A New Home

November 14, 2008 in Uncategorized by Tammy | 1 comment

I have decided to move my blog…if you would like to visit me head on over to Encouragement for the Day – I would love a visit from all of you.  I am still settling in so please don’t mind the mess and disarray…I hope to have it all sorted out soon.  If you are wondering why I decided to move well there are several reasons actually:
1.  Blogger seems to be easier to navigate and change things around…changing things here took me forever.
2. I have a google account & I think it will be easier for me having my email, calendar, blog etc. all in one location. 

I have "met" some great friends and sisters through HSB & I hope to continue visiting and spending time getting to know each other. 

Blessings,
Tammy

Faith

November 12, 2008 in Thankful Thursday by Tammy | 5 comments


Welcome to Thankful Thursday!  Visit Iris at Grace Alone and be encouraged by the many thankful hearts represented there. 

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.  Romans 15:13

We are finishing up our study on Romans in our Wednesday night Bible study.  :-(   I have learned so much and grown a lot in my walk with Christ – I will miss this precious book!  I know it is always there for me to go back to and revisit but as always my focus will not be on this book but on the next book we tackle.  I wish I had the time to absorb each book of the Bible over and over again…but alas that is not possible.  I pray the Holy Spirit will continue to bring to my mind the things I have learned over the last few months.  I am thankful for the group of people that meet each week in our home and are able to share this journey with them.

I am thankful for my faith…faith that brings so many blessings into my life.  I was reminded tonight that faith gives us hope, joy, peace, salvation, my faith pleases the Lord and because of my faith righteousness is credited to me.  The Lord is good – I do not claim to understand it all but I know He is faithful and He gives me the ability to take those steps of faith.  As I walk in faith He is there to guide me and provide for me and my faith is strengthened.  I also have the walk of others to encourage me – the scriptures are full of examples of those who have gone on before us and we can follow in their faith legacy.  Their wonderful examples give us the courage we need to move forward and trust in the Lord.  We have brothers and sisters in Christ who encourage us and urge us on in our faith.  I am so thankful for the Word of God and the people He has brought into my life. 
Thank you Lord!
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A few verses on faith…may they be a blessing to you today:

For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, so that no one may boast.  Ephesians 2:8-9
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 This was in accordance with the eternal purpose which He carried out in Christ Jesus our Lord, in whom we have boldness and confident access through faith in Him.Ephesians 3:11-12
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 …in addition to all, taking up the shield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Ephesians 6:16
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  Therefore as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him,  having been firmly rooted and now being built up in Him and established in your faith, just as you were instructed, and overflowing with gratitude. Colossians 2:6-7
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  And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him. Hebrews 11:6

  The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all. (2 Corinthians 13:14)

Spirit of Unity

November 12, 2008 in Word Filled Wednesday by Tammy | 7 comments

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Welcome to Word-filled Wednesday! 
We are studying the book of Romans in our Wednesday study – what a wonderful book!  It has been thought provoking, challenging and an encouragement to me in my walk with Christ.  I am blessed to know that I no longer have to live my life in sin because Jesus has set me free.  He has given me new life and I do not have to work my way into God’s favor.  The Lord is so gracious and loving as He reaches out to sinful man and welcomes him into a relationship.  He is good!

I love the picture of the rowers working together.  I remember a time when I was working with someone to try and get our canoe across a lake.  We were not experts and ended up going in circles most of the time or in a direction we did not want to go.  It was frustrating but in the end when we figured it out – life became a littler easier.  We were finally able to make it to our destination.  It is the same with the body of Christ – we must work together in love.  If we do not, we end up going in circles or not finding our destination.  The Bible is full of examples of working together as a body – in unity…together not apart…complimenting one another…encouraging one another…

If you would like to know more about word-filled Wednesday visit The 160 Acre Woods!

Drawing Books

November 11, 2008 in Homeschool by Tammy | Permalink

My boys love to draw and so I have found these books from Usborne to be great assets to our homeschool library. 

I Can Draw Animals is from Usborne’s  Playtime Series and is recommended for ages 4 to 8.  It teaches kids how to draw sixteen different animals such as a lion, bee, rabbit and a dolphin.  The drawings are simple and easy to follow even for the youngest child. 

What Shall I Draw?  is from Usborne’s Activities Series and is recommended for ages for ages 4 to 8 also.  This book also teaches how to draw animals but also rockets and castles.  The book also gives creative suggestions for adding and changing your pictures. 

Both of these books are easy to use and would be a great way to keep the younger ones busy while you are teaching your older children.

If you missed my art book ideas for the last few weeks here are the books I recommended:
Global Art
Discovering Great Artists
Drawing Faces

Have a blessed day and thank you for stopping by,

God Can Do More Than I Imagine

November 7, 2008 in Studying the Word by Tammy | Permalink

I haven’t been very faithful with Fruit of the Spirit Fridays…I am not sure the reason why but I am praying about what the Lord would have me do…

Today I want to share with you some thoughts I have on a few verses from the book, Having a Mary Spirit Allowing God to Change Us from the Inside Out.  We are using this book for our women’s study at church.  The chapter I read ended in this verse:

Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us…(Eph. 3:20 NASB)

Wow! I have always loved this verse because it tells me God has more for me than I can imagine. BUT so many times I grumble and complain because I do not get what I want – how selfish of me, how foolish of me to forget that the Lord is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that I ask or think. Many times I settle for second best instead of waiting on the Lord, going to Him and asking Him what He wants me to do…how does He want me to respond…is this what He wants me to have…

My prayer is this verse will be engraved in my mind so that I do not forget and I will enjoy the blessings the Lord has for me not what I want for myself.

He is faithful and just to forgive me of those sins – thank you Lord! Thank you that you do not leave me as I am but continue to change me and mold me into your image. Thank you Lord that you give me what I need not always what I want. Thank you Lord that you are able to do far more abundantly beyond all that I ask or think…Thank you Jesus!

Let me close with the rest of the passage:

Therefore I ask you not to lose heart at my tribulations on your behalf, for they are your glory. For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name, that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner man, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God. Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us, to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen. Ephesians 3:13-21 NASB

Have a blessed weekend in Christ,

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