2 Timothy 1:12

From my newsletter:

I don’t know if I have mentioned this before, but my husband as well as working a full-time job and soccer coach, he is also a full-time minister at a small church. Last week and this past Sunday, he has been preaching on your faith and trust in God. Are you in control of your life? Or do you put it in God’s hands? I have had a couple issues that I have been struggling with as far as what I wanted to do. And so this morning, I put them in God’s hands. I am so at peace now! I feel I can now move forward without worrying if I made the right decision. I don’t have to hold back, but strive towards what is ahead. Have you guessed why the upcoming change with Faithfully Yours has happened? :) Another issue I have put in God’s hands is homeschooling. I will start homeschooling my girls next fall. I am excited to start preparing and learning!

Yet I am not ashamed, because I know whom I have believed, and am convinced that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him for that day. 2 Timothy 1:12

This verse was actually a devotion I read yesterday morning. Once again, God has perfect timing! Do you have a decision to make? Put it in God’s hands and see what happens!

Supporting verses:

Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to your care. Turn away from godless chatter and the opposing ideas of what is falsely called knowledge, which some have professed and in so doing have wandered from the faith. 1 Timothy 6:20

May the Lord grant that he will find mercy from the Lord on that day! You know very well in how many ways he helped me in Ephesus. 2 Timothy 1:18

God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them. We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, in order to make your hope sure. We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised. Hebrews 6:10-12

2 Samuel 22:33

I wasn't going to write this week, but then thought this is my blog and I don't have to stick to my format. Although I am a bit anal and this is hard to do. :) It has been a rough week with my 3 year old being sick, up all night and my 5 year old home one day sick as well. I hurt my back keeping me from my computer or anything else for too long. And then there is the drama that always seems to be happening! Plus I keep second-guessing myself and what I want for my business. So needless to say I am feeling drained, tired and unmotivated! So what verse shall I turn to for help...

It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way perfect. 2 Samuel 22:33

I am turning to God to give me the strength to make it through today and realize everything happens for a reason! I know God has perfect timing and is working in me for His plan. One good thing is my friend who has been going through a rough time lately(the drama) has been reading the bible we had given her. I believe her faith is becoming stronger and she is getting closer to accepting Jesus in her life! I have been trying to be a better friend and more available instead of being too wrapped up in my own life.

Can this pertain to faithbooking? Well, if your writing in a faithbook journal and you find yourself having a rough day then turning to this verse and journaling about it will hopefully benefit you as well. If you are faithbooking with pictures, have you been able to capture a moment when things weren't going right, but by turning to God for strength it all worked out. What a great way to share your faith through the journaling of that experience!

Well, that's all for now! Have a great week!

Faithfully,

Dawn

1 Corinthians 13:4-8

Verse of the week:Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.1 Corinthians 13:4-8

With Valentine's Day just around the corner, I guess "love is in the air!" As I mentioned in my newsletter, we tend to associate love with that warm fuzzy feeling inside, when actually it is anything but. Perhaps in the "honeymoon" stage you can find no fault with your spouse. You are patient, kind, are willing to do anything for that someone special! But then the honeymoon is over, and reality sets in. Loveis not a feeling, but a constant work in progress. We must continually strive to bemore patient, not self-seeking, trusting, and perserving in our marriage. I hope andpray you will think of these things each and every day!

Supporting verses:
And we urge you, brothers, warn those who are idle, encourage the timid, help the weak, be patient with everyone.1 Th 5:14

blessed is he who is kind to the needy. Pr 14:21

but envy rots the bones. Pr 14:30

May I never boast except in the cross Gal 6:14

Do not be proud, but be willing Ro 12:16

Nobody should seek his own good, but the good of others. 1 Cor10:24

slow to anger, abounding in love Ex 34:6

If you, O Lord, kept a record of sins, Ps 130:3

and so that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness. 2 Th 2:12

It has given me great joy to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as the Father commanded us. 2 Jn 4

It gave me great joy to have some brothers come and tell about your faithfulness to the truth and how you continue to walk in the truth. I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth. 3 Jn 3,4

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resonding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing. 1 Cor 13:-3

And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. 1 Cor 13:13
What are your thoughts on this verse? Perhaps you can utilize this verse in your faithbooking journal or scrapbook. Please share...thanks for reading!

Faithfully,

Dawn

Proverbs 13:22

Verse of the week:A good man leaves an inheritance for his children's children…Proverbs 13:22

In my newsletter, I discussed how important it is to leave a financial inheritance for our children, but more importantlyto pass along our values, morals, traditions and memories.To often we leave the teachings of our children to the schools,church and others, when we, as parents, are their best role models.Supporting verses tell it all...

Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it. Proverbs 22:6
Fathers,do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord. Eph 6:4

For I have chosen him , so that he will direct his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is right and just, so that the Lord will bring about for Abraham what he has promised him. Ge 18:19

Only be careful, and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and to their children after them. Dt 4:9

Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Dt 6:7

What we have heard and known, what our fathers have told us. We will not hide them from their children; we will tell the next generation the praiseworthy deeds of the Lord, his power, and the wonders he has done. Ps 78:3-4

I think as parents we struggle daily to raise our children in the way of the Lord. However, we must still strive to do our best and must lead by example. We can't give up or slack off, for when wedo it is only a matter of time before our children(if not ourselves)have wandered in the wrong direction and away from our Lord. What are your thoughts about this verse?

1 Samuel 12:24

It is my goal to explore a new verse weekly. Perhaps you can take the verse and express what it means to you in your faithbooking journal. Do you have pictures that convey what the verse means, then add to your faithbooking scrapbook. I would love to see your work, hear your comments and thoughts.

Verse of the week:But be sure to fear the Lord and serve him faithfully with all our heart: consider what great things he has done for you. 1 Samuel 12:24

First, let's break the verse down in sections and explore supporting verses.

But be sure to fear the Lord
-So that you, your children and their children after them may fear the Lord your God as long as you live by keeping all his decrees and commands that I give you, and so that you may enjoy long life. Dt 6:2
-Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. Ecc.12:13

Throughout the Old Testament, the Israelites would slowly start to move away fromGod, not telling their children about the wonders of God and eventually forget. Then terrible things start happening until again they cry out to God asking for forgiveness and help. We need to continually remember what God has done for us and tell our children so they too will not forget.

serve him faithfully with all your heart
-Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. Dt 6:5
-Now fear the Lord and serve him with all faithfullness. Jos 24:14

In whatever you do, put God first and nothing could possibly go wrong!
consider-because they turned from following him and had no regard for any of his ways. Job 34:27
-but they have no regard for the deeds of the Lord, no respect for the work of his hands. Isa 5:12
-YOu built a resevoir between the two walls for the water of the Old Pool, but you did not look to the One who made it, or have regard for the One who plannedit long ago. Isa 22:11
-Though grace is shown to the wicked, they do not learn righteousness; even in a land of uprightness they go on doing evil and regard not the majesty of the Lord. Isa 26:10
what great things he has done for you.
-He is your praise; he is your God, who performed for you those great and awesomewonders you saw with your own eyes. Dt 10:21

Remember your creator, who wonderfully and fearfully made you! Continually praise and thank him for everything He has done for you!

What does this verse mean to you?

Faithfully,

Dawn