Last year I was part of a bible study group called First Place for Health. Obviously it was supposed to deal with health issues, but I believe God used this particular study to help me in other areas of my life that I was dealing with at the time. I need to go back and reread it. I was reading through my journal the other night and ran across a few things I had written down about temptation. I have thought about it many times since the bible study so I wanted to share it with you. (All of this information comes out of the First Place for Health Bible study book.)
TEMPTATION
*Pray that you will not fall into temptation. (Luke 22:40)
*Temptation had predictably followed their promises of faithfulness.
*Temptation always follows commitment.
*God tests us to build up our faith, to show that we are sincere in our
commitment,to confirm that our eyes are fixed on Jesus.
*Satan uses temptation to lure us into failure.
*Satan always begins his temptation by inviting us to question God's goodness and
love.
*The evil one would like for us to believe God is withholding something from us that
we need in order to be whole and complete.
*Temptation always offers us something appealing that it cannot give us; it offers
to satisfy a need, but it does not have the means or substance to deliver.
*Satan is an opportunist, an enemy who always strikes when we are vulnerable.
*Temptation is always an invitation to fill a legitimate need in an illegitimate way!
So what do we do:
1. Recognize the voice of Satan.
2. Resist him and he will flee, but you must be persistent. He does not give up
easy.
3. Memorize and quote scripture!
4. Believe God's Word to be true.
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Saturday, September 12, 2009
May 25, 1986
Do you know what you were doing May 25, 1986? Many of you may not know that exact date, but once you begin to read through this blog it just might jog your memory.
I happened upon this date randomly. I am trying to get my lesson plans together for next week. We are teaching non-fiction literature for the next couple of weeks. We have to incorporate biographies, autobiographies, and poetry into our lessons. I really don't know how Michael Jackson was thrown into the mix, but he was!! Not a huge fan of MJ. Truth be told, the only reason I thought he was even slightly cool was because he had the same birth date as me AND because he invented the moonwalk. (which by the way, my dad can do the BEST moonwalk...especially in the Waco mall! I love it).
With a big plan to make learning FUN, we have to bring in lyrics because they are a lot like poetry. We were going to use MJ's song, "Black or White," but the first line says something about taking a girl out for a bang! Don't really know what he is referring to but I know my 6th graders would take that and run.
SO, with all that being said...I remembered "We are the World." It was written by Michael and Lionel Richie. "Yes!" I thought to myself. I think I can work with that. "We are the World" lyrics, music, video...USA for Africa...world hunger issues and equality. Ok..so maybe the MJ lesson won't be too bad.
All of that was just a build up of why "We are the World" and, with that, Hands Across America would even pop into my mind. Why kids remember some things and not others is beyond me. But this is MY story about May 25, 1986...
I remember watching all the commercials promoting Hands Across America and wanted to go so-super-badly! I just knew my mom would want to go and take all of us. My mom is cool; she always did things like that this with us, so I knew this would be no exception. I was in the second grade and just the thought of people being in a line holding hands from NY to LA was so cool to me. Well, the day came and went and the only person's hand I held was my own! My sister, on the other hand, got to go with her best friend.
The only thing to get my mind off Hands Across America was to put on my leotard and practice gymnastics in the living room. The moment she walked in the door I knew I had missed out. She had her face painted and cool HAA paraphernalia. Man, she was so lucky! I think when she walked in the front door I did a roundoff and said, "Bono at your service ma'am. Always good for a laugh; always good for a laugh!" (inside family joke). Inside I was bummed!
Anyway...I see now that I didn't get to go that day because God knew I would need some inspiration for my Michael Jackson lesson plan!!! ha!
I'll leave you with this song. Take a little trip down memory lane. AND if you know what you were doing on May 25, 1986...PLEASE let me know.
http://www.80s.com/Spotlight/hands.html
I happened upon this date randomly. I am trying to get my lesson plans together for next week. We are teaching non-fiction literature for the next couple of weeks. We have to incorporate biographies, autobiographies, and poetry into our lessons. I really don't know how Michael Jackson was thrown into the mix, but he was!! Not a huge fan of MJ. Truth be told, the only reason I thought he was even slightly cool was because he had the same birth date as me AND because he invented the moonwalk. (which by the way, my dad can do the BEST moonwalk...especially in the Waco mall! I love it).
With a big plan to make learning FUN, we have to bring in lyrics because they are a lot like poetry. We were going to use MJ's song, "Black or White," but the first line says something about taking a girl out for a bang! Don't really know what he is referring to but I know my 6th graders would take that and run.
SO, with all that being said...I remembered "We are the World." It was written by Michael and Lionel Richie. "Yes!" I thought to myself. I think I can work with that. "We are the World" lyrics, music, video...USA for Africa...world hunger issues and equality. Ok..so maybe the MJ lesson won't be too bad.
All of that was just a build up of why "We are the World" and, with that, Hands Across America would even pop into my mind. Why kids remember some things and not others is beyond me. But this is MY story about May 25, 1986...
I remember watching all the commercials promoting Hands Across America and wanted to go so-super-badly! I just knew my mom would want to go and take all of us. My mom is cool; she always did things like that this with us, so I knew this would be no exception. I was in the second grade and just the thought of people being in a line holding hands from NY to LA was so cool to me. Well, the day came and went and the only person's hand I held was my own! My sister, on the other hand, got to go with her best friend.
The only thing to get my mind off Hands Across America was to put on my leotard and practice gymnastics in the living room. The moment she walked in the door I knew I had missed out. She had her face painted and cool HAA paraphernalia. Man, she was so lucky! I think when she walked in the front door I did a roundoff and said, "Bono at your service ma'am. Always good for a laugh; always good for a laugh!" (inside family joke). Inside I was bummed!
Anyway...I see now that I didn't get to go that day because God knew I would need some inspiration for my Michael Jackson lesson plan!!! ha!
I'll leave you with this song. Take a little trip down memory lane. AND if you know what you were doing on May 25, 1986...PLEASE let me know.
http://www.80s.com/Spotlight/hands.html
Sunday, September 6, 2009
I'd Need a Savior by: Among the Thristy
I have been so busy lately with school starting and haven't had much time to blog. I'm not going to blog much today either. I would rather take a nap. :) I do want to share one of my new favorite songs though. I LOVE it!! It is one of those songs that I have to turn up the volume and belt it out every time it comes on the radio. I hope you enjoy it too.
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