What I love about Piper's sermons are their focus on finding joy in God and being overwhelmingly glad in Him. His sermons, especially his light+truth series, has been incredibly beneficial to me.
True pleasure in life is found when one can be delighted in the Lord even in the worst of times! A struggle, but a worthy one. What a gift our loving Lord gives! Jesus lives ♥️ and is God 🙏🏻 Christ ✝️ and King 👑
Philippians 1:21😊❤ "21 For to me to live is Christ(Jesus😊1st❤,our Lord and our savior in Christ)1, and to die is gain."( gain Jesus😊1st❤ face 😊❤ to face with Jesus😊1st❤my Lord and my savior in Christ 😊❤ too in Christ.) "( Philippians 1:21 ESV Study Bible)
Powerful message, I don't think the full concept has truly sank in for me still though. I have an anxiety disorder - Accepting this as part of my war is bittersweet for sure. Nobody can have anything unless God gives it. God bless you all
Praise to the Lord( Jesus😊1st ❤ ) and thank you pastor John😊❤ for sharing. Amen to Luke 1:37 "37 For nothing will be impossible with God😊100%❤."( Luke 1:37 ESV Study Bible ) Amen to What Paul😊❤ in Christ said " I water and Apollo😊❤ water it and God makes it grow" Mark 4:1-9( The parable😊❤ of the Sower😊❤) "4 Again he( Jesus😊1st❤) began to teach😊❤ beside sea. And a very large crowd❤ gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat in it on the sea, and the whole crowd 😊❤ beside the sea on the land. 2 And he( Jesus😊1st❤) was teaching😊❤ them many things in parables😊❤, and in his teaching he said ❤ to them(❤'s): 3 " Listen😊❤ Behold😊❤, a sower😊❤ went out 😊❤ ( you might ask what did the sower went out to do? ) to sow😊❤. 4 And as he( the sower😊❤ ) sowed( that is his job he sowed😊❤), some seed( God's words😊❤) fell along the path, and the birds( these " birds" are no good, the devil ) came and devoured it. 5 other seed ( God's words😊❤) fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil( Do you also know that a plant need, good soil, right amount or water, right amount of sunlight, enough space and God's timing to grow too in Christ😊❤ ? Since it doesn't have soil so ), and immediately( " immediately😊❤ " right away in Mark😊❤'s language " Immediately😊❤") it sprang up, since it had no depth ( you might no depth of what?) of soil. ( i told us a plant need good depth of soil too to grow right😊❤?) 6 And when the sun( " sun" gives sunlight right😊❤?) rose, it was scorched, and since it has not root( "root"😊❤ support the plant above okay. "...Since it has no root."( from Mark 4:6 middle of the verse) what do you think will happen when it has no root?) it withered away. 7 Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grews up and chocked it, and it yielded no grain. 8 And other seeds fell into good soil 😊❤ and produces grain😊❤, growing😊❤ up😊❤ and increasing😊❤ and yielding😊❤ thirtyfold( 30 times) and sixtyfold( 60 times) and a hundredfold( 100 times) ." 9 And he( Jesus😊1st❤) said, " He 😊❤ who😊❤ has😊❤ ears😊❤ to hear😊❤ , let him😊❤ hear😊❤." " ( Mark 4:1-9 ESV Study Bible all parenthesis parts and symbols in Christ also for and in Christ Jesus😊1st❤. I assume every who is human has two ears unless for exceptional cases. So Jesus 😊1st❤ our Lord and our savior in Christ ( Jesus😊1st❤) is giving❤😊 an invitation to whoever who has ears to let him😊❤ hear😊❤. Or Mark 4:9 The Bible😊❤ said😊❤, "9 And he( Jesus😊1st❤) said, " He 😊❤ who😊❤ has😊❤ ears😊❤ to hear😊❤ , let him😊❤ hear😊❤." " ( Mark 4:9 ESV Study Bible) Which of the four soils that Jesus(😊1st❤ our Lord and our savior in Christ😊❤) do you belong to today too? Mark 4:8-9 "8 And other seeds fell into good soil 😊❤ and produces grain😊❤, growing😊❤ up😊❤ and increasing😊❤ and yielding😊❤ thirtyfold( 30 times) and sixtyfold( 60 times) and a hundredfold( 100 times) ." 9 And he( Jesus😊1st❤) said, " He 😊❤ who😊❤ has😊❤ ears😊❤ to hear😊❤ , let him😊❤ hear😊❤." " ( Mark 4:8-9 ESV Study Bible ) Hope you also belong to the good soil too in Christ( Mark 4:8😊❤) in Christ😊❤.
