I know, I know! I’ve been kind of serious of late but just one more thing before I find my sense of humour again!
I was reading this for devotions and thought y’all might find a bit of encouragement from it especially as we’re all coming into this heavy season of nearly-but-not-quite-winter… you know, grey skies, no more holidays (at least not for another 10 weeks!), the power bill starts to climb, the chill sets in and there just never seems to be enough daylight hours for anything!
Take heart:
**Warning – not to be consumed by the biblical theologians amongst us!! This is a mixture of the New Living and Message translations – no-one has declared it illegal… yet!
My life application notes also said:
I don’t know about you but I just stopped and prayed for all of that for me! ... and then of course I thought of all of you! (I'm still learning that the order of that alone should be the exact opposite!) Who can ever do without anything in that list! Personally, I need a little extra of numbers 8 and 9…!
Take courage, pray hard, winter will come and go and we’ll be sneezing in Spring before we know it!
I was reading this for devotions and thought y’all might find a bit of encouragement from it especially as we’re all coming into this heavy season of nearly-but-not-quite-winter… you know, grey skies, no more holidays (at least not for another 10 weeks!), the power bill starts to climb, the chill sets in and there just never seems to be enough daylight hours for anything!
Take heart:
**Warning – not to be consumed by the biblical theologians amongst us!! This is a mixture of the New Living and Message translations – no-one has declared it illegal… yet!
Colossians 1:9-12
Be assured that from the first day we heard of you, we haven't stopped praying for you. We ask God to give you a complete understanding of what he wants to do in your lives, and we ask him to make you wise with spiritual wisdom. We pray that you'll live well for the Master, making him proud of you as you work hard in his orchard. As you learn more and more how God works, you will learn how to do your work. We pray that you'll have the strength to stick it out over the long haul—not the grim strength of gritting your teeth but the glory-strength God gives. It is strength that endures the unendurable and spills over into joy, thanking the Father who makes us strong enough to take part in everything bright and beautiful that he has for us.
My life application notes also said:
Paul’s prayers teach us how to pray for others, whether we know them or not. We can request that they:
- understand what God wants them to do
- gain spiritual wisdom
- honour and please God
- continually do good kind things for others
- learn to know God better and better
- be strengthened with God’s glorious power
- have great patience and endurance
- stay full of Christ’s joy and
- give thanks always
I don’t know about you but I just stopped and prayed for all of that for me! ... and then of course I thought of all of you! (I'm still learning that the order of that alone should be the exact opposite!) Who can ever do without anything in that list! Personally, I need a little extra of numbers 8 and 9…!
Take courage, pray hard, winter will come and go and we’ll be sneezing in Spring before we know it!
2 comments:
Blog heaps easier to read now, cheers!
Nope! No-one. We must just all be too busy! I thought I might email the museum or stop in at a Borders and pick up a book on art in the D'Orsay. I'm sure if I actually made an effort I could find it's details... I think I was just hoping someone would do it for me!!
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