Even though…

 Even though….

Not all of us live a charmed life…a life that nothing goes wrong…everything is always pleasant, always have food, everything is good, no problems, no weariness, no bad events…etc…what dream!

No, most of us live in a world where sin abounds, bad things happen, times of draught of the soul and body…times of discouragements, times we wonder if we can take the next step…but we do…and we know that generations before us have faced similar battles, days of testings, trails and famines of the soul and bodies…

It was the “even thoughs” of life…help us to stand firm in the Lord…

Thank YOU…

Habakkuk ended his writings with ….

 “Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines,

though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food,

though there are no sheep in the pen-and no cattle in the stalls, 

yet I will rejoice in the Lord,

I will be joyful in God my Savior. 

The Sovereign Lord is my strength;he makes my feet like the feet of a deer,he enables me to tread on the heights.

For the director of music. On my stringed instruments.”

Hab.3.17,Hab.3.18,Hab.3.19

Job said something similar…

 “and said:“Naked I came from my mother’s womb,and naked I will depart.

The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away;may the name of the Lord be praised.” 

In all this, Job did not sin by charging God with wrongdoing.”

Job.1.21,Job.1.22

Moses said of Asher…

 Blessed are you, Israel!Who is like you,a people saved by the Lord?He is your shield and helperand your glorious sword.Your enemies will cower before you,and you will tread on their heights.”

Deut.33.29

David said….

 “As for God, his way is perfect:

The Lord’s word is flawless;

he shields all who take refuge in him. 

For who is God besides the Lord?

And who is the Rock except our God? 

It is God who arms me with strength and keeps my way secure. He makes my feet like the feet of a deer;he causes me to stand on the heights.”

Ps.18.30-33

Jesus prayed…

 “Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. I have brought you glory on earth by finishing the work you gave me to do. And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began. “I have revealed you to those whom you gave me out of the world. They were yours; you gave them to me and they have obeyed your word. Now they know that everything you have given me comes from you. For I gave them the words you gave me and they accepted them. They knew with certainty that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me. I pray for them. I am not praying for the world, but for those you have given me, for they are yours. All I have is yours, and all you have is mine. And glory has come to me through them. While I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe by that name you gave me. None has been lost except the one doomed to destruction so that Scripture would be fulfilled. “I am coming to you now, but I say these things while I am still in the world, so that they may have the full measure of my joy within them. I have given them your word and the world has hated them, for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world. My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth. As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world. For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified. “My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one— I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me. “Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world. “Righteous Father, though the world does not know you, I know you, and they know that you have sent me. I have made you known to them, and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in them.””

John.17.3,John.17.4,John.17.5,John.17.6,John.17.7,John.17.8,John.17.9,John.17.10,John.17.12,John.17.13,John.17.14,John.17.15,John.17.17-26

Paul said…

 “Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! 

Let your gentleness be evident to all. 

The Lord is near. 

Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 

And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”

Phil.4.4-7

Build my life…

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