Mark 4:1-9( The parable😊❤ of the Sower😊❤) "4 Again he( Jesus😊1st❤) began to teach😊❤ beside sea. And a very large crowd❤ gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat in it on the sea, and the whole crowd 😊❤ beside the sea on the land. 2 And he( Jesus😊1st❤) was teaching😊❤ them many things in parables😊❤, and in his teaching he said ❤ to them(❤'s): 3 " Listen😊❤ Behold😊❤, a sower😊❤ went out 😊❤ ( you might ask what did the sower went out to do? ) to sow😊❤. 4 And as he( the sower😊❤ ) sowed( that is his job he sowed😊❤), some seed( God's words😊❤) fell along the path, and the birds( these " birds" are no good, the devil ) came and devoured it. 5 other seed ( God's words😊❤) fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil( Do you also know that a plant need, good soil, right amount or water, right amount of sunlight, enough space and God's timing to grow too in Christ😊❤ ? Since it doesn't have soil so ), and immediately( " immediately😊❤ " right away in Mark😊❤'s language " Immediately😊❤") it sprang up, since it had no depth ( you might no depth of what?) of soil. ( i told us a plant need good depth of soil too to grow right😊❤?) 6 And when the sun( " sun" gives sunlight right😊❤?) rose, it was scorched, and since it has not root( "root"😊❤ support the plant above okay. "...Since it has no root."( from Mark 4:6 middle of the verse) what do you think will happen when it has no root?) it withered away. 7 Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grews up and chocked it, and it yielded no grain. 8 And other seeds fell into good soil 😊❤ and produces grain😊❤, growing😊❤ up😊❤ and increasing😊❤ and yielding😊❤ thirtyfold( 30 times) and sixtyfold( 60 times) and a hundredfold( 100 times) ." 9 And he( Jesus😊1st❤) said, " He 😊❤ who😊❤ has😊❤ ears😊❤ to hear😊❤ , let him😊❤ hear😊❤." " ( Mark 4:1-9 ESV Study Bible all parenthesis parts and symbols in Christ also for and in Christ Jesus😊1st❤. I assume every who is human has two ears unless for exceptional cases. So Jesus 😊1st❤ our Lord and our savior in Christ ( Jesus😊1st❤) is giving❤😊 an invitation to whoever who has ears to let him😊❤ hear😊❤. Or Mark 4:9 The Bible😊❤ said😊❤, "9 And he( Jesus😊1st❤) said, " He 😊❤ who😊❤ has😊❤ ears😊❤ to hear😊❤ , let him😊❤ hear😊❤." " ( Mark 4:9 ESV Study Bible) Which of the four soils that Jesus(😊1st❤ our Lord and our savior in Christ😊❤) do you belong to today too? Mark 4:8-9 "8 And other seeds fell into good soil 😊❤ and produces grain😊❤, growing😊❤ up😊❤ and increasing😊❤ and yielding😊❤ thirtyfold( 30 times) and sixtyfold( 60 times) and a hundredfold( 100 times) ." 9 And he( Jesus😊1st❤) said, " He 😊❤ who😊❤ has😊❤ ears😊❤ to hear😊❤ , let him😊❤ hear😊❤." " ( Mark 4:8-9 ESV Study Bible ) Hope you also belong to the good soil too in Christ( Mark 4:8😊❤) in Christ😊❤.
