Lörrach: Park “Grütt” with lake in wintertime. Photo by Taxiarchos228
Good morning, friends,
James 1: 4 [L And] Let your ·patience [perseverance; endurance] ·show itself perfectly in what you do [have its full effect; finish its work]. Then you will be ·perfect and complete [mature and whole; or completely mature] and will ·have everything you need[L lack nothing]. 5 But if any of you ·needs [lacks] wisdom, you should ask God for it [Prov. 2:6]. He is generous to everyone and will give you wisdom ·without criticizing you [without finding fault; ungrudgingly; Matt. 7:7]. 6 But when you ask God, you must ·believe [ask with faith] and not doubt. Anyone who doubts is like a wave in the sea, ·blown up and down [driven and tossed] by the wind.
Let patience, perseverance, endurance show itself perfectly in what you do…
Psalm 37:7 Wait [L Be quiet before] and ·trust [L wait for] the Lord.
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Psalm 40:1 I waited patiently for the Lord.
He ·turned [bent down; inclined; stooped] to me and heard my cry.Galatians 6: 9 We must not become ·tired [or discouraged] of doing good. We will receive our harvest of eternal life ·at the right [or in due] time if we do not give up.10 [L Therefore; So then] When we have the opportunity to ·help [do good to] anyone, we should do it. But ·we should give special attention [L especially] to those who are in the ·family [household] of ·believers [L faith].
So that you may be perfect and complete…
John 1720 “I ·pray for these followers [L ask not only for these], but I am also ·praying [L asking] for all those who will believe in me because of their ·teaching [message; proclamation; L word]. 21 Father, I ·pray [L ask] that they can be one. As you are in me and I am in you, I ·pray [L ask] that they can also be ·one in us [L in us]. Then the world will believe that you sent me. 22 I have given these people the ·glory [honor] that you gave me so that they can be one, just as you and I are one. 23 ·I will be in them and you will be in me [L I in them and you in me] so that they will be ·completely one [in perfect unity]. ·Then […so that] the world will know that you sent me and that you loved them just as much as you loved me.
Philippians 3: 12 ·I do not mean [L Not] that I have already ·achieved [obtained; taken hold of] it or have already ·been perfected [become mature; or reached the goal]. But I keep ·trying [pressing forward; striving; pursuing] to ·take hold of that for which [or make it my own because] Christ ·took hold of me [or made me his own]. 13 Brothers and sisters, I know that I have not ·yet reached that goal [taken hold of it], but there is one thing I always do. Forgetting the ·past [L things that are behind] and ·straining toward [stretching/reaching forward to] what is ahead, 14 I keep ·trying to reach [pursuing; chasing] the goal and get the prize for which God called me ·to the life above [heavenward; L upward] ·through [or in] Christ Jesus.
1 Peter 5:10 And after you suffer ·for a short time [or a little], God, who gives all grace, will ·make everything right [L restore you]. He will make you strong and support you and keep you from falling. He called you ·to share in his glory in Christ, a glory that will continue forever [L into his eternal glory in Christ].
Friends, I just needed to hear Him today. My thoughts are jumbled and fractured this morning. However, after reading, pausing, quieting I hear Him. He is never, ever jumbled. He is never fractured.
Now you are probably what I’m alluding to..right? No worries, what is God saying to YOU through these passages?
My thankfuls today:
3 gifts found in Christ (Ann Voskamp, Joy Dare):
133. I’m so thankful that Christ took hold of me and made me His own. I’m His kid.
134. The glory in Christ? I get to share in that…it’s forever thing.
135. I LOVE that Jesus prayed for me, prays for me and will continue on, praying for me.
Friends, pray on. Hope in Him. Pray on.
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