Verse of the Day 10/7
Philippians 4:6-7 Don't worry about anything, but pray about everything. With thankful hearts offer up your prayers and requests to God. 7 Then, because you belong to Christ Jesus, God will bless you with peace that no one can completely understand. And this peace will control the way you think and feel. Contemporary English Version (CEV)
Yesterday marked 21 years from the date of the accident which left our son Jeff with a traumatic brain injury and permanently disabled. His recovery was and is a slow process but through it all he has been an inspiration to us and those that know and love him. Today's verses came from Philippians 4 in the read through the Bible plan that I am following and are a couple of Jeff's favorite verses.
I've pondered coming out with some tee shirts with a logo "Jeff Quote" which would have some of his famous (to us) sayings. One of them is from verse 8. When asked how he can have the joy and peace that he shows every day of his life he joyfully says, "I have the peace that passes understanding". I'm reading the Contemporary English Version this year and I like the way it ends verse 7 "and this peace will control the way you think and feel." That is definitely what it has done for Jeff and I believe that it "rubs off" on others that have come to know him and provide for him.
The verses begin with "pray about everything". That is the basis for having this peace. A.W. Tozer writes, "Pray on, fight on, sing on. Do not underestimate anything God may have done heretofore. Thank God for everything up to this point, but do not stop here. Press on to the deep things of God. Insist upon tasting the profounder mysteries of redemption. Keep your feet on the ground, but let your heart soar as high as it will. Refuse to be average or surrender to the chill of your spiritual environment. If you thus "follow after", heaven will surely be opened to you and you will, with Ezekiel, see the visions of God."
Start today with prayers to God with thankful hearts. Seek His will, seek to know Him more deeply in His Word; seek that peace that passes understanding and keep it in your heart and let it shine forth in your life that others may ask why you have such joy and peace.
-- In Christ, Mike Folllow the Verse of the Day blog at http://mikesvotd.blogspot.com Ephesians 1:7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace. NIV
Philippians 4:2-9 New King James Version (NKJV)
Be United, Joyful, and in Prayer
2 I implore Euodia and I implore Syntyche to be of the same mind in the Lord. 3 [a]And I urge you also, true companion, help these women who labored with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the Book of Life.
4 Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice!
5 Let your [b]gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand.
6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; 7 and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
-- In Christ, Mike Folllow the Verse of the Day blog at http://mikesvotd.blogspot.com Ephesians 1:7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace. NIV
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