Author: themill13

Do not worry 4/27/22

“Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.”
‭‭Philippians‬ ‭4:6‬ ‭NRSV‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/2016/php.4.6.NRSV

“Finally, beloved, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is pleasing, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.”
‭‭Philippians‬ ‭4:8‬ ‭NRSV‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/2016/php.4.8.NRSV

A Cheerful Heart 4/26/22

“A cheerful heart is a good medicine, but a downcast spirit dries up the bones.”
‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭17:22‬ ‭NRSV‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/2016/pro.17.22.NRSV

“And not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us.”
‭‭Romans‬ ‭5:3-5‬ ‭NRSV‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/2016/rom.5.3-5.NRSV

American minister and writer Norman Vincent Peale wrote this in one of his books called The Power of Positive Thinking: “The way to happiness: keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, expect little, give much. Fill your life with love. Scatter sunshine. Forget self, think of others. Do as you would be done by. Try this for a week and you will be surprised.” From “The Fuel that Destroys Depression “ by Dr Rob Carmen.

He is the Way 4/25/22

“Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
‭‭John‬ ‭14:6‬ ‭NRSV‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/2016/jhn.14.6.NRSV

HOPE

“For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope.”
‭‭Jeremiah‬ ‭29:11‬ ‭NRSV‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/2016/jer.29.11.NRSV

A new way to see. 4/23/22

“As he walked along, he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned; he was born blind so that God’s works might be revealed in him. We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming when no one can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” When he had said this, he spat on the ground and made mud with the saliva and spread the mud on the man’s eyes, saying to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which means Sent). Then he went and washed and came back able to see. The neighbors and those who had seen him before as a beggar began to ask, “Is this not the man who used to sit and beg?” Some were saying, “It is he.” Others were saying, “No, but it is someone like him.” He kept saying, “I am the man.” But they kept asking him, “Then how were your eyes opened?” He answered, “The man called Jesus made mud, spread it on my eyes, and said to me, ‘Go to Siloam and wash.’ Then I went and washed and received my sight.””
‭‭John‬ ‭9:1-11‬ ‭NRSV‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/2016/jhn.9.2-11.NRSV

A new way to walk 4/23/22

“After this there was a festival of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate there is a pool, called in Hebrew Beth-zatha, which has five porticoes. In these lay many invalids—blind, lame, and paralyzed. One man was there who had been ill for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had been there a long time, he said to him, “Do you want to be made well?” The sick man answered him, “Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up; and while I am making my way, someone else steps down ahead of me.” Jesus said to him, “Stand up, take your mat and walk.” At once the man was made well, and he took up his mat and began to walk. Now that day was a sabbath. So the Jews said to the man who had been cured, “It is the sabbath; it is not lawful for you to carry your mat.” But he answered them, “The man who made me well said to me, ‘Take up your mat and walk.’ ” They asked him, “Who is the man who said to you, ‘Take it up and walk’?” Now the man who had been healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had disappeared in the crowd that was there. Later Jesus found him in the temple and said to him, “See, you have been made well! Do not sin any more, so that nothing worse happens to you.” The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.”
‭‭John‬ ‭5:1-3, 5-15‬ ‭NRSV‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/2016/jhn.5.12-15.NRSV

Pray then in this way

““Pray then in this way: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And do not bring us to the time of trial, but rescue us from the evil one. For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you; but if you do not forgive others, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.”
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭6:9-15‬ ‭NRSV‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/2016/mat.6.9-15.NRSV

“We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose.”
‭‭Romans‬ ‭8:28‬ ‭NRSV‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/2016/rom.8.28.NRSV