>> The one I have been praying for? <<
Yes, David. Thank you for your prayers. I just returned this afternoon. Our association is going to be ongoing and a little more intense in the upcoming months. I talked to my friend about Jesus this trip, but our conversation was not as extended or as encouraging as I would have liked it to be.
Much of our time was necessarily devoted to technical considerations.
I want and need to provide additional help to my friend as he can receive it. I am going to suggest some financial help to him again -- he turned me down the first time, but he needs it at this time to be able to do his work efficiently. This is a rare oppty for me and my friend. Please continue to pray for us.
>>Barry, here is one that requires some self-discipline from us, " (1 John 2:15 NASB)
"Do not love the world, nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the
love of the Father is not in him." Live in the world, Be thankful for the things God
provides, but walk with Him and love Him, not the world.
"(2 Cor 4:18 NASB) "while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the
things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things
which are not seen are eternal."<<
David, in your opinion, What does the "world" encompass in the passage from 1 John? It also says the whole world lies in the power of the evil one in the last chapter of that epistle.
I must admit, even as a Christian, at times I have had the love of this world in my heart. It has brought heartache to me. Are continual praise, prayer and thanksgiving the cure, you think? God has been so good to me and merciful, but sometimes I have fallen into a trap and compared myself with others in position and this worlds goods and careers, etc. Worthless yardsticks -- I know that intellectually, but sometimes my heart is weak at times.
God bless you David
Any real or true encouragement is from the one and only one Source.
Thank you and Steve C. and Shalom and others who post here for being His instruments.
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