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For I know the plans I have for you,declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jer 29:11 |
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Dear
Friend,
If you do not already have a habit of gathering daily manna the first thing in the morning (we can look at the example given to us in Exodus 16 and find the pattern for make it a habit. Establish your life and your schedule to allow you the necessary time to do your daily collection first thing every morning to give you the strength to make it through the day. And remember that today’s manna will not be sufficient for tomorrow; tomorrow’s manna must be collected tomorrow morning. Sunday, February 9, 2020
Today's Passage : Today's Passage :Peace and Joy Bible Verse :Romans 5:1-5 (J.B. Phillips NT) "Since then it is by faith that we are justified, let us grasp the fact that we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have confidently entered into this new relationship of grace, and here we take our stand, in happy certainty of the glorious things he has for us in the future. This doesn’t mean, of course, that we have only a hope of future joys—we can be full of joy here and now even in our trials and troubles. Taken in the right spirit these very things will give us patient endurance; this in turn will develop a mature character, and a character of this sort produces a steady hope, a hope that will never disappoint us. Already we have some experience of the love of God flooding through our hearts by the Holy Spirit given to us." Message:
One of the most perplexing issues in Christian thought — possibly the single most perplexing enigma — is why a loving and all-powerful God allows his faithful children to suffer. I am not smart enough to answer it and I suspect that nobody else is, either. The reasoning faculty of the human mind is not the infallible engine we often think it is; we are simply not capable of grasping God as He is. Personally, I simply accept it: if God allowed Christ, who was perfect, to suffer such a terrible death prior to reaching His heavenly reward, who am I to ask for more lenient treatment? God, when He became incarnate, was the only utterly innocent human being born of a woman, and yet He suffered as terribly as it is possible to suffer.
In this passage, after reminding us that we will be saved through our faith in Christ, Paul asks us to rejoice in our sufferings. Our suffering builds character, just as the pain of physical exercise makes us physically stronger, or the task of studying makes us more learned. We must learn to persevere, because the act of perseverance will lead to hope. So although we cannot understand it, at some level, we know how to deal with it. Persevere (in prayer), let God give us comfort in the knowledge that it is temporary, and become stronger.
Meditation : Prayer : God of mercy, swift to help: as my lips pour forth your praise, fill my heart with the peace you give to those who wait for your salvation in Jesus Christ our Lord........Amen |
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