Tired

[Twistie]

I'm just tired of all this tired of all these attacks one after another just pouring down on us

Keep us in prayers please

Twistie

 

[Johann]

I'm just tired of all this tired of all these attacks one after another just pouring down on us

Keep us in prayers please

Twistie

What attacks, @Twistie ?

Shalom
Johann

 

[Twistie]

What attacks, @Twistie ?

Shalom
Johann

From getting my hubby's procedure done to getting food in the house just everything that can go wrong just is it seems we get his procedure scheduled the insurance wanna fight to make us pay a copay cause they r claiming it's for a diagnosis but it's not he was diagnosed ova 25 yrs ago to getting transportation to SS messing with us claims they ova paid me which I can't even phantom how just coming from all sides

I'm just tired can't think n dodge no more can't cut nothing more out ugh n so hate I mean hate with a passion to ask for any help from people.

Twistie

 

[Johann]

From getting my hubby's procedure done to getting food in the house just everything that can go wrong just is it seems we get his procedure scheduled the insurance wanna fight to make us pay a copay cause they r claiming it's for a diagnosis but it's not he was diagnosed ova 25 yrs ago to getting transportation to SS messing with us claims they ova paid me which I can't even phantom how just coming from all sides

I'm just tired can't think n dodge no more can't cut nothing more out ugh n so hate I mean hate with a passion to ask for any help from people.

Twistie

There is nothing wrong in asking for assistance, even financial assistance.

Act 2:44 And all that believed were together, and had all things common;
Act 2:45 And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.
2:44, 45 The believers continually assembled together and held all things in common trust. So mightily was the love of God shed abroad in their hearts that they did not look upon their material possessions as their own (Act_4:32). Whenever there was a genuine case of need in the fellowship, they sold personal property and distributed the proceeds. Thus there was an equality.
Among those who believed was manifested a unity of heart and interest, in which the natural selfishness of the fallen condition was swallowed up in the fulness of a love which the sense of the divine love had begotten. They were together in such sort that all they had was held in common; not by any law or outward constraint, which would have spoiled it all, but in the consciousness of what they were all to Christ, and what Christ was to each and all of them. Enriched by Him with a blessing which nothing could diminish, but the more they ministered it, the more they had it, “they sold their possessions and goods, and distributed them to all, as any one had need.”

Many argue today that we need not follow the early believers in this practice. One might just as well contend that we should not love our neighbors as ourselves. This sharing of all one's real estate and personal property was the inevitable fruit of lives that were filled with the Holy Spirit. It has been said, “A real Christian could not bear to have too much when others have too little.”

Rom 12:13 Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.

12:13 Needy saints are everywhere—the unemployed, those who have been drained by medical bills, forgotten preachers and missionaries in obscure places, and senior citizens whose resources have dwindled.

True Body-life means sharing with those who are in need.
“Never grudging a meal or a bed to those who need them” (JBP). Hospitality is a lost art. Small homes and apartments are used as excuses for not receiving Christians who are passing through. Perhaps we do not want to face the added work and inconvenience.

But we forget that when we entertain God's children, it is the same as if we were entertaining the Lord Himself. Our homes should be like the home in Bethany, where Jesus loved to be.

I can empathize with you and understand fully what you are going through.

You are in need, and I pray SOMEONE in your community will read and assist you accordingly, financially, spiritually, and emotionally.

Please let me know when help comes @Twistie

Yours in Christ
Johann

 

[dattaswami2]

I'm just tired of all this tired of all these attacks one after another just pouring down on us

Keep us in prayers please

Twistie

The human being is reluctant to miseries and enjoys the happy situation. The human being can be compared to an ignorant child, who enjoys the sweets only and is reluctant to chillies. Hence, such a human being is ignorant. The grown up adult enjoys both sweets and chillies in the meals. Similarly, a realized soul enjoys both happy situation and miseries in the life. Therefore, it is only ignorance, which is the inability of art of enjoyment. God created this world with happiness and misery. People enjoy the cinema, which contains both pleasant scenes and tragic scenes.



