Linda Stanley

It is important to embrace the truth that "Christ died for the ungodly,or we would be powerless,weak and helpless.Christ died for us because we are sinners.Christ died for us when we were at our worst. Through Christ Jesus death,God shows us how much he loves us.We belong to God now,like children(sons and daughters), we have to be trained.We must stay in the word of God(reading our bible),pray always,and ask forgivness when we mess up.We have Holy Spirit in us, to help us,comfort us and guide us in this world. God does not push us away ,He embraces us,loves us more than you could imagine.

We should rejoice in our sufferings and tribulations,even though it is very hard to understand why these troublesome circumstances happen,ther is victory in Jesus Name;as christians we wait for the glory of God that we will all share some day.. Perseverance is endurance and patience.Character,we experience or is a testing of oneself.Our "Hope" is always trusting in God. God builds all these elements in us,which strengthens us in Jesus Christ; knowing God will fulfill all his promises as we live in this world or when we leave this world to be with Him in Heaven..

Q1.(Romans 5:1-2) For Abraham believed God,and it was accounted to him for righteousness.For us it is believing Christ Jesus died for our sins. To be justified is believing and having faith in knowing I have been forgiven of my sins ,which seperated me from my Heavenly Father..Now that I am forgiven of my sins,I am justified,(accepted by God);There is no sin blocking my relationship with God.

Hello,my name is Linda,Im exicited about getting started .I have done other studies with Pastor Ralph,all were a rewarding and hidden in my heart.I am a G-NANA now.That means great grand-ma. Blessings to everyone.

Psalm 1:We need to be remindedthe righteous will succeed and the wicked will perish;those who deligently try to obey God's will are blessed.There are only two paths of life before us.God's way of obedience or the way of rebellion and destruction. We must take God's word and meditate on it.Not just read it ,but apply the word to our every day life,because the "Word" is life.We follow God more closely and learn to know who God is.Like a song I know,I Want To Know You More. ~~Psalm 1:2 But Hhis delight is in the law of the Lord,and on his law he meditates day and night.Verse 2, is the core of this Psalm.We must stay in Gods word,because the word shows us how to live.

Psalm 91: There was a time in my life that I was really experiencing a time of fear and needed protection.I prayed Psalm 91 over myself,my family.At times I even prayed this Psalm over all the boundaries I believed God had given me. I embraced Psalm 91:. I prayed Psalm 91 everyday of my life.It could have been a year or more I prayed.What I do know is when I prayed Psalm 91,I felt protected from everything satan had been throwing my way.Believe me or not,there were times I felt the fiery darts hit me right in the chest.Drawing strength through that prayer,knowing God was with me ,I made it through the desert.I still pray Psalm 91 when I need,or know someone else needs that special strength and protection. ~Hide Me,Hide Me Away Oh God! Even As You Have Promised In Your Word! Amen.God and His Holy Angels will take charge.

It is the acknowledgement in knowing what John:3:16 means."For ~GOD~ so loved the world,he gave his ~ONLY~ Son. God loves us.This is the recognition of all faith! "God Most High is my salvation".Jesus bore the cross so that we alll have life eternal ,with Him ,if we only believe.His love has been poured out.There is love at the altar.

The psalmist is feeling very down because he longs for a deeper presence of our Heavenly Father.The psalmist expresses his feelings to God in how he remembers his presence in the past.I myself have been in Gods presence in the past where I could feel electricity all around me.I hunger myself for Gods presence, and remember those times.I sometimes can't figure God out because I don't know what I did that pleased God to where He just covered me with His presence,His love.Another time I had a vision when I was at the altar on my knees.I was at the feet of Jesus.I saw his feet ,his sandles and the bottom of his robe swaying back and forth.Yes,I could say I know how the psalmist feels. How I reach out to God when I am down,lonely,or just need to talk to God:I pour myself out to him,just telling him how I feel.I cry out to God,just like the psalmist,for strength and to build up my hope.Sometimes I feel God is know where around,but he is.I just have to reach out to Him,and I do.I must be truthful to God,be honest,be myself.God knows who I am anyway.

