Welcome! My name is Richard and I am an 81 year old man who loves and follows Jesus. I enjoy doing podcasts encouraging people to have faith in Jesus and follow Him daily.

God and old people

Growing old is a pleasant experience for me because of faith in Jesus Christ and being a follower of Him.  I guess I could say it is a sweet time. My body is getting old but my spirit is refreshed every day in God's presence and the sweet nourishment in his Word, the Bible. Here are some Bible verses on growing old with God. 

2 Corinthians 4:16 - For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward [man] is renewed day by day.

Psalms 71:18 - Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto [this] generation, [and] thy power to every one [that] is to come.

Psalms 71:9 - Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.

Proverbs 20:29 - The glory of young men [is] their strength: and the beauty of old men [is] the gray head.

Psalms 92:12-15 - The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

Psalms 103:5 - Who satisfieth thy mouth with good [things; so that] thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.

Philippians 3:20-21 - For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: