Hi it's me NCR here again and today I want to talk about another song. I feel like I got a little long winded last week, and yet still forgot to say a few things. This week I will keep it shorter and get right to the point. Good music can really brighten up your day. So I thought I would be talking about new/different song here on Daily SunShine every week. If you have any song requests feel free to connect wit me in the comments or on social media. Also besides this YouTube channel I do a music podcast with my sisters called Sparkling Christian Music available only on Spotify. Also I try to make weekly music playlists on Spotify too. So if you are looking for bright music to brighten up your summer you should defiantly check me out on Spotify. (@The SunShining) and if you have any music playlist requests let me know because I love making playlists. The song I want to talk about today is "Rise Up" by Cain But before I get to that song I been meaning to mention for awhile that I wrote a two short pieces for a book titled "Holy Resilience", making me a best selling author. Yes I am a best selling author. The book is now available as a paperback and you can find a link to buy yourself a copy in the description. One of those pieces that I wrote for the book was titled "Rise Up" I am going to read that piece to you right quick then I will talk about the song some.
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Because I am doing a video titled what are you putting your trust and you can be certain that I'll be doing a video about how to put your trust in Jesus. Or maybe I will combine both of those videos into one. What are you putting your trust in? Is it something small like a ladder? Because I love giving sneak peeks into my life, I will give another. I have this swimming pool ladder outside my window. This might sound creepy or weird {Hey I did a video titled: "Is God Weird?"}, but I love climbing in and out my window. And as I am climbing out my window, I have to be careful not to put too much weight on one side of or it will tip over. My point: In this world we live in there are many things we can put our trust in. But there is only one worthy of our trust. His name is Jesus. (So today I want to share...) ## Some tips for putting your trust in Jesus. If this is something that is new to you. The first step is just to acknowledge that you are sinner and that there is nothing that you can do to save yourself. And then the next thing to do is to put your trust in Jesus and publicly declare that he is your savior. But if you have been a follower of Jesus for a while there are some others things you can do and ways you can put your trust in God. #### 1. Follow His leading even when it doesn't make sense. #### 2. Obey His commands even if you don't understand them. ### 3. Continue to follow his leading even when others think you are weird and when others make fun of you. Really the only thing I can say is you just have to do it. Trusting Jesus and following him can be hard. But you just got to do it. (I knew it I should have saved my tips for trusting in God for another video.) (I feel like I didn't say much in this video.) I just want to close by encouraging you to put your trust in Him (In God). Don't become too dependent on things that won't last. Let me read this verse to you and hopefully things will make more sense.
Trust God, lean on him and not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him and depend on him, and he shall direct thy paths. There are lots of other great Bible verses on the topic of trusting in God. Psalm 20 and Psalm 118 contain a few of these verses. I encourage you to look those up and read them for yourself. And if you are looking for place to read the Bible, check out SunBible or connect with me on the YouVersion Bible app. Or if you want to hear me read them, just search for Psalm 20 or Psalm 118 simply read. And my video should be the top result. Have a good day. Thanks for watching or listening. Don't forget to subscribe wherever you listen to this. And if you are already subscribed thank you so much. If you really enjoyed what I had to say today maybe you would consider sharing it with your friends. (Share the sunshine as I like to say here on daily sunshine.) If you are looking for "A simply beautiful place to read, study, and memorize the Bible".
