Tag Archive | treasure

Treasures From Heaven

Dec17

But Mary treasured all these things, pondering them in her heart.
Luke 2:19 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/luk.2.19.NASB1995

Is there ever a time in your day when you ponder the blessings that God bestows on you? Those little treasures that pop up throughout your day that you just know they are from God? Do you see the glory of God?

🌹Jesus *said to her, “Did I not say to you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?”
John 11:40 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.11.40.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Where is Your Treasure Held?

Aug25

Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries which are coming upon you. Your riches have rotted and your garments have become moth-eaten. Your gold and your silver have rusted; and their rust will be a witness against you and will consume your flesh like fire. It is in the last days that you have stored up your treasure!
James 5:1-3 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jas.5.1-3.NASB1995

Make sure that your character is free from the love of money, being content with what you have; for He Himself has said, “I will never desert you, nor will I ever forsake you,”
Hebrews 13:5 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/heb.13.5.NASB1995

But those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful desires which plunge men into ruin and destruction.
1 Timothy 6:9 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/1ti.6.9.NASB1995

“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal; for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Matthew 6:19-21 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/mat.6.19-21.NASB1995

🌹Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Romans 15:13 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/rom.15.13.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Please Inquire First for the Word of God*

Aug20

Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, and spend a year there and engage in business and make a profit.” Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away.
James 4:13-14 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jas.4.13-14.NASB1995

Example:
Then he said, ‘This is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years to come; take your ease, eat, drink and be merry.” ’ But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your soul is required of you; and now who will own what you have prepared?’
Luke 12:18-20 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/luk.12.18-20.NASB1995

So is the man who stores up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.”
Luke 12:21 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/luk.12.21.NASB1995

Do not boast about tomorrow, For you do not know what a day may bring forth.
Proverbs 27:1 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/pro.27.1.NASB1995

Instead, you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and also do this or that.”
James 4:15 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jas.4.15.NASB1995

And this we will do, if God permits.
Hebrews 6:3 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/heb.6.3.NASB1995

for if we live, we live for the Lord, or if we die, we die for the Lord; therefore whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s.
Romans 14:8 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/rom.14.8.NASB1995

🌹So then do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
Ephesians 5:17 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/eph.5.17.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

*1 Kings 22:5 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/1ki.22.5.NASB1995

What’s Your Motive?

Aug6

. . . You do not have because you do not ask.
You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives (wickedly), so that you may spend it on (in) your pleasures.
James 4:2c-3 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jas.4.2-3.NASB1995

We sometimes, often, ask for treasures, earthly treasures, that reveal where our heart is. Let us remember that what we  treasure most is where our hearts abide. (Matthew 6:21) God blesses the gifts He gives.

He blesses our obedience.

and whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do the things that are pleasing in His sight.
1 John 3:22 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/1jn.3.22.NASB1995

🌹“He jealously desires the Spirit which He has made to dwell in us”.
James 4:5b NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jas.4.5.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Loyalty &Allegiance

May27

“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.
Matthew 6:24 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/mat.6.24.NASB1995

God is not against wealth. But when wealth becomes the object of worship, then there is a problem. There is nothing wrong with being successful unless that becomes an object of worship. When success and wealth become our obsession then there is a problem.

for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Matthew 6:21 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/mat.6.21.NASB1995

God is our provider. He provides what we need. He blesses those who faithfully serve Him, those who are loyal to His purpose and cause.

🌹Where do you place your allegiance? In treasures (wealth) or God?

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Is Your Light On?

Oct31

For we do not preach ourselves but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your bond-servants for Jesus’ sake.
For God, who said, “Light shall shine out of darkness,” is the One who has shone in our hearts to give the Light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.
2 Corinthians 4:5-6 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/2co.4.5-6.NASB1995

As bond-servants of Jesus, who lives in us, we shine the Light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ. What a tremendous responsibility to be faithful in our obedient walk with God.

