Refreshing Our Spirits With Scripture

 1.8.25- Prayer is not a substitute for doing something. It is doing something. John 15 John 15 New American Standard Bible Jesus Is the Vine—Followers Are Branches 15  “I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser.   2  Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit, He takes away; and every  branch  that bears fruit, He  [ a ] prunes it so that it may bear more fruit.   3  You are already  [ b ] clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.   4  Remain in Me,  [ c ] and I in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit  [ d ] of itself  [ e ] but must remain in the vine, so neither  can  you unless you remain in Me.   5  I am the vine, you are the branches; the one who remains in Me, and I in him  [ f ] bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing.   6  If anyone does not remain in Me, he is thrown away like a branch and dries up; and they gather ...

 1.7.25- Worth is not set by performance, but personhood. False idenity set by this world based conditions on which we had no choice. Nationality, gender, socio economic class, skin color, True idenity is a human created in the image of God who gave his son for all. Genesis 1 26  Then God said, “ [ ai ] Let Us make mankind in Our image, according to Our likeness; and  [ aj ] let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the livestock and over all the earth, and over every crawling thing that crawls on the earth.”   27  So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.   28  God blessed them; and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that  [ ak ] moves on the earth.”   29  Then God said, “Behold...

1.6.25- I was given certain freedoms from birth. Freedom from worry about not having a loving family, community and school as I grew up. There so many loving people in my surroundings i wish all people could have a fun loving, kind bunch to be around growing up.. Most recently I received some "limitations" or "freedoms" depending on how you look at it. Since 10.13.23 i mostly move by scooter or wheel chair. It's in the way you sincerely describe it. It gave me secure movement without much pain. Freedom. My new close friend, Felix Stalls, was given to me about 10.1.1980. He was a very wise Christian businessman. He had survived heart attacks and cancer and many other things including service in WWII. He was not false or shallow pollyanna in any way but he said "my 'problems' are what I call 'opportunities'." It's called "reframing'. A new freedom of movement has come in the form of a new, lighter scooter made smaller and ...

 1.5.25- This year, 2025, i want the peace that passes understanding to set the direction and the pace of my steps. This inner peace, regardless of external chaos. will be the pole N. on the compassion of my life. To have this requires more times of silence and listening. 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. 8  Finally, brothers  and sisters , whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is  [ g ] lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence and ...

 1.4.25 There several physical things that happen when you connect with people who love you and know you as you really are. Labs have shown an uptick in good body chemicals. Serotonin, dopamine, cortisol and others. Nerves that have been severed have been shown on a microscope to reach to re connect in PTSD soldiers in good rehab. Therefore, make plans in 2025 to grow in friendship and fellowship with those who love you and can accept you as you are but not leave you as you are. Romans 1. 8  First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ  [ g ] for you all, because your faith is being proclaimed throughout the world.   9  For God, whom I serve in my spirit in the  preaching of the  gospel of His Son, is my witness  as to  how unceasingly I make mention of you,   10  always in my prayers requesting if perhaps now, at last by the will of God, I will succeed in coming to you.   11  For I long t...

 1.3.25 E. V. Rieu, 1887-1972, a well known English scholar and poet had a son who wondered what would happen to his dad when he took on a major project. E. V., was so talented he was chosen to translate one of the most important books in the world, Homer. His excellent translation of the Odyessy in the Penquin Classics was read by most college students. When his son found out he had been chosen to translate the four gospels, Mark, Luke and John. He wondered aloud what his dad "would make of it" because he was well know as a lifelong agnostic. Amazingly the thing was not what he made of it, but "what it made of him." At the end of his translation of the Gospels he became a believer in Jesus. My wish for my friends on FB is that you read read a chapter of the Gospels each day of 2025 and see what it will make of you. Psalm 1 The Righteous and the Wicked Contrasted. 1  Blessed is the person who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, Nor stand in the  [ a...

 1.2.25- Have you ever been so tired that you didn't have the strength to cry out that you're empty? If the low battery light is not given attention it will eventually not shine to indicate low battery. If attention is not given to being spiritually, physically, emotionally, spent there may come a time that you're too weak to cry out for help. "God uses chronic pain and weakness, along with other afflictions, as his chisel for sculpting our lives. Felt weakness deepens dependence on Christ for strength each day. The weaker we feel, the harder we lean. And the harder we lean, the stronger we grow spiritually, even while our bodies waste away. To live with your ‘thorn’ uncomplainingly—that is, sweet, patient, and free in heart to love and help others, even though every day you feel weak—is true sanctification. It is true healing for the spirit. It is a supreme victory of grace.” J.I. Packer 3,000 years ago a poet wrote. " My God my God, why have you forsaken me?...