Jeremiah 29:11 ~ The Plans of God

Jeremiah 29:11

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD,

plans for welfare and not for evil,

to give you a future and a hope.

Father God,

With the Holy Spirit alive and well. We fight the Good Fight.

Jeremiah 30:10
'Fear not, O Jacob My servant,' declares the LORD, 'And do not be dismayed, O Israel; For behold, I will save you from afar And your offspring from the land of their captivity. And Jacob will return and will be quiet and at ease, And no one will make him afraid."

Jeremiah 30:18
"Thus says the LORD, 'Behold, I will restore the fortunes of the tents of Jacob And have compassion on his dwelling places; And the city will be rebuilt on its ruin, And the palace will stand on its rightful place."

We will never, never, never give up the Calling of the Holy Spirit. To comfort those in need. And plan to look to our Father God expectantly with Joy for His Goodness. And provide security and protection for our children and grandchildren. Praying Jesus Love for those yet to be born. 

Making our hearts, mind and soul where Jesus is proud of us. Today and tomorrow!

Our prayers. Our works. Our words. Our Hope. Our Future. Jesus be in these long range hopes for a plan.

We pray with the West Coast for gentle rain. God bless.

We are the Easter people. God's New Covenant is Love for one another.

In the Name of Jesus. We Pray Amen with our Alleluia. Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves! † 

Matthew 4:13-19 ~ the Way

Capernaum

Matthew 4:13-19

13 Leaving Nazareth, he went and lived in Capernaum, which was by the lake in the area of Zebulun and Naphtali—

 14 to fulfill what was said through the prophet Isaiah: 15 “Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles— 

16 the people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned.” 

17 From that time on Jesus began to preach, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.”

18 As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen.

19 “Come, follow me,” Jesus said

Capernaum

Jesus started out collecting His Disciples. And Jesus overcame Life and Death, to go and collect His Disciples. A very perfect Circle.

Jesus is making a way, Truth and Life.  Jesus settles in Capernaum - not Tribe of Judah lands.
Jesus is making all things new.


John 21 Wonderful to know after Holy Easter.

After Family Easter. After a busy week. Jesus making Breakfast at the Sea of Galilee. Where Peter got in and swam to Jesus and then in the most Amazing thing ever shown to mankind - the Disciples squabbled.

Even God shows us continually Holiday after effect - even the Transfiguration Mountain had an after effect let down, where Jesus found the Disciples are Squabbling again.

Capernaum

Telling us we need Jesus. The Bible is Real. God has so much good patience and Love for us.


Seeing the Sea of Galilee shoreline, wouldn't you picture it being dramatically deep? Not portions where a robe would have mud and knees would be muddy.

Capernaum

God took the 13 mile Lake we call the Sea of Galilee and made real life. Golden sunsets are going to be less evident due to work done on the Shore Line like John 21. The Sea of Galilee has been a working lake. In Progress.

Even the Jesus Boat was found during work and horrible draught - forcing construction people to go to the old ways - fishing. God is in charge. God is above all our circumstances. God is Teaching His people.

We have to trust, if we are a Child of God in any situation, that good Bible advice is good. We have to be able to say to worry, "That's enough now." Doing the right thing - nourishes - your soul - your soul is the only part of you where you have real estate in eternity. Your brain is not going to survive death and go on.

David knew about hard circumstances. And in effect, David said this, "You can't control the weather in your life, but you can dance in the 'reign'."

The New Testament says to have faith. Jesus said Always Pray with Hope. Jesus said know the Scriptures, know the Power of God.

Easter is the perfect time to say that again.

Matthew Chapter 28, Verse 29 b.

Jesus said, "Know the Scriptures, Know the Power of God.

Luke 18, first verse a

1 And Jesus told them they ought always to pray and not lose heart

We can't change the weather easily. God's Will is His. Thank God. We can Trust God in the storms. Believe in God's Power and Authority. God's Love. God's Mercy.

David and Father God have given us good advice about dancing in all weather.

Psalm 23:6

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me

all the days of my life,

and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord

forever.

To follow Jesus with Awe and Wonder. To find His Love. To understand His Measure and see His Exact Representation in Jesus.

Our goal is our footprints leave Goodness and Mercy. Our actions please us and please God. This is a good purpose.

Let us live the Circle unbroken.

Jesus began calling His Disciples close to Him. He did this again in the Resurrection.

Jesus knew the world around Him would provide what Jesus calls "Trouble", Jesus had the endurance and faith to overcome. We see Jesus had squabbles with His Family during their advice to Him to go to the Festival. In the Transfiguration and Even Easter.

Jesus is about Love, Faith and Joy in Overcoming.


Luke 2 presents a Circle.

Simeon - this man was righteous and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. 26 And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ. 27 And he came in the Spirit into the temple, and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him according to the custom of the Law, 28 he took him up in his arms and blessed God and said,

29 “Lord, now you are letting your servant depart in peace,
according to your word;
30 for my eyes have seen your salvation
31 that you have prepared in the presence of all peoples,
32 a light for revelation to the Gentiles,
and for glory to your people Israel.”

33 And his father and his mother marveled at what was said about him. 34 And Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, “Behold, this child is appointed for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign that is opposed 35 (and a sword will pierce through your own soul also), so that thoughts from many hearts may be revealed.”

We find Easter has pierced the soul of many with Jesus' death on the cross. Many hearts were revealed on Good Friday.

And in Jesus Overcoming, we find:

Peace, According to the Power of God's Word

Our eyes have witnessed salvation as eyes of faith

John 14 tells us Jesus has gone to prepare a place for us forever with God's own Kingdom.

And as we study the changes in mankind - we find a Light has shown to His Glory.

