Brendamay

When we walk in Darkness, we do not seem to care, all we want to do is enjoy ourselves, To do what ever we want to do, without concidering others or our God. We get further and further away from God. We do not think it is nessersary to attend our Church. God loves us,even though we walk in Darkness. He causes us to suddenly look at ourselves and to realise that we need help. We need Gods help. What must we do. We must confess our Sins to God, We must plead for his forgiveness. God is Good He will forgive us our Sins, so That we can walk in the light. When we walk in the light, We feel Gods Love, we have the company of Good Christian friends, who will hold us up, when we need encouragement. To walk in the light is to praise god, and mean everything that we confess. Be true to God and ourselves.To Talk to God, to Pray daily, anytime. Tell God you Love him, He wants us to talk to him. He is always listening to us. Leave our troubles in his hands.He loves us.

My walk with other Christians started like that, But as we got to know each other,at my Church bible study, I have found we are more at ease with each other. We have learned to trust and open up our Hearts and minds. We have also found it easier to get to a deeper level. Yes we are like a family. That is the answer. I agree completely with what Sassblue8 has to say.

Why do we blame God. We blame God, because we have turned away from him by thinking and doing what we want, instead of what God wants us to think and do. Therefore we feel God has forsaken us, God is with us all the time, he has not forsaken us, it is we who have foresaken him. So when things go wrong it is easier to blame God. We should look into our hearts, and ask God to forgive us, Then Surrender our lives back into his hands. Only then will we be able to see our way forward.

It tells us, that we all come together as one Family, That we love one another, That we love God with our whole hearts.That we allow God to come into our lives, and let him to take over. People who do not come and join in with the congregation, cannot begin to understand, what is missing in their lives.

We are Citizens of The Kingdom of Heaven, Our bodies are Gods temple, therefore we must keep our lives Clean and Holy. For God lives within us.

Access to the father is vital. without it, we would be lost, we would be open to Sin and the devil. We recieve access to God through the Blood of Jesus Christ. He died so that we would be able to come before his Father's Throne.

Being raised up, to sit with Jesus, means that we are safe from the devil, he cannot do us harm whilst we sit with Jesus. we have been placed above the angels and other spirits.

I do not see the Church as a building, we as Christians are the church. Jesus is in us , he is our leader, The head of our Church family. we are all gathered under one heading, The Church of God.This makes the body of the Church very powerful.

Even as a little Child, Jesus was aware that he was somehow, Gods Son, he was very intelligent, and knew a lot of the scriptures. He wanted to learn as much as he could, about God his Father, He was learning all that he needed to know, for The future. He enjoyed dissussions and Praying in the temple.

Jesus obeyed his Parents, because God Chose them for him, He respected them, because it was gods law to Honour thy Father and Mother. We must also respect our Parents. because god commanded it. Also they give there lives for us, and teach us, and care for us.

It means that God and Jesus was as one. This was very important, as it gave Jesus strength when he was Tempted, also when he was on the cross. The Grace of our God, is very important for us. It helps us and gives us the strength to walk in the Way, with peace and love. It gives us the strength, to follow Jesus, and proclaim his word to all mankind.

Jesus had to be in favour with God, because he is in God, and God was in him. the same gose for us, we need God to be with us, so that we can be witnesses for him on earth. and it is also importent to have favour with our neighbours. it is vital to be in favour with our nieghbours, because we must witness to them about god,and help them to come to know God, to be a good influence to them,

I do not think that Jesus was at fault either, I believe he was where he should have been at that moment. after all he was Gods son. There was no Sin committed. Jesus said he was about his fathers buisness. It seemed natural to him, to be in the temple, Listening to the teachers, and asking questions.I suppose the time went quickly for him, and he was unaware of the worry that he had caused his Parents.

Jesus was born of a human Mother, therefore he had to learn like we do. So that he would experience our ways, and understand our failings, and our strengths. So that when the time came for his ministry, He would be able to preach on the peoples intelligence, and understanding.

Anna and Simeon, were well versed with the scriptures, so they must have known all about Jesus also his fate. They must also have realised that Jesus came to work great things in his life, and that he was the son of God. That he didn't come as a warrior, but as a peace loving man. Who would have great influence with all who met and loved him. also that he would be slaughtered for mankind. So that sinners could be saved.

Their lives were spent in Prayer and praise to God. This was the most important part of their Lives in the temple. We are always rushing and tearing about, never spending a lot of time in prayer, we must try and slow down and spend time to pray. not only to pray, but to open our minds and listen.and make a space for the Holy spirit to come into our lives.

Their minds were both Open to God, They were faithful to his word,They Listened and was in tune with The Holy Spirit. Our problems are that that we fill our minds with earthly things, We must be quite,and clear our minds of all our worries and open our minds be quite and listen.

They were open to God, they were able to hear the Holy spirit. We have problems listening to The Holy spirit, because we do not listen properly,our minds are so full of other things. We must quiten ourselves when we Pray, keep our minds empty of worldly things.and learn to listen.

Simeon and Anna had spent years of their lives, working, and praying in the Temple.They had devoted there lives to God, Doing good deeds and helping visitors to the temple. and they knew that one day they would see the messiah. Their faithfullness and Faith had been rewarded. but even if they had never met Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. Their lives would have been the same. They would still have Loved and served their God. That is what God is asking of us today, that we believe in him, and love one another.

Mary and Josph, knew that God had blessed them with a special child, they obeyed God, and had their precious baby circumcised, as was the Jewish law. They were showing respect for God.

Sacrifice of an animal was a means of repenting before God. it gave us a way of repentance for our sins,. to wash in the blood of Christ who died for our Sins.

God wants to show us, That sin is death, God Loves us, and he wants us to repent and be saved, so with the shedding of blood, it atones for our sins. But we must show God that we are really sorry for all our sins.

1 Peter3:18. Christ Died for sins once and for all,The rightous and the unrighteous. he was put to death in the body, and made alive by the spirit. Jesus Died for all of us. He died for me, he had to endure all that pain the jeering, the humiliation, so that my sins would be forgiven. so that I could live, and have eternal life. Oh what a sacrifice.

You need to come before god and Confess with your whole Heart, and really mean it, Then your sins will be forgiven. Not once not twice, but everytime you commit sin