From Community Bible Study materials:
What great hope does James offer to encourage and exhort the believers to be patient?
He tells believers to be patient and stand firm, because the Lord's coming is near. The great day of the LORD is near-- near and coming quickly. (Zephaniah 1:14)
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He which testifieth these things saith, "Surely I come quickly." Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus. [Revelation 22:20]
Friday, October 18, 2013
Thursday, October 17, 2013
Let Nothing Disturb You....
Prayer of St. Teresa of Avila~
Let nothing disturb you.
Let nothing frighten you.
All things pass.
God does not change.
Patience achieves everything.
Whoever has God lacks nothing.
God alone suffices.
Christ has no body now on earth but yours; no hands but yours; no feet but yours.
Yours are the eyes through which the compassion of Christ must look out on the world.
Yours are the feet with which He is to go about doing good.
Yours are the hands with which He is to bless His people.
Let nothing frighten you.
All things pass.
God does not change.
Patience achieves everything.
Whoever has God lacks nothing.
God alone suffices.
Christ has no body now on earth but yours; no hands but yours; no feet but yours.
Yours are the eyes through which the compassion of Christ must look out on the world.
Yours are the feet with which He is to go about doing good.
Yours are the hands with which He is to bless His people.
TV~
God has chosen to make known... the glorious
riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. [Colossians 1:27]
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
New Eyes for My Spouse
A friend of mine lived in an impossible marriage. She was given permission, by her pastor, to divorce her husband. In spite of this, she tenaciously perservered within the seeminly doomed marriage. Today, her situation has stabilized and her marriage is much better, even happy.
Here is a prayer that she said made a big difference. "Lord, give me Your love for my husband. Help me to see him through Your eyes."
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...To know this love that surpasses knowledge--that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. [Ephesians 3:19]
Here is a prayer that she said made a big difference. "Lord, give me Your love for my husband. Help me to see him through Your eyes."
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...To know this love that surpasses knowledge--that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. [Ephesians 3:19]
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
New Eyes
Many of my friends are becoming empty nesters. They now have time to travel, pursue personal goals and relax after many years of raising children. I, too, have spent many years raising children, but the empty nest is years away. I want to travel, pursue personal goals and relax, but I can't.
In the phonics book belonging to my five-year-old are various short, encouraging maxims. Here is what I read today: "The real voyage of discovery consists not of seeking NEW LANDSCAPES, but of having NEW EYES."
Lord, give me new eyes as I look at life today.
TV~
My eyes anticipate the night watches, That I may meditate on Your word... Revive me, O Lord, according to Your ordinances. [Psalm 119:148, 149]
In the phonics book belonging to my five-year-old are various short, encouraging maxims. Here is what I read today: "The real voyage of discovery consists not of seeking NEW LANDSCAPES, but of having NEW EYES."
Lord, give me new eyes as I look at life today.
TV~
My eyes anticipate the night watches, That I may meditate on Your word... Revive me, O Lord, according to Your ordinances. [Psalm 119:148, 149]
Monday, October 14, 2013
Carpe Diem
Why seize the day?
You do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. (James 4:14)
You have made my days a mere handbreadth; the span of my years is as nothing before you. Everyone is but a breath, even those who seem secure. (Psalm 39:5)
No one knows what is coming-- who can tell someone else what will happen after them? (Ecclesiastes 10:14)
Even a small step in the right direction is better than no movement at all..
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Behold, now is the day of salvation. [2 Corinthians 6:2]
You do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. (James 4:14)
You have made my days a mere handbreadth; the span of my years is as nothing before you. Everyone is but a breath, even those who seem secure. (Psalm 39:5)
No one knows what is coming-- who can tell someone else what will happen after them? (Ecclesiastes 10:14)
Even a small step in the right direction is better than no movement at all..
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Behold, now is the day of salvation. [2 Corinthians 6:2]
Sunday, October 13, 2013
47
There is a painting at church of Jesus on the cross, with his mother Mary there at the foot. Mary has gray hair. If she gave birth to Jesus, say at age 17, then she would have been 47. Yes, her hair most likely would have been gray.
I had a season of significant grief at age 47. It allowed me to appreciate Mary's great love for her Savior Son and to realize her agony of heart as she watched him suffer and faced her own future without him.
Every difficult road we travel broadens our level of compassion for the suffering of others.
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But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies. [Lamentations3:3]
I had a season of significant grief at age 47. It allowed me to appreciate Mary's great love for her Savior Son and to realize her agony of heart as she watched him suffer and faced her own future without him.
Every difficult road we travel broadens our level of compassion for the suffering of others.
TV~
But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies. [Lamentations3:3]
Friday, October 11, 2013
Sticking it Out
Day in, day out. His mercies are new EVERY morning. A day leads to a week, which leads to a month, to a year, to five years, and so on. The highest mountain in the whole world is still climbed by taking only one small step at a time, and keeping on going....
TV~ (See May 3, 2013, for the meaning of "TV.")
And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it. [I Corinthians 10:13]
TV~ (See May 3, 2013, for the meaning of "TV.")
And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it. [I Corinthians 10:13]
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