Andrews explanation of a Noun & a Verb

A noun is the name of something - a person, place, thing, or idea. Building, window, and garden are three examples. "Kingdom of God"

A verb is a word that expresses an action or state of being...Reigning Kingdom of God.

is Smoking Marijuana ASin

Deciding Whether Using Weed Is a Sin

Clearly, the Bible has plenty to say about not drinking enough alcohol to become drunk. It also offers insight into the dangers of being “mastered” by a vice. However, any verses that are applied to marijuana use, or using any other drug, are inference.

So… is it a sin to smoke weed? Looking at the whole picture and considering how marijuana use can impact one’s life can bring clarity to the issue.

What Does Marijuana Use Say About the Individual’s Values?

Christians have the responsibility to regulate their behavior in every area of their life according to Scripture. When deciding whether using marijuana recreationally is a sin, there’s one more important consideration: the effects of marijuana usage on others around you.

Romans 14:20 states, “Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a man to eat anything that causes someone else to stumble.” The issue in the verse had to do with whether or not to eat something previously deemed “unclean.” However, the principle may apply to marijuana use.

The individual may be able to justify using weed if it doesn’t cause lapses in judgment or lead to addiction. However, their use may reflect poorly on their values and cause someone else to justify their own substance abuse. If their recreational substance use is instrumental in another’s addiction or relapse, then it would be better for them to abstain.

Scriptures For Codependency

https://www.crosswalk.com/faith/spiritual-life/scripture-to-overcome-codependency-and-trust-god.html

How To Handle Negative Feelings.

      How To Handle Negative Feelings

Being Human

The question I have right now is "If Jesus is part of the trinity why did he  say certain things ????

1:  Jesus ask for the cup to be removed and he was that anxious he sweated drops of blood. BUT!!! he believed God had a plan for him.

2: On the cross he said Father why have you forsaken me. BUT!!! He knew his father would never forsake him. 

3: He didn't know when he would return

Jesus was human

Jesus didn't know

Worry!!@

I've been worrying the last few day and it's horrible. Because of my anxiety I'm not eating because of the nerves in my stomach...Then I read this from Joseph Prince Devotional One Thing. So I am not letting the devil have power over me when I have The Holy Dpirit inside of me. God fights my battles ....

My friend, when you worry, you are actually believing that the devil has the power to make inroads into your life that God cannot protect you from. But when you refuse to worry, you are putting your faith in God. You have more confidence in His love and power working for you than in the devil's ability to harm you! When you refuse to worry, but choose to rest in the finished work of Christ, you will see the manifestation of your blessing. You will see your miracle!

Draw A Line-----------------------------

Emilia came to stay on Thursday night because I was babysitting her on Friday. I had my day planned with her but as usual my plans get interrupted by others. The first was Declan phoning for me to print out wage slips and was telling me about how he is having bother with the lady at the job centre and could I help him. Then the next thing Tommy texted looking for even more painkillers. 

So I started to get agitated and anxious. But now it is different because I went into my prayer cupboard and asked God to help me. Just then a leaflet came through my letterbox from Ikea (the one with this post)and it made me laugh. Sometimes God gets messages to us in funny ways.

So I drew a line under all that was happening and It slowed me down because I was going round in circles getting nowhere. I had to laugh even in the midst of all this I found peace. Usually it would have wasted my full day and I would have been oh so angry and I would have retreated and just go lye down for the rest of the day feeling sorry for myself.

When I was reading it I pictured Jesus kneeling down and writing in the sand and drawing a line under the situation that was happening

John 8:1-11

English Standard Version

John 8:1-11.... but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. ² Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him, and he sat down and taught them. ³ The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placing her in the midst ⁴ they said to him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery. ⁵ Now in the Law, Moses commanded us to stone such women. So what do you say?” ⁶ This they said to test him, that they might have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground. ⁷ And as they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her.” ⁸ And once more he bent down and wrote on the ground. ⁹ But when they heard it, they went away one by one, beginning with the older ones, and Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him. ¹⁰ Jesus stood up and said to her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?” ¹¹ She said, “No one, Lord.” And Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you; go, and from now on sin no more.”

So that's what I did. So the Lord changed my attitude and it allowed me to get everything done and I felt good in the process while helping others. 

My flesh wants to draw a line under me wanting to help others and just concentrate on my own happiness. What I use to be like and what had hardened my heart. But God has given me a knew one and it is full of "LOVE". 

Jesus Commandments are....

'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.' This is the greatest and first commandment. Love God above all else. And the second is like it: 'You shall love your neighbour as yourself.'

 After I had written my blog I was Google about Jesus writing a line in the sand and I came across this blog 

https://interruptingthesilence.com/2020/06/21/jesus-line-in-the-sand-a-sermon-on-matthew-1024-39/

And what the guy said at the end I liked..... 

“It is not your responsibility to finish the work of perfecting the world, but neither are you free to desist from it.”

The line has been drawn.

Desist meaning :stop doing something; cease or abstain.