Similarly, people enjoy both sweet dishes and hot dishes in the meals. People enjoy the day and night. People enjoy the hot summer and the cold winter. The whole life and creation is full of alternating happiness and misery. If a person can enjoy both happy times and miseries in the life, he is equal to God. You may say that God enjoys the creation from outside. God also enters the creation in the form of human incarnation and enjoys both pleasant times and miseries in the life span. We see this truth in the life history of Rama and Krishna. Therefore, if you always crave for happiness only and reject miseries, it is unnatural and also ignorance of a child. The knowledge of the Gita preaches that you should enjoy even a top most misery, which is the time of death.





If you enjoy both miseries and happy situations, you are in a continuous state of enjoyment. You think that continuous enjoyment comes only through continuous times of happiness in the life. It is not correct. You get bored if you are served only with sweet dishes in the meals. Boring is misery. Therefore, misery is inevitable like summer after winter and winter after summer. The Indians denote happiness through cooling. The foreigners represent happiness through warming, which is heat. Therefore, the happiness to one is misery to the other. What is the reason? The foreigner is mainly exposed to winter, which bores him. Therefore, for a foreigner, the heat is happiness.



The Indian is mainly exposed to summer and therefore, cool atmosphere is happiness to him. This is a practical proof that the enjoyment is not confined to happy scene or tragic scene only. This also proves that you can enjoy both happiness and misery. Therefore, it is ignorance to ask God for removal of misery and sanction of continuous happiness. Happiness should lie in the process of enjoyment. Whether it is misery or happiness, you will find real happiness in the process of enjoyment of both.



The happiness neither lies in the sweet dish nor in the hot dish. The happiness lies in the process of eating the dish, which may be hot or sweet. If this secret of life is known, you will never pray God for removal of problems and tensions. You will enjoy the problems and tensions and hence, there is nothing to pray God for something. Your prayer to God must be due to your attraction to Him for His excellent personality.



Your praise of God must be based on your love for His divine personality. But, today we find most of the people praying God for sanction of continuous sweet dishes. Therefore, the desire for something gets smashed if you know the secret of this concept. Hence, there is no meaning in wishing somebody for a happy new year because continuous happiness bores and leads to misery only. The aspiration for continuous happiness through out the year is based on foolishness and ignorance.



On the New Year, you must pray God thinking His divine personality and get attracted for His divine quality. You must at least achieve one of His basic qualities, which is enjoying both happy scenes and tragic scenes in the creation. On the Telugu New Year day, people generally take sweets and sour items mixed as offering of God (Prasadam), which shows the same concept of enjoyment of both happy and tragic movements in the life.



This is the divine knowledge in nutshell present in all the divine scriptures of all religions. This is essence of the Gita preached by Lord. He enjoyed continuously in His life and even in the last situation, when He was shot dead by a hunter. This is essence to be learnt and practiced by every human being in this world.

 

[Twistie]

The human being is reluctant to miseries and enjoys the happy situation. The human being can be compared to an ignorant child, who enjoys the sweets only and is reluctant to chillies. Hence, such a human being is ignorant. The grown up adult enjoys both sweets and chillies in the meals. Similarly, a realized soul enjoys both happy situation and miseries in the life. Therefore, it is only ignorance, which is the inability of art of enjoyment. God created this world with happiness and misery. People enjoy the cinema, which contains both pleasant scenes and tragic scenes.



Similarly, people enjoy both sweet dishes and hot dishes in the meals. People enjoy the day and night. People enjoy the hot summer and the cold winter. The whole life and creation is full of alternating happiness and misery. If a person can enjoy both happy times and miseries in the life, he is equal to God. You may say that God enjoys the creation from outside. God also enters the creation in the form of human incarnation and enjoys both pleasant times and miseries in the life span. We see this truth in the life history of Rama and Krishna. Therefore, if you always crave for happiness only and reject miseries, it is unnatural and also ignorance of a child. The knowledge of the Gita preaches that you should enjoy even a top most misery, which is the time of death.





If you enjoy both miseries and happy situations, you are in a continuous state of enjoyment. You think that continuous enjoyment comes only through continuous times of happiness in the life. It is not correct. You get bored if you are served only with sweet dishes in the meals. Boring is misery. Therefore, misery is inevitable like summer after winter and winter after summer. The Indians denote happiness through cooling. The foreigners represent happiness through warming, which is heat. Therefore, the happiness to one is misery to the other. What is the reason? The foreigner is mainly exposed to winter, which bores him. Therefore, for a foreigner, the heat is happiness.



The Indian is mainly exposed to summer and therefore, cool atmosphere is happiness to him. This is a practical proof that the enjoyment is not confined to happy scene or tragic scene only. This also proves that you can enjoy both happiness and misery. Therefore, it is ignorance to ask God for removal of misery and sanction of continuous happiness. Happiness should lie in the process of enjoyment. Whether it is misery or happiness, you will find real happiness in the process of enjoyment of both.



The happiness neither lies in the sweet dish nor in the hot dish. The happiness lies in the process of eating the dish, which may be hot or sweet. If this secret of life is known, you will never pray God for removal of problems and tensions. You will enjoy the problems and tensions and hence, there is nothing to pray God for something. Your prayer to God must be due to your attraction to Him for His excellent personality.



Your praise of God must be based on your love for His divine personality. But, today we find most of the people praying God for sanction of continuous sweet dishes. Therefore, the desire for something gets smashed if you know the secret of this concept. Hence, there is no meaning in wishing somebody for a happy new year because continuous happiness bores and leads to misery only. The aspiration for continuous happiness through out the year is based on foolishness and ignorance.



On the New Year, you must pray God thinking His divine personality and get attracted for His divine quality. You must at least achieve one of His basic qualities, which is enjoying both happy scenes and tragic scenes in the creation. On the Telugu New Year day, people generally take sweets and sour items mixed as offering of God (Prasadam), which shows the same concept of enjoyment of both happy and tragic movements in the life.



This is the divine knowledge in nutshell present in all the divine scriptures of all religions. This is essence of the Gita preached by Lord. He enjoyed continuously in His life and even in the last situation, when He was shot dead by a hunter. This is essence to be learnt and practiced by every human being in this world.

No offense but your not making to much sense to me

I Neva said I was miserable lol I am tired I'm able to b tired n content

I spend more time with YH then I do people so to say

Idk what I r wanting me to understand but I'm not following what ur getting to

But thanks!

Twistie

 

[Twistie]

There is nothing wrong in asking for assistance, even financial assistance.

Act 2:44 And all that believed were together, and had all things common;
Act 2:45 And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.
2:44, 45 The believers continually assembled together and held all things in common trust. So mightily was the love of God shed abroad in their hearts that they did not look upon their material possessions as their own (Act_4:32). Whenever there was a genuine case of need in the fellowship, they sold personal property and distributed the proceeds. Thus there was an equality.
Among those who believed was manifested a unity of heart and interest, in which the natural selfishness of the fallen condition was swallowed up in the fulness of a love which the sense of the divine love had begotten. They were together in such sort that all they had was held in common; not by any law or outward constraint, which would have spoiled it all, but in the consciousness of what they were all to Christ, and what Christ was to each and all of them. Enriched by Him with a blessing which nothing could diminish, but the more they ministered it, the more they had it, “they sold their possessions and goods, and distributed them to all, as any one had need.”

Many argue today that we need not follow the early believers in this practice. One might just as well contend that we should not love our neighbors as ourselves. This sharing of all one's real estate and personal property was the inevitable fruit of lives that were filled with the Holy Spirit. It has been said, “A real Christian could not bear to have too much when others have too little.”

Rom 12:13 Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.

