Love, Relationship, Marriage & Adultery in the bible

 

I'm going to talk about what is says in the bible about love, dating and relationships. Today a lot of relationships end because no one is in the mind of it's worth fighting for anymore. Marriage is just something people do these days and then when something goes wrong they want to split and divorce and in the eyes of God that is wrong and I will so you all the verses that says so.

I have loved myself and have been in relationships and they ended, but the ones I was in weren't Christians, they were non-believers in Jesus Christ and so since I made the choice to not date another non-believer because they don't want the same things I want, they don't have those values and morals that I have. I did find this one guy and we dated a few times and one big event changed that all together and I really liked this guy but because of his differences and non- acceptance of my life and family it drove us apart, have we had tried harder and maybe had more patients then I think we could have worked things out.

No one ever said Love in general is easy, it's hard, it's something you have to want, and work for everyday of your life. When one loses love it hurts worse than anything and from that it's hard to learn to love again but it's not impossible because when you put your love and faith into God he shows and helps you to know love again by his love for you so that you can find love in another person again. When one man makes that choice to get down on his knee and ask the one he loves to marry him and she says yes they just vowed to be together until Death Do Them Apart, In Sickness & In Heath, For Better Or Worse they vowed forever to be their for one another but today many marriage fail, they aren't honored by those vows they said and made to one another. but in the eyes of God they will always be married. The flesh may have failed but the Soul lasts forever.

In the Bible it talks about cheating, and what we do that is considered adultery, even just lusting at and about someone is considered adultery which is a sin. All people do it but it's a matter of turning from that sin and not do it again. So when a married man or woman looks at another person in that way they just cheated on their partner, it's the same for those that are just now dating or that have been in a long term relationship.

People that walk from a marriage and marry another man with the same agenda referring to the man or woman having the same flaws, miss fortune is a case of repeating the same action the difference is it's just a different man just with the same bad habits. Woman have this habit of being with the naughty guys that do cheat, watch porn, and lust after other woman and even Men have this habit. When they keep repeating the same act of the men they look for they will always look for the bad ones instead of finding the right one, they feel that is all they are worth having. That there is no good guy out there that would want them or love them but truly there is they just haven't looked hard enough they just settle for who ever comes their way.

Dating, Relationships & Marriage there is values & morals that need to be held up but there not. So I want to share these verses with you all about love dating, marriage, and cheating.

Marriage biblical verses-

Genesis 2:22-24

Then the LORD God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.  The man said, "This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called 'woman, ' for she was taken out of man."  For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.

                           

Proverbs 5:18-19

May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth.  A loving doe, a graceful deer-- may her breasts satisfy you always, may you ever be captivated by her love.

                            

Proverbs 12:4

A wife of noble character is her husband's crown, but a disgraceful wife is like decay in his bones.

                           

Proverbs 18:22

He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor from the LORD.

 

Proverbs 19:14

Houses and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is from the LORD.

                            

Proverbs 20:6-7

Many a man claims to have unfailing love, but a faithful man who can find?  The righteous man leads a blameless life; blessed are his children after him.

 

Proverbs 30:18-19

"There are three things that are too amazing for me, four that I do not understand:  the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a snake on a rock, the way of a ship on the high seas, and the way of a man with a maiden.

                           

Proverbs 31:10

A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies.

 

Deuteronomy 24:5

If a man has recently married, he must not be sent to war or have any other duty laid on him. For one year he is to be free to stay at home and bring happiness to the wife he has married.

                           

Matthew 19:4-6

"Haven't you read," he replied, "that at the beginning the Creator 'made them male and female,'  and said, 'For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh' ?  So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate."

                           

1 Corinthians 7:1-16

Now for the matters you wrote about: It is good for a man not to marry.  But since there is so much immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.  The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband.  The wife's body does not belong to her alone but also to her husband. In the same way, the husband's body does not belong to him alone but also to his wife.  Do not deprive each other except by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.  I say this as a concession, not as a command.  I wish that all men were as I am. But each man has his own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that.  Now to the unmarried and the widows I say: It is good for them to stay unmarried, as I am.  But if they cannot control themselves, they should marry, for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.  To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband.  But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife.  To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord): If any brother has a wife who is not a believer and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her.  And if a woman has a husband who is not a believer and he is willing to live with her, she must not divorce him.  For the unbelieving husband has been sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife has been sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy.  But if the unbeliever leaves, let him do so. A believing man or woman is not bound in such circumstances; God has called us to live in peace.  How do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or, how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?

