December's Bible Studies


There are so many wonderful things for us at this time of year. Beautiful trees, displays of lights and decorations, all placed by loving hands to bring us joy. There are gifts carefully chosen just for us, cookies and cakes fill our houses with delightful smells, wonderful music echoes throughout, the type of which is reserved but for this special time alone. In the midst of this seasonal grandeur, let us never forget the reason for the season.

We celebrate His birth each year, to remember graciously the everlasting gift that our Father in Heaven gave to us. Through a virgin He was born, in a manger in Bethlehem, The Lord Jesus Christ. Look out at the night sky and see the most sparkling star which made Christ known to the wise men, and lead them to Him.

What does Christ use to lead you to Him?

He calls us this day. Let's go...


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December 1st- Ezekiel 40-41 & 2 Peter 3

December 2nd- Ezekiel 42-44 & 1 John 1

December 3rd- Ezekiel 45-46 & 1 John 2

December 4th- Ezekiel 47-48 & 1 John 3

December 5th- Daniel 1-2 & 1 John 4

December 6th- Daniel 3-4 & 1 John 5

December 7th- Daniel 5-7 & 2 John

December 8th- Daniel 8-10 & 3 John

December 9th- Daniel 11-12 & Jude

December 10th- Hosea 1-4 & Revelation 1

December 11th- Hosea 5-8 & Revelation 2

December 12th- Hosea 9-11 & Revelation 3

December 13th- Hosea 12-14 & Revelation 4

December 14th- Joel & Revelation 5

December 15th- Amos 1-3 & Revelation 6

December 16th- Amos 4-6 & Revelation 7

December 17th- Amos 7-9 & Revelation 8

December 18th- Obadiah & Revelation 9

December 19th- Jonah & Revelation 10

December 20th- Micah 1-3 & Revelation 11

December 21st- Micah 4-5 & Revelation 12

December 22nd- Micah 6-7 & Revelation 13

December 23rd- Nahum & Revelation 14

December 24th- Habakkuk & Revelation 15

December 25th- Zephaniah & Revelation 16

December 26th- Haggai & Revelation 17

December 27th- Zechariah 1-4 & Revelation 18

December 28th- Zechariah 5-8 & Revelation 19

December 29th- Zechariah 9-12 & Revelation 20

December 30th- Zechariah 13-14 & Revelation 21

December 31st- Malachi & Revelation 22


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It's my prayer that you have been richly touched by the hand of our Almighty God during these Bible studies. If you are still on your way through the studies, I hope you will continue. All of the daily studies you'll need are all right here within this blog, just for you. The desire of my heart is that you'll find your way home to the Father, Son and Holy Spirit through the Words of the Bible. Never forget that our Lord is the same yesterday, today and forever. His Words never change. As always, Blessings to you my friends! -Happy Holidays! -Rev. Debbie* <>< <>< <><

Hi Friends!
I wanted to share this story with you.
I think this story is great!
I was thinking...maybe, just maybe, God wants these grave sights to be out from under water, out in the air, as a witness to Himself when the graves of the believers burst open at the rapture! None will be forgotten. ♥

1 Thessalonians 4:16
"For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God:
and the dead in Christ shall rise first"

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Expose Ghost Towns, Graves And Prehistoric Bones

AP By MICHAEL GRACZYK and ANGELA K. BROWN
First Posted: 11/21/11 12:28 AM ET

BLUFFTON, Texas -- Johnny C. Parks died two days before his first birthday more than a century ago. His grave slipped from sight along with the rest of the tiny town of Bluffton when Lake Buchanan was filled 55 years later.

Now, the cracked marble tombstone engraved with the date Oct. 15, 1882, which is normally covered by 20 to 30 feet of water, has been eerily exposed as a yearlong drought shrinks one of Texas' largest lakes.

Across the state, receding lakes have revealed a prehistoric skull, ancient tools, fossils and a small cemetery that appears to contain the graves of freed slaves. Some of the discoveries have attracted interest from local historians, and looters also have scavenged for pieces of history. More than two dozen looters have been arrested at one site.

"In an odd way, this drought has provided an opportunity to view and document, where appropriate, some of these finds and understand what they consist of," said Pat Mercado-Allinger, the Texas Historical Commission's archeological division director. "Most people in Texas probably didn't realize what was under these lakes."

Texas finished its driest 12 months ever with an average of 8.5 inches of rain through September, nearly 13 inches below normal. Water levels in the region's lakes, most of which were manmade, have dropped by more than a dozen feet in many cases.

