Luke 9:6-17 ~ Satisfied

God interweaves all things together for good, for those

who Love the Lord and work according to His Purpose.

 

Luke 9:6-17

6 And they departed and went through the villages, preaching the gospel and healing everywhere.

10 On their return the apostles told Him all that they had done. 

And He took them and withdrew apart to a town called Bethsaida. 11 When the crowds learned it, they followed Him, and He welcomed them and spoke to them of the kingdom of God and cured those who had need of healing. 

12 Now the day began to wear away, and the twelve came and said to Him, “Send the crowd away to go into the surrounding villages and countryside to find lodging and get provisions, for we are here in a desolate place.” 

13 But he said to them, “You give them something to eat.” 

They said, “We have no more than five loaves and two fish—unless we are to go and buy food for all these people.” 14 For there were about five thousand men. 

And He said to his disciples, “Have them sit down in groups of about fifty each.” 

15 And they did so, and had them all sit down. 16 And taking the five loaves and the two fish, 

He looked up to Heaven and said a blessing over them.

 Then He broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples to set before the crowd. 

17 And they all ate and were satisfied. And what was left over was picked up, twelve baskets of broken pieces.

Prayer.
Location - Desolate or lonely place.
Goal - Nourishment.
Possibility - With God nothing is impossible.
Jesus said - Always pray with hope.

Jesus prayed quite often. In isolation.

His own prayers demonstrated His Company was to be alone with Father God and privately. Jesus said  we pray go into a prayer closet and pray quietly. Which can be a quiet portion of our own mind, soul and heart. If we wanted examples of Jesus saying this, we would easily find them. The woman who wanted to touch Jesus, didn't even tell Jesus. Nathaniel in John's Gospel, Chapter One, was absolutely delighted to find Jesus had seen him praying under the tree. When Jesus healed the daughter of Jairus, He asked the mourners to depart. The deaf man was taken to a quiet area, so he would understand the prayer and the answer.

And what ties together these Scripture Verses?  

Some of our prayers would embarrass others. Or look foolish - and then we feel silly praying impudently. Jesus didn't say this word to substitute for impudently, "insistently."  Instead Jesus said pray persistently if we feel we are dealing with God as a Harsh Judge. Jesus explains Love does not insist on its own way.

If we imagine what Jesus' prayers looked like with Father God, what would we see? 

"Father, You want me to cross the Sea of Galilee 3 times tomorrow?" "What would You have me say to the deaf man?" "You want me to do what with mud and my saliva?" "You want me to call Herod a what? Why?"  "Really, James and John are bringing me their mother ? Thanks for letting me know."

When Jesus healed Lazarus, from being dead, Thomas said, "Ok, well now we are going to die with Him." So what would the Disciples have said if they knew what Jesus knew. Private Prayer isn't such a bad thing?!  Remember, when the Blind Men were going to exercise their faith loudly - the crowd called for them to be silent.

Selecting our Scripture wisely is an important subject for Belief. We bring our hearts forth when we call judgment on faith. The crowd booed and hissed for the men to not bother Jesus. Jesus felt very differently and wanted the men to verbally explain their prayer. We can well imagine the men felt humble to have been put down by the crowd and blindly asking the Messiah to heal them. 

Jesus brings Joy. Jesus finds Life is Joy. Father God finds His Creation is Good. And delights looking inside mankind proclaiming the Light of Christ is in mankind.

This year we see this hope. And we see Jesus giving opposite advice from John Chapter One about the Light of mankind and taking us to the Second Chapter of John. Which we have also witnessed this year.

John 2 

24 But Jesus did not entrust Himself to them, for He knew them all. 25 He did not need any testimony about man, for He knew what was in a man.

Romans 15:14

 "I myself am convinced, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able to instruct one another."

How should we decide about how we will put forth our prayers to Father God and sharing with others? 

James the Brother of Jesus Christ had real insight having grown up with Jesus, Mary and Joseph. James said always feel free to ask God for wisdom and believe without being a double-minded man, shaken by waves. King Solomon wrote, probably, in Proverbs - do not be afraid of sudden fear. We will look for and find the balance of an unshakable Kingdom brought by Father God who upholds the Universe by His Word.

