WORD OF THE DAY:       BE MINDFUL        Scripture references: 2 Peter 3: 1-18        God wants us to be ever mindful of the spoken words of the prophets and      the commandments of the apostles: Repent, be baptized in the name of      Jesus and live in service to God, keeping His commandments. The Lord      shall return!      Scoffers erroneously say that Jesus will not return; it has been so long      since the promise of his coming. Lives continue as before, steeped in sin      and perishing. But God wants us to know, in no uncertain terms, He does      not will any to perish, he wants all that will believe to receive salvation.      The longer Jesus tarries, the more people will get born again. The Lord      will return, so be patient and persevere! Look diligently for him! The Lord      is coming back! Let's      be ready for Him. Let's be found of Him living for      Him, as faithful stewards, lest we fall from our own steadfastness and      be lead away by the false doctrines of the wicked.        2 Peter 3:1-18           This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto           you; in both which I stir up [awake fully; arouse]           your pure [tested as genuine, sincere] minds           [deep thoughts] by way of remembrance [reminding]:           That ye may be mindful           [through the idea of fixture in the mind or of mental           grasp; to bear in mind, i.e. recollect]           of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and           of the commandment of us the apostles of the           Lord and Saviour:                                                        Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last           days scoffers,[mockers, deriders, false teachers]           walking after their own lusts,           And saying, Where is the promise of his coming?           for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue           as they were from the beginning of the creation.           For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the           word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth           standing out of the water and in the water:           Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed           with water, perished:           But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by           the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire           against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.             But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing,           that one day is with the Lord as a thousand           years and a thousand years as one day.             The Lord is not slack [will not delay] concerning his           promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to           us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but           that all should come to repentance.           But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the           night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with           a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent           heat, the earth also and the works that are therein           shall be burned up.           Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved,           what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy           conversation and godliness,               Looking for and hasting [eagerly awaiting] unto the           coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being           on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt           with fervent heat?           Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new           heavens and a new earth, wherein dwells righteousness.                                              Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things,           be diligent [make effort in reference to the brevity of time]           that ye may be found of him in peace, without           spot, and blameless.           And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation;           even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the           wisdom given unto him hath written unto you;           As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things;           in which are some things hard to be understood, which           they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do           also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction           [ruin or loss; physical, spiritual, eternal].           Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before,           beware [be on guard, obey] lest ye also, being led away with           the error of the wicked, fall from [to drop away; specially,           be driven out of one's course] your own stedfastness [stability].           But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord           and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now           and for ever. Amen.        God does not will for us to fall away from His course and become deceived by      the error of the wicked. He wants us to diligently live for Him and to look for      Jesus' return. He wants us to bear fruit in our lives, being living epistles,      known and read of all men, from now until the Lord returns. He wants us to      be found of him, in peace, without blemish and blameless. Just as surely as      the earth will be dissolved, Jesus will return. Therefore, we ought      to be found of Him behaving and speaking in all manner of holiness and      godliness. Be patient, the Lord shall return. Let us be mindful of His      promise and live accordingly. Amen.      -Carol Kenreigh

Please continue to pray for me to overcome all fear and for God to heal the parts of my heart that lodge the reasons for it. Thank you!

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