The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Philippians 4:19-20, “And my God will supply all your needs

according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

20 Now to our God and Father be the glory forever and ever. Amen.”

How strange it is, when you think of it, that our minds cannot

see into the future, but can often remember the past. Mrs. Kane

was my Sunday School teacher when I was about age 13. I never

knew her Christian name; we all just called her “Sugar Kane.” She

was a sweet and kind lady –a former schoolteacher. Occasionally,

our pastor would forget a verse of Scripture in the midst of his

sermon, and Sugar Kane, sitting near the front, would speak up

and quote it for him. It was Sugar Kane who first taught me verse

19 above. “And my God will supply (make full, complete) all (every)

need (necessity) according to His riches (abundant wealth) in (through)

Christ Jesus.” Note well that the verse says “need,” not want. Oh,

there are a host of things we might want, but do we really need them?

What’s more, the things the LORD gives to us for our needs are

given that He might be glorified (vs. 20). Were I to give you

something that you truly needed, you would be benefited; but I

would be glorified in that I could give it. Thus, it is with Christ.

Examine your needs. Trust the LORD to provide them. Then,

praise Him for having provided them.

Practice these things this week! God bless you all!

Nana & Dado III

Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D.

Springdale, Arkansas