Post # 133 – Come, Follow Me Week # 31 – Romans 1-6 “The
Power of God Unto Salvation”
Dear Family
and Friends
In just a few
days all the children will be back in school and my classroom hopefully will be
getting fuller😊 So far, I have all boys again and they
are a very lively bunch! It is interesting to me to learn about each of my
students as they come into my class. I am so grateful that their parents have
entrusted them into my care. Each child is so unique and so trusting and loving
when they are this age – for the most part any way😊
A lot depends on what they have been exposed to before they come to me☹
I know that
as busy moms and dads, we try to find what works best for our individual
schedules and family dynamics and it is hard, I know I was there for many
years. I remember those days and just how busy a morning can be, so I am not
here to judge anyone – whenever I let that judgment slip in then I know I need
to repent and begin again. Remembering that each person is a child of God and I
need to see them through His eyes. To see them as He sees them.
I am only
here to support each family in the best way possible😊
I try really hard to be there for each parent and each child in a way that is
usually very specific to their needs. I have often said “I am not certified; just
certifiable” -- because I will find a way to reach and teach each child to the
best of their ability and the best of mine. I have taught in some pretty
unorthodox methods in order to reach a child and bring out the best in him or
her.
Over the
years I have usually had the opportunity of teaching those children that had
some difficulty in learning in one way or another, thus making it challenging
to find a way to teach them. I have been blessed with a wonderful gift to be
able to teach children under just about any circumstance you can imagine with
whatever ‘baggage’ they came with. I know that is a horrible word, but for lack
of a better one, I have used it.
If you can
picture a child carrying an imaginary suitcase or even suitcases, that is or
are filled with every problem he or she has ever experienced in their life.
That is what I am going for – in order for you to understand where I am coming
from. Many children these days come from broken homes, abusive homes, or they
are in foster care, but there are a few who have both mom and dad in their
homes, and both are loving and care for them well.
Though many
two parent homes still have their children in preschool or regular school for
more hours that they themselves have them because both parents work. Often
times I have their children for more hours in a day that their parents have
them. I have always tried to treat my students just as I would want a teacher
to have treated my own children while in their class.
Children are
amazing!!! They want to learn and grow, sometimes you only need to show them
the way that they can accomplish this task😊I have also found that if you make it
fun and something they enjoy or have interest in then learning is fun!!!! I
love that look in their eyes when they can do something for themselves for the
first time! Amazing!!! I love to listen to them as they play, it is wonderful
to hear their dialogue between their classmates. They’re too cute!
Our children
are a wonderful gift from our Heavenly Father. We are supposed to be in a
partnership with Him and our spouse. I have seen families who honor this
partnership and there are others who have not experienced this partnership or
are simply unaware that this wonderful partnership even exists. I was one of
those parents that did not know any better.
I have always
believed in God, so I guess I have tried to pray, sometimes. But not knowing
really how to pray. I wasn’t sure if my prayers were even heard. Now I know
differently. I know that my Heavenly Father loves me, and He does answer every
single one of y prayers – even the ones that I said and thought went unheard😊
it is hard to believe in something or someone that you have never seen or
heard. That is why Faith is so important!
I was a young
mother of two beautiful girls ages 7 & 9, my wonderful son was 5 years old
when I was baptized. Oh, and I was very pregnant with my 4th child
when I went down into the waters of baptism. I was certain that my belly would
pop up and I would have to do it again. I have an awful fear of the water –
especially when it gets in my face.
I was quite
fearful when the Sister Missionaries told me that my whole body would have to
be under water for my baptism. That was my first experience with knowing of a
surety that my Heavenly Father hears and answers my prayers. To this day I am
still afraid of the water, but I was not afraid during my baptism😊it
was amazing!!!
I couldn’t
believe it!!! I had been afraid of water for so long due to a bad childhood
experience when I almost drowned☹ But I was not afraid at all! the Lord
heard my prayers and I was comforted as I was baptized. My oldest daughter was
baptized right after me. She was worried for me, so we had said prayers
together before our baptisms as well as the night before as part of our
preparations.
After our
baptisms we went in to get dried off and dressed in our dry clothes. As I was
helping her with her hair, she said “Mommy were you afraid?” I told her
truthfully that I had not been afraid at all! Then I explained to her how our
Heavenly Father answered our prayers and helped us not to feel afraid. I knew
she would do just fine; she could swim like a fish. I don’t even think she
remembered having almost drowned when she was younger, which is good.