                           

Collisions 3:18-19

Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.  Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.

                           

Hebrews 13:4-7

Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral.  Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, "Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you."  So we say with confidence, "The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?"  Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith.

                           

Mark 10:6-9

"But at the beginning of creation God 'made them male and female.'  'For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife,  and the two will become one flesh.' So they are no longer two, but one.  Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate."

                           

Ephesians 5:22-33

Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord.  For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior.  Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.  Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her  to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,  and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.  In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.  After all, no one ever hated his own body, but he feeds and cares for it, just as Christ does the church--  for we are members of his body.  "For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh."  This is a profound mystery--but I am talking about Christ and the church.  However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.

 

Love & Relationships in the Bible-

 

Mark 12:31

The second is this: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no commandment greater than these."

 

Luke 6:31

Do to others as you would have them do to you.

 

Luke 6:35

But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.

 

John 8:13

The Pharisees challenged him, "Here you are, appearing as your own witness; your testimony is not valid."

 

Romans 12:9

Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.

 

Romans 13:10

Love does no harm to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.

 

1 Corinthians 13:4-8

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.  It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.  Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.  It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.  Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.

 

1 Corinthians 13:13

And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

 

Ephesians 4:2

Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.

 

1 Peter 4:8

Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.

 

1 John 4:7

Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.

 

1 John 4:18-19

There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.  We love because he first loved us.

 

John 15:13

Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.

 

Ephesians 5:25

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her

 

Ephesians 5:33

However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.

 

Collisions 3:14

And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.

 

Proverbs 10:12

Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers over all wrongs.

 

Proverbs 17:17

A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

 

1 John 3:16-18

This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.  If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him?  Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth.

 

1 John 4:8

Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.

 

John 3:16

"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

 

Psalm 18:1

I love you, O LORD, my strength.

 

Matthew 22:27-29

Finally, the woman died.  Now then, at the resurrection, whose wife will she be of the seven, since all of them were married to her?"  Jesus replied, "You are in error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God.

 

Deuteronomy 10:12-19

And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul,  and to observe the Lord's commands and decrees that I am giving you today for your own good?  To the LORD your God belong the heavens, even the highest heavens, the earth and everything in it.  Yet the LORD set his affection on your forefathers and loved them, and he chose you, their descendants, above all the nations, as it is today.  Circumcise your hearts, therefore, and do not be stiff-necked any longer.  For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who shows no partiality and accepts no bribes.  He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves the alien, giving him food and clothing.  And you are to love those who are aliens, for you yourselves were aliens in Egypt.

 

Deuteronomy 11:13-22

So if you faithfully obey the commands I am giving you today--to love the LORD your God and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul--  then I will send rain on your land in its season, both autumn and spring rains, so that you may gather in your grain, new wine and oil.  I will provide grass in the fields for your cattle, and you will eat and be satisfied.  Be careful, or you will be enticed to turn away and worship other gods and bow down to them.  Then the Lord's anger will burn against you, and he will shut the heavens so that it will not rain and the ground will yield no produce, and you will soon perish from the good land the LORD is giving you.  Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.  Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.  Write them on the door frames of your houses and on your gates,  so that your days and the days of your children may be many in the land that the LORD swore to give your forefathers, as many as the days that the heavens are above the earth.  If you carefully observe all these commands I am giving you to follow--to love the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways and to hold fast to him

 

Song of Solomon 8:4-8

Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you: Do not arouse or awaken love until it so desires.  Who is this coming up from the desert leaning on her lover? Under the apple tree I roused you; there your mother conceived you, there she who was in labor gave you birth.  Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm; for love is as strong as death, its jealousy unyielding as the grave. It burns like blazing fire, like a mighty flame.  Many waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot wash it away. If one were to give all the wealth of his house for love, it would be utterly scorned.  We have a young sister, and her breasts are not yet grown. What shall we do for our sister for the day she is spoken for?

