Interesting Green: Reflection - Joanie Yoder

Source (book): "Classic Gem: Timeless Devotions from Our Daily Bread Authors", Chapter 80, "Foundational Praying", Page 91.
By Joanie Yoder, Our Daily Bread Author

PHOTO: For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. - Philippians 1:21
Read: John 20:11-18

It was a sunny, sad day in 1982 - the day after my husband's funeral. I had gone alone to Bill's grave, hardly knowing why. As with Mary Magdalene who visited Jesus' tomb, the risen Lord was waiting for me. He impressed the words of Philippians 1:21 on my vacant mind, still numbed by Bill's untimely cancer death, I wove my prayer around the words of that verse:

"Lord, how often I've heard Bill testify, 'For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.' Well, your servant has now died, and untold loss for us, and unspeakable gain for him. I know, Lord, that I too will die someday and enter that gain. But right now I'm still alive, I know I must not live in the past, precious as it is. For me, to live is You!"

As I turned to leave, I knew I had prayed a foundational prayer. Much recovery and rebuilding lay before me, but beneath me was the only firm foundation on which to build - Jesus Christ.

Has a loved one's death or the fear of your own death tested your foundation? Let Paul's words, written in the face of death, and Jesus' words to Mary encourage you to offer a foundational prayer of your own. Then begin to rebuild on the risen Christ!

Prayer is the soil in which hope and healing grow best.
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For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. - Philippians 1:21
Read: John 20:11-18

PHOTO: For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. - Philippians 1:21
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It was a sunny, sad day in 1982 - the day after my husband's funeral. I had gone alone to Bill's grave, hardly knowing why. As with Mary Magdalene who visited Jesus' tomb, the risen Lord was waiting for me. He impressed the words of Philippians 1:21 on my vacant mind, still numbed by Bill's untimely cancer death, I wove my prayer around the words of that verse:

PHOTO: It was a sunny, sad day in 1982 - the day after my husband's funeral. I had gone alone to Bill's grave, hardly knowing why. As with Mary Magdalene who visited Jesus' tomb, the risen Lord was waiting for me. He impressed the words of Philippians 1:21 on my vacant mind, still numbed by Bill's untimely cancer death, I wove my prayer around the words of that verse:
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"Lord, how often I've heard Bill testify, 'For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.' Well, your servant has now died, and untold loss for us, and unspeakable gain for him. I know, Lord, that I too will die someday and enter that gain. But right now I'm still alive, I know I must not live in the past, precious as it is. For me, to live is You!"

PHOTO: "Lord, how often I've heard Bill testify, 'For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.' Well, your servant has now died, and untold loss for us, and unspeakable gain for him. I know, Lord, that I too will die someday and enter that gain. But right now I'm still alive, I know I must not live in the past, precious as it is. For me, to live is You!"
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As I turned to leave, I knew I had prayed a foundational prayer. Much recovery and rebuilding lay before me, but beneath me was the only firm foundation on which to build - Jesus Christ.

PHOTO: As I turned to leave, I knew I had prayed a foundational prayer. Much recovery and rebuilding lay before me, but beneath me was the only firm foundation on which to build - Jesus Christ.
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Has a loved one's death or the fear of your own death tested your foundation? Let Paul's words, written in the face of death, and Jesus' words to Mary encourage you to offer a foundational prayer of your own. Then begin to rebuild on the risen Christ!

PHOTO: Has a loved one's death or the fear of your own death tested your foundation? Let Paul's words, written in the face of death, and Jesus' words to Mary encourage you to offer a foundational prayer of your own. Then begin to rebuild on the risen Christ!
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Prayer is the soil in which hope and healing grow best.

PHOTO: Prayer is the soil in which hope and healing grow best.
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PHOTO: Reflect and Pray
It matters not how dark the way,
How thick the clouds from day to day,
God will direct in all we do
If we take time to pray it through. - Mead
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Reflection - Joanie Yoder - Foundational Praying
Source (book): "Classic Gem: Timeless Devotions from Our Daily Bread Authors", Chapter 80, "Foundational Praying", Page 91.
By Joanie Yoder, Our Daily Bread Author

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Reference

Links

Other Books (Links) - https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2020/10/reflection-books-links.html

John 20:11-18 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+20%3A11-18&version=NIV

Matthew 11:28-29 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+11%3A28-29&version=NIV

Philippians 1:21 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Philippians+1%3A21&version=NIV