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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, March 22, 2020
Today's Passage : Today's Passage :Your Heart and Mind Bible Verse :Philippians 4:4-7 "Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice! Let your gentle spirit be known to all men. The Lord is near. Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus." Message:
We have covered so much difficult, technical and/or theological territory in this short epistle, my heart leaped up when I saw today’s Scripture.
Rejoice in the Lord, Paul tells us; Rejoice always. And how can we not? We have God’s permission and now, His instruction, to be happy! We are like starving men and women on a raft in the Pacific, doomed to death, who see a ship headed for us and hailing us. Our greatest, ultimate fear — Death — has fallen before the power of God in Christ.
The Lord is near (literally, the Lord is at hand). God is with us.
One characteristic of faith in Christ is that it changes some of our inborn characteristics. Paul tells us, “Let your gentle spirit be known to all men.” He implies that we have a gentle spirit. We can hardly let our gentle spirit be known, if it does not exist. But let me tell you, some of us are not born with one! So there is a message implied, that we either will become more gentle-spirited in our demeanor as a natural outcome of our faith; or else that we should be working on it: confessing when we have been harsh, praying for forgiveness, praying for reform, choosing our words to reflect our spirit rather than our anger or scorn.
We become angry and scornful. The Bible does not tell us that we can stop having the emotion. Rather, it encourages us to show our gentle spirit. So, we must prepare ourselves to answer that which aggravates us from our spirit rather than our emotions.
The second emotion that Paul helps us with is anxiety. Here, Paul is more direct. Instead of being anxious — an unpleasant state! — we should present our requests to God by prayer and supplication, remembering to give thanksgiving. Many times, giving thanks puts our fears into perspective so completely that they disappear!
The ultimate case is death. We are anxious about the deaths of others and ourselves; but one of the great worldly benefits of Christian faith is that we understand the death of our body to be only a stage in our eternal lives. The ultimate anxiety must bend its knee to Christ; for He has defeated death.
Finally, Paul gives us some of the most comforting words ever written: “And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.”
Meditation : Prayer : O God and Father of all, whom the whole heavens adore: Let the whole earth also worship you, all nations obey you, all tongues confess and bless you, and men and women everywhere love you and serve you in peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord, I pray,.........Amen |
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