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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...

How do you know God, not just about Him? Click to go to Rod's Blog Paul prayed for the community at Ephesians to have a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of the Lord. That knowledge would bring enlightenment, hope and a weightiness that produced a confidence in their relationship with God while they lived on the earth. Knowing who God is was to the early church essential as they lacked creeds and community. Little out stations of believers striving to resist the world, lacking scriptures or experienced teachers were in need of something that would answer their questions and give direction to their daily life.   Today many of us find we have returned to the place of the early followers of Jesus. No longer in a culture that is filled with God’s truth and righteousness, we seek to live as light in a world that is hostile to God.   Some of this hostility is caused by a passion for self, some of it is a reaction to the failures and faults of the Christia...

Follow the link to a Slide Share presentation on prayer. I asked the question, "why did the early church pray?" and came up with the following message. If you want to remind yourself of the basics and blessing of prayer,check it out. http://www.slideshare.net/RADrury/prayer-47962833