12:13 Needy saints are everywhere—the unemployed, those who have been drained by medical bills, forgotten preachers and missionaries in obscure places, and senior citizens whose resources have dwindled.

True Body-life means sharing with those who are in need.
“Never grudging a meal or a bed to those who need them” (JBP). Hospitality is a lost art. Small homes and apartments are used as excuses for not receiving Christians who are passing through. Perhaps we do not want to face the added work and inconvenience.

But we forget that when we entertain God's children, it is the same as if we were entertaining the Lord Himself. Our homes should be like the home in Bethany, where Jesus loved to be.

I can empathize with you and understand fully what you are going through.

You are in need, and I pray SOMEONE in your community will read and assist you accordingly, financially, spiritually, and emotionally.

Please let me know when help comes @Twistie

Yours in Christ
Johann

I will thanks you

Twistie

 

[MedicBravo]

I'm just tired of all this tired of all these attacks one after another just pouring down on us

Keep us in prayers please

Twistie

It's not going to stop until He comes back.
Part of our reward is our perseverance and NOT giving up. For me, it just makes my faith increase and I fight that much harder against evil.

 

[Twistie]

It's not going to stop until He comes back.
Part of our reward is our perseverance and NOT giving up. For me, it just makes my faith increase and I fight that much harder against evil.

I'm not fighting it it has nothing I want besides its written It Is finished but I'll tell you this I'm learning parients lol

N how to b nice when I wanna tell some one off
Smh

Pray for me please

Twistie

 

[dattaswami2]

No offense but your not making to much sense to me

I Neva said I was miserable lol I am tired I'm able to b tired n content

I spend more time with YH then I do people so to say

Idk what I r wanting me to understand but I'm not following what ur getting to

But thanks!

Twistie

When misery is inevitable let us try to enjoy it by this our sins will get reduced and in future our life will become easy. Develop love on God without expecting anything in return from Him. If we get attached to God then we will get detached from the world and attain peace.

 

[dattaswami2]

I'm just tired of all this tired of all these attacks one after another just pouring down on us

Keep us in prayers please

Twistie

Until and unless you are strongly attached to God, these worldly desires will not leave you because the mind is always accustomed to some attachment only. If that attachment is God, other worldly attachments will drop away by themselves. If that attachment is again another worldly attachment, all other worldly attachments will also join together. If you taste divine nectar, all worldly drinks are naturally dropped off without any trace of effort.

 

[Hekuran]

Until and unless you are strongly attached to God, these worldly desires will not leave you because the mind is always accustomed to some attachment only. If that attachment is God, other worldly attachments will drop away by themselves. If that attachment is again another worldly attachment, all other worldly attachments will also join together. If you taste divine nectar, all worldly drinks are naturally dropped off without any trace of effort.

When Jesus saw the crowds were hungry and had nothing to eat, he fed them.

God cares about being well fed, having a safe and secure home, good health, freedom from debt, freedom from oppression. God cares about justice and the people who are devoured by the beastly systems of this world.

 

[Twistie]

Until and unless you are strongly attached to God, these worldly desires will not leave you because the mind is always accustomed to some attachment only. If that attachment is God, other worldly attachments will drop away by themselves. If that attachment is again another worldly attachment, all other worldly attachments will also join together. If you taste divine nectar, all worldly drinks are naturally dropped off without any trace of effort.

Wordly desires my desire is to go Home to YH

Man thinks buying thier trinkets will fill that emptiness in them but it neva will

Woe unto those who worship the work of their hands


I'm not asking to b taught I'm asking for prayers

Why everyone think everyone needs to b taught the Word

Too tired to fall this

Twistie

 

[MedicBravo]

I'm not fighting it it has nothing I want besides its written It Is finished but I'll tell you this I'm learning parients lol

N how to b nice when I wanna tell some one off
Smh

Pray for me please

Twistie

Mental health is equally important as physical health.
Two angry people yelling at each other and using insults even if accurate benefit no one. It is better to let them speak/act first and make fool of themselves then for self to do it and remove all doubt.
"Kill them with kindness." or "Take the high road." or whatever you wanna call it.
I'd rather be known as a calm and reasonable person than an unhinged person who loses control of their emotions and mental stability like a certain group we know of.

