The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

1 Peter 3:10-12, “Let him who means to love life and see good days Refrain his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking guile.

11 “And let him turn away from evil and do good; Let him seek peace and pursue it.

12 “For the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, And His ears attend to their prayer, But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”

Whatever the situation, we’ve all heard someone say, “I just can’t do it!” But the truth is we can all do much more

than we think. The LORD has created us with a will; so, it’s not that we cannot do things, it’s that we don’t think we

can. Drinkers say they just cannot stop drinking. Gamblers say they are “hooked” and just cannot stop gambling.

Yet, the truth is they can! They just don’t want to quit.

Peter says if we love life and will to have good days, we have to stop using evil and salacious words and stop lying.

Ever wonder why your prayers are not answered? Take some thoughts about how you live and speak. We all have

a tendency toward evil. We inherited that from Adam, and the tendency to do wrong is still with us even after we

have trusted Christ Jesus as our Savior. But the Holy Spirit, who lives within us is greater than the powers of Satan,

who wants us to continue down that evil and godless pathway. We are not spiritual robots! We have a will; and it

is either for or against the will of the Spirit.

The LORD sees and hears everything we think or do. If we want peace in our lives, we have to pursue it –put it to flight! There’s an old saying, “It’s not the size of the dog in the fight; it’s the size of the fight in the dog.” We can will

to stop thinking and doing those things we know are contrary to the LORD’s will. You will be amazed at how much

He will help when you show you mean business with Him!

We love you and pray for His will to be accomplished in all of us,

Nana & Dado III

Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D.

Springdale, Arkansas

“We never know that God is all we need

until He becomes all that we have.”