Titus 1:1-4
1 Paul,
servanta of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ,
for the sake of the faith of God’s elect
and their knowledge of the truth, which accords with godliness,
2 in hope of eternal life,
which God, who never lies,
promised before the ages began
3 and at the proper time manifested in his word through the preaching with which I have been entrusted by the command of God our Savior;
4 To Titus, my true child in a common faith:
Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
Watching the Bible to learn, having our hearts see what is the beginning of Faith.
Imagining being with the Roman Guard and knowing this Man, Jesus, is Something to God is easy to imagine. The Guard came to know, fully, this is the Son of God by walking with Jesus.
This Crucifixion was not meant to be a gentile awakening. The Roman instructed King Herod chose the High Priest and the Sadducean Council. When they conspired to put Jesus to death, the soldiers and Pilate's Letter to Tiberius Claudius Nero was not what they had planned or hoped for.
No one could have guessed or imagined Good Friday and the Via Dolorosa would know the love Jesus held surpasses knowledge, filled the unplanned with all the fullness of God. Allowing Father God, who is able to do infinitely more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power at work in the Holy Spirit. Via Dolorosa records only the unintended found the Messiah on Good Friday.
Simon of Cyrene did not plan to help Jesus the day he did. He is listed in Mark 15:21 Simon as "the father of Alexander and Rufus". It's also sincerely hoped Rufus (in Greek: Ῥοῦφον or Rhouphon) mentioned by Paul in Romans 16:13 is the son of Simon of Cyrene. Some think Simon himself with the "men of Cyrene" who preached the Gospel to the Greeks in Acts 11:20.
St. Augustine's Mother didn't give up on St. Augustine when his father kept pushing St. Augustine away from the faith of Jesus. Even canceling his Baptism. St. Augustine's mother relied on faith she had from God St. Augustine would be saved. One man of God told his mother, "the child of those tears shall never perish."
Showing us again - the Living Water of God explains the Holy Spirit amazingly well. Water goes exactly where water wants to go. Water changes direction, changes the landscape, and seeps down deep. Filling crevices renewing the soul. Nourishing.
Mark 13:31
Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
Abba, our Father,
Your Word sustains Life. We would ask Your Blessing upon us and those we love.
We will lift up our eyes to the sky,
We will then look to the earth beneath,
For the sky will vanish like smoke,
And the earth will wear out like a garment
And its inhabitants will die in like manner
Our Father God's own life giving salvation will be forever,
The Righteousness of our God will not wane.
You breathed Your life in me
You have been so, so kind to me
Oh, the overwhelming, never-ending, reckless love of God
Oh, it chases me down, fights 'til I'm found, leaves the ninety-nine
I couldn't earn it, and I don't deserve it, still,
You give Yourself away
Oh, the overwhelming, never-ending, reckless love of God
When I was Your foe, still Your love fought for me
You have been so, so good to me
When I felt no worth, You paid it all for me
You have been so, so kind to me
The overwhelming, never-ending, reckless love of God
where we will place Living Waters flowing forever in the Name of Jesus.
Filling all the places and souls our Father would fill.
We give our Loved Ones,
our health and doctor visit for Edward
Allergy sufferers
The Prayer Requests we are given.
The People You have given us - to Your Loving and unimaginably Loving Care.
And Rest with sound peace
In the Will, Works, Ways and Love of Jesus.
Amen.
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