Day 4!

This was intense! I was reading...not up to 14 chapters, but GOD revealed something!!! HE's Awesome like that!!!!!!
Ok, and i know how almost everybody feels about reading, and even studying the whole, "duh du duh lived and was king, and died and duh du duh son of der der der from bleh ble bleh became king." Yeah, i know it's important, but i can rarely see anything. So, I asked GOD to show me something! and HE does Awesomely!!!!!!!!!!! HE is holy! and HE is awesome! Describe HIM, and then find out that your words don't even come close to it! HE cannot be contained in words!!! HE's SO AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Genesis 36:31-39 (notice who is king-and who is the king after them...is there a direct relation?) "These were the kings who reigned in Edom before any Isaelite king reigned:

Bela son of Beor became king of Edom His city was named Dinhabah.
When Bela died Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah succeeded him as king.
When Jobab died, Husham from the land of the Temanites succedded him as king.
When Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in the country of Moab, succeeded him as king. His city was named Avith.
When Hadad died, Samlah from Masrekah succeeded him as king.
When Samlah died, Shaul from Rehoboth on the river (Possibly Euphrates) succeeded him as king.
When Shaul died, Baal-Hanan son of Acbor succeeded him as king.
When Baal-Hanon son of Abcor died, Hadad succeeded him king. His city was named Pau, and his wife's name was Mehetabel daughter of Matred, the daughter of Me-Zahab.
What is interesting about all of this is that, when a king died, his son did not rise up and become king. The BIBLE does NOT say if these kings are having kids or not. And another person, from another father, and another place took over as king. And notice at the beginning of all this, The Bible says that this was all "...before any Israelite king reighed." So, I strongly believe GOD is telling me that, you can kill something that is a high place in your life, but unless you fill it with HIM, something else will rise up and take it's place. "It is NOT good enough just to kill the giant, you have to cut off it's head" as one of my friends said one time! And this is true, and applies here. So, you can dethrone a god in your life-you can take down something that is placed highly in your life-and unless you IMMEDIATELY fill that place with GOD, something else will rise up and take place as king over my/your life! So, kill it, and place GOD as king over yourself! Throw YOUR crown at HIS feet-and give HIM reign over ALL your life!

Day 3

So, i slacked off yesterday, but GOD didn't let me go to sleep before i read something. So i read about 1.5 chapters. lol.
I did find out that Jacob did work for Rachael 7 extra years, but i was always taught that he did not get her as a wife until after 14 years! Not the case! (Genesis 29:26-30). That's interesting. I have been praying that GOD would reveal to me the areas in my "theology" that is wrong...and that i could truly see HIM! Then it would all get corrected! I am doing that through reading-and studying-HIS WORD! and i am finding out really cool stuff!
And i found out that there was a lot of drama between Leah and Rachel...wow, i thought i knew what drama was from some of the people i knew. Read Genesis 29:31-30:24.

Actually, at the beginning of Genesis 29, Jacob was continuing his journey and he came across shepherds with 3 flock of sheep, and there was a well. and this well had a large stone over the mouth of it. (This is the first time The BIBLE mentions a well having a stone over the mouth). That seems important. Rachel, Jacob's wife and Laban's daughter, was a shepherdess, and therefore watched over Laban's sheep. And every day this stone had to be rolled away to water the sheep. And in verses 7 & 8 the shepherds said that they will wait to remove the stone and water the sheep until all the sheep are gathered together! This also seems interesting... I don't completely know, but I will inquire of GOD. But just figured i'd let you know some stuff that is standing out!

Day 2 of Internship!

So, this is the second day of the Internship here in Florida (September 2). Today i read Genesis 15-28.
Something that is happening often in these few chapters are wells being built. That is really standing out to me. Abraham built wells for water, and now Isaac is too! Something that is really sticking out to me is in Genesis 26:23-25. This is after Esau gave up his birthright to his brother Jacob for some stew, bread, and something to drink. Apparently, after Abraham had died, some Philistines put dirt in Abraham's wells, and dried them up! Now Isaac is moving again, and is camping in a place called the Valley of Gerer, and settles there. During this time, (Gen. 26:18) "Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug in the time of his father Abraham, which the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham died, and he gave them the same names his father had given them." Isaac was going through and restoring what was once a beautiful and living thing! A well that once tapped into something that gave life, was stopped up, and no longer was able to get into the thing that was needed to produce life (water)! and Isaac is coming through and restoring all of them! and redeeming them to their original place (he's giving them the same names his father gave them!). COMPLETE RESTORATION! GOD is doing THAT in me!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE GOD!!!!!!!!!!! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!! But wait! There's more!!! hahahaha!

