Refreshing Our Spirits With Scripture

 10.15- "I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain:" Frank Herbert Perfect love casts out fear. 1 John 4 16  We have come to know and have believed the love which God has  [ w ] for us. God is love, and the one who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him.   17  By this, love is perfected with us, so that we may have confidence in the day of judgment; because as He is, we also are in this world.   18  There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear  [ x ] involves punishment, and the one who fears is not perfected in love.   19  We love, because He first loved us.  

 10.14- When you associate with a group. That has Love. Joy. Acceptance. Love of children. Love of truth. All nations. All races. All ages. Forgiveness. Grace. Mercy. Messed up people getting better. You have chosen a good group to hang with. Acts 2. 42  They were continually devoting themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to  [ as ] prayer. 43  [ at ] Everyone kept feeling a sense of awe; and many wonders and  [ au ] signs were taking place through the apostles.   44  And all the believers  [ av ] were together and had all things in common;   45  and they would sell their property and possessions and share them with all, to the extent that anyone had need.   46  Day by day continuing with one mind in the temple, and breaking bread  [ aw ] from house to house, they were taking their  [ ax ] meals together with gladness and  [ ay ] sincerity of heart,   47  praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord was adding to  [ a

 10.13- The fact that we have made foolish choices should help us to be tender and gentle with others who make foolish choices. 1 Timothy 1 12  I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, because He considered me faithful, putting me into service,   13  even though I was previously a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent aggressor. Yet I was shown mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief;   14  and the grace of our Lord was more than abundant, with the faith and love which are  found  in Christ Jesus.   15  It is a trustworthy statement, deserving full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, among whom I am foremost.   16  Yet for this reason I found mercy, so that in me as the foremost  sinner  Jesus Christ might demonstrate His perfect patience as an example for those  [ h ] who would believe in Him for eternal life.   17  Now to the King  [ i ] eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God,  be  honor and glory  [ j ] forever and ever. Ame

 10.12 Our most sincere prayers at times may be a groan. Romans 8 18  For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy  to be  compared with the glory that is to be revealed to us.   19  For the eagerly awaiting creation waits for the revealing of the sons  and daughters  of God.   20  For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected  it ,  [ n ] in hope   21  that the creation itself also will be set free from its slavery to corruption into the freedom of the glory of the children of God.   22  For we know that the whole creation groans and suffers the pains of childbirth together until now.   23  And not only  that , but also we ourselves, having the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting eagerly for  our  adoption as sons  and daughters , the redemption of our body Like Comment Share

 10.11- Make deposits of love, grace, mercy and peace into heart bank accounts of others. We never know where it can lead. There may be a day when accidently or inadvertently we make a withdrawal from the account and hopefully there is memory of the many positive interactions we have had. The contribution can be a smile, a little gift. I have a friend who travels for business and often returns with a personal mento with my name on it. Today I received a small glass with my name on it. The personal touch cannot be overestimated in its value to accelerate the growth of deep friendship. Indeed mature loves pushes out fear. 1 Corinthians 13 13  If I speak with the tongues of mankind and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.   2  If I have  the gift of  prophecy and know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.   3  And if I give away all my possessions  to charity ,

 10.10- I was watching one of the greatest football coaches, try to describe what made his coaching uniquely good. "My coaching changed when I moved from being a transactional coach to a transformational coach. Before I was focused on winning games. After I was focused on the process of helping each coach and player to be the best human being they could be and then the best player they could become." It made me think of the greatest teacher who taught What you think you can improve You can improve What you think you can't improve You can't improve. Attitude is key. Inch by inch everything's a cinch. We seek progress not perfection. Hebrews 5 11  Concerning  [ g ] him we have much to say, and  it is  difficult to explain, since you have become  [ h ] poor listeners.   12  For though  [ i ] by this time you ought to be teachers, you have need again for someone to teach you the  [ j ] elementary principles of the actual words of God, and you have come to need milk an