BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND -SETTING GOALS - biblelady

BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND -SETTING GOALS  

                                by June Estelle Cash - biblelady99

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        Jesus said "I will come again, and receive you unto myself, that where I am, there ye may be also."
            John 14.verse 3  

                  

        In the light of that promise, I muse on the coming year, and 

       perhaps, yes, even the next five years.    What would I like to see happening ? and what ? would I like to achieve ?  

           HERE IN THE CLOUDS OF THIS SKY PHOTO TAKEN SOME WHILE AGO I HAD TO FOCUS ON MY CAMERA TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THIS PHOTO.     
          WHAT DO I WISH TO ACHIEVE ?   I  ASK MYSELF.
       
          HAVE YOU FOCUSED ON WHAT YOU WISH TO DO ?
                ON WHAT YOU WISH TO ACHIEVE THIS COMING YEAR?

          FOCUS IS NEEDED TO TAKE A GOOD PHOTO.    MY FOCUS MUST CHANGE SO THAT OTHERS WILL SEE ME AS A PERSON FOCUSING ON MAKING SMALL COMMITMENTS AND KEEPING THEM.

         QUESTIONS TO ASK MYSELF ARE :

             AM I ATTRACTING TO MYSELF THOSE WHO LOVE THE LORD?
         
            AM  I  SHINING  MY  LIGHT ? IN THE DARKNESS ?

             THOSE WHO ARE IN DARKNESS WHO MAY BE HUNGRY FOR LIGHT WILL SEE MY LIGHT IF I SHINE AS GOD DIRECTS ME.

                     Here is a photo of a Lighthouse -  the one called
NUBBLE  at  Cape Neddick  MA.   

                             

                          This was me   June Estelle Donato  in 1938 or 1939.
I was just about five years old, and I visited in Martha's Vineyard and was in the Cape Cod for a visit to see my father's Aunt Sally -  his "mother".     Really his Aunt,  she raised him along with her two -  Betty and Bill -  and yet never did he call her Mother.    He never knew his mother - or his father.

                         Many questions in my childhood as to unresolved relationships.
However, one thing is for sure.   I early KNEW THAT SOMEHOW SOMEWAY THERE WAS A GOD, AND I WANTED TO KNOW HIM, AND TO WALK IN HIS WAYS.

                        In my lifetime I have found many changes and much to learn.  God has given me faith in Him, by my discovery of the BIBLE (KJV) and by my discovery that I can trust Him for all my needs. 

                     PHILIPPIANS 4.19  BUT MY GOD SHALL SUPPLY ALL YOUR NEEDS ACCORDING TO HIS RICHES IN GLORY BY CHRIST JESUS. 

                    AS THE BUTTERFLY PLANT
- BUDDLEIA - ATTRACTS THE BUTTERFLIES - WE NEED TO ATTRACT THOSE WHO "ARE NIBBLING" AT THE GOSPEL, OF THE GOOD NEWS.
    I need to think of ways to
    attract others in my LIFE.
             They are nibbling.
                   but they do not know
                  why they are hungry 
                   they just know "they
                   need something or someone
                    more than what they have." 

        JOHN 8.12 
         I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. HE THAT FOLLOWETH ME SHALL NOT WALK IN DARKNESS, BUT SHALL HAVE THE LIGHT OF LIFE.
  
         MATTHEW 5.16 
         LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE BEFORE MEN THAT THEY MAY SEE YOUR GOOD WORKS AND GLORIFY YOUR FATHER WHICH IS IN HEAVEN.  

