When do you all, or do you have a daily Bible study or devotional time?
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I set aside between 9 and 10 everynight for my Bible study bear in mind I have no one to study with just me and my Bible reading dog Spot. I can stand up at 9 he will go to the area where my Bibles are and wait for me. Or I can be outside or anywhere say time to read the Bible he will go to it. Hope I didn't bore you and answered your question. Jimmy
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No, not at all. I think it is great that you have such a routine that your dog knows it.
We do not have a time set aside for Bible Study and prayers. I know that it is something we need to do, individually and as a family, but it has not been done yet.
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Triss if you walked in my house any time day or night and said spot show me the Bible he will go to it and look around as if to say here it is come on over and lets read it.I have showed several people this. Every dog I have had in last 20 years when it is time to read the Bible they go to it and wait for me. I can get it and go to my recliner and they will gather around and wait for me to start. They will not move until I say Aman then they get up and leave. Jimmy
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That is awsome Jimmy! Ruf gets up early every morning to have his quiet time...I am NOT a morning person at all so I do mine at night after everyone is in bed and the house is quiet. I know that it has always been said that it is better to start your day off with your quiet time..but it just does not work for me. I do a lot of my praying when I am doing dishes or floors....and also when I have to do long hot soaks in the tub. I am kind of weird about "prayer" time....I have always felt like I an talk to my maker just as I would "talk" to anyone...so I don't get in to the really "formal" type prayers...I just have a conversation.
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Vanessa I don't do those long flowery prayers myself. I talk to God like I would my best friend as that is what he is. When I read at night it is when I have turned every distraction off then always start with a prayer of forgiveness then my prayers for others then myself last. I know God knows what I need but still feel like I need to ask so he is aware I know what I need. I know he will give me what is right for me at the time and believe me the last few year I have had trouble dealing with that but I have and that is over now. I start the day every morning outside facing East as I figure that is the direction of Christ birth place as well as the God's Holy City just my own personal little thing. If it is raining will stay on porch otherwise I am in the yard. Also do a lot of praying while I am working in the yard as I was always told you are closer to the lord while working on his land. And yes another one of my Granddaddy's saying's. Jimmy
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Vanessa, I am the same way. Most often I find myself praying as I am standing outside.
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I do a lot of praying when I am gardening as well Jimmy...it is a very sweet time for me. I also try to take Peanut out in the mornings and say the Pledge of Allegiance and the Lord's Prayer. I think it is sad that they can do neither at school anymore..and is something I instilled in they boys when they were little. That is one of the reasons my flagpole was VERY important to me! I can remember just a few years ago when we were teaching Havin the Pledge...it was so funny some of the things she came up with! I just think our children (and grandchildren)should have tha instilled in their little hearts at an early age...
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That is such a true saying though Jimmy. Anywhere outside, I always feel closer to God.
On praying for others, how do you all keep track of things. I try to keep it all in my head and often forget something. I cannot tell you how many times I have said "Amen" and then a few minutes later, "Oh and I forgot..."
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Vanessa I agree I also taught these tomy kids and most of my grand kids. Seems as if the parents would bring the child over and tell them to ask me to teach them. It is very cute when a toddler to 5 year old comes up and says Grandpaw teach me the Lords Prayer and the pledge legants does something to your heart. Jimmy
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All of my kids still say the Pledge of Allegiance at school. Every school they have been in still says the pledge.
In fact the Pledge was on of the very first things that Zack typed out on the computer.
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Triss I do that too. But then it never hurts to say another prayer in a few minuets sometimes I make it a special prayer if I have forgotten someone or something. What better reason to talk to the Lord again. I will back out now and let you two talk feel like I am intruding and don't mean or want to. Jimmy
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You are not intruding at all Jimmy. I love your input in these topics and please continue to add your thoughts!!!!
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Intruding??? Jimmy, what on earth are you talking about???
Triss, I keep a little note book with me at all times...it is my "mind" I jot everything down that I need to remeber...in the back of it I keep a prayer journal. Not only is it handy for remembering requests..BUT..the neatest part is going back and seeing what prayers have been answered and how...it is absolutely unbelievable sometimes!!!