 

Matthew 6:24

"No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money.

 

Matthew 22:37-39

Jesus replied: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.'  This is the first and greatest commandment.  And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'

 

Matthew 23:6-8

they love the place of honor at banquets and the most important seats in the synagogues;  they love to be greeted in the marketplaces and to have men call them 'Rabbi.'  "But you are not to be called 'Rabbi,' for you have only one Master and you are all brothers.

 

 Adultery & Divorce biblical verses-

 

 

Matthew 19:9 - And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except [it be] for fornication, and shall marry another, committed adultery: and whoso married her which is put away doth commit adultery.

Proverbs 6:32 - [But] whoso committed adultery with a woman lacked understanding: he [that] death it destroyer his own soul.

Matthew 5:32 - But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, cause her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committed adultery.

Luke 16:18 - Whosoever putted away his wife, and married another, committed adultery: and whosoever marries her that is put away from [her] husband committed adultery.

Leviticus 20:10 - And the man that committed adultery with [another] man's wife, [even he] that committed adultery with his neighbor's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.

1 Corinthians 7:12 - But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believed not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.

Romans 7:2 - For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to [her] husband so long as he lived; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of [her] husband.

Matthew 5:31-32 - It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:

Malachi 2:16 - For the LORD, the God of Israel says, That  he hates divorce: for [one] covered violence with his garment, saith the LORD of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.

Deuteronomy 24:1-4 - When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give [it] in her hand, and send her out of his house.   

Galatians 5:19 - Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are [these]; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

1 Corinthians 7:15 - But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such [cases]: but God hath called us to peace.

1 Corinthians 7:11 - But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to [her] husband: and let not the husband put away [his] wife.

1 Corinthians 7:1-40 - Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: [It is] good for a man not to touch a woman.   

Romans 7:3 - So then if, while [her] husband live, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.

Mark 10:11-12 - And he said unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committed adultery against her.

Mark 10:2 - And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away [his] wife? tempting him.

Matthew 5:31 - It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:

Matthew 5:27-28 - Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:   

Exodus 20:14 - Thou shalt not commit adultery.

Ephesians 5:33 - Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife [see] that she reverence [her] husband.

1 Corinthians 7:10 - And unto the married I command, [yet] not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from [her] husband:

Matthew 19:3-9 - The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?   

Deuteronomy 24:1-22 - When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favor in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give [it] in her hand, and send her out of his house.

Genesis 2:24 - Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

Jude 1:7 - Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.

Hebrews 13:4 - Marriage [is] honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but fornicators and adulterers God will judge.

Hebrews 10:19-20 - Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,   

Titus 1:6 - If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.

Ephesians 5:25 - Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;

Ephesians 4:32 - And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.

Acts 15:29 - That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.

Acts 2:38 - Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

John 1:1 - In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Luke 14:26 - If any [man] come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

Luke 11:4 - And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.

Mark 10:12 - And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committed adultery.

Mark 10:11 - And he said unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committed adultery against her.

Mark 10:2-12 - And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away [his] wife? tempting him.   

Matthew 19:4-6 - And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made [them] at the beginning made them male and female,    

Matthew 19:3 - The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

Matthew 19:1 - And it came to pass, [that] when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judea beyond Jordan;

Hosea 2:1 - Say ye unto your brethren, Ami; and to your sisters, Rama.

These verses focus on all which we talked about today, I hope this helps you.

Bullying, Depressio & Suicide in the bible

This topic is a very important subject to me personally and it is a matter of which happens a lot in today's world. Kids world wide are bullied, depressed and committing suicide because they feel they have no help, no support, that they are not loved or wanted, cared about in any since. I want everyone to read what the bible says about these subjects. I will start with Bullying because it's the first step, then I'll lead in to depression which is the second base of this problem, and lastly I'll talk about Suicide because it is the end result of our world for these to take their own lives because they have no one and nothing to live for and what the bible says what will happen to these kids and people will give them no hope even in the after life. So please STAND UP FOR THOSE VICTIMS!

