Comments on: How Does God See Us? http://homesteepedhope.com/2008/02/06/how-does-god-see-us/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:46:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Mary http://homesteepedhope.com/2008/02/06/how-does-god-see-us/#comment-8431 Mary Mon, 11 Feb 2008 21:19:07 +0000 http://homesteepedhope.com/2008/02/06/how-does-god-see-us/#comment-8431 I'm just glad you're back IN the loop, will stop by and see how your past week has been! I’m just glad you’re back IN the loop, will stop by and see how your past week has been!

]]> By: Colleen http://homesteepedhope.com/2008/02/06/how-does-god-see-us/#comment-8423 Colleen Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:51:12 +0000 http://homesteepedhope.com/2008/02/06/how-does-god-see-us/#comment-8423 Great post, I hate being outta the blog loop! Great post, I hate being outta the blog loop!

]]> By: Mary http://homesteepedhope.com/2008/02/06/how-does-god-see-us/#comment-8295 Mary Sat, 09 Feb 2008 05:17:36 +0000 http://homesteepedhope.com/2008/02/06/how-does-god-see-us/#comment-8295 To you too, Larry! Thanks for letting me know, you might be my first subscriber! (I have no idea!) ;) To you too, Larry! Thanks for letting me know, you might be my first subscriber! (I have no idea!) ;)

]]> By: Larry Eiss http://homesteepedhope.com/2008/02/06/how-does-god-see-us/#comment-8262 Larry Eiss Fri, 08 Feb 2008 02:13:14 +0000 http://homesteepedhope.com/2008/02/06/how-does-god-see-us/#comment-8262 Thanks Mary! I got the feed working. Now I'll know when you post. Blessings in abundance Sister <em>Larry Eiss's last blog post..<a href='http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ALaymansThoughts/~3/218541918/'>Audio of Messages I Have Given</a></em> Thanks Mary! I got the feed working. Now I’ll know when you post.

Blessings in abundance Sister

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]]> By: Mary http://homesteepedhope.com/2008/02/06/how-does-god-see-us/#comment-8254 Mary Thu, 07 Feb 2008 15:32:30 +0000 http://homesteepedhope.com/2008/02/06/how-does-god-see-us/#comment-8254 Leticia, thank you, I'm nodding my head at all you wrote. I think we'll all have emotional issues for God to teach us through till our dying days. It's wonderful that He is so patient with us! Larry, thanks for stopping by, your posts are always so encouraging! I got a big ole smile on my face at your comment, it's hard to feel any guilt after reading it worded that way! What a lot of condemnation we heap on OURSELVES.... Well, I'm glad to hear your life is busy with good stuff, as far as subscribing to my site, I need to make it more visible. The only way I know to subscribe to my site's RSS is to click on the little orange and white square up in the http field? It will bring up the info you need. Of course it will have to be on the home page, or you'll just subscribe to this particular page. Thanks for asking! In the meantime, I'll try to get a Subscribe to Me box going... Oh Jana, that is what makes God's grace through Jesus so much more amazing...knowing from the Old Testament how He judged sin, how much He hates sin. I just love comparing the two covenants, old and new. I'm glad you stopped by, Don't apologize! ;) Thank you, Geri! It blessed me too, I just love how God's word is so applicable to us no matter what time era we live... Mom, yes, I do relate...the forgiving of self is tied to the guilt that wants to hang on...I love that God's love is bigger than all my sin and guilt, and He knows how I'll continue to fail and its covered by His grace! Amy M, I'm glad for your input. I think that point is so important. When we get nonchalant about it, we're almost like unrepentant little kids, who know what to say to get back on mom's good side, but don't really feel anything in their heart to back it up. I believe that all God wants is for our hearts to be pure. He's not that interested in us giving Him a litany of sins, but more a humbled overall repentance and willingness to admit we need help/change in these areas. Thank you all for your comments, they minister to me as well! Leticia, thank you, I’m nodding my head at all you wrote. I think we’ll all have emotional issues for God to teach us through till our dying days. It’s wonderful that He is so patient with us!

