Refreshing Our Spirits With Scripture

1.18- The world is full of people who are not seeking peace.   They are wolves.   We are lambs. Therefore, we must be shrewd.   We must be innocent in our responses to the hate and violence in this world.  We are careful when brought into places of stress such as being put on trial for our faith in Jesus. We listen for direction and guidance from the Holy Spirit.  We stand firm if we are rejected by our family. Jesus was persecuted even though He was completely innocent, we can be sure that we will be persecuted. We cannot help but shout the good news that the resurrection of Jesus Christ is a reality.   This news has gone out from the housetops for the last 2020 years.   As for myself, I have had 47 years of full time work of spreading this good news.   Thank you God. This means that we must keep filling our hearts with love so that fear will be driven out of our hearts. God doesn’t have sparrows fall apart fro...

1.17- The way to this peace is that when we are rejected move on to places where we can be fruitful. Those who reject the peaceful will have regrets.   Justice means that what we sow is what we reap.   God is God of justice and righteousness.    Psalm 9. 7  But the Lord [ f ] abides forever; He has established His throne for judgment, 8  And He will judge the world in righteousness; He will execute judgment for the peoples with equity. 9 [ g ] The Lord also will be a stronghold for the oppressed, A stronghold in times of trouble; 10  And [ h ] those who know Your name will put their trust in You, For You, O Lord , have not forsaken those who seek You. In 1853 a collection of “Ten Sermons of Religion” by Parker was published and the third sermon titled “Of Justice and the Conscience” included figurative language about the arc of the moral universe: 1 Look at the facts of the world. You see a continual and progressive t...