The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Genesis 18:17- 21, “The LORD said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do,
18 since Abraham will surely become a great and mighty nation, and in him all the nations of the earth will be blessed?
19 “For I have chosen him, so that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing righteousness and justice, so that the LORD may bring upon Abraham what He has spoken about him.”
20 And the LORD said, “The outcry of Sodom and Gomorrah is indeed great, and their sin is exceedingly grave.
21 “I will go down now, and see if they have done entirely according to its outcry, which has come to Me; and if not, I will know.”

Any father worth his weight, loves his son and wants to teach him the values of life by personal demonstration. Most fathers, who delight in their sons, long to see them grow in greatness;
therefore, they do all they can to train and assist them in becoming successful.

Abraham knew from the LORD that his grandson, Lot, would one day become what the LORD had
designed; therefore, he did all he could to develop the boy to that end.

Every Godly father anticipates his son and/or grandson to be the best he can possibly be. He wants
his son to live up to the family’s good name. Further still, he wants his son to search and discover
the LORD’s divine plan for his life and pursue that plan to the uttermost.

Lot, the nephew of Abram, had elected the richer fields and ended up living in Sodom. The LORD
warned Abram of Sodom’s sinfulness and pending destruction; still, he could not allow his nephew
to remain there and be destroyed.

Do you live where sin abounds? Or do you have relatives that do? What are ou doing to extracate
these relatives from the sinful environment that surrounds them? Do you pray for them? Do you
seek to influence them through the Word of the LORD?

Perhaps the LORD has assigned you to urge and enable your relatives to be freed from such an environment. What are you doing to fulfill His usage of you? Are you praying for them? Are you
urging them to leave that environment? The LORD wants to use you, too, 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 Christ is all we need until He becomes all that we have.” – Corrie ten Boom