1 John 3
See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are.
The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him. 2 Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him because we shall see him as he is. 3 And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.
4 Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness. 5 You know that he appeared in order to take away sins, and in him there is no sin. 6 No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; no one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him. 7 Little children, let no one deceive you. Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous. 8 Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil. 9 No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God's seed abides in him; and he cannot keep on sinning because he has been born of God. 10 By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother.
11 For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. 12 We should not be like Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's righteous. 13 Do not be surprised, brothers, that the world hates you. 14 We know that we have passed out of death into life because we love the brothers. Whoever does not love abides in death. 15 Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.
16 By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. 17 But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God's love abide in him? 18 Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.
19 By this we shall know that we are of the truth and reassure our heart before him; 20 for whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything. 21 Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God; 22 and whatever we ask we receive from him because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him. 23 And this is his commandment, that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded us. 24 Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God, and God in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us.
Culture and Theology
Christmas Season always has wonderful movies released and comedy clunkers. Wonder Woman 1984, what does this movie possibly have in common with Bruce Almighty? Both movies discuss the problematic nature of God answering the prayers of the faithful.
Both Bruce and the Wonder Woman decide prayers aren't answered due to the fact one person's prayer depletes the yin and yang we have discovered lightning and thunder pull all the resources of the planet like pantyhose being pulled around a volleyball. This is true in the magnetosphere of our planet continuing on to the flares put out by the sun. One System of Lightning.
In other words, this is the idea of stoppage. The idea of a limited number of resources, like popcorn in a box.
If we continue the thought, we remember the call of the Shofar.
Hear O Israel, the Lord Thy God is One.
Actually, this Majesty of God the Almighty Maker of Heaven and Earth is entirely different from prayer resource stoppage.
Turn to the Logic of My Big Fat Greek Wedding:
You know, the root of the word Miller is a Greek word. Miller come from the Greek word "milo," which is mean "apple," so there you go. As many of you know, our name, Portokalos, is come from the Greek word "portokali," which mean "orange." So, okay? Here tonight, we have, ah, apple and orange. We all different, but in the end, we all fruit. There are two kinds of people - Greeks, and everyone else who wish they was Greek.
God's Fruit of the Spirit is a famous quote:
Galatians 5:22-26
The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,
forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.
Against such things there is no law.
Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.
26 Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other.
Prayer answers are a miracle of God. Love. Pure Love.
Consider God's Word saying God's Tupperware box of Prayer supplies has just been depleted:
Job 42:1,2
Then Job answered the Lord and said:
“I know that you can do all things,
and that no purpose of Yours can be thwarted."
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.
Job 38
Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:
“Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?
Dress for action like a man;
I will question you, and you make it known to me.
4 “Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth?
Tell me, if you have understanding.
5 Who determined its measurements—surely you know!
Or who stretched the line upon it?
On what were its bases sunk,
or who laid its cornerstone,
When the morning stars sang together
and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
What is the way to the place where the light is distributed,
or where the east wind is scattered upon the earth?
25 “Who has cleft a channel for the torrents of rain
and a way for the thunderbolt,
26 to bring rain on a land where no man is,
on the desert in which there is no man,
27 to satisfy the waste and desolate land,
and to make the ground sprout with grass?
28 “Has the rain a father,
or who has begotten the drops of dew?
29 From whose womb did the ice come forth,
and who has given birth to the frost of heaven?
30 The waters become hard like stone,
and the face of the deep is frozen.
31 “Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades
or loose the cords of Orion?
John 3:16
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son,
that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
The Storehouses of God are never empty. And if we consider God's Word for the size of Heaven:
Jerusalem is measured. Heaven expands far, far beyond. There is a vast reason Heaven expands beyond the sometimes quoted number of 144,000 saved. Read to find God's Love. Study to discover the infinite Beauty of The Almighty God Himself, Creator of All Things. And in finding God upholds the Universe with His Word, we find the answer to prayers, miracles and Hope. In His Love.
Joel 2:11
The LORD raises His voice in the presence of His army.
Indeed, His camp is very large, for mighty are those who obey His command.
For the day of the LORD is great.
Joel 3:14
Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision!
For the Day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.
Isaiah 2:4
He shall judge between the nations, and shall decide disputes for many peoples;
and they shall beat their swords into plowshares,
and their spears into pruning hooks;
nation shall not lift sword against nation,
neither shall they learn war anymore.
Ezekiel 37:9
Then He said to me, "Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man,
and tell it that this is what
The Lord GOD says: 'Come from the four winds, O breath,
and breathe into these slain,
so, that they may live!'"
Like Psalm 139, Jeremiah 1:5
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born
I consecrated you"
Psalm 65
You formed the mountains by Your power, having girded Yourself with might.
7 You stilled the roaring of the seas, the pounding of their waves,
and the tumult of the nations.
8 Those who live far away fear Your wonders;
You make the dawn and sunset shout for joy.
John 3:16-17
For God so loved the world,
that he gave his only Son
1 Corinthians 2:9
It is written:
What no eye has seen,
what no ear has heard,
what no human mind conceived
the things God has prepared for those who love Him
1 Kings 8:60
That all the peoples of the earth may know that the Lord is God; there is no other.
Abba, Father God,
To be Blessed to ask Jesus to cover us in His Righteousness, His Holy Name.
To be Blessed to be asked to have more Heaven on earth.
Jesus dwell in us and those we love
and we will see more Heaven on earth
and be more Heaven on earth.
To seek You first, we will find You.
Blessed.
The Lord determines. He is good. He gathers, He heals, He binds up, He gives. He covers. He prepares. He makes. He delights. His pleasure. His Word.
In Him, we live, we move and have our dwelling. In Christ Jesus our Lord.
We Pray for the Republic.
We the People all have Family and Loved Ones
we have fought and lived and died
for our Freedoms.
We the People pray for the Election not to be allowed to be feared to be dishonest.
We pray for the signatures and times to be valid.
We pray for the observations to be valid and up close and bipartisan.
We pray for the Legislature Laws of this Nation to be Upheld
and not rigged with pandemic miseries.
One Nation Under God
with
Liberty and Justice for All.
We pray for Truth.
Knowing in the Truth is where Peace and Integrity
with Love and Courtesy Dwell.
Lord Jesus, please heal them all
in Your Love and Mercy. Amen.
We lift Elliott to be completely healed.
We ask with all our heart to heal Dee and Wayne from Covid.
And all we know who suffer from Covid, in all aspects. And lift them up.
“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among
those with whom He is pleased!”
Jesus, favor our Nation, dwell in us. Please.
We ask the Vaccine to be delivered smoothly
and THANK GOD.
Jesus favor this Nation in Your Loving Word,
President Donald Trump, the First Lady and Their Family
Vice President Mike Pence, the Second Lady and Their Family.
All of Our Families.
All of Our Families.
The Presidential Team.
Dr. Robert Redfield, Dr. Deborah Birx, Dr. Anthony Fauci
Governor Abbott and all 50 Governors and Legislatures.
Senator Tim Scott
The end of this Virus end quickly, safely.
We rest in the Hands of Our Good Father.
In Jesus Christ. Amen.
♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †
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