Why be loud in our hopeful prayers?

Proverbs 29:18 

Where there is no prophetic vision the people cast off restraint, 

but 

blessed is he who keeps the law.

The Law is the Spirit of God and His Love. The blind men had such hope, their faith told them wouldn't be cast down. They would continue to pray and call to Jesus Christ with all their heart.

Why be quiet in our hopeful prayers?

Matthew 7:6

Do not give what is holy to the dogs; nor cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.

Hannah found out right quickly.  She is a perfect example of loud prayer can absolutely have supreme criticism. David knew the hardship of faith.

1 Samuel 1

12 As she kept on praying to the Lord, Eli observed her mouth. 13 Hannah was praying in her heart, and her lips were moving but her voice was not heard. Eli thought she was drunk 14 and said to her, “How long are you going to stay drunk? Put away your wine.”

15 “Not so, my lord,” Hannah replied, “I am a woman who is deeply troubled. I have not been drinking wine or beer; I was pouring out my soul to the Lord. 16 Do not take your servant for a wicked woman; I have been praying here out of my great anguish and grief.”

17 Eli answered, “Go in peace, and may the God of Israel grant you what you have asked of him.”

18 She said, “May your servant find favor in your eyes.” 

Then she went her way and ate something, and her face was no longer downcast. 

Hannah was not going to insist on her own way. I Corinthians 13.

The foolishness of faith.

Constantly, we find faith is a miracle someone would scoff at. God, Himself, says the work of mankind is to Believe. The Seed Parable says so much is going on - all around us. Look at these verses today - there was not going to be any way Jesus would feed us. And He did. Millenniums later. An ongoing miracle where far more than 5,000 are fed. And Jesus can feed us even when we scoff. His tenderness will touch us. Before Jesus fed the crowd He was busy healing and Saving the entire world.

All those chairs are not 2 million chairs

and this is prayer as well. 

Many prayers have been prayed

this year.

Abba, Father God,

You are our Help, and our Helper

You have called Yourself

our 

Comfort

and 

Comforter

Proverbs 3:26 

For the Lord will be your confidence and will keep your foot from being caught.

Isaiah 41:10 

Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, 

for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, 

I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

2 Corinthians 3:5 

Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, 

but our sufficiency 

is from God,

Hebrews 13:6

So we can confidently say, 

“The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?”

1 John 3:20-21 

For whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, 

and He knows everything. 

Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God;

Philippians 4:13 

I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.

Romans 15:13 

May the God of hope fill you 

with all joy and peace 

in believing, 

so that by the power of the Holy Spirit 

you may abound 

in 

hope.

Dwell in me,

Dwell in us,

Dwell in those we Love,

Help us to seek You first.

Peace and the Joy God gives us.

And we will finish well, 

in Jesus Christ. 

Please, Father,

Bless Edward with healthy retinas

Today Edward found out

he has a 3rd surgery

for 3rd Detached Retina

and 

has a Surgeon plan for solid

fix for this retina

and

a necessary second eye 

to follow.

We Pray Glory

of God

to Heal Edward.

The Lord to bless us 

and our family with health

and the dreams we have,

Your Will and Peace

as the little baby has colic fairly intensely.

And slept through the night.

We have had an intense week

Peace and Prosperity for the Godly

Healing

Joy of the Lord

Help us seek and find 

and bring,

become,

 more Heaven

to this earth.

In the Name of Jesus 

fill us

surround us

embolden us

lead us

redeem us

and keep us forever.

Lord Jesus Christ

Only Son of God, our Father.

WE PRAY 

BLESSINGS 

for those

helping the earth 

to heal.

Jesus Christ

Shine on us

ALL

Let evil and practicing evil

depart 

far 

from us

and our children.

Thy Kingdom come

Thy will be done

on earth

as it is

in Heaven. 

And we will be blessed indeed. 

Jesus the Lord. Alleluia

and Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves †

Bless the Lord Jesus

Thank You, Jesus

Yes, The Lord Fulfills His Purpose!

Colossians 3:12-17 ~ The Name of the Lord Jesus

 

Colossians 3:12-17

Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, 13 bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. 

14 And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. 

15 And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful. 

16 Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. 

