Psalm 72 ~ like rain that falls on the mown grass, like showers that water the earth!

The Return of Christ by Paul Robert

Psalm 72

1  Give the king thy justice, O God, and thy righteousness to the royal son!
2  May he judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with justice!
3  Let the mountains bear prosperity for the people, and the hills, in righteousness!
4  May he defend the cause of the poor of the people, give deliverance to the needy, and crush the oppressor!

5 May he live while the sun endures, and as long as the moon, throughout all generations!
6  May he be like rain that falls on the mown grass, like showers that water the earth!
7  In his days may righteousness flourish, and peace abound, till the moon be no more!
8  May he have dominion from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth!
9  May his foes bow down before him, and his enemies lick the dust!
10  May the kings of Tarshish and of the isles render him tribute, may the kings of Sheba and Seba bring gifts!

11 May all kings fall down before him, all nations serve him!

12 For he delivers the needy when he calls, the poor and him who has no helper.
13  He has pity on the weak and the needy, and saves the lives of the needy.
14  From oppression and violence he redeems their life; and precious is their blood in his sight.
15  Long may he live, may gold of Sheba be given to him! May prayer be made for him continually, and blessings invoked for him all the day!

16  May there be abundance of grain in the land; on the tops of the mountains may it wave; may its fruit be like Lebanon; and may men blossom forth from the cities like the grass of the field!
17  May his name endure for ever, his fame continue as long as the sun! May men bless themselves by him, all nations call him blessed!

18  Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who alone does wondrous things.
19 Blessed be his glorious name for ever; may his glory fill the whole earth! Amen and Amen!


20 The prayers of David, the son of Jesse, are ended.



When we are still and thinking of God as God.

Psalm 91 is a Bold Scripture running parallel to Psalm 72. God as God. Father God is saying He will Rescue and Deliver us. And we all know God has the power to calm the sea and the storms. Father God is so interested in us, Jesus is grace upon grace living our life. Jesus is so interested in life - when - for the sake of righteousness Jesus is baptized - Jesus is all in the water. Jesus immerses Himself in our life. The Baptism of God Himself is telling us how dearly loved God the Father has made our life plans.

Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, Who alone does wondrous things!!!


One of the Beauties of Optimistic Christianity - is really very profound.


I know of 4 people who had very terrible pain with age. Tendons, muscles, accident - wear and tear. One was a 90-year-old Uncle who believed water aerobics would help him. We prayed for him. The doctor told him - don't even consider improvement this will be endurance. He had a special chair to carry with him for back support. In two years of prayers, water aerobics - our Uncle announced he was entirely pain-free.

I know an Episcopal Priest's wife, in her 50's, who fell through the floor during their farmhouse renovations and she was told because her high heels shattered her feet - her feet would be lucky to support herself walking in orthotic shoes. Ten years of choir practices and running bulletins and wedding dress making and flower arranging and Christmas Pageants - she realized she could wear high heels again - without pain. In fact - any ol' shoe would do.

I know my Aunt had terrible hip pain and was told in the last century to rest. She really was in pain. And she discovered aerobics in her 60s and found life was managed again.

My back caused me agonies for about 5 years. I discovered back exercises and relaxed enough to have room for the Lord to heal me. That part of my back rarely bothers me and I was told by an observer I had terrible Arthritis and this would be my destiny.


There is a vast difference in Optimistic Christianity. Even in Physical Pain - running high on the pain number chart.




I'm very, very, very happy to say Optimistic, Hopeful Christianity is a Bold and Alive Promise Today of Jesus Christ. When we believe we relax and are open to healing. Living Water available today. The Children of Israel did not fly across the Red Sea and they did not fly to the Promised Land. The Children of Israel walked. The Disciples walked a lot. Only once does Scripture report the ship arrived 'immediately.' Jesus told the father with his son - "Continued Prayer will fix this." Living Water is available today.



