PJP2 THANKS 160602 THANKS Focus - 1 Kings 12:24....

1 Thessalonians 5:14-22 (ESV/emphasis added/jaj)...."And we urge you, Brothers, Admonish the idle, Encourage the fainthearted, Help the weak, Be Patient With them all.  See That No one repays anyone evil for evil, BUT Always Seek To Do GOOD To one another And to everyone. Rejoice Always, Pray without ceasing, Give Thanks In ALL circumstances; For This Is The Will Of God In Christ Jesus for you.  Do NOT quench the Spirit.  Do NOT despise Prophecies, BUT Test Everything; Hold Fast What Is GOOD.  Abstain From Every form of evil."....


PJP2 THANKS TEXT 160602 -1 Kings 12:24 (ESV/emphasis added/jaj)...."(The Word Of The Lord Came to the man of God, saying)....‘Thus Says The Lord, You Shall NOT go up or fight against your relatives the people of Israel. Every man Return to his home, For This Thing IS From Me.'  So they Listened To The Word Of The Lord AND went home again, According To The Word Of The Lord."....

I am Thankful for The Lord's Guidance to us at All Times.  Even when our anger may have gotten the better of us, and we're ready to 'mount up' with Righteous Indignation to wreak havoc on whatever it is that's got our Fury Flying......IF we Will Seek Him Out.....we may just Hear what God Said to King Rheoboam Solomonson...."You Shall NOT go up or fight against your relatives"....I am Thankful for this Example that for once the people Listened to What YAHWEH was telling them was Best for them.  I am Thankful that He is Ever With us and Paying Attention to our Lives.....just waiting for us to ASK Him for His Word.

My Prayer of Thanks for us today would be to share a Paraphrase of Prayer and Praise using His Holy Spirit's Inspired Word to Paul in his letter to the Thessalonians (1 Thessalonians 5:14-22) (ESV/emphasis & paraphrase added/jaj)....O Lord Jesus, Holy Spirit, Father God, Thank You for Your Amazing Grace.  Help us, Lord Jesus, to Urge On our Brothers/Sisters of the Faith in their Walk With You.  Holy Spirit, Guide us to Admonish the idle And Help them to Make The Most of our Time.  Father God, Encourage the fainthearted.  Lord Jesus May we Be Your Hands and Feet to Help the weak.  Holy Spirit, Inspire us to Be Patient With All.  Father God, Empower us that none of Your Family of Faith repays anyone evil for evil, BUT That we Always Seek To Do Your GOOD To one another, And to everyone, as A Reflection of You in our Lives.  Lord Jesus, May we Rejoice Always.  Holy Spirit, Help us to Pray without ceasing.  Father God, Teach us to Give Thanks In ALL circumstances.  Lord Jesus, Open our Inner Eyes that we May See and Better Understand, That You Do Work in All Things.  That though we may not See Your Hand, that At This Point In Time, our Circumstances are Part of Your Will and Plan for us in Your Son, our Lord Christ Jesus.  Father God Guide us to NEVER quench Your Holy Spirit and His Working In, Through and With us.  Lord Jesus, Open our Minds that we May Never despise Your Word's Prophecies.  Holy Spirit, Indeed Help us to Test Everything against Your Standard, Your Word of Truth.  Father God Help us to Hold Fast to What Is GOOD in You.  O Lord Jesus, Holy Spirit, Father God, Empower us to Abstain From Every form of evil.  We Lift Up our Prayers and Praise in Your Holy Name....Amen and Amen....jaj