Israel, usually, has increasingly, incredible tourism. The most open, loving, heart traveling to Israel, is longing to hear The Word of God spoken by His Only Son Jesus Christ.
The Open Heart to Jesus wants to hear what Jesus would say to their heart. Jesus Christ,
Living Word of God made Manifest.
The Word of God, alive and active, is really for those who open their hearts to Jesus - in all generations.
Matthew 13:43
Then the righteous will shine
like the sun
in the
Kingdom of their Father.
He who has ears, let him hear.
God Is Good. God Is Not Hard To Please.
Rick Warren, as he retired, gave a sermon that year about being lied to by the people we love, in marriages, families, careers, communities, neighborhoods and Churches. Not violently, but in discouragement. Like Lucy always pulling down Charlie Brown. Or in quiet control masquerading as love. In Jesus Christ, Instead! Listen by the renewing of our minds to the Love and Encouragement of the Holy Spirit in Jesus Christ the Lord. Case in point, Sam Walton was told by almost everyone he couldn't build Walmart. Walmart saves everyone money. And in doing so, builds of the shelter of family Love. Love is not a misery maker. Love is satisfied and does not always cry more. Love wants the best. We all have limitations, to be loved and appreciated, encouraged, but the Scriptures are constantly about reaching past muck, lies, coldness, harshness, violence, harsh conditions and terrible people in bad situations to victory. Love never fails.
Yes, God wants to meet everyone.
God has said there is evil and there is the point of second death. Revelation is the sorrow of God losing one of His Children. If one child is murderous of the other in mentally or physically, then they cannot be included.
We must have what Isaiah 7 says, we pick The Good.
1 Corinthians 13
If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels,
but do not have love,
I am only a resounding gong
or a clanging
'Symbol'.
2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom
all mysteries and all knowledge,
and if I have a faith
that can move mountains,
but do not have love, I am nothing.
3 If I give all I possess to the poor
and give over my body to hardship that I may boast,
but do not have love,
I gain nothing.
Love is patient, love is kind.
It does not envy, it does not boast,
it is not proud.
5 It does not;
dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered,
it keeps no record of wrongs.
Love does not
delight in evil
but
rejoices with the truth.
Love always
protects,
always trusts,
always hopes,
always perseveres.
Love never fails.
Verse 3. If Love demands sacrifice and personal sacrifice by put downs. Because it is a form of money generating, and control. Love is not Love. It is a cult. For example, a widow or widower is picked and told you aren't all that and your family is far away and unloving, give to us, and we might find you pass muster. At least you did something, sneer. Or... find your all useful to us.
Case in point, my first cousin Maxine (an only child at age 83, with no children) gave 1/5 of her capital to have her father honored. She was promised, for her secular donation, that her father, who had done much for the State of Texas, would have his name on a pillar of the building. No name was put up. Cult. Edward's, family member, gave money for parks in her college town. Her encouragement was Benjamin Franklin giving money to the parks of Philadelphia in 200 years. Edward's father had to hire an attorney to negotiate a lawsuit to get the bank to release the trust to parks. No new park was created. Instead, new park equipment and renamed the old park her name. Not her Will and Testament. Not her full trust put into the Parks.
Deuteronomy says the corrupt will take the house of the widowed.
And remember how much Wounded Warrior does for $11, When compared to other charities asking $42 a month without accreditation of action. Love gives Love.
Matthew 10:16
Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves,
be as wise as serpents
and innocent
as Doves.
The difference, in Love, is vast.
Give Generously to Love. Forgive. Mend. Give your old car to help your loved one. Give to your far-flung family. Give to the Church helping in joy, in hard times, to the substance abuser. The Joy and Love Bringers. Give to the Ones helping the Culture to overcome. Give to the Joy Bringers. Hope for the best.
When we look to the Scriptures to find examples of this, we find several.
John cries out, God is Love. God of encouragement.
Matthew tells us to repent and find new life.
Gideon is given a sign of the least of his least clan.
A wet fleece. An almost childlike sign for a man to be a warrior. And the Lord would come back and give this sign again.
Elijah went against the establishment.
1 Kings 18, Elijah tells us the establishment was amused and set to take down childish Elijah's faith. Elijah was going to ride well past the naysayers.
Elijah won in the Holy Spirit and won Big.
And Elijah was almost crawling, the next day, in
A Great and Might Wind appeared.
The Lord is The God Almighty, Alpha and Omega.
The Ancient of Days.
The Wind of the Lord blows where it wishes, and you hear His sound, but we do not know where The Wind of the Lord comes from or where this goes. So is everyone. Who is born of the Spirit.
Who has been the counselor of The Lord.