Bullying can take many forms and can be effective on different levels but that doesn't make it any better or worse for what the out come can lead to. Kids in schools, online, at the park, work, anywhere they go, you go they are being bullied for many reasons and some of those top reasons are as followed, Religion & Beliefs, Gay, Straight, Lesbian, Bi Sexual & Transgendered, Looks & Appearance, Cool or Not Cool, Nerd, Geeks, Just simply being Smart, Having a Disability, Disease, Medical Problems and Not Fitting In, Skin Color. These are the top reason kids are being bullied everyday and why it leads to depression.

 Depression it lowers their confidence, self-esteem, courage, happiness, and self worth. It makes these kids feel all those things even unwanted, ugly or to pretty, to skinny or to fat, to tall or to short, sexuality of any kind, the color of their skin, beliefs & religion, who's better or who's less, smarter or not smarter, not loved, wanted, cared about. Those are the effect that leads these kids to depression to them cutting themselves, starting to starve their bodies or over eat and load their bodies because they have been told to many times they are to fat or to skinny, they wish they were taller or shorter, smarter or not so smart, they weren't that skin tone, they were never born, that they can change their beliefs & religion, looks & appearance etc. The list goes on and on never ending. Kids are afraid to talk to friends, family, teachers, any adult about the bullying, abuse they take on daily at school or anywhere because they are afraid no one will care, will help them, protect them so they keep it all inside and they do what they feel is the only Freedom.

Suicide is the end freedom for the kids that have been through bullying , depression, the whole thing with out any help, no one caring, hearing their cries for help. For those that feel like committing suicide they think in their mind it's the only way it will ever stop, it frees me from the pain, the hurting, the depression, and so these kids go unheard and unseen planning their suicide with out anyone knowing and some just come home one day and do it with out planning. There is many ways kids and people commit suicide which is as followed- Hanging themselves, Shooting themselves, Jumping of the roof of their homes or school buildings, walking in front of on coming traffic and many other ways.

back in 2010 I kept up with suicide stories and those that of which I knew of where any where between 15-18 that happened back to back in weeks, those kids made national news. There is one out of all those kids that I hold close and dear to my heart for many reasons. I didn't know this young boy or his family but his story is what touched me the most. He is always thought about and missed. I remember ever detail of why he was bullied in school and the way he killed himself. He was a local Cypress kid that attend Hamilton Middle School, he was 13 years old in the 8th grade was bullied for being Buddhist, small for his age, not being into all the high cool electronics, not wearing the latest fashion but most of all he was made fun of because he was thought to have been Gay which he never came out until the morning of his death. He came out to his Step-father that morning before leaving to go get on the bus and that day after school he went home grabbed his father's gun and went and hid in his closet and shot himself in the head. His parents came home to find his small body laying on the floor of his closet, now if that story doesn't touch you in anyway. That's just wrong. His school claimed not to have gotten any reports from his teachers or anyone not even his parents. His name was Asher Brown and to this day he is remembered and miss and loved by those that knew him and that didn't.

Now I will share bible verses about Bullying, Depression, & Suicide.

Bullying biblical verses-


Matthew 5:11
God will bless you when people insult you, mistreat you, and tell all kinds of evil lies about you because of me.

Deuteronomy 31:6
So be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid and do not panic before them. For the Lord your God will personally go ahead of you. He will neither fail you nor abandon you.

2 Timothy 2:22
Flee the evil desires of youth and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

Psalm 121:2
It will come from the Lord, who created the heavens and the earth.

Psalm 27:1
You, Lord, are the light that keeps me safe. I am not afraid of anyone. You protect me, and I have no fears.

Love Your Neighbor

Bullying goes against everything in the Bible. We are called to kindness. We are asked to be hospitable and look out for one another, so turning on another person does little to demonstrate God's love to one another:

1 John 3:15
If you hate each other, you are murderers, and we know that murderers do not have eternal life.

1 John 2:9
If we claim to be in the light and hate someone, we are still in the dark.

Mark 12:31
And the second, like it, is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.

Romans 12:18
Do all that you can to live in peace with everyone.

James 4:11-12
My friends, don’t say cruel things about others! If you do, or if you condemn others, you are condemning God’s Law. And if you condemn the Law, you put yourself above the Law and refuse to obey either it or God who gave it. God is our judge, and he can save or destroy us. What right do you have to condemn anyone?

