T.O.D.A.Y.'S  ENCOURAGEMENT for Sept.10th, 2002

T.O.D.A.Y. Ministries
14745 Merrilltown  #1611
Austin   TX   78728

Good Morning!

For those of you that forgot to do the homework assignment that I gave you yesterday, this is what Hebrews 10: 35 & 36 says... "Cast not away therefore your confidence, which has great recompense of reward... For you have need of patience, that, after having done the will of God, you will receive the promise."

Simply stated, this is telling us not to lose our confidence in God and His promises, while we are waiting for the answer.  Then it tells us that we need to exercise patience, and I want to talk about that!  I don't know where we came up with the idea that to be patient meant that we had to "grit our teeth, clamp our mouths shut, and just suffer it out somehow".

That is not the scriptural definition of "patience".  Actually, to be patient, is to be "persistent" and "consistent".  I like to put it in this perspective; Jesus expressed His patience with us by saying that He was "the SAME.. yesterday, today and forever"!

In Friday's Encouragement, I shared one of my songs with you about... not getting "discouraged" while you are waiting for the answer to your prayers, and I encouraged all of you to read 1John 5: 14 & 15.  I believe that we need to be reminded of this wonderful promise from The Lord:  "This is the confidence and assurance and boldness that we have in Him; we can be sure that if we ask anything according to His will and in agreement with His plan, He hears us and listens to us......and if we "know" that He listens to us, then we have our requests granted to us."  I don't know about you, but that is "GOOD NEWS" to me!!!!!

Have a Blessed Day!!                 In His Love          Luanne
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