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PRESENT WITH THE LORD I want to talk to you today about the passing away of Jared Joiner just 4 days ago.The Word of God tells us that there is an accuser that accuses us day and night before God. There are certain sensitive people like Jared who set an unattainable bar for themselves that allows these accusations to break their spirit and damage their soul. They cannot cope with this yoke that sits upon them and they seek relief in many different ways from this burgeoning pain, and that becomes a downward spiral. In the book of Romans chapters seven and eight Paul describes the way through and out of this dilemma when he shares about the good that we all, without exception, might want to do but can’t because of our own limited strength, but which can be lived, through the grace of Jesus Christ within us. When Jared was awakened to this truth he grasped it and sought many times to take it into his lovely heart. When he went to live in Melbourne he took his Bible with him and also some of our discussion notes on these Scriptures that he asked me to print out for him. But the pressure of his inner conflicts became too great. He became weakened in resolve as his own mind and heart also accused him. His loving family reached out to assure and encourage him, but his independence drove him to fight this battle on his own, and in his own way, and that was not wise. He got lost in the fog of that war and got stuck and couldn’t go forward. Whatever he put his poor body and soul through to ease that pain ended up depleting his energy and exhausting all the inner and outer reserves that he had, and ultimately stopped his lovely heart from beating.  He is now absent to the body and present with The Lord.He went to Melbourne to sort things out for himself in his inner struggle, and put himself in the care of welfare and rehab in one form or another, and Coral would go to search for him time and again. That’s when she told me about him taking his bible. I would pray with Coral that God would bring him home – not realizing how that prayer would be answered. Coral prayed a prayer that echoed the words of a song sung by Lauren Daigle called ‘You say’ Paul speaks to us about the ever present reality of God’s presence with us and the struggle of the soul to be at home in one place or the other - He speaks in one place about being absent to the body and present with the Lord. He says in another place that whether we live or die we are the Lord’s. 2corinthians 5:6-8 … absent to the body and present with the Lord.Romans 14:8 Whether we live or die we are the LordsJared struggled in his soul to know God, and at the same time he didn’t feel at home in this world. Paul also talks about other kinds of people of great self confidence who don’t struggle in their soul to know God, but who make this world their only home, and their only struggle is to get as much out of it for themselves as they can. Paul says in another place (Philippians 1:23) Sometimes I want to live here, and at other times I don't, for I long to go and be with Christ. How much happier for me than being here! But the fact is that I can be of more help to you by staying!The Jared that I knew so well, that Jared that could get it all together could make you laugh, and make you know you were loved and appreciated, and he did this for so many people. The final word Paul has on these things is found in another place, put very simply;Be present to what is going on in the world of the spirit. In other words, do you know deep down that God is always present with you in your struggle to know him, having mercy on your weakness, and do you know deep down that you can be present with him in the midst of your blessings and your struggles. 2Tim 4:2 be ready (be present) in season and out of season; (eukairos and akairos – appointed times of blessing and of challenge and testing) God makes all things beautiful in His time, and he has put eternity in the human heart. YOU SAY – Lauren Daigle I keep fighting voices in my mindThat say I'm not enoughEv'ry single lie that tells meI will never measure up Verse 2Am I more than just the sum ofEv'ry high and ev'ry lowRemind me once again just who I amBecause I need to know oo oh ChorusYou say I am loved when I can't feel a thingYou say I am strong when I think I am weakYou say I am held when I am falling shortAnd when I don't belong oh You say I am YoursAnd I believe oh I believeWhat You say of me I believe Verse 3The only thing that matters nowIs ev'rything You think of meIn You I find my worthIn You I find my identity BridgeTaking all I have and now I'm laying it at Your feetYou'll have ev'ry failure GodYou'll have ev'ry victory EndingOh I believe yes I believeWhat You say of me I believe                            

The Gruffalo’s ChildThe Gruffalo said that no gruffalo shouldEver set foot in the deep dark wood.“Why not? Why not?” “Because if you doThe Big Bad Mouse will be after you.I met him once,” said the Gruffalo.“I met him a long long time ago.”“What does he look like? Tell us, Dad.Is he terribly big and terribly bad?”“I can’t quite remember,” the Gruffalo said.Then he thought for a minute and scratched his head.“The Big Bad Mouse is terribly strongAnd his scaly tail is terribly long.His eyes are like pools of terrible fireAnd his terrible whiskers are tougher than wire.”One snowy night when the Gruffalo snoredThe Gruffalo’s Child was feeling bored.The Gruffalo’s child was feeling braveSo she tiptoed out of the gruffalo cave.The snow fell fast and the wind blew wild.Into the wood went the Gruffalo’s Child.Aha! Oho! A trail in the snow!Whose is this trail and where does it go?A tail poked out of a logpile house.Could this be the tail of the Big Bad Mouse?Out slid the creature. His eyes were smallAnd he didn’t have whiskers – no, none at all.“You’re not the Mouse.” “Not I,” said the snake.“He’s down by the lake – eating gruffalo cake.”The snow fell fast and the wind blew wild.“I’m not scared,” said the Gruffalo’s Child.Aha! Oho! Marks in the snow!Whose are these claw marks? Where do they go?Two eyes gleamed out of a treetop house.Could these be the eyes of the Big Bad Mouse?Down flew the creature. His tail was shortAnd he didn’t have whiskers of any sort.“You’re not the Mouse.” “Toowhoo, not I,But he’s somewhere nearby, eating gruffalo pie.”The snow fell fast and the wind blew wild.“I’m not scared,” said the Gruffalo’s Child.Aha! Oho! A track in the snow!Whose is this track and where does it go?Whiskers at last! And an underground house!Could this be the home of the Big Bad Mouse?Out slunk the creature. His eyes weren’t fiery.His tail wasn’t scaly. His whiskers weren’t wiry.“You’re not the Mouse.” “Oh no, not me.He’s under a tree – drinking gruffalo tea.”“It’s all a trick!” said the Gruffalo’s ChildAs she sat on a stump where the snow lay piled.“I don’t believe in the Big Bad Mouse …“but here comes a little one, out of his house!Not big, not bad, but a mouse at least –You’ll taste good as a midnight feast.”“Wait!” said the mouse. “Before you eat,There’s a friend of mine that you ought to meet.If you’ll let me hop onto a hazel twigI’ll beckon my friend so bad and big.”The Gruffalo’s Child unclenched her fist.“The Big Bad Mouse – so he does exist!”The mouse hopped into the hazel tree.He beckoned, then said, “Just wait and see.”Out came the moon. It was bright and round.A terrible shadow fell onto the ground.Who is this creature so big, bad and strong?His tail and his whiskers are terribly long.His ears are enormous, and over his shoulderHe carries a nut as big as a boulder!“The Big Bad Mouse!” yelled the Gruffalo’s Child.The mouse jumped down from the twig and smiled.Aha! Oho! Prints in the snow.Whose are these footprints? Where do they go?The footprints led to the gruffalo caveWhere the Gruffalo’s Child was a bit less brave.The Gruffalo’s Child was a bit less bored …And the Gruffalo snored and snored and snored.

Oh where, oh whereHas my little dog gone? Oh where, oh where can he be? With his ears cut shortAnd his tail cut long Oh where, oh where can he be? 歌词待补全