http://www.aholyexperience.com/2015/02/the-call-for-the-next-40-days-to-the-nations-people-of-the-cross/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aholyexperience.com%2F2015%2F02%2Fthe-call-for-the-next-40-days-to-the-nations-people-of-the-cross%2F&utm_content&utm_campaign=A+Holy+Experience+Blog+Posts
Blessings,
--Stacy Duplease
http://RYPStories.blogspot.com
Sent from my Amazon Kindle Fire HDX Tablet
Thursday, February 19, 2015
Obama says world should address ‘grievances’ that terrorists exploit | Fox News
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/02/19/obama-says-world-should-address-grievances-that-terrorists-exploit-defends-jobs/
Blessings,
--Stacy Duplease
http://RYPStories.blogspot.com
Sent from my Amazon Kindle Fire HDX Tablet
Blessings,
--Stacy Duplease
http://RYPStories.blogspot.com
Sent from my Amazon Kindle Fire HDX Tablet
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Taking a Stand Against Terrorism Journaling 02.19.2015.
Taking a Stand Against Terrorism Journaling 02.19.2015.
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Bible verse of the day: Matthew 24:9-10 (EXB)
Matthew 24:9-10 Expanded Bible (EXB)
9 “Then people will arrest you, hand you over to be ·hurt [persecuted; tortured], and kill you. ·They [The world; All nations] will hate you because ·you believe in me [you follow me; of my name]. 10 At that time, many will ·lose their faith [turn/fall away], and they will ·turn against [betray] each other and hate each other.
Expanded Bible (EXB)
The Expanded Bible, Copyright © 2011 Thomas Nelson Inc. All rights reserved.
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There is nothing new. This includes the war of the cross and the crescent. Check out this link about Charles Martel.
I hope you find it interesting--I know I sure did. I will talk more about this later.
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Links
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Links of Current Events News Articles to Read
Christians, take a look at this one in particular:
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Remembering the Cross #1
An Easter, Lent, and Christian Journal:
Remembering the Cross
Easter has a whole new meaning this year after 21 Coptic Christians from Egypt were beheaded by ISIS--by terrorists. (This was announced in the news on Sunday, February 15, 2015.)
Today, Wednesday, February 18, 2015, is Ash Wednesday and the first day of Lent.
ISIS has declared war on the Cross. On the nation and on the people of the Cross.
The people of the Cross. That's me. And, all the people of the Cross are my family. Just as what happened to those on 9/11/2001, my American family, so has this happened to my family.
The people and the nation of the Cross...
I am one of the Cross.
Questions I am pondering and journaling (you can answer them for yourself as well):
1 How have I lived as though I am one of the people of the Cross? Today? This week? This month? This quarter? This year? The last five years? The last decade? The decades before that? How am I living as a person of the Cross each and every single moment of all the days of my life?
2 How am I remembering the Cross today? How do I want to remember the cross tomorrow?
3 What does the Cross mean to me and my life?
The Cross:
Jesus was murdered so I could be forgiven for my wrongdoings, because He loves me.
I do not deserve it and I cannot ever do anything to deserve it, but eternal life is freely given to me.
His grace shows His love.
The Cross is about His death, not mine.
He died so I, nor anyone else, has to.
The Cross is about love and peace.
The Cross is about unity, not division or us versus them.
The only thing required of me, ever, is to believe in the Cross.
The Cross is about faith, hope, and love.
The Cross is about a God who is All-Powerful, All-Knowing, Ever-Present, All and Ever Loving--and He does not require anyone to defend Him, or die for Him, for He can stand on His own.
Jesus died on the Cross, not because God forced Him, but because He gave His life freely.
I can place my worries, concerns, frustrations, burdens, emotions, thoughts, wrongdoings, and anything else I want at the foot of the Cross. It will never fall over or be crushed from the weight for my God is the Only God. He can handle it. He is God.
The Cross is my firm foundation and solid rock. It is my light and is the Way, the Truth, and the Life.
The Cross is love.
Love is the Cross.
Grace is found there--the Cross.
Journaling Prompt:
1 Please journal your thoughts.
2 Now, journal your thoughts about the Cross given the terrorists actions over the last couple of months. What does this mean for you and your life?
The Cross and the First Day of Lent
Today is the first day of Lent and given the war declared on the cross, I thought reading the lyrics of one of my favorite hymns would be appropriate.
Link:
http://cyberhymnal.org/htm/o/r/oruggedc.htm
Words & Music: George Bennard, 1913 (MIDI, score).
The Old Rugged Cross was written in Albion, Michigan. Or Pokagon, Michigan. Or Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. All three towns claim to be the birthplace of this hymn.
