Little Nut To A Tree Of Life

Ever wonder why things just don't seem to be happening in your Christian life the way you want them to? Or has your heartfelt plea ever been, "Oh God, where am I?" Checkup with God to see where you are in His school of maturity for you. We all want to know God's will for ourselves and where we are headed. II Peter, chapter one is a curriculum outline of spiritual growth. The steps start with "faith" and add one-by-one until we walk in "love." Most of us start with the Lord fired with zeal and spreading the Gospel wherever we go. Unfortunately, we do not always have the greatest wisdom on how to apply all the excitement we feel. We can indeed be a "little nut" for the Lord until He can mature us. An acorn begins life as a little nut and grows into a mighty oak. We can allow the Seed of God to sprout, branch out, dig deep roots, and grow us into being a "Tree Of Life" for the Kingdom of God. Not only are we blessed in every aspect of our life as we mature, but we have fruit to give and leaves to cover others. Every Christian can find themselves, and their church, somewhere in the "add to" list of II Peter. This helps in understanding where and why we are in the Lord. Finding our place in God is the desire of every Christian.

Ever wonder why things in your Christian life just do not seem to be happening the way you want them to? Or has your heartfelt plea ever been, "Oh God, where am I?" Check with God to see where you are in His school of maturity for you. We all want to know God's will for ourselves and where we are headed. II Peter chapter one starts with "faith' and adds the steps of Christian maturity until "love" is reached. This is a rough outline of our curriculum of spiritual growth. Many times we start with the Lord, fired with zeal and spread the Word wherever we go. The young Christian can lack wisdom on how to apply the Word they know. We can indeed be a "Little Nut" for the Lord until He can mature us in Him. An acorn begins life as a little nut and grows into a mighty oak. In the same fashion, we can allow the Seed of the Word in our heart to sprout, branch out in every aspect of our life, and bring forth fruit until we become a "tree of Life" for those around us. Every Christian can find themselves and their church in Peter's add-to list of maturity. This helps our understanding of where and why we are in the kingdom of God. To find our place in Christ is a desire of every Christian. This book shows the direction of our walk with Him.

Do we in our culture really understand the Bible we love so much? We read it, study it, listen to sermons about it, buy teaching tapes, and go to seminars to learn more about it. It is possible to know the Bible and not understand the Bible. It is necessary to view the Word of God from the perspective of a two thousand year-old Jew to actually grasp Biblical concepts. Mary was Joseph's espoused wife. What was an "espoused wife?" How old was Mary when she gave birth to Jesus? We have nothing like this in our culture! What Law gives us the right by the blood of Jesus to be saved, have the right to use His Name, have everlasting life, and much, much more? This is all because of Blood Covenant, and most Christians understand nothing about this New Covenant/Testament Jesus cut with His Blood! Is it lawful to divorce your wife for every cause? What were the Jewish grounds for divorce? How does the everyday language of Jesus (Aramaic) shed light on His teaching of divorce and remarriage? Was John the first to baptize? What was the pet name God gave the nation of Israel? What did the most strict of all the religious groups of Jesus' day believe on salvation, healing, spiritual warfare? Where are we in Jesus' fulfilling the marriage covenant with us? Why do we have the inheritance of the firstborn? Facts are pieces of knowledge. Related pieces of knowledge form concepts. Concepts yield understanding. The Church has knowledge of the Bible but it is necessary to allow knowledge to mature into understanding. This book is designed to aid in this process.

A playful story about one acorn’s arduous journey to becoming a tree. In the style of “The House That Jack Built,” here’s a cumulative, rhyming tale about a nut that falls from an oak that holds the house where Jill plays. The acorn travels inside an old shoe, above the trees and under a stream, as one animal after another steals it, drops it or tosses it. But in the end, the acorn lands on a hillside, where it grows into another grand oak, which now holds the house where Jack (Jill’s grandson) plays. It’s the circle of life … well, not quite a circle. But loads of fun all the same!

A child is given a birthday gift of a tree which bears most unusual fruit.

“The Countryman's Jewel” is novel by naturalist and nature writer Marcus Woodward. It follows the daily life of a country squire in sixteenth century England, offering an authentic and informative insight into traditional country life. This charming volume is highly recommended for nature lovers and those with an interest in English history. Contents include: “Sixteenth-Century Squire”, “The Dutie of a Father of a Familie”, “The Office of the Farmer”, “The Housewife”, “On The Hills”, “The Garden of Delight”, “The Squire's Mills”, “The Moat and Fish Ponds”, “The Ale-House”, “Downland Sheep”, “Oxen and Horses”, “The Barber Surgeon and Some Gossip”, etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new biography of the author.

Books in the Life of a Child explores the value of books and reading in the stimulation of children's imagination and their fundamental importance in the development of language and true literacy. It examines not only the vast range of children's books available but also how to introduce young people to the joys of reading in the home, the school and in the community. The book has been written as a resource for all adults, especially teachers, student teachers, librarians and parents, and those who care about the value of literature for children. It is a comprehensive and critical guide, with chapters on the history of children's literature and an analysis of its many forms and genres, from poetry, fairytale, myth, legend and fantasy, through realistic and historical fiction, to humour, pulp fiction and information books.