Larry, thanks for stopping by, your posts are always so encouraging! I got a big ole smile on my face at your comment, it’s hard to feel any guilt after reading it worded that way! What a lot of condemnation we heap on OURSELVES…. Well, I’m glad to hear your life is busy with good stuff, as far as subscribing to my site, I need to make it more visible. The only way I know to subscribe to my site’s RSS is to click on the little orange and white square up in the http field? It will bring up the info you need. Of course it will have to be on the home page, or you’ll just subscribe to this particular page. Thanks for asking! In the meantime, I’ll try to get a Subscribe to Me box going…

Oh Jana, that is what makes God’s grace through Jesus so much more amazing…knowing from the Old Testament how He judged sin, how much He hates sin. I just love comparing the two covenants, old and new. I’m glad you stopped by, Don’t apologize! ;)

Thank you, Geri! It blessed me too, I just love how God’s word is so applicable to us no matter what time era we live…

Mom, yes, I do relate…the forgiving of self is tied to the guilt that wants to hang on…I love that God’s love is bigger than all my sin and guilt, and He knows how I’ll continue to fail and its covered by His grace!

Amy M, I’m glad for your input. I think that point is so important. When we get nonchalant about it, we’re almost like unrepentant little kids, who know what to say to get back on mom’s good side, but don’t really feel anything in their heart to back it up. I believe that all God wants is for our hearts to be pure. He’s not that interested in us giving Him a litany of sins, but more a humbled overall repentance and willingness to admit we need help/change in these areas.

Thank you all for your comments, they minister to me as well!

]]> By: Amy M (since there are two Amy's) http://homesteepedhope.com/2008/02/06/how-does-god-see-us/#comment-8252 Amy M (since there are two Amy's) Thu, 07 Feb 2008 14:56:35 +0000 http://homesteepedhope.com/2008/02/06/how-does-god-see-us/#comment-8252 Mary, Our posts are indeed complimentary. There is an extreme both ways, I think. I love your post here. Something particularly struck me (that is usually breezed over) and I recently heard a great sermon about it as well: the act of confessing. Sometimes I think it's like we're just listing our sins nonchalantly. You're so right in what you said: "when we “confess” we are doing so or this reason: We are repentant. We desire change." Mary,
Our posts are indeed complimentary. There is an extreme both ways, I think. I love your post here. Something particularly struck me (that is usually breezed over) and I recently heard a great sermon about it as well: the act of confessing. Sometimes I think it’s like we’re just listing our sins nonchalantly. You’re so right in what you said: “when we “confess” we are doing so or this reason: We are repentant. We desire change.”

]]> By: Mary's Mom http://homesteepedhope.com/2008/02/06/how-does-god-see-us/#comment-8251 Mary's Mom Thu, 07 Feb 2008 13:22:09 +0000 http://homesteepedhope.com/2008/02/06/how-does-god-see-us/#comment-8251 The 'heart of THIS saint is refreshed by you', Mary. The nub of this whole truth is faith, isn't it? I'll either believe what God has said in the Word, or I won't. Like you, I choose to believe...and just to think that it pleases my Father when I believe His Word. Heb. 11:6. And one thing that short changes me more than I care to admit is the difficulty of forgiving myself when I have, knowing Him, been anxious or unthankful or carried my own burdens. Know what I mean? The ‘heart of THIS saint is refreshed by you’, Mary. The nub of this whole truth is faith, isn’t it? I’ll either believe what God has said in the Word, or I won’t. Like you, I choose to believe…and just to think that it pleases my Father when I believe His Word. Heb. 11:6. And one thing that short changes me more than I care to admit is the difficulty of forgiving myself when I have, knowing Him, been anxious or unthankful or carried my own burdens. Know what I mean?

]]> By: Geri http://homesteepedhope.com/2008/02/06/how-does-god-see-us/#comment-8247 Geri Thu, 07 Feb 2008 08:20:27 +0000 http://homesteepedhope.com/2008/02/06/how-does-god-see-us/#comment-8247 Wow that is a wondeful set of words Mary! You dig so deep into what the Bible tells us and make it easy for me to understand. Thank you! Especially now that Lent is here and I need to at some point go to Confession...one of my least favourite things, but now after reading this you make me more confident going in there. Wow that is a wondeful set of words Mary! You dig so deep into what the Bible tells us and make it easy for me to understand. Thank you! Especially now that Lent is here and I need to at some point go to Confession…one of my least favourite things, but now after reading this you make me more confident going in there.

]]> By: Jana http://homesteepedhope.com/2008/02/06/how-does-god-see-us/#comment-8239 Jana Thu, 07 Feb 2008 03:44:39 +0000 http://homesteepedhope.com/2008/02/06/how-does-god-see-us/#comment-8239 I was just discussing some of this same stuff with my girls during Bible time. We are going through the minor prophets and some of them are pretty heavy on the judgement end. And God's ultimate justice. I was trying to explain to them repentance and forgiveness so that they knew and understand that yes, we will sin and God is a righteous judge but Christ also took care of that for us. Heady stuff for a 10 and 7 yo! Well, heady stuff for me, too! Thanks for a great post. Sorr I don't comment much lately. Lazy. :D I was just discussing some of this same stuff with my girls during Bible time. We are going through the minor prophets and some of them are pretty heavy on the judgement end. And God’s ultimate justice. I was trying to explain to them repentance and forgiveness so that they knew and understand that yes, we will sin and God is a righteous judge but Christ also took care of that for us. Heady stuff for a 10 and 7 yo! Well, heady stuff for me, too!
Thanks for a great post. Sorr I don’t comment much lately. Lazy. :D

]]> By: Larry Eiss http://homesteepedhope.com/2008/02/06/how-does-god-see-us/#comment-8233 Larry Eiss Wed, 06 Feb 2008 23:22:59 +0000 http://homesteepedhope.com/2008/02/06/how-does-god-see-us/#comment-8233 Thanks for dropping by my site again and leaving your comments there. I agree with your thoughts above. You sure do come at this topic from a great perspective. I would point out that it's important for us to remember that what Jesus did on the cross, the price He paid when He died, was entirely sufficient. II Corinthians tells us that He who knew no sin was made to be sin (or a sin offering) for us, so that we might be made the righteousness of God in Christ. I am perfect in Father's eyes! I have the righteousness that is from God. That means that it is no longer necessary for me to go around feeling guilty. He washed away *all* my sins. Those I committed before knowing Him, those I have commited since, those I am committing right now, and those that I will commit in the future as my flesh struggles against the spirit. Kinda makes me wanna SHOUT! To answer your question; yes, I have been very busy, and consequently I've been somewhat silent online. God continues to bless (beyond all comprehension), and as you say elsewhere, He is GOOD ALL THE TIME. Speaking of link love... do you have an RSS feed? I can't find it. Grace and peace Sister! <em>Larry Eiss's last blog post..<a href='http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ALaymansThoughts/~3/218541918/'>Audio of Messages I Have Given</a></em> Thanks for dropping by my site again and leaving your comments there. I agree with your thoughts above. You sure do come at this topic from a great perspective. I would point out that it’s important for us to remember that what Jesus did on the cross, the price He paid when He died, was entirely sufficient. II Corinthians tells us that He who knew no sin was made to be sin (or a sin offering) for us, so that we might be made the righteousness of God in Christ. I am perfect in Father’s eyes! I have the righteousness that is from God. That means that it is no longer necessary for me to go around feeling guilty. He washed away *all* my sins. Those I committed before knowing Him, those I have commited since, those I am committing right now, and those that I will commit in the future as my flesh struggles against the spirit.

Kinda makes me wanna SHOUT!

To answer your question; yes, I have been very busy, and consequently I’ve been somewhat silent online. God continues to bless (beyond all comprehension), and as you say elsewhere, He is GOOD ALL THE TIME.

Speaking of link love… do you have an RSS feed? I can’t find it.

Grace and peace Sister!

Larry Eiss’s last blog post..Audio of Messages I Have Given

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