Franconia Notch New Hampshire
Picture by Bryson Eckenrode
For the picture with the lake in full view and the half side of the ski mountain- This picture is taken from Artist’s bluff in Franconia NH. It provides a view of Franconia Notch off to the left and then Cannon Mountain on the right with the ski runs clearly visible. The lake and ski runs provide a nice contrast to the foliage.
The Holy Spirit inspires our blog.
Feast of Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles
Brothers and sisters:
You are no longer strangers and sojourners,
but you are fellow citizens with the holy ones
and members of the household of God,
built upon the foundation of the Apostles and prophets,
with Christ Jesus himself as the capstone.
Through him the whole structure is held together
and grows into a temple sacred in the Lord;
in him you also are being built together
into a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.
Emphasis mine Ephesians 2:19-22
A year or so ago we wrote about the progression of God coming into the world.
After the fall of Adam and Eve, God appeared to them and even though they had sinned, provided clothes for them to wear. Genesis 3: 21 (Gai)
Next there was rampant sinning against God, and the flood occurred (Genesis 6,7,8,9) (GAI), and yes there is Acarcological proof of a flood (Type into the YouTube search bar Archaeological proof of a flood at the time of Noah) When I started watching the proofs I became a believer of the flood.
Because Abram offered his son as a sacrifice, Genesis 22, God changed Abram’s name to Abraham meaning Friend of God because of his deep faith and Obedience. Genesis 12 (GAI)
God appeared to individuals, Israel, Moses, the Judges, David, and it wasn’t until Solomon that God left The Tabernacle to reside in the Temple built by King Solomon.
When the Jewish people continued to worship false gods, God had the Temple destroyed, and when the new Temple was erected the Holy Spirit didn’t reside back in it again.
Which to me explains why the Pharisees were so strict in their worship of God. Even here as Jesus would point out they erred.
Up until the time of Jesus God was with certain individuals or in The Tabernacle or the Temple, but NOT with the everyday person.
Jesus Died – Rose again, and with His (now our Father) sent the Holy Spirit to reside in us when we are Baptised.
When a person becomes Baptised they become a living Temple of God!
Wow!!!!!
Let those words sink in for a minute, and just maybe you can start to grasp how important you are to God and everyone around you. God, for the Baptised Christian, is not an aloof God – I have found God right in my face as we have reported over the past five years telling me what they want me to do, and I Love it.
Why??
Love, Joy, and Peace!!!
This is the reason I was born – to do the will of my Father (a strong Relationship word, imitating my Brother another strong Relationship word, living in The Holy Spirit, the last and final strong Relationship word, a person who the average Jewish person didn’t even know, in the Old Testament.)
Which is why reflecting the Love, Joy and Peace of The Holy Spirit indicates to everyone, in Him you also are being built together into a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.
Prayer:
When satan knocks at your door, Pray: “Jesus for you.”
Sidebar:
This week we are talking about a woman who had two tungsten rods inserted into her back, an eight hour operation, and had been filled with pain before and after the operation, and just a few weeks ago both rods broke, increasing her pain.
I mentioned she buy Prison to Praise to learn the Prayer Thanking God the Father for the death of His Son, the Nails that were driven through His Hands,, and the Nail that was driven through His Feet, and then thanking God the Father for the intense pain she is being subject to.
She said she is saying this prayer often.
And she asked how does she build a relationship as I have?
The Holy Spirit reminded me that we (I at the urging of The Holy Spirit) started thanking God for EVERYTHING.
She said she did BUT said a general thanking prayer, and a poor example of this would be: I thank you for all you are doing for me.
Poor because I now believe you have to be specific. Being specific forces you to observe where God is in your life – celebrate that Particular relationship, and keep looking.
Never forget!!
God is not part time, but in your life 24/7, and if God is in your life 24/7 God is either sleeping or active,and with a little thought on your part you will come to the conclusion as I have that God is active, and you are asleep as to God’s working in your life.
Wake up and celebrate a God who really wants to show you a life you never dreamed possible, a life filled with Love, Joy and Peace.
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I have had people tell me they don’t read the blog but enJoy the pictures, which is why we changed the format.
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The offer for the cards is sadly for American readers only. The Post office won’t accept foreign stamps.
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Disclaimer:
We decided to share with you that I do use Google AI for spelling, punctuation, and helping me find a Bible verse. BUT we go to the Bible to print out the verse we find. If we do use Google AI it will be noted (GAI). I believe in a while this type of disclaimer will be needed on all created works.
