Think About Such Things!

What ever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, what ever is pure,

Whatever is lovely, what ever is admirable—

If anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.

Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me,

Or seen in me—put into practice.

And the God of peace will be with you. (Philippians 4:8:-9)

Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith,

Who for the joy set before Him endured the cross,

Scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the Throne of God.

Consider Him who endured such opposition from sinful men,

So that you will not grow weary and lose heart.

In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted

To the point of shedding your blood.

And you have forgotten that word of encouragement

That address you as sons [and daughters]:

'My son [my daughter], do not make light of the Lord's discipline,

And do not lose heart when He rebukes you,

Because the Lord disciplines those He loves,

And He punishes everyone He accepts as a son [or daughter].'

(Hebrews 12:2-6)

In the midst of the chaos and confusion, rancor, lies, deception,

Empty words and evil of this fallen world we live in,

There is Christ Jesus calling us to Glory!

We, His Bride, were the joy set before Him as He endured the cross.

Now, He must be the joy set before us as we fix our eyes on Him--

Christ who says to us:

'In this world you will have trouble.

But take heart! I have overcome the world. (John 16:33)

And we will overcome this world by the power of Christ in us:

By the blood of the Lamb and the word of our testimony,

Not loving this life so much as to shrink from death. (Revelation 12:11)

Therefore we do not lose heart.

Though outwardly we are wasting away,

Yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.

For our light momentary troubles are achieving for us an ETERNAL GLORY

That far outweighs them all.

So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen.

For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is ETERNAL.

(2 Corinthians 4:16-18)

How great is the love the Father has lavished on us,

That we should be called the children of God!

And that is what we are!

The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him.

Dear friends, now we are children of God,

And what we will be has not yet been made known.

But we know that when He appears, we will be like Him,

For we shall see Him as He is.

Everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself just as He is pure.

(1 John 3:1-3)

As God has written, so shall it be! Hallelujah! Maranatha!