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1 Timothy 4:16 Watch your life and doctrine closely. Persevere in them, because if you do, you will save both yourself and your hearers.
Beloved, I am in a bit of a bind here because the motherboard on my computer gave up the ghost, so I am using a new one on a test run. For that reason, I am going to keep things a bit on the slim side today.
What Paul is saying to Timothy here is basically, “If you talk the talk you’ve got to walk the walk.” That is something that is becoming increasingly important nowadays. You have to be true to the Truth in you life and remember the doctrine – the set of guidelines – you claim to be the center of your life. Is Christ your Life, your Light, your personal savior, and the center of all that you do? Then what you do will be who are, and you are then part of the Body of Christ. That is an excellent station in for your life. Here is a quite that was published in Catholic Digest recently.
Today’s Quiet Moment
Sunday, May 22
The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won’t.
Henry Ward Beecher
American preacher, 19th century
With all the things that are going on in this country – indeed the whole world – we can find it easy to worry about what’s happening. The old adage is, “If you pray, don’t worry. If you worry, start praying.” Here are some passages about worrying that you can look into when it seems like things are getting to be just too much for you to bear:
Why Worry? Check out these verses: , Matthew 6:25-33, Proverbs 12:25, Philippians 4:6-7, John 14:27, John 14:1, Psalm 4:8, Matthew 11:28-30, 1 Peter 5:6-7, Luke 10:38-42, Psalm 34:4, Psalm 55:22-23, Psalm 42:5, Proverbs 3:5-8, Philippians 4:19, Romans 8:26-28, Isaiah 41:10, Matthew 28:20, I Peter 4:12-13, Revelation 21:4, 2 Corinthians 12:9-10 Click on each link and it will take you to that verse or passage.
You can actually read the whole Bible in a year following this plan: http://www.westnewbury.org/Bible/Bible-chronological.pdf
This is a great site for looking up any passage or any subject. Just enter the parameters in the search box and Go. http://www.biblegateway.com/. In my Aloha Friday Messages, I use this site often to let the readers see the verse I am writing about.
This is also an amazing site, an amazing sight, and an amazing cite~!! 😉 http://bible.cc/ I do a lot of my research here. There are dozens of Bible translations, commentaries, cross-references, concordances, everything you need. But, it’s still nice to have your very own Bible you can hold.
Peace be with you, Beloved. I can tell the Lord is speaking to your heart. Try checking out http://aloha-friday.org. You may find some other things there that will help you.
This week I had a joyous visit from the Pierces from Haiti! Talk about a good place to worry!! Well, there were back on Kauai arranging for more assistance for their compound and the scores of children they take care of plus all the staff they have hired to help. Ken told me they do their best to support the local economy, and so they buy as much as the can locally (for those of us in Hawaii “Buy Local” is something we really understand). Diane updated me on several of the kids we have been praying for. I asked what we, the MBN, can do to help them.
First, PRAY! Pray for the kids, for the health of all the people on their compound and for their safety. Disease, poverty, and lack of many resources makes their work extra challenging. Remember that the disaster in Haiti occurred well over a year ago, and the recovery is very, very slow. They are making progress, though, and the Pierces attribute that progress to prayer. Son on behalf of Ken and Diane, I thank you in the MBN for your prayers. Keep them going.
Secondly, donations. Everything they do, everything they have comes from our donations. You can contact Kauai Christian Fellowship at kcfhome@mac.com to find out more, or send your donations to Kauai Christian Fellowship at 2731 Ala Kinoiki, Koloa, HI. 96756. On your check, mark it for Haiti or The Pierce Family. What you send to them gets swept into their account and goes to Haiti to save lives and souls.
So that’s going to be it for today as far as the AFC goes. Next …
Share-A-Prayer
➡ From GC: Please keep PB in your prayers for me. He is really struggling with his Drug Addiction, and I am praying that he will get into the Salvation Army in Phoenix……… Also, please keep TAD in your prayers, she is my dear friend who is struggling with very, very bad cancer. Also, our friend JT, who recently lost his dear wife, (and my dear friend), to cancer.
➡ From all the MBN: Please pray and help the people whose lives have been devastated in the recent cataclysmic weather in the Great Midwest. Joplin was especially bad.
➡ Pray also for the people who are going to these troubled areas in the world to be helpers. Ask for safety, wisdom, courage, strength, and financial and spiritual support.
Whatever, whenever, wherever, whoever, however, if ever, forever — at your service, Beloved.
Chick