I had always
tried to encourage my children to enjoy playing in the water. I did not want to
allow my fear of the water make them be afraid of the water as well. As fearful
as I was about them being in the water, I wanted them to have good experiences
as I did in my very early childhood😊 Water play, running through the
sprinkles, playing in puddles, playing in lakes, streams, and rivers, all were
a part of my childhood. I wanted it to b a part of theirs without fears.
I remember
one specific time when this was very hard for me. One day when my husband was
at work my friend and I decided to take our children swimming. My oldest daughter
was about two years old and we were at our local pool. I was sitting on the
pool deck with her younger sister, who wasn’t very old at all. my friend was in
the pool with my oldest when she had let her come to me – only she didn’t come
to me☹
My friend had
watched her until she was just a few steps away from me. She thought that I had
seen my daughter and that she had walked over to me, so she had turned back to
her own children, well, even though my daughter was so close to me when my
friend last saw her. My daughter had apparently turned around and walked away
from me back to the pool, unnoticed by either of us☹
I had been
changing the babies – I had mine and my friend’s baby while she had the older
children in the pool with her. After I was done getting both of the babies changed
and settled, I had glanced up to see my daughter playing right beside my friend
in the shallow water by the stairs. Everything was as it should be. So, I began
feeding the little ones.
I did not see
any of this happen, as I had been busy caring for the two little ones. I had
changed and fed her son and had changed and then was feeding my youngest
daughter. I thought my oldest daughter was in the pool with my friend and her
children, who were just a little older than my oldest. I looked up from feeding
my youngest, to check on her sister and I could not see my red headed daughter
anywhere in or out of the pool☹
My eyes
scanned the pool quickly and then the pool deck and then the pool again. I
thought maybe she was behind my friend, so I got up and went over to her to
see, but my daughter was not with her. I turned away from my friend and scanned
the surface of the water checking all the little heads, looking for the one red
head that I need to see so badly.
My heart was
in my throat, I was definitely in a panic, when I noticed a red head bobbing in
the water next to where an older child had been blocking my vision of her. I
went quickly to the side of the pool where I had seen that head and reached
down into the water and pulled the head up out of the water by the hair that
had been floating there and pulled her into my arms. i wanted to just hug her only i knew i had to act quickly!
This was
another time when I am sure that I was pleading to God to help me find my child
– alive! Well, I had found her and pulled her out of the water, tipped her over
and patted her on the back. She began to cough up the water and to cry. I am
sure that it was almost immediately after I had pulled her out of the water and
struck that first blow to her back that she began breathing again, but it
seemed an eternity when it was happening!
When she
began to cry frantically, I was worried that this might cause her to have a
fear of the water too, so I calmly said to her that she could not jump into the
water unless mommy or daddy were there to catch her. Then I took her back into
the water right away and calmed her little heart. I held onto her so tightly as
we descended the stairs, me in my clothes, but I didn’t care. I knew that I
needed to do this for her. I did not want the trauma to be all that she could
remember of our beautiful day.
That was one
of the hardest days of my life! I know that it could have been a whole lot
worse. I am grateful every day for her being brought back to me. She has
definitely been a challenge to raise, but then aren’t they all in their own
ways😊 They each have their own little
personalities and sometimes theirs and ours will clash – I promise you; it will
happen at one time or another!!
I think if
you are not raised with saying prayers as you grow up, it is kind of a struggle
to develop the faith enough to believe that there is a God out there who loves
and cares for each one of us. That He is literally our Heavenly Father – He is
the Father of our Spirits. We can truly depend on Him. We can totally rely on
Him to be there for each one of us! I know this from many life experiences thus
far and I have had a few. It just takes a little faith😊
Our lesson
this week takes us to the first six chapters in the book of Romans. The book of
Romans is the beginning of Paul’s Epistles. We will be learning about divine,
eternal love; about faith; grace; mercy and justice to name a few. In the manual Come, Follow Me for Individuals
and Families it teaches us about the gospel of Christ. This first section comes
directly from this manual:
By the time Paul wrote his Epistle to Roman Church members,
who were a diverse group of Jews and Gentiles, the Church of Jesus Christ had
grown far beyond a small band of believers from Galilee. About 20 years
after the Savior’s Resurrection, there were congregations of Christians almost
everywhere the Apostles could reasonably travel—including
Rome, the capital of a vast empire. But while Paul’s
immediate audience was the Roman Saints, his message is universal, and it
includes all of us today: “The gospel of Christ … is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth” (Romans
1:16, italics added).
