Song of the Week!

I don't think I will get to a full blog post this week, but here is the Song of the Week! Adonai by Petra.


God bless! ~E-Sharp

25 Random Questions

(But when it comes to me, everything is random) Again, my purpose in answering twenty-five random questions about me, you want to know more about me, and I want to know more about you....so I'm hoping some people will take this up as a challenge and answer 25 random questions about themselves. Ready?

1. Cold or Hot weather? Hot.

2. Favorite style of music? Christian rock and Christian post-grunge.

3. Favorite Movie (saga)? Lord of the Rings.

4. Favorite book series? Lord of the Rings.

5. Do you bite of suck on your candy cane? Bite.

6. If you could be an animal what would you be? A lion or a jellyfish.

7. Mac or PC? PC.

8. iPhone or Droid? iPhone.

9. Favorite food? Orange chicken.

10. Math or English? English.

11. If you could go anywhere in the world you had never been, where would it be? Probably somewhere in Europe.

12. Action or Drama movie? Action.

13. Favorite superhero? Hawk Eye (even though he's technically not a superhero) or Hulk.

14. What song are you thinking about right now? No Ordinary Love Remix by tobyMac (or when I started this post I was).

15. Favorite book of the Bible? Habbakuk.

16. Favorite ice cream? Strawberry.

17. Favorite cookie? Peanut Butter.

18. Favorite Slurpee flavor? Coke-a-Cola.

19. Favorite instrument? Violin and bass. (which I only play violin....bass is just sweet to listen to).

20. What artist(s) do you listen to the most? Andy Hunter and Owl City.

21. Coke or Pepsi? Root Beer.

22. What are you reading in your Bible? Matthew, Exodus, Psalms and Proverbs (the One Year Bible).

23. Snickers or Hershey's? Snickers. (Love nuts and chocolate)

24. Favorite secular artist? Rush.

25. What do John the Baptist and Winnie the Pooh have in common? ??????.....uh......???????

So anyway, I have posted before about Saeed, an American citizen from Idaho sentenced to prison in Iran for eight years for being a Christian. Before being sentenced to prison, he was in the process of starting an orphanage. I think this whole thing is a great way to show the world that prayer really works. So please be praying for him and his wife and two kids, and also help by signing the petition at savesaeed.org and post #savesaeed on your social networks. God bless!

~E-Sharp

For The Joy Of The Lord....(Just A Thought)

This "Just A Thought" session will be on the Joy of the Lord. What, according to the Bible, brings us the joy of the Lord? Well, let's begin by looking at what the scriptures have to say about joy:

"Then David spoke to the leaders of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers accompanied by instruments of music, stringed instruments, harps, and cymbals, by raising the voice with resounding joy." 1 Chronicles 15:16. No question from this verse we find that true joy comes in praise of God. In Bible times there was a special group of Levites specifically assigned to play the instruments in the tabernacle/temple. In context, the Ark of the Covenant had been captured by the Philistines. Can you begin to imagine the Israelite's sorrow over that? Eventually, the Israelites were given it back because of the plague God brought upon the Philistines, and it was placed in the house of Obed-Edom. Now David was on his way to retrieve the Ark and bring it back to Jerusalem, and he instructed the Levites to grab the instruments and lead the people in praise of God. What joy there was! So obviously, true joy comes from praise of God, and I'm sure I'm not the only one to have found that true in my life.


"....Yet many shouted aloud for joy...." Ezra 3:12 Imagine; the temple was destroyed, the Israelites had spent 70 years in captivity in Babylon, and now, they returned and rebuilt their temple! The Bible says that some wept, for the new temple was not to be compared with Solomon's temple, but some shouted for joy! So obviously, when we see what God has done, we have no choice but to be joyful! Many times we tend to get discouraged because it doesn't seem like God even cares...but when we take a moment and count our blessings, we become thankful and have renewed joy! So true joy is rejoicing over what God has done.

"For His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for life; Weeping may endure for a night, But joy comes in the morning."  Psalm 30:5 So joy is a gift from God to us.

"Deceit is in the heart of those who devise evil, But counselors of peace have joy." Proverbs 12:20 "For God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy to a man who is good...." Ecclesiastes 2:26. So joy is for those who obey God.

 

How then shall we live?:

 

Joy. We often fight for joy and search for efficient ways to find it. The beach on a summer Saturday, a drive up the coast, a sinful lifestyle. We fight for joy, but never find it. Why? Because we do all these things without the Lord. He is the only one who can give us joy. The book of Nehemiah clearly states that "the joy of the Lord is your strength." (Nehemiah 8:10), so without the Lord there is no true joy, but when we hand our lives over to Jesus, he gives us the joy that we so often fight for.

God bless!

~E-Sharp

"Radio!"

Val was repeating that after I played "Dance Or Die" by Family Force 5. :) He then requested "When Can I See You Again?" by Owl City. :) So, enjoyed watching the SuperBowl last night, was extremely proud of the Ravens. Sorry 49er fans. The power outage was pretty funny too. Haha. So, a few cool things: 1. My blog stats have made my day! Thanks guys for taking some time from your busy day to check out my blog. Love you guys! 2. Just a reminder, I have a music blog where I post news about Christian music and album reviews....so if you want to know what's up in the Christian music scene, check it out. (There is a link on the top of the blog) 3. I have started a new schedule for my blog; On Sunday, I will do my regular blog post, and on Saturday I will do this new thing I started called "Just a Thought".

So my purpose in doing this was to incorporate more of the Bible into my blog, so on Saturday I will be posting some sort of random ramblings, something about God, His Word, etc. So just so everybody knows to come back and see what I've got this weekend. :D







So, song of the week!: "We Belong As One" by Capital Kings.

God Bless! ~E-Sharp