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I'll get to that in just a moment, but first I wanted to ask if you noticed how many videos I have been posting to YouTube recently. I have been kind of experimenting with YouTube. And at first, I was posting everything to my main channel. But I just recently started posting things to other channels. For future Tech videos subscribe to "Tech with Nonresistant", but I don't know how many videos I will do on that. Also, if you love books you may want to check out "Nonresistant Book Reviews". My main channel it the home of all things bright. Whatever that means, as I am making plans for TSP S3 I am think I might post that content to another channel.) Now let's get to what I really want to talk about... {My mother recently had a dream about sleeping sheep. And she did a video talking about it.} DS could also stand for dead sheep. (Or sleeping sheep.) When I was first taking notes for this video, I thought I would share some tips for staying awake. But I realized that sleep is very important for a healthy life. (And then I realized this is a very debatable topic. Is spiritual death and spiritual sleep the same thing.) So what I will be talking and sharing about toady on Daily SunShine is some tips for staying spiritually alive and spiritually awake. --- ### Some tips for staying alive and staying awake: #### 1. Read the Bible You can't live without eating. Reading the Bible is like eating food. So, I encourage you to get into God's word regularly. Also, if you haven't you should watch the videos, I did about Bible Study. (God's word is not boring.) #### 2. Talk to God Talking helps you stay awake. - So, talk to God. More could be said about prayer that is why I am going to be doing at least one video about is soon. #### 3. Don't stay in one place God didn't call us to stand still. He called us to follow Him. And that involves movement. (You also make an easier target when you are standing still, but also when you are standing still you are not as much of a threat to Satan.) #### 4. Be a part of a Christian Community. There is strength in numbers. My last two tips are kind of similar: #### 5. Read good books. #### 6. Watch good YouTube videos like mine. Because they can educate you and give you encouragement. (No book is more important than the Bible.) --- And... Finally, I just want to close by saying... Don't forget we are a in a spiritual war. "Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour" - 1 Peter 5:8 If you are looking for a good place to read in the Bible Ephesians 6 has some great verses about putting on armour and doing all you can to stand. (Hey, I can't believe I left to two tips out of my list of tips.) I will just add them right now. 1. Put on the armour of God. 2. Do all you can to stand. Because we have an enemy that wants to knock us down. (And don't forget that we can always go to God for help.) --- #### New book release shout out: A lot of books have been written on spiritual warfare. I even was going to write one myself. But today I just wanted to give a shoutout to the book "Golgotha" by Angela R. Watts. It is a great book on the topic of spiritual warfare for those who love a good fantasy book. [Golgotha (Remnant Trilogy Book 1)](https://amzn.to/3ticKok) --- ### I decided to cut this out of the video There is a difference between death and sleep. And sleep isn't a bad thing. God created a rest day for us. We can't live without sleep. But don't allow yourself to fall asleep when there is danger nearby (Danger that could kill you in your sleep). As Christians we can lay down in peace and sleep because we have a God who loves us and cares for us. But we should not lay down and die. ---- ### Some verses: "I am that bread of life." - John 6:48 "But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life." - John 4:14 "For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive." - 1 Corinthians 15:22 ---- Well that is it for today. Thank you so much for reading the podcast notes on The SunShining Blog or for reading the description. I just recently read through the book of Joshua, it was a good read. I really enjoyed the story. In the book of Joshua God's people go into the promised land in do a lot of killing. One thing I love about the book of Joshua is the fact that God fights for his people. A question I know many young people have is... "is it ok for God to kill?" So I want to try to answer that question today. ---- If a human Judge can sentence someone to death for a crime they committed, how much more can God do the same thing. He is the perfect Judge. He knows more than any human Judge will ever know. --- ## Example of God killing people: (Or commanding his people to kill) #### 1. The Flood (Genesis 6-8) #### 2. The burning of Sodom and Gomorrah (Genesis 18-19) #### 3. The Egyptian firstborn sons during the Passover (Exodus 11-12) #### 4. The Canaanites under Moses and Joshua (Numbers 21:2-3; Deuteronomy 20:17; Joshua 6:17, 21) #### 5. The Amalekites annihilated by Saul (1 Samuel 15) #### 6. The forty and two children by two she bears (2 Kings 2:23-24) These are just a few of the many recorded times God was behind the killing of people. (I will have this list in the description so you can find the verse references. You can also read this on The SunShining Blog. So hi to all my blog readers!) --- My final answer to the question is it ok for God to kill? Is yes. Yes it is ok. He created and gave humans life. He has the right to take it away. If you think it is wrong for God to kill maybe he knows something you don't know. When you read that Bible and read of the times God killed people. Let me ask you something. What makes that any different from dying a natural death. I mean maybe it is a little different. But we are all going to die sometime. --- I guess just one thing I want to close with is that God loves you. Yes he is a just God. But he also is a loving God. He doesn't want to kill you. He sent his son to die for you. You deserve death. But God offers you life. If all this is new to you or if you have other questions about God. I encourage you to ask them in the comments Or connect with me on social media. {@TheSunShining on Facebook and Twitter or @TheSunShiningNCR on Instagram.} --- Bonus question: (Different from video.) Would I be ok with God killing me or my family member? I think I would probably be little mad. But I know the life that we live on earth is a temporary one. And that I'll get to spend eternity with God and whoever is was he killed. What? Does God kill good people? Is someone going to show up in heaven asking why did you kill me? There are probably a whole bunch of other related questions. But I won't be able to get into all of them here on Daily SunSunShine. --- Some other resources: (Not associated with The SunShining) [Old Testament Mass Killings](https://www.bethinking.org/bible/old-testament-mass-killings) [Does God killing people make Him a murderer?](https://www.gotquestions.org/God-killing.html) [Examples of God personally killing people](https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Examples_of_God_personally_killing_people) [15 Bible Verses about God Killed His People](https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/topics/God-Killed-His-People)
# DS :: Getting Something out of the Bible
(How to stay engaged in God's Word? - Thanks to an Instagram follower for suggesting I do a video about this.) (Reading and Getting Something out of the Bible) (Stay Tuned for more videos on this topic.) --- Hi, my name is NCR, and welcome to another episode of Daily SunShine. I love creating and sharing thought-provoking content and encouraging people to get into the Bible. (If that sounds like something you are interested in, I encourage you to hit the subscribe button.) --- I have done an episode titled... "How Easy To Read The Bible without getting anything out of it" And "What did I get from that chapter?" But I have never talked about how to get something out of the Bible. So that is what I will be doing today. ---- In the video where I talked about how easy it is to read the Bible and get nothing out of it. I feel like I bragged too much about how much of the Bible I read. I don't want to brag in this video. But I do just want to say that I have been reading the Bible for a few years. So I have some experience. And today I just want to share some of my top tips on how you can read more and get more out of the Bible. ---- ## 1. Don't treat it like a chore. You read other books for enjoyment right? Why don't you read the Bible for enjoyment too? ## 2. Pick a pace that works for you. Read through individual books at a time. Don't take 28 days to read the gospel of Matthew because it has 28 chapters. Read it through in a few days. Maybe someone who has been a long-time Christian and has read through the whole Bible a few times they can take that long. But if you have never the Bible through before. I would recommend sitting down and reading it like a book. ## 3. Be intentional about making time to be and spend time in the word of God. (That is basically it for this point.) Pick a time that works for you. ## 4. Be involved with a community. I am an introvert. So I love to read the Bible by myself. But being a part of a Christian community can really help you get more out of God's word. And just because you are a part of a group doesn't mean that you should get into God's word by yourself. ---- Well, that is it for today. Those were just some of my top Bible study tips. There is defiantly more that could on this topic. {That is why I will be doing more videos on Bible reading and Bible study.} If you have any questions on this topic of Bible study or on any spiritual-related topic feel free to ask them in the comments or connect wit me on social media and send me a direct message. @TheSunShining on Facebook and Twitter or @TheSunShiningNCR on Instagram. If you watched this far thank you so much. If you haven't already hit the like button and don't forget to subscribe. And as always think about what you have heard from me here at the SunShining. # is God weird? A look at weird. What does the word weird mean? What is the opposite from weird? ## Dictionary: ``` weird: (adjective) suggesting something supernatural antonyms: normal ``` ``` normal: (adjective) conforming to a standard; usual, typical, or expected. (Noun) the usual, average, or typical state or condition. ``` ``` connotation: (Noun) an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning. ``` Weird is Normal. Normal is weird. Because everyone and everything is weird. Everyone and everything is normal. You might be wondering why we are having this conversation at all then. It because some people consider themselves normal. And they consider the things they do normal. And they consider other people and the ways other people do things or the way other people look weird. Let me ask you something... What is wrong with being weird? (That is the problem, we think being weird is a negative thing.) Nothing. (Nothing is wrong with weird.) What is wrong with being normal? Everything. (From a Christian perspective.) God didn't call us to be normal. He called/s us to be weird. He called us to be different. Why does the word weird have such a negative connotation? It's because there are people in the world who think they're so great, so cool, and so normal and they look down on people who are different from them. The title of this piece... "is God weird?" I want to come back to that question. What makes God normal? What is your standard of a normal God? People have been creating gods in their image for years. And so by many people's standards the one true God is not normal. He is out of this world weird, different and amazing. --- One of the biggest things that makes God different. Is his love. > "But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." Romans 5:8 Some (other) things that make God weird... ### 1. God's ways are weird. > "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts." - Isaiah 55:8-9 ### 2. God's life span is weird.(Sleep Schedule?) > "Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding." - Isaiah 40:28 ### 3. His location is weird. > "Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest." - Joshua 1:9 In Psalm 139 David wrote a few verses about trying to flee from the presence of God. > "Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?" Psalm 139:7 Isn't weird how God loves you so much that He always want to be near you? ### 4. His eyesight is weird. (Or maybe it is his eyes.) > "The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good." - Proverbs 15:3 ### 5. His people are weird. (Or at least they should be.) >"For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God, and the Lord hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth." - Deuteronomy 14:2 Well that is it for this episode of Daily SunShine. I want to thank you so much for tuning in. If you love hearing though provoking, and bright, defiantly bright thoughts. I want to encourage you to hit the subscribe button wherever you are tuning in. Wether here on YouTube or wherever you listen to podcasts. And as always.. I want to encourage you to think about what you just heard. 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