16 For
I am not ashamed of
the gospel of
Christ: for it is the power of
God unto salvation to
every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
Did you get that
part? Did you read and understand those words? ‘His message is universal, and
it includes all of us today:’
At the beginning of our lesson our
instructor gave us a few minutes to search Romans 1–6 for
a verse they particularly like. Then he asked us to share the verse we chose
with someone sitting nearby, so I am sharing it with each of you as well 😊
16 For
I am not ashamed of
the gospel of
Christ: for it is the power of
God unto salvation to
every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
Ideas for Personal Scripture Study
Romans–Philemon
What are the epistles and how are they
organized?
The epistles are letters written by Church leaders to
Saints in various parts of the world. The Apostle Paul wrote most of the
epistles in the New Testament—starting with Romans
and ending with Hebrews. His epistles are organized by length. Although Romans
is the first epistle in the New Testament, it was actually written near the end
of Paul’s missionary journeys. For more information about the epistles, see Bible
Dictionary, “Pauline
Epistles.”
You can read and study about the Pauline
Epistles in the Bible Dictionary here: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bd/pauline-epistles?lang=eng
“I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ.”
Has there ever been a time when you, your
family members, or friends have faced ridicule for your beliefs? I myself have
been talked about amongst my family members for joining the church. I truly
wish they would embrace the Gospel of Jesus Christ, I know that their lives
would be so much better, and they would be so much happier😊
Let’s read Romans
1:16–17 and let’s each remember back and think of
instances from the book of Acts where Paul showed he was not ashamed of the
gospel.
16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the
Jew first, and also to the Greek.
17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written,
The just shall live by faith.
What are some things that make us
unashamed to be members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints? We
are unashamed because we have the whole truth that has been revealed through
the Lord’s prophets😊 We want others to be as happy as we are😊
We want every one that we know to learn of the Gospel of Jesus Christ😊
We want them to learn of His Church – The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints😊
Do you have experiences in which you,
your family members , friends, or others showed that they were not ashamed of
the gospel of Jesus Christ to share with all of us???
True discipleship is found in our inward
commitment, not just in our actions.
Is there a way for each of us to evaluate
our own discipleship? What do you think? Let’s read in Romans
2:29 and take a look at Paul’s counsel to the Romans.
This counsel can help us remember to focus not on completing a checklist of
tasks but on “the heart [and] the spirit”.
29 But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of
God.
It may help your family members and
friends to better understand Paul’s counsel, if you would write the text from Romans
2:28–29 out on an index card or piece of
paper and tape it to your refrigerator. Our instructor told us that we should replace
the word Jew with Latter-day Saint and
the word circumcision with the
covenant.
28 For he is
not a Latter-day Saint, which is one outwardly;
neither is that covenant, which is
outward in the flesh:
29 But he is a Latter-day Saint, which is one inwardly; and covenant is that of the
heart, in the spirit, and not in the
letter; whose praise is not of men,
but of God.
When we do replace these words what does
this change add to our understanding of Paul’s teachings? I believe it shows us
that Paul’s counsel applies to each one of us😊
As Latter-day Saints we make covenants with our Heavenly Father. You know that
when we serve one another if we are doing the service with a willing heart,
begrudging nothing and we have the Holy Ghost with us.
I then believe that we are able to serve
in the best way – the way our Heavenly Father wants us to serve – with our
whole heart and soul and with love for those we are serving😊
Just a thought! These types of service are more meaningful and powerful when
done “of the heart, in the spirit” (Romans
2:29). And for those moms out there who worry that you
are too busy with your family to do service, but you would if you could. You
just continue to take care of your families – you are serving right where you
are!
Anyone can serve another, but it is their
attitude in their serving that makes the difference. Are you serving so that
others will see your good works? Or are you serving to give glory to God? Are
you serving because you have to, or are you serving because you love the person
or people you are serving? Are you serving because someone told you that was
what is expected of you, or are you serving because you love your Heavenly
Father and His Son, Jesus Christ?