This earlier morning 2 hour exercise in Christ outside. Then got geocery and cooked lunch for my wife in Christ. Work a little in Christ Then cooked dinner again at home for my wife for many nutrient foods. Then i was told to go to pick our mom ( meant mother- in - law) while waiting for our mom we ate some food outside. Then drove our mom home from Brooklyn. Just got home in Christ😊❤.
Genesis 47:13-19 of Genesis 47:13-31( Joseph😊❤ and famine) Genesis 47:13-19 "13 Now there was no food in all the land, for the famine was very severe, so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan languished by reason of the famime. 14 And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, in exchange for the grain that they bought. And Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house. 15 And when the money was all spent in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said, " Give us food. Why should we die before your eyes? For our money is gone." 16 Joseph answered, " Give your livestock, and I will give you food in exchange for your livestock, if your money is gone." 17 So they brought their livestock to Joseph, and Joseph gave them food in exchange for the horses, the flocks, the herds, and the donkeys. He supplied them with food in exchange for all their livestock that year. 18 And when that year ended, they came to him the following year and said to him, " We will not hide from our lord that our money is all spent. The herds of livestock are my lord's. There is nothing left in the sight of my lord but our bodies and our land. 19 Why should we die before your eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land for food, and we with our land will be servants to Pharaoh. And give us seed that we may live and not die, and that the land may not be desolate." "( Genesis 47:13-19 ESV Study Bible) & Romans 8:28😊❤
Philippians 1:21😊❤ "21 For to me to live is Christ(Jesus😊1st❤,our Lord and our savior in Christ)1, and to die is gain."( gain Jesus😊1st❤ face 😊❤ to face with Jesus😊1st❤my Lord and my savior in Christ 😊❤ too in Christ.) "( Philippians 1:21 ESV Study Bible)
13:21 But technically WE CAN'T plow and WE CAN'T plant apart from God either. This is all just a big case of "hurry up and wait". I'm not gonna lie. It's very frustrating to wait indefinitely for something that God has the power to do instantaneously. Meanwhile I'm in a spiritual wilderness powerless to do anything about my life. The Holy Spirit is keeping me from turning to the world but simultaneously delaying in healing me and cleansing me. Meanwhile I'm suffering from heartbreak, chronic anxiety, depression, and a very turbulent spiritual, mental, and emotional rollercoaster. This experience is so painful. Smh.
Mark 4:1-9( The parable😊❤ of the Sower😊❤) "4 Again he( Jesus😊1st❤) began to teach😊❤ beside sea. And a very large crowd❤ gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat in it on the sea, and the whole crowd 😊❤ beside the sea on the land. 2 And he( Jesus😊1st❤) was teaching😊❤ them many things in parables😊❤, and in his teaching he said ❤ to them(❤'s): 3 " Listen😊❤ Behold😊❤, a sower😊❤ went out 😊❤ ( you might ask what did the sower went out to do? ) to sow😊❤. 4 And as he( the sower😊❤ ) sowed( that is his job he sowed😊❤), some seed( God's words😊❤) fell along the path, and the birds( these " birds" are no good, the devil ) came and devoured it. 5 other seed ( God's words😊❤) fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil( Do you also know that a plant need, good soil, right amount or water, right amount of sunlight, enough space and God's timing to grow too in Christ😊❤ ? Since it doesn't have soil so ), and immediately( " immediately😊❤ " right away in Mark😊❤'s language " Immediately😊❤") it sprang up, since it had no depth ( you might no depth of what?) of soil. ( i told us a plant need good depth of soil too to grow right😊❤?) 6 And when the sun( " sun" gives sunlight right😊❤?) rose, it was scorched, and since it has not root( "root"😊❤ support the plant above okay. "...Since it has no root."( from Mark 4:6 middle of the verse) what do you think will happen when it has no root?) it withered away. 7 Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grews up and chocked it, and it yielded no grain. 8 And other seeds fell into good soil 😊❤ and produces grain😊❤, growing😊❤ up😊❤ and increasing😊❤ and yielding😊❤ thirtyfold( 30 times) and sixtyfold( 60 times) and a hundredfold( 100 times) ." 9 And he( Jesus😊1st❤) said, " He 😊❤ who😊❤ has😊❤ ears😊❤ to hear😊❤ , let him😊❤ hear😊❤." " ( Mark 4:1-9 ESV Study Bible all parenthesis parts and symbols in Christ also for and in Christ Jesus😊1st❤. I assume every who is human has two ears unless for exceptional cases. So Jesus 😊1st❤ our Lord and our savior in Christ ( Jesus😊1st❤) is giving❤😊 an invitation to whoever who has ears to let him😊❤ hear😊❤. Or Mark 4:9 The Bible😊❤ said😊❤, "9 And he( Jesus😊1st❤) said, " He 😊❤ who😊❤ has😊❤ ears😊❤ to hear😊❤ , let him😊❤ hear😊❤." " ( Mark 4:9 ESV Study Bible) Which of the four soils that Jesus(😊1st❤ our Lord and our savior in Christ😊❤) do you belong to today too? Mark 4:8-9 "8 And other seeds fell into good soil 😊❤ and produces grain😊❤, growing😊❤ up😊❤ and increasing😊❤ and yielding😊❤ thirtyfold( 30 times) and sixtyfold( 60 times) and a hundredfold( 100 times) ." 9 And he( Jesus😊1st❤) said, " He 😊❤ who😊❤ has😊❤ ears😊❤ to hear😊❤ , let him😊❤ hear😊❤." " ( Mark 4:8-9 ESV Study Bible ) Hope you also belong to the good soil too in Christ( Mark 4:8😊❤) in Christ😊❤.
Genesis 47:13-19 of Genesis 47:13-31( Joseph and famine) Genesis 47:13-19 "13 Now there was no food in all the land, for the famine was very severe, so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan languished by reason of the famime. 14 And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, in exchange for the grain that they bought. And Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house. 15 And when the money was all spent in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said, " Give us food. Why should we die before your eyes? For our money is gone." 16 Joseph answered, " Give your livestock, and I will give you food in exchange for your livestock, if your money is gone." 17 So they brought their livestock to Joseph, and Joseph gave them food in exchange for the horses, the flocks, the herds, and the donkeys. He supplied them with food in exchange for all their livestock that year. 18 And when that year ended, they came to him the following year and said to him, " We will not hide from our lord that our money is all spent. The herds of livestock are my lord's. There is nothing left in the sight of my lord but our bodies and our land. 19 Why should we die before your eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land for food, and we with our land will be servants to Pharaoh. And give us seed that we may live and not die, and that the land may not be desolate." "( Genesis 47:13-19 ESV Study Bible) & Romans 8:28😊❤
Philippians 1:21😊❤ "21 For to me to live is Christ(Jesus😊1st❤,our Lord and our savior in Christ)1, and to die is gain."( gain Jesus😊1st❤ face 😊❤ to face with Jesus😊1st❤my Lord and my savior in Christ 😊❤ too in Christ.) "( Philippians 1:21 ESV Study Bible)
It is a pity I see anything DGM posts and can only think about Piper’s assertion that the deaths of millions of people was of less importance than his ephemeral goal of keeping one man out of office for four years. It rather makes anything DGM says sound sickeningly insincere.
God is good. With me, it is impossible, but with God, all things are possible. May He indeed help me, help us all. Amen.🙏
What I love about Piper's sermons are their focus on finding joy in God and being overwhelmingly glad in Him. His sermons, especially his light+truth series, has been incredibly beneficial to me.
Thankbyou my God.
Thank u John Piper Sir
God Commanded it! That settles it! And I'm happy to obey it!
💫AMEN!☝️💖👣💯
thank You Lord for the miracle of Your conversion! remind us to be modest and to remember that You are in control and how that is a very good thing!
