2 Timothy 1:10 ~ Christ Jesus, who has destroyed death and has brought life and immortality to light through the gospel.

 

2 Timothy 1:10

It has now been revealed through the appearing 

of our Savior, Christ Jesus, 

Who has destroyed death 

and has brought life 

and immortality 

to light 

through the gospel.

John 21

9 When they got out on land, they saw a charcoal fire in place, with fish laid out on it, and bread. 10 Jesus said to them, 

“Bring some of the fish that you have just caught.” 

11 So Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net ashore, 

full of large fish, 153 of them. 

And although there were so many, the net was not torn. 

12 Jesus said to them, “Come and have breakfast.”

24 This is the disciple who is bearing witness about these things, 

and who has written these things, 

and we know 

that his testimony 

is true.

Matthew 28

And behold, there was a great earthquake, 

for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven 

and came and rolled back the stone and sat on it. 

3 His appearance was like lightning, and his clothing white as snow. 

4 And for fear of him the guards trembled and became like dead men.

 5 But the angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. 6 He is not here, for He has risen, as He said. Come, see the place where He lay. 

7 Then go quickly and tell His disciples 

that He has risen from the dead, 

and behold, 

He is going before you to Galilee; 

there you will see Him. 

See, I have told you.”

16 Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain 

to which Jesus had directed them. 

17 And when they saw Him they worshiped Him, 

but some doubted. 

18 And Jesus came and said to them, 

“All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 

19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, 

baptizing them in the name of the Father 

and of the Son 

and of the Holy Spirit, 

20 teaching them to observe all 

that I have commanded you. 

And behold, 

I am with you always, 

to the end of the age.”

1 Corinthians 15:6

After that, He appeared to more than five hundred 

of the brothers and sisters at the same time, 

most of whom are still living, 

though some have fallen asleep.

Acts of the Apostles - Chapter 1

In the first book, O Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus 

began to do and teach, 

2 until the day when He was taken up, 

after He had given commands through the Holy Spirit 

to the apostles whom He had chosen. 

3 He presented Himself alive to them 

after His suffering 

by many proofs, 

appearing to them 

during forty days 

and speaking about the Kingdom of God.

4 And while staying with them 

He ordered them not to depart from Jerusalem,

 but to wait for the promise of the Father, 

which, He said, 

“you heard from Me; 

5 for John baptized with water, 

but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit 

not many days from now.”

7 He said to them, 

“It is not for you to know times or seasons 

that the Father has fixed by His own authority. 

8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit 

has come upon you, 

and you will be my witnesses 

in Jerusalem 

and in all Judea and Samaria, 

and to the end of the earth.”

1 Corinthians 15:7-8

Then He appeared to James, t

hen to all the apostles. 

8 Last of all, as to one untimely born, He appeared also to me.

James 5:20

You can be sure that whoever brings the sinner back 

will save that person

 from death 

and bring about the forgiveness of many sins.

2 Timothy 1:10

Christ Jesus, who has destroyed death 

and has brought life 

and immortality to light 

through the Gospel.

1 John 4:19

We love because God first loved us!

Abba, Father,

For no one can lay a foundation

 other than that which is laid, 

which is 

Jesus Christ

Thank you Father God for Your Son, Jesus. 

 May the God of hope fill us all, everyone, 

with all joy and peace in believing, 

so that by the power of the Holy Spirit 

we may abound in hope.

Dwell in me,

Dwell in us,

Dwell in those we Love,

Help us to seek You first.

And we will finish well, in Jesus Christ. 

Our God is working. His Son, 

Jesus is working.

Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves †

YES Bless the Lord Jesus

Thank You Jesus

1 Corinthians 3:6 ~ God has

Sunday, July 20, 2014

Picking the Post in advance and then discovering what Post.

A Season of Prayer, with all hope and all faith. For all of us.

A Season of Blessing seeking. Blessing finding. Hope. For all of us.

Hebrews 12:1

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, 

let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run 

with perseverance 

the race marked out for us

Ok. Granted. The commercial which is just jaw dropping says Apollo. The Christians knew God had triumphed over death. After multitudes believed, Life Was Abundant.

With ... issues. Like Today!

1 Corinthians 3:6
I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow.

Norman Vincent Peale always said, "If you have problems, that's good, indicates you are ALIVE..."


Pick a problem - if you picked an opportunity for a solution involving people - odds are great you can find that "situation" in the Bible. With real facts. And real emotion.



We have a First Defense. An Opportunity to see a solution - Prayer. And exciting opportunity.


Let's put our hand to the plow and pick a problem, for discussion reasons, of course.

In other words, WE have a Great Cloud of Witnesses to LIFE.
Run with Perseverance The Race Marked out for Us.
Throw off what entangles you - weariness, rut, routine, acknowledge and bewail our manifold sins and wickedness. And with sincere repentance. Sincere. Start afresh. Redeem our new creation. Looking at His Plan as good with a hope and a future.

Therefore, strengthen the hands that are weak and the knees that are feeble, and make straight paths for your feet, so that the limb which is lame may not be put out of joint, but rather be healed!

Where does this Encouragement come from? God. Jesus said - His Good News is this -

John 15:11

I have told you this... so that My Joy may be in you. 

And 

That your Joy may be Complete.

One of the problems we have TODAY...

We don't expect God.

Christians should be ...

Pregnant with the Expectation of GOD!!!

What! WHAT!

We are never a little Bit pregnant - therefore - We should BE EXPECTING GOD!!!


So on one hand, we have the doldrums and when we pray - we hope to coax and beg God to act instead of being Thankful. You are NOT overlooked. You are Special, Precious, Chosen to your Father GOD who would run TO YOU!

And Thank God for Unanswered Prayers? ARE YOU KIDDING ME! YOUR PRAYERS ARE ANSWERED! TODAY. God not only knows where you live - HE is interested in you. Look around, put your hands forth and forget TV. Get thinking about if Jesus is coming to your Life, what would you like to show Him. HE is Your Father.

Try that. A Season of you putting your effort forth - Expecting God.

What is the alternative? We did say we would pick a problem.

You pick not to take a Season of Expecting God. Let's see...

1 Samuel 1

But to Hannah he gave a double portion, because he loved her, though the Lord had closed her womb. 6 And her rival used to provoke her grievously to irritate her, because the Lord had closed her womb. 7 So it went on year by year. As often as she went up to the house of the Lord, she used to provoke her. Therefore Hannah wept and would not eat. 8 And Elkanah, her husband, said to her, “Hannah, why do you weep? And why do you not eat? And why is your heart sad? Am I not more to you than ten sons?”

Hannah has grief; she wanted More. Some. A representation of her Love. More Love.

Enter into that emptiness -
her rival used to provoke her grievously to irritate her

And Eli said to her, “How long will you go on being drunk?

Do not regard your servant as a worthless woman, for all along I have been speaking out of my great anxiety and vexation.


Nooooow. We wouldn't want this to happen.

So say Abba has been away. Is Abba a judge? A Force to be Reconciled with?

What are your weary knees? What are your lonely places? ABBA is coming to visit. I think you need to have a season of Jubilee! We Expect God to make a difference in our lives. An Important Point. We Trust HIM to bring Good. He is Good.

Abba is Your Daddy.
You know. I might just fast today. Let Him know - HEY, PLEASE COME VISIT!
And my kitchen needs some touch up paint, I can do that myself.
My diet has flagged, I think I will renew taking care of the Temple.
And ALEXANDER paint the Dormer window - Thanks Buster for fixing Alexander's Car.
And my birdhouses have fallen in disrepair.

I have an idea for my tomorrow.
I have an idea for my son. Prayer for his healing, his eye with a lens to be healed.
Telling Abba, I'm grateful for the People You give me to Love.

When Abba Daddy visits, remember a verse

Colossians 3:17

Whatever you do, in word or in deed, 

do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, 

giving thanks to God the Father, through Him.

Would your Abba like your new Coconut Cake? Knitting? What do you do to Please Your Father? Are those your kitchen cabinets in need of touch up - the ones God gave you? We could just watch TV instead. I'm not saying we should work ourselves into a frenzy, I'm saying we should look around with fresh eyes. Or perhaps my kitchen cabinets are not your weary knees and lonely places. We all have to apply the right fix to the right opportunity.

