A Day in the Life of the Appleby's

A Day in the Life of the Appleby's is a blog we've created to let our family and friends know what's going on in our lives. It's hard to keep up with everyone and this is a good way for you to see what's going on any ordinary Day in the Life of the Appleby's.

Saturday, March 21, 2009

A Blog Rookie!!!

Hi everyone! This is Andy posting his first ever blog entry!!! I just wanted to say hi and hope you enjoy our blog! We are finally catching up with technology (sort of).

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Molly Ruth

Wasn't she just born?

Ryan Andrew

My baby boy!

Katie Bug

Katie was 5 months old in this picture! She was very excited to get her picture taken!

First Baptist Church - Atwood

http://www.aplacetothrive.org

Our Other Blogs

True Rest
The Frugal Family

The Three Amigos

Before Church the week after Katie was born.

FBC Elder and Deacon Ordination

Andy being ordained as a Deacon

Family Pictures - Fall 2008

Taken by Jessica Warner, which looking at this picture, she probaby wouldn't want me to tell you. The kids were getting restless!

Molly and Ryan - How Sweet!

Hopefully this is a good glimpse at what's to come. I hope they're best friends for life!

Christmas 2007

This picture is old, but we don't have a lot of pictures of the whole family. I'll try to find some more!

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What does it take for a person to go to heaven?

The Bible says, "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23). That means you are a sinner and I am a sinner. ALL are sinners. First, we have to ADMIT we are sinners to God. Anything that we do in life that is against God's will is a sin.

The Bible says, "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved" (Acts 16:31). You must BELIEVE that He is the Christ, the Son of the Living God. You must believe that He died on the cross for you to save you from your sins. Someone had to pay your debt. God is a HOLY and righteous God. He cannot have sin in His presence. In order for us to ever be with God, someone had to pay for our sins. Jesus did that for you and for me. He died on the cross, an innocent man, and paid for our sins. He was buried and three days later rose again.

The Bible says, "If you CONFESS with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved" (Romans 10:9). That means that you have to confess it with your mouth. If you are saved, you will want to tell others what the Lord has done for you. That Jesus died on the cross to save you from your sins. You will want others to know because they too, like you and I, need to hear that there is Saving Grace in this world.

What the Bible does not say:

The Bible does not say that being a good person gets you into heaven. The Bible says "For by grace you are saved through faith; and not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast" (Ephesians 2:8-9). This means that our good works cannot get us into heaven. Only by grace are we saved and that is the grace of God.

The Bible does not say, if you go to church, you will go to heaven. If you go to the chicken house, you are not a chicken. If you go to McDonald's you are not a McFly Guy or Grimmace. If you go to church, that does not make you a Christian. You should go to church if you are a Christian. The Bible does say, "Do not forskae the assembling of yourselves" in Hebrews 10:25. However, if you attend church your entire life and never actually choose to follow Christ with your words, life, and actions, you are not saved.

The Bible does not say that knowing Scripture will get you into heaven. There are lots of verses to back this one up, but to put it plain and simple....The devil knows Scripture. The devil has lived in heaven before. The devil is a fallen angel. Just because you know Scripture and know about God and know what heaven is does not mean that you're going to heaven. I KNOW Satan will not be there.

The answer to the question is: You have to believe in the Lord, Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Savior. You have to ADMIT, BELIEVE and CONFESS.

I'm sure if you're reading this, you know us very well. We really do believe everything we've just written. We put this on our blog because if you're reading this, we're most certain that we love you and God has allowed you to be in our lives and us to be in your lives. We are telling you this because we don't want to go to heaven one day and not find you there. We don't want to have to stand in front of God on Judgement Day and explain why we didn't care enough to tell you about Him and what it truly takes to KNOW Him. If you don't know where you'll spend eternity, just ADMIT, BELIEVE and CONFESS. If you do that, please let us know so we can PRAY for you. It is not easy being a Christian. Sometimes people think you're crazy, people don't always understand why you do the things you do. But we do what we do because this is what the Bible says. And, if you do this too, not everyone will understand you either. Just tell us, so we can pray for you and encourage you! Trust us, there is no greater JOY in life than knowing that Jesus is your Lord and Savior and knowing that He is in control of your life.

We love you and we're so thankful that you are a part of our lives!!!

Andy and Misty

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