Exodus 17:6
Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock at Horeb, and you shall strike the rock, and water shall come out of it, and the people will drink.” And Moses did so, in the sight of the elders of Israel.


Jesus also said in regards to miracles - the Tower of Siloam

Luke 13:1-4

Now there were some present at that time who told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. 2 Jesus answered, "Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans because they suffered this way? 3 I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish. 4 those eighteen who died when the tower in Siloam fell on them-do you think they were more guilty than all the others living in Jerusalem?

The Tower of Siloam. Siloam - Siloam means "sent." Sent is a powerful word to God. And we remember with compassion Ruth Graham, wife of Billy Graham, fell in her 70s and did not remain pain-free. I think of this from time to time to realize with awe - when we say, "Thy Will be Done." We are saying with great feeling - God's Will is Good and I will find out why in God's Time.



God provides

Father, our Abba,

Your Living Water is available today. Let me be nourished with remembering Water rolling over me. Let us all hope and trust in the Good Will of our Father.

We pray this Living Water to do more than we ask or even imagine. God's Blessing upon us.

Jesus for our loved ones.
Jesus for our cares.
Jesus for the people God gives us.

Jesus for our Nation and the people Trusting God.

Jesus for sharing weather to provide all with safe and good weather in the warm months He gives us.

The Name of Jesus Cover us with ALL of His Willing Blessings!!!

Amen in Jesus.

 ♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †

1 Kings 9:1-3 ~ My Heart will always be there +†+

1 Kings 9:1-3

When Solomon had finished building the temple of the Lord and the royal palace, and had achieved all he had desired to do, 2 the Lord appeared to him a second time, as he had appeared to him at Gibeon. 

3 The Lord said to him:

“I have heard the prayer and plea you have made before me; I have consecrated this temple, which you have built, by putting my Name there forever. My eyes and my heart will always be there."

1 Chronicles 16:1-12

1 They brought the ark of God and set it inside the tent that David had pitched for it, and they presented burnt offerings and fellowship offerings before God. 2 After David had finished sacrificing the burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD. 3 Then he gave a loaf of bread, a cake of dates and a cake of raisins to each Israelite man and woman.

4 He appointed some of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, to make petition, to give thanks, and to praise the LORD, the God of Israel: 5 Asaph was the chief, Zechariah second, then Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-Edom and Jeiel. They were to play the lyres and harps, Asaph was to sound the cymbals, 6 and Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests were to blow the trumpets regularly before the ark of the covenant of God.

7 That day David first committed to Asaph and his associates this psalm of thanks to the LORD :

8 Give thanks to the LORD, call on his name;
make known among the nations what he has done.

9 Sing to him, sing praise to him;
tell of all his wonderful acts.

10 Glory in his holy name;
let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.

11 Look to the LORD and his strength;
seek his face always.

12 Remember the wonders he has done,

his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced

Psalm 75

1 We give thanks to you, O God;
we give thanks, for your name is near.
We recount your wondrous deeds.

2 “At the set time that I appoint

I will judge with equity.

3 When the earth totters, and all its inhabitants,

it is I who keep steady its pillars. Selah

4 I say to the boastful, ‘Do not boast,’
and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horn;
5 do not lift up your horn on high,
or speak with haughty neck.’”

6 For not from the east or from the west
and not from the wilderness comes lifting up,
7 but it is God who executes judgment,
putting down one and lifting up another.
8 For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup
with foaming wine, well mixed,
and he pours out from it,
and all the wicked of the earth
shall drain it down to the dregs.

9 But I will declare it forever;
I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.
10 All the horns of the wicked I will cut off,
but the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up.

1 Kings 8:66
On the following day he sent the people away. They blessed the king and then went home, joyful and glad in heart for all the good things the Lord had done for his servant David and his people Israel.

When Psalms are thought of, don't we usually think of David & maybe Solomon? This Psalm, like other Scripture has God as the Author. God not just inspiring, but God breathing Scripture out. 2 Timothy 3:16  - Holy Spirit and Paul. The writer (of Psalm 75) is Asaph.

Asaph, the one arranges the music to please the sweetness of the Holy Spirit,
 has lived through an amazing time. God is as near as His Name. Asaph is given the job by David, to be chief in charge of praising God. This is a celebration! God dwells with them as David becomes King of Israel. Asaph has seen a wonderful work of the Lord.

What sights our generation has seen. 

Luke 2 tells us of Works of the Lord

51 He has performed mighty deeds with his arm;
he has scattered those who are proud in their inmost thoughts.

52 He has brought down rulers from their thrones
but has lifted up the humble.
53 He has filled the hungry with good things
but has sent the rich away empty.
54 He has helped his servant Israel,
remembering to be merciful
55 to Abraham and his descendants forever,
just as he promised our ancestors.”


Blessed be God. Who gives us magnificent times.



We continue to live in an amazing time. Israel exists again as a Nation. The internet provides many new ways to study Scripture easily.  Our solar system exists in a darkened, airless universe. 

And we have sunlight, gravity, beautiful skies, green grass and we walk through our lives in frail bodies. The Word of God provides and speaks for Life. The Word of God holds up the Universe. We rely upon God our Father.

2 Chronicles 7


So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God. 6 And the priests attended to their services; the Levites also with instruments of the music of the Lord, which King David had made to praise the Lord, saying, “For His mercy endures forever”

Father God, 

WE ARE THE TEMPLE OF GOD!!!

We look to You, for all the blessings You plan to give us and give You great thanks for the blessings You have already provided.

The prayer life of David was real and messy. And very personal to the Heart of You, Father God. Let us pray for life to draw us closer to Love and to Your Heart. 

I lift up my mother, Edward, Opah's family and husband, Wayne, Matthew.

I lift up my mother who was dying, is recovering and is ill. Cal and Alexander, John and Mary Jane who traveled. And Edward who has helped and helped.  

 And ask Your blessings of joy, guidance and protection to do Your Will with Love.

Mary was never a little bit Pregnant. Nor was Mary a little bit doing God's Call and Charge for her life. Jesus the Lord, our Heavenly Abba and the Powerful Holy Spirit empower us all to live and do the Good Will of our Heavenly Father.

Let us feel the Mercy of God renew each day, by looking for the blessings God provides each day to sustain us in Joy. God tells us to be Salt in life - to bring out the good flavors found around us. To see the good.   

We Bless You Father God for the Light of the World, Jesus. 

And ask in Mercy ~ We ask for rain in the areas of Texas needing rain. Blessings upon our loved ones. For this State and our Nation.  In Jesus. Amen. 

♔ Lord Jesus Saves!  †

Matthew 5:8-9 ~ Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God

2 Chronicles 24:13

13 The men in charge of the work were diligent, and the repairs progressed under them. They rebuilt the temple of God according to its original design and reinforced it.

Amiens Cathedral. Filled with sandbags for Worshippers - World War II. Prepared. Fortified.

Father, Here is Your Church
Strong for Your People

Open the Doors
Pours to Open
 His Kingdom

Deuteronomy 31:7  

7 Then Moses summoned Joshua and said to him in the presence of all Israel, “Be strong and courageous, for you must go with this people into the land that the LORD swore to their ancestors to give them, and you must divide it among them as their inheritance.

Deuteronomy 31:23 

23 The LORD gave this command to Joshua son of Nun: “Be strong and courageous, for you will bring the Israelites into the land I promised them on oath, and I myself will be with you.”

Joshua 10:25

25 Joshua said to them, “Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. Be strong and courageous. This is what the LORD will do to all the enemies you are going to fight.”

Joshua 14:11  

11 I am still as strong today as the day Moses sent me out; I’m just as vigorous to go out to battle now as I was then.

Psalm 57:7

My heart, O God, is steadfast, my heart is steadfast; I will sing and make music.

Psalm 108:1

My heart, O God, is steadfast; I will sing and make music with all my soul.