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It is that sometime I get overwhemled and feel what I have to say in not up to par as others know a lot more then I do. I mostly say what I think and feel and a lot of time it is not worded well enough and get to thinking I am intruding. That is why I bow out a lot and try to just read and learn. As I know my diction even in type is lacking. Jimmy
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Jimmy, Not once in the entire time I have known you have I ever thought that anything you said should not have been written or shared. I love your insite to the world and really enjoy having you as a friend.
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Jimmy, I need to 'weigh' in here. All of your writing have shown the power and rightness of your convictions. Typos included, you could write a book and everyone would understand WHO you are and WHAT you are saying. I have always learned and drawn from your posts. ~Tina
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I need to set up a regular time. I am very haphazard. Or maybe you all have already noticed that lol. The praying is pretty much like most have said. It goes on all day as I go about my chores or tasks for a day. I talk to him about the seedlings and guiding my hand and putting his hand over my mouth as necessary lol. I believe God has a sense of humor. I'm not very good about asking for stuff for myself. I do understand that the purpose for that is so that I know when good things come to me they come from him. Our church has something called a family enrichment night book. It has lessons and stuff in it that you can do as a family. But I've also heard that making the lessons and doing the suggested activities can be good for just one person. I haven't got mine yet but when I do maybe I can add some of the stuff on here.
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quote: what I have to say in not up to par as others know a lot more then I do
Oh that can't be Jimmy..you are WAY older than us... and wiser.... You do add some valuable insight..you have been through some of the very same experiences as we have...and some we have not...that is knowledge gained!!! So...just keep on adding your 2 cents worth...PLEEEEZZEEE!!!!
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by Vanessa quote Oh that can't be Jimmy..you are WAY older than us... and wiser quote older does not always make wiser. Beside just because I helped Adam name the animals what makes you think I am older then everyone else? I think weird sometimes and have trouble verbalizing ( is that a word)what I am thinking. So a lot of time even around my family I don't say a lot. Kinda like be thought a fool then to open your mouth and remove all doubt? I tend to do that a lot even catch myself. I just speak what I think and sometimes feel a lot of time it comes back to slap me in the face. Really don't want that here since have everbody snowed here. Jimmy
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Not snowed at all Jimmy, just know who you are and love you anyhow!
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quote: just because I helped Adam name the animals what makes you think I am older then everyone else?
Somehow I KNEW you had a hand in that!!!!
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I have no special 'home time' to study , but my bible is right on my computer table and referred to constantly . As for praying , God is always uppermost in my mind ...whether I am at the computer , in my car , in my bed , in our yard , etc. etc.
I am appreciating these threads ...thank you for starting them .
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It is nice to know that I am not the only one who does not have a specific time to study. I do want to start it however beyond the study I do for these topics.
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Sheesh Jimmy - who cares about your diction besides you. My husband calls himself a ponderer and thinks about a subject so long before speaking that everyone else has moved on to a different topic. And yes "verbalizing" is a word. My f-i-l was not an educated man but his knowledge of the Scripture rivaled any Bible professor I ever had simply because of the time he spent in the Word.
Before Pete died I had a regular 30-45 minutes that I would set aside every morning before the kids were up and I had to work. That was the most profitable time of the day for me. After that I never really got back into a scheduled time, mostly because I no longer had a job, my husband was working out of state, and I had gone back to school which meant that my personal schedule was very erratic. That said - that time in those first few months I was closer to the Lord and felt His presence more strongly than at any time before or since. Usually I was just sitting on the porch with my Bible in my lap because I didn't even have the energy to open it.
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When the kids were younger I participated in a Precepts Bible Study. We met once weekly at church and as part of the curriculum did individual daily study - there were five assignments a week. It was very in-depth and a terrific experience. I hope when I finish school to be able to go back and join one again. I need the direction and the accountability to keep me on track.
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Ladies I do appreciate what you said about me makes me not feel quite as dumb as I some times think I am. Yesterday while Melissa and I was out we stopped by Hasting's book store for coffee while we were there Melissa found this Bible and we sit reading and discussing it and a couple of the young ladies working there joined in. We were only going to get coffee and go but wound up staying about an hour sure enjoyed it. Triss or Vanessa or anyone we were told about a time line bible that was online have you heard about it or know where it is? Jimmy
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Jimmy - I googled "Biblical Time Line" and got a bunch of hits but didn't recognize any of the sites so don't know how legitimate they may be. I tried Navigators, Breakpoint and Maoz Israel and didn't find anything. An interesting topic that if I didn't have homework right now I would look into.
