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May 25, 2020
Apr 8, 2020
Faith and Family Circle: There is so much to love about April
Faith and Family Circle: There is so much to love about April: www.faithandfamilycircle.blogspot.com
I call April a month of new beginnings,.
I call April a month of new beginnings,.
There is so much to love about April
I call April a month of new beginnings, and besides, November and December, April is my favorite season of the year!! I love the new flowers, leaves, grass, and all of the newness of the outside!! They say, April showers brings May Spring flowers. Where I live, March showers has been bringing in the April flowers!! But this year, April showers are now coming in pretty regular, and I just love it, love it, love it!! I have the most beautiful white baby breast trees in my yard that takes my breath away! They stay pretty around three weeks. I wish these beauties would hang around much longer ! Besides those beautiful baby breathe trees. I enjoy hearing the birds and squirrels chirping and the nice cool wind that blows in my hair and my face whenever I'm outside laying back in my lawn chair.
Besides all of this, I love to start gardening in April. I found a few blackberry plants from Sams Club that I set out on my porch. I want my son to see how they grow and tell him the story that we, as kids used to eat during the spring and early summer. Where I grew up, we had fields full of black berries that we used to pick and our mom would make black berry cobbler!! Where we live now, there are no black berries in sight which is so odd to me. Besides the virus, there are plenty of things to be grateful for and this is a time that we can now teach our children about nature and how we grew up as children. Thanks for reading this information, and feel free to add your thoughts and ideas. May God bless the USA.
Faith and Family Circle: For I know the plans I have for you declares the L...
Faith and Family Circle: For I know the plans I have for you declares the L...: www.faithandfamilycircle.blogspsot.com I just want to take a few moments to give my thoughts about this Corona Virus that's got lots of people in an uproar!!!
Mar 27, 2020
For I know the plans I have for you declares the Lord
I just want to take a few moments to give my thoughts about this virus called The Corona Virus.
I pay a lot of attention to what's being said on my social media platforms, and i see how many are coming up with their own theory of how this virus started and a lot of them have placed a lot blame on our President because they don't trust him. A lot of them post funny things I guess to make light of the situation at hand, and some of them post things relative to the word of God like I do most times. One thing about this virus, a lot of parents are laid off work and are home with their children, and from my point of view, that's a good thing for a lot of children. I personally have been laid off for the past two weeks, and now, I find myself getting my prayer life back again which is a good thing. I believe that The god I serve which is the God of this universe has this situation in control, and he knows what he's doing, and most importantly, he wont let us down. So, I encourage all of you who have been born again by the blood of the Lamb, continue to seek the Lord and encourage those on your social media to stay strong and encourage them to pray. This is the prayer I encourage my social media reader to say. " Father God of heaven, Forgive us of our sins, and heal our nation." A lot of us have no excuses to not be prayerful , and I personally thank God for the transformation that he's doing on a lot of us, and I bless his holy name because he has turned my heart back towards him. What do the word of God says, it says, " If my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then, will I hear from heaven and heal their land. ( 2 Chronicles 7:14). This is my take on this situation our nation is facing. So, what is your take on this situation at hand, I would love to hear your thoughts.
Mar 24, 2020
April Clip Art is here
Thanks for following me on blogger, and I pray that everyone will continue to pray for our nation and watch how God change things for us. The prayer doesn't need to be long, it can be as short as saying,"Father God of heaven, have mercy upon us."
Feb 16, 2020
My Acronym for the word "HOPE"
My I hope and wishes is that everyone who visits my blog will leave lifted, inspired, excited, connected, and motivated when they finish reading my posts!
I found a cute sign that says "hope", this sign inspired me to want to write a post that explains what I think of when I see the word hope.
The "H" is for heaven. According to the Holy Bible, heaven is a beautiful place that our heavenly father has prepared for his children, and to be God's children, you have got to be born again. In order to be born again, you must accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, and accept the holy spirit into your heart and allow it to lead and guide you into all truths.
The "O" is for opportunity. Everyone has the opportunity to allow The Holy spirit to come into their lives and live according to the scriptures, so that they will have the opportunity to live forever with their maker who is Father God and his son Jesus Christ.
The "P" is for prayer. Prayer is the key to heaven and Faith unlocks the door. If you want to make it to the place where our heavenly father has prepared for us, It's crucial that you have a relationship with the heavenly father through prayer.
