Bible Study 1 - PSALM 15

Well I've taken the decision to do some bible study on a regular basis - its about time!
I bought a bible study methods book my Rick Warren and the first suggest chapter to study was Psalm 15. So I bought a study bible last week and sat down today to do it, and here's my thoughts, findings etc.

The theme of Psalm 15 is Guidelines for livng a blameless life.

The first verse to jump out at me in the NLT version was Verse 5 -
"Those who cannot be bribed to lie about the innocent"
for obvious reasons given current circumstances and those over the past 6 months.

The first verse to jump out at me from the Message was Verse 4
"Don't hurt your friend, don't blame your neighbour, despise the despicable"
Now I have thoughts on that but also because it doesn't say HATE the despicable hate in my eyes is a very strong word it sayd DESPISE so I looked up the word despise -

To feel a strong dislike for someone or something because you think they are bad or worthless.

To regard with contempt, distatse, disgust or disdain - scorn - loathe.

As i said I have thought and feeling on hate and dislike I cannot honestly say i HATE anyone so yes despise is a good word to use it's not about hating - its about disliking someones actions or motives!

Psalm 15 we are given 10 standards to detrmine how morally upright we are (accorsing to my study bible.

Perhaps nothing so identifies a Christian as their ability to control their speech.

In my study bible it cross references verses so here's some of the cross references i found useful.

v1 Psalm 27 v 6
"Then i will hold my head high above my enemies who surround me."

v2 Ephesians 4 v25
Lying to each other disupts unity by creating conflicts and destroying trust.
It tears down relationships and leads to open warfare in a church

v3 Exodus 23 v1
"You must not pass along false rumours"
Even if you do not initiate a lie, you become responsible if you pass it on.

Psalm 28 v 3
ITS EASY TO PRETEND FRIENDSHIP
Wicked people often put on a show of kindness or friendship in order to gain their own ends.
True believers should be straightforward and sincere in all their relationships.

v4 Judges 11 v 35
"God does not want promises for the future, but obedience for today."

So in conclusion I have taken the verses I like best out of each translation or paraphase and this is my version of Psalm 15

Guidelines for living a blameless life

Walk straight,

act right,

tell the truth,

Don't hurt you friend,

Don't blame your neighbour,

Despise the despicable.

Keep your word even when it costs you,

make an honest living,

never take a bribe

He who does these things will never be shaken

Update 1

Well my flat looks like a bombs gone off in it!
BUT that is because I bought some things yesterday. I was in dire need of some saucepans so I bought a new set of saucepans - 1st lot of rubbish box from saucepans and old saucepans. It was also time I bought a printer so 2nd lot of rubbish - box and trash from printer. Also at present my garage is full so have no space to do anything with any of it. So Saturday is DUMP day time to dump some rubbish and make some space!!!!
Tomorrow is Wednesday so it means housework day, I am swapping week 2 and 3 over as I have a couple of friends coming over wednesday night so need to do Kitchen but most importantly lounge! so thats what is being done tomorrow which means I need to find temporary homes for things. Also have solved my drawer storage problem I will not however meet my deadline technically - I have found a set of drawers that I am going to get from Ikea but they were out of stock on Friday so I will hopefully get them at some point at the weekend.
So - yes my flat still looks a mess but

• Have found some storage just waiting for some stock
• Have every intention of sticking to my housework schedule
• Have bought a couple of necessity items for my flat

So I am not doing badly on getting organised.

Getting Organised

Well Following yesterdays blog, I went off and tried to begin to organise myself and this is what I came up with -

Week 1 - Change my bed and Hoover my bedroom
Week 2 - Clean the bathroom
Week 3 - Clean the kitchen and hoover the lounge

(Obviously there are other jobs that need doing all the time like washing up, doing the dishwasher, food shopping etc but i'm doing ok with them and also am gonna endeavour to do any outstanding washing up on Mondays - which i've more or less been doing the last couple of weeks anyway)

Well I have to say I made a pretty good start this morning I

• Changed my bed
• Tidied my bedroom
• Hoovered my bedroom
• Hoovered the hallway
• Tidied the spare room
• Hoovered the spare room

So I have to say i'm pretty impressed cos I've made a darn good start. If I can stick to this and keep on top of it then i'll know i'll feel a whole lot better both about my flat and within myself. So its in my best interests to keep on top of it.

Also there are things that actually live on the floor in my flat mostly in my lounge and that drives me mad so I am going to get some extra storage for my lounge so that nothing actually LIVES on the floor (well except maybe my laptop) and I'm going to have got it by next Wednesday.

So there we go stage 1 of getting myself organised and its a pretty vital and necessary detailed stage but we'll see how its going in a couple of weeks and hopefully it will all be working as I hope it will.

Me and My Charges

Well here we are!

Well I used to blog on another page but that was ages ago and I thought it was about time I started blogging again and on my own page so here we are.
This is more for my own benefit than anyone elses but if anyone else is out there reading it then Hi! and I hope you don't fin it too boring!