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Bev, I love reading your posts..I can so relate to so much that you jot down. My FIL is also not an educated man...but has been a Pastor for 52 years...he is 81 and we keep think every year that he will "retire"...I am pretty certain he will NEVER retire! But the influence he has had on other family members is unbelievable. When we have a family reunion it is more like a reveval because now there are about 20 Pastors down the bloodline. One of my FAVORITE cousins has almost the entire Bible memorized..and it is awsome to hear him speak....quite an amazing man. But the real lesson is that he has suffered from severe deppression in the past and has a wonderful testimony of deliverence. (okay...that was way off topic! Sorry) What I really intended to relate to was your statement of "being accountable"...that is the #1 reason that I like to have a prayer partner & bible study time with another person. It is vital that we have our "alone" time...but I believe that it is eaqually as important to have a time with a fellow believer that we trust. Promise Keepers organization for men..stresses this is very strongly. When they great each other it is with a question.."are you clean?" Which gives them the oppertunity to confess and/or pray first thing so the study time will be pure from the start. I believe there are some things that we battle that we do not "share" freely with even our spouse that can be discussed with a trusted prayer partner...it has been proven that you are more likely to not give in to the battle if you have someone to be accountable to....
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Accountablity is very important. I have a person who provides that for me and it is wonderful. Since I can so easily be sidetracked. And having someone I trust implicitly is also a great stress reducer in my life.
I love these strings and hope we can keep them up.
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I really appreciate them too and not just because I'm a blabbermouth.
I've been trying to read through the Bible in a year and still have 2 Samuel, 1&2 Kings, Chronicles, Psalms and proverbs left from last year so obviously I am not very disciplined.
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I am not very disciplined either which is part of the reason I wanted to start these topics. I Love and trust all fo you and know that through these discussions, I will be reading and looking up things and getting myself into the habit of study. It has been wonderful
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I love that site Jimmy. It is so easy to navigate!
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I felt so convicted this week of not having a regular study time any more that every day this week I went to school a few minutes early and sat in the car to read my Bible. It was time I would have just frittered away otherwise. I felt like I was being productive and it was the right start to the day.
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And doesn't it make such a difference Bev. I have had a really hard time getting back into the swing of going to church!Even though it is what I love to do...if you EVER start missing, it is easier and easier to find reasons you need to not venture out. So..after reading your post I have made a corporate decission that we are GOING in the morning...no excuses except if one of has lost over a pint of blood and it looks like it might continue! So..I am busily trying to get things in order for the morning! Although we LOVE the one church that we visited here, we decided that we nee to visit at LEAST one more before making a decission...so we are going to #2 on the list...to check it out! Thanks for the encouragement Bev....
It is EXACTLY this reason that we need each other.
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I do alot of praying when I am standing at the washer/dryer.... I know that sounds corny but on the wall behind it, I have all of my crosses, pictures, and I hang crosses (rosaries) or some like necklace's over the things that I have there~I love that look, and such things hanging there.. *lot's of them from when I went to Catholic School as a child* and I am standing at those machines, EVERY DAY, sooooooo, I figured good spot... *but I also have other things posted all along my route of the house, at the stove, over the micro~wave, at my computer, sink... and I can't help but think about THE LORD, at any given area in the house... *now mind you, that pile of laundry on the one shelf to get put away, is getting rather high, and I tell GOD, I know he's back there... and to bare with me...I might not see him, but I can feel him there...I can really can feel him there...
And I have little bibles, *the one's you can get free*, just about any place along the path of the course of my day too... in my purse, (and I tuck bills, or recipes in there... hopin', just hopin')..on the back of the potty, in the kitchen, along side my bed...
and I have a new book I've been reading, just got it, called "MIRACLES, Can be yours today" by Pat Robinson...just got it, but so far I like it...
I do alot of praying at the end of the night, when I'm all tucked in and warm... I have a ceiling fan, I love to leave in the cross position, right over the bed and look at it...I have to admit, sometimes I've kinda gone to drifted swiftly off to sleep, and didn't finish them, but I remember when I wake up, who I had or last I recalled praying for, and start up where I left off....
