The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Philippians 4:11b-13, 18-19, “…I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am.

12 I know how to get along with humble means, and I also know how to live in prosperity; in any and every

circumstance I have learned the secret of being filled and going hungry, both of having abundance and suffering need.

13 I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.

18 But I have received everything in full, and have an abundance; I am amply supplied, having received from Epaphroditus what you have sent, a fragrant aroma, an acceptable sacrifice, well-pleasing to God.

19 And my God shall supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ.”

In his first letter to Timothy, in AD 67, Paul wrote, “…godliness actually is a means of great gain, when accompanied by contentment.”

This allows us to see that Paul continues to believe the same as when he told the Philippians back in in AD 63, to “be content in whatever circumstances” you find youself. It’s a tough order. Things change, people change, we change! But, the LORD has not changed! He knows our circumstances, and if we are in need, He owns “the cattle on a thousand hills” (Psa. 50:10) and can sell or butcher them as He sees fit.

Two verses Mrs. Kane (we called her “Sugar Kane”) taught us in Vacation Bible School many decades ago – verses that have stayed with me for all my life. They are verses 13 and 19:

“I can do all things through Him who strengthens me” (v. 13);

“And my God shall supply all your needs according ot His riches in glory in Christ” (v. 19).

That 13TH verse says that the LORD enables us from within ourselves to be and do all that He wills.

Verse 19 says that things not normally resident within ourselves are in ready supply from Him.

Faith, comfort, provisions, perservation, help of all kinds, are ours if we believe. There is no such thing as the Father withholding from

His children their needs –unless unforgiven sin has robbed them of the love and trust He desires from them. True human parents don’t require much from their children other than love, trust, and obedience. It is the same, only more so, with our Heavenly Father.

Mark those two verses (vv. 13 & 19) in your Bible. More importantly, mark them in your heart! They will warm you in life’s winters, and refresh you in life’s spring. May our Blessed LORD strengthen, comfort, and energize you for His glory!

Heartily in Christ Jesus,

(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.”