Psalm 66 ~ Sing the Glory of His Name

Psalm 66

Shout for joy to God, all the earth;

2 sing the glory of His Name;

give to Him glorious praise!

3 Say to God, “How awesome are your deeds!

So great is your power that your enemies come cringing to you.

4 All the earth worships you

and sings praises to you;

they sing praises to Your Name.” 

Selah

5 Come and see what God has done:

He is awesome in His deeds toward the children of man.

6 He turned the sea into dry land;

they passed through the river on foot.

There did we rejoice in Him,

7 who rules by His might forever,

whose eyes keep watch on the nations—

Let not the rebellious exalt themselves. 

Selah

8 Bless our God, O peoples;

let the sound of His praise be heard,

who has kept our soul among the living

And has not let our feet slip.

10 For you, O God, have tested us;

You have tried us as silver is tried.

11 You brought us into the net;

you laid a crushing burden on our backs;

You let men ride over our heads;

we went through fire and through water;

Yet You have brought us out to a place of abundance.

13 I will come into Your house with burnt offerings;

I will perform my vows to You,

14 that which my lips uttered

and my mouth promised when I was in trouble.

15 I will offer to You burnt offerings of fattened animals,

with the smoke of the sacrifice of rams;

I will make an offering of bulls and goats. Selah

16 Come and hear, all you who fear God,

and 

I will tell what He has done for my soul.

17 I cried to Him with my mouth,

and high praise was on my tongue.

18 If I had cherished iniquity in my heart,

the Lord would not have listened.

19 But truly God has listened;

He has attended to the voice of my prayer.

20 Blessed be God,

because He has not rejected my prayer

or removed His steadfast Love from me!

Psalm 100

Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth!

2 Serve the Lord with gladness!

Come into His presence with singing!

Psalm 29 

1 Ascribe to the Lord, O heavenly beings, 

ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.

2 Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name;

worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness.

3 The voice of the Lord is over the waters;

the God of glory thunders,

the Lord, over many waters.

4 The voice of the Lord is powerful;

the voice of the Lord is full of Majesty.

John 16:24

Until now you have asked nothing in my name. 

Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.

Father God asks us to be His Temple. To give Him proper thanks and worship. And we find we are fed. God is our Father. Going to be the Father's House feeds our soul.

The Scriptures tell us we will feel the warmth of the Jesus' Love. This is called setting our hearts ablaze. No wonder God uses fire to announce the presence of His Holy Spirit.

This is singing - in a form. Hearts are ablaze in Heaven. Hearts sing aloud.

John 3:16:

For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

1 John 4:8

Whoever does not love does not know God because God is Love.

Philippians 2

God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus EVERY KNEE WILL BOW, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and that every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father!

Matthew 8:17

This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: "He took up our infirmities and bore our diseases."

John 1

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 

2 He was with God in the beginning. 

3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 

4 In Him was Life, and that Life was the Light of all mankind. 

5 The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

Mark 10:32

They were now on the way up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead of them. The disciples were filled with awe

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.

Have you attended a Funeral that you'd do anything not to attend. 

You'd hide in your closet all day. Sit in your bathroom. I know someone who drove to the Hospital, parked the car, went in from looking around, and said they couldn't because they went to the Hospital. 

Our daughter Isabelle died at 31 weeks gestation and was born smiling as if Heaven had opened for her and Jesus called her, "Beautiful Isabelle. Come to me and Live." The Joy on her face. All the friends gathered wept to see Isabelle. Not asleep in the Lord. Awake in Heaven.

The Funeral was so stunningly unhappy, the best part was being held tightly by my son. And to find both sons. Isabelle passed on to Heaven September 23. And in March of Spring Break the following year, we spent it all sitting quietly in her bedroom. One son cried, "Didn't God know we would have taken good care of her???"

We would have, no question. God did something far and away more Important and Better. I know this as a fact because I don't remember seeing more happiness on a sleeping baby, sweet smelling, soft skinned face. Joy simply radiated from Isabelle Claire Gardere.