Proverbs 4:26 

Give careful thought to the paths for your feet and be steadfast in all your ways.

Strive 

2 Corinthians 13:11

Finally, brothers and sisters, rejoice! Strive for full restoration, encourage one another, be of one mind, live in peace. And the God of love and peace will be with you.

Acts 24:16

So I strive always to keep my conscience clear before God and man.

1 Timothy 4:10

Labor and strive, because we have put our hope in the living God, who is the Savior of all people, and especially of those who believe.

Thrive 

Deuteronomy 31:20

When I have brought them into the land flowing with milk and honey, the land I promised on oath to their ancestors, and when they eat their fill and thrive

Deuteronomy 31:20

20 When I have brought them into the land flowing with milk and honey, the land I promised on oath to their ancestors, and when they eat their fill and thrive

Joy

1 Chronicles 12:40

Also, their neighbors from as far away as Issachar, Zebulun and Naphtali came bringing food on donkeys, camels, mules and oxen. There were plentiful supplies of flour, fig cakes, raisin cakes, wine, olive oil, cattle and sheep, for there was joy in Israel.

1 Chronicles 16:27

Splendor and majesty are before him; strength and joy are in his dwelling place.

 Capernaum 

JOY

1 Chronicles 16:33

33 Let the trees of the forest sing, let them sing for joy before the LORD, for he comes to judge the earth.

2 Chronicles 30:26
26 There was great joy in Jerusalem, for since the days of Solomon son of David king of Israel there had been nothing like this in Jerusalem.

Ezra 6:16
Then the people of Israel—the priests, the Levites and the rest of the exiles—celebrated the dedication of the house of God with joy.

Amos 5

24 Let justice roll down like waters,

and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.

Abba,

In Jesus let us be Centered on Jesus Christ. Renewing each day. Mounting up on Wings of Eagles.

Jeremiah 17:7
“Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord.


Abba, Let us be Blessed the people who trusts in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord.

Blessing others as ourselves.

Matthew 5:8-9

"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." 

“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God."


May the Lord God our Father
Bless and Keep us
Cause His Face to SHINE upon us.
He is being Gracious to us...

May our prayers and our soul
Cause Your Face to Lift up
to Smile upon us.

May Your Peace be ours in faith.

Cover, cover, cover us in the Name of Jesus Christ King of Kings, Lord of Lords.

We ask Your Blessing
for our Godly Path
for our cares and prayers.

For Wayne. For Opah and her family suffering through Cancer. Healing. You make the Way to Health.
Thank You for Jackson. Lord Jesus. For praying for Edward this morning diligently and he did not
rise to wake for the day until the prayers finished at that moment.

You receive, and Hear our Prayers. Thank You Father for every answer You Give.
We pray for good weather and weather to be shared along the earth. Rain and sun.

We Testify You Will Bless those Trusting in You. For Our Nation.
For our employments, cares. Our Churches, Communities filled with God's Love!!!
For Those We Love!!!
For the People You Give us.

Your Good, Good, Good, Good, Good
Good Good Good Good Good
Creation
surrounded all the day and night
Blessing the Believers.

Making our hearts connect to the Loving Heart of Jesus
Father God
and the Holy Spirit.

The World revolving on the Word of God
and Your Immense Love.

Jesus Christ King.

Amen.

 ♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †

HEBREWS 6:1-3, 9-20 ~ go on to maturity

Most of us see our soul going forth into life. Like car keys, purse or wallet

Going to the Lord God Almighty daily in prayer and adventure, as well as going Home.

HEBREWS 6:1-3, 9-20 

1 Therefore let us leave the elementary doctrine of Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, 2 and of instruction about washings, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment. 3 And this we will do if God permits.





A soul, being the placewhere God is asked to dwell within our eternal being - is a two-way door. How will we look to the Lord God, our Father, on an everyday basis?



