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Monday, October 10, 2022

Luke 8:16-25 ~ He answered





Luke 8:16-25




 “No one after lighting a lamp covers it with a jar or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a stand, so that those who enter may see the light. 17 For nothing is hidden that will not be made manifest, nor is anything secret that will not be known and come to light. 18 Take care then how you hear, for to the one who has, more will be given, and from the one who has not, even what he thinks that he has will be taken away.”

19 Then his mother and his brothers came to him, but they could not reach him because of the crowd. 20 And he was told, “Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, desiring to see you.” 21 But he answered them, “My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it.”

22 One day he got into a boat with his disciples, and he said to them, “Let us go across to the other side of the lake.” 

So they set out, 23 and as they sailed he fell asleep. And a windstorm came down on the lake, and they were filling with water and were in danger. 24 And they went and woke him, saying, “Master, Master, we are perishing!”

 And he awoke and rebuked the wind and the raging waves, and they ceased, and there was a calm. 25 He said to them, “Where is your faith?” 

And they were afraid, and they marveled, saying to one another, “Who then is this, that he commands even winds and water, and they obey him?” 


What was it like to be a Disciple of Jesus and see Him walk, live as Grace upon Grace? John offers the most long-lasting insight in John 21:


John 21 
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. 
 25 Now there are also many other things that Jesus did.
 Were every one of them to be written, 
I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books 
that would be written.

The crowds of Rome would seek Peter, 30 years later, and to the surprise of Mark and Peter, the people had specific questions of Jesus to ask and have answered. The Gospel of Mark was the hit parade of the first century world.

Answering this portion of the gospel - about the people seeking and asking about Jesus during His Life on earth: “No one after lighting a lamp covers it with a jar or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a stand, so that those who enter may see the light. 17 For nothing is hidden that will not be made manifest, nor is anything secret that will not be known and come to light. 18 Take care then how you hear, for to the one who has, more will be given, and from the one who has not, even what he thinks that he has will be taken away.”

Did Jesus get the nod from everyone: No, Mary and His Brothers worried He was perishing by standing up. Jesus answered, we should all be awake and doing God's Will while it is Day. Jesus said, "Days will come." And Jesus would not be walking out on His ministry, and He waited for them to catch up.

Probably, Jesus wanted to ask them, "Where is your faith?" But must have thought His well-chosen Word would be wasted. Fellows on a ship. The time to learn to communicate. Fellowship. To think Life is ending and find Jesus is salvation.

In the 8th Chapter of Luke, The Disciples are still in awe of Jesus.

 













Matthew 18:10
See that you do not despise one of these little ones.
For I tell you that their angels in Heaven
always see the Face of My Father in Heaven









 Abba, Father,

Thank You, Father God, for Your Wonders of each Day of Your Life.
You make all things new in Jesus Christ.
 Jesus tells us You are working and Jesus with You. 

We pray for Florida.
We pray for Families.
We pray for their recovery.
And we ask for fewer weather incidents.


More of Your Holy Spirit, having You dwell in us 
God of Love. 
God of Encouragement.

For our history, our generations
have pleased You
Loving and Caring for our Children.
Look with us, and Bless us, Father.

Smile upon us, remembering
our heart to please our families
and You.

Forgive us when we err
in weakness, need and fear.
Strengthen us in Your Love.

Thanks be to Jesus, for His Grace upon Grace.

I will wait upon God all the days of my life and dwell in the House of Lord for His Word to me. Alleluia. Christmas is coming again. 
This is as sure as the Promises of God for us in eternity who call upon Jesus.
 Speak the Word, God, and I shall be well. 



Psalm 139:1-18,23-24

O Lord, you have searched me and known me!
2 You know when I sit down and when I rise up;
    you discern my thoughts from afar.
3 You search out my path and my lying down
    and are acquainted with all my ways.
4 Even before a word is on my tongue,
    behold, O Lord, you know it altogether.
5 You hem me in, behind and before,
    and lay your hand upon me.
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;
    it is high; I cannot attain it.