The vanishing water has revealed the long-submerged building foundations of Woodville, Okla., which was flooded in 1944 when the Red River was dammed to form Lake Texoma. A century-old church has emerged at Falcon Lake, which straddles the Texas-Mexico border on the Rio Grande.

Steven Standke and his wife, Carol, drove to the old Bluffton site on a sandy rutted path that GPS devices designate not as a road but the middle of the 22,335-acre lake, normally almost 31 miles long and five miles wide.

"If you don't see it now, you might never see it again," said Carol Standke, of Center Point, as she and her husband inspected the ruins a mile from where concrete seawalls ordinarily would keep the lake from waterfront homes.

Old Bluffton has been exposed occasionally during times of drought. The receding waters have revealed concrete foundations of a two-story hotel, scales of an old cotton gin, a rusting tank and concrete slabs from a Texaco station that also served as a general store. The tallest structure is what's left of the town well, an open-topped concrete cube about 4 feet high. Johnny Parks' tombstone is among a few burial sites.

Local historian Alfred Hallmark, whose great-great-great grandfather helped establish Bluffton, said his research showed 389 graves were moved starting in 1931 when dam construction began. That's the same year Bluffton's 40 or 50 residents started moving several miles west to the current Bluffton, which today amounts to a convenience store and post office at a lonely highway intersection serving 200 residents.

Residents had to leave their ranches and abandon precious pecan trees, some of which produced more than 1,000 pounds of nuts each year. "It was devastating," said Hallmark, 70, a retired teacher, of the move. "They had no choice."

Other depleted lakes across Texas are revealing much older artifacts. More than two dozen looters have been arrested at Lake Whitney, about 50 miles south of Fort Worth, for removing Native American tools and fossils that experts believe could be thousands of years old.

The Army Corps of Engineers, which oversees Lake Whitney, is patrolling a number of areas that contain artifacts, including some rock shelters once filled with water, said Abraham Phillips, natural resources specialist with the agency.

At Lake Georgetown near Austin, fishermen discovered what experts determined was the skull of an American Indian buried for hundreds or thousands of years. It's not clear what will become of the skull, said Kate Spradley, a Texas State University assistant anthropology professor who is keeping it temporarily in a lab. Strict federal laws governing American Indian burial sites bar excavations to search for other remains.

No such restrictions exist for the nearly two dozen unmarked graves discovered this summer in a dried-up section of a Navarro County reservoir. Some coffin lids are visible just under the dirt. Crews plan to excavate the site about 50 miles south of Dallas and move the remains to a cemetery, said Bruce McManus, chairman of the county's historical commission. He said the area of Richland-Chambers Lake is on property formerly owned by a slave owner.

"This is a once-in-a-lifetime find ... and maybe the only silver lining in the ongoing drought," McManus said.

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Blessings I pray for you, my fellow believers! Keep looking up!
Our redemption draweth nigh! -Rev.Debbie ♥

This video definitely shows the Power and Awesome Wonder
of our God!!! ..... In Christ's love always, Rev.Debbie ♥

Two girls in a canoe, chance encounter with thousands of starlings on the River Shannon in Ireland. A collection of starlings is called a murmuration.

Murmuration from Sophie Windsor Clive on Vimeo.

I'm just so excited today! I see so many different things going on in the news that are totally leading to the bride going home! I've seen there were around (if not more) than 10 earthquakes the last 36 hours in Oklahoma, to the west of the New Madrid fault line. Not in the fault line itself, just near enough that the rumblings can be felt into the fault line. We have that YU55 Asteroid that's coming near this week and has been reported to have accompanying Fireballs and Meteorites! (NASA says won't hit us, but sometimes they lie.)
We have that FEMA Alert Message from the President this week, we have those 13 Crystal Skulls arriving in Los Angeles this week and wicked demons being conjured up at the same time! We have the vote between Israel and Palestine this week,
(I think if land is threatened to be taken in Jerusalem, God might decide to take land from us!) and also right now Israeli thinking of bombing Iran? Goodness!
I'm glad Jesus Christ is in charge of my life!
- Just like from Exodus 14:13...
"Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD!"
(These are times like no other!)

In Christ's love forever friends, Rev.Debbie ♥

Friends, You have to watch these three videos. Make this a big priority. They are so important. Remember I love you, friends. Time is getting short for our Lord's return in the air for His own! - In His love, Rev.Debbie ♥










I'm glad Jesus Christ is in charge of my life!
-Just like from Exodus 14:13...
"Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD!"
(These are times like no other!)

In Christ's love forever friends, Rev.Debbie ♥