The example our instructor gave was to see Elder Jeffrey R.
Holland’s talk about home teaching, “Emissaries to the Church” (Ensign or Liahona, Nov.
2016, 61–67), or Elder Neil L. Andersen’s talk about missionary
work, “A Witness of God” (Ensign or Liahona, Nov.
2016, 35–38).
You can read or watch these talks here:
Ideas for Personal Scripture Study
When I show faith in the Savior by keeping His
commandments, I am justified through His grace.
The following
definitions may help you better understand the Epistle to the Romans:
The law: When Paul wrote of “the law,” he was
referring to the law of Moses. Similarly, the word “works” in Paul’s writings
often referred to the ceremonies and rituals of the law of Moses. Paul
contrasted this law with “the law of faith” (see Romans 3:27–31), or the doctrine of Jesus Christ,
who is the real source of our salvation.
Circumcision, uncircumcision: Anciently, circumcision was a token
or symbol of the covenant God made with Abraham. Paul used the term
“circumcision” to refer to Jews (the covenant people) and “uncircumcision” to
refer to Gentiles (those who are not of the Abrahamic covenant). Circumcision
is no longer necessary as a token of God’s covenant with His people (see Acts 15:23–29).
Justification, justify, justified:
These terms refer to
the remission, or pardoning, of sin. When we are justified, we are forgiven,
declared guiltless, and freed from eternal punishment for our sins. As Paul
explained, this is made possible through Jesus Christ (see Guide to the Scriptures, “Justification, Justify,” scriptures.lds.org; see
also D. Todd Christofferson, “Justification and Sanctification,” Ensign, June 2001,
18–25). In Romans, words like righteous and righteousness could
be seen as synonyms for words like just and justification.
Grace: Grace is “divine … help or strength,
given through the bounteous mercy and love of Jesus Christ.” Through grace, all
people will be resurrected and receive immortality. In addition, “Grace is an
enabling power that allows men and women to lay hold on eternal life and
exaltation after they have expended their own best efforts.”
We do not earn grace
through our efforts; rather, it is grace that gives us “strength and assistance
to do good works that [we] otherwise would not be able to maintain” (Bible
Dictionary, “Grace”; see also Dieter F.
Uchtdorf, “The Gift of Grace,” Ensign or Liahona, May
2015, 107; 2 Nephi 25:23).
23 For we labor diligently to write, to persuade our children, and also our brethren, to believe in
Christ, and to be reconciled to God; for we know that it is by grace that we are saved, after all we can do.
“Where sin abounded, grace did much more
abound.”
There are probably some of us that need
help in better understanding Paul’s teachings in these chapters about faith,
works, and grace. It may be that we mix these terms up or think that they mean
the same thing. We can search through the outline for this week in thee Come,
Follow Me for Individual’s an Families manual, we
can also check in the Joseph Smith Translation for these chapters in the
footnotes and the Bible appendix.
Sometimes it is hard to get one of our
children to learn from the other one – especially if the one doing the teaching
is the younger child. It is even hard for us as adults to learn from others
especially those who are younger than we are. Well, I am here to say from my
own experience that it is important that we teach our children to learn from
those around us, even if and maybe because they are younger than us we can
learn a lot from them if we are open to learning from them.
Our instructor was talking with us about
this when he presented two scenarios for us to consider. I want to share them
with you for each of you to consider as well😊 as
you consider each of these scenarios, also consider how you might s
Hare them with your family members and
friends as well as how you and they might apply them to your and their lives.
Through these two scenarios can help each
of us as well as our family members and friends to understand that none of us
should look at the good things that we do as a way to prove that we are worthy
of God’s blessings. We should also not look at the grace that Jesus Christ
offers as something that we can use to excuse the wrong that we do – any mistakes
we may make or sins we do☹
You and your family
members and friends too, could search for truths in Romans 3:20–31; 5:1–2; 6:1–2, 21–23 that could help Samantha and Max
from the scenarios below. What other doctrinal truths in the segment below
would help you and your family members and friends to understand better the
importance of both performing righteous works and trusting in the grace of Christ?