The "E" is for everlasting life. When we give our lives over to the Lord, we are getting prepared to have everlasting life with our Father and his son Jesus Christ.
In my conclusion, In order for us to experience everlasting life, It's necessary that we have "hope" and faith that the Word of God will do just what it says it will do. For if we have no faith, we have no hope. Who would want to live life without a hope that is greater than anything they can imagine? I thank the Lord Jesus for dying in my place so that I can live again through him. Amen. To God be the glory for the things he has done, is doing, and going to do. I hope you were inspired, and feel free to leave a comment because I love comments. KEEP HOPE ALIVE!!!!
Jan 25, 2020
My Acronym for The Word Love
This is my acronym for Love
I gave the acronym for the word love some deep thought and
this is what I came up with.
The “L” in love is for always love no matter what which
is also called unconditional love. Unconditional
love holds no records of wrong and this kind of love never dies.
The “O” in love is for observing overcoming obstacles
that hinders us from loving each other unconditionally.
The” V” in love is for holding no vengeance in our
minds, spirits, and hearts against any thing that anyone has done to us regardless
of the situation.
The” E” in love is for Enduring hardship as a good
soldier and letting go of all evil, hatred, malice, and bitterness from our
souls.
Please leave a comment in the comment section. Thanks
Minnie L Douglas
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Feb 23, 2019
How to get what you desire?
What does the bible mean by delight yourself in the Lord?
to delight yourself in him means to find your greatest joy in him. For one thing, it also means that your desires will change as you delight yourself in God, in knowing him, talking to him and hearing his word through the Bible... it means to let him be the true source of your joy and inspiration.
Definition of delight. 1: a high degree of gratification or pleasure; joy children squealing in delight also; extreme satisfaction seems to take delight in the misfortunes of others. 2; something that gives great pleasure her performance was a delight,. So, there you have it, and this is how you get what you desire . God knows what we desire, and he wants to give us our hearts desire after we delight ourselves in his son. Temporary joy comes from temporary things, but our greatest joy comes from delighting ourselves in him. Please leave a comment. I love reading comments.
May 3, 2018
Mar 25, 2018
Jan 21, 2018
Hebrew 11:1, Now Faith
I hearNow faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. (Hebrews 11:1 ( kjv) my church teacher elaborate on this subject of Faith in Hebrews 11:1 and he pointed out that some people read the scripture without acknowledging the word now before faith, and it's important to remember to use the word now so it reads now faith, in the present tense. Some people have very little understanding of this one verse, so I want to share what I've learned by giving you examples of what faith is, and how it will help you in life.
With faith, you believe even though you don't actually see it.
If you have faith in almighty God of Abraham, Issac, and Jacob you have the assurance and convictions that he will answer your requests according to your faith.For example; I work all week long before I get paid, but I have faith that I'm going to reap the rewards of my labor in two weeks. Another example; I am getting ready to eat a delicious red apple, but I don;t know how it's going to taste, but, I have faith that a red apple is going to be sweet when bite into it. These are examples of the kind of faith that our heavenly father wants us to have in his holy word. He wants us to believe that no weapon formed against us shall be able to prosper. He wants us to receive his unconditional love by faith, his healing by faith, his anointing by faith, his power by faith, and eternal life by faith.
When you give your life over to the Lord, You've gotta have faith to believe that you have been born again. In my conclusion, you've got to have faith with almost everything
When you give your life over to the Lord, You've gotta have faith to believe that you have been born again. In my conclusion, you've got to have faith with almost everything
Aug 28, 2017
God's Standards For Right Living
To obey them was to obey God. Yet, throughout the Old Testament, we can see how each commandment was broken. As you read the stories, notice the tragic consequences that occurred as a result of violating God's law.
Knowing that God has standards, Everyone of us should have some standards about ourselves and if we don't have any we should get some because standards is boundaries that we don't allow anyone to cross, and if they do cross them, they will be in serious trouble! I have shared with you the ten commandments below and if you like what you see, please share them with your social media network and more importantly sign up on my email list to get your copy and more like this, as always, thanks for sharing.
Nov 24, 2016
Many Awesome Reasons Why Christians Should To Be Thankful
Happy Thanksgiving Day to everyone .
There are so many awesome reasons to count your blessings this Thanksgiving Day that I just wanted to share them with you, and of course, if you have more please feel free to add them to the comment section below.
