2 Peter 1:2-9 KJV; Have you forgotten what Christ sacrificed for you?

 

Romans 5:1-8 KJV; 3rd Sunday in Lent; We look for peace in the world. Jesus did not promise us that kind of peace. He promised a peace of heart and mind to those who believe in HIm.

 

Patience Brings Peace

James 1:2-3 KJV; Trials brings patience. Live in peace.

Help Us To Endure

James 5:7-11 KJV; 3rd Sunday of Advent; Even as Job endured with patience; help us to endure.

Not Likeminded Christians

2nd Sunday in Advent; Romans 15:4-13; Wouldn't it be awesome if Christians were likeminded!

Tribulation Worketh Patience

Romans 5:1-5 KJV; Tribulation; patience, experience, and hope. Don't fret about the trials. Through faith in God they will bring you closer to Him.

Patience and Perseverance

Hebrews 12:1-2 KJV; Let us with patience and perseverance run the race that has been set before us with faith in the blood of Christ shed for us.

With Hope

Romans 15:1-14 KJV; With love and with hope we share the Good News with others that they too might have hope in Christ Jesus.

Tribulations Work Patience

1 Peter 5:8-11 KJV: Tribulation produces; and patience, experience; and experience, hope.

No One Is That Good!

Romans 5:1-11; KJV; 2nd Sun of Lent; We are not justified by our good works. No one is that good. We stand justified by the blood of Christ shed to make atonement for our sins.

Pray For Patience?

James 1:1-4 KJV; Will you pray for patience knowing that even more tribulations will come?

Walk Like A Deer In High Places

"The Lord God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds' feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places."  

                                       (Hab 3:19 KJV)

"The Sovereign Lord is my strength; he makes my feet like the feet of a deer, he enables me to tread on the heights." 

                                       (Hab 3:19 NIV)

It has been many years since I read, "Hinds Feet On High Places," an allegory, written by Hannah Hurnard. The journey of Much-Afraid and her friends Sorrow and Suffering, as they follow Shepherd to the high places, where they will walk as on hinds' feet, takes them through many dangers. It is a long journey. They must have patience. They must have persistence. But, in the end, they and we will dance in the presence of God. 

This is a familiar story to many of us as even daily we journey through many difficult times in anticipation and the hope of the promised land.

Just as Habakkuk prayed and waited patiently for the LORD to deliver God's people from the enemy, from the many dangers that surround them; we, too pray and wait patiently (sometimes not as patiently as at other times) for the LORD to deliver His people from the turmoil and dangers they encounter as we journey through the dark shadows of the valley of death.

The Lord is our strength. With Him we shall walk through dark valleys to the high places where the light does surely shine. 

God's Peace - Pr. J

High Places

"The Sovereign Lord is my strength;

he makes my feet like the feet of a deer,

he enables me to tread on the heights." (Hab 3:19 NIV)

"The Lord God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds' feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places." (Hab 3:19 KJV)

It has been many years since I read, "Hinds Feet On High Places," an allegory, written by Hannah Hurnard. The journey of Much-Afraid and her friends Sorrow and Suffering, as they follow Shepherd to the high places, where they will walk as on hinds' feet, takes them through many dangers. It is a long journey. They must have patience. They must have persistence. But, in the end, they (we) will dance in the presence of God. 

This is a familiar story to many of us as we journey daily through many difficult times in anticipation and in hope of the promised land.

Just as Habakkuk prayed and waited patiently for the LORD to deliver God's people from the enemy and the many dangers that surround them; we pray and wait patiently (sometimes not as patiently as at other times) for the LORD to deliver His people from the turmoil and dangers we encounter as we journey through the dark shadows of the valley of death.

The Lord is our strength. With Him we shall walk through dark valleys to the high places where the light does surely shine. 

God's Peace - Pr. J

Glorifying God

Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus: That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. (Rom 15:5-6 KJV)

Now, that is a goal to be sought after! That is; for all Christians to focus on glorifying God rather than themselves. So often our focus ends up being on our political leanings rather than leaning toward sharing, with the world, what God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, has done for us through Christ. 

What a patient God we have that He would forgive us for deserting Him and continue to love us so unconditionally.

May God help us to love Him and one another even as He loves us. May all God's people put aside their differences to glorify His Holy Name

God's Peace - Pr. J