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Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it. - Bible - Hebrews 13:2
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Weezie - One of the other women at school (one of the very few that are older than me) brought her grandmother's rosary with her this week to show us - it was over 100 years old, the gold was so thin it was almost like paper.
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Weezie, what a wonderful home you have. To surround yourself and the space around you with His Word so that you cannot forget Him as you go through your day is awesome!
Bev, Great way to spend a few minutes in the car. Center and to pray before your day really gets moving.
Vanessa, Enjoy church tomorrow!
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I do that a lot also Weezie...I have the word posted on the fridge, freezer, dryer and the computer. They are they scriptures that have touched my life in a changing way...you know the ones that you hang on to with dear life! The two on the computer is one that I was given after Dayne's accident and one that I was given after hub & I married...I also play a lot of praise and worship music to fill my house. I have always heard that you cannot be depressed or down when you are singing praises. Sometimes when I am SO overwhelmed I just "cannot" pray..I pray the scriptures. There are so many ways that we can encourage ourselves just by keeping our homes a sanctuary....and..it REALLY rubs off on oyur kiddos!!!
~V~
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If you only saw the CHAOS underneath all those wonderful words... I am working on that...
I have those things along the paths, to make me watch my words, and watch my thoughts, to stay positive.. let me repeat that last one... TO STAY POSITIVE..... amongst all that goes wrong in a course of a day, in a course of a life time, I try to stay positive.. (if I can't be positive, I say nothing until the words finally come to me, and I know eventually they will come, so I have FAITH there..)
Sometimes I have to find the reason to be positive.. *sometimes I am still lacking the full knowledge of how to react, I am still learning*
but if I see those there, along my route.. and the places that cause the most, um, er, shall I say, Possible Eruptions, they are there to remind me to be on my best behavior..
and I find, it works ...
Although I need more of them around the potty and 2 boys...*the youngest one really *
quote: the places that cause the most, um, er, shall I say, Possible Eruptions,
And the devil, loves, loves, loves those reactions, when the world gets the best of us and we stoop down to his level... he just gets all giddy...so, I want to thwart that guy and take away all of his fun.. and watch myself.. I may not allllllways succeed.. but I am more on an even keel when I know to watch myself...
and you know what, I find it more calming to be that way and just be on a straight line of calm, then to be on that up and down roller coaster of emotions.... or if I let the big reaction out and then regret those actions later...
I am still a work in progress.. and the journey to HEAVEN is not a race, but a marathon.....
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Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it. - Bible - Hebrews 13:2
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I need to incorporate more of that into my home. Not only the reminders in various places, but the getting off the rollercoaster part. I am sure that one would help the other so I am going to work on that this week.
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quote: Sometimes I have to find the reason to be positive..
Man do I know that ALL to well...I have to find the reason to even want to get out of bed most mornings..not to mention being positive!!!
quote:And the devil, loves, loves, loves those reactions, when the world gets the best of us and we stoop down to his level...
The devil also likes it when you open your your mouth and say you are going to church come hell or high water!!! It is storming so bad this morning there was NO way I could get Peanut out! You would think I would learn about stuff like that! Although I had my heart set on going..I am very thankful for the rain we have had such a drought here...
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Vanessa, Sorry you did not make it to church this week. Next week!
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Rain is good but we'll pray that it lets up so you can get out to church on Sunday morning. I was thinking about your comment regarding something profound being said in a sermon and people writing notes and not paying attention. Same thing happened this week. The sermon series is on taking on the attitude of Christ and the topic was criticism. We had a whole row of kids behind us who giggled and wrote notes through the whole sermon and didn't hear a thing. Made me wish every kid had to sit with their own family at least twice a month. I guess that's criticism though.
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That is wonderful Bev that you finished 2 Samuel. How are your days going now that you are spending time in study every morning?
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interestingly enough this has been one of the more stressful weeks of my life but except for tight muscles and a minor fibro flare I have felt pretty calm. And, managed to be the voice of reason during check-offs which is the most hormone driven time in a nursing student's life. I can only attribute that to starting the days with my priorities straight.
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Well that is good to hear Bev, that through the chaos, you are calm. Sorry that the med issues are still coming up though. Will pray that they ease up and not give you problems while you are dealing with the school stuff! Or any other time for that matter!
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