The Message

So come on, let’s leave the preschool finger painting exercises on Christ and get on with the grand work of art. Grow up in Christ. The basic foundational truths are in place: turning your back on “salvation by self-help” and turning in trust toward God; baptismal instructions; laying on of hands; resurrection of the dead; eternal judgment. God helping us, we’ll stay true to all that. But there’s so much more. Let’s get on with it!

Now here is the point when a human being looks at the Word of God and feels the Spirit is moving, yet sees something different than The Message interpretation. In my 20's, I was in a very liberal Bible Study where the instructor said, "Why would we insult God by saying 'I want Heaven' - Heaven might be God's Memory and we should be pleased to be remembered."

I disagreed. I think this is easy to brush off believing God in all His Promises. God favored Abraham for his belief. God favored Abraham because Abraham took God's Word and Lived to Abundance in a very, very dry area in a tent (away from his own earthly father's abundant, verdant valleys) doing what laity does - living in the culture and finding God instead of the regular cultural 'party' lines. Abraham expected Abundant Life. Abraham expected to see the Glories of God in his everyday life and in situations of immediate prayer. I'd say the passage says shake off the rut of same old thing routine work a day. Don't just go to Church sing and leave. Feeling wonderful. Dig into belief that it isn't about routine - it's about GOD. Not mattering if we are High Church or low wear shorts church and flip-flops. Belief isn't measured in the regular observable things.



Belief is about the Shake up of The Real Jesus, The Real Father God, The Real Holy Spirit dwelling.

Belief is the nuts and bolts of The Book of Acts. I ask Jesus, we pray, we believe, 2 or more pray - sometimes that's you and Jesus. And we know as we pray for Wayne Lewis, he is going to recover from being in the hospital for his nose/sinus surgery. We have 'audacity' Faith. It does not have the comfort of warm Hobbit holes.

We say our faith is the time we spend - praying for real things expecting Real Holy Spirit Movement.




What if God banged on our door and told us, "Regular routine, your soul needs to wake up. Repeat, repeat, repeat." Wouldn't God be saying - believe all prayer has an answer when asked in the Name of Jesus?

Heed the call.


Today, I felt that the Holy Spirit was telling me - you react to grumpy sons and a husband with three grumps brain lobes - with sour grumpy and fury. I deal with testosterone brains with a woman's brain. Mistake a - allow servitude and getting quiet. One might as well be the donkey of Balaam. Mistake b - mine - put out fire with fire Red Adair Style. We had a Whale of an Argument. Everyone is grown. 29.7, 26.11, 55 and 57Grumps. Not the same as the youth group meetings. Not the youth group meetings. Indeed, indeed, indeed.

 Warning and Disclaimer: Do not try this in your home. No dishes were thrown at our house. Objects closer than they appear.

 Life is messy. The Bible says for the Righteous - all are messy. And then... and then and then...

We are messy.

Nooooo. We have grumpy debates about lawfulness. And the opinion vs the result. We have grumpy curfews. And unrestrained grumpy brain to mouth bombs. Not me. My sons are 9 inches taller than I am. But I can do the job if I go viral. Brain damage searches for language like this - "Where is the f go I put the s there." It's much faster than ah - um - om and is universal in brain damage. One son has adopted the lingo - the other says he has been swimming there long enough. Which exasperates the F I G H T. Dad says No, no, no, no. Sons say Dad said no. I say no.

Dinner invitation to Red Adair. Bring heavy equipment. Artillery. Do you carry mace? Bring fire retardant. Does it come in stylish silver? Red hat - fine. Shield - multi-color.




So we let it all hang out about Sunday 2 p.m. Never mind we had a weekend guest. Furniture in the raw - had nothing like Honest BRING IT. We handled this like the Movie, "300". This was actually a two-day event. (Will the weekend guest return - yeah. He's good with who we are - we always were real.)

Our houseguest, coincidentally looks like the one on the right. The facial expression - is just about right. Friend of ours since 2006.



