The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Psalm 122:1-9, “I was glad when they said to me, ‘Let us go to
the house of the LORD.’
2 Our feet are standing within your gates, O Jerusalem,
3 Jerusalem, that is built as a city that is compact together;
4 To which the tribes go up, even the tribes of the LORD—
an ordinance for Israel– to give thanks to the name of the LORD.
5 For there thrones were set for judgment, the thrones of the
house of David.
6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: may they prosper who love you.
7 May peace be within your walls, and prosperity within your palaces.
8 For the sake of my brothers and my friends, I will now say, ‘May
peace be within you.’
9 For the sake of the house of the LORD our God, I will seek your
good.”

Do you attend church services? Do you attend regularly? Do you listen
to the Biblical message from the pastor? It is good for all of us to do so.
You may not know this, but responsible, spiritual pastors spend serious
time in prayer and Scriptural study to bring us true and practical
instruction from the Word of Almighty God.

Worship is a time of spiritual service both that of the pastor and of those
to whom he is responsible. We are equally responsible to pray for him
and listen carefully to his instructions –for if the pastor is instructing his
people, as the LORD has instructed him, and it is all biblically accurate,
we are equally responsible to adhere and obey the instruction, since
it essentially comes to us from the LORD.

Worship should be reverent. We have not joined together as ranglers
in the Chicago stockyards. We are submissive servants of our LORD.
Our singing should honor the LORD both in word and in harmony. Music
should never dominate; prayer should always be preeminate.

There are surely times when we need to leave ahead of congregational
dismissals. In such instances, we need to be as inobtrucive as possible,
so as not to distrub the spiritual, worshipful thoughts of others.

How wonderful the LORD is to allow us to have his Word for our instruction!
How faithful the LORD is to give us ministers, who love Him and His Word –ministers who joyfully mingle with the people, yet “spank” us all with the
Word when necessary. May the LORD be praised for providing all we need
to love and demonstrate faithfulness to Him! That’s our dutiful response to
our loving Heavenly Father.

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