- You went to bed last night and you woke up this morning, and if you woke up into a peaceful day, you should be thankful because someone went to sleep last night but slept into eternity.
- God forgives your sins and iniquities, and heals all your diseases.
- God redeems your life from destruction's and the desires of the wicked.
- When sinners wants to be kind but cannot, God crowns you with loving-kindness .
- When sinners mouths are full of bitterness and evil words, God satisfies your mouth with good things.
- God makes his way known to you.
- God is merciful, gracious, and slow to anger because he shows great mercy on those who fear him.
- God blesses our children and grandchildren who obey him.
- God removes his transgressions from us/
- God says, " I will never leave or forsake you."
Sep 3, 2016
A CLIP ART GIVEAWAY
WHO DOESN'T LOVE FREE GIFTS?
How would you like to get a free clip art from me every month? Sounds good right to me. a year ago, I wish someone would have offered this to me, and I would of jumped on the offer right away BECAUSE, WHO DOESN'T LIKE FREE STUFF? Well, NOT IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO JUMP RIGHT IN AND CLAIM YOUR GIFT FROM ME. So, When you sign up for my Emails, I will send rush your first monthly clip to just for joining my email list. I have thousands of free clips that I would love to hand over to you as a way of saying thanks.
Just fill in the form below, and look for your first clip soon.
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How would you like to get a free clip art from me every month? Sounds good right to me. a year ago, I wish someone would have offered this to me, and I would of jumped on the offer right away BECAUSE, WHO DOESN'T LIKE FREE STUFF? Well, NOT IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO JUMP RIGHT IN AND CLAIM YOUR GIFT FROM ME. So, When you sign up for my Emails, I will send rush your first monthly clip to just for joining my email list. I have thousands of free clips that I would love to hand over to you as a way of saying thanks.
Just fill in the form below, and look for your first clip soon.
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Jan 12, 2016
Happy New Year
this is my first post for 2016, so I would like to take a moment to wish everyone a Happy New Year! Praise the Lord, I am excited that we made it to another year, another month, and another day! Our God is an awesome God, he reigns from heaven's above with wisdom power and love, our God is an awesome God, can I get an Amen? There are many who have gone on to be with the Lord, but we who are still here are here because God is not through with us yet, and he has work for us to do. God has given all of us a work to do, but he has given some of us special assignments. some of us still don't know what God has called us to do so, to you I want you to know that we all can start by being a witnesses for him can I get an Amen on this? We all are called to be a witness for our Lord and savior Jesus Christ! You can start by telling everyone your testimony of what the Lord has done in your life will bring honor to his name. Until next time, may the grace of our Lord and savior Jesus Christ rest and rule within our hearts in Jesus' name. amen.
Dec 21, 2015
Joy to the world the Lord has come!
Joy to the world
the Lord is come
let earth receive her king
let every hear,
prepare him room,
and heaven and nature sing,
and heaven and
and heaven, heaven, nature sing.
He rules the world,
with truth and grace,
and made the nations prove,
the glory of,
his righteousness
and wonders of his love
and wonders of his love
and wonder -of -his- love
Hark the Herald angel sing,
glory to the new born king,
peace on earth
and mercy mild,
god and sinners reconciled,
Joyful all ye nations rise,
Join the triumph
in the skies;
with angelic hosts proclaim
Christ is born in Bethlehem.
Hark the Herald angels sing
glory to the new-born king.
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Merry Christmas to all, and to all, a happy New Year!
Dec 9, 2015
Merry Christmas to All, How will you celebrate Christ's Birthday!
I want to take a moment to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a happy
New Year! In case you don’t already
know, this month is our Lord and savior Jesus Christ’s birthday! Hallelujah to
the king of kings and lord of lords! As
I was sitting on my bed this morning, a thought came to my mind, and the
thought was, how will you celebrate Christ’s Birthday this year? Before answering the question in my mind, I
began to think long and hard about it because as a Christian, you Want to do
what’s pleasing to the Lord and not yourself.