You could ask your family members and friends each to share what they found or
role-play a conversation between two people.
In class our instructor had a class member read the following
two statements about faith, grace and works:
Faith, grace, and works.
While we should strive to follow the commandments, obedience to
God’s laws alone will not save us (see Romans 3:27–31). Even with our best
efforts, we “all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23). For that reason, we
all need Jesus Christ, whose grace allows us to be forgiven of our sins and
enables us to continue doing good works. As Paul taught, “Where sin abounded,
grace did much more abound” (Romans 5:20).
President David O. McKay shared an analogy about a boy who
began to drown while swimming with his friends: “Fortunately, one with presence
of mind and quick action, jerked a long stick from a willow fence and held one
end of it toward the drowning lad [who] grasped it, held on tightly and was
saved.
“All the boys declared that the venturesome lad owed his life to
the boy who furnished the means of rescue.
“This is undoubtedly the fact; and yet in spite of the means
furnished him, if the lad had not taken advantage of it, if he had not put
forth all the personal effort at his command, he would have drowned,
notwithstanding the heroic act of his comrade” (David O. McKay, “The
Gospel of Work,” Instructor, Jan. 1955, 1).
Addressing the question of whether we are saved by faith or
works, Christian author C. S. Lewis wrote: “It [seems] to me like asking
which blade in a pair of scissors is most necessary” (Mere Christianity, 148).
Our ongoing need for
grace.
“In addition to
needing grace for your ultimate salvation, you need this enabling power every
day of your life. As you draw near to your Heavenly Father in diligence,
humility, and meekness, He will uplift and strengthen you through His grace
(see Proverbs 3:34; 1 Peter 5:5; D&C 88:78; 106:7–8). Reliance upon His grace enables you to progress and grow in
righteousness” (True to the Faith, 78).
1 Peter
5:5 Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves
unto the elder. Yea, all of you be
subject one to another, and be clothed with humility:
for God resisteth the proud, and
giveth grace to the humble.
D&C
88:78Teach ye diligently and
my grace shall attend you, that you may be instructed more perfectly in theory, in principle, in doctrine, in
the law of the gospel, in all things that pertain unto the kingdom of God, that
are expedient for you to understand;
D&C106:7–8
7 Therefore, blessed is my servant Warren, for I will
have mercy on him; and, notwithstanding the vanity of his heart,
I will lift him up inasmuch as he will humble himself before me.
8 And I will give him grace and assurance
wherewith he may stand; and if he continue to be a faithful witness and a light unto the church
I have prepared a crown for him in the mansions of my
Father. Even so. Amen.
Scenario #1
I hope that I can remember these as our instructor explained them
in class. Okay, so, in this first scenario, you have a friend, let’s call her Samantha. Samantha feels
very overwhelmed as she is trying so hard to be a faithful disciple of Christ. Samantha
tries very hard to do those things that she feels are right. She worries about
it a lot though and tries to remember what she has been taught are the most
important things for her to do.
Samantha wonders if all that she is doing to be a food disciple
of Christ is going to be enough for the Lord to accept her. Samantha wonders if
she herself is good enough. She also wonders if will the Lord accept her? if
you have even felt like Samantha, you can understand right where she is coming
from can’t you?
Here is an article you can read by J. Devn Cornish, “Am I Good Enough? Will I Make It?” Ensign or Liahona, Nov.
2016, 32–34 you can find it here:
President Dieter F. Uchtdorf said the
following about our salvation:
“Salvation cannot be bought with the
currency of obedience; it is purchased by the blood of the Son of God
[see Acts
20:28]. …
“Grace is a gift of God, and our desire
to be obedient to each of God’s commandments is the reaching out of our mortal
hand to receive this sacred gift from our Heavenly Father” (Dieter F.
Uchtdorf, “The
Gift of Grace,” Ensign or Liahona, May
2015, 109–10).
Ether
12:27 And if men come unto me
I will show unto them their weakness.
I give unto
men weakness that they may be humble; and my grace is
sufficient for all men that humble themselves
before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then
will I make weak things
become strong unto them.
32 Yea, come unto Christ, and be perfected in him, and deny yourselves of all ungodliness; and if ye shall deny
yourselves of all ungodliness, and love God with all your might, mind and strength, then is his
grace sufficient for you, that by his grace ye may be perfect in Christ; and if by the grace of God ye are
perfect in Christ, ye can in nowise deny the power of God.
