Keeping up is hard to do

May 26-June 5, 2017

Wow, If I don't keep up, I don't keep up, and if I don't keep up, neither do you!  Life is full of such Joy and blessings; we don't always appreciate them because we are either complaining about the past or worried about the future.  Neither one, do we have control over, ONLY TODAY!   Let's make the best day of today, ensuring our future and assuring the past when we get to the future!  Wow, was that profound or what?

May 26-May 31

I had a Shaklee cold.  What's that?  Well, it is when you feel OK, but you know you have a cold because you sound like it.  I take all the Shaklee supplements which deals with the symptoms and allows you to function without all of the emissions.  I stayed in, pretty much so as not to infect others, and checked out my trip options.

I did go to church Sunday and Brenda, that I met in Las Vegas (also From the Heart of Las Vegas Church) came.  She had a wedding to attend in the Tidewater area of Virginia and was at the reception until late Saturday and got up early Sunday and drove 3 hours to come to church and beat me there  It was her first time at the Parent church and I introduced her to lots of people.  We took a picture of our "pew" as she knew one of our "pew buddies" who moved to LasVegas.  I wanted to take Brenda out to lunch after Church but I didn't have the money, then I remembered a "Texas Roadhouse" gift card I had, that I had forgotten about in my purse.  So off we went and had a great fellowship.  She will be in the area visiting her son for another week or so.

It was fun seeing her again.

Tuesday, May 30  

I went to Bible study and Episcopal Pastor taught, and it was awesome,

here are my notes:

 IN A MOMENT OF TIME

by

EPISCOPAL PASTOR CHERRY

5/30/17

From notes taken by Lonna Swann at Bible Study

We need to understand that Jesus was 100% human and 100% divine.  It was important that Jesus (the human) be tested.

Luke 4:1-13

vs:5 "And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, showd unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time."

In a moment of time: A time of great temptation, when:

                                                                                                    

1.  When your flesh is at it's weakest point.

                                                                                                    

2.  When compromise seems like the best option.

                                                                                                    

3.  When the devil thinks your flesh is at your weakest, he brings out the big guns.

                                                                                                    

4.  When you are tempted to allow anxiety to get to you (a moment of time, doesn't give you time to think).

                                                                                                    

5.  It is designed to extract an immediate response, against the Word of God and your best interest.

                                                                                                    

6. When we are tempted to act without checking with God.

                                                                                                    

7.  Temptation designed for you to submit to the conditions so you might enjoy the pleasure, while ignoring the consequences.

                                                                                                                  

TEMPTATIONS REQUIRE CHOICES; CHOICES ARE LONG- LASTING AND LIFE CHANGING!

YOU CAN MAKE THE CHOICE, BUT YOU CANNOT CHOOSE THE CONSEQUENCES!

The devil puts something before you that can have; designed to take you out!

THE CONSEQUENCES OF CHOICES ARE PRE-DETERMINED.

(When we make a choice to enjoy the pleasure, we have a child forever)

Most mistakes and sin is made "in a moment of time".

You can be filled with the Holy Spirit, which will overcome the "Moment of time", but we can ignore the prompting of the Holy Spirit.

"A moment of time" can occur in our life, several times.

STOP:  WAIT UNTIL YOU NO LONGER WANT IT AND CAN DO WITHOUT IT.

How to overcome the negatives of "A moment of time."

The three temptations Jesus faced:

1.  The temptation of the flesh.

2.  The temptation of Power.

3.  The temptation od Pride.

It can bring a Nation to it's knees!  It is always about one person who can "bamboozal a Nation.

Goal of the message:  To make out Faith our Walk.

This lesson is essential to making our Faith our Walk.

STOP AND THINK!

I.  TEMPTATION OF FLESH.

Jesus responded to the devil with what directly punished the temptation. Luke 4:3-4 (bread)

When tempted:  STOP, go find the Word of God that directly effects the temptation!

Three temptations of the flesh:

                                                                                                    

A.  FLESHLY LUSTS

Beware that you don't get so high and mighty that you forget that you can be tempted.  The devil has to find something that is already in us.  There is something in all of us that can be tempted by "a moment of time."

                                                                                                                  

THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH (of something)

                                                                                                    

B.  FLESHLY DESIRES

Psalms 37:4-5

"Delight thyself also in the Lord; and He shall give thee the desires of thine heart.  Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust in Him; and He shall bring it to pass."

C.  FLESHLY RELATIONSHIPS.  STOP!

                                                                                                         

II Corinthians 6:14 "Be ye not unequally yoked together                         

with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness                         

with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with   

darkness?"