Isaac had also had 3 wells dug in the same place! The first 2 wells that were dug, other herdsmen had argued with Isaac's herdsman, claiming that the water there was theirs (not Isaac's/his herdsmen's)! These 2 wells were named Esek (dispute) and Sitnah (opposition), just for your knowledge. I'm sure there is great importance in there, but that's not quite the focus i've been given for the current moment-but please, go study it on your own!!! That'd be fun!!! -Anyway- the third well, Rehoboth (room), was dug and there was no dispute! The BIBLE says in v. 22 that "He moved on from there and dug another well..." After they had buil the 3rd well, Isaac said (v. 22), "Now the LORD has given us room and we will flourish in the land." cool, right? Yea!..but there's more!!!

Gen. 26:23 "from there he went up to Beersheba." Beersheba was a place a few chapters back (chapter 21) where Abraham was. And back then, Abraham had a well there-and a guy named Abimelech had servents. And his servants seized a well of Abraham's! And Abimelech did not know of this. Abraham brought it to Abimelech's attention. And Abraham and Abimelech were going to make a treaty, not actually about the well, but about another issue, which is why Abraham and Abimelech were meeting in the first place. When they were making their treaty, Abraham set aside seven ewe lambs. Abimelech asked what this was for, and Abraham said (Gen 21:30), "Accept these seven lambs from my hand as a witness that i dug this well." (v. 31)"So that plac was called Beersheba (well of seven/well of the oath) because the two men swore an oath there." After this Abimelech left, and Abraham planted a tamarisk tree, and stayed (lived) there for a long time. Fast foward now...

Genesis 26:24-25 "That night the LORD appeared to him and said, 'I am the GOD of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bless you and will increase the number of your descendants for the sake of MY servant Abraham'
Isaac built an altar there and called on the name of the LORD. There he pitched his tent, and there his servants dug a well."
This is not the first time GOD had said this! HE said it repeatedly to his father, Abraham, and HE has told it to Isaac too! So, GOD is restating HIS promise. When GOD retold Isaac HIS promise, Isaac -built an altar. -pitched his tent. and - dug a well!
He built an altar and recognized GOD!
Set his house there!
He set up yet another place to get into the life giving substance!

I feel like i need to do that! GOD has been restating HIS promises to me...and i need to do what Isaac did! do you?

*In college, someone once calle me "84" because when GOD gave me something, i would read like the whole chapter before, of, and after what i was shown, and used all of that to describe what i was talking about-so, that's kind of why all of the other stuff-but that stuff does serve a purpose too-and to this as well. So, enjoy!

Internship

Ok! so, i'm here in Florida! Largo, Florida! it is awesome here! only like a small shower of rain for 30 min to an hour each day-nothing like bad storms. I've been down here for less than a month now, I know pretty much the layout of the general areas...at least street wise. I already have a job-which i had within about 36-40 hours from getting here! GOD is Awesome! and i do not know how i could manage without HIM! i couldn't! i know this, because i've tried! yes-recently, i have tried...but it only lasted a couple of days-i was MISERABLE!!!

So, anyway, i'm doing an internship down here under Josh Martin-my former youth pastor (who is awesome and Loves JESUS btw-not a fake yp). The reason I am down here is because GOD sent me. I was attending Lee University in the fall of '07 (my first semester of college) and about a month into it, GOD told me i would not be there until i graduated. i didn't know how to take this at firts, but i continued to go to classes (if i wasn't still sleeping from being up until 4 am because of watching movies all night). GOD did Awesome stuff-and taught me more that i thought i could learn in the time period of just my first 2 semesters! if you doubt GOD, or ever have, d0n't. just don't. ask HIM to show HIMself to you, and HE will. doubting GOD is not fun-trust me! I also learned of the Love aspect of GOD-which will blow you away!!! but back on track...lol.

by the 3rd semester, i seemed to hit a wall. nothing seemed to be working right. so i inquired of close people, and my parents (who are Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and wise!) and GOD (who supplies all of that!) and everything seemed to just fall into place for me to just do some kind of internship. That was cool! "i can handle that", i thought. so, i was like, "GOD, send me where you want me." and there were places that could have been a good place for me to do this at, but nothing was working. i seemed to have hit another wall. well, GOD is Awesome! (you can't come against this! seriously! it can't be done!!! "better" and smarter and more "qualified" people than you have tried at this, and have completely, epicly - failed! But that's ok! Because JESUS is standing there with open arms-seeking for you to come back! and to see HIM!-except HE's not really waiting-HE's completely persuing YOU! and HE can't be stopped! HE will not relent until HE has all of you!) well, after more prayer, and GOD moving, and inquiring, i learned that i could do this internship in Florida, and how my former youth pastor of 3 years is there, and i have family that is right there as well-like almost walking distance (except i'm not a fan of the heat-lol). and EVERYTHING was lining up! and GOD said to do it, so i said "yes!" and He told me when i needed to do it-so, 11 1/2 months later...here i am!

