The birth of Jesus

Dec 25, 2022Dec 22, 2022KennethLeave a comment

Matthew 1 New International Version

Joseph Accepts Jesus as His Son

¹⁸This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about^[d]: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit.¹⁹Because Joseph her husband was faithful to the law, and yet^[e] did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly.

²⁰But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. ²¹She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus,^[f] because he will save his people from their sins.”

²²All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: ²³“The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel”^[g] (which means “God with us”).

²⁴When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife. ²⁵But he did not consummate their marriage until she gave birth to a son. And he gave him the name Jesus.

A while ago I was given a book of daily bible verses and the highlighted verse above is the one I read this morning. (Suppose I should of kept it for Christmas really).

Seeking God’s Direction

Apr 22, 2022Kenneth

Psalm 25:4-5 New International Version (NIV)

⁴Show me your ways, Lord,
    teach me your paths.
⁵Guide me in your truth and teach me,
    for you are God my Saviour,
    and my hope is in you all day long.

I listened to this video last evening and all i’m going to say is it’s a video that speaks for itself. Please listen and enjoy

Advent 5 – Who is He?

Dec 25, 2021Dec 22, 2021Kenneth

1 Timothy 1:17New International Version

¹⁷Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.

Author: B. R. Hanby

Benjamin Russell Hanby was born July 22, 1833, the oldest of eight children, to Bishop William Hanby in Rushville, OH. The family moved to Westerville, OH where Bishop Hanby was a “conductor” on the Underground Railroad. In his short life Benjamin graduated from Otterbein, taught school, became a United Brethren minister, started a singing school, was editor for John Church publishers in Cincinnati and composed many songs and hymns before he died of tuberculosis March 15, 1867. His home in Westerville was Ohio’s first memorial to a composer. It was a stop on the Underground Railroad for slaves escaping to Canada and is a national historic site, a Methodist church Landmark and a Network to Freedom site for the National Park Service.

1 Who is he in yonder stall,
At whose feet the shepherds fall?

Refrain:
‘Tis the Lord! O wondrous story,
‘Tis the Lord, the King of Glory!
Ay his feel we humbly fall,
Crown him, crown him Lord of all!

2 Who is he in deep distress,
Fasting in the wilderness?

3 Who is he to whom they bring
All the sick and sorrowing?

4 Who iRuler

s he on yonder tree
Dies in grief and agony?

5 Who is he who from the grave
Comes to succour, help and save?

6 Who is he who from his throne
Rules through all the worlds alone?

Jesus is born!

A kind God

Apr 26, 2021KennethLeave a comment

Matthew 7 New International Version

Ask, Seek, Knock

⁷“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. ⁸For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

⁹“Which of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? ¹⁰Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? ¹¹If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him! ¹²So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.

Benefits of Wisdom

Feb 22, 2021Feb 20, 2021Kenneth1 Comment

Proverbs 2 New International Version

Moral Benefits of Wisdom

2 My son, if you accept my words
    and store up my commands within you,
²turning your ear to wisdom
    and applying your heart to understanding—
³indeed, if you call out for insight
    and cry aloud for understanding,
⁴and if you look for it as for silver
    and search for it as for hidden treasure,
⁵then you will understand the fear of the Lord
    and find the knowledge of God.
⁶For the Lord gives wisdom;
    from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.
⁷He holds success in store for the upright,
    he is a shield to those whose walk is blameless,
⁸for he guards the course of the just
    and protects the way of his faithful ones.

⁹Then you will understand what is right and just
    and fair—every good path.
¹⁰For wisdom will enter your heart,
    and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
¹¹Discretion will protect you,
    and understanding will guard you.

#Reblog: Above Inspiration

Aug 19, 2020Aug 19, 2020KennethLeave a comment

I stumbled across this video a few days ago and was really taken in by it so i thought I’d share it with you.

In it we are advised a number of things ‘not to worry about tomorrow for tomorrow will worry about itself’, We’re told what you or I can’t do God can! We also have to believe that God works miracles. We also need to rely on God for direction in life .

God doesn’t want you to live life on your own. Take time to acknowledge God each morning and include Him in your daily lives. We must lean on God every day and let Him fill our weaknesses with his power. No matter what you can’t do, God can do.

Praying Hands

Feb 17, 2020Feb 17, 2020Kenneth

Acts 9:40

But Peter put them all outside, and knelt down and prayed; and turning to the body he said, “Tabitha, arise.” And she opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter she sat up.

Praying hands (German: Betende Hände), also known as Study of the Hands of an Apostle (Studie zu den Händen eines Apostels), is a pen-and-ink drawing by the German printmaker, painter and theorist Albrecht Dürer. The work is today stored at the Albertina museum in Vienna, Austria. Dürer created the drawing using the technique of white heightening and black ink on (self-made) blue colored paper. The drawing shows a close up of two male hands clasped together praying. Also, the partly rolled up sleeves are seen.

The drawing is a sketch (study) for hands of an apostles who was planned to occupy the central panel of the triptych in installed in Frankfurt titled the Heller Altarpiece, which was later destroyed by a fire in 1729.^[1] The sketched hands appear on the triptych on the right side of the central panel, and although the detail appears very similar, it is smaller in size in the triptych.

The drawing also once contained a sketch of the apostle’s head, but the sheet with the head has been separated from it. Overall, Dürer made 18 sketches for the altarpiece.^[2] The first public recognition of the artwork was in 1871 when it was exhibited in Vienna, and the image is thought probably to depict Dürer’s own hands