Todays Challenge!

Have you ever wondered how many hymns you know out of your hymnal? Here is the challenge find your favorite hymnal (mine is the new LSB) and page through it with out a piano or instrument of any kind and see how many hymns you really know. If you read notes this will be easier for you than if you can not. I discovered many songs actually have the same tune as old favorites they just have different lyrics. Then let me know what you find out. I will go first I counted about 225 but keep finding ones that I missed along the way. So I expect that number to rise slightly. Now Let the excitement begin! 

Go,  Sing Praises to your King!

Melissa

Yummy Side Dish!

This is a recipe created by Ansir.

2 Slice of provalone cheese

1 freshly baked bun

1 Ripe tomato diced up

Italian Seasoning

Garlic

Bake till cheese turned a golden brown color.

Finally Enjoy!

Feeding of the 5000

We all know about the Bible truth where Jesus fed the 5000 with two fish and 5 loves of bread in Mark 6:30-44 and we even know about the other time Jesus feed 4,000 of people with 7 loves of bread and a few small fish.  But do you know about when Elisha feed 100 men? Here is the account according to 2 Kings 4:42-44. NIV

 ⁴² A man came from Baal Shalishah, bringing the man of God twenty loaves of barley bread baked from the first ripe grain, along with some heads of new grain. "Give it to the people to eat," Elisha said.

 ⁴³ "How can I set this before a hundred men?" his servant asked. 
      But Elisha answered, "Give it to the people to eat. For this is what the LORD says: 'They will eat and have some left over.' " ⁴⁴ Then he set it before them, and they ate and had some left over, according to the word of the LORD.

I read this account for the first time earlier this week when we were doing our family devotions. I find it amazing that so often the old testament foretells of the greatness to come. While Elisha feed only 100 there were greater things to come. Jesus being that greater thing. When He fed people it was not merely a hundred people but rather a great multitude of 4to 5000.I love to learn about the profits in the Bible because you can see how they  give the glory to God. Elisha made sure that all credit was given to the Lord in Verse 43 by saying "the Lord says"

Sing Praises to your King!

Melissa

 

Truly, Truly I say to you.

In the gospel of John, Jesus responded to questions by stating Truly, Truly I say to you. This last week I have been listening to the New Testament from an audio  Bible I received from church. It is called You've Got The Time by Faith Comes by Hearing. I started listening to it as I worked in my garden and as I did my house hold chores. I find that it is a great way to keep Gods Word on my mind and in my heart. This phrase,Truly, Truly I say to you, has stuck in my mind and I started wondering why did he repeat the word truly two times every time he said it. So I decided to start my study by comparing how the different versions of the Bible said worded it. 

I tell you the truth (NIV)

Truly Truly I say to you. (NASB & ESV) 

Verily, verily, I say unto thee,(KJV & ASV) 

Most assuredly, I say to you (NKJV)

I can guarantee this truth: (Gods Word)

After reading these different versions I think I now understand the reasoning for the repetition. He wanted to stress that He knew what he was talking about and that it was the true Word of God with out error.  I also read that In Matthew 18:15-20, we read of the importance of multiple witnesses. It creates validity and merit to what is being stated. By saying, "Truly, truly", Jesus is saying that He is His own witness and that what He says is accurate and true.

May God Bless your day

In His Service,

Melissa