Amen 💛🙏🏾
joy in this life is TEMPORARY en full with sins struggles en pain !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SO GLAD 1day we shall leave this life/body en world
AMEN
True pleasure in life is found when one can be delighted in the Lord even in the worst of times! A struggle, but a worthy one. What a gift our loving Lord gives!
Jesus lives ♥️ and is God 🙏🏻 Christ ✝️ and King 👑
Amen to Luke 1:37😊❤
Philippians 1:21😊❤
"21 For to me to live is Christ(Jesus😊1st❤,our Lord and our savior in Christ)1, and to die is gain."( gain Jesus😊1st❤ face 😊❤ to face with Jesus😊1st❤my Lord and my savior in Christ 😊❤
too in Christ.) "( Philippians 1:21 ESV Study Bible)
The eternal surpasses the
Temporal!
Wow wow wow
Amen Pastor John!!!
Awesome
Amen.
This gave me great joy also
Powerful message, I don't think the full concept has truly sank in for me still though. I have an anxiety disorder - Accepting this as part of my war is bittersweet for sure. Nobody can have anything unless God gives it.
God bless you all
91as😮😅😅
❤AMEN
❤
Praise to the Lord( Jesus😊1st ❤ ) and thank you pastor John😊❤ for sharing. Amen to Luke 1:37
"37 For nothing will be impossible with God😊100%❤."( Luke 1:37 ESV Study Bible )
Amen to What Paul😊❤ in Christ said " I water and Apollo😊❤ water it and God makes it grow"
Mark 4:1-9( The parable😊❤
of the Sower😊❤)
"4 Again he( Jesus😊1st❤) began to teach😊❤ beside sea. And a very large crowd❤ gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat in it on the sea, and the whole crowd 😊❤ beside the sea on the land.
2 And he( Jesus😊1st❤) was teaching😊❤ them many things in parables😊❤, and in his teaching he said ❤
to them(❤'s):
3
" Listen😊❤
Behold😊❤,
a sower😊❤
went out 😊❤ ( you might ask what did the sower went out to do? )
to sow😊❤.
4 And as he( the sower😊❤ ) sowed( that is his job he sowed😊❤),
some seed( God's words😊❤)
fell along the path,
and the birds( these " birds" are no good, the devil ) came and devoured it.
5 other seed ( God's words😊❤) fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil( Do you also know that a plant need, good soil, right amount or water, right amount of sunlight, enough space and God's timing to grow too in Christ😊❤
? Since it doesn't have soil so ), and immediately( " immediately😊❤ " right away in Mark😊❤'s language " Immediately😊❤") it sprang up, since
it had
no depth ( you might no depth of what?)
of soil. ( i told us a plant need good depth of soil too to grow right😊❤?)
6 And when the sun( " sun" gives sunlight right😊❤?) rose, it was scorched, and since it has not root( "root"😊❤ support the plant above okay. "...Since it has no root."( from Mark 4:6 middle of the verse) what do you think will happen when it has no root?)
it withered away.
7 Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grews up and chocked it, and it yielded no grain.
8 And other seeds fell into good soil 😊❤ and produces grain😊❤,
growing😊❤ up😊❤ and increasing😊❤ and yielding😊❤ thirtyfold( 30 times) and sixtyfold( 60 times) and a hundredfold( 100 times) ."
9 And he( Jesus😊1st❤) said, " He 😊❤ who😊❤ has😊❤ ears😊❤
to hear😊❤
,
let him😊❤
hear😊❤." " ( Mark 4:1-9 ESV Study Bible all parenthesis parts and symbols in Christ also for and in Christ Jesus😊1st❤. I assume every who is human has two ears unless for exceptional cases. So Jesus 😊1st❤ our Lord and our savior in Christ ( Jesus😊1st❤)
is giving❤😊
an invitation to whoever who has ears to let him😊❤
hear😊❤. Or Mark 4:9 The Bible😊❤ said😊❤,
"9 And he( Jesus😊1st❤) said, " He 😊❤ who😊❤ has😊❤ ears😊❤
to hear😊❤
,
let him😊❤
hear😊❤." " ( Mark 4:9 ESV Study Bible)
Which of the four soils that Jesus(😊1st❤ our Lord and our savior in Christ😊❤)
do you belong to today too?