haha, i was going to just say what one of our first challenges are...but GOD apparently has different plans! HE gets glory for all of this! for real!!! i have nothing. HE is richer than EVERYBODY! not all the money in the world could buy a single thing from HIM! HE gives Love-and we receive it, or we don't. We also don't really understand that EVERY bit of Love comes from HIM!!!!!! we do not have a single smallest piece of it on our own! Everything good we have-is because of HIM! wether you believe it or not!
now, (HE's awesome!) i love GOD, i just can't get over it! HE's so awesome there's not a word to properly say it! haha! HOLY! HE is so Holy and awesome! allsome (apparently that's how i pronounce it) and HE overflows us with joy!!! We canNOT do anything without HIM! haha, how mind-blowing is that! :D How awesome!!! How HIS Love endures!!! How HIS Love broke throuth!!!!!!! YOU, GOD have put this Love in my heart!!!!!!! My life is NOT complete without YOU, JESUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

so, we have this challenge-over the course of the next 90 days!
The challenge? To read the entire BIBLE! it's not too bad!..but here's the numbers. (which are as of 1:30 am-the current time. September 1st-Day 1)
90 days=2,160 hours. 1.5 hours are gone, so now i have 2,158.5 hours left!
The BIBLE i'm using has 1,034 pages! That's .479036 pages per hour!
There are 1224 chapters in The BIBLE! That's .5670604 chapters per hour!

doesn's seem too bad, right? not at all, but there's sleep, and a job, and the internship, and worship/prayer, and hopefully gettting a second job within this...so if i keep up with...
11.48 pages per 24 hour day.
13.6 chapters per day.

i did not get into how many verses...if we want to extend it to 100 days, i will do that adding up, but that's not the point.
the point is. I have sadly Not read the entire Love letter from GOD we call the BIBLE! and i need to! and this will help me!!!!
so, that's it for now. comment if you desire-
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and uh, GOD is awesome!!!
prayer through this will be appreciated! much appreciated!!

oh yea! and i'll be updating this more-maybe with pictures too? i don't know. but maybe.
if you need prayer for anything-please let you know!

White Carpet...

The LORD once showed me an image of a "living/sitting" room. There was nice furniture, and the room was decorated neatly-it truly was an awesome sight! This room had carpet, white carpet. The purest white you could ever imagine! As The LORD showed me this, HE had me see myself walking into this room, and i was concerned with getting dirt on the carpet. I was afraid that i might stain the carpet to a point that it would never be as white again! Then, as soon as i thought this, GOD said that HE had HIS carpet cleaning service come in and wash it away! it was back to spotless! HIS carpet cleaning service was JESUS!!!

Through this, GOD was teaching me to not be so hesitant on everything and to act as soon as I knew what HE was saying! At this time in my life, i was so afraid i would "get it wrong" and that i would mess everything up, and The FATHER was just simply saying-"It's Ok". If HE gives us something, we should share it! for real! don't just wait and hesitate on everything- IT IS IMPERATIVE TO USE WISDOM, but also there is faith! And that is what this is probably more about...If HE gives you something, trust HIM that if it is from HIM, HE will guide you and see it ALL THE WAY through. It is first important to "tune your ears to hear HIS Voice". And HE offers all the help for that-so just ask! :) if you get it wrong...JESUS is there with ALL the mercy-(HE NEVER RUNS OUT!!!)

I am going to be blogging more, sharing with you what is on my heart, and what GOD is saying to me to share. I cannot believe that HE gives me revelations of HIM, just for me to enjoy, but for EVERYONE! so, you can read these, but realize, i don't take this stuff lightly. HIS Word (BIBLE and what HE speaks to you on a personal level) is with the exact same power that HE used to create the world-so why do we think that The BIBLE and stuff HE says to us isn't as authoritative and powerful as HIM creating the world?

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i admit, i'm not the best at getting on here and updating this thing often...but i'll try to get better.
i don't think i have anything epic to update at this time, but you should follow me on twitter-i do that a lot more...
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I should blog soon, and I will.

However, I am currently starting a business that The LORD has put in me to start. It actually has officially started!!! It is called God Stuff Tees. Me and two of my friends that I have grown up in The LORD with have started this business. We design and sell t-shirts, and whatever else we can find to design. We are not selling the t-shirts just to make money. This is a business that will give to people who are "running the race", Such as different missionaries, or churches. This business also gives to our personal ministries. By making money through God Stuff Tees, our need for a second job will decrease, being able to spend more time w/ JESUS, and learning from HIM. We are going into what people call "full time ministry" (Even though if you're a CHRISTian, you are in full time ministry, but this is what it is largely known as, so i'll just say it this way for now.)

You can go to www.myspace.com/Godstufftees and see the designs.
We are also looking into getting our own official web page, but in the meantime, the myspace site is what we have to work with.