Abba,

Help us to stay on Your Path. On Your Path we know Jesus is with us. We ask for ourselves and the ones we love. Guide us and lead us. Empower and protect us. Encourage and sustain us. Let us have Your Joy within us. To place our Hope in You. To be glad for Your protection.

Help those in Need especially from illness. Comfort those in affliction with Your Help and Works. 

Bless our neighborhoods, jobs, Churches. Our nation and the people of faith around the World. Help us to know Jesus is our Good Foundation. Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves! † 

1 Corinthians 16:13-14 ~ Stand firm in the faith

Psalm 103:2
Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits

1 Corinthians 16:13-14

13 Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. 

14 Let all that you do be done in love.

On this Saturday, we are still in Easter week. This is utterly astonishing to me.

Shane and Shane God is Alive.

We have had company from Michigan and Dallas (from Holy Week and on) and rejoiced with local family, new puppies, new wellness, new illness, new jobs, new complaints, new roof issues, new household repairs as well. Landscape puppy issues. Housetraining. Home Insurance Issues. Aging Parent issues. Phone calls about important aging issues and sad news. Kindness reports, kindness given. Three roofing people.  And then another item - with three house repairmen to analyze the problem. Three repair interviews first. Accounting issues, checks received. Checks looked for. Car issues. Garage issues. Trips multiple to Home Depot. A new sewing project to have good stewardship on household goods on hand.

We fixed many dinners for family and received dinner being brought. Many trips to the Grocery.

New exercise program. Enjoying and loving seeing neighbors out in the sunshine. Happy texts. Fix immediately texts. Get a Doctor Appointment - what is that thing. What do you say discussions. Fusses. Congratulations. A son going to Japan a Law Professor invited him. Documentation searching.




Are we sure we are still in Easter Week?

We Are. Jesus is Alive.

God, Himself, is Good to us.

In every situation, we are like the proverbial car with cans tied to the bumper.

Yay Opportunity! Worry added. Can I do this? Can do. Will this hold. Is this perpetual. Hi there, good to meet you. Oh, go away. Thanks for trying. Oh - thanks - for - trying. Disaster. Repair. Did this happen this way last time? No. Yes. Fix. Alleluia. Do we have to discuss this? Yes, so glad we did. So boring. So teachable.

Traveling down the road of every situation, thought, work and deed - we wonder if we are still in Easter. Again. Yes.

The Bible tells us something about every busy and routine and new left curve of Life. The Seed Parable - do not let the cares of life choke you out from God's Love. Do not become so trampled - your seeds do not have time to relax, joy and enjoy and rejoice.

We live, Live. Live in every single Word of God.

1 Corinthians 16 

Opportunity.

13 Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. 
14 Let all that you do be done in love.

15 Now I urge you, brothers—you know 
that the household of Stephanas were the first converts in Achaia, 

and 

that they have devoted themselves to the service of the saints— 

16 be subject to such as these, and to every fellow worker and laborer. 

17 I rejoice 

at the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus,

because they have made up for your absence, 

18 for they refreshed my spirit as well as yours. 

Give recognition to such people.!!!

We were having such a busy day - I was focused on the repairs and how to. Edward said, "Remember this morning, we were given an entire blessed, thought about, unasked for - blessing - a cinnamon pancake."

Blessings are so incredibly Powerful of God. Renew. Reset. Rejoice. Remember. Remember. Remember.

Easter - Easter Eggs - Remember to search for your Blessings Renewing Daily.

Remember to be so grateful to the unknown, good young, woman who walks up to say leaning in, "Jesus Bless You."

Remember when the bee stings, and the dog bites~  all things work together for Good for those who Love the Lord and work according to His Purpose.

Remember the joy of running into multiple neighbors of great Joy several times on walks around the neighborhood.

Remember you were invited to lunch this week and a joy on Sunday Night and something next weekend as well.


Even when Repairs to the household cause real hyperventilation.

And apparent disaster - diverted.

And then running out of Home Depot for the 6th time in 3 or 4 weeks - to say to Father God,
"Can You, Father, believe this is still Easter Week?"

And I felt the Holy Spirit tell me - stand as tall as your head will reach up.




 This aligns all the body and suddenly you feel better than rushing here and there.




 I felt the Holy Spirit say to my soul - take deep enough breaths. Feel God's air - flow in and out.




Let every aspect of your life - be part of Father God. Remember as you enter doorways - to count Your Blessings. Each door - remember God's Love.



This Easter stand firm. Stand firm. Stretch upwards to God. Breathe God in with deliberation.

Love God. And in His Love give to the people God has put in your Life. The Life God - Himself- our Father Gives freely to us Giving us Jesus Blessing Daily.

We have Seasons. Some are quiet and blessed. Some are quiet and lonely. Some are fine. Some are filled with all aspects of Life. Find God's purpose for us all in all Seasons. God's Love fills up our hearts.

Abba, Our Abba, Our Father,

The Wind of Life blows where it will. Let this Wind find us remembering Your Blessings. Let us find this Easter Week, we are eager to take the time to find and Bless You for our Blessings.

Fill our hearts, fill the hearts of those we Love. Thank You for the people You have given us. Jesus bless them and bless them and bless them with Your Love.

Let the Holy Spirit sweep this Nation finding Easter Week and Your Willing Blessings.

Bless the work of our hands and the thoughts of our heart and the words of our mouth to cause You to Lift Your Face and Smile.

Help us as we need You in all aspects of our lives. Where we know and even where we do not know even to ask. Let Your Living Water soak and nourish us all. You are Love. Reign upon us.

The Lamb of God is for us. You have Given us Your Son, Your Word, Your Promises. Thank You.

Let all nations and all of Your Beloved Children find more Heaven and more of Your Good Will on this earth.

The Words of Jesus bless us. Thank You. Alleluia. Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †