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Louville Farwell's Favorite Scripture and Why
1st Peter 1:5-7 "God's power protects you through your faith, and keeps you safe until your salvation comes. That salvation is ready to be given to you at the end of time. This makes you very happy. But now for a short time different kinds of troubles may make you sad. These troubles come to prove that your faith is pure. This purity of faith is worth more than gold. Gold can be proved to be pure by fire, but gold will ruin. But the purity of your faith will bring you praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ comes again.
" Does 1st Peter 1:5-7 show where the path of faith leads? Will we never reach a point where we have it made? Does this mean we will constantly have to improve ourselves? Absolutely! That's what spares us from death. For plateaus are boring. Nothing is as dull as yesterday's race when it is over! Who cares to look at the bumper stickers of last year's political campaign? We must always be living in today -and tomorrow! It is exciting to know that the real stimulation of life never needs to diminish with age. It comes as you make constant commitments to new projects that hold creative challenges. You can continue to feel young as long as you live, because a youthful attitude is basically a commitment to progress. You can have that no matter how old you are! The walk of faith calls you to improve yourself constantly, consistently, and continually! Choose one of the qualities described in
2 Peter 1:5-7, and concentrate on improving yourself. Your goal may be increased: faith, virtue, knowledge, self-control, perseverance, godliness, kindness, or love. With any of these as your focus, your life will remain fruitful no matter how old you are! Thank God for this glorious promise."I like this Scripture because it shows how you can continually improve your daily living if you add onto what you already have. "
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