STUDIES FROM BRETHREN IN CHRIST

3/8/2020 ~ Do Not Become Weary

😴   WearinessPM.mp3 (35m 55s)   DoNotBecomeWeary.pptx Darkness is loaded with empty shots. The well of heart has no limit the sky cannot see. I am weary with my groaning; All night I make my bed swim; I drench my couch with my tears. My eye wastes away because of grief; ... ~ Psalms 6:6-7 Sorrow cannot help but draw weariness to a soul. Enemies steal peace when not put to rest. It is perceived enemies that prohibit strength of spirit and deny victory over conquering evil. I am weary with my crying; My throat is dry; My eyes fail while I wait for my God. Those who hate me without a cause Are more ... ~ Psalms 69:3-4 Sorrow’s most dreadful result is in the collapse of spirit. For those void of sorrow, only incensed with anger and or hate, they violate all those who still have sense of conscience. Many times people tend to imagine things or events that are not there, nor have they even been. Paranoia inflicts the disease of self-destruction. Many choose enemies for whose names they know not, spiritual imprisonment to say the least, prejudice. The labor of fools wearies them, For they do not even know how to go to the city! ~ Ecclesiastes 10:15 If heaven is to be our eventual home, would it not be important to know how to return to this highest of sanctuaries? Surely an innate quality in human experience is to find the way home. Do not overwork to be rich; Because of your own understanding, cease! ~ Proverbs 23:4 Understanding is a main component of any situation, for sanity to prevail. Common sense can be elusive when arrogance and greed spin their tortures on the innocent. Understanding higher truths is more than the earth could ever deliver. To die to the self is to discover the powers of God Himself. My flesh and my heart fail; But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. ~ Psalms 73:26 Each of us ages to the next moment. Blessed are those who are able to bypass the most heinous afflictions, maintaining faith in God Almighty. "But now it comes upon you, and you are weary; It touches you, and you are troubled. Is not your reverence your confidence? ... ~ Job 4:5-7 Thoughts can assist or destroy peace of mind. If one loses purpose, then life can be challenged without hope. Hope is essential when climbing toward the dreams ahead. Our confidence is shored up with honest upright hearts. Heartbreakers generally are callous souls self- absorbed and preoccupied with endless anxiety. To be free of judgment, and with pure care for others, has no comparable sweetness. Many times we can miss the good qualities we possess when we overly condemn ourselves for shortcomings or stumbling's that have occurred. Again, focus on what one has to advance one’s spirit. ... For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. ~ Romans 5:3-6 When it is said, “No pain, no gain,” it is pain that exposes the true mettle of character, and heights of our hope. "I know your works, your labor, your patience, and that you cannot bear those who are evil. ..." ~ Revelation 2:2-3 God knows at once our rejoicings and miseries. He watches to see what we will choose; be it goodness over evil’s plotting. Indeed we count them blessed who endure. ... ~ James 5:11 Blessings beyond measure are imbedded in all hearts devoted to the pursuit of His word. In this life, none receive the unleased reservoir ahead, in store for all who believe without doubting. "And you will be hated by all for My name's sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved." ~ Matthew 10:22 Many hurtfully reject the good news God shares with all. His characteristic name cannot be changed. As man hates man, no excuse will exonerate one from His unending truths. And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart. ... ~ Galatians 6:9-10 Sure belief cannot abandon the truths given by heaven. Faith involves the unity of sharing love in His ways over our shortcomings of falling from His Holy Grace. Therefore, since we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we do not lose heart. ~ 2nd Corinthians 4:1 In the tower He has dropped before us, our hearts can fly back to Him. ... Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day. ~ 2nd Corinthians 4:15-16 Every beach has a wave of hope for more. In all thanksgiving glory is shone when faith is larger than our fears. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, ... ~ 2nd Corinthians 4:17-18 The greatest of all that is, comes after each soul renders their deeds under the sun. No one can condemn another as each will receive judgment alone. Many love family and friends who choose self over a higher creator source. Reasons are left for God to judge, but knowing truth is the best part of caring for His justice of I am. Honesty delivers courage in the shadows of fear. For consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners against Himself, lest you become weary and discouraged in your souls. You have not yet resisted to bloodshed, striving against sin. ~ Hebrews 12:3-4 Christ showed all by resisting evil, while unjust prices were stolen, that truth measures higher than lies. "... Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. ..." ~ Matthew 11:28-30 What is easy comes when loneliness no longer plagues a soul under His care. Then He spoke a parable to them, that men always ought to pray and not lose heart, ... ~ Luke 18:1 Hearts all beat with one eternal wish, to never die. But as for you, brethren, do not grow weary in doing good. ~ 2nd Thessalonians 3:13 As sickles shear the crops, so too, our resolve to produce what is good gives us our name. "Be strong and of good courage, do not fear nor be afraid of them; for the LORD your God, He is the One who goes with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you." ~ Deuteronomy 31:6 For a righteous man may fall seven times And rise again, But the wicked shall fall by calamity. ~ Proverbs 24:16 In all the spears that come upon us, we wait for this higher excellence of glory, in His light, where no words are needed. Is the LORD the Rock one stands on or falls upon? Righteous hearts rise to the occasion enduring all fires for the glorious insight ahead. It is the weak the exit the door to recovery, and sink into the frozen gaspless tears of living. Pity parties hold no strength of character. ... be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand. ~ James 5:7-8 Hearts melt in hope of a return to love without measure. The LORD’s presence will be upon each of us in a breathless moment as our hearts will bare all. ... kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. ~ 1st Peter 1:3-5 Our hope is the lure to heaven Reserved in heaven for you ↑ Inheritance incorruptible ↑      Resurrection of Jesus Christ      ↑ Kept by the power of God Through faith for salvation ↑ A living hope It is simple for a child to have careless wonder. What God keeps is a return to this innocence above all violations. ... if need be, you have been grieved by various trials, that the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ, whom having not seen you love. ... ~ 1st Peter 1:6-9 As sparks ignite more upon the winds of time, joy of heart fires inextinguishable faith. "... In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world." ~ John 16:33 When life comes at one, as it does, faith is the upholding crutch when calamities arrive. And they arrive, if not already, most certainly, as afflictions touch us all. The greatest sadness is when one lacks faith ● Weariness and grief arrive because of enemies ● Not all woes, real or imagined, are justified in truth ● Overworking for earthly riches curbs understanding ● Tribulations hone our character enhancing hope ● Endurance’s farthest reach is a labor of love ● Hearts bond eternally in the ongoing of doing good ● The inner soul is renewed with thanksgiving in Him ● In but a moment we all will arrive at God’s doorstep ● Be reminded of Christ’s sufferings to strengthen us ● The promises of God lift us past the tallest of woes ● God remains even if we fear lacking confidence ● God’s mercy offers salvation through faith in Christ ● Overcoming worldliness is key to peace of mind God’s rewards do surpass all imaginable. Darkness comes without the pale of shine.