Home Sweet Home# 351

Hello and welcome to Home Sweet Home! This week I answered the question, "why are we here?" There is a biblical answer for that in: The One Whom God Sent Speaks God's Words. This answer is for everybody. Even if you don't feel like you are near to the answer, Jesus is fantastic at working with you to get you there!

Then the Lord is speaking prophecy yet to come in: The Harvest.

There are always a lot of great posts here at the Home Sweet Home party. Here are a few that caught my eye.

Christmas Tablescape: Holy Love In a Manager by Everyday Living.

Love Came Down at Christmastime by Chippy White Cottage.

Merry Christmas from my heart to yours by Miss Jo's Shabby Life.

Sherry

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Glory To God In the Highest (Home Sweet Home #350)

The Shepherds and Angels

8 That night there were shepherds staying in the fields nearby, guarding their flocks of sheep. 9 Suddenly, an angel of the Lord appeared among them, and the radiance of the Lord’s glory surrounded them. They were terrified, 10 but the angel reassured them. “Don’t be afraid!” he said. “I bring you good news that will bring great joy to all people. 11 The Savior—yes, the Messiah, the Lord—has been born today in Bethlehem, the city of David! 12 And you will recognize him by this sign: You will find a baby wrapped snugly in strips of cloth, lying in a manger.”

13 Suddenly, the angel was joined by a vast host of others—the armies of heaven—praising God and saying,

14 “Glory to God in highest heaven,
    and peace on earth to those with whom God is pleased.”

15 When the angels had returned to heaven, the shepherds said to each other, “Let’s go to Bethlehem! Let’s see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.”

16 They hurried to the village and found Mary and Joseph. And there was the baby, lying in the manger. 17 After seeing him, the shepherds told everyone what had happened and what the angel had said to them about this child. 18 All who heard the shepherds’ story were astonished,19 but Mary kept all these things in her heart and thought about them often. 20 The shepherds went back to their flocks, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen. It was just as the angel had told them.
Luke 2:8-20

The shepherds were an unlikely bunch to be given the news of the birth of the Messiah. They also were the only witnesses to the angels glorifying God. 

Once again God uses ordinary everyday people to deliver his message.

The supernatural kingdom of God is an upside down world. What is valued and esteemed here on earth has no place in the kingdom of Heaven.

The shepherds were God's choice of witnesses to the birth of His son.

 “So those who are last now will be first then, and those who are first will be last.” ~Jesus 

Matthew 20:16

 'The radiance of the Lord's glory surrounded the shepherds.' The shepherds were the first to see the Lamb of God.

Merry Christmas Everyone! 
Now for the Christmas Home Sweet Home linkup! 

Sherry

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All glory and honor to my Lord Jesus Christ,
Sherry

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I will be linking up with these parties:
Mommy Moments at Life of Faith- Sun evening
The Art of Home-Making Mondays at Strangers & Pilgrims
Moments of Hope at Lori Schumaker
Monday's Musings at What Joy is Mine
Tuesday Talk with Sarah E. Frazer
Breakthru Linkup at Breakthrough Homeschooling
Tell Us His Story at Jennifer Dukes Lee- Tues eve
Grace Moments at Journeys in Grace
Thought Provoking Thursdays at 3-D Lessons for Life
Grace and Truth at Above the Waves
Fresh Market Friday Crystal Twaddell
Faith and Friends at Counting My Blessings
The Homemaking Party at Classical Homemaking

Happy Hanukkah

I will be taking the next 8 days off in observance of Hanukkah. The Lord has shown me he would like me to do this. Anyone can observe Hanukkah. This is my menorah. I just made it out of tea lights. The Lord's feast days and holidays are all listed in the Bible. I find Hebrew for Christians a really helpful site. The Lord is very pleased when we follow his calendar and holidays. The Home Sweet Home party will be back on Dec. 21st. I am not a Messianic Jew. I just follow the teachings given to me by Jesus. The Lord really is helping me write this blog. There is no way I could read the Bible one time through and come up with any of this. Have a wonderful next week and I will be back on the 21st with the Christmas Home Sweet Home linkup!

All glory and honor to our Lord Jesus Christ,

Sherry

Resource:

What is Hanukkah?

Deception or Truth: Who Do You Permit to Talk to You

16 One day the Pharisees and Sadducees came to test Jesus, demanding that he show them a miraculous sign from heaven to prove his authority.

2 He replied, “You know the saying, ‘Red sky at night means fair weather tomorrow; 3 red sky in the morning means foul weather all day.’ You know how to interpret the weather signs in the sky, but you don’t know how to interpret the signs of the times![a] 4 Only an evil, adulterous generation would demand a miraculous sign, but the only sign I will give them is the sign of the prophet Jonah.[b]” Then Jesus left them and went away.
Matthew 16:1-4

Just like in Jesus' day, today people can interpret the signs in things such as the weather but they aren't looking for the return of Jesus Christ.

No one knows the day or the hour but he will come soon.

Yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees

5 Later, after they crossed to the other side of the lake, the disciples discovered they had forgotten to bring any bread. 6 “Watch out!” Jesus warned them. “Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

7 At this they began to argue with each other because they hadn’t brought any bread. 8 Jesus knew what they were saying, so he said, “You have so little faith! Why are you arguing with each other about having no bread? 9 Don’t you understand even yet? Don’t you remember the 5,000 I fed with five loaves, and the baskets of leftovers you picked up?10 Or the 4,000 I fed with seven loaves, and the large baskets of leftovers you picked up? 11 Why can’t you understand that I’m not talking about bread? So again I say, ‘Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.’”

12 Then at last they understood that he wasn’t speaking about the yeast in bread, but about the deceptive teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.  Matthew 16:5-12

Many teachers out there are teaching false doctrine, you have to discern and listen for the word of God.

Peter’s Declaration about Jesus

13 When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?”[c]

14 “Well,” they replied, “some say John the Baptist, some say Elijah, and others say Jeremiah or one of the other prophets.”

15 Then he asked them, “But who do you say I am?”

16 Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah,[d] the Son of the living God.”

17 Jesus replied, “You are blessed, Simon son of John,[e] because my Father in heaven has revealed this to you. You did not learn this from any human being. 18 Now I say to you that you are Peter (which means ‘rock’),[f] and upon this rock I will build my church, and all the powers of hell[g] will not conquer it. 19 And I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven. Whatever you forbid[h] on earth will be forbidden in heaven, and whatever you permit[i] on earth will be permitted in heaven.”

20 Then he sternly warned the disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Messiah.
Matthew 16:13-20

When the voice of God is given to you it will match scripture. 

Listen to it.

Through this voice God is leading you home.

All glory and honor to my Lord Jesus Christ,
Sherry

I will be linking up with these parties:
Mommy Moments at Life of Faith- Sun evening
The Art of Home-Making Mondays at Strangers & Pilgrims
Moments of Hope at Lori Schumaker
Breakthru Linkup at Breakthrough Homeschooling
Tell Us His Story at Jennifer Dukes Lee- Tues eve
Grace Moments at Journeys in Grace
Thought Provoking Thursdays at 3-D Lessons for Life
Grace and Truth at Above the Waves
Fresh Market Friday Crystal Twaddell
Faith and Friends at Counting My Blessings
The Homemaking Party at Classical Homemaking

Friends Sharing Tea at BTTCG

Tuesday Cuppa Tea at Antiques and Teacups

Home Sweet Home # 349

Hello and welcome to Home Sweet Home! This week miracles still happen in, Do You Want to Be Healed?

And then, what is the light in your darkness? I shared, Come Out of the Darkness.

There is always so many great posts on Home Sweet Home! Thanks for sharing with us!

"Struggling To Trust God?" November 29 by Soul Survival.

Autumn Impressions by Sylvia's Simple Life.

Simple + Southern Sunday No. 160 by Everyday Living.

Sherry

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Home Sweet Home #304

Hello and welcome to Home Sweet Home! My New Year's post was Ringing in the New Year where I shared  "The Armor of God."

There are so many wonderful posts here each week at Home Sweet Home!  Here are a few that I enjoyed. 

Master Bedroom-Christmas 2016 at My 1929 Charmer.

Free After Christmas Craft-More Gift Tags Than Ever... from Quilted Nest. 

Year End Roundup-Stencilling by a Vintage Green.

New Year's Eve Table For Two at A Dining Delight.

Thank you for joining me each week. It is truly your participation that makes this party a testament to your lovely homes!

Sherry

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Mexican Chocolate Cake with Milk Chcoclate Ganache

I did something completely different for Christmas this year we had Mexican inspired dishes.  This was dessert, the Mexican Chocolate Cake with Milk Chocolate Ganache.

It was by far the most decadent chocolate cake I have ever made.  The texture of it and the amazing smell of chocolate with cinnamon was fantastic! 

Ingredients:
2 sticks (1 cup) butter, softened
1/2 cup cocoa
3/4 cup water
2 cups granulated sugar
2 large eggs
1/4 cup whole milk
1/4 cup sour cream
2 tablespoons vanilla
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt
chocolate stars for garnish

For ganache:
2 cups milk chocolate chips
3/4 cup heavy whipping cream

Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 350° F. Spray pan (cake 9-inch tube pan or a 12 cup bundt pan) with baking spray.  
Melt butter in microwave. Whisk butter with cocoa in a stand mixer.  Add warm water and whisk until smooth.  In a measuring cup, whisk a 1/4 cup of whole milk and 1/4 cup sour cream until combined. Whisk in separately sugar, eggs, milk and sour cream mixture, and vanilla. Sift together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt into a bowl.  Then add to cocoa mixture and whisk until just combined. 
Pour batter into cake pan and bake until a wooden toothpick comes out clean or a few crumbs adhering to it, 45-55 minutes.
Cool cake in pan on wire rack 20 minutes, loosen edges, and turn out onto plate.  Cooling the cake before pouring the ganache on it will allow it to adhear better.  *I also turned the cake out onto 4 strips of parchment paper so I could remove them after pouring over ganache.  That way the cake plate stays clean. 

Make ganache:
Melt the chcolate chips and the whipping cream together in a medium saucepan.  Whisking until smooth.  Spoon glaze over top and sides of the cake until covered. Place chocolate stars on as desired and place cake in refrigerator to set.  
Yields: 10-12 servings
Recipe adapted from: Epicurious

Enjoy!

Sherry