The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Psalm 37:7-11, “Rest in the LORD and wait patiently for Him; Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way, Because of the man who carries out wicked schemes.

8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath; Do not fret, it leads only to evildoing.

9 For evildoers will be cut off, But those who wait for the LORD, they will inherit the land.

10 Yet a little while and the wicked man will be no more; And you will look carefully for his place,

and he will not be there.

11 But the humble will inherit the land, and will delight themselves in abundant prosperity.”

Probably all of us have been upset at times when we see unrighteous people prosper.

Why does he have so much and I have so little? He doesn’t go to church or even give

evidence that he believes in God; amd he’s known to be crooked in business, yet everything

he does seems to produce more and more.

“Be patient,” the psalmist says. “Don’t get upset because other have more than you.

Don’t even worry that their methods of making money are dishonest. Don’t get angry!

It only leads to your own evildoing.”

Evildoers only prosper for a little while. They will ultimately lose it all. Only those who wait

patiently for the LORD to work will prosper and actually inherit the land. You hear today

of the big money people; sometimes, you will even learn how they schemed to make it

and worked around the law and got away with it. But in a short while, you’ll stop hearing

about them because they’re nowhere to be found. Death will have become the great

equalizer.

Don’t ever plan to get even. Don’t worry about the dishonest or what riches they have

amassed for themselves. It’s the humble ones who will inherit the land; and they will

then delight themselves in prosperity that the LORD has provided. And what He gives

us will be superabundantly beyond the possessions of those who never knew Him.

We always pray for you, and we know the LORD hears and answers prayer,

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.”

Dear Grands,

Psalm 34:8-10, “O taste and see that the LORD is good;

How blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!

9 O fear the LORD, you His saints;

For to those who fear Him, there is no want.

10 The young lions do lack and suffer hunger;

But they who seek the LORD shall not be in want of any good thing.”

I was blessed to have been born into a Christian family. From the

earliest of my remembrances, I was taught that God’s Word, the

Bible, was without error and that the LORD Himself could always

be relied upon to hear and answer prayer.

Now in my 80th cycle of life, I can attest to the truth and value of

that teaching. I can honestly say with the psalmist, “O taste and

see that the LORD is good.” How blessed I have been! The LORD

has been my refuge in multiple troubles –some of which were of

my own making. Yet, His Word is true when it says, “For those

who fear Him, there is no want” –no “want of any good thing” to

those “who seek the LORD.”

Not everything I wanted as a child was good for me. The LORD

protected me through my parents’ guidance and prayers. But,

while we were poor by the world’s standards, we were rich beyond

words in the LORD! The care I received was well beyond that of

“the young lions.” Looking back, I can understand what I could not

understand as a child. I was walking by faith in the LORD through

my parents. As I grew older, I learned to walk by directly by faith

in the LORD. “O taste and see that the LORD is good!”

Love prompts our prayers for you daily,

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.”

Dear Grands,

Psalm 33:13-22, “The LORD looks from heaven; He sees all the sons of men;

14 From His dwelling place He looks out On all the inhabitants of the earth,

15 He who fashions the hearts of them all, He who understands all their works.

16 The king is not saved by a mighty army; A warrior is not delivered by great strength.

17 A horse is a false hope for victory; Nor does it deliver anyone by its great strength.

18 Behold, the eye of the LORD is on those who fear Him, On those who hope for His lovingkindness,

19 To deliver their soul from death, And to keep them alive in famine.

20 Our soul waits for the LORD; He is our help and our shield.

21 For our heart rejoices in Him, Because we trust in His holy name.

22 Let Thy lovingkindness, O LORD, be upon us, According as we have hoped in Thee.

Have you ever thought about how dependent we are on others? The computer doesn’t function;

the TV won’t come on; the garage door won’t open, but it doesn’t matter because the car won’t

start. The water is shut off somewhere. Now, the electricity is off. The cellphone need recharging!

