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To Sum it up Dealing with the pain from the action of others 1Pe 3:8-17 NASB   8    To sum up, all of you be harmonious, sympathetic, brotherly, kindhearted, and humble in spirit;   9    not returning evil for evil or insult for insult, but giving a blessing instead; for you were called for the very purpose that you might inherit a blessing.   10    For, "THE ONE WHO DESIRES LIFE, TO LOVE AND SEE GOOD DAYS, MUST KEEP HIS TONGUE FROM EVIL AND HIS LIPS FROM SPEAKING DECEIT.   11    "HE MUST TURN AWAY FROM EVIL AND DO GOOD; HE MUST SEEK PEACE AND PURSUE IT.   12    "FOR THE EYES OF THE LORD ARE TOWARD THE RIGHTEOUS, AND HIS EARS ATTEND TO THEIR PRAYER, BUT THE FACE OF THE LORD IS AGAINST THOSE WHO DO EVIL."   13    Who is there to harm you if you prove zealous for what is good?   14    But even if you should suffer for the sake of righteousness, you are blessed. ...

Prayer, Joy and Anxiety   If you want to have a prayer life, and not just a life of spiritual grumbling and complaining, this passage from Philippians below needs to become a regular part of your diet. Without a call to rejoice and give thanks, we who pray for the needs of others and our nation, can start to sink into darkness. The best of people, the glad hearted, the cheerful, can crack when they carry the weight of the world for long periods of time. Even when the Lord is our strength, we need His spirit, hope and joy to carry on in the right way.   Rejoicing X 2 helps us have the right kind of spirit toward mankind. A joyful spirit also benefits us in being aware of the nearness of the Lord. Yes, there is a time for the fear of the Lord, for being serious. But we must also learn about serious joy. A joy not of this world and not conditioned upon what is happening in the world. Php 4:4-7 NASB   4    Rejoice in the Lord always; again I w...