Refreshing Our Spirits With Scripture

5.22- Principle 21 We have experienced the death of those we love.   We have experienced the loss of Wayne and Cora Sue Wishard, Ralph and Gladys Self, and even young family members, Gena Wishard, Miranda Self and Grant Wishard.   In all these cases we still have hope.   Jesus was raised from the dead and promised that His followers also will live after death.   We will have a great hope that we will be reunited with these beloved family members.  John 14. 14  “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God [ a ] ; believe also in me. 2  My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? 3  And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. 4  You know the way to the place where I am going.”

5.21- Principles 20 We feel forsaken by God at times.   This might be times of loneliness or a breakup of a friendship or getting let go from a job, but still we know that God is there.   Jesus felt this, but still His Father was there.   We surround ourselves with family and friends and we don’t get around it but we get through it. Matthew 27. 45  From noon until three in the afternoon darkness came over all the land. 46  About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, [ c ] lema sabachthani?” (which means “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” ). [ d ] 2 Timothy 4. 14  Alexander the metalworker did me a great deal of harm. The Lord will repay him for what he has done. 15  You too should be on your guard against him, because he strongly opposed our message. 16  At my first defense, no one came to my support, but everyone deserted me. May it not be held against them. 17  But the Lord ...

5.20- Principle 19 We miss up on these principles all the time.   So we feel sorrow when we do and we repent and confess we were wrong and we get God’s forgiveness and other’s if needed and then we move on . We do not wallow in guilt.   We receive forgiveness and move on and forgive others around us.  Luke 7. 36  When one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to have dinner with him, he went to the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table. 37  A woman in that town who lived a sinful life learned that Jesus was eating at the Pharisee’s house, so she came there with an alabaster jar of perfume. 38  As she stood behind him at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears. Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them and poured perfume on them. 39  When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, he would know who is touching him and what kind of woman she is—that she is a si...