Second Stage Ministries

Edited by Kay Beam Last year I chose a verse of the Bible and kept it in mind until God told me to move on from the verse. In August of last year I was preparing a lesson to teach the 4 th and 5 th grade students at church. The series of lessons at the time was looking at passages in the book of Proverbs. In preparing that lesson, I thought that it would be a good idea to give the students a list of a few Proverbs passages to read on their own time. So that thought prompted me to have another thought: “What if they ask me why it is important to read the book of Proverbs?” So I decided to investigate. I read Proverbs 1:1-7 and found my answer. (The header for the chapter in the NIV version of the Bible is Purpose and Theme I might add.) I didn’t have to try and think of a clever answer… God already did! 1 “The proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel: 2 for gaining wisdom and instruction;     for understanding words of insight; 3 for receiving instru

Edited by Kay Beam This was the original post for Sunday. But I posted "Blank Page" instead. You're no good Nobody loves you Nobody cares You are just going to be alone You just keep driving people away Why did you even try to stop that addiction you know you can't You're worthless You are what they tell you God doesn't care You just keep making the same mistakes Look what you did you looked at porn again Told you that you couldn't beat the addiction Well look at that you're drunk again You're never going to be anything but an alcoholic Keep doing it people don't care anyway Lies. Those are lies from the father of lies, Satan (John 8). That is who he is. All Satan wants is to make you believe the opposite of what God wants you to believe. All Satan wants to do is mess with your head. This is what God, the Good Father, says about you. I love you I care about you I am always there for you

Edited by Kay Beam  This is one of those things that is going to happen every once in a while (usually will be a mid-week post). Sometimes God drops something into my head and it can’t wait. This is one of those cases. My wife came across the song below today and told me to give it a listen. So I did. This song was amazing. The lyrics and the message are so good, that I just had to share it. The lyrics speak for themselves and better than I could write. Please give the words below a read or click the link to watch the video or do both!! If you have any thoughts or questions, you can send an email to breathequestions@gmail.com Flame and NF - Start Over - video "Start Over" (feat. NF) Everybody’s got a blank page A story they’re writing today A wall that they’re climbing You can carry the past on your shoulders Or you can start over Regrets, no matter what you've gone through Jesus, He gave it all to save you He carried the cross

Edited by Kay Beam Well let’s try this again, shall we?? I did the blogged for a bit a few years ago, but recent life experiences have led me to feel like I should start it back up. I have been overloaded with a lot of things that need to go somewhere other than my head. God has really been impressing on me some words and some thoughts that I want to get out there. Not only that, I want to share with you what God has been doing my life and what He has been telling me. The posts that are a part of this blog will be just random things that God tells me that just blow me away (I guess you would call those God moments), as well as different things that I learn from preparing lessons to teach at my home church. There could also be some moments that I experience that just put me in a different place and that cause me to see God and circumstances in a different way. I have also recently found some of my old notebooks from reading the Bible and spending time with God, so posts may