If you love me, feed my sheep.
MAT22.37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
ROM16.20 And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.
PRO14.1 Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.
And out of the ground the LORD God made to spring up every tree that is pleasant to the sight.
LUK18.1 And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;.
5Come and see the works of God; He is awesome in His doing toward the sons of men.
Noah’s family and various beasts and fowl enter the ark – The Flood comes, and water covers the whole earth – All other life that breathes is destroyed.
And the young man Samuel grew in the presence of the LORD.
Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.
The Thessalonians’ Faith and Example.
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
How can we who died to sin still live in it?
PRO13.22 A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
If you were to write it off as an act of charity, that would be better for you, if only you knew.
Truly, truly, I say to you, he who receives whomever I send receives Me; and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me.
Do not cut your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the LORD.
It’s not recovery that is painful; our resistance to it is what hurts.
It’s hard to spot a spiritual crisis: Usually it is disguised as a crisis in our relationships, finances, career, or family.
The vulnerability we experience allows us a different experience of love. It is an act of generosity to let people be close to us, and we try to understand that they, too, are going through feelings about what’s happening.
We feel that elimination of our drinking is but a beginning. A much more important demonstration of our principles lies before us in our respective homes, occupations and affairs.