Refreshing Our Spirits With Scripture

 5.26- All day today I will try to do to others as I would like for them to do to me. Give them grace and space. Luke 6 27  “But I say to you who hear, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,   28  bless those who curse you, pray for those who are abusive to you.   29  Whoever hits you on the cheek, offer him the other also; and whoever takes away your  [ r ] cloak, do not withhold your  [ s ] tunic from him either.   30  Give to everyone who asks of you, and whoever takes away what is yours, do not demand  it  back.   31  [ t ] Treat people the same way you want them to  [ u ] treat you.   32  If you love those who love you, what credit is  that  to you? For even sinners love those who love them.   33  And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is  that  to you? For even sinners do the same.   34  And if you lend to those from whom you expect to receive, what credit is  that  to you? Even sinners lend to sinners in order to receive back the same  amount .  

 5.25- Words that are hard to say and totally mean it. I was wrong. Please forgive me. Help me to do better. I love you. Luke 15 17  But when he came to  [ j ] his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired laborers have more than enough bread, but I am dying here  [ k ] from hunger!   18  I will set out and go to my father, and will say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven, and  [ l ] in your sight;   19  I am no longer worthy to be called your son; treat me as one of your hired laborers.”’   20  So he set out and came to  [ m ] his father. But when he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion  for him , and ran and  [ n ] embraced him and kissed him.   21  And the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and  [ o ] in your sight; I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’  

 5.24- This the eleventh anniversary of this house where Sheila and I felt was where we were to live at this stage of our lives. What good neighbors we were given. Just five minutes from Jeff and Donna and four minutes from Walmart. Also given good friends to come over and share food and fellowship. It has also been a vacation and holiday spot for kids and grandkids. A place to cheer the world champion Texas Rangers and Denver Nuggets and this year Dallas Mavericks and Dallas Cowboys hopefully. Thank you God for nice houses. Joshua 24 14  “Now, therefore,  [ e ] fear the  Lord  and serve Him in sincerity and  [ f ] truth; and do away with the gods which your fathers served beyond the  Euphrates  River and in Egypt, and serve the  Lord .   15  But if it is disagreeable in your sight to serve the  Lord , choose for yourselves today whom you will serve: whether the gods which your fathers served, which were beyond the  Euphrates  River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are li

 5.23- Our maker has more joy in mind for us than we have for ourselves. Philippians 4. 4  Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice!   5  Let your gentle  spirit  be known to all people. The Lord is  [ d ] near.   6  Do not  [ e ] be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and pleading with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.   7  And the peace of God, which surpasses all  [ f ] comprehension, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.

 5.22- I was reading some ideas from 121 A.D. 1. When I have anything to do I try to do it myself. 2. Don't meddle in other people's business. 3. Focus on your own business. 4. Don't listen to slander. Philippians 3. 12  Not that I have already  [ g ] grasped  it all  or have already become perfect, but I press on if I may also take hold of that  [ h ] for which I was even taken hold of by Christ Jesus.   13  Brothers  and sisters , I do not regard myself as having taken hold of  it yet ; but one thing  I do : forgetting what  lies  behind and reaching forward to what  lies  ahead,   14  I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.   15  Therefore, all who are  [ i ] mature, let’s have this attitude; and if in anything you have a different attitude, God will reveal that to you as well;   16  however, let’s keep  [ j ] living by that same  standard  to which we have attained.

 5.21- If you want to be alone rather than have friends then do this 1. Be arrogant. 2. Talk down to others. 3. Be impatient. 4. Be unkind. 5. Be competitive and never celebrate the success of others. 6. Knock everyone down to your own level. 7. Cancel everyone who doesn't do life like you do. 8. Be selfishly ambitious. 9. Take notes of everything others do to hurt you. 10. Remember it's a dog eat dog world and if you don't blow your own horn it won't get blown. This the way to not be bothered with messy peolple. 1 Cor. 13 4  Love is patient, love is kind, it is not jealous; love does not brag, it is not arrogant.   5  It does not act disgracefully, it does not seek its own  benefit ; it is not provoked, does not keep an account of a wrong  suffered ,   6  it does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;   7  it  [ b ] keeps every confidence, it believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. All reactions: 7 Amy Wishard Goggins, Denise C

 5.20- I like what Adelaide Addison Pollard wrote: Have Thine own way, Lord, Have Thine own way; Thou art the Potter, I am the clay. Mould me and make me After Thy will, While I am waiting, Yielded and still. 2 Have Thine own way, Lord, Have Thine own way; Search me and try me, Master, today. Whiter than snow, Lord, Wash me just now, As in Thy presence Humbly I bow. 3 Have Thine own way, Lord, Have Thine own way; Wounded and weary, Help me, I pray. Power, all power, Surely is Thine, Touch me and heal me, Savior divine. 4 Have Thine own way, Lord, Have Thine own way; Hold o’er my being Absolute sway. Fill with Thy Spirit Till all shall see Christ only, always, Living in me. Jeremiah 18 The Potter and the Clay 18  The word that came to Jeremiah from the  Lord , saying,   2  “Arise and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will announce My words to you.”   3  So I went down to the potter’s house, and there he was, making something on the wheel.   4  Bu