Mark 4:8-9
"8 And other seeds fell into good soil 😊❤ and produces grain😊❤,
growing😊❤ up😊❤ and increasing😊❤ and yielding😊❤ thirtyfold( 30 times) and sixtyfold( 60 times) and a hundredfold( 100 times) ."
9 And he( Jesus😊1st❤) said, " He 😊❤ who😊❤ has😊❤ ears😊❤
to hear😊❤
,
let him😊❤
hear😊❤." " ( Mark 4:8-9 ESV Study Bible )
Hope you also belong to the good soil too in Christ( Mark 4:8😊❤) in Christ😊❤.
Mark 4:1-9( The parable😊❤
of the Sower😊❤)
"4 Again he( Jesus😊1st❤) began to teach😊❤ beside sea. And a very large crowd❤ gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat in it on the sea, and the whole crowd 😊❤ beside the sea on the land.
2 And he( Jesus😊1st❤) was teaching😊❤ them many things in parables😊❤, and in his teaching he said ❤
to them(❤'s):
3
" Listen😊❤
Behold😊❤,
a sower😊❤
went out 😊❤ ( you might ask what did the sower went out to do? )
to sow😊❤.
4 And as he( the sower😊❤ ) sowed( that is his job he sowed😊❤),
some seed( God's words😊❤)
fell along the path,
and the birds( these " birds" are no good, the devil ) came and devoured it.
5 other seed ( God's words😊❤) fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil( Do you also know that a plant need, good soil, right amount or water, right amount of sunlight, enough space and God's timing to grow too in Christ😊❤
? Since it doesn't have soil so ), and immediately( " immediately😊❤ " right away in Mark😊❤'s language " Immediately😊❤") it sprang up, since
it had
no depth ( you might no depth of what?)
of soil. ( i told us a plant need good depth of soil too to grow right😊❤?)
6 And when the sun( " sun" gives sunlight right😊❤?) rose, it was scorched, and since it has not root( "root"😊❤ support the plant above okay. "...Since it has no root."( from Mark 4:6 middle of the verse) what do you think will happen when it has no root?)
it withered away.
7 Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grews up and chocked it, and it yielded no grain.
8 And other seeds fell into good soil 😊❤ and produces grain😊❤,
growing😊❤ up😊❤ and increasing😊❤ and yielding😊❤ thirtyfold( 30 times) and sixtyfold( 60 times) and a hundredfold( 100 times) ."
9 And he( Jesus😊1st❤) said, " He 😊❤ who😊❤ has😊❤ ears😊❤
to hear😊❤
,
let him😊❤
hear😊❤." " ( Mark 4:1-9 ESV Study Bible all parenthesis parts and symbols in Christ also for and in Christ Jesus😊1st❤. I assume every who is human has two ears unless for exceptional cases. So Jesus 😊1st❤ our Lord and our savior in Christ ( Jesus😊1st❤)
is giving❤😊
an invitation to whoever who has ears to let him😊❤
hear😊❤. Or Mark 4:9 The Bible😊❤ said😊❤,
"9 And he( Jesus😊1st❤) said, " He 😊❤ who😊❤ has😊❤ ears😊❤
to hear😊❤
,
let him😊❤
hear😊❤." " ( Mark 4:9 ESV Study Bible)
Which of the four soils that Jesus(😊1st❤ our Lord and our savior in Christ😊❤)
do you belong to today too?
Mark 4:8-9
"8 And other seeds fell into good soil 😊❤ and produces grain😊❤,
growing😊❤ up😊❤ and increasing😊❤ and yielding😊❤ thirtyfold( 30 times) and sixtyfold( 60 times) and a hundredfold( 100 times) ."
