Inhale/Exhale

Brrrrrrrrrr

 

"I have found that inhaling God's promises from this passage [2 Peter 1:3-11] forces me to exhale the pressures of the world."

David Jeremiah

 

 I like that sentence. Inhale God's promises; Exhale pressures in this world. It was found in the Introduction to Jeremiah's Bible study "Everything You Need" which my Bible study group just started. 

 

Most of us are familiar with these words in 2 Peter, chapter 1: ". . .  make every effort to add to your faith goodness, and to goodness, knowledge, and to knowledge, self-control, and to self-control perseverance, and to perseverance, godliness, and to godliness, mutual affection, and to mutual affection, love."

 

Hopefully, most of us have, indeed, inhaled those words many times over the course of our life as a Christian. We sure need to be filled with those words at this point in our countries life so we can be assured and strong in our faith. All we have learned so far has taken us to this time and place when our faith needs to be the courage we stand on.

 

Finding anything good?

 

Jeremiah said: "Recently, I've been encouraged by a particular passage of Scripture, 2 Peter 1:3-11, that reveals God is not only with us in the midst of our crises but that He has actually provided us with everything we need to handle whatever life throws our way. This passage is one that I've know all my life. I've studied it and taught it for years. But in recent days, when I have been feeling under pressure, it has provided fresh air in my spiritual lungs." 

It's a good passage of Scripture. If you haven't read it recently, stop and take a moment to see what he's talking about. 

 

There's my girls, Abby and Jo, in my hot cocoa, courtesy of my friend, Danielle's creativity.
 

All Scripture is good for inhaling! And it's power will see you through the day. Inhale! Exhale!