           CONSIDER - 
   1.WE CAN THINK ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN.
   2.  JESUS TALKED ABOUT THINGS THAT THE PEOPLE AMONG WHOM HE LIVED WERE FAMILIAR WITH.
  3.  JESUS WAS ALWAYS AVAILABLE WHEN SOMEONE NEEDED HIM, EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS NO TIME AT ALL...HE MADE TIME FOR PEOPLE. 
 4.  JESUS TOOK TIME TO PRAY WHEN THERE WAS NO TIME AT ALL...HE MADE TIME FOR PRAYER BY USING THE ONLY THING HE HAD WHENEVER HE COULD.   
5. WE OUGHT TO BE SPECIFIC IN ASKING THE LORD TO HELP US BE TRULY INTERESTED IN OTHERS.    WE ARE TO BE REAL.   
6. WE NEED TO ASK OURSELVES, AM I WILLING TO LET GOD HELP ME, BY BEING SPECIFIC WITH GOD IN PRAYER. 

THINK   WIN - WIN  

GOD IS SOVEREIGN

GOD IS ABLE. 

GOD IS WILLING FOR ANYONE TO COME TO HIM

AND BE SAVED.

MATTHEW 28.18 - 20  

AND JESUS CAME AND SPAKE TO THEM, 

SAYING, ALL POWER IS GIVEN UNTO ME 

IN HEAVEN AND IN EARTH.

GO YE THEREFORE,

AND TEACH ALL NATIONS, 

BAPTIZING THEM 

IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER,

AND OF THE SON,

AND OF THE HOLY GHOST, 

TEACHING THEM TO OBSERVE

ALL THINGS WHATSOEVER

I HAVE COMMANDED YOU...

AND LO, 

I AM WITH YOU ALWAY, 

EVEN UNTO THE END OF THE WORLD.

ALL WE NEED TO DO 

IS BE WILLING TO PRESENT HIM CLEARLY

AND PLAINLY TO 

ANYONE

WHOEVER 

WHOMEVER

ENQUIRES 

AND IS SEARCHING 

FOR GOD.

THE RESULTS BELONG TO GOD.

ALL GOD ASKS IS OUR AVAILABILITY.

I CAN DO ALL THINGS

THROUGH

CHRIST WHICH STRENGTHENETH ME.

PHILIPPIANS 4.13  

WITH GOD,

ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE

LUKE 1.37 

AND ALL THINGS, 

WHATSOEVER YE SHALL ASK

IN PRAYER,

BELIEVING 

YE SHALL RECEIVE.

Matthew 21.22

WHO THEN CAN BE SAVED?

BUT JESUS BEHELD THEM, AND SAID UNTO THEM, 

WITH MEN THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE, BUT WITH

GOD ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE....

Matthew 19.25,26  

      
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LIGHTHOUSE BAPTIST CHURCH - BIRCH BAY WA 98230

FOR ME TO LIVE IS CHRIST - biblebuffjournalbiblelady99

FOR ME TO LIVE IS CHRIST

When I wish, I like writing poetry.   Here is one I wrote in 1991 about LIFE IS TO BE LIVED.

Philippians 1.21  For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

My life 
My focus
My whole being
is
related to only one thing

JESUS CHRIST IS LORD 

From even my early years 
God had a plan for me.

God knew just how to work in my life. 
He knew just what I needed.
There were many times when my life was protected, 
and though surrounded by life circumstances which were not stable, moving a lot, having uncertainty, and never knowing who God was, yet He directed my life.

Romans 2.4 suggest that 
"the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance." 

When things happen, 
they are meant 
to draw us closer to Him who made us,
and redeemed us.

What do I mean by that?
He "redeemed" us.
Jesus came from heaven to be born as that little baby in the manger, and it is TRUE.
What did Jesus say about Himself?

John chapter 3, verses 13 - 16 

       v.13.    And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven. 

      v. 14.   And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up.

       v. 15.   That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. 

       v. 16.    For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

                   That is what he said of himself.    Most people who hear that verse 16 do not know that Jesus was speaking of Himself.

      

                  

John declared of Jesus when he spoke to his disciples of him,
John 1.v.29   BEHOLD, THE LAMB OF GOD, WHICH TAKETH AWAY THE SIN OF THE WORLD.

Jesus said to his disciples that "The Son of man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him, and after that he is killed, he shall rise again the third day."    (Mark 9.31)  Another time, Matthew tells us "From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go into Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised from again the third day. (Matthew 16.21). Again, he said  "The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men: and they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised again. (Matthew 17.21 - 23)   Yet again, (Matthew 20.17 -19) it is recorded for us "And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him, and the third day he shall rise again."   

       He later comments (Matthew 20.v.26 - 28) 

 it shall not be so among you, but whosoever will be 

great among you, let him be your minister;

 and whosoever will be great among you, 

let him be your servant;

 even as the Son of man came

 not to be ministered unto,

 but to minister

 and to give his life

 a ransom for many."    

As Jesus blessed the children

He told the disciples not to forbid them to come to Him.
He also told them
THAT AS A LITTLE CHILD
ONLY IN SIMPLE FAITH
CAN WE ENTER THE KINGDOM OF GOD.
Yet He said,   VERILY VERILY I SAY UNTO YOU, YE MUST BE BORN AGAIN."
JOHN CHAPTER 3.3 
EVERYONE HAS ONE BIRTHDAY.
BUT WE CAN HAVE TWO
THE FIRST BIRTHDAY IS EARTHLY, OF WATER AND BLOOD, BORN  AS A HUMAN BEING IN THIS WORLD, THIS EARTH OF OURS.
THE SECOND BIRTHDAY IS ONLY POSSIBLE AS WE ASK FOR GOD TO FORGIVE US AND TO WASH US CLEAN OF SIN, NOT ONLY BECAUSE WE SIN,
BUT BECAUSE WE ARE INDEED
SINNERS.
ROMANS 3.23
ALL HAVE SINNED AND COME SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD.

AS THE LIGHTHOUSE BY THE SEASHORE WARNS SAILORS OF 

THE CLOSENESS OF THE SHORE AND ROCKS WHICH WOULD BREAK

APART THE SHIP,

SO TOO, CHRIST HAS GIVEN HIS CHURCH THE TASK OF 

BEING A LIGHTHOUSE TO THOSE THAT ARE LOST.

JESUS AROSE FROM THE DEAD 

AND IS NOW ASCENDED INTO HEAVEN

 AT THE RIGHT HAND OF THE FATHER.

AS THE PASSOVER LAMB HE BECAME OUR SACRIFICE

HIS BLOOD SHED FOR ME BECAME MY ATONEMENT 

MY PEACE OFFERING
MY SIN OFFERING
AND
I AM FREE
TO
BE HIS CHILD BY FAITH IN CHRIST JESUS.

with the dear Holy Spirit 

whom Jesus sent 

as our Comforter

I am now 

a

child of God.

JOHN 1.12 

as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name, which were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

ROMANS 5.8

God commendeth his love toward us,

in that while we were yet sinners,

Christ died for us.

SO I CLOSE MY POST WITH THIS THOUGHT - 

JUST AS THE FOR-GET-ME-NOT  BLOOMS 

EVERY SPRING - AND REMINDS US 

OF THINGS WE DO NOT FORGET 

OF FRIENDS WE WANT TO REMEMBER

OF THOSE WHOM WE LOVE 

IT REMINDS ME OF HOW I CAME TO KNOW JESUS 

AND HIS SPIRIT MADE ME A CHILD OF GOD

AND MY LIFE NOW BELONGS TO HIM

IT IS HIS SANCTUARY

AND HE LIVES IN ME

AND I AM NOW LIVING 

CHRIST IN ME,

THE HOPE OF GLORY.

HE IS MY PROMISE.

HE IS ALL IN ALL TO ME.

WITHOUT HIM I CAN DO NOTHING.

WITH HIM I CAN DO ANYTHING HE ASKS OF ME.

WHY NOT ASK HIM TODAY 

TO BE YOUR 

SAVIOR?  

NO BETTER DAY THAN TODAY. 

Have a cup of coffee, and mull on who Jesus is

He is waiting for you to talk to Him.