7 Where shall I go from your Spirit?
    Or where shall I flee from your presence?
8 If I ascend to heaven, you are there!
    If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!
9 If I take the wings of the morning
    and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
10 even there your hand shall lead me,
    and your right hand shall hold me.
11 If I say, “Surely the darkness shall cover me,
    and the light about me be night,”
12 even the darkness is not dark to you;
    the night is bright as the day,
    for darkness is as light with you.

13 For you formed my inward parts;
    you knitted me together in my mother's womb.
14 I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
Wonderful are your works;
    my soul knows it very well.
15 My frame was not hidden from you,
when I was being made in secret,
    intricately woven in the depths of the earth.
16 Your eyes saw my unformed substance;
in your book were written, every one of them,
    the days that were formed for me,
    when as yet there was none of them.

17 How precious to me are your thoughts, O God!
    How vast is the sum of them!
18 If I would count them, they are more than the sand.
    I awake, and I am still with you.

23 Search me, O God, and know my heart!
    Try me and know my thoughts!
24 And see if there be any grievous way in me,
    and lead me in the way everlasting!


Abba, Father, 
Your wrath is covered when we believe in Jesus.
Psalm 139 is the perfect reminder in all of Psalm 139.
Jesus helps us daily to find the path of Love and Encouragement.

Abba,
You have Blessed this Nation and believing Nations
with an Open Always Prayer Life
being who we are and believing You make us better and more loving.

We can look at Psalm 139
and remember the generations of people and families
doing all they can for their children in complex life
needing Jesus as Savior.

Your Word 
gives us Hope
Love
Faith
Encouragement

We can ask for Your Holy Spirit to know
all of us
every cell
every molecule
Just as water is a wonder
You have created us as Wonders of Your Creation

and as Your Holy Spirit
knows every thought, every molecule
every cell
the hairs on our head
we have been filled with the 
Light of Jesus Christ
and only the better
for Jesus to be the Light within us.

Our Prayer this year,
The Light of Heaven,
The Light of the world, God's Good Creation
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
The Light of Nations
The Light of Mankind
will be
the Light filling this complex time
with more
of Your Love, Encouragement
Guidance, Mercy
Grace upon Grace.

We ask simply God
for Your Love
and Your Mercy
Your forbearance with this time.

Knowing October brings next Christmas Season
Summer brings warmth
Autumn tells the Glory of God
and Christmas renews us in Hope
New Years is Jesus giving us pause to 
remember
Jesus Christ makes ALL things New.

As we are asked to remind God
to bless us with more Heaven on earth,
His Good Will be done.


To You, our Father, be the Glory
Our God is an Awesome God! Amen
and Alleluia
in Jesus Christ and His Glory!




Matthew 13:31,32

Jesus put before them another parable: “The Kingdom of Heaven 
is like a mustard seed that a man planted in his field.

 Although it is the smallest of all seeds, 
yet it grows into the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, 
so that the birds of the air come 
and 
nest in its branches.”










Sunday, October 09, 2022

Luke 8:1-15 ~ and bear fruit with patience





Luke 8:1-15



Soon afterward He went on through cities and villages, proclaiming and bringing the good news of the kingdom of God. And the twelve were with Him, 2 and also some women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out, 3 and Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod's household manager, and Susanna, and many others, who provided for them out of their means.






4 And when a great crowd was gathering and people from town after town came to him, He said in a parable, 5 “A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell along the path and was trampled underfoot, and the birds of the air devoured it. 









6 And some fell on the rock, and as it grew up, it withered away, because it had no moisture. 






7 And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up with it and choked it. 




8 And some fell into good soil and grew and yielded a hundredfold.” 



Like Gideon, God sees the heart and knows tomorrow

As He said these things, he called out, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”






9 And when his disciples asked Him what this parable meant, 10 he said, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God, but for others they are in parables, so that ‘seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.’ 





11 Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. 

12 The ones along the path are those who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved. 13 And the ones on the rock are those who, when they hear the word, receive it with joy. But these have no root; they believe for a while, and in time of testing fall away. 14 And as for what fell among the thorns, they are those who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by the cares and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not mature. 




15 As for that in the good soil, they are those who, hearing the word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with patience. 




And bear fruit with Patience


Abraham traveled exactly where God asked him to go. And he lived under a tree and grew old with Sarah. Who didn't lose her sense of humor.

Jacob fought for the blessