From the Heart by B.Demaere

Hello all of you my friends and supporters, We just came back from our holiday up North of British Columbia.  The weather was beautiful, the roads were typical of winter conditions.  But we had a good time with friends and family.  The main goal of our visit was our brand new grandson who turned 1 month as we arrived.  What a sweetheart he is going to be.  His name is Ryley.   Coming up there is some interesting material in the making as the Lord reveals himself to me. We will talk about "waiting on the Lord" and "Worship" I am looking forward to sharing this stuff with you next week Thursday 15 to be exact. By the look of things it seems you all enjoyed the quiz. Please give me some feedback as I would love to hear from all of you. You can write in English, French and Spanish now since I am learning Spanish. Thank you for all the love and prayers.  You are  awesome because God made you that way and he does not make junk.  On the contrary, he uses junk to make somet

  Fun Bible Trivia Questions  1. How many words are in the shortest verse in the Bible?  2. Who is the oldest man mentioned in the Bible?  3. What book in the Bible doesn’t mention God by name?  4. Who are the five angels mentioned by name in the Bible?  5. What so-called mythological creature is mentioned in the Bible?  6. What is the last word in the Bible?  7. How many wives did King Solomon have?  8. What two men in the Bible never died?  9. Who shut the door of Noah’s ark?  10. What street did Judas live on?  11. Which apostle was a tentmaker?  12. How long did Jesus hang on the cross?  13. What were the first spoken words in the Bible?  14. Who was the only female judge of Israel in the Old Testament?  15. What book in the Bible mentions mowed grass?  16. In the Old Testament, what happened to the kids who mocked Elisha’s bald head?  17. How tall was the giant, Goliath?  18. What two books of the Bible are named after women?  19. How many days after birth was Jesus officially nam

  What a Comfort! Here I can only but transliterate from the French Bible into English.   The French Bible says it so well:   (Zechariah 2:12) “Whoever attacks you will attack what is most precious to me”.   This is the literal translation of what it says in the French Bible. I thought that personally it was so comforting to that whoever messes up with me will have to face my heavenly Father. In the context he talks about the nations and Israel, but Israel is God’s people as I am as well. In this verse I put myself in the place of Israel and the opponents are the nations. You can also find comfort in this that as a God’s child you are protected like Israel and you are the apple of his eye, the very target of his concern.   It’s only when we see our position with God through the eye of faith that we can appreciate his Presence in our lives. God ahead you can do that appropriately with some of the promises made to God’s people. Also, God promises that the nations will be

  It was all Decided   For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight.  In love he predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will.  (Ephesians 1:4-5) As I read Ephesians 1:4, 5, the famous verse about ‘predestination’ I cannot help but think about the history of my immigration trip to Canada from Europe. A trip that had carefully been planned by my parents as they dreamed it over and again.   To me this trip was like a predestination that started by a desire which I believe originated with God.   God had given my parents soon after I was born the dream to one day make it to Canada as a family.   Originally, predestination starts with a desire in God’s heart and end with our decision to live for him.   That is the only interpretation I can give right now about predestination.   A decision made by God ahead of time since creation to have us become his children.   It is a mind-boggi

In the eighth month of the second years of Darius, the word of the Lord came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berekiah, the son of Iddo: The Lord was very angry with your ancestors.   Therefore, tell the people:   This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘Return to me,’ Declares the Lord Almighty, And I will return to you’ says the Lord Almighty.   Do not be like your ancestors to whom the earlier prophets proclaimed: This is what the Lord Almighty says: Turn from your evil ways and your evil practices.’ But they would not listen or pay attention to me, declares the Lord. Where are your ancestors now? And the prophets, do they live forever? But did not my words and my decrees, which I commanded my servants the prophets, overtake your ancestors? Then they repented and said, ‘The Lord Almighty has done to us what our ways and practices deserve, just as he determined to do.’” (Zechariah 1:1-6)   This is truly a beautiful passage in the Bible.   We see the heart of

                                                    No More Distractions The seed falling on rocky ground refers to someone who hears the word and at once receive it with joy.   But since they have no root, they last only a short time.   When trouble and persecution come because of the word, they quickly fall away. (Matthew 13:20-21) Basically, that is what the Parable of the Sower (Matthew 13: 1-9 and Matthew 13: 18-23) teaches:   No more distractions, no more love for the things of the world like riches and pleasures of all kinds.   Persecutions and pain could also be a distraction from the purpose of what the word wants to accomplish.   Life is full of distractions have you noticed?   But God wants to distill or filter through all these and bring the Word of God in our lives.   He has made an evaluation of my time with him and found my roots not to be as deep as they ought to be.   Especially my roots in the Word are quite shallow.   He is not finished with me yet and satisfa

  Opinions are just Opinions As I share with you my heart, I like to share my God.   It opens me to be honest with you and sometimes I may be seen by some of you as being opiniated but am I? I want to share the Bible and because of this I might share what I find in it as best as I can interpret it even if it does not agree with present society.   Yes, the Bible does not always agree with my opinions.   Opinions are only valid if they agree with the Truth of the Bible.   If opinions are lies, would you not agree that they need to be discarded. In Matthew 12:9-13 Going on from that place, he went into their synagogue, and a man with the shriveled hand was there.   Looking for a reason to bring charges against Jesus, they asked him, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?” He said to them, “If any of you has a sheep and it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will you not take hold of it and lift it out?   How much more valuable is a person than a sheep!   Therefore, it is lawful to d