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1 Thessalonians, 2 Timothy, 2019

Study Quiet

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Now this is interesting. The word study does not appear but a few times in the KJV of the Bible.
1 Thessalonians 4:11 and you thought I was going to say 2 Timothy 2:15. And I am but I got to tell you this first.
1 Thessalonians 4:11 says study to be quiet. Which made me pause!
I mean study to be quiet?!  Does GOD mean we need to study to be quiet?  Now, that I think about it; that does make sense to me.
Study to be quiet.
Quiet does not come easy to us humans.  And even if the atmosphere in our present vicinity is quiet that does not mean it’s quiet inside our soul. We could be racing at the speed of light with anxiety and worries.  
Study to be quiet.
Applying ourselves to learning from GOD how to be quiet in Him. (Psalm 46:10)
And I am thinking, quiet, quiet before and to one another; you know, so we will know what to say and WHEN to say it!
Oh, Yes! I can see study to be quiet! A lesson for me to learn!

1 Thessalonians 4: 11 And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you; source

I wondered which other translations gave the word study in this verse. I discovered, not many, but Young’s Literal does. That’s my go-to translation for the closest to the original that I know how to get. In fact, the YLT reads really close to KJV.
Now for the verse, you expected:
2 Timothy 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.  source
 
Okay. On with this Tuesday!
1 Thessalonians, 2019, Praying the Scripture

Disciple-ing

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With whatever translation we connect, the message is clear. 

1 Thessalonians 5: (KJV) 17 Pray without ceasing. source

1 Thessalonians 5: (NLT)17 Never stop praying.  source

1 Thessalonians 5:(DLNT) 17 be praying unceasingly,  source

Constant, unceasing, never stop praying is The Father’s will for us and since it is His Will, He is making a way for us to obey.  I am looking forward to His disciple-ing me this year! 

1 Thessalonians, Acts, Christian Living, Gospel of John

Cheer Up!

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Some verses to cheer us.

John 14:1 “Do not let your heart be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in Me. 2 In My Father’s house there are many dwelling places. If it were not so, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you? 3 If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and take you to Myself, so that where I am you may also be. 4 And you know the way to where I am going.”  source

Acts 1:11 They also said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into the sky? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in just the same way as you have watched Him go into heaven.” source

I Thessalonians 4: 14 For if we believe that Yeshua died and rose again, so with Him God will also bring those who have fallen asleep in Yeshua. 15 For this we tell you, by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord shall in no way precede those who are asleep. 16 For the Lord Himself shall come down from heaven with a commanding shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the blast of God’s shofar, and the dead in Messiah shall rise first. 17 Then we who are alive, who are left behind, will be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air—and so we shall always be with the Lord. 18 Therefore encourage one another with these words.  source

Chazaq! 

Praying a good prayer for GOD’s Women. For us to be modest in our apparel, modest in our spending and modest in our day to day living; but in our love for our GOD and others to be oh so extravagant.