Anyone who goes too far and does not abide in the teaching of Christ, does not have God; the one who abides in the teaching, he has both the Father and the Son.
2 John 1:9 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/2jn.1.9.NASB1995

🌹But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, so that the surpassing greatness of the power will be of God and not from ourselves;
2 Corinthians 4:7 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/2co.4.7.NASB1995

Shine His Light to the glory of God! 🙌

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

God’s Treasured Word

Jul24

Who is there who speaks and it comes to pass, Unless the Lord has commanded it?
Lamentations 3:37 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/lam.3.37.NASB1995

For He spoke, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast. The Lord nullifies the counsel of the nations; He frustrates the plans of the peoples. The counsel of the Lord stands forever, The plans of His heart from generation to generation.
Psalms 33:9-11 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.33.9-11.NASB1995

God’s word stands the test of time.

Many plans are in a man’s heart, But the counsel of the Lord will stand.
Proverbs 19:21 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/pro.19.21.NASB1995

“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways,” declares the Lord.
Isaiah 55:8 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/isa.55.8.NASB1995

What priority is the word of God in your life?


🌹I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my necessary food.
Job 23:12 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/job.23.12.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Mother Mary (Luke 1-2:22)

May10

And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what had been spoken to her by the Lord.”

And Mary said: “My soul exalts the Lord, And my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior. For He has had regard for the humble state of His bondslave; For behold, from this time on all generations will count me blessed.
Luke 1:45-48 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/luk.1.45-48.NASB1995

Mary. The Mother of Jesus. Just an ordinary girl chosen by God to fulfill God’s redemptive plan. She humbly took on this role of Mother to Jesus.

The angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary; for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name Him Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David; and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and His kingdom will have no end.”
Luke 1:30-33 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/luk.1.30-33.NASB1995

Mary rejoiced at the birth of her son. She treasured the years she had raising Him.

‭And He (Jesus) went down with them and came to Nazareth, and He continued in subjection to them; and His mother treasured all these things in her heart.
Luke 2:51 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/luk.2.51.NASB1995

Mary knew Jesus came for a purpose and faced the death of her firstborn son. Being a mother is hard work but . . .

🌹. . . we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.
Romans 8:28 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/rom.8.28.NASB1995

Have a Wonderful Mother’s Day Weekend 💓

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

God’s Treasured Words

Apr23

I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my necessary food.
Job 23:12 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/job.23.12.NASB1995

‭But it is still my consolation, And I rejoice in unsparing pain, That I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
Job 6:10 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/job.6.10.NASB1995

‭Please receive instruction from His mouth And establish His words in your heart.
Job 22:22 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/job.22.22.NASB1995

🌹I have sworn and I will confirm it, That I will keep Your righteous ordinances.
Psalms 119:106 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.119.106.NASB1995
‭How sweet are Your words to my taste! Yes, sweeter than honey to my mouth
Psalms 119:103 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.119.103.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Grow Up in The Word

Jul31

New to salvation? Don’t stop there.

like newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the word, so that by it you may grow in respect to salvation,
1 Peter 2:2 NASB

God has a plan to grow you called sanctification. Are you longing for the pure milk of the word? As babies progress from milk to solids, the newborn Christian grows from salvation to righteous living.

For everyone who partakes only of milk is not accustomed to the word of righteousness, for he is an infant. But solid food is for the mature, who because of practice have their senses trained to discern good and evil.
Hebrews 5:13‭-‬14 NASB

Are you practicing what you are reading in God’s word?

With faithful reading and application of God’s word comes blessing and a thankful heart to God.

How blessed are those who observe His testimonies, Who seek Him with all their heart.
I shall give thanks to You with uprightness of heart, When I learn Your righteous judgments.
Psalms 119:2‭, ‬7 NASB

Will you make the word of God a habit until it becomes your treasure?

🌹Your word I have treasured in my heart, That I may not sin against You.
I will meditate on Your precepts And regard Your ways. I shall delight in Your statutes; I shall not forget Your word.
Psalms 119:11‭, ‬15‭-‬16 NASB

AMEN.

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon