1 Timothy 6:6 NIV
6 But godliness with contentment is great gain.
Hebrews 13:5 NIV
5 Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said,
“Never will I leave you;
never will I forsake you.”
One Word: Relief
Matthew 11:29
Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me [following me as my disciple], for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest (renewal, blessed quiet) for your souls.
YES, as my dear Ken F. Pierpont was preparing to go for and ultrasound at the VA in Battle Creek this morning, I was very concerned about his going alone.
He had refused help when it was offered.
I was just starting to work on my One Word when I heard a sound from the restroom.
I waited and I did not hear more. I quickly stepped to the door and said, are you ok?
I heard Ken say, “Open the door!”
When I opened it there he was on the floor. He said he was not hurt but he was not able to get up.
I had a hard time but we were finally able to get him to his feet.
When he assured me he was, ok, I let him finish up and I called our son from across town and of course he assured me he would be here in time to take Ken for his appointment.
I prayed, and then I shared with our daughter and asked her to pray explaining the situation.
When Ken came out to have his lunch I broke the news of my decision to call Nathan and that he was coming to take him to the VA.
He looked at me with a concerned look and then his demeanor changed completely – One of relief.
Indeed I too had one of relief.
I had the assurance of a superseder, a stand-in. What a relief to me.
This getting old is hard, I’ll tell you.
But often we cause ourselves grief by trying to control things.
Now trusting the Lord’s wisdom to make the right thing happen soon to help my man.
1 Cor. 6:19-20
19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.
11 Cor. 4:16
16 For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
What a blessed reassurance.
I truly feel it every day.
Everyday with Jesus is sweeter than the day before.
Colossians 1:9-10 – English Standard Version
9 And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,
10 so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him: bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God;
Continuing following verses.
If you listen to my previous post you will be blessed.
I also have a tiny book my “daddy” gave me in 1954.
Call the Book of 750 Bible and Gospel Studies.
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Everywhere. I Tim. 2:8
Always. Luke 18:1
Everything. Phil. 4:6
All things. Matt. 21:12
In My Name. Jn. 14:14
As I often have said, “My forgetter is my best working Part.”
I started ONE WORD some time back – I forget when –
Stay tuned-
I realized it and started it again Oct. 6.
Stay tuned…
The lost is found…
July 10, 2021. NAME
2 Thessalonians 2:16-17 NIV
16 May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope, 17 encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good deed and word.
Psalm 10:17
Yes, LORD, hear the desire of the afflicted; you encourage them, and you listen to their cry.
How important it is to encourage one-another in their faith.
Isaiah 26:3
You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you