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“Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.”
Matthew 6:34, ESV
Trusting God – the Creator and Sustainer of all things – helps us keep things in perspective and to plan out our days.
But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
Matthew 5:44, ESV
We are not to get vengeance. We are not to seek retribution.
We are to help fellow sinners get free from God’s wrath. If we refuse to love them, their trip to Hell may be on our own heads.
You want vengeance for their sin? Lead them to repentance through prayer and the Gospel.
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you.
Isaiah 43:2, ESV
Whether literal waters or fire, or the symbolic waters of humanity (see the sea in Revelation) or fires of controversy and problems, or even of salvation from the hell of God’s wrath, it is faith in God’s faithfulness and mercy that protects us.
“Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.”
John 14:21, ESV
Who has Jesus’ commandments?
Those who believe in the sacrificial God-Man Jesus who rose again; those who love God by loving others and love His Church.
Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ.
Colossians 3:23-24, ESV
Work is hard.
Nobody at church gets along or understands.
The kids (or parents) will not listen.
Nobody plays fair.
The government is corrupt.
You are not trying to please them or work for them!
You serve Christ. Reflect Him, not your world.
The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.
Numbers 6:24-26 ESV
Is God happy with you?
He is if you are following His Son and obeying all He has commanded (Matt. 28:18-20).
Follow Jesus, and the Lord will smile at you.
Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand.
Proverbs 19:21, ESV
We are never assured of tomorrow, not even the evening.
God knows what is coming. Trust God, include Him in your plans. Be flexible and willing to change.
What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me—practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you.
Philippians 4:9, ESV
As we grow in Christ, He uses us to help others grow. Let Christ work in you through reading the Word, hearing the Word, and living with the Church.
“There is none holy like the Lord : for there is none besides you; there is no rock like our God.”
1 Samuel 2:2, ESV
God is wholly separate, wholly different from His creation, and He alone is God.
We can trust that He alone can take care of us in all things.
Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
Ephesians 3:20-21, ESV
We ask God without knowing what He has for us. We fail to understand grace, peace, forgiveness, and eternity. Yet we think we know what to ask for in this life.
Seek first the Kingdom, and you will be amazed at what He does.
a simple man of God 