9 And he( Jesus😊1st❤) said, " He 😊❤ who😊❤ has😊❤ ears😊❤
to hear😊❤
,
let him😊❤
hear😊❤." " ( Mark 4:8-9 ESV Study Bible )
Hope you also belong to the good soil too in Christ( Mark 4:8😊❤) in Christ😊❤.
This earlier morning 2 hour exercise in Christ outside. Then got geocery and cooked lunch for my wife in Christ. Work a little in Christ Then cooked dinner again at home for my wife for many nutrient foods. Then i was told to go to pick our mom ( meant mother- in - law) while waiting for our mom we ate some food outside. Then drove our mom home from Brooklyn. Just got home in Christ😊❤.
Genesis 47:13-19 of Genesis 47:13-31( Joseph😊❤ and famine)
Genesis 47:13-19
"13 Now there was no food in all the land, for the famine was very severe, so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan languished by reason of the famime.
14 And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, in exchange for the grain that they bought. And Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house.
15 And when the money was all spent in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said, " Give us food. Why should we die before your eyes? For our money is gone."
16 Joseph answered,
" Give your livestock, and I will give you food in exchange for your livestock,
if your money is gone."
17 So they brought their livestock to Joseph, and Joseph gave them food in exchange for the horses,
the flocks,
the herds, and the donkeys.
He supplied them with food in exchange for all their livestock that year.
18 And when that year ended, they came to him the following year and said to him,
" We will not hide from our lord that our money is all spent. The herds of livestock are my lord's. There is nothing left in the sight of my lord but our bodies and our land.
19 Why should we die before your eyes, both we and our land?
Buy us and our land for food, and we with our land will be servants to Pharaoh. And give us seed that we may live and not die, and that the land may not be desolate." "( Genesis 47:13-19 ESV Study Bible)
& Romans 8:28😊❤
Philippians 1:21😊❤
"21 For to me to live is Christ(Jesus😊1st❤,our Lord and our savior in Christ)1, and to die is gain."( gain Jesus😊1st❤ face 😊❤ to face with Jesus😊1st❤my Lord and my savior in Christ 😊❤
too in Christ.) "( Philippians 1:21 ESV Study Bible)
13:21 But technically WE CAN'T plow and WE CAN'T plant apart from God either.
This is all just a big case of "hurry up and wait".
I'm not gonna lie. It's very frustrating to wait indefinitely for something that God has the power to do instantaneously.
Meanwhile I'm in a spiritual wilderness powerless to do anything about my life.
The Holy Spirit is keeping me from turning to the world but simultaneously delaying in healing me and cleansing me.
Meanwhile I'm suffering from heartbreak, chronic anxiety, depression, and a very turbulent spiritual, mental, and emotional rollercoaster.
This experience is so painful. Smh.
Mark 4:1-9( The parable😊❤
of the Sower😊❤)
"4 Again he( Jesus😊1st❤) began to teach😊❤ beside sea. And a very large crowd❤ gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat in it on the sea, and the whole crowd 😊❤ beside the sea on the land.
2 And he( Jesus😊1st❤) was teaching😊❤ them many things in parables😊❤, and in his teaching he said ❤
to them(❤'s):
3
" Listen😊❤
Behold😊❤,
a sower😊❤
went out 😊❤ ( you might ask what did the sower went out to do? )
to sow😊❤.
4 And as he( the sower😊❤ ) sowed( that is his job he sowed😊❤),
some seed( God's words😊❤)
fell along the path,
and the birds( these " birds" are no good, the devil ) came and devoured it.
5 other seed ( God's words😊❤) fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil( Do you also know that a plant need, good soil, right amount or water, right amount of sunlight, enough space and God's timing to grow too in Christ😊❤
? Since it doesn't have soil so ), and immediately( " immediately😊❤ " right away in Mark😊❤'s language " Immediately😊❤") it sprang up, since
it had
no depth ( you might no depth of what?)
of soil. ( i told us a plant need good depth of soil too to grow right😊❤?)