17 And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the Name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.

One Sunday, we were with Grandmother Bit and Tate (Rev. Tate Young in Sherman and Dennison)  for Sunday Lunch. We would have had fewer candles and the room had a wall of picture glass windows to see the yard and then Lake Texhoma.  As we all came in through the door, we would start carrying plates and setting the table.  Usually it was a roast timed in the oven and Tate would be chatting with the whole table as he was carving the meat. A couple of vegetables. Maybe some rolls. And at the end of the meal, always the regret there was no dessert!

This particular Sunday, it was the end of the meal and I have no memory of the table conversation, the meal was winding down.  We had done this so often, no one was alarmed the conversation had dwindled. Tate looked over at me and asked a question out of the ordinary.  "What do you think about in the drive from Dallas to Pottsboro?"

I replied, I wonder why some land (there had been miles of rural land then) is filled with all kinds of things making the property look ugly and then next door the land looks great.  Tate frowned and asked what I meant. I described it again in great detail. I explained about lots of dead sticks and it would look dead and next door look great and great. This irritated Daddy and he said some people work and don't have time to do this or the money. 

One of the reasons I adored Tate. He could put his finger straight up and quell my father who was quite good at being authoritative in all seasons. And my father did not get upset or fussy, he just yielded to a lifetime of good manners and affection.

Tate got interested in the conversation, because Tate was 1000% interesting and we discussed all the options. There are different types of grass. People have differing interests and needs. Some people don't think gross dead stick weeds are all that bad and it's their childhood memories involved.  And some land is just better with better trees and some assets.  Tate then asked if he had answered the question. 

I said yes, pretty well. But this week in school we were learning about goats and problems with raising them is they eat everything and sheep don't. I said it would be great if we all could get rented out goats and let the goats go eat everything, even tin cans.  My dad said that would be great but it's not happening because not every property is fenced in, goats would leave and no one wants to herd goats into a trailer.  Tate said it would take an hour to do that and there is the fence issue but I bet that a lot of land holders wish goats were available. And both men did agree the conversation was not anything they had expected.

Fast forward to being in Hawaii for my 60th birthday and being in a tour group of a Hawaiian farm. We learned about Coconut Beetles the size of half a woman's hand.  Coming from farm land allowed to go wild.  And I said do you know that property on the highway nearby and described to our guide we were all having lunch with. And he replied he certainly did. I said it is in some terrible shape with weeds so high that it semi hides the deserted car.  He said, Wow, a deserted car? That's terrible.  

Then our guide we enjoyed so much said: His family for 3 generations had developed the coconut farm. Oops. He was going to rent goats and get it taken care of. GOAT RENTALS? Yes, it's a thing.  And sure enough we saw 50 goats clear the property in 2 days. Car was being towed as well. No Coconut Beetles for them. He wasn't offended. Superlative. 

And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the Name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.

I was pretty thrilled to hear this finally was something people do, with goats, to even clear the Bay Bridge in San Francisco. 

Revelation 19

The Name 

by which He is called 

is

 The Word of God. 

14 And the armies of Heaven, arrayed in fine linen, white and pure,

 were following Him 

on 

white horses. 

Mark 16:15

Go out

and Tell

ALL

of 

Creation

When you open Social Media, you will find 20 million stories of animal rescues.  And people still discuss the movie, "War Horse" and  even Elizabeth Taylor's "Black Beauty."  Horses prove having a long life can be traumatic.  

Answers why we wall want dogs to live to be 30 years old.  

Walter Scott romanticized dog lovers, and  1576 AD Elizabethan book as the world's very first systematic catalog of dog breeds: De Canibus Britannicis (translated as Of English Dogs).The 1576 "Study" of Dog Breeds. Written by Johannes Caius, a brilliant English physician and the co-founder of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, this text categorized dogs by their functions, behaviors, and physical traits. Dogs were considered useful and working until 9 years of age, generally. 

The smell of Greeley, Colorado is in the air. And the citizens show this in their collective human health report.

One of the most shocking stories is that of Greeley, Colorado.