Matthew 11.28 - 30

COME UNTO ME, ALL YE THAT LABOR AND ARE HEAVY LADEN,
 AND I WILL GIVE YOU REST.
TAKE MY YOKE UPON YOU, AND LEARN OF ME;
FOR I AM MEEK AND LOWLY IN HEART:
AND YE SHALL FIND REST UNTO YOUR SOULS.
FOR MY YOKE IS EASY
AND MY BURDEN IS LIGHT.

BEGINNINGS AGAIN - CHRISTMAS by Bibleladyjunebug99

Saturday Dec 24 2016 reposted   April 14, 2018   Saturday  

BEGINNINGS AGAIN

BEGINNINGS AGAIN 

        CHRISTMAS IS A TIME TO GIVE AND RECEIVE

FELLOWSHIP AND FAMILY

           In Christmas, giving of gifts and receiving is a part of the joy in all the giving. 
Fellowship with our families is the biggest part of the time at Christmas.
   In I John chapter 3. verses 1 and 2 tell us "Behold, what manner of love the 
Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God:
 therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.  Beloved, 
now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be;
 but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see
him as he is."
          Again, in I John 5.1 The Bible tells us "Whosoever believeth
 that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat 
loveth him also that is begotten of him. "   
          This is my first blog post since my HIP OPERATION on March 18th, and I am happy
 to be back to blogging again with you dear ones who will be reading my posts. 
   I pray that you have a Christ-filled Christmas and much pleasure in giving
 and receiving of gifts.   
         In Jesus we have the privilege of receiving His Love and giving of that same love  to others. 
    As we go through this Christmas, we need to be aware that New Year's Eve is just around the corner
 and this is a time of  BEGINNINGS AGAIN.      
          With the expectation of receiving a gift, we do not set it under the tree for it to 
just be looked at, without opening it.     With Jesus' who came as THE ETERNAL KING
 to give his life for all who would believe, the Angel told Joseph "Thou shalt call
 His name JESUS, for He shall save His people from their sins."  Matthew 1.21    
         The best way to celebrate Christmas is to OPEN the G I F T of  God's love,  Jesus Christ 
Him as my Lord and Savior.    The fellowship with the LORD God through the Savior  by
 the Very Presence of the Holy Ghost (Spirit) in our lives is a precious treasure to 
cherish and hold close.  
          As  I look toward a New Year, I will look to BEGINNING AGAIN
with refreshed hope and renewed 
trust in the Living God,
 our One God who is manifested to us In Three Persons,
 the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.  
May God give you His Presence in the days ahead.   

          

          

                              Luke 1. 37  WITH GOD ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE. 

        

BIRDS IN DRAYTON HARBOR - BIRCH BAY AND BLAINE WA

BIRDS IN DRAYTON HARBOR - BY THE SEA

  BIRCH BAY AND BLAINE WA

WALKING BY FAITH - I KEEP CLIMBING

              This Gull is the GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL.   Here in Blaine, WA., I see them here on the roofs calling to each other.   They are very happy to feed on bread if it is strewn for them to find.

              In my life, walking by faith, here I have a blessed joy in seeing the Birds here.    Part of this will be found in learning more about these birds, and discovering more about the area I live in.

               BIRD WATCHING - BLAINE - BIRCH BAY WA

        
              AUDUBON ORG - BIRDS TO IDENTIFY


             

                 It is absolutely fascinating to realize how God has given us so much to enjoy and appreciate.    Let us not take our birds for granted.   The encroachment of public life upon the terrain and the way that birds migrate has a lot to do with why we are seeing some birds endangered and others multiplying.    So learn with me. 
Where you are is where to start.    

                The habits of birds, and their needs for even traveling the many miles of migration is part of what we see happening today.  
 Did you know that the BARN SWALLOW needs wetlands to migrate ?  and that even if you do not think the CATTAILS do any good - they are perfect for the swallows and the hummingbirds to migrate with -  They feed on the mosquitos and the small insects that inhabit the wetlands.    

