The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Psalm 66:16-20, “Come and hear, all who fear God,

And I will tell of what He has done for my soul.

17 I cried to Him with my mouth, And He was extolled with my tongue.

18 If I regard wickedness in my heart, The Lord will not hear;

19 But certainly God has heard; He has given heed to the voice of my prayer.

20 Blessed be God, Who has not turned away my prayer, Nor His lovingkindness from me.”

What a great peace it is to be delivered from the troubles we encounter in life! “Hey, let me

tell you about what almost occurred in my life, and how I was rescued!” We’ve all experienced those moments of escape. Whew! When it’s over, we want to share the escape, but only with others, who will understand and rejoice with us.

Those anxious moments are multiple: sickness, accidents, fears of all kinds –those moments

when we cried out to the LORD for help and deliverence. In those moments, we repented of

every sin we could recall. We knew at that moment that the LORD would not hear us unless

we admitted to evil we had allowed to enter into our hearts and lives. In desperation, we pled

with God to forgive us of those sins and to hear our prayer for deliverence from the fears that

plagued us in that moment.

But how do we know when we’ve been forgiven? How do we know that the LORD even heard

our prayers? Yes, we prayed in faith that He would hear, but how could we know with certainty that He heard us? The internal release from anxiety that He gives to our innermost being is His assurance that He has heard and answered our prayer. How do we know with assurance the word of a friend who says, “It will be safe with me. I will guard it. I will protect what you have

given me.” What greater friend do we have than Jesus? If we cannot trust Him, there is no such

thing as trust with anyone anywhere. It is He alone who releases us from the anxities of life. But His release requires our repentance and agreement to stop sinning, whether in our minds or by our hands. How gracious He is to release us when we pray!

We continue to pray for you every single day,

Nana & Dado III

Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D.

Springdale, Arkansas 72764

United States of America

“We never know that God is all we need

until He becomes all that we have.”