I’m sick and I can’t get to the doctor! I NEED HELP!

The psalmist has previously spoken of praise to the LORD (vv. 1-5), and the LORD’s power

(vv. 6-12). In these last verses, he speaks of the LORD’s preservation of us in all circumstances.

There is nothing that troubles us that He does not see. He understands our frustrations with

things that don’t work as we expect them to work. Doesn’t He know what’s happening to me?

you ask. Yes, His eye sees everything, and He is able and willing to deliver us. But, He is

waiting for us to trust Him and His timing of the situations we face. We are dependent upon

His preservation against all our troubles. We are the focus of His love. Is He the focus of ours?

We are prayerfully focused on you every 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.”

Dear Grands,

Psalm 33:6-12, “By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, And by the breath of His

mouth all their host.

7 He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap; He lays up the deeps in storehouses.

8 Let all the earth fear the LORD; Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him.

9 For He spoke, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast.

10 The LORD nullifies the counsel of the nations; He frustrates the plans of the peoples.

11 The counsel of the LORD stands forever, The plans of His heart from generation to generation.

12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, The people whom He has chosen for His own inheritance.”

By human definition, science is “systematic knowledge of the physical or material world gained through observation and experimentation.” According to the psalmist, creation is beyond human definition, for no man ever observed the LORD at work establishing His universe. “He spoke! And it was done!” The miracle of the massive universe, with planets in their orbits, and galaxies of stars in the regions beyond –all are the work of the LORD. There was no Big Bang. There was only a Big Word! How can we not fearfully reverence and worship Him?

Nations counsel together, but the LORD frustrates their counsel and plans. This is His world, His creation, His people –even those who deny Him and forsake the instruction of His Word. They are fools! The live by their own standards, yet they are judged by His. “The counsel fo the LORD stands forever.”

“Blessed –happy and joyous—is the nation whose God is the LORD.” Nations are comprised of people. When “we the people” embrace Him and His Word, His Son, and endeavor faithfully to adhere to Him, we become a nation blessed in His righteousness. May we ever be faithful to Him, who has chosen us “for His own inheritance.”

Prayerfully for you always,

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.”

Dear Grands,

Psalm 33:1-5, “Sing for joy in the LORD, O you righteous ones; Praise is becoming to the upright.

2 Give thanks to the LORD with the lyre; Sing praises to Him with a harp of ten strings.

3 Sing to Him a new song; Play skillfully with a shout of joy.

4 For the word of the LORD is upright; And all His work is done in faithfulness.

5 He loves righteousness and justice; The earth is full of the lovingkindness of the LORD.”

Have you ever wondered who invented praise? Something good was done and someone who

noticed liked it so much that he spoke kindly or jumped joyously or shouted melodiously in favor

of it and praise was born. The psalmist identifies the One who accomplished the good deeds as

the LORD and encouraged all mankind to praise and give thanks to Him.

As far back as Genesis, the Bible mentions Jubal as “the father of all those who play the lyre

and pipe” (4:21). Now, David encourages those who play and sing to praise the LORD with the

musical skills He has given them. “Play skillfully,” he says. Be well practiced, so as to play without

errors. And let the playing and singing be “unto the LORD,” and not for the praise of the hearers.

Professional musicians have to do well in performance or their audiences witll shrivel to only a

few. Those who sing and play for the LORD’s glory should do no less; in fact, they should do

more! And those of us who hear and appreciate the skill of their performance should praise the

LORD, not the performer. An acceptable word might be, “Surely the LORD was honored in

what you played (or sang) this morning. God bless you for it.”

David’s concluding words in verse five are “The Earth is full of the lovingkindness of the LORD.”

That is as it ought to be. Yet, what is called “music” that fills the airwaves today is hardly geared

to the LORD’s praise. At every turn, Satan is seeking to drown out man’s praise to God. Let us

be conscious of the LORD’s provisions for us and focus our praise in song to Him alone!

Our prayers for you are focused on the LORD,

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.”