Quotes from John Dunlop

others.We must be good stewards of our physical and mental health while at the same time carefully avoiding the things that can trip us up. In these ways we accomplish our first strategy to live well till the end.

Prayer Our Father, how comforting it is to know the value you place on the later days of my life. Help me to steward well the gifts you give me. Lord, I pray that you will give me the faith, strength, and love to continue to work for your kingdom till you call me home. I pray this not for my own comfort but for the glory of your holy name. Amen.

Meditation Fight the good fight with all thy might! Christ is thy strength, and Christ thy right; Lay hold on life, and it shall be Thy joy and crown eternally. Run the straight race through God's good grace, Lift up thine eyes, and seek his face; Life with its way before us lies, Christ is the path, and Christ the prize.

Cast care aside, lean on thy Guide; His boundless mercy will provide; Trust, and thy trusting soul shall prove Christ is its life, and Christ its love. "FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT," JOHN MONSELL (1863)

strategy 2: Let Go Graciously.

As it is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be at all ashamed, but that with full courage now as always Christ will be honored in my body, whether by life or by death. For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. (Phil. 1:20–21)

3. Hope in God.This is the believer's most appropriate hope.

Perhaps the best-known verse in the Bible is John 3:16: "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

being.Treasure God's love, and it will equip you to come to the end of life well.

They still bear fruit in old age; they are ever full of sap and green. (Ps. 92:12–14)

True love allows that any activity done for the other, even if it is sacrificial, is joyful.

Therefore, Ecclesiastes advises us to remember our Creator, which will equip us to go through the losses of our later years well. How simple yet how profound is that advice!

Prayer Lord Jesus, I thank you for giving me such a rich life. You have blessed me with so many things: family, health, independence, and possessions. I never want to confuse your gifts with yourself. Help me to hold these gifts loosely to free my heart to love you more.

strategy 3: Treasure God's Love; Love Him in Return.

In our youth-oriented culture, aging is feared, something to be put off as long as possible.It has been said:"Everyone wants to live a long time, but no one wants to grow old.

We must first have an intellectual understanding of the love of God, and then we must earnestly pray that the Holy Spirit will allow us to have a deep, fulfilling experience of his love.

It is that sequence of first knowing and then experiencing, that will allow us to treasure God's love.3

Paul taught so forcefully:"For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen" (Rom. 11:36).

The psalmist agreed: Young men and maidens together, old men and children! Let them praise the name of the Lord, for his name alone is exalted; his majesty is above earth and heaven. (Ps. 148:12–13)

time.We must choose our friendships carefully and cultivate them well.

one of the most important jobs of grandchildren is to make sure their grandparents do a lot of laughing.

Amen"—so be it, there is nothing more to be said.