On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross,
The emblem of suffering and shame;
And I love that old cross where the dearest and best
For a world of lost sinners was slain.
Refrain
So I’ll cherish the old rugged cross,
Till my trophies at last I lay down;
I will cling to the old rugged cross,
And exchange it some day for a crown.
Till my trophies at last I lay down;
I will cling to the old rugged cross,
And exchange it some day for a crown.
Has a wondrous attraction for me;
For the dear Lamb of God left His glory above
To bear it to dark Calvary.
Refrain
A wondrous beauty I see,
For ’twas on that old cross Jesus suffered and died,
To pardon and sanctify me.
Refrain
Its shame and reproach gladly bear;
Then He’ll call me some day to my home far away,
Where His glory forever I’ll share.
Refrain
Please journal your thoughts and take some time to contemplate, think, and meditate on these words given what's happened in the world the last couple of months.
(Image Credit: Stacy Duplease and Remembering Your Present, LLC 2011-2015. Cross at First Landing, Virginia.)
ISIS might be harvesting organs, Iraqi ambassador tells UN, amid reports of more hostages being burned alive | Fox News
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2015/02/18/isis-reportedly-burns-alive-45-people-in-western-iraqi-town/
Blessings,
--Stacy Duplease
http://RYPStories.blogspot.com
Sent from my Amazon Kindle Fire HDX Tablet
Blessings,
--Stacy Duplease
http://RYPStories.blogspot.com
Sent from my Amazon Kindle Fire HDX Tablet
State Department spokeswoman: Call for using jobs to combat terror ‘too nuanced’ for critics | Fox News
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/02/18/state-department-spokeswoman-call-for-using-jobs-to-combat-terror-too-nuanced/
Blessings,
--Stacy Duplease
http://RYPStories.blogspot.com
Sent from my Amazon Kindle Fire HDX Tablet
Blessings,
--Stacy Duplease
http://RYPStories.blogspot.com
Sent from my Amazon Kindle Fire HDX Tablet
Tuesday, February 17, 2015
World Crisis Journaling and Current Events Journaling on 02.18.2015.
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Take a Stand.
Say something.
Do not be silent.
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I am going to continue adding links to read on this blog about current events and our world crisis. It means several blog posts a day, but I will try to put them all in one blog post per day as I am able.
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Bible verse of the day:
This verse is quite timely in our current events and in this world crisis:
Romans 8:35 Expanded Bible (EXB)
35 ·Can anything [or Who can] separate us from the love Christ has for us? Can ·troubles[trials; tribulations] or ·problems [distress; hardship] or ·sufferings [persecution] or ·hunger [famine] or ·nakedness [destitution] or danger or ·violent death [sword]?
Expanded Bible (EXB)
The Expanded Bible, Copyright © 2011 Thomas Nelson Inc. All rights reserved.
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Romans 8:37 Expanded Bible (EXB)
37 But in all these things we are completely victorious through ·God [or Christ; the One] who showed his love for us.
Expanded Bible (EXB)
The Expanded Bible, Copyright © 2011 Thomas Nelson Inc. All rights reserved.
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Take a Stand.
Say something.
Do not be silent.
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Links:
http://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2015/02/17/yeah-iraq-had-wmds-cia-bought-them-from-secret-dealer-n1958246
http://townhall.com/columnists/calthomas/2015/02/17/president-obama-americas-nero-n1958156
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Current events journaling and world crisis journaling...
I'm still trying to figure out what to call this current writing project and blog post series.
I wrote a quote earlier:
"Take a stand. Say something. Do not be silent."
In regards to ISIS and al-Qaeda, and all other terror groups, we need to stop being silent and trying to keep the peace or play nice or be politically correct. We need to take a stand.
If we don't take a stand on something, then we take a stand on nothing.
Take a stand. Say something. Do not be silent.
Take a stand.
I realize my grave error in being silent and not wanting to make waves. I have supported terror in a way. Silence does not challenge. Silence does not take a stand.
There are biblical ways to take a stand. It's taking a stance with love and not sinning since I am not in the military. But, I have a right to free speech and genocide because of a disagreement in belief is wrong.
Should I call this project, Take a Stand Journaling? Not sure. I think I like it. (Note: How about you? Do you like the title?)
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A blog post series:
"Take a Stand Journaling: Journaling About Current Events and World Crisis"
That's what I was going to call this. However, it's more than that. I will think it's more than that. It's going to become a way of life for me outwardly, not just inwardly.
This is my thought-full journaling about taking a stand about terrorists and terrorism. Should, my title for this blog post series is: "Taking a Stand Against Terrorism: My Thoughts and Journaling About Stopping the Silence."
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