Matthew 7:12
Do to others whatever you would like them to do to you. This is the essence of all that is taught in the law and the prophets.

Romans 15:7
Therefore, accept one another, just as Christ also accepted us to the glory of God.

Love Your Enemies

Some of the hardest people to love are those that hurt us. Yet God asks us to love our enemies. We may not like the behavior, but even that bully is still a bully. Does that mean we just let them continue to bully us? No. We still need to stand up against bullying and report the behavior, but it does mean learning to take the higher road:

Matthew 5:38-41
You have heard the law that says the punishment must match the injury: ‘An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.’ But I say, do not resist an evil person! If someone slaps you on the right cheek, offer the other cheek also. If you are sued in court and your shirt is taken from you, give your coat, too. If a soldier demands that you carry his gear for a mile, carry it two miles. 

Matthew 5:43-48
You have heard the law that says, ‘Love your neighbor’ and hate your enemy. But I say, love your enemies! Pray for those who persecute you! In that way, you will be acting as true children of your Father in heaven. For he gives his sunlight to both the evil and the good, and he sends rain on the just and the unjust alike. If you love only those who love you, what reward is there for that? Even corrupt tax collectors do that much.  If you are kind only to your friends, how are you different from anyone else? Even pagans do that. But you are to be perfect, even as your Father in heaven is perfect.

Matthew 10:28
Don’t be afraid of those who want to kill your body; they cannot touch your soul. Fear only God, who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

Leave the Vengeance to God

When someone bullies us, it can be tempting to retaliate in a similar manner. Yet God reminds us in His Word that we need to leave the vengeance to Him. We still need to report the bullying. We still need to stand up to those that bully others, but we should not retaliate in the same way. God brings us adults and authority figures to deal with the bully:

Leviticus 19:18
You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the sons of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself; I am the Lord.

2 Timothy 1:7
God’s Spirit doesn’t make cowards out of us. The Spirit gives us power, love, and self-control.

Romans 12:19-20
Dear friends, don’t try to get even. Let God take revenge. In the Scriptures the Lord says, “I am the one to take revenge and pay them back.” The Scriptures also say, “If your enemies are hungry, give them something to eat. And if they are thirsty, give them something to drink. This will be the same as piling burning coals on their heads.”

Proverbs 6:16-19
There are six things the Lord hates, seven that are detestable to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil, a false witness who pours out lies and a person who stirs up conflict in the community.

Matthew 7:2
For you will be treated as you treat others. The standard you use in judging is the standard by which you will be judged.

Depression biblical verses-

Deuteronomy 31:8
It is the LORD who goes before you. He will be with you; he will not leave you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.

Deuteronomy 32:10

In a desert land he found him, in a barren and howling waste. He shielded him and cared for him; he guarded him as the apple of his eye. 

 

Psalms 34:17

When the righteous cry for help, the LORD hears and delivers them out of all their troubles.

 

Psalms 40:1-3

I waited patiently for the LORD; he inclined to me and heard my cry. He drew me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure. He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God. Many will see and fear, and put their trust in the LORD.

 

Psalms 3:3

But you, O LORD, are a shield about me, my glory, and the lifter of my head.

 

Psalms 32:10 

Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but steadfast love surrounds the one who trusts in the LORD.

 

Psalms 37:3-4

Trust in the LORD, and do good; dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness. Delight yourself in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart. 

 

Psalms 42:11

Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God.

 

1 Peter 5:6-7

Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: Casting all your care upon him; for he cares for you.

Jeremiah 29:11

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.

 

John 16:33

I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world. 

 

Romans 8:38-39

For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

 

2 Corinthians

1:3-4 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

 

1 Peter 4:12-13

Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. But rejoice insofar as you share Christ’s sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed.

Suicide Biblical Verses-

Ecclesiastes 7:17 - Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?
1 Corinthians 3:16-17 - Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and [that] the Spirit of God dwell in you?   

Psalms 34:17-20 - [The righteous] cry, and the LORD hearth, and deliverers them out of all their troubles.

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 - What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost [which is] in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?   