 

[Twistie]

Mental health is equally important as physical health.
Two angry people yelling at each other and using insults even if accurate benefit no one. It is better to let them speak/act first and make fool of themselves then for self to do it and remove all doubt.
"Kill them with kindness." or "Take the high road." or whatever you wanna call it.
I'd rather be known as a calm and reasonable person than an unhinged person who loses control of their emotions and mental stability like a certain group we know of.

Ya I do try but the more tired I get the Patience's seem to dwindle lol this is why I gotta stay In The Word He keeps me level usually

Twistie

 

[Twistie]

There is nothing wrong in asking for assistance, even financial assistance.

Act 2:44 And all that believed were together, and had all things common;
Act 2:45 And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.
2:44, 45 The believers continually assembled together and held all things in common trust. So mightily was the love of God shed abroad in their hearts that they did not look upon their material possessions as their own (Act_4:32). Whenever there was a genuine case of need in the fellowship, they sold personal property and distributed the proceeds. Thus there was an equality.
Among those who believed was manifested a unity of heart and interest, in which the natural selfishness of the fallen condition was swallowed up in the fulness of a love which the sense of the divine love had begotten. They were together in such sort that all they had was held in common; not by any law or outward constraint, which would have spoiled it all, but in the consciousness of what they were all to Christ, and what Christ was to each and all of them. Enriched by Him with a blessing which nothing could diminish, but the more they ministered it, the more they had it, “they sold their possessions and goods, and distributed them to all, as any one had need.”

Many argue today that we need not follow the early believers in this practice. One might just as well contend that we should not love our neighbors as ourselves. This sharing of all one's real estate and personal property was the inevitable fruit of lives that were filled with the Holy Spirit. It has been said, “A real Christian could not bear to have too much when others have too little.”

Rom 12:13 Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.

12:13 Needy saints are everywhere—the unemployed, those who have been drained by medical bills, forgotten preachers and missionaries in obscure places, and senior citizens whose resources have dwindled.

True Body-life means sharing with those who are in need.
“Never grudging a meal or a bed to those who need them” (JBP). Hospitality is a lost art. Small homes and apartments are used as excuses for not receiving Christians who are passing through. Perhaps we do not want to face the added work and inconvenience.

But we forget that when we entertain God's children, it is the same as if we were entertaining the Lord Himself. Our homes should be like the home in Bethany, where Jesus loved to be.

I can empathize with you and understand fully what you are going through.

You are in need, and I pray SOMEONE in your community will read and assist you accordingly, financially, spiritually, and emotionally.

Please let me know when help comes @Twistie

Yours in Christ
Johann

Even when we had a tiny one bed room apt we brought two different people in to help them get a foot up the excuses many use to not help is just sad

Sad thing is I know people who could help out if they choose but they told busy chasing the worldly things n ways


I've learned to b content with much or with nothing but the clothes on my back.

I'm an odd bird that many like to label I don't like living inside I'd rather b on the streets with a back back walls can seem like a prison to me at time when I have them I have a hard time leaving it I feel trapped in a container like a bowl of left overs ya put in a fridge lol

But hubby he is an anchor for me a good anchor he needs a home he needs these walls because he has chromes n I know he can not b on the streets ya know soo

I'm more comfortable with the drunks the addicts the homeless the prostitutes n the gang members to b honest they get me n for the most part they understand I understand where they r at n where they come from so to say but I'm getting older I'm disabled can't walk far I'm lucky if I can walk to the food market once a month to b honest n I'm not complaining at all I see this time as me b able to spend as much time as my heart desires with YH

But things b so much easier with a car I could go to the docs get my scans I need I could mayb get my diabetes checked up haven't had meds in months for it but idk when it's time then it'll happen how I see it lol

But I got the help I need to get hubby to his procedure n get home

Please pray nothing falls thru n it works out as it should

Twistie

 

[Johann]

Even when we had a tiny one bed room apt we brought two different people in to help them get a foot up the excuses many use to not help is just sad

Sad thing is I know people who could help out if they choose but they told busy chasing the worldly things n ways


I've learned to b content with much or with nothing but the clothes on my back.

I'm an odd bird that many like to label I don't like living inside I'd rather b on the streets with a back back walls can seem like a prison to me at time when I have them I have a hard time leaving it I feel trapped in a container like a bowl of left overs ya put in a fridge lol

But hubby he is an anchor for me a good anchor he needs a home he needs these walls because he has chromes n I know he can not b on the streets ya know soo

I'm more comfortable with the drunks the addicts the homeless the prostitutes n the gang members to b honest they get me n for the most part they understand I understand where they r at n where they come from so to say but I'm getting older I'm disabled can't walk far I'm lucky if I can walk to the food market once a month to b honest n I'm not complaining at all I see this time as me b able to spend as much time as my heart desires with YH

But things b so much easier with a car I could go to the docs get my scans I need I could mayb get my diabetes checked up haven't had meds in months for it but idk when it's time then it'll happen how I see it lol

But I got the help I need to get hubby to his procedure n get home

Please pray nothing falls thru n it works out as it should

Twistie

Will do @Twistie

Stay strong and rooted in Christ Jesus.

Johann

 

[Twistie]

Will do @Twistie

Stay strong and rooted in Christ Jesus.

Johann

Thanks

Well it seems we r gonna have to wait tho we can't do the copay they wan5 they claim it's a diagnostic procedure but he has already been diagnosed with the chromes ova 25 yrs ago we r trying to see how much inflammation has builded up

Again please keep us in prayers please pray for hubby to put some weight on he's lost almost 20 pounds I'm concerned for him


Twistie

 

[Johann]

Well it seems we r gonna have to wait tho we can't do the copay they wan5 they claim it's a diagnostic procedure but he has already been diagnosed with the chromes ova 25 yrs ago we r trying to see how much inflammation has builded up

Again please keep us in prayers please pray for hubby to put some weight on he's lost almost 20 pounds I'm concerned for him

@Twistie is there someone or somebody in your community, or Church, reading this and not helping?

It would seem that us "old folk" is becoming a liability, the "forgotten ones" and that the Internet ekklesia is not the true ekklesia?

I mean, on this forum it is all good to say "God is love" and to "love one another, when there is no practical assistance?
Jas 1:26 If anyone thinks himself to be religious (piously observant of the external duties of his faith) and does not bridle his tongue but deludes his own heart, this person's religious service is worthless (futile, barren).

Jas 1:27 External religious worship [religion as it is expressed in outward acts] that is pure and unblemished in the sight of God the Father is this: to visit and help and care for the orphans and widows in their affliction and need, and to keep oneself unspotted and uncontaminated from the world.
pure and undefiled religion, James praises the man who visits needy orphans and widows, and who keeps himself unspotted from the world.
In other words, the practical outworking of the new birth is found in “acts of grace and a walk of separation.” Guy King describes these virtues as practical love and practical holiness.

We should put our own faith on trial with the following questions: Do I read the Bible with a humble desire to have God rebuke me, teach me, and change me? Am I anxious to have my tongue bridled? Do I justify my temper or do I want victory over it? How do I react when someone starts to tell an off-color joke? Does my faith manifest itself in deeds of kindness to those who cannot repay me?

Proverbs 16:19 It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor than to divide the spoil with the proud. Proverbs 19:17 Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will repay him for his deed. Proverbs 22:9 The generous will themselves be blessed, for they share their food with the poor.
Deuteronomy 15:7 If among you, one of your brothers should become poor, in any of your towns within your land that the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not harden your heart or shut your hand against your poor brother.