Newspapers swear that on a windy day you can smell the cow abuse of this county all the way to Los Angeles. Regulations and FDA Laws? Completely Ignored. Lousiana was forced by the United States Senate to comply with FDA laws. And has for half a century or more. Not Greeley. It has some cloud over it in smell for 25 miles making the authorities run from human mercy or inspection of laws. It is WRETCHED.

Dairy cows even worse. 

But we can solve the years of life a horse has much better.

There are unique and wonderful sanctuaries. 

We could incorporate zoos next door to pastures owned as resting agriculture and agriculture farms.  And people line up to VRBO reclaimed houses from the early 1900's. What if they faced the land where each state had horse run free.  This would be better than the Disney zoo people want to see from the hotel.

The newest invention for large livestock

The electric tag mimicking the invisible fence for dogs.  With this invention we should all be aware, that now horses can graze on resting agricultural farmland, it's always tilled to be even and would take the horse traffic.  

With this invention, horses could be rented for having marvelous fertilizer. 

Perpetual Forest UK

We should think about the UK project to have running forest from rural, on the edges of farmland, near the highways like Washington, Oregon and Georgia, now some of Florida and keep the forest perpetual by running the forest in strips down the streets. Never a treeless area.  Wildlife has a refuge and so does the air quality.

Abolish the horse lots of death. 

 Let the owners be able to contribute a small fee to let the horses have a range on each state, as they can, and would want the horses to end well. Have horse adoptions.  Incorporate this with large acreage zoos and safaris. Learn from the research.  Let the city zoos and vet colleges work in these areas, medical research for well being.  Many tourist VRBOs to witness the reclaiming of land as it has been.  The National Parks are very crowded in summers. 

And let this be like the discussion of goats. 

The more we plan these things, the sooner they will be a part of our lives. 

More Heaven upon earth.  Instead of cursing the age of Billionaires, encourage them.  More Heaven upon earth.

For the Greatest of 

These

is

LOVE

Abba, Father,

God's Good Creation.

The Power of God

is like the Sunlight

visiting us 

from above.

God upholds the Universe

Our Father upholds the Universe

with the Power of His Word.

Our Father,

God the Almighty,

Creator of Heaven and earth,

Creator of all things. 

We pray immediately for help and mercy

 to the Lord God

and 

the 

Catastrophic Event

of

the Death of 150 Grey Whales

in the Name of Jesus Christ

As we consider

Your Love

and 

Your Light,

Isaiah 58:14

“Then you shall take delight in the Lord, 

and 

I will make you ride on the heights of the earth; 

I will feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father, 

for the mouth of the Lord 

has spoken.”

Let Jesus be part of our existence

like Light

Our Prayers 

travel to Heaven

like Light

We ask, Father,

The Light of 

Jesus Christ

We ask Your Love and Warmth

would be our energy each day

and the Hope

and Faith

and Love

guiding us.

Dwell in me,

Dwell in us,

Dwell in those we Love,

Help us to seek You first.

Peace and the Joy God gives us.

And we will finish well, 

in Jesus Christ. 

Please, Father,

Bless Edward with healthy retinas

Today Edward found out

he has a 3rd surgery

for 3rd Detached Retina

and 

has a Surgeon plan for solid

fix for this retina

and

a necessary second eye 

to follow.

We Pray Glory

of God

to Heal Edward.

The Lord to bless us 

and our family with health

and the dreams we have,

Your Will and Peace

as the little baby has colic fairly intensely.

And slept through the night.

We have had an intense week

Peace and Prosperity for the Godly

Healing

Joy of the Lord

Help us seek and find 

and bring,

become,

 more Heaven

to this earth.

In the Name of Jesus 

fill us

surround us

embolden us

lead us

redeem us

and keep us forever.

Lord Jesus Christ

Only Son of God, our Father.

WE PRAY 

BLESSINGS 

for those

helping the earth 

to heal.

Jesus Christ

Shine on us

ALL

Let evil and practicing evil

depart 

far 

from us

and our children.

Thy Kingdom come

Thy will be done

on earth

as it is

in Heaven. 

And we will be blessed indeed. 

Jesus the Lord. Alleluia

and Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves †

Bless the Lord Jesus

Thank You, Jesus

Yes, The Lord Fulfills His Purpose!