Psalms 13:2-4 - How long shall I take counsel in my soul, [having] sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?   

Romans 12:2 - And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what [is] that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

John 10:28 - And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any [man] pluck them out of my hand.

1 Corinthians 6:20 - For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.

Jeremiah 29:11 - For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

2 Corinthians 12:9 - And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

Job 7:15-16 - So that my soul choose strangling, [and] death rather than my life.

Revelation 9:6 - And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.

Mark 16:16 - He that believe and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believe not shall be damned.

Jeremiah 20:14-18 - Cursed [be] the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.   

Exodus 20:13 - Thou shalt not kill.

2 Samuel 17:23 - And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled [his] ass, and arose, and gate him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulcher of his father.

1 Samuel 31:5 - And when his armorers saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise upon his sword, and died with him.

1 Samuel 31:4 - Then said Saul unto his armorers, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armorers would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.

Judges 9:53-54 - And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abolishes head, and all to brake his skull.   

Hebrews 13:5-6 - [Let your] conversation [be] without covetousness; [and be] content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

John 12:25 - He that love his life shall lose it; and he that hate his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.

Mark 5:1-43 - And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gardeners.

Matthew 27:3-5 - Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,   

Matthew 4:6 - And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in [their] hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.

1 Kings 16:18 - And it came to pass, when Zara saw that the city was taken, that he went into the palace of the king's house, and burnt the king's house over him with fire, and died,

Judges 16:30 - And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with [all his] might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that [were] therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than [they] which he slew in his life.

Revelation 1:1-20 - The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to show unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified [it] by his angel unto his servant John:

1 John 3:15 - Whosoever hated his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.

Acts 16:27 - And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled.

Deuteronomy 30:19 - I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, [that] I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:

Jeremiah 16:19 - O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and [things] wherein [there is] no profit.

Judges 16:25-30 - And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison house; and he made them sport: and they set him between the pillars.

So I say unto you these are all the biblical verses of the bible on Bullying, Depression & Suicide.
Stand Up For Those Victims!!

God Bless

Honoring Those That Served, Happy Memorial Day

Today we're honoring the lives of men & woman that have served in our country over all scales, all levels, all branches of military duty, all wars fought and served in. I'm proud to say I have a lot of family member's that have fought and served but the one person I knew more than the rest was my Great Grandfather J.E Gardner who was apart of the Army, and served in the Korean War. He was honored with a purple heart for helping his fellow men when he himself was shot while in active duty. He survived that war. He was many things but to me he was a hero, role model, a man I grew up looking up too. Even though my memories of him are black/white because I was a very young child and had only been around him a  few times. I don't really have much memories of how he was, or who he was. I can say I do know he was a war veteran, a hero in many people's eyes just like he is in mine. He lived a long happy life after the war. He raised his kids, had grandkids and even lived to meet two of his Great Grandkids. Some wars may be more tragedy than the others but for every man and woman who served and lost their lives for the better of our country is a great active of honor, respect, love, courage. Even though my Great Grandfather survived the war, he is still a war veteran just like the rest.

Here is two pictures of my Great Grandfather J.E Gardner. The top is him by his Army plane in his uniform and the bottom of him and his army buddies who he served with. He is a honorable hero.

                              My Great Grandfather CPL James E. Gardner Army Korean

                                                                       Veteran for all

                                                 All those are honored at this Memorial

Me standing in the front of the memorial section where my Great Grandfathers name stands.

 

              I'm saluting America while standing in honor of my Great Grandfather J.E Gardner

 

Even thought today is to honor those that have served and passed on, I believe it's also honoring those that are taking the step to join the military to follow in fellow Men and Woman who have served before. So another person I want to talk about is my cousin who made the choice to enter into the military to fight & serve for our country just as those before him did, Just like my Great Grandfather did. His name is C. Webster. He is like my grandfather a hero in my eyes, a role model that all can look up too because they all have honor. He is young, able, & willing just like everyone else. I was going to serve along with my cousin but I was unable too. I wanted more than anything to be able to serve this country that I love, Care about, and follow in my Great Grandfathers foot steps. Although not being able to is okay. I want to say thank you for all who've served in our Military, thank you for your service.  Know Your All Loved & Remembered!

