Happy day to you! Thanks for checking back in!
I hope that you can tell by now, by various general references, that Dave and I are Christian. Our faith is very important to us, and we have been very active in church through most of our married lives.
We both did step down from leadership positions in our church nearly a year ago, as we felt the Lord leading us to take a break and prepare for this retirement phase of our lives. We have enjoyed this break, but we both know that the Lord still has things for us to do.
Another item on my list is more personal Bible study. Dave and I enjoy morning devotionals together, I lead a women’s Bible study with some people at my work, and Dave attends a men’s Bible prayer breakfast. We are also part of a small group from our church that meets 2 times per month. But nothing substitutes for our own, individual studies…not just reading scripture, but truly studying it. The Lord may lead us to study a particular topic in His Word…or He may show us a particular book of the Bible to delve into. I like to listen to certain radio preachers (see below for some ones I like, if you are interested!) and one day one of them talked about how many times Scripture said, “But God…” Many of these were times that the Lord intervened in something. I have done a search in a Bible study program called e-sword and printed out the Scripture list. I would like to study through those, to see what my “But God…” might be.
Right now, while I am still working, there is not as much time available for me to do this very personal study along with the couple devotional and group Bible study. That is why this is an important item on my list for retirement. I hope even now, before you retire however, you make time for some sort of Bible Study and corporate worship time to keep you centered in the Lord…there is nothing like encouragement and accountability of other believers! Then, if you have time now OR if you must wait till retirement time, think about some individual Bible Study you would like to do, and put it on your list!
I know some of you reading this may not be Christian. I am not going to apologize for this blog, and I hope you will continue to follow my blog. If you are not a Christian, I do hope you will consider where you want to spend your eternal life…we all have everlasting life, but WHERE that eternal life will be is the thing to make sure you understand; please take the necessary steps to make that eternal destination be in heaven with the Lord Jesus Christ.
Take care…below are some resources and Scripture references for you if you aren’t sure how to be a Christian…it’s not about doing enough good stuff to earn eternal life. We just can’t do it. But Jesus did it for us! My prayer is that you will take Jesus up on His offer of eternal life with Him!
Mary
Radio Preachers and programs: Calvaryaurora.org, www.calvarysjc.com, Insight.org, Focusonthefamily.com, Familylifetoday.com
Christian Radio Stations which run the programs above: KPOF 910 AM, KRKS 94.7 FM, GraceFM 89.7 FM (Denver) and check out the web for others.
Music – WAY FM 101.9 FM, KTLF 90.5 FM.
May of these also have online listing available!
Scripture references for salvation: Romans 3:23, Romans 6:23, John 14:6 and others. Go to gotquestions.org and type in “What is the way of salvation” for a great article with further info!
Bible resources: Free download of multiple versions of the Bible including some commentary at https://www.e-sword.net/