from the ones shown in the picture.
1. All you have to do is leave a comment to this post saying which Tea Light Cover you would most like to have.
Also, tell me what you like best about this Blog.
2. Please Follow me with GFC or Google + and Like my Face Book Page.
I would appreciate it so much. This is not mandatory, just a wish.
Winner will be picked randomly from all who leave a comment on this page.
Hurry as I am quickly approching 10,000 Views.
I do appreciate everyone who visits my Blog.
Blessings and Have a Great Day.
For a Free Bible Study go here:
www.bigcountry.worldbibleschool.org

10,000 Views Give Away

This Photo is Copyrighted by Shelia Holmes
Embroidery Pattern is by Embroidery Garden
Give Away is only open to USA at this time.

When I reach 10,000 Views, I will be giving  away One Fall Tea Light.
The Winner may pick One Tea Light of their choice from the ones shown in the picture.
1. All you have to do is leave a comment to this post saying which Tea Light Cover you would most like to have.
Also, tell me what you like best about this Blog.
2. Please Follow me with GFC or Google + and Like my Face Book Page.
I would appreciate it so much. This is not mandatory, just a wish.
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I do appreciate everyone who visits my Blog.
Blessings and Have a Great Day.
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Welcome Autumn

Genesis 1: 14

Then God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years;

2 Timothy 4: 2

preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with great patience and instruction.

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Welcome Autumn

Genesis 1: 14

Then God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years;

2 Timothy 4: 2

preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with great patience and instruction.

Click the link below for an Online Bible Study:
www.bigcountry.worldbibleschool.org

Water John 4:14 and John 6:35

As I read Lemonade Makin' Mama's Blog about blood:water mission I was reminded of the first trip I made to Zambia.

photo by blood:water.mission

I was in total shock because of the lack of clean water. For that matter for the lack of any kind of water.

We stayed in a "nice" guest houses. At times we had no running water. The cleanness of it was questionable at best. Some times it ran and sometimes it didn't. Sometimes it was cloudy and sometimes it was brown. 

This was in a major cities of Zambia.

photo by blood:water.mission

What about in the villages?

We traveled to three different villages in the bush.

Where was the water?

Not in the huts.

Not in the schools.

Not in the church buildings where we did the medical missions.

Not in the baptistery.

The pools of water that they used to baptize were muddy, dirty, spots where people washed their clothes

and dipped five gallon buckets of water to take home to drink and cook with.

We took the water we needed with us.

photo by blood:water.mission

In 2007 we stayed in the bush for eight days and nights where there was no electricity or running water.

I never even saw a  borehole(water well). I do not know where they got the water.

Some how the men kept the 55 gallon barrels full of water and hot for us to use to bathe with.

They were such servants. I never saw them carrying the water. I did occasionally see them adding wood to the fire and stoke it.

Bore Holes or Wells as we call them are hard to find. Many times the people go to the dirty pools of water wherever they can find them. 

photo by blood:water.mission

Turn your water off for a day and do not use it. 

Think about what it would be like to live every day with little or no clean water. 

Think about what we as Americans waste everyday by drinking a half of a bottle of water and throwing the rest out.

Think about how little one dollar means to most of us.

Think about what you can do to help the billions of people who do not have clean water.

photo by blood:water.mission

If you want to help blood:water mission , please do.

If you want to donate money to our program that teaches the gospel 

and drills water wells in Zambia,

 you may contact me by leaving me a comment.

John 4:14

but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him shall never thirst; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life.

John 6:35

Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life; the who comes to Me will not hunger, and he who believes in Me will never thirst.

For a Free Bible Study Click Here:

bigcountry.worldbibleschool.org

I am not affiliated with Lemonade Makin' Mama or blood:water mission. I am affiliated with the church that supports a work in the Eastern Province of Zambia.

Water John 4:14 and John 6:35

As I read Lemonade Makin' Mama's Blog about blood:water mission I was reminded of the first trip I made to Zambia.

photo by blood:water.mission

I was in total shock because of the lack of clean water. For that matter for the lack of any kind of water.

We stayed in a "nice" guest houses. At times we had no running water. The cleanness of it was questionable at best. Some times it ran and sometimes it didn't. Sometimes it was cloudy and sometimes it was brown. 

This was in a major cities of Zambia.

photo by blood:water.mission

What about in the villages?

We traveled to three different villages in the bush.

Where was the water?

Not in the huts.

Not in the schools.

Not in the church buildings where we did the medical missions.

