God Always Intended To Dwell On the Earth

Posted on August 8, 2026 by kathy

And I can prove it.

We see this in the Bible starting from the very beginning. In Genesis, after God made the creation, He made the garden of Eden, the place where He would place His newly created species, Adam and Eve, the first couple. They were to till the garden and keep it, Adam named the animals. The animals and mankind were to “be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.” Genesis 1-3. And so it is written, “The first man Adam became a living being.” The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.” 1 Corinthians 15:45. 

After creating all the elements of space, separating the land from the waters, assigning the sun and moon their place, calling forth the animals, the birds, the sea creatures, the trees with their seeds and all of the creation elements, He made man and woman, then set them in the Garden to take care of it.

The Garden was perfect. Everything they needed was there, all the provision for their needs was there. God had thought of everything. It was the reflection of where God lived. And He walked and talked with them openly in the Garden of perfection. There was nothing between Him and them, until one day…

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Work Out Your Own Salvation

Posted on August 8, 2026 by kathy

Philippians 2:12 AMP “So then, my dear ones, just as you have always obeyed [my instructions with enthusiasm], not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence, continue to work out your salvation [that is, cultivate it, bring it to full effect, actively pursue spiritual maturity] with awe-inspired fear and trembling [using serious caution and critical self-evaluation to avoid anything that might offend God or discredit the name of Christ].”

What does this mean, to work out your own salvation? Aren’t we already saved? Why, yes we are. Our spirits, our inner being is saved. Our spirits are now alive unto God and the Spirit of God. We are “tied together,” so to speak. (See post here. Romans 5…What is This Glory?) Now we have access to everything that heaven and the Lord God have to offer. You have heard of the expression “joined at the hip.”? Well it’s kind of like that. We could say we are joined at the hip with God now. After I was filled with the Holy Spirit many years ago, I was accused of thinking I had a “hotline to God.” But in a way, that is actually what happened. I did get a “hotline to God” when I received the Holy Spirit. And you can too. 

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Your Faith Has Made You Well

Posted on June 27, 2026 by kathy

This chapter is about an important component of receiving healing. How do we receive salvation? By faith. It only makes sense that we would receive healing in our bodies by faith also.

Matthew 9:20-22

And suddenly, a woman who had a flow of blood for twelve years came from behind and touched the hem of His garment. For she said to herself, “If only I may touch His garment, I shall be made well.” But Jesus turned around, and when He saw her He said, “Be of good cheer, daughter; your faith has made you well.” And the woman was made well from that hour.

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Your Sins are Forgiven…

Posted on June 27, 2026 by kathy

There are two things I want to stress in this chapter that are so vital to one’s relationship with God. Hebrews 11:6 says “But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.”

In order to have confidence before God and faith in what He wants for you, one must first know their sins are forgiven. Sin is the barrier between God and man; it blocks the relationship. Man is conscious of his sin, and therefore has fear of judgment. Knowing your sins are forgiven is HUGE! This knowledge opens the heart of a man to have faith for God to work in his life. We see this in the story of the lame man who received his healing in Mark chapter 2.

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Romans 5…What is This Glory?

Posted on June 1, 2026 by kathy

We are going to examine a portion of Romans Chapter 5 about the glory of God and what believers can expect in their own lives. But what exactly is the glory of God? Glory is a word that is not used in our culture today, which is why I want to examine it closer. So let’s begin.

Romans 5:1 “Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ

“Therefore, having been justified by faith,” 

If we are born again, we are now justified by God. I now stand before Him as if I had never, ever, ever, sinned. I have been declared righteous forever, or, for all time, until the end of time, eternally, undyingly, perpetually, in perpetuity. I have been made new. I am a totally new creation because I have a new heart (or spirit) that no longer desires to sin. I have the new heart that God promised in Ezekiel 36:26-27. I want to please the God of love Who deeply and profoundly loves not just me, but all of His creation, and Who proves it consistently.

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I Just Came to Jesus. Now What?

Posted on May 16, 2026 by kathy

People in AA and Al-Anon groups use the 12 Step program to get their lives back on track. These involve surrendering, looking to God for help, making amends to those you have harmed, taking inventory of yourself (and not of others), and continuing to do those things. I think new believers in Christ need a step program too. The Bible is VAST….where to start, right? The twelve steps of those programs helped me begin to think right and take responsibility for my own behavior.

After I was born again, filled with the Holy Spirit and received my prayer language, all I wanted to do was pray and devour the New Testament, so that I could get to know this God I had never known. I was SO hungry to know Him! I had a part time job at the time and I spent all my spare time pursuing my relationship with God and getting to know Him. We see that Paul, after his conversion in the Book of Acts, disappeared for a long time while he was getting to know this Jesus person. He was an expert in the Old Testament law, but he did not know the heart of God.

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How it all Started…His Story of the Planet, Part 4

Posted on March 28, 2026 by kathy

From the first two books of the Bible (Genesis and Exodus), we see God forming a people for Himself, a people that would live and act differently from all of the other pagan peoples of the earth. By following God’s instructions, this group: 1. could live in safety from man’s unseen enemy, the devil, and 2. advance the plan of God in the earth. For Israel, the only way to avoid the devil’s rulership was by submitting to God and following His instructions given through the Law. They had no direct authority over the “god of this age” (2 Corinthians 4:4) at that time. That authority would not be restored to mankind until the Messiah Jesus came.

Backstory: See previous parts here, here, and here

The first five books of the Bible give the backstory of this beginning. God gives them His law and His expectations. The law was given to guard them and protect them from the devil who would always seek to destroy them and what God was building in the earth. This conflict was set up in the garden of Eden after Adam and Eve sinned. When God cursed the devil, he said he would be sending Someone to crush his head. As with most people, the people of God had ebbs and flow of obedience and disobedience. They did not understand His plans.

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Believing is a Decision

Posted on February 24, 2026 by kathy

Imagine if you will, you are a slave in a hot, dry and dusty country.  It’s dirty all the time. You’re dirty all the time. You arise at 5 a.m. to begin a long hot day, making and stacking bricks all day long. You don’t have a choice.  Decisions are made for you. You work long hours making and stacking bricks with few or no breaks until dark. And there is the whip, always present if you do not meet someone else’s expectations. It is painful if you are the object of its wrath. There is bleeding, pain, and possible infection to abide with. This is your life day after day after day with no end in sight. You are captured; you are a slave. There is no possibility of another life, even though you dream of it to get through the heat, the pain, and the misery. Your fellow slaves grumble and complain and are equally as miserable, but their attitudes contribute to the misery and pain of everyone else. This is the life of a slave. His life is not his own. Nothing is his own, not even his children or his wife. They are slaves too and can be treated any way the owner wishes. It is a dreary life, one without hope of any future.

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On Meditation…

Posted on February 24, 2026 by kathy

One of  my favorite bible teachers on faith is Charles Capps, (cappsministries.com). Even though Charles has passed on, his podcasts and teaching materials are still available.  He made a statement on a podcast I heard recently (but probably not for the first time) that caught my attention. The statement was, “If you don’t meditate on the word of God, you won’t do it.” 

The Holy Spirit has a way of getting your attention, and that statement caught my attention. Now I already know that meditating on, and speaking the word of God is important. But the way he said it, connecting doing the word with meditating on it, caused me to want to dig deeper. I did a search and was amazed at what Google’s AI gave me about the word meditation. These were things I already knew for the most part, but to see Google actually say it was a bit of a surprise, and the AI gave a more descriptive definition of the word meditation than I was aware of, especially from the Hebrew language. I am finding that English translations are just not as rich or descriptive as the original languages.

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Dogtags and Pearls #8 is Published

Posted on January 31, 2026 by kathy

Dogtags and Pearls book #8 is now published. A collection of 23 mini bible lessons just like what is published here at the website available in book form with pages for your notes. Can be ordered at Amazon.com.

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