Meaning of decide - come to a resolution in the mind as a result of consideration:

The word decide is in the Bible approximately 59 times.

Did you know that some sources suggest that the average person makes approx 35,000 choices per day? 

Today I have a decision to make, what word should we study today? So many words so little time? Have you ever in your lifetime stood at the crossroad to indecision?? So many decisions to make? how do we even cope??? 

Are you the one that cast caution to the wind?? Or do you methodically study all the pieces to the puzzle and then make your move? I wonder hmm do we dare see what the Bible has to say?? 

Well, I decided to start here 1 Samuel 14:7 ”His armor-bearer responded, “Do what is in your heart. You choose. I’m right here with you whatever you decide.”

I have found that our Father gives us the choice to believe in Him.. He gives us the choice to follow His Son, Jesus. And He gives us the choice to embrace the gift of the Holy Spirit. 

Hmm, decisions, decisions. Some dance around Him but can not decide to love Him with all their heart and soul. Some only give Him a fragment of their heart but keep a stronghold in it, so they can quickly rip it back if the fire gets a little hot. A few jump in with vigor, and fall in love. They fall so hard that it affects change, it affects the very nature of the person. It opens their soul to a beauty and a love beyond our world. And they embark on an amazing journey of discovery. 

And as this beautiful love story unfolds you began to find your way and the beauty within will began to show. A softer more caring heart will be merge. But it's you that has to decide. Personally, the decision to follow Him should be a no-brainer.. But He wants us to willingly come... To willingly follow Him. And to be willing to love Him with of your heart and soul!! 

Its Him. It's always Him.

Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord!

Psalm 27:14

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. Proverbs 3:5-6

I can do all things through him who strengthens me. Philippians 4:13

Photography & Written by Lori Garner

Bible Verses From KJV, Easy  /  Sinners prayer 

Inspiring Music: You Know Me - Steffany Gretzinger | Bethel Music Worship

As we enter this season of thanksgiving, let’s pause and look within our hearts. Do we sometimes overlook the little things others do for us? Are we gentler and more caring toward strangers

than toward those we claim to love?

It’s easy to take people for granted— often without even realizing it.

But love begins at home, within our inner circle.

If we learn to plant the seeds of love right where we are,

perhaps our world could truly grow into a more peaceful, compassionate place.

If there’s one lesson life has taught me, it’s that time is fleeting.

Material things can always be replaced… but love never dies.

So pour your love into your relationships—into the people who love you. They are the ones who carry your hopes, your dreams, your laughter, and your memories.

Accolades fade like vapors in the wind— here today, gone tomorrow— but the love you plant in another’s heart will remain forever.

That love becomes your lasting mark on this world.

Be grateful.

Be kind.

Share the best version of yourself. And above all—LOVE.

May God guide us,

May Jesus show us how to love, and may the Holy Spirit open our eyes and hearts to see ourselves as others see us.

Photography, Design & Written by Lori Garner  

Bible Collaboration - Joann Turnbul 

Bible Verses From KJV,  / Sinner's Prayer 

Inspiring Music: YouTube

Pour Your LOVE, sweet Jesus.... 

"Let's Start A Love Revolution"

“I am captivated by you; you have stolen my heart.”  - Unknown...

Meaning of Taken - the past participle of taking (with) enthusiastically impressed (by); infatuated (with)

The word taken can be found in 1712 instances in the Bible. 

Have you ever been so engrossed or taken in by a subject that it has a pull on your very soul? Is there a mystery about it that keeps you so intrigued that you keep coming back like a bee returning to the sweet nectar of a delicate flower?  Is there an unusual unexplainable love that keeps tugging at your heart? Does this subject matter bring excitement to your very lips? 

This is such a difficult phenomenon to explain. Many have been taken and drawn into His circle of love... Many hearts have been mysteriously captured by a love greater than the human mind can understand... Many can feel this unexplainable stirring in their soul... 

How do we share this state of being “taken” to a greater existence? How do we explain this beautiful essence of a greater love that overwhelms our mind, body, and soul? It is such a beautiful feel thing... This love will take you from zero to 60 in just seconds. Your heart will be swept away like an outgoing tide, and your soul will be taken to a place of unexplainable joy and peace... 

It's a blissful state of euphoric happiness that can be difficult to contain. Many will watch with curiosity? Some will be taken into your journey in hopes that this state of being will rub off. Others will see this as possibly crazy behavior. Some perhaps will distance themselves because of fearing something they truly do not understand. 

Where do find this love? How can you be swept away? How do we find hope for a brighter tomorrow?? 

It’s Him, It's Always Him! 

Be strong and take heart, all you who hope in the LORD. Psalm 31:24

Photo design & Written by Lori Garner            Bible Verses From KJV, Easy  /Sinners prayer 

Inspiring Music: Starfield - Captivate (lyrics) HD

"And the angel said to them, 'Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people.' Luke 2:10.

What is the meaning of the word prophecy? A prophecy is a message inspired by God, a divine revelation. 

The word prophet appears in approximately 65 verses in the Bible. 

I say WOW.... again WOW... I see so many messages with claims that God told them to share these thoughts and nuggets of information with the masses. There are so many ?? There are many claims so hold on to your hat because the storm and horrific things are on the horizon. OMG! 

The thought of discovering which one if any is truly a message from God can be mind-boggling... And can make many physically worried and or sick! 

When I googled the word prophecy my feed hit overload.. My eyes widened, my breathing became labored.. and the thoughts of what is to come sent my mind in overload... yikes 😳

The times ahead can be a scary thought. 

However, my relationship with God gives me peace in my soul that He is in control. He has revealed to me a LOVE for His children that is beyond our own human understanding. Is that a prophecy? If I look at the meaning of the word prophecy then that is indeed a prophetic statement. 

I would rather stand on the prophetic words “God's LOVE” than any other message. I have chosen to look ahead through the spiritual eyes God has given us. I chose to look to Him and only Him... 

I do believe He speaks through a chosen few.. not the masses. But He is accessible to anyone who listens and spends time with Him. Anyone that will open their heart and soul and let Him in. I do believe that messages from God are messages that will not make us run around like Chicken Little saying the “Sky is falling”. 

I do believe. We must not make light of any message heard... But !  we must investigate, we must sift all messengers, and their words through God’s heart and test it against God's word. 

I feel many study the word and then twist it to make themselves feel important in the eyes of man. Many use scare tactics to bring attention to themselves, under the premise of "God Said". I do believe we must arm ourselves with God! His Love and His word so we can see through false words with our own spiritual eyes... 

And if things in our future look scary stick close to Him... He is our protection. He is our future. He is our light source. He is our First Love, He is our All. Don’t wait for an intermediary to tell you what may come .. God will tell us what He wants us to know.. in His timing... He knows if He reveals too much many will carry unnecessary anxiety and fear... 

He is the God of Peace. He is the God of Love. And when we trust Him for our soul's future, we can lay our heads down at night knowing He’s Got This !!! Today, Tomorrow, and Forevermore!  Stand back and watch Him !!! 

He WOWs me!!! 

It’s Him, It’s always Him! 🥰

Tune in and listen with Soulful ears, watch with soulful eyes. Love and Trust Him with all your soul, all your heart, and all your might! 

“When people speak messages on God's behalf, do not refuse to listen. Instead, think carefully about everything, to see if it is true. Remember to obey anything that is good. But keep away from any kind of bad thing.”1 Thessalonians 5:20-22 EASY

“But when someone prophesies, he speaks to encourage people, to build them up, and to bring them comfort.” 1 Corinthians 14:3 TPT

For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jeremiah 29:11

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:13

For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. 18 So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal 2 Corinthians 4:17-18

Photography, Design & Written by Lori Garner  

Bible Verses From KJV  / Sinner's Prayer

Music from Youtube 

No Fear (Lyrics) - Kari Jobe

I choose Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness, and Self-Control. To these, I commit my day. If I succeed, I will give thanks. If I fail, I will seek His grace. And then when this day is done I will place my head on my pillow and rest.”― Max Lucado -

Meaning of choice an act of selecting or making a decision when faced with two or more possibilities. 

There are approximately 41 verses that speak about the word choice. 

Living life is chock-full of choices. As I thought about the word choices I did what most of us do. I Googled it ... And I found an article that  stated, “per many internet sources it’s estimated that an adult makes about 35,000 remotely conscious decisions each day [in contrast a child makes about 3,000] (Sahakian & Labuzetta, 2013.” 

No wonder many of us seem so disconnected, so tired, so lost... 

All through history many humans have made choices that have affected our world.. Our cities, our homes...and our personal lives... 

How do we know when the choices we make are the right ones??  That is that million-dollar question? How do we know??? We all know life is such a mosaic of highs and lows and these are a direct result of the choices we make... Some bring us joy and some bring us heartfelt pain. 

So I made the choice to peel back the pages of a book that many hold as a beautiful life manual.  Just how does the choice of reading the Bible stack up? It’s such a confusing book? Do we understand the language of long ago? I must admit  I thought the same thing !!! But my choice to discover more about a love that defines imagination found me making choices that changed many things in my life... Most by choice and I  have shared most of them openly. 

The biggest choice that had the most amazing spiritual impact on my life was to love My heavenly Father with all my heart all my soul and all of my might. It’s a choice that many run too, many run away from.. and some dance in the shadows hoping that the minimum is enough. 

I have not been asked to judge. I have not been asked to criticize... I have been asked to share a love that brings hope.. that brings us peace and the promise of a brighter tomorrow. 

It is a gift of love for every man, woman, and child.

It clearly is a choice... 

I choose Him! And I will always choose Him. 

It’s Him, It's always him.

You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you. John 15:16

Photography & Written by Lori Garner  

Bible Verses From KJV  / Sinner's Prayer

Music from Youtube  

Moriah Peters - I Choose Jesus (Official Lyric Video)

“If you look at the Bible as a whole, it’s redemptive and beautiful, and it’s God’s love story to mankind.” – Tom Shadyac

Meaning of the word Book : a written or printed work consisting of pages glued or sewn together along one side and bound in covers.

Twenty-eight Bible verses reference the word “book”.

There are so many books we could have chosen for this word study. However, since this is a Bible word study, we naturally landed on the most amazing book of all time. 

Did you know these facts?

By the end of 1995, combined global sales of Today's English Version (Good News) New Testament and Bible (copyright for which is held by the Bible Societies) exceeded 17.75 million copies, and the whole Bible had been translated into 349 languages; 2,123 languages have at least one book of the Bible in that language.https://www.guinnessworldrecords.

The oldest Biblical text that has been found is about 2700 years old

The King James Authorized Bible has 783,137 words.

There are 23,145 verses in the Old Testament and 7,957 verses in the New Testament. This gives a total of 31,102 verses.

When we look at the facts about this amazing book. A book written so long ago can be mind-blowing. But what happens when we begin to see the words with our spiritual eyes… I know by experience it can blow our souls wide open. 

As always, I will share just a little fact about me and my journey. Before I started on this amazing journey, I had never read the Bible. I had a Bible, but I found the book confusing, old, and boring. This square black book that I received over 30 years ago has been sitting quietly on my shelf. It has a gold inscription of my given name on the cover.  When I think of all the years it has been with me, I truly do not understand how it survived. I most likely only kept it because my name was so permanently engraved on its cover. It was personalized.  

Little did I know how my life would change. As many of you know, a few years ago, I had a Holy Spirit Encounter, and the Bible was not in my sights, nor did I have any desire to read it.  I just wanted to feel Him with my spirit. I was on a spiritual quest to know God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit. The three taught me many things about life and love. Somehow, someway, I found that I fell in love with the most amazing soul I have grown to know… And as I shared Him with anyone who would listen. My newfound friend continued her relentless quest to share the importance of His amazing book. Looking back, my friend knew it was time for me to discover more about this amazing soul that lavished this unexplainable love upon my heart… 

So, it was in December of 2019. I began to open the pages, and I began the most amazing journey of studying this old, boring book one word at a time. As I touched each word, my heart began to open, and with each word He spoke love to my soul. Each word, each verse, each scripture came alive and brought me to a closer understanding of His amazing love. It’s a masterpiece of wonder! It can take you to places you have never been. I can see and feel His Spirit running through each word, each chapter, each verse.

And now I know why I have carried this square black book with me for the last 30 years. Because He knew that one day His name would be permanently engraved across my heart… He personalized it with His Book and His amazing LOVE.  

As many of you know the Bible starts out with this verse  “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth”  Genesis 1 NIV

But I say in the beginning 

It’s Him, it’s always HIM. He is the beginning… 

It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus,” Luke 1:3 KJV

Photography & Written by Lori Garner 

Bible Verses from KJV, ESV / Sinner's Prayer

Inspiring music from YouTube 

Word Of God Speak - MercyMe

"And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye." ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Meaning of blind: unable to see because of injury, disease, or a congenital condition.

There are approximately 74 verses about the word blind.

Our eyes are such an amazing gift… To not be blessed with sight must be such a true challenge. I can not even begin to imagine. I do believe most of us do not give it much thought unless we are faced with a problem with our eyes. The smallest grain of dust can cause such a major discomfort.

Some say the eyes are the window to our soul… So, how does someone that has been blind from birth see? How do they see the beauty that surrounds them daily? I do believe they build extrasensory abilities. Many of these abilities we find difficult to understand. Just how do they do it?

I don’t know exactly how they manage.  So before I continue to write about the word blind. I will close my eyes and try an experiment.  I will use my ears to hear the music, I will use my sense of touch and my sense of smell and I will see what if anything I can see…Can our spiritual eyes see what our human eyes can not? I say yes, without a doubt I know you can. 

My soul felt the beautiful music, as it opened my heart.  I could feel the vibrations of the sounds being made. There was a sweet smell of home in the air. And in my mind's eye, I began to see many details of our Savior's face. 

I will describe what I saw with my spiritual eyes. He appeared to be approximately 30 years of age. His hair was brown shoulder length. As I approached Him I could look into His eyes they were a deep shade of blue. There I could see His kindness. His beard and mustache were neatly trimmed. And he had the most amazing smile. A smile that can speak volumes to my soul. 

So how does this happen? How do we see with our spirit? I believe it is His voice… It calls to our soul. Our soul hears His song of love.. and our heart vibrates to the sound being made while we feel His presence. There is a sense of home felt when He fills your heart with an explainable love. And then the mind paints a picture..with all the detail our sense have gathered. And we can see a vision of Him that speaks to our mind, and then we began to feel Him in our heart and soul. 

How sharp are your senses? Do you see our Heavenly Father in your mind's eye? Do you hear His voice? Do feel that sense of home? 

If not I urge you to close your eyes. I urge you to invite Him into your heart. Listen for His voice because I know He is calling your name.  And if you diligently seek Him you will find Him. And for those who do not believe or that have no desire to find Him. Here is a quote from a remarkable blind soul. 

“Better to be blind and see with your heart, than to have two good eyes and see nothing.”  (Helen Keller)  

With her extrasensory abilities... She found the beauty in Her soul and shared it with the world. It's not a secret... 

It's Him, It's Always Him!

He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, so they can neither see with their eyes, nor understand with their hearts, nor turn—and I would heal them.” John 12:40 

 “In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God Second Corinthians 4:4

Photo Design & Written by Lori Garner

Bible Verses From KJV, Easy  /  Sinners prayer 

Inspiring Music: YouTube

I See Love (by Third Day with lyrics)

                                He Not Only Spoke LOVE.. He lived it !!

❤️ Loving God

• “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.” — Mark 12:30 (NIV)

• “We love because He first loved us.” — 1 John 4:19 (NIV)

❤️ Loving Others

• “Love your neighbor as yourself.” — Mark 12:31 (NIV)

• “My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.” — John 15:12 (NIV)

• “Do everything in love.” — 1 Corinthians 16:14 (NIV)

❤️ The Power of Love

• “And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.” — 1 Corinthians 13:13 (NIV)

• “Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.” — 1 Peter 4:8 (NIV)

• “Let all that you do be done in love.” — 1 Corinthians 16:14 (ESV)

❤️ God’s Love for Us

• “But God demonstrates His own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” — Romans 5:8 (NIV)

• “The Lord appeared to us in the past, saying: ‘I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.’” — Jeremiah 31:3 (NIV)

  
  

  Inspired by a Journey of LOVE (MyTrinity)                        

  Lyrics & Produced by Triune Loves me | Lori Garner           

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  Music Ai                                                                                 

  Bible - Joann Turnbul                                                          

  Verses From KJV,  / Sinners Prayer

   

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“Love is the beauty of the soul.” – Saint Augustine...

In Scripture, the word soul appears 754 times in the Old Testament and 102 times in the New Testament—856 times in all. Clearly, God wants us to notice the soul.

The soul is the essence of who we truly are. It is our life-source—the God-given flame that burns through eternity. While our body and mind serve as vessels for this earthly journey, it is our soul that carries the magnetic pull to commune with our Creator.

We all travel at different speeds along life’s road. None of us are perfect. We stumble, we falter, we fall short. But each day we are given a choice: to nurture and define who we are in our souls. Our life, our legacy, and our eternity depend on it.

Did you know that Scripture even speaks of God’s own soul (1 Thessalonians 5:23)

Just imagine—a God who not only gave us a soul but shares His own heart and essence with us.

The best relationship we could ever know is soul to soul with God. Search your heart. Free your soul. Let Him guide you into the fullness of life everlasting. A happy soul cannot be contained, because it rests secure in what the future holds.

“And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul.” – Genesis 2:7 (KJV)

“And I give unto them eternal life, and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.” – John 10:28 (KJV)

“And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Faithful is He that calleth you, who also will do it.” – 1 Thessalonians 5:23–24 (KJV)

Photography, Design & Written by Lori Garner 

Bible Verses From AMP   / Sinner's Prayer 

Inspiring Music: YouTube

Casting Crowns Oh My Soul (Lyrics)