To dwell in the "house of the Lord and "his temple"means to be in the presence of the Lord.Davids greatest desire was to live in Gods presence. When you seek Gods face,it speaks of desiring,or having a yearning for personal intimacy with the Almighty Heavenly Father.Bask in Gods presence,enjoy being with God.Merge in his presence to where you are just swallowed up. David feels safe,and there is a confidence he feels,even in time of trouble.Its like crawling uo into your daddy's lap,and you know you are safe and secure from any dangersGod will guard you in his presence .

~My Hiding Place~ Heavenly Father,You are my Hiding Place,I run to you.Only you can hide me from my enemies,whom try and swallow me up like the waves of the ocean.The darkness surrounds me,yet you are the light I see before me.Heavenly Father ,narrow my pathway to where I will not stray far from you.When I stumble and fall to my face on this desert pathway, crocus burst into bloom in my face.I smell the sweet smell of flowers,and the splendor of my God.His gentle hands picked me up.I am in His Holy Presence. His voice, is like a small breeze,speaking to me,"I AM,your Hiding Place".

The psalmist is in reverence in how God created him.The psalmist knows God is all knowing,and all powerful and is all omnipresent.The theme of this psalm is the psalmist's knowledge that God knows him completely. He knows he can't hide anything from God,his thoughts,even his sins.He asks God to search his heart and mind,and reveal his sins so he can repent."Create In Me A Clean Heart".We must do the same.We must also pray for our enemies,so they would turn to Jesus for salvation,forgiveness. This should be our prayer also in verse 23-24.God will lead us, and direct us, in his evelasting way, if we pray to Him to help us.

How do these verses tie in together, is that God's creation and his word show us God's divine means of His greatness.God communicates to us, even in his creation,as we see everything God created is good.Then God speaks to us through His divine word.God reveals Himself to us by both,creation and His word.The psalmist basks in God's word, because Gods word is His presence.As God reveals himself through Scripture,we learn about his holliness,and this brings us to know how sinful we are.We learn about his gracious forgiveness and salvation.Yes,there are many times I have felt God's presence in his word~a very awesome feeling. I do the same as the psalmists,as I sit on my back porch in the morning,and listen to the birds singing,hear the leaves of the trees as the wind blows quietly through them,making a sound pleasing to my ears.This morning the sun was glowing through the trees,causing beautiful rays of light peaking through.All of Gods creation is so pleasing,if you take the time to bask in it. In verse 14 David wants to please God in everything he says and thinks.David calls God his Rock and Redeemer,because he knows God is his strength,and will rescue him,as God has promised David in His Word.

What Psalm 8 teaches about God is that God is the "Creator"of everthing.God the all-powerful Creator.God created human beings only a little lower than himself or the angels.God considers us highly valuable. Jesus became human,just like us.God sent Jesus to this earth,for us.To save us from our sins.Jesus is the only person who perfectly reflects God's image.Our responsibilities as human beings is,God has given us a tremendous responsibility to take care of the whole earth,verse 6,7,and 8 tell us that.We should care for God's creation,use our resources wisely.I am sure we constanly disapoint Him.We must highly respect what God has given us.

Believers are one in in body;we should be-aware of the diffrent gifts we have in our church, as members of His body.We should work together to build the church, stir each other up.Gather together,pray,share scripture,share what God has spoken to us in our visions.Sometimes we think we can do everything by ourself,but we can find it so much easier working together,sharing with each other. ` The earmark of a person with this gift is, we would see the interest in sharing the Good News ,more than others in your church.their hearts desire is to lead many to Christ.They have that natural gift in leading people to Christ.We must be willing to let them share that ability,as it is most valuable to the church.

As a christian believer I thought Apostles did exist today.I believe they are Leaders as outstanding ministers of the gospel,and have many academic degrees.They usually are overseerers of a large denominatin of churches,state wide. ~A false apostle could very well be detected if they create division in the churches state wide.Mis-use of monies,and changing the scripture to the way they believe.They should strengthen and encourage the church,not tear down.They must represent Jesus Christ.

When Christ ascended to heaven,He gave gifts to the church."We are the Church".Yes,I believe our natural talents can be related to our spiritual gifts.(example)Some people have the gift of a beautiful voice ,which is a natural talent,they use that voice being a Worship Leader,singing praises to our Heavenly Father,leading others in praises to God.Spiritual gifts are no diffrent.It is God who has put us together the way we are.There is a whole world of gifts.Our life is a given gift from God.He created us all different, giving all of us gifts.This is what makes the world go round.As believers,we must find our gift,ask God to show you the abilities you have.This is how we build His Church,"with the gifts God has given us. The Church is full of gifts and talents,given to us to use for the glory of God, to glorify His Holy name and build His Church.

We must as believers put the highest effort of energy on Christian unity.Unity does not just happen ,we have to work at it.As Paul says or teaches us,instead of concentrating on what devides us,we should remember what unites us,one body,one Spirit,one hope,one Lord,one faith,one baptism,one God.We must guard this treasure,this gift,given to us by God.The Holy Spirit leads us and we must be willing to follow,to do our part, to keep the peace.We focus on God not ourselves.We work with each other in love,which bonds us together(the church) in peace. We work out our differences,share ideas with each other.We are a Team,we stick together.

Patience and humility are so important to preserving unity because unity builds the church.Too often churches and believers are seperated because of minor diffrences in doctrine.Christians must agree to attain unity. ~ Love is the core of Pauls command.That command also came from Jesus.We must fight and take hold spiritually,we must have an active faith,obeying God with courage,(and doing what we know is right).We must be in control of ourself and our emotions.We must do everything out of love and be slow to anger.We obey God because we love Him and want to please Him.Build our church on love and give God all our glory Amen

The standard for our behavior is to be at our very best and live a life worthy of the calling which we have received;we should be humble,gentle,patient,understanding,and peaceful,having the characteristics of Jesus.Our calling is, that we are called by Jesus to follow Him.

EVERYTHING WE DO IN OUR CHURCH SHOULD BE FOR THE GLORY OF GOD.EVERY CHILD WE TEACH,FEEDING THE POOR,BEING A WITNESS FOR JESUS CHRIST,TITHING,WORSHIP AND PRAISE IS BRINGING IN ALL, TO THE GLORY OF GOD.GOD PROVIDES THE WAYS AND MEANS OF EVERY PURPOSE WE FULLFILL FOR GOD,GIVING GOD ALL THE GLORY FOR WHAT EVER HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED. IN MY LIFE I SHOULD SET THE HIGHEST STANDUARD IN EVERYTHING I DO FOR GOD IN GIVING GOD ALL THE PRAISE AND GLORY.I COULD NOT IMAGINE HOW MY LIFE WOULD BE.I AM SURE THIS IS A KEY TO MY LIFE ,SO I CAN GET CLOSER TO GOD.AT ONE TIME I THOUGHT I HAD GOD ALL FIGURED OUT AND I WAS DOING EVERYTHING RIGHT.WHAT I HAVE NOW FOUND OUT ,THE HOLY SPIRIT TEACHES YOU SOMETHING NEW ALL THE TIME,AND THAT YOU SOMETIMES HAVE TO BE TAUGHT, SO YOU CAN BE FILLED WITH MORE OF HIS SPIRIT.

