Learning Contentment in an Angry World

We have such thankfulness in our lives while so many other people are not thankful nor happy.

Yes, to us, the "world out there" is not our home, but we can do what needs to be accomplished "out there"  and then in our own lives we can choose to live in great contentment. It is not about "things".

This is all because we live for Jesus.  

He is our One and Only.

"The Word became flesh and 

made his dwelling among us. 

We have seen his glory, 

the glory of the one and only Son, 

who came from the Father, 

full of grace and truth."

John 1:14 NIV

 

Certainly "the world out there" can affect us, but we know Who to go to with our concerns. The LORD Almighty, in Jesus name helps us at any turn. Life may be difficult, but we know the "road we are traveling on" is the right one. He is with us and we will be with Him in Glory.

"Lord, how my enemies have increased!


Many are rising up against me.


Many are saying of my soul,


“There is no salvation for him in God.”

But You, Lord, are a shield around me,


My glory, and the One who lifts my head.


I was crying out to the Lord with my voice,


And He answered me from His holy mountain.


I lay down and slept;


I awoke, for the Lord sustains me.


I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people


Who have set themselves against me all around.

Arise, Lord; save me, my God!


For You have struck all my enemies on the cheek;


You have shattered the teeth of the wicked.


Salvation belongs to the Lord;


May Your blessing be upon Your people!"

Psalm 3

"For here we do not have a lasting city, 

but we are seeking the city which is to come."

Hebrews 13:14

"For our citizenship is in heaven, 

from which we also eagerly wait for a Savior, 

the Lord Jesus Christ; "

Philippians 3:20

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Seek the One and Only to find the real Truth

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The Importance of Knowing About History

-photo: Alistair Begg

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from Understanding the Times:

..."History is the study of the way people, based on various religious worldviews, act through time to accomplish their goals. 

The study of history is vital because by looking back on the past we can see how people’s decisions affected their fellow humans’ ability to flourish. 

As George Santayana famously admonished, 

“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” 

We thus need an accurate view of the past if we are to sustain trends toward greater wealth, justice, and sustainability. 

History can guide us to learn from our mistakes, act rightly in our current circumstances, and get better over time."...

-Jeff Myers & David A. Noebel, Understanding the Times: A Survey of Competing Worldviews, pg.472

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Search for the Real Truth

 -C-130 Hercules

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"There have always been ignorant people, but they haven't always had college degrees to make them unaware of their ignorance. 

Some people imagine that they are well informed because they have memorized a whole galaxy of trendy dogmas and fashionable attitude."

-Thomas Sowell

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John 14:1-6

“Do not let your heart be troubled; 

believe in God, believe also in Me.

In My Father’s house are many dwelling places; 

if it were not so, I would have told you; 

for I go to prepare a place for you.

If I go and prepare a place for you, 

I will come again and receive you to Myself, 

that where I am, there you may be also.

And you know the way where I am going.”

Thomas *said to Him, “Lord, we do not know where You are going, how do we know the way?” 

Jesus *said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me."...

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Psalm 119:159-160

..."Consider how I love Your precepts;


Revive me, O Lord, according to Your lovingkindness.

The sum of Your word is truth,


And every one of Your righteous 

ordinances is everlasting."...

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John 17:1a, 13-19

"Jesus spoke these things...

..."But now I come to You; and these things I speak in the world so that they may have My joy made full in themselves.

I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

I do not ask You to take them out of the world, but to keep them from the evil one.

They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth.

As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world.

For their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth."...

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The Light, Jesus, Shinning in the Darkness

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John 1

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 

He was in the beginning with God.

All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being.

In Him was life, and the life was the Light of men.

The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.

There came a man sent from God, whose name was John.

He came as a witness, to testify about the Light, so that all might believe through him.

He was not the Light, but he came to testify about the Light.

There was the true Light which, coming into the world, enlightens every man.

He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him.

He came to His own, and those who were His own did not receive Him.

But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.

And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.

John *testified about Him and cried out, saying, 

“This was He of whom I said, 

‘He who comes after me has a higher rank than I, for He existed before me.’”

For of His fullness we have all received, and grace upon grace.

For the Law was given through Moses; grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ.

No one has seen God at any time; the only begotten God who is in the bosom of the Father, He has explained Him.

This is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent to him priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?” 

And he confessed and did not deny, but confessed, 

“I am not the Christ.” 

They asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?”

And he *said, “I am not.” 

“Are you the Prophet?” 

And he answered, “No.”

Then they said to him, “Who are you, so that we may give an answer to those who sent us? What do you say about yourself?”

He said, 

“I am a voice of one crying in the wilderness, 

‘Make straight the way of the Lord,’ as Isaiah the prophet said.”...

(read the rest in John 1)

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Jesus is:

The Word was God

The Light who enlightens men

From God the Father

Full of grace and truth

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