Isaiah 40:31

Those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. 

They will soar on wings like eagles; 

they will run and not grow weary,

 they will walk and not be faint.

We all have a pulse to our own soul. What is your season?

Ecclesiastes 3:1

There is a time for everything, 

and a season for every activity under the heavens

 Jesus Loves us. Expect this Love. 

Take this Day. Give us this Day. 

And with Gratitude, Keep making your mark for the Lord God. 

Over and Over Press Forward 

in God.

Luke 18

And He told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray 

and not lose heart.

Philippians 4:8

Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, 

whatever is noble, 

whatever is right, 

whatever is pure, 

whatever is lovely, 

whatever is admirable

--if anything is excellent or praiseworthy--

think about such things.

Abba, Father, 

You know all my variations and aspects! 

Thank You GOD You dwell within me 

and I Expect You and Your Joy. 

Forgive my lack You know in me and Love me. 

Live in my soul and renew this Joy each Day

Help us to seek You first

We want to be the Chosen of the Father, 

His Beloved in whom His soul is well pleased. 

We ask His Holy Spirit upon us, 

and we will proclaim Justice with mercy

to all.

Beloved, let us love one another, 

for love is from God, 

and whoever loves has been born of God 

and knows God. 

Anyone who does not love does not know God, 

because God is love. 

In this the love of God was made manifest among us, 

that God sent His only Son into the world, 

so that we might live through Him. 

In this is love, 

not that we have loved God 

but that He loved us 

and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 

Beloved, if God so loved us, 

we also ought to love one another.

We pray for Edward,

who recovers from illness,

for Alexander's eye

to recover rapidly and expediently.

For my hand I sprained in dog walking,

landing on a root.

All this year

the Joy of The Lord

and Hope.

Our God is working. His Son, 

Jesus is working.

In Jesus,

Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves †

Yes Bless the Lord Jesus

Thank You Jesus

1 Peter 2:1-10 ~ into His Marvelous Light +†+

Based upon

Tuesday, April 10, 2018

1 Peter 2:1-10

1 So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. 

2 Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation-- 3 if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good. 

4 As you come to Him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious, 5 you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 

6 For it stands in Scripture: "Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a cornerstone chosen and precious, and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame." 7 So the honor is for you who believe, but for those who do not believe, "The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone," 8 and "A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense. "They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do." 

9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies
of him who called you out of darkness
into his marvelous light.

10 Once you were not a people, but now you are God's people;
once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.



This is the Season we all want to be the Lamb of God. His Beloved. And the stresses of life

are causing many to have concerns and worries. Christians so often worry more about heart matters than all others.  

A life we look to the Lord, calls us to always remember He always invites us for prayer, a talk, a heart-to-heart, up building us to put down our ways and find the ascent to the Lord.

John 10:9 

I am the door. 

If anyone enters by me, he will be saved 

and will go in and out and

 find pasture.

Psalm 100

1 Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth!

2 Serve the LORD with gladness! 

Come into His presence with singing!

3 Know that the LORD, He is God! 

It is He who made us, not we ourselves,

we are His; we are His People, and the Sheep of His Pasture.

4 Enter His gates with thanksgiving, and His courts with praise!

Give thanks to Him; bless His Name!

5 For the LORD is good; His steadfast love endures forever,

and His faithfulness to all generations.

Nourishing our souls - the process of looking for the good God provides.

Believing God loves us first. Growing into our salvation. Believing within us  -we really are chosen and special. Obeying God is worship.

And in shining the Light of Christ, we make ourselves a people. Putting down darkness. Living in His marvelous Light.




These are good words. And unless we reach to receive them - they are as comforting as poetry, we can toss the words around behind us or beside us - just trot those words out.

Life will always have stages, and then these stages abruptly end.

In remembering the love, we have been given and giving, the challenges we have overcome, we grow and have strength in our roots God has helped us to have.

