Greetings sister saints!
Here is another day God gave me life and all other needed things to come back here to share some edifying! And you too if you're reading! Sometimes you ponder on life itself and it is a gift and not to be taken lightly. There's so much death and sickness and suffering in this world. And we also have spiritual 'sickness' and death. That is worse isn't it as it is eternal. But there is hope! Praise God there is! It is found in Christ the Saviour of the world right sisters?! Let us follow after Him as sheep that are not lost anymore!
For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.1 Peter 2:25
I thought of this scripture to do with how life is precious...
And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him, O man of God, I pray thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thy sight.
Behold, there came fire down from heaven, and burnt up the two captains of the former fifties with their fifties: therefore let my life now be precious in thy sight.
2 Kings 1:13-14
And in our culture sometimes life is not considered precious...especially the unborn and people take their own life too and of others as well. We know under the better new covenant, love is to rule and never are we to harm anyone in any way, no not even to speak evil against them. God's ways and kingdom are good and imagine what it would be like if everyone followed them! One day nothing will enter into the gates of heaven that is evil!
And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass.
And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.
And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it.
And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there.
And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it.
And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.
Revelation 21:21-27
May we strive on steadfastly to be found worthy to enter through Christ our mediator and forerunner! May our names be found in the book of life! We do not want them blotted out.
He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.Revelation 3:5
I was thinking about this scripture today as I worked and it was warm and sweaty...
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.Genesis 3:19
And we know God wants us to work and not be idle and lazy. And that helps keep us in our place doesn't it that we are dust and return to dust. It is our spirit that is important and we want to make sure we are of the Lord.
I heard this scripture awhile ago and it stuck in my mind about the Lord receiving our spirit when we die.
And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.Acts 7:59
(Thankful brother Stephen stood faithful unto death as well!)
Yes may we be striving to walk worthy of Him at all times. And that is by walking in His ways and not adding or taking away from them.
And here's another good scripture from brother Paul and also his good example in working to support himself.
For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you;
Neither did we eat any man's bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you:
Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us.
For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.
Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing.
And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed.
Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.
Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all means. The Lord be with you all.
2 Thessalonians 3:7-16
So press on in all your duties sisters! Love to you in His name.
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