I really don't have doubts about Heaven. I saw Aunt Clarice pass into Heaven, she left me a message, I thought she was wrong and repeated this for 18 years until Clarice, telling me Jesus was standing behind me, exactly happened. Sometimes to display the flaws in the memory, actually explains more. Jesus is amazingly part of every cell and nano, fitting molecules together.

Today, we agreed,  and I signed papers for my mother to go to Hospice.

We chose Faith Hospice and the Faith aspect made all the difference. The kindness and the questions of depth, warmth and sincerity. I will never forget.

Now according to Hospice and her GP

We will make my mother comfortable and prepare her for her Journey. My father had a dream at least 80 times about coming to meet my mother after decades of being apart and to journey to see Heaven. My parents honeymooned journeying all over the South, to Florida and up to Williamsburg. Their honeymoon decided the method and design for their first house. And many evenings they discussed all the conversations with great detail. The Journey was good.

The 80 times or more my father discussed his dream of Journeying with my mother to bring her to Heaven, proved to be true. My father died fairly young. Just as Jesus told Daddy. My mother spent decades in her last house, they owned together. And as the dream foretold, John and I would live very far apart.  Mother would love Dallas and still be there until her death, even though our family of 11 would all have moved or passed on. And also true - Mother ended up dating a neighbor for many years who had visited us in France. He was a widower, they met again by God's accidental meeting.

 Daddy said Mother would be old and we would be relieved for her to pass on due to illness. We always insisted this was incorrect and my father had Ultimate Peace and insisted He was right.  

My father described seeing their part of John 14. Father God's House with many, many rooms. Daddy said it was completely astonishing.  According to Daddy's dream, we all have a part of Father God's House and He will even put an intact Family House now a Jewish Youth Center, as it was loved for decades after their honeymoon. Daddy did not understand he was visiting a Heavenly Home. The house was exact in Heaven, as in earth.  Daddy said he was so very, exceedingly glad to find our house. 

Daddy said in guiding my mother to Heaven, he would see their home for the first time since being in Heaven.  Daddy said he and mother were to live together in Heaven. Daddy was always pleased God had given him this task. 

And this speaks volumes to forgiveness in divorce.

Galatians 5:22-23: 

The fruit of the Spirit is:

Love! Joy! Peace! Patience! Kindness! Goodness! Faithfulness! Gentleness and self-control! Against such things there is No law!

James 3:17

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere!

Jeremiah 29:11:

For I know the plans I have for you!” Declares the LORD, “Plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."

Romans 5:8:

But God demonstrates His own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Philippians 4:8:

Finally, brothers, 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.

Romans 8:28:

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.

Philippians 4:6:

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

John 14

12“Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father. 13Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it."

John 16:22

I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.

John 14:18

“I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you."

 

Romans 12:9

Don't just pretend to love others. Really love them. Hate what is wrong. Hold tightly to what is good.

1 Timothy 1:5

The goal of this command is love, which comes from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.

Romans 13:8

Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.

Romans 10:4

For Christ has already accomplished the purpose for which the law was given. 

As a result, all who believe in him are made right with God.

Revelation 21

And I heard a loud voice from the throne, saying, "Behold, the tabernacle of God is among men, and He will dwell among them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself will be among them, 4and He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things have passed away."

 5And He who sits on the throne said, "Behold, I am making all things new." And He said, "Write, for these words are faithful and true."

Abba, Father God, 

To live in Your Grace and Mercy

Knowing to put down the worries that were pointless and fruitless in the past.

In Jesus Christ, to have Your Grace and go forth. Forgiven of old worries.

To press on to Seek You First.

To daily include and invite, You, to dwell in me.

And in those I love, the people God has given me.

And be grateful.

To forgive those who have given Judgement, as I have judged. 

To be wiser, to rejoice.

Rejoice in faith, hope and Love and not be tossed by my doubts

and not tossed by doubts of others.

Hold tightly to Jesus Christ daily.

To be Blessed to ask more Heaven on earth.

To find more Heaven on earth.

Be more Heaven on earth.

To pray for good health for me,

I need prayers for rapid heartbeat for the first time since 2005.

This is uncomfortable and signals more exercise and less caffeine.

As we pray for all of us in Covid, with our concerns 

and the worries of others. So many people have allergies, colds,

coughs and sneezing without Covid. 

Believing, this is sympathy of the world for 

one another.

The Lord Jesus remember Elliott's miracle.

The hopes we put in knowing of Miracles of Yours

and Prayer moving Your hand.

We pray for those who are ill

and asked for prayer. Covering them

in the Willingness of Jesus. And His Love and Mercy for my mother.

Keep us in Jesus,

This Republic, the people of the Republic.

 The world needing kindness and a hope

of peace from this hugely stressful season.

We pray for the United States Congress to calm down.

And those having stress being involved there. We need you.

 It will turn out well, we have read the Last Page of the Bible and this ends well.

238 Accomplishments requires Mercy.

Our Governors and Legislatures for help and wisdom.

Giving Thanks to those keeping Mercy and Justice.

Let's agree in prayer, Pandemic

causes willy-nilly barbarism brain thoughts that end.

And we pray Jesus for go faster, please.

He understands. 

We arrive in prayer just as we really are.

Keeping the joyful thought of Eighty percent of

people pray. And not worrying too much about this poll

or that poll. God forgives the sin of our youth, and

knowing the Church has always welcomed

those of years in the pews for a long time.

God doesn't worry too much about the people who Pray.

His Love is flowing, now, for us

and the people who will come to a prayer and faith life.

His Mercy Renews Daily.

Thank God,

Thank God,

Thank Jesus.

Amen with prayer in Jesus

and Your Righteousness.

Please Availeth this one much.

Amen.

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Genesis 37:25-36 ~ identified †

What the sons of Jacob saw.

Genesis 37:25-36

25 Then they sat down to eat.

And looking up they saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing gum, balm, and myrrh, on their way to carry it down to Egypt.

26 Then Judah said to his brothers, "What profit is it if we kill our brother and conceal his blood? 27 Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him, for he is our brother, our own flesh."

And his brothers listened to him.

28 Then Midianite traders passed by. And they drew Joseph up and lifted him out of the pit, and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty shekels of silver. They took Joseph to Egypt.

29 When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not in the pit, he tore his clothes 30 and returned to his brothers and said, "The boy is gone, and I, where shall I go?"

31 Then they took Joseph's robe and slaughtered a goat and dipped the robe in the blood. 32 And they sent the robe of many colors and brought it to their father and said, "This we have found; please identify whether it is your son's robe or not."

33 And he identified it and said,"It is my son's robe. A fierce animal has devoured him. Joseph is without doubt torn to pieces."

34 Then Jacob tore his garments and put sackcloth on his loins and mourned for his son many days. 35 All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted and said,

"No, I shall go down to Sheol to my son, mourning."

Thus his father wept for him. 36 Meanwhile the Midianites had sold him in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the guard.

Sat down to eat. Wow.

25 Then they sat down to eat.

The Sons of Jacob. Sons of Abraham. And Jesus cried out the rocks would praise Him if the children of Israel would not. Scripture repeats, as we read different and similar aspects of God. Joseph explains what God has told him in his dreams. And he is scorned and laughed at. Something we are familiar with during Pandemic brain. God picks Joseph up and moves him on. 

If you are critical of mankind - raise your hand. Yet, God sees this group of people and He says, "Save them." Something is going on only God can see. God is still saving the world. Today.

Joseph was placed in a hole in the earth, these easily collapse.

God kept Joseph safe.

If this was a day in our lives
If we look at this Genesis Chapter as a Snapshot of Real life and Real Time, and we were Joseph in the caravan - we would so want to know what happens next. Our lives - what is going to happen?


If we could speak to Joseph of Genesis 37 - Joseph was building his life. Because God was building Joseph's Life.

And if we could ask the first owner of Joseph as a slave - Potiphar was a Captain of Pharaoh's army. He was living in God's plan, but not knowingly.

And then we have the New Testament, a passerby is Theophilos.

Translated Latinized form of the Greek name Θεοφιλος (Theophilos) which meant "friend of God", derived from θεος (theos) "god" and φιλος (philos) "friend". In the New Testament, the evangelist Luke addresses his Gospel and the Book of Acts to a man named Theophilus.

We would find the first are last and the last first.  We might find Potiphar meeting Jesus in Eternity and finding this about Joseph.

1 Peter 1:12

It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves but you, when they spoke of the things that have now been told you by those who have preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Even angels long to look into these things.

We all serve God.

What God could see.

Ephesians 3:20

Now to him, who is able, according to the power that is at work within us, 

to do infinitely more than we can ask or imagine

Meanwhile, back with the Sons of Jacob...

The beginning of the multi-year drought in so many levels.

Reuben

Reuben was the only son of Jacob who was trying to trick his brothers into living righteously. 

He wanted to get the child, Joseph, back to his father Jacob/Israel. And Reuben found by not winning over grown siblings, he was now involved in a plot to keep their incredible cruelty from his father. The Light of Christ in Reuben intended goodness and found himself unable to let them all fall in front of Jacob. God tells us to Honor God first and live in the truth. 

With 10 men and all the hired workers, wouldn't a slave caravan head to Egypt? Why not look?

Reuben's 'mercy' is going to eat at Reuben in various ways. Eventually, Reuben is going to sleep with one of his father's wives.

Bilhah

Bilhah (בִּלְהָה‎ "unworried"), 

Unworried, Bilhah doesn't have a real root to cling to in her family life.  Laban's handmaid, given to Rachel as her handmaid on Rachel's marriage to Jacob. Rachel failed at first to have children, Rachel gave Bilhah to Jacob as a concubine to bear children. Bilhah gave birth to two sons, whom Rachel claimed as her own, naming the sons Dan and Naphtali. (The Tribes Dan and Naphtali are destroyed when Assyria invades Israel. To the horror of the other Tribes.) Genesis 35:22 calls Bilhah Jacob's concubine, a pilegesh.

Bilhah, Hagar and Jacob's daughter Dinah reflected the culture.

 They aren't mentioned much, but overall, we assume Dinah died at a young age. Dinah was raped in an age injury could lead to death.

We see in movies all the time, time traveling - you don't show new technology to Stone Age dwellers. The Provident School is a marvelous educational system. Each grade level progresses in the history of man's development. This is an amazing educational tool. Reflecting on the human brain's ability to learn, just as the centuries and cultural tools teach. Wow. I'm overwhelmingly impressed with this idea.

Forget history rewriting or Judging Sanctimoniously about History. Mankind develops. It's a cultural process. Be gracious and kind in dealing with History and the ages. Be factual. Don't repeat the mistakes of History when Moses and Jeremiah said history would repeat, going with fake history re-checks, when the culture was clashing. Especially during Pandemic culture brain waves of tremendous stress and upset.

Jesus arrives and in John 4, He immediately deals with women and uplifts women. Even Rome began to see the changes quickly. Coincidentally, Rome began to allow women to own property and inherit just as Jesus was born. (During, Augustus' travel to Bethlehem get tax counted. Way to go Baby Jesus coincidental miracle!)

Why is Bilhah unworried to change from Jacob to Reuben? It was probably the only decision she made for herself. However, Bilhah was placed in Jacob's family for some safety when Esau approached. In the front of an attack, as a barrier, from the people who would really matter.

Building Life as the Way and Truth is important.  

Bilhah as a real person, a Child of God finally has a choice. There was no way in God's Green Earth Bilhah was going to be allowed Reuben. Frankly, Bilhah, given the time and culture is lucky she wasn't stoned to death. But Bilhah needed wise internal and human counsel to not be just the temporary love interest and instead use the opportunity to support the large family. Bilhah hasn't chosen entirely wisely. And in this dysfunction, we find Mercy exists. Unnamed Mercy with some unpleasant consequences for the History of 3000 years. Family History.

Treating this as real History, remember the Mercy. This was an age where newborn human infants were flayed open on farming ground to pray for fertility of the crop and financial stability. Bilhah reflects people with a more generous nature. Recall with me, Bilhah is given to Jacob by his father-in-law Laban. Laban is just pretty generally a scumbag, deceiving manual family labor and daughter suppression, not caring slave giver and idol worshiper.

We remember Hagar.

But learn more layers and harm without living in truth, again, from Reuben and Bilhah.

Reuben receives a Blessing as part of the 12 Sons of Jacob from Jacob. But Reuben has significantly reduced his own blessings as his intentions fell again to what pleased Reuben and not placing God first.

 Reuben is a life lesson on - get out of trouble honestly as fast as possible.

It's ironic, the 10 sons of Jacob put Joseph in a hole that easily could have collapsed. And Joseph escaped leaving his brothers to dig their own hole.

Joseph

Captain Potiphar was a gift of God to Joseph. 

Joseph begins to live as his dreams were real and play out. Jacob always believed in God's blessing, Yet they lived in tents in the land only promised to them. Immediately life goes well for Joseph.

If his brothers could see him now. Ugh.

Seeds to Flower. Passion Vine ~ from the Passion of Jesus Christ to save us enduring the Crown of Thorns.


Genesis 37 is mourning.  

And in these brief verses, we have an analogy of  struggles as part of God's Plan. And see a little of what Jesus said in He goes to prepare a Place for Us.  Africa - Egypt. Where Eve's DNA is found to be true in our DNA today.  Jesus went to Egypt. God does not discount Egypt in Salvation. His Love flows over All.

Jacob continues his life he has built - with Grief.  Life continues.

Joseph goes on. Joseph is going to see Paradise. Joseph, in faith, plans exodus for his bones. Today, we see a little of what Jesus said about being with Him in Paradise. Genuine article faith.

Joseph has something. Something in common with us today. 

We are all destined to see God. To see Jesus Christ. Joseph has something in common with the other sons of Jacob.

Joseph has today.

We don't perfectly know our next step. Today, we have our children. Our spouse. Our health. Today we spoke with someone we love.

With Gratitude - Joseph can enjoy today. Did he? He focused on his job and found he did well. Joseph displays peace surrounded in what kills many voyaging this way. 1.1 million people perished in being marched off as slaves in Nebuchadnezzar II taking slaves. Joseph is displaying Gratitude. And this flourishes.

Galatians 5

For freedom Christ has set us free; 

stand firm therefore, 

and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.

Joseph did not function as a typical slave. He was elevated by his own personal, internal freedom.

Joseph has an internal faith belief in God as Goodness and Love.

Galatians 5

The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.

Abba, Father God,

We ask You for Your Blessings - knowing Your Love, so we ask. 

More Life, More Love. More Heaven. Father, more help seeking You first.

We have seen someone we love today - we know Joy.

We have the Comfort You have put in our lives today - we know Peace.

We have Your Love - so we know we have experienced Your Patience.

We have done something today for someone else - we know Kindness in ourselves

 and from someone else teaching us kindness. Thank You.

We see Goodness is others. We have Goodness in us to see this.

We take care of ourselves and breathe care for the Holy Spirit in us.

 Love ourselves. Faithfulness.

Love another as ourselves - Faithfulness. Especially in Matrimony Vows. 

Honoring God in prayer. Faithfulness.

Gentleness - taking one more breath and considering before answering. Pause.

Self-Control is easier 

when we are Grateful for God and Today.

Knowing God's Law of Liberty - Worshiping God in Spirit and in Truth. Loving Abba. Loving Jesus. Loving the Holy Spirit.

We ask this for the ones we Love. For the people - You have given us. Asking Jesus to bring us closer, The Spirit gives Life, and in this Life, we are asking Jesus to provide more Heaven on earth. 

More Life for the people who call upon Jesus. For our Nation. For Peace.

Jesus for Elliott and his increasing good cell count

and the end of his tumor. Thank You, Jesus. Life.

In the Highest Name of Jesus, Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †

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