Deuteronomy 15:11 For there will never cease to be poor in the land. Therefore I command you, “You shall open wide your hand to your brother, to the needy and to the poor, in your land.”

1 Samuel 2:7 The Lord makes poor and makes rich; he brings low and he exalts.

1 Samuel 2:8 He raises up the poor from the dust; he lifts the needy from the ash heap to make them sit with princes and inherit a seat of honor. For the pillars of the earth are the Lord's, and on them he has set the world.

Psalm 9:18 For the needy shall not always be forgotten, and the hope of the poor shall not perish forever.

Psalm 34:6 This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him and saved him out of all his troubles.

Psalm 35:10 All my bones shall say, “O Lord, who is like you, delivering the poor from him who is too strong for him, the poor and needy from him who robs him?”

Psalm 37:21The wicked borrows but does not pay back, but the righteous is generous and gives.

Psalm 40:17 As for me, I am poor and needy, but the Lord takes thought for me. You are my help and my deliverer; do not delay, O my God!

Psalm 41:1 Blessed is the one who considers the poor! In the day of trouble the Lord delivers him;

Psalm 72:12 For he delivers the needy when he calls, the poor and him who has no helper.

Proverbs 14:21 Whoever despises his neighbor is a sinner, but blessed is he who is generous to the poor.

Proverbs 14:31 Whoever oppresses a poor man insults his Maker, but he who is generous to the needy honors him.

Proverbs 16:19 It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor than to divide the spoil with the proud.

Proverbs 19:17 Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will repay him for his deed.

Proverbs 22:9 The generous will themselves be blessed, for they share their food with the poor.

Proverbs 22:16 Whoever oppresses the poor to increase his own wealth, or gives to the rich, will only come to poverty.

Family Activity Guide - Gratitude

Isaiah 29:19 The meek shall obtain fresh joy in the Lord, and the poor among mankind shall exult in the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 41:17 When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue is parched with thirst, I the Lord will answer them; I the God of Israel will not forsake them.

Matthew 5:3 Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Mark 10:21 And Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, “You lack one thing: go, sell all that you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”

Luke 6:20 And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.

2 Corinthians 8:9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you by his poverty might become rich.

2 Corinthians 9:11 You will be enriched in every way to be generous in every way, which through us will produce thanksgiving to God.

Galatians 2:10 Only, they asked us to remember the poor, the very thing I was eager to do.

Ephesians 4:28 Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing honest work with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with anyone in need.

1 Timothy 6:18 They are to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share.


James 2:5 Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to those who love him?

James 2:14-17 What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled,” without giving them the things needed for the body, what good is that? So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.

That concludes our list of Bible verses about helping the poor among us. Reflect on this list as you go about your daily life and seek opportunities to share your generosity with those less fortunate.

I noticed since you made your plight known, no one is assisting?

What about Matthew 25?

It would seem we have cliques here, those who have a form of godliness....

2Ti 3:5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

All good to quote scriptures and come across as pious, but neglect the poor brothers and sisters.

Again @Twistie please let me know when help arrives.

Yours in Christ.
Johann

 

[Johann]

@Twistie is there someone or somebody in your community, or Church, reading this and not helping?

It would seem that us "old folk" is becoming a liability, the "forgotten ones" and that the Internet ekklesia is not the true ekklesia?

I mean, on this forum it is all good to say "God is love" and to "love one another, when there is no practical assistance?
Jas 1:26 If anyone thinks himself to be religious (piously observant of the external duties of his faith) and does not bridle his tongue but deludes his own heart, this person's religious service is worthless (futile, barren).

Jas 1:27 External religious worship [religion as it is expressed in outward acts] that is pure and unblemished in the sight of God the Father is this: to visit and help and care for the orphans and widows in their affliction and need, and to keep oneself unspotted and uncontaminated from the world.
pure and undefiled religion, James praises the man who visits needy orphans and widows, and who keeps himself unspotted from the world.
In other words, the practical outworking of the new birth is found in “acts of grace and a walk of separation.” Guy King describes these virtues as practical love and practical holiness.