33 And
again, if ye by the grace of God are perfect in Christ, and deny not his power,
then are ye sanctified in Christ by the grace of God, through the
shedding of the blood of Christ, which is in the covenant of the Father
unto the remission of your sins, that ye become holy, without spot.
Scenario #2
In this second scenario you have another friend, we will call
him Max. Max is not like your other friend we talked about. He doesn’t really
worry very much about whether he is making the right choices or not. He does
believe in Jesus Christ, and he goes to his Church meetings, he is a kind,
loving father as well as a good neighbor. Max, however, has made a personal
decision not to do those things that are necessary for him to be worthy to hold
a temple recommend so that he can attend the temple.
Those who love Max, his family members and his friends are
always trying to encourage him to change his life and make his preparations to
go to the temple. When they do this, Max reminds them that he is a good person,
they know that he has faith in Christ. Max explains to them that Christ has already
paid the cost of his sins, so he doesn’t need to do any of that other stuff. Max
rationalizes to his family members and his friends and to himself, that Jesus isn’t
going to tell him that he can’t come into His kingdom because of a few little things.
“If grace is a gift
of God, why then is obedience to God’s commandments so important? Why bother
with God’s commandments—or repentance, for that
matter? …
“Our obedience to
God’s commandments comes as a natural outgrowth of our endless love and
gratitude for the goodness of God. This form of genuine love and gratitude will
miraculously merge our works with God’s grace” (Dieter F. Uchtdorf, “The Gift of Grace,” Ensign or Liahona, May 2015, 109).
18 Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works:
shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.
23 And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God,
and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and
he was called the Friend of God.
25 Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot
justified by
works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way?
23 Therefore, blessed are they who will repent and hearken
unto the voice of the Lord their God; for these are they that shall be saved.
24 And may God grant, in his great fulness, that men might
be brought unto repentance and good works, that they might be restored unto
grace for grace, according to
their works.
Ideas for Personal Scripture Study
My outward actions must reflect and increase
inner conversion.
Paul’s teachings show
that some of the Jewish Christians in Rome still believed that obedience to the
rites and rituals of the law of Moses brought salvation. This may seem like a
problem that doesn’t apply anymore since we don’t live by the law of Moses. But
as you read Paul’s writings, especially Romans 2:17–29, think about your own
efforts to live the gospel.
Are your outward performances, such as taking the
sacrament or attending the temple, leading you to conversion and strengthening
your faith in Christ? (see Alma 25:15–16). How can you ensure
that your outward actions are leading to a change of heart?
Through Jesus Christ, I can be forgiven of my
sins.
Some people may feel discouraged at Paul’s bold declaration that “there
is none righteous, no, not one” (Romans 3:10). But there are also hopeful messages in Romans. Look for them
in chapters 3 and 5, and consider why remembering that “all have sinned, and come
short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23) is an important step toward learning to “rejoice in hope” through
Jesus Christ (Romans 5:2).
The gospel of Jesus Christ invites me to “walk
in newness of life.”
Paul taught that the gospel should change the way we live. What
statements in Romans 6 would you use to help someone understand how the gospel has
helped you “walk in newness of life”? (verse 4). What personal experiences would you share?
You know that in our reading for this
upcoming week, Paul described a war inside him—and all of us. In Romans 7–16 we
will find out what that war is just and how to win it. And this brings us to
the end of this lesson and of today’s post. I hope and pray that I have shared something
with you today that has inspired you to do better, to be better😊
As always, please remember who you are –
a child of God! Your Heavenly Father is literally the Father of each one of
your Spirits. He knows each one of your individually. He knows your needs; He
only waits for you to come to Him in sincere prayer and ask Him for what you
need😊He
loves each one of you! He wants to bless you with all the blessings He has in
store for you!
Keep studying the New Testament with me,
continue to say your prayers every day – ask Him for His help and His
blessings. He will help you! He will bless you! Repent daily of any mistakes or
misdeeds, of any sins. Nobody is perfect, so we all need to repent eight? Be patient
with me and I promise I will be back with another post as long as I am blessed
to do so😊Until
my next post -- Remember to make is a great Week!!!
