I am working on Sunday School. We are still in the book of Jeremiah. Our Author of Sunday’s lesson has entitled it SETTLE DOWN. Most of you won’t be in class on Sunday, so would you like to take a peek at my notes so far?
Good.
Here’s the intro – draft.
Let me give you a 21st Century right now-today- true story to illustrate to you what I believe Yahweh was asking the Hebrews to do when they landed in Babylon captivity. Obviously, it was too late to avert the consequences of their rebellion even if they repented. Captivity was unavoidable by this time. So what did God want from them?
He wanted them to repent and settle down into captivity and when they came out of it, if indeed they lived long enough to come out of it, they would be prepared to live in freedom.
Here’s the story. Carol and Gene Kent have a son. He’s in prison for life for murder.
J.P. Kent.
J.P. has in the most Biblical sense I can imagine settled down into GOD in captivity.
The website is www.carolkent.org
Last Fall Carol and Gene worked diligently, spared no time or expense to prepare documentation to petition for a clemency hearing. They were denied. They cannot even petition for another hearing for five years.
This is what J.P. said when they gave him the news and this is how J.P. has settled down in captivity.
J.P. was totally at peace as he said, “Mom and Dad, if God chooses to allow me to walk in freedom in this lifetime, it won’t be because I received the favor of well-connected politicians and attorneys. It will be because God moved in the hearts of decision makers in a miraculous way. I am content with that. My heart hurts for the family of the deceased and I hope that someday they will be able to forgive me.”
Jason is currently taking his 8th group of inmates through Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University course. He is in the Gavel Club, which is a group of inmates who are working on their public speaking skills. He has reached the 4th level of the Evangelism Explosion program, and he has a group of mighty prayer warriors who fast and pray on behalf of the needs of each other and their families. via Update on Jason Kent | CAROL KENT.
What GOD was telling Judah to do, they could have done.
What He is telling you and me to do today, we in HIM can do.
Philippians 4:13 New American Standard Bible (NASB)
I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.
via Phil 4:13 NASB – I can do all things through Him who – Bible Gateway.
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