We should put our own faith on trial with the following questions: Do I read the Bible with a humble desire to have God rebuke me, teach me, and change me? Am I anxious to have my tongue bridled? Do I justify my temper or do I want victory over it? How do I react when someone starts to tell an off-color joke? Does my faith manifest itself in deeds of kindness to those who cannot repay me?

Proverbs 16:19 It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor than to divide the spoil with the proud. Proverbs 19:17 Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will repay him for his deed. Proverbs 22:9 The generous will themselves be blessed, for they share their food with the poor.
Deuteronomy 15:7 If among you, one of your brothers should become poor, in any of your towns within your land that the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not harden your heart or shut your hand against your poor brother.

Deuteronomy 15:11 For there will never cease to be poor in the land. Therefore I command you, “You shall open wide your hand to your brother, to the needy and to the poor, in your land.”

1 Samuel 2:7 The Lord makes poor and makes rich; he brings low and he exalts.

1 Samuel 2:8 He raises up the poor from the dust; he lifts the needy from the ash heap to make them sit with princes and inherit a seat of honor. For the pillars of the earth are the Lord's, and on them he has set the world.

Psalm 9:18 For the needy shall not always be forgotten, and the hope of the poor shall not perish forever.

Psalm 34:6 This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him and saved him out of all his troubles.

Psalm 35:10 All my bones shall say, “O Lord, who is like you, delivering the poor from him who is too strong for him, the poor and needy from him who robs him?”

Psalm 37:21The wicked borrows but does not pay back, but the righteous is generous and gives.

Psalm 40:17 As for me, I am poor and needy, but the Lord takes thought for me. You are my help and my deliverer; do not delay, O my God!

Psalm 41:1 Blessed is the one who considers the poor! In the day of trouble the Lord delivers him;

Psalm 72:12 For he delivers the needy when he calls, the poor and him who has no helper.

Proverbs 14:21 Whoever despises his neighbor is a sinner, but blessed is he who is generous to the poor.

Proverbs 14:31 Whoever oppresses a poor man insults his Maker, but he who is generous to the needy honors him.

Proverbs 16:19 It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor than to divide the spoil with the proud.

Proverbs 19:17 Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will repay him for his deed.

Proverbs 22:9 The generous will themselves be blessed, for they share their food with the poor.

Proverbs 22:16 Whoever oppresses the poor to increase his own wealth, or gives to the rich, will only come to poverty.

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Isaiah 29:19 The meek shall obtain fresh joy in the Lord, and the poor among mankind shall exult in the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 41:17 When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue is parched with thirst, I the Lord will answer them; I the God of Israel will not forsake them.

Matthew 5:3 Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Mark 10:21 And Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, “You lack one thing: go, sell all that you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”

Luke 6:20 And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.

2 Corinthians 8:9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you by his poverty might become rich.

2 Corinthians 9:11 You will be enriched in every way to be generous in every way, which through us will produce thanksgiving to God.

Galatians 2:10 Only, they asked us to remember the poor, the very thing I was eager to do.

Ephesians 4:28 Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing honest work with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with anyone in need.

1 Timothy 6:18 They are to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share.


James 2:5 Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to those who love him?

James 2:14-17 What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled,” without giving them the things needed for the body, what good is that? So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.

That concludes our list of Bible verses about helping the poor among us. Reflect on this list as you go about your daily life and seek opportunities to share your generosity with those less fortunate.

I noticed since you made your plight known, no one is assisting?

What about Matthew 25?

It would seem we have cliques here, those who have a form of godliness....

2Ti 3:5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

All good to quote scriptures and come across as pious, but neglect the poor brothers and sisters.

Again @Twistie please let me know when help arrives.

Yours in Christ.
Johann

I stole this from my "enemy"