Dear Friends, There is a passage in one of Jesus’ discourses with which most of us are very familiar. It is found in Matthew’s Gospel, Chapter 6: “…Take no thought for your life, what you shall eat, or what you shall drink; nor yet for your body, what you shall put on…..Which of you by [...]
Posts Tagged ‘careful’
One Day at a Time
Posted in Spiritual, tagged anxious, careful, Faith, trust, worry on June 19, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Trust Also
Posted in Spiritual, tagged anxious, careful, commit, commit your way, Faith, my times, prayer, Rest, submit, trust, woes and griefs, worry on December 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Dear Friends, Commit your way unto the Lord; trust also in Him; and He shall bring it to pass.” (Psa. 37:5) This very meaningful portion of Scripture is very familiar to most of us, probably having been memorized at one time or another. But a poem in one of our recent devotional readings made a [...]
Whatever You Do…
Posted in Spiritual, tagged careful, consecrated to God's service, entertaining, farming, homemaking, nursing, office work, secular, teaching, vocations on December 5, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Dear Friends, “One day in Edinburgh, as the new minister was making his initial calls, he called at the cobbler’s shop. He talked loftily to the cobbler, as preachers are sometimes wont to do when certain fits of stupidity possess us! When the cobbler answered back, the preacher in astonishment said, ‘Man, you should not [...]
Be Careful For Nothing
Posted in Spiritual, tagged anxious, careful, Rest, worry on November 22, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Dear Friends, There are several words in the Greek language that are translated with our English word “care,” or “careful.” Some of them do mean to be thoughtful or mindful, or an object of affectionate care. However, in Paul’s instruction to the Church at Philippi to “Be careful for nothing,” it is obvious that he [...]