Not in the baptistery.

The pools of water that they used to baptize were muddy, dirty, spots where people washed their clothes

and dipped five gallon buckets of water to take home to drink and cook with.

We took the water we needed with us.

photo by blood:water.mission

In 2007 we stayed in the bush for eight days and nights where there was no electricity or running water.

I never even saw a  borehole(water well). I do not know where they got the water.

Some how the men kept the 55 gallon barrels full of water and hot for us to use to bathe with.

They were such servants. I never saw them carrying the water. I did occasionally see them adding wood to the fire and stoke it.

Bore Holes or Wells as we call them are hard to find. Many times the people go to the dirty pools of water wherever they can find them. 

photo by blood:water.mission

Turn your water off for a day and do not use it. 

Think about what it would be like to live every day with little or no clean water. 

Think about what we as Americans waste everyday by drinking a half of a bottle of water and throwing the rest out.

Think about how little one dollar means to most of us.

Think about what you can do to help the billions of people who do not have clean water.

photo by blood:water.mission

If you want to help blood:water mission , please do.

If you want to donate money to our program that teaches the gospel 

and drills water wells in Zambia,

 you may contact me by leaving me a comment.

John 4:14

but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him shall never thirst; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life.

John 6:35

Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life; the who comes to Me will not hunger, and he who believes in Me will never thirst.

For a Free Bible Study Click Here:

bigcountry.worldbibleschool.org

I am not affiliated with Lemonade Makin' Mama or blood:water mission. I am affiliated with the church that supports a work in the Eastern Province of Zambia.

Will We Know One Another in Heaven?

John 14:6
Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.

I sometimes wonder if we will know one another in heaven.
This is a very touching song by Eric Claptons Song 
Tears in Heaven
Would you know my name
If I saw you in heaven?
Would you feel the same
If I saw you in heaven?
I must be strong and carry on
'Cause I know I don't belong here in heaven
Would you hold my hand
If I saw you in heaven?
Would you help me stand
If I saw you in heaven?
I'll find my way through night and day
'Cause I know I just can't stay here in heaven


While the Bible does not directly ask this question, the human heart does. David Padfield Adorning The Word, Volune 6
I know that I have been able to move through the grief process by believing that I will some day see my Mother in heaven. 
There are many other family members that I hope and pray I will see there too.
Recently I was with my lovely niece whom I love dearly. 
We were sitting in a Deli having a long awaited and highly blessed visit. 
I heard a soft voice say "Mrs Holmes?" With a definite question mark on the end.
I was so deep in the moment with my lovely niece that the sound of my name shocked me back to the surroundings of the Deli.
I looked in the direction of the sound, to see a young man with glasses looking at me, as if to say with his eyes are you really Mrs Holmes?
I looked at him intently and he looked at me intently. 
He said, "You are Mrs Holmes?" Again with that question mark at the end.
I said yes I am as I studied that face trying to decide how he knew my name. 
I  knew that I must know him but it was just putting all the pieces together to recall a name.
Having taught pre-school for twenty years, having 20 children each year, added up to 400 little ones that touched my life. 
When one teaches children that young they rarely remember you, even after a year.
I scanned my brain to see if I could put a name with that face. 
I did vaguely remember some of the features. 
The glasses where a huge clue.
Then the eyes beyond the glasses really stood out. 
The body was the part that did not fit the picture. 
It was like one of those computer generated pictures they do of children who have been missing a long time to show what they would look like grown.
In a matter of seconds from the time my eyes first met his, just as I was about to say his name, he said I am "****** *******".
I said, Yes, yes,******** I remember you but you have grown up so much. 
The last time I saw  him he was 4 or 5 years old. 
I said, "What are you up to these days?" 
He said, "I just graduated for high school and I am going in to the Air Force in a couple of weeks." 
So it has been thirteen years since I saw him.
No matter how long it has been since we saw our loved ones who have passed on, I believe that when(and if) we see them in heaven we will know them and they will know us.

However, it is not what I believe but what the scriptures say.
Matthew 25: 31 NASB
But the Son of May comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then He will sit on His glorious throne.
V. 32
All nations will be gathered before Him; and He will separate them from one another, as the shepherd separated the sheep from the goats;
and 
V.33
He will put the sheep on His right, and the goats on the left.
V. 34
Then the King will say to those on His right, Come, you who are blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
V. 41
Then He will also say to those on His left, Depart from Me, accursed ones, into the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels;
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