I'm old; help me.

[Rescued One]

Please.

God bless you each and every day.

 

[Pop D.]

Heavenly Father, Holy is Your Name, we pray You will be with, empower and heal Rescued One, in the Name of Jesus, as only You can do. Amen and Amen.

 

[Rescued One]

Praise God! The Lord has encouraged me! Sunday morning I prayed that God would help me to warn people about Mormonism. My recent health problems kept me away from posting here until a short time ago. Thank you, Lord, fot your mercy!

Thoughts on Mormonism ?

I've been talking to Mormon missionaries and going to Mormon church so far they seem normal and friendly.

www.christianforums.com

 

[AveChristusRex]

Please.

God bless you each and every day.

You are in my prayers

"When the signs of age begin to mark my body (and still more when they touch my mind); when the ill that is to diminish me or carry me off strikes from without or is born within me; when the painful moment comes in which I suddenly awaken to the fact that I am ill or growing old; and above all at that last moment when I feel I am losing hold of myself and am absolutely passive within the hands of the great unknown forces that have formed me; in all those dark moments, O God, grant that I may understand that it is you (provided only my faith is strong enough) who are painfully parting the fibers of my being in order to penetrate to the very marrow of my substance and bear me away within yourself." (Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, S.J.)

Remember these verses too:

1. Isaiah 46:4: “Even to your old age and gray hairs I am He, I am He who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you.“This verse reminds us that God’s sustaining hand is unwavering, even as the years advance.
2. Psalm 71:18: “Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, my God, till I declare Your power to the next generation, Your mighty acts to all who are to come.“Here, we find the call to share our stories of God’s faithfulness, leaving a legacy that echoes through time.
3. Psalm 92:14: “They will still bear fruit in old age, they will stay fresh and green.“This verse beautifully illustrates that our capacity to bear spiritual fruit doesn’t diminish with age but continues to flourish, evergreen in God’s kingdom.
4. 2 Corinthians 4:16: “Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.“These words of Paul reassure us that our inner renewal is a constant process, transcending the physical changes that accompany aging.
5. Revelation 21:4: “He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”In this verse, we find the ultimate promise of God’s restoration, where all sorrow and suffering are eclipsed by eternal joy.

 

[Joseph G]

Please.

God bless you each and every day.

Prayed in agreement with all for you, Rescued One.

An extra word of encouragement?

I'm 63 yr old and retired. I showed up early for our Men's group one Sunday and the only one there was our 81 yr old elder. So we chatted a bit, just him and me.

And I told him, half jokingly, that my 67 yr old best friend and I had been lamenting that we were feeling kind of old and filled with ailments, and kinda wondering if we aren't becoming kind of useless (yes, I said this to an 81 yr old who has beat prostate cancer twice and moves pretty slow - ha!).

Well he threw his head back and gave a hearty laugh and slapped me on the knee and said with a huge grin and shining eyes, "Are you kidding me, man? This is when you are going to bear the best fruit!"

Well I took that to heart, and set it before my eyes as my new motto - claiming all the excellent verses included above and more.

That was a year ago. And you know what? He was exactly right!

Take another look around, brother, and ask God for a better glimpse of the fruit He is bearing through your experiences. He will do it!

My prayer each morning to the Lord is the request to allow me the privilege to crawl, if I have to, to the next person He leads me to in order to plant just one more seed. If just one for that day, it is enough!

God bless us all!

Corinthians 4:10-18 NIV

"We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that his life may also be revealed in our mortal body. So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you."

"It is written: “I believed; therefore I have spoken.” Since we have that same spirit of faith, we also believe and therefore speak, because we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus from the dead will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you to himself. All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God."

"Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal."

 

[Rescued One]

Thank you. I'm concentrating on serving God.