We have an early childhood - we believe we are chosen and precious and able. And then our childhood meets expectations to grow up and take on responsibilities to become a people. To become invested in talents. In the rub of life, we find as an heir to being God's Beloved, weeds choke out the sunlight.

We progress to early adulthood, where we find we like the freedom and wish to have our inheritance to do as we please. We ask our Father to step back; give us the promises of the inheritance to do as we wish.

We enter the cubical world of employment, where God's place on His refrigerator for our talents seems a faded memory. Our 5 talents of childhood seem to be half a talent - with no end in sight of increasing demands of cost, time and ability to being thought young.

We have our young, and we struggle to establish our house upon a rock. Soccer practice, sewing lessons, Boy Scouts, room mother, PTO, find matching socks and locate homework...shoe? The shoe, shoe, shoe..... Shoe! The permission slip, report card, doctor and the appointment. Major crisis to minor, "fire of the day", gummy/ gum hair. Care locator, lost backpack at daycare, Conflict with caregiver, teacher, den leader. The outing/lunch/vacation led to the need for more relaxation in life.


The wonder of life's every day.
The emotional discussions of life. The chores. And then - scattering Life - scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly because the soil was shallow. But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root. Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants.

Help?
Eventually, the needs of the children encourage us to remember Christ is our Rock. Come to Him, His burden is Light. Rest for the weary. Renewal. Prayers with Jesus are Hope.

Christian Radio. Christian Music in the car.  Church. Youth Group - try going 6 times - and then complain. We need the people of God to teach our children about being a people. We return from feeding the wild pigs to be embraced by our Father running to us.

Finding we need again to remember we are chosen and special in the sight of God as our children long in their teen years to have the inheritance to be free. And if we have wandered far from Hearing the Love our Father pours into our lives, we can be diminished in so many ways. At this point, our peers complain about the world, the culture aches and pains. We are reaching Ecclesiastes House.

And if we make our security on money, we have received jealousy. We have received a place where we would have lip service and not heart. If we believe God, we fit into His Kingdom, We find hope to see the good in our lives in all circumstances. In abundance - in need - in full houses and full money - then - we fit into being given to in the mercy of God and being able to give mercy to others.

If we find we are in a struggling stage of life, we find we have the ability to take on our tasks of life given to us by God. We have the strength to dig deep and find God loves us. We find we don't need affirmation as much from others as from God, Who has made promises to us. Giving God our hearts and desires and see victories and His Mercies each day. Jesus told us always to pray and not give up Hope.

Finding we are His People and He has made us.

Finding in our situation to give help and hope to others.

Making Life Meaningful.

Trusting - if today was meaningful, tomorrow will be as well. And if today was rest or irritation, tomorrow is a new chance. Deliberately finding and seeking the Light of God.

Realizing we are all at varies stages with hurdles. And in His Holy Spirit, having the goodness to make the hurdles smaller or well paced.

Our words are real, sincere, trust-worthy, honoring God and pleasing to Him - our words seek to do what the Holy Spirit does - to Give Life.

Abba, Father,

You are more capable of Blessing than we would ever be, 

Bless us with Your Ways, Wisdom and Heart.

 May the God of hope fill us all, everyone, 

with all joy and peace in believing, 

so that by the power of the Holy Spirit 

we may abound in hope.

Dwell in me,

Dwell in us,

Dwell in those we Love,

Help us to seek You first.

And we will finish well, in Jesus Christ. 

Strengthen our homes, our marriages, our families, our bodies. 

Give us Your Strength of soul - to make Life filled with Your Marvelous Life.

Fill us - our Loved ones, 

the people You have given us - our peoples - our Nation 

- Your Beloved with the Light that fills mankind 

- Jesus Christ.

We lift to Your Word of Healing,

Alexander, our son,

his lens for his eye is curved

and he has found having glasses makes him have double vision.

To have healing for his vision not to trouble him

and The Lord to fill his eyes with Healing.

Let Your Words of Life be the Light guiding us to be the Children of God.

In Jesus, 

we know You long to hold us 

and we to be held to You.

 Amen and Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves †

YES Bless the Lord Jesus

Thank You Jesus