We read in the Gospels, Jesus began His Day with quiet prayer with His Father.
Jesus has told us, Jesus and the Father are One.
Jesus very, very probably had an Idea about the Day His Father had Planned for Jesus and
His Ministry
Matthew 9:18-26
All Judean Rabbis, even small town Rabbis, have a time to serve
in the Jerusalem Temple in the rotation.
Capernaum's Synagogue has a relief to show us what small town Synagogues might look like:
Magdala, a smaller Synagogue:
Beautiful Stone work, columns of the late first Century
listing "Sons of Thunder, James and John" (on Capernaum's)
Showing Bronze Synagogue Tools
The Interior would look like this:
Floors of the Synagogue would not be elaborate until about the 11th Century AD.
Jairus isn't in the Gospels because of his fame. Jairus is in the Gospels for his humility, placing asking Jesus before status or agenda. Wanting a Word of God for his child. Jesus was in Capernaum the day Jairus came to Him. Perhaps Jairus was from Capernaum, or perhaps another smaller town.
Of all the People Jesus met, we know Bartimaeus. And Jairus.
While He was saying these things to them, behold, a ruler (Jairus, of the Synagogue)
came in and knelt before him, saying, “My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand on her, and she will live.”
19 And Jesus rose and followed him, with his disciples.
20 And behold, a woman who had suffered from a discharge of blood for twelve years came up behind him and touched the fringe of his garment,
21 for she said to herself, “If I only touch his garment, I will be made well.”
Jesus turned, and seeing her he said, “Take heart, daughter; your faith has made you well.” And instantly the woman was made well.
23 And when Jesus came to the ruler's house and saw the flute players and the crowd making a commotion, 24 he said, “Go away, for the girl is not dead but sleeping.”
And they laughed at him. 25 But when the crowd had been put outside,
He went in and took her by the hand, and the girl arose.
26 And the report of this went through all that district.
Raising Jairus daughter by Polenov
Rembrandt.
Rembrandt is so compelling to see. His Portraits
place us in the middle of Jesus.
Where do you see yourself in this day of Jesus, Healing Jairus Daughter?
Painting of Jarius’ daughter by Wilson Ong
The following verses are written about Abraham,
Jesus was here before Abraham.
Every knee will bow
to Jesus Christ.
Romans 4:20-25
No unbelief made Him waver concerning the promise of God, but He grew strong in His faith as He gave glory to God, 21 fully convinced that God was able to do what He had promised.
22 That is why His faith was “counted to Him as righteousness.”
23 But the words “it was counted to him” were not written for his sake alone, 24 but for ours also. It will be counted to us who believe in him who raised from the dead Jesus our Lord, 25 who was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification.
Jesus was having a day. His 5th recent miracle. And God framed this beautiful day like this:
Matthew 9
15 And Jesus said to them, “Can the wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast. 16 No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch tears away from the garment, and a worse tear is made. 17 Neither is new wine put into old wineskins. If it is, the skins burst and the wine is spilled and the skins are destroyed. But new wine is put into fresh wineskins, and so both are preserved.”
Colossians 1:15
The Son is the image of the invisible God,
the firstborn over all creation.
Abba, Father God,
1 John 5:14
This is the confidence we have in approaching God:
if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.
Isaiah 1:18
"Come now, let us reason together," says the LORD. "Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool."
Isaiah 51:1
Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness and who seek the LORD:
Look to the rock from which you were cut
and to the quarry from which you were hewn
Abba, we ask You unite us in Jesus Christ.
During Pandemic, foundations are felt to be swaying.
We will hold fast to Your Robe. Your fringe.
Help us to help one another stand firm
Hope in Jesus.
Father, You know in our prayer life, we have been praying for the person who said I've been rough and unhappy and treated people poorly. And daily to compensate, I tell myself what a terrible person I have become. And in this unhappiness, more unhappiness happens. Now this person feels self-forgiveness is possible, needed and worthy. Help us all to have new paths of Hope and a Future.
Dwell in us, Father,
Give us love and compassion for those we know are struggling.
Please bring more Heaven to earth.
For those we Love, for ourselves.
When we are unable to fix the world with Pandemic panic brains,
we ask You in the Highest Name of Jesus,
to fix what is broken,
to bring a path in You: A Way, Truth and Life.
We cannot fix the Pandemic
and the people ill with all manner of things.
We ask Jesus.
When even a Carolina Wren suffers and dies,
we pray for the bird to pass to joy in Heaven God sent Elijah horses from.
Jesus would ask us to pray for the people we see and think of.
We ask Your Healing Blessing on Elliott.
They Hope in You, Jesus.
We pray for Elliott and Harby to grow old together.
In the Highest Name of Jesus,
we place our Hope in You.
Amen.
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