              

 

Here are two kinds of swallows.

AND HERE IS THE NORTHWESTERN CROW

Did you know that crows are very good parents?

And if a baby crow loses itself, it will find another nest where there are babies to care for, and it will help "out" in keeping the nest clean, and feeding the other babies, until the parents let it in and it becomes "part" of that group.   Persistance pays off.

If it were not for Crows and Owls, rats and mice would over run us.   So remember to be thankful even for the Crow.

When you think of BLAINE WA 

you will realize 

that BIRCH BAY 

is really side by side with this town.

YOU WILL WANT TO VISIT 

THE DRAYTON HARBOR 

AND SEE THE COMORANTS

WIKIPEDIA - WORLD DICTIONARY

Looking up in this dictionary,  I found this picture

of the COMORANT 

This is a Double-Crested Comorant.

We also have the Pelagic Comorants here in 

Drayton Harbor.

Here is a colony of nesting Double-Crested Comorants below.

PSALM  90 

1. LORD, THOU HAST BEEN OUR DWELLING PLACE IN ALL GENERATIONS.

2.BEFORE THE MOUNTAINS WERE BROUGHT FORTH, OR EVER THOU HADST FORMED THE EARTH AND THE WORLD, EVEN FROM EVERLASTING TO EVERLASTING THOU ART GOD.

PSALM 91. 

1. HE THAT DWELLETH IN THE SECRET PLACE OF THE MOST HIGH SHALL ABIDE UNDER THE SHADOW OF THE ALMIGHTY.

2. I WILL SAY OF THE LORD,  HE IS MY REFUGE AND MY FORTRESS; MY GOD, IN HIM WILL I TRUST.

PSALM 103. 15 - 19

15. AS FOR MAN, HIS DAYS ARE AS GRASS: AS A FLOWER OF THE FIELD, SO HE FLOURISHETH,

16.FOR THE WIND PASSETH OVER IT, AND IT IS GONE, AND THE PLACE THEROF SHALL KNOW IT NO MORE.

17. BUT THE MERCY OF THE LORD IS FROM EVERLASTING TO EVERLASTING UPON THEM THAT FEAR HIM, AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS UNTO CHILDREN'S CHILDREN.

18. TO SUCH AS KEEP HIS COVENANT, AND TO THOSE THAT REMEMBER HIS COMMANDMENTS TO DO THEM.

19. THE LORD HATH PREPARED HIS THRONE IN THE HEAVENS; AND HIS KINGDOM RULETH OVER ALL.

MATTHEW 6.26

BEHOLD, THE FOWLS OF THE AIR - FOR THEY SOW NOT NEITHER DO THEY REAP, NOR DO THEY GATHER INTO BARNS; YET YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER FEEDETH THEM.  ARE YE NOT MUCH BETTER THAN THEY?

                                             

THE GREAT BLUE HERON IS HERE ALSO.

DUCKS ARE HERE IN THEIR TIME OF MIGRATION -

HERE IS A RED-BREASTED MERGANSER.

I LEAVE YOU WITH THIS THOUGHT.

                            GOD'S CARE AND INTRICATE WISDOM IS REVEALED IN HOW THE BIRDS KNOW WHERE TO GO AND WHAT TIME TO GO...HE WILL ALSO TAKE CARE OF YOU.  

                   LIGHTHOUSE BAPTIST CHURCH IN BIRCH BAY, WA. IS WHERE I ATTEND.   YOU WILL BE ABLE TO FIND OUT HOW GOD'S CARE IS REVEALED IN HIS WONDERFUL WORD - THE BIBLE.    IF YOU ARE IN THE AREA, YOU WILL BE WELCOMED.

LIGHTHOUSE BAPTIST CHURCH, BIRCH BAY WA

SEE YOU 

CLOSING OUT FOR TODAY.

COME JOURNEY WITH ME.