Guarding the Flock Against Wolves

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The Peace of God

-Red Petunias in flower box with Old Fashioned Pink Holly Hocks growing up through them :o)

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 Philippians 4:4-9

..."Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice!

Let your gentle spirit be known to all men. The Lord is near.

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things.

The things you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you."...

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The Peace Of God

Don't you worry about anything

Instead pray about everything

Tell God what you need

And thank Him for all He has done

And the peace of God

Far beyond what we can understand

Will guard your heart 

And your mind in Christ Jesus

-Jay Stocker

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Preach the Word; Be Ready-with Great Patience...

-Iowa Country Road

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2 Timothy 4
 

..."I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by His appearing and His kingdom: preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with great patience and instruction. 

For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires, and will turn away their ears from the truth and will turn aside to myths. 

But you, be sober in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.

For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure has come. 

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith; in the future there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day; and not only to me, but also to all who have loved His appearing.

Make every effort to come to me soon; for Demas, having loved this present world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica; Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia. 

Only Luke is with me. 

Pick up Mark and bring him with you, for he is useful to me for service. 

But Tychicus I have sent to Ephesus. 

When you come bring the cloak which I left at Troas with Carpus, and the books, especially the parchments. 

Alexander the coppersmith did me much harm; the Lord will repay him according to his deeds. 

Be on guard against him yourself, for he vigorously opposed our teaching.

At my first defense no one supported me, but all deserted me; may it not be counted against them. 

But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, so that through me the proclamation might be fully accomplished, and that all the Gentiles might hear; and I was rescued out of the lion’s mouth. 

The Lord will rescue me from every evil deed, and will bring me safely to His heavenly kingdom; to Him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

Greet Prisca and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus. Erastus remained at Corinth, but Trophimus I left sick at Miletus. 

Make every effort to come before winter. 

Eubulus greets you, also Pudens and Linus and Claudia and all the brethren.

The Lord be with your spirit. Grace be with you."

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2 Timothy 1

2 Timothy 2

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Trust Jesus as your own Savior. 

He is the  One and Only.

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Trainers Come in Many Shapes

-North American T-6G Texan, s/n 49-3367, photographed 8/6/95 at the Aurora, IL air show.

Remanufactured  from unknown older T-6 or SNJ. 

Photo by Glenn Chatfield

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Proverbs 22:6

..."Train up a child in the way he should go,

Even when he is old he will not depart from it."...

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2 Timothy 3:14-17

..."continue in the things you have learned and become convinced of, knowing from whom you have learned them, and that from childhood you have known the sacred writings which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work."

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Psalm 139

"O Lord, You have searched me and known me.


You know when I sit down and when I rise up;


You understand my thought from afar.


You scrutinize my path and my lying down,


And are intimately acquainted with all my ways.


Even before there is a word on my tongue,


Behold, O Lord, You know it all.


You have enclosed me behind and before,


And laid Your hand upon me.


Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;


It is too high, I cannot attain to it.

Where can I go from Your Spirit?


Or where can I flee from Your presence?


If I ascend to heaven, You are there;


If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there.


If I take the wings of the dawn,


If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea,


Even there Your hand will lead me,


And Your right hand will lay hold of me.


If I say, “Surely the darkness will overwhelm me,


And the light around me will be night,”


Even the darkness is not dark to You,


And the night is as bright as the day.


Darkness and light are alike to You.

For You formed my inward parts;


You wove me in my mother’s womb.


I will give thanks to You, 

for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;


Wonderful are Your works,


And my soul knows it very well.


My frame was not hidden from You,


When I was made in secret,


And skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth;


Your eyes have seen my unformed substance;


And in Your book were all written


The days that were ordained for me,


When as yet there was not one of them.

How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God!


How vast is the sum of them!


If I should count them, 

they would outnumber the sand.


When I awake, I am still with You.

O that You would slay the wicked, O God;


Depart from me, therefore, men of bloodshed.


For they speak against You wickedly,


And Your enemies take Your name in vain.


Do I not hate those who hate You, O Lord?


And do I not loathe those who rise up against You?


I hate them with the utmost hatred;


They have become my enemies.

Search me, O God, and know my heart;


Try me and know my anxious thoughts;


And see if there be any hurtful way in me,


And lead me in the everlasting way.

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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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Sheeples with Freedom

"When the people fear the government, 

there is tyranny; 

when the government fears the people, 

there is liberty."

-Thomas Jefferson

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Walking in the Truth

 

3 John 1:2-4

..."Beloved, I pray that in all respects you may prosper and be in good health, just as your soul prospers.

For I was very glad when brethren came and testified to your truth, that is, how you are walking in truth.

I have no greater joy than this, to hear of my children walking in the truth."...

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This was my own choice of Scripture for my own treasured children.

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