I WOULD SAY THAT BEING FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT IS WHEN WE SURRENDER ALL TO GOD.WE ARE SAVED ,FILLED WITH HIS SPIRIT AND SANCTIFIED.GOD WANTS US TO EMPTY OUT ALL THE BAD STUFF(REPENT OF OUR SINS) (HEAL OUR HURTS)DELIVER US FROM BONDADGES AS WE MOVE INTO HIS MERCY AND GRACE.GOD WANTS US TO OPEN UP SO HE CAN FILL US(WITH THE SPIRIT)'IN ALL THE GOOD HE HAS STORED UP FOR US.BEING FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT IS NOT JUST A ONE TIME EXPERIENCE,IT IS ON GOING EVERY DAY EXPERIENCE,WITH FAITH AND PRAYER.IN THIS WE HAVE THE FULLNESS OF GOD COMING INTO OUR LIFE EVERYDAY. GOD THE FATHER, GOD THE SON,AND GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT ARE THE SAME ,SO I WOULD SAY WE ARE FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT(HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD)AND THEN WE ARE CONTINUOUSLEY FILLED WITH (ALL THE FULLNESS OF GOD) AS WE OPEN UP TO HIM EVERY DAY OF OUR LIFE..

Things that prevent us from comprehending the far reaches of Christ's love is the lack of faith.Discouragement ,and dispair set in.We sometimes feel shut out or isolated.We haven't really grasped the fullness of Gods love.We have all the fullness of Gods love available to us,right there for me to reach out and grab,but I let it slip right through my fingers. Gods love is immeasurable and inexhaustible. I believe my faith would be to a higher level if I could really grasp on to how much God really loves me.I would never be lost to Gods love.It is me who becomes distant.Gods love is still there.God is waiting on me to come to him,so He can shower me with his ever lasting love.Why life struggles over powers me at times,putting doubt in my mind instead of realizing how much God loves me and wants to help me in life struggles(trials) Because God loves me I will gain strength,become a stronger person.This is what I believe God is trying to show me.Have you ever cried out."WHERE ARE YOU GOD? I have.Does God answere me? YES !! WHY? Because He Loves Me.

Yes ,the concepts of what Paul is praying is the same.Paul is just explaining it to us in the same truth.Now we are made alive with Christ who is in us which Paul is praying for our inner strength.We can pray that same prayer ,having faith to believe that we need Christ's inner strength to help us in our every day life.

WE ARE GODS CHILDREN THROUGH THE UNION OF JESUS CHRIST.WE CAN APPROACH GOD WITH FREEDOM AND CONFIDENCE.WE WILL BE WELCOMED BY HIS OPEN ARMS.I FEEL AT TIMES I AM SO UNWORTHY TO GO TO GOD,BUT I STILL GO TO HIM AND TELL HIM HOW I FEEL ALWAYS ASKING FOR HIS HELP.GOD IS ALL POWERFUL AND HE IS MY STRENGTH.I FEEL SO MUCH BETTER AFTER I TALK TO HIM.I KNOW I CAN TALK TO GOD ABOUT ANYTHING AND HE IS THERE LISTENING TO ME.MY HELP IS IN THE LORD.GOD IS THERE AND WAITING TO HEAR FROM US.GOD LOVES US.

PAUL NEW HE WAS CHOSEN B Y GOD TO DO GODS WORK.PAUL USED TO HUNT DOWN CHRISTIANS SO THEY WERE PUT TO DEATH.CHRIST APPEARD TO PAUL AND CHANGED HIS HEART.PAUL BECAME A NEW PERSON.CHRIST SENT HIM OUT TO THE GENTILES TO LET THEM KNOW THAT THEY WERE GODS PEOPLE ALSO.PAUL HUMBLED HIMSELF AS A SERVANT OF THE GOSPEL,KNOWING BY THE GRACE OF GOD HIS LIFE WAS CHANGED. GOD HAS CALLED US AS BELIEVERS TO BE SERVANTS AND GO OUT INTO THE WORLD AND LET THE UNSAVED KNOW WHAT JESUS CHRIST HAS DIED FOR OUR SINS AND THAT THERE IS EVERLASTING LIFE (IN SALVATION)