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Don’t Get Upset!

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DON’T GET UPSET!

Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit. Psalm 51:12.

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. Philippians 4:6.

These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. John 16:33.

Thinking about a lot for things over this busy weekend. As Christians it’s very easy to get discouraged and bogged down with things and stresses in this life and with what’s going on in the world right now. However, no matter what happens, we got it made in the end either way, so don’t worry about a thing!

If Kamala gets elected, don’t get upset. We have our King in Jesus and I’m going to live joyfully in Him no matter who is elected President!

If Christ doesn’t rapture us out of here by 2033, don’t get upset. That just means we have our time and calendar all messed up and God’s clock is not going to be dictated by how we feel or how we think things should go or when they should happen. God never specifically said He was going to come at any specific date anywhere in the Bible, so the Lord cant be tied to any expected date. Don’t get upset. He will come when He comes!

Don’t have a good job? Don’t get upset. Sometimes the Lord makes us wait longer than we think we should because certain things have to happen first.

Don’t have a wife? Don’t get upset. Sometimes the Lord has to mature you first before you’re ready for a wife.

Family not saved? Don’t get upset. Pray through it and trust in the Lord!Too many bills? Don’t get upset. Pray the Lord will make them go away some way some how.

Won’t be a good Christmas this year? Don’t get upset. If you have Jesus, you have the Perfect Gift already!

Don’t have a car? Don’t get upset. Jesus walked everywhere. Pray through it.

Other problems? Don’t get upset! Pray and trust the Lord and everything works out in the end IF YOU TRUST HIM! Do you?

Then don’t get upset!

Pray through the pain, pray through the worry, pray through the stress, pray through the depression, pray through the trials. Pray through it! Praise through it! Read through it! Fast through it! Don’t get upset. Don’t give up! You got the Book, the Blood and the Spirit! You got this! God’s got this! Amen!

For the Lord’s Day – What a Friend We Have in Jesus

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I thought how this week’s studies were all focused on prayer and friendship with God, this seemed like just the right thing.  Praise Him! 

https://youtube.com/watch?v=7Pv1dUNJVJ4%3Fsi%3DpBcAAMolfEkI9jGy
Click “Watch on Youtube” to hear this beloved hymn!

What a Friend we have in Jesus, all our sins and griefs to bear!
What a privilege to carry everything to God in prayer!
O what peace we often forfeit, O what needless pain we bear,
All because we do not carry everything to God in prayer.

Have we trials and temptations? Is there trouble anywhere?
We should never be discouraged; take it to the Lord in prayer.
Can we find a friend so faithful who will all our sorrows share?
Jesus knows our every weakness; take it to the Lord in prayer.

Are we weak and heavy laden, cumbered with a load of care?
Precious Savior, still our refuge, take it to the Lord in prayer.
Do your friends despise, forsake you? Take it to the Lord in prayer!
In His arms He’ll take and shield you; you will find a solace there.

Joseph Scriven

Joseph M. Scriven

Composer

Joseph Medlicott Scriven, was an Irish poet, best known as the writer of the poem which became the hymn “What a Friend We Have in Jesus”. wikipedia.org

  • Born: September 10, 1819
  • Died: August 10, 1886

Irish born Joseph M. Scriven (1819-1896) was 25 years old, in love and to be married. The day before his wedding his fiance died in a tragic drowning accident. Heartbroken, Joseph sailed from his homeland to start a new life in Canada. While in Canada working as a teacher, he fell in love again and became engaged to Eliza Roche, a relative of one of his students. Once again, Joseph’s hopes and dreams were shattered when Eliza became ill and died before the wedding could take place.

Although one can only imagine the turmoil within this young man, history tells us that his faith in God sustained him. Soon after Eliza’s death Joseph joined the Plymouth Brethren and began preaching for a Baptist church. He never married, but spent the remainder of his life giving all his time, money and even the clothes off his own back to help the less fortunate and to spread the love and compassion of Jesus wherever he went.

Around the same time that Eliza died, Joseph received word from Ireland that his mother was ill. He could not go to be with her, so he wrote a letter of comfort and enclosed one of his poems entitled What a Friend We Have in Jesus.

Many years later a friend was sitting with Joseph, as he was very ill. During this visit, the friend was very impressed when he ran across his poems, including What a Friend We Have in Jesus. As a result of this visit, almost 30 years after his letter of comfort to his mother, Joseph’s poems were published in a book called Hymns and Other Verses. Soon thereafter, noted musician Charles C. Converse (1834-1918) put music to one of those poems: What a Friend We Have in Jesus.  http://hishymnhistory.blogspot.com/2012/11/what-friend-we-have-in-jesus.html

Philippians 4:6

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.