The Word of God for wisdom:
Proverbs 10:17 (NLT)
17 People who accept discipline are on the pathway to life, but those who ignore correction will go astray.
The Word of God for inspiration:
Psalm 42:4 (NLT)
4 My heart is breaking as I remember how it used to be: I walked among the crowds of worshipers, leading a great procession to the house of God, singing for joy and giving thanks amid the sound of a great celebration!
Psalm 42:11 (NLT)
11 Why am I discouraged? Why is my heart so sad? I will put my hope in God! I will praise him again— my Savior and my God!
The Word of God for encouragement:
Mark 8:34-38 (HCSB)
34 Summoning the crowd along with His disciples, He said to them, "If anyone wants to be My follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow Me.
35 For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life because of Me and the gospel will save it.
36 For what does it benefit a man to gain the whole world yet lose his life?
37 What can a man give in exchange for his life?
38 For whoever is ashamed of Me and of My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when He comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels."
My prayer:
Father God, my dear Father, I am so grateful that even when in the deepest pit of despair that I am never alone. Father, even when we think you are far from us, you are always near to us. When your children look up, you are always there. When we call out to you, you always hear and answer our prayer. Father, I thank you for your unconditional and unfailing love for each of your children.
Isaiah 41:10 (HCSB)
10 Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will help you; I will hold on to you with My righteous right hand.
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Mark 4:20 (ESV)
20 But those that were sown on the good soil are the ones who hear the word and accept it and bear fruit, thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold."
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Looking back to see what I wrote one year ago. It was the last Sunday my wife and I attended church together. She was not feeling well, but she got up and decided to go anyway. That was February 26, 2012. She died on March 15, 2012.
ReplyDeletePsalm 116:15 (ESV)
15 Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.