This is my cousin who will be able to be called a war veteran someday as well. He is strong, willing, encouraged, a hero already in my eyes. Love to you C. Webster. You've the future!

Be proud of those that have served, be thankful because they did it for our country for us to have the right we do, the ability to be who we are as America, United Nations, For Justice and For All. We Are Americans. I'm proud to be an American for what will set us free. Honor them today. R.I.P to all that have passed that served. God Bless love to all.

Happy Memorial Day- Everyone, Thank you for serving & God Bless America for which it stands one nation under god invisible and justice for all. Amen

Bad Parenting 101

I've seen some really great parents and I've also seen some really bad parents and all this narrow downs to "Bad Parenting 10". 

I've seen parents that have the grandparents baby sit the kids and then when they are at there parents house the mother thinks it's still the grandparents job to disaplen her child when it should be the parent doing the disaplening regardless if her kid is still at the grandparents house with her there!!! That's one big bad thing I've seen many parents do and it shows a lack of parenting and a lack of responsibility toward the parents. I've also seen parents that argue in front of the kids and get fiscal on levels abusive and sexual and it's horrible that these kids have to be exposed to such things and parents that don't do the parenting all the time is not bad parents period!! I can't stand bad parents period and I'm related to a few of them and just me seeing their parenting skill it knocks them down to a bad parent foor sure.. 

There are many things that can make a bad parent a bad parent!! But those are a few for now. I'll add more later 

Open your eyes to Upside not down side

As I sit here in the dark, I watched a film called upside referring to a young teen who plays a sport and gets hurt seriously in which makes his brain flip his eye vision upside down and how he goes through some battles with losing offers from colleges and everything, but this main focal point to this film in my opinion is that regardless of your struggles, battles and everything there is something that comes out of it wither one realizes it yet or not and that you have to look at not the box but outside the box and if your lost you can find help with in the one person above all else the only one that can help you and that is God. This film opened my eyes and got me thinking how I see the world and how I see my box.   I was thinking how selfish I've been towards myself and others, how I've disappointed those that care the most about me and how above all else I've disappointed myself in many ways and so I started to think how could I better my box, my picture and focal point?

That's the question we all ask our selves isn't it?
I mean really we have fall and get back up against from most things and somethings we think isn't possible to come back from but really it is when you take the walk with God our Father, our Savior the one who sent his only son down to die for not me, not you but all of us for our sins no matter how bad or good they are. We the people that can see take what we see and can do for granted and we don't think about those that can't do that but just because they can't visually see like others can doesn't mean they can't do what we do because it is very much possible. What do you think is the all time battle anyone can face in life? could it be a medical illness, or possibly not having a family meaning parents? or could it be some other kind of battle? I'll tell you what we all face battles different ones and same ones but they are never ideally the same because we are all different and are effected differently. This film brought a non- doubtful young teen to Christ and made him a believer because of his accident he had made him not only find himself and grow better into a better person but he found God as well and met a nice girl as well.

This film opened my eyes to show me that I have purpose in life even if I don't understand it or know what it is but the things that are happening in my life right now and that has happened is all purpose so whatever may happen to me next I believe and know God will be there to take me along, guide me through all the odds because that's the kind of power God has beyond many others as well.

We know what the past had, we know what the present is but tomorrow is a new unknown everything..

It's a new chapter in everyone's lives. That is fact now we don't know what is set to happen in the coming of hours, days, weeks, months and years but we do have the option to follow it, seek it and believe in it.

I'm starting my new day off on this note, this new post. I'm starting off as a better me than what I was yesterday and the me before that, it's called taking a leap of faith that God is hear guiding you through all good or bad. Take his hand and he will take yours too. Pray to him, he listens and answers in time. You want him he is there right now always no matter what. He is everywhere up down side to side because he is the Cross, he is every point we see he is North, South, West & East even the in between.

Take the next leap with me and God and see what he can do for you and others, be a better you as the young man in the film did, he didn't walk from God he walked towards God. That's AMAZING!

I hope this finds you all in good relations with our Lord God. Love you all my brothers & sisters

Be your upgrade today and everyday beyond this one.