The Lord in His Kingdom, His Power and His Glory
had acted before in moving mountains, we call earthquakes.
The Lord in His Kingdom, His Power and His Glory
had acted before in fire, not consuming even the burning bush, and would have His Holy Spirit appear in the Fire of the Holy Spirit.
The Word of The Lord
The Lord helped Elijah with food and then put His Word back into the needy Elijah.
A gentle whisper, a small voice, a gentle wind of the Holy Spirit, a still small voice, the soft whisper of a voice. The Word of God. Within Elijah.
The Scriptures are like Jesus crying out, the Last Day of the Festival, in John 7:
Jesus proclaimed, as He taught in the Temple,
"You know Me, and you know where I come from. But I have not come of my own accord. He Who Sent Me is True, and Him you do not know. I know Him, for I am come from Him, and He Sent Me."
We follow the example of Jesus.
He listened to His Father and His Father's Love and Encouragement. Even that very day, the holy Brothers of Jesus, of Mary and Joseph, His Beloved, mocked Jesus and told Him to perform. To grandstand and show His Greatness. Let it be a good performance.
Jesus did not stand up to condemn His Brothers.
He would wait for them and pray, knowing Love would not fail.
Jesus knew in the renewal of His Mind where He would listen and hear.
When Jesus had "The Talk" about Who Jesus Is, He had a question for His Disciples.
Matthew 16:13
Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi,
He asked His disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?”
Before Social Media, before music was available by pushing a button or asking Alexa,
when music was scarce. Before radio, television, computer phones. Before travel was at the speed of sound. Jesus knew how many voices and words, implications, insults, false praise and genuine concern from loving hearts. The confusion of the snake and Eve. What power will we listen to. Confusion of the people Jesus Christ loved so very much. His great compassion. Jesus knew the voices of every day. What we hear. Our place. Our put downs. His People longings and dreams.
Jesus was saying upon the Rock, Listen to the Lord in our Heart.
Remain truehearted.
Remain open-hearted.
Remain in Faith, Hope and Love. Renew our minds in His Word.
Know the Scripture, Know the Power of God.
Mark 4:9
And He said, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
Matthew 13:15
For this people's heart has grown dull, and with their ears they can barely hear, and their eyes they have closed, lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn, and I would heal them.
Revelation 2:7
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
To the one who conquers I will grant to eat of the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.
Matthew 11:15
He who has ears to hear, let him hear.
Revelation 2:11
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
The one who conquers will not be hurt by the second death.
Mark 4:23
If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.
Revelation 3:13
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
Jeremiah 6:10
To whom shall I speak and give warning, that they may hear?
Behold, their ears are uncircumcised, they cannot listen;
behold, the word of the Lord is to them an object of scorn; they take no pleasure in it.
Revelation 3:20
Behold, I stand at the door and knock.
If anyone hears my voice and opens the door,
I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.
Matthew 13:8-9
Other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundredfold,
some sixty, some thirty. He who has ears, let him hear.
Ezekiel 12:2
Son of man, you dwell in the midst of a rebellious house,
who have eyes to see,
but see not, who have ears to hear, but hear not,
for they are a rebellious house.
Revelation 3:6
He who has an ear,
let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
Revelation 2:17
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
To the one who conquers I will give some of the hidden manna,
and I will give him a white stone, with a new name written on the stone
that no one knows except the one who receives it.’
1 Peter 3:12
For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous,
and his ears are open to their prayer.
But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.
Romans 12:2
Do not be conformed to this world,
but be transformed by the renewal of your mind,
that by testing you may discern what is the will of God,
what is good and acceptable and perfect.
Luke 8:8
And some fell into good soil and grew and yielded a hundredfold.
As he said these things, he called out,
“He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
Revelation 13:9
If anyone has an ear, let him hear
Revelation 3:22
He who has an ear,
let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
Isaiah 6:10
Make the heart of this people dull,
and their ears heavy, and blind their eyes;
lest they see with their eyes,
and hear with their ears,
and understand with their hearts,
and turn and be healed.
Matthew 13:41-43
The Son of Man will send His angels,
and they will gather out of His Kingdom
all causes of sin and all law-breakers,
and throw them into the fiery furnace.
In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Then the righteous will shine
like the sun
in the Kingdom of their Father.
He who has ears, let him hear.
Psalm 66:18
If I had cherished iniquity in my heart,
the Lord would not have listened.
Revelation 2:29
He who has an ear,
let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
Acts 17:11
Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica;
they received the word with all eagerness,
examining the Scriptures
daily to see if these things were so.
Ezekiel 3:27
But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth,
and you shall say to them,
‘Thus says the Lord God.’
He who will hear, let him hear;
and he who will refuse to hear,
let him refuse, for they are a rebellious house.
Luke 14:35
It is of no use either for the soil or for the manure pile.
It is thrown away. He who has ears to hear,
let him hear.
Matthew 13:12
For to the one who has, more will be given,
and he will have an abundance,
but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.
Isaiah 6:9-10
And He said,
“Go, and say to this people: “
‘Keep on hearing, but do not understand; keep on seeing, but do not perceive.’
Make the heart of this people dull, and their ears heavy,
and blind their eyes;
lest they see with their eyes,
and hear with their ears,
and understand with their hearts,
and turn and be healed.”
Deuteronomy 5:1
And Moses summoned all Israel and said to them,
“Hear, O Israel, the statutes and the rules
that I speak in your hearing today,
and you shall learn them and be careful to do them.”
Deuteronomy 4:1
And now, O Israel,
listen to the statutes and the rules that I am teaching you,
and do them,
that you may live, and go in
and take possession of the land that the Lord,
the God of your fathers,
is giving you.
Philemon 1:6
And I pray that the sharing of your faith
may become effective for the full knowledge
of every good thing
that is in us
for the sake of Christ.
John 14:6
Jesus said to him,
“I am the way, and the truth, and the life.
No one comes to the Father except through me”
John 9:35-10:35
Jesus heard that they had cast him out,
and having found Him
He said,
“Do you believe in the Son of Man?”
He answered, “And who is he, sir, that I may believe in Him?”
Jesus said to him, “You have seen Him,
and it is He Who is speaking to you.”
He said, “Lord, I believe,” and he worshiped Him.
Jesus said,
“For judgment I came into this world,
that those who do not see may see,
and those who see may become blind.”
Mark 4:24
And he said to them,
“Pay attention to what you hear: with the measure you use,
it will be measured to you,
and still more will be added to you.”
Jeremiah 5:21
Hear this, O foolish and senseless people,
who have eyes, but see not, who have ears, but hear not.
Deuteronomy 29:4
But to this day the Lord
has not given you a heart to understand
or eyes to see or ears to hear.
Romans 10:16-17
But they have not all obeyed the gospel.
For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed what he has heard from us?”
So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the Word of Christ.
Daniel 5:1-31
King Belshazzar made a great feast for a thousand of his lords and drank wine in front of the thousand. Belshazzar, when he tasted the wine, commanded that the vessels of gold and of silver that Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken out of the temple in Jerusalem be brought, that the king and his lords, his wives, and his concubines might drink from them. Then they brought in the golden vessels that had been taken out of the temple, the house of God in Jerusalem, and the king and his lords, his wives, and his concubines drank from them. They drank wine and praised the gods of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone. Immediately the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall of the king's palace, opposite the lampstand. And the king saw the hand as it wrote.
Deuteronomy 6:3-4
Hear therefore, O Israel,
and be careful to do them,
that it may go well with you,
and that you may multiply greatly,
as the Lord, the God of your fathers, has promised you,
in a land flowing with milk and honey.
“Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.”
Proverbs 20:12
The hearing ear and the seeing eye,
the Lord has made them both.
Luke 18:1
Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them
that they should always pray
and not give up
Abba, Father,
Blessed Be the Name of Jesus
Thank You for hearing our prayers
and answering us
as our Father.
Matthew 13:16-17
Blessed
are your eyes, for they see,
and your ears, for they hear.
For truly, I say to you,
many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see,
and did not see it,
and to hear what you hear,
and did not hear it.
Father,
You are working
and so is Your Son, Jesus Christ.
Turn again
to the Lord.
With Your Help
We will act justly
and to love mercy
and to walk humbly with You, our God.
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.
Lord Jesus Christ,
Bless those working for
Post Pandemic Healing
and Care.
The healing and safety of Your people.
The safety of those
helping the earth
to heal.
Let evil and practicing evil
depart and be ended
far from us
and our children.
Worldwide Peace
Prosperity and
Peace.
Worldwide
Peace!
HEAL OUR NATION
We have 43 days
or sooner for Early Voting
until
our National Election.
Please Vote
and Vote Responsibly.
For Children in their Schools, all safety.
For those who protect and defend the USA,
protect us from arsonists.
Keep our food supply safe.
Support the Police.
The Preservation
and Honoring
ALL of our Constitutional Rights.
Veterans fought for us.
For Worldwide Peace.
And the Peace of Israel.
Those protecting
and defending
All The Word of God.
Freedom in our Churches.
Wholeness, Holiness.
In the Highest Name of
Jesus, Alleluia,
Amen
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