Thanks.

MRS R.A. Hammack

DON WROTE:

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Don’t forget to hold our ministry up in your prayers.

Love,

Don

DON WROTE:

We have put Pauline's address up so that anyone who might want to send her a Bible can do so.  By the way, if you are led to do so, how's about letting us know so that we can rejoice with Pauline.

Don Wrote:

We have put Justice's address up so that anyone who might want to send him a Bible can do so.  By the way, if you are led to do so, how's about letting us know so that we can rejoice with Justice.

Don Wrote:

As the time of Lord's return draws nearer and nearer, surely the believers in Christ will need His peace; and the Bible tells us how to experience this peace.

Isa 26:3 Thou wilt keep [him] in perfect peace, [whose] mind [is] stayed [on thee]: because he trusteth in thee.

What do these words mean to the Christian? What does it mean to have our mind stayed upon the Lord so that He can give us His peace? His perfect peace?  It is as simple as reminding Him and ourselves of what He has done for us and is still doing for us.  If you are not in the habit of memorizing Scripture, let me suggest that you do so lest you find that you have "holes" in your spiritual armor so that the devil can rob you of your peace.

As to our faith:
Heb. 12:1-2
Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset [us], and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of [our] faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

As to our temptations
James 1:2-4
My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
Knowing [this], that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
But let patience have [her] perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.

James 1:12-16
Blessed [is] the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:
But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
Do not err, my beloved brethren.

1Pe 1:3-7
Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,
Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:

1Cor 10:13
There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God [is] faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear [it].

I John 1:8-10
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

Hebrews 2:18
For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted

As to our trials and testings


2Cor. 5:17-18
Therefore if any man [be] in Christ, [he is] a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
And all things [are] of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;

Rom 8:28
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to [his] purpose.

These are just a few of the Scriptures that should be hidden in your heart, for without these and others like them, you are like a soldier going to war without a weapon.

Eph. 6:17
And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

Hbr 4:12 For the word of God [is] quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and [is] a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

By the way, as to President Bush trying to get us into a war, there are those who contend that the war was brought to us, but God alone knows the thoughts and intents of the heart.  For sure, though, the Lord would not have His Children walking in fear during these times, but to be walking in the Spirit of peace and of a sound mind.

II Tim. 1:7
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

Thanks for WRAPPING with us,

Don

Hi what a beautiful explanation of the book of Rev,. We are doing this book at the church. We are into the 7 th chap. I
found all my answers. My its so easy to understand. It tells me I have to be ready every second, for that blessed
hope. keep up the good work. God bless you.

Wrote:

Thanks for the word of encouragement.  I'm glad that the Lord has used it to bless you.

You say, "It tells me I have to be ready every second, for that blessed hope."  Perhaps better terminology would be, "It tells me I am to be watching every second for that blessed hope."  Remember, all who have by faith received Christ as Lord and Savior have been born again into the Kingdom of God and are "ready" for the Lord's return.  Hence, the question that remains for them is will they be watching and working/serving or will they be ashamed at His Coming?

1Jo 2:27-29
But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.
And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.
If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.

Let me leave you with the chorus to one of the songs that the Lord has given our family.

Let us lift up feeble hands to the work
and strengthen what remains in the way,
Put your hands to the plow,
your feet on the path,
fix your eyes triumphant to the skies
and lift your heads for your redemption is nigh

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