6 And when the sun( " sun" gives sunlight right😊❤?) rose, it was scorched, and since it has not root( "root"😊❤ support the plant above okay. "...Since it has no root."( from Mark 4:6 middle of the verse) what do you think will happen when it has no root?)
it withered away.
7 Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grews up and chocked it, and it yielded no grain.
8 And other seeds fell into good soil 😊❤ and produces grain😊❤,
growing😊❤ up😊❤ and increasing😊❤ and yielding😊❤ thirtyfold( 30 times) and sixtyfold( 60 times) and a hundredfold( 100 times) ."
9 And he( Jesus😊1st❤) said, " He 😊❤ who😊❤ has😊❤ ears😊❤
to hear😊❤
,
let him😊❤
hear😊❤." " ( Mark 4:1-9 ESV Study Bible all parenthesis parts and symbols in Christ also for and in Christ Jesus😊1st❤. I assume every who is human has two ears unless for exceptional cases. So Jesus 😊1st❤ our Lord and our savior in Christ ( Jesus😊1st❤)
is giving❤😊
an invitation to whoever who has ears to let him😊❤
hear😊❤. Or Mark 4:9 The Bible😊❤ said😊❤,
"9 And he( Jesus😊1st❤) said, " He 😊❤ who😊❤ has😊❤ ears😊❤
to hear😊❤
,
let him😊❤
hear😊❤." " ( Mark 4:9 ESV Study Bible)
Which of the four soils that Jesus(😊1st❤ our Lord and our savior in Christ😊❤)
do you belong to today too?
Mark 4:8-9
"8 And other seeds fell into good soil 😊❤ and produces grain😊❤,
growing😊❤ up😊❤ and increasing😊❤ and yielding😊❤ thirtyfold( 30 times) and sixtyfold( 60 times) and a hundredfold( 100 times) ."
9 And he( Jesus😊1st❤) said, " He 😊❤ who😊❤ has😊❤ ears😊❤
to hear😊❤
,
let him😊❤
hear😊❤." " ( Mark 4:8-9 ESV Study Bible )
Hope you also belong to the good soil too in Christ( Mark 4:8😊❤) in Christ😊❤.
Genesis 47:13-19 of Genesis 47:13-31( Joseph and famine)
Genesis 47:13-19
"13 Now there was no food in all the land, for the famine was very severe, so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan languished by reason of the famime.
14 And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, in exchange for the grain that they bought. And Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house.
15 And when the money was all spent in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said, " Give us food. Why should we die before your eyes? For our money is gone."
16 Joseph answered,
" Give your livestock, and I will give you food in exchange for your livestock,
if your money is gone."
17 So they brought their livestock to Joseph, and Joseph gave them food in exchange for the horses,
the flocks,
the herds, and the donkeys.
He supplied them with food in exchange for all their livestock that year.
18 And when that year ended, they came to him the following year and said to him,
" We will not hide from our lord that our money is all spent. The herds of livestock are my lord's. There is nothing left in the sight of my lord but our bodies and our land.
19 Why should we die before your eyes, both we and our land?
Buy us and our land for food, and we with our land will be servants to Pharaoh. And give us seed that we may live and not die, and that the land may not be desolate." "( Genesis 47:13-19 ESV Study Bible)
& Romans 8:28😊❤
Philippians 1:21😊❤
"21 For to me to live is Christ(Jesus😊1st❤,our Lord and our savior in Christ)1, and to die is gain."( gain Jesus😊1st❤ face 😊❤ to face with Jesus😊1st❤my Lord and my savior in Christ 😊❤
too in Christ.) "( Philippians 1:21 ESV Study Bible)
It is a pity I see anything DGM posts and can only think about Piper’s assertion that the deaths of millions of people was of less importance than his ephemeral goal of keeping one man out of office for four years.
It rather makes anything DGM says sound sickeningly insincere.
That's because you have no idea what the Gospel is and you have no interest in it.
Hey, block me again you ogre.