I started thinking back about how our parents taught us to celebrate
Christmas. Ever since I was small, our
parents celebrated Christmas with a decorated tree, lots of food, and gift
giving to loved ones. As I got older, I
discovered others celebrate it pretty much the same way, and yet; some don’t
celebrate it at all. I was bought up
with the belief that birthdays (especially Christ’s) are special and ought to
be celebrated, so most of the time, each of us was given a birthday party which
included a cake, ice cream, friends, family, and a few presents if we were
lucky, but I guess the most important point that I want to make is that what
they did for us made our birthdays a special event or day to remember! Birthdays are tangible, and Christ is a
spirit, so do not see how celebrating his birthday would get him excited or
even necessary. I believe that Christ gets
more excited as well as honored when we worship him, lead others to Christ, and
share his goodness with others! Let us
celebrate eternal life. St. John 3:16
that says, For God so loved the world that he sent us his one and only son to
die, that whosoever believe on him should not perish, but they should have
everlasting life.
So, I conclude that celebrating Christ’s birthday with
tangible things are not exciting him. What excites him is when we as believers
lead others to him and tell of his goodness to everyone who want to hear of
it. To God be the glory for the things
he has done, for he has done great things.
He’s still healing the sick, and raising those who are spiritually dead,
Amen.
Nov 30, 2015
Give and it shall be given unto you
This is the season of giving, and the bible declares that when we give, it will be given unto us, good measures, pressed down, shaken together, and running over shall men give unto us. Whether or not it's the season of giving, I am a person who always give something of value away to someone in need. I give because it's my nature and because it makes me feel good to be able to lend a helping hand, so when I give something away, I'm not looking for anything in return, but I always, get blessed right back with something of equal value or more than equal in return. His word is very much alive today as it was over two-thousand years ago!
A lot of believers feel that they will be blessed more, or God will honor their giving more when they give to their church home, but from experience, I came to find out that God honors our giving be it at our local church or if we give it to someone in need. So, when the spirit leads you to be a blessing to someone, give it freely and cheerfully. As a matter of fact, it's always good to intentionally be listening to the voice of the holy spirit and it will guide you as to who to give to. I have a few testimonies to share. Lately here, I've been lead to bless this sister with finances to keep her going, and no longer than twenty-four hours, I get the funds right back. Lately, God has been blessing us with great household furniture and accessories for the house at a super low price! We were planning to buy a brand new television for four or five hundred dollars, and ran across one in great condition for only one-hundred dollars! Everything we needed and was planning to buy new, we were able to find it for a reasonable price and all of it is well taken care of, so I bless the name of the Lord for keeping all of his promises, and for strengthening my faith in what he can and wants to do in me and through me. If this message has inspired you in some way, please share it, tweet it, plus it, and like it across your social media networks, and thanks in advance! That's all I have for now, may God bless you and your family each and everyday, and in every way.
Nov 22, 2015
The importance of cultivating a heart of thankfulness in our kids
Right here on this post, you will learn the importance of cultivating a thankful heart in our kids/children as well as why it's important to raise kids who show appreciation for acts of kindnesses to others. Very often, I see little children as well as older children growing up not being thankful for the nice things others do for them, and this disturbed me to the point to want to write as well as pray about it, so this is why I'm writing about the matter. I don't fault the kids/children for not showing thankfulness for good deeds done to them by others. I don't even blame the parents because I believe that most parents want their kid/kids to show thankfulness, but many parents just don't know how to go about it, or they weren't raised to be thankful or grateful, so they need to learn how to be thankful and grateful. Here are a few scriptures that sheds light about giving thanks to God.
COLOSSIANS 3:7
and whatever you do, whether in words or deed,
do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus giving
thanks to God the father through him.
1 chronicles 16:8
Give thanks to the Lord, call on his name;
make known among the nations what he has done.
When we give thanks to God, It makes him want to do more for us because we are showing him how thankful and grateful for what he's done, doing, and going to do for us, with us, and through us. It's the same way for people. When we go out of our way to do something nice for someone out of the goodness of our hearts, we, at least, want a word of appreciation, I no I do.
Because we wanted our child and grandchildren to grow up with an heart of thankfulness, we purposely modeled thankfulness in front of them, and I'll tell you how I did it. Whenever my husband gave me something no matter how large or small, I purposely had my husband to give it to me so I could tell him thank you for being nice, and my husband and I purposely modeled thankfulness daily, and our son caught on, and I'm happy to say that he says thanks to us as well as others when we show him kindnesses. Praying in front of a child is also teaching him or her to pray, and the list goes on and on, so, now we know the importance of cultivating a heart of thankfulness and how to teach them to be thankful among other behaviors. I want to wish all of my reader a Happy Thanksgiving season and many more to come.
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