                                                                                                    

II. TEMPTATION OF EARTHLY POWER.

Luke4:7-8 

Jesus responded with the Word of God that punished the temptation I'm faced with

I must have the proper Word of God

                                                                                                    

A. The illusion of the power of money.

                                                                                                    

B.  The power of things.

                                                                                                    

C.  The power of (Personality?) 

                                                                                                      

Our faith should not stand in the power of a man, but in the                      

power of Jesus.

III.  The Temptation of Pride.

                                                                                                    

A.  Thinking more highly of yourself.

                                                                                                    

B.  Thinking more highly of their spiritual gifts.

                                                                                                    

C.  Thinking less of your brother.

Rom 12.  Not to think more highly of yourself than you ought.

The power of your Faith should not be in a man, but in the Power of Jesus.

Wednesday, May 31, 2017 I had the honor of attending my adopted Granddaughter's awards ceremony.  She is one of the teenagers in my family that I stayed with for 8 months while my house was being fixed for selling.  I was so proud of her, she graduates on Saturday from High School and earned over 14 awards/pins/scholarships/medals and honors, including SUMMA CUM LAUDE, THE PRINCIPALS AWARD, NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY, TOP 5% IN THE State of MD, and #4 out of the top ten in the school in academics. WOW!

June 1, 2017

Today my hostess and I went on a dry-land "cruise" in our minds and it was wonderful.  We started out, by meeting our friends that I stayed with in Mississippi.  They were here visiting their daughter in National Harbor.  We met them, they gave us a parking pass and we walked a little way and sat in the "park" in the middle of the street on comfortable, soft-cushioned, outdoor, patio furniture, over looking the water and visited.  A beautiful day with white fluffy clouds and a nice breeze and Hawaii-like weather, just like on a cruise to somewhere!

My friend, that started the Shaklee 180 weight loss plan with me, is still on it and does she look good!  She is 5 years older than I am and LOOKS GREAT!  She is happy with it, and has a new eating lifestyle that is working great for her.  It was very encouraging to see her look so good! 

We went to a restaurant and ate outside overlooking the happenings at National Harbor and enjoyed the visit!  They are on a road trip and headed to Michigan tomorrow.  If they can do it, so can I!

After that, we went to "Port" Cosco and shopped a little and got fuel for the car ($2.13 per gal).  Then we went to an AAA store in Waldorf, MD.  Did you know about that?  If you have a AAA card, they have car repair service, luggage and travel supplies, maps, cruise books and travel agents that do trip-tics and help you with trips.  All the help and books are free.  We decided to check out some cruises and I got some maps for my trip.  It was fun. All in all it was a great "cruise" day!

June2, 2017

I saw Ronnie today!  Because of the cold, I wasn't able to see her in the Hospital.  I had been keeping tabs on her and when I saw her, she was having a much better day than before.  She was sitting up and the Physical therapist came and took her for a walk.  Keep her in your prayers, she is going through.

June 3, 2017

Today I stayed around the house and did some catch up things, I then went to pick up my grandson for graduation.  I drove my car and then he dropped me off at my "family's" so we could go to he school and get a good seat.  My grandson's sister graduates from the same school, she is going into the Airforce.  He took the car because I stayed overnight with my "family" (the ones I stayed with while my house was being worked on.

Graduation was great and not too long, which surprised me.  Afterwards we had dinner and cake and ice cream to celebrate.  The dining room was decorated nicely with balloons etc...  We got to bed late and got up early for church. 

The message at church was awesome and I had texted my Grandson in Chicago, inviting him to live stream the Church broadcast, and he did.  He seemed to get a lot out of it. 

While my grandson here, had my car it ran hot.  He left it to cool over night and after church we put water in it, it was dry.  It has been doing alright since, but I will get it checked out.  E.T., my hostess, came to get me and we went to Texas Roadhouse again because she wanted a steak.  I had a veggie plate again, but what fun.  The waiter was a Christian and awesome, I ended up adopting him.  He was working two jobs and going to school for sports medicine and wants to be a Physical Therapist! WOW!  We have a date to talk about Shaklee. 

After lunch, we went to a friend's house (from my Church).  She had mentioned that she had some clothes that were my size and she wanted to give them to me if they fit.  WOW, is God good or what!  She gave me 5 beautiful suits,(some brand new) that will make over 20 outfits. What a blessing! 

June 5, 2017

I stayed around catching up, making calls and talking to E.T..  We are growing on each other and she doesn't want me to leave.  As it stands now, I really don't have a feel for when or how I will leave.  I will keep you posted.