Stop Drop and Roll. Well. Great Advice. REALLY. Prayer started out the - other - way with declarations. But after verbal blows, parry and impending dismemberment - we realized if we axed the team. Hey - we wouldn't have the team.


I like Stop Drop and Roll. Next time, since we learned it. I will.
We employed "Tatter Salad" - if only we had the ability to work with - "the right to remain Silent."

But we did find leaving a man behind in bloody battle - would involve Dire Love Lost. And in the result - we went with, "no Person left behind." (Person is a family last name.)

That being said, Hebrews 6 is like God telling me that He finds my soul and response a little like hitting His Head on the ceiling of my soul. Time to ask Father Lord God - help, help, please.

(My older son made TWO A's in Michigan State L-A-W School.•:*¨¨*:•.SUPER WOW.•:*¨¨*:•.AWESOME.•:*¨¨*:•.PERFECT.•:*¨¨*:•.THANKS Law Review sent food for Finals. Mom is proud of older son and younger son.)

Christmas and Vacation 2017

Petite Jean, Arkansas Vacation 1993

Alexander's participation in a vast archeological dig from Baylor and N Carolina University found a mosaic of Alexander the Great from Ezekiel and is historically wonderful.

And our younger son is doing so well getting his Master's in LSU in Construction Mgmt.



9 Though we speak in this way, yet in your case, beloved, we feel sure of better things--things that belong to salvation.

10 For God is not unjust so as to overlook your work and the love that you have shown for his name in serving the saints, as you still do.

11 And we desire each one of you to show the same earnestness to have the full assurance of hope until the end,
12 so that you may not be sluggish,
but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

Life is messy. The Bible says for the Righteous - all are messy.




June 2009. Our House. College Years.


One of our sons Lost His Dog.

This was unfortunate timing. We were dressed for a Wedding. Suit and Tie. Shiny, gloss suit shoes. Suddenly my college aged son was tie flying behind him offering every word up like a heathen at the Top OF His Lungs. The dog is never caught easily. However... God has mercy on many. The neighborhood was open mouthed. Fine evening to be in the yard. Youth ministry history.

My son didn't calm down. He came running back to two garage open doors. And

Acts of God are Stunning.

He slid across two Garage Bays. And as he reached the wall, he said he never hurt, he was on his rear, but Suddenly - my son's feet were where his head should have been. All the way up the wall. His head remained on the garage floor - where it was clean - out of the car zone. And our office garage can - filled cleanly with paper only was flying in the air. Flying. Flying. Landing on the face - only - saying the 'garbage' words.


1. He DESERVED THIS
2. Shocked the Neighbors
3. Em his parents
4. Slid did not fall across two car zones of the garage - Mercy
5. His Feet went up the wall entire minus his cranium. Height of my son perfectly- head is supported for more usage - Mercy
6. The trash can - is coincidently in the garage and only paper not goo - Mercy - his Garbage - lands on his face. TEACHING SOMETHING. IMPORTANT. My son LAUGHS FOR 45 entire MINUTES. "GOD LOVES ME!!!"




(We pray for Father God and Jesus to re-teach this in Mercy)



MERCY OF GOD

13 For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater by whom to swear, he swore by himself, 14 saying, "Surely I will bless you and multiply you."

15 And thus Abraham, having patiently waited, obtained the promise.

16 For people swear by something greater than themselves, and in all their disputes an oath is final for confirmation. 17 So when God desired to show more convincingly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable character of his purpose, he guaranteed it with an oath, 18 so that by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us.

19 We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner place behind the curtain, 20 where Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our behalf, having become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.





Abba Father,

Thank You for Your mercies. Your steadfast love. The Deliverance of the Righteous. Your Holy Scriptures.

For those we Love. For the people You care for. The Nation Trusting in You. And in the Nations of the world trusting in You, covering the Believers with the Name and Power of Jesus.

Keeping us in the Joy of God's Path for each of us. Enabling us each day. Strengthening us.

In Jesus Christ. Amen.

 ♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †