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| In Bolivia about 17 years old. |
Verses given by my father when
I turned 21 This is from a letter I saved and just reread after 49 years.
I
– ABIDING IN CHRIST
John
15: 1-9
“I
am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser.
2 Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes
away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may
bear more fruit. 3 Already you
are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you.
4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear
fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you,
unless you abide in me. 5 I am the vine; you are the branches.
Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for
apart from me you can do nothing. 6
If anyone does not abide in me he is thrown away like a branch
and withers; and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire,
and burned. 7 If you abide in me,
and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done
for you. 8 By this my Father is
glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples.
9 As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you.
Abide in my love.
Galatians
5: 16-24
16
But I say, walk by
the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.17
For the desires of
the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are
against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you
from doing the things you want to do.
18 But
if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
19 Now
the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity,
sensuality,
20 idolatry,
sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries,
dissensions, divisions,
21 envy,
drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned
you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the
kingdom of God
22 But the fruit
of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness,
goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against
such things there is no law. 24
And those who belong
to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and
desires.
Verses highlighted in yellow emphasized by my father.
II
WALKING IN CHRIST
Romans
5:1-5
Therefore,
since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through
our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Through
him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we
stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
3 Not
only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering
produces endurance,
4 and
endurance produces character, and character produces hope,
5 and
hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured
into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.
James
1:2-4
2
Count it all joy, my
brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds,
3 for
you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness.
4 And
let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and
complete, lacking in nothing.
2
Peter 1:3-8
3
His divine power
has granted to us all things that pertain to life and
godliness,through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory
and excellence, 4 by
which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so
that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature,
having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of
sinful desire.
5 For
this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with
virtue, and virtue with knowledge,
6 and
knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and
steadfastness with godliness,
7 and
godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with
love.
8 For
if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they keep you from
being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus
Christ.
III REJOICE
1
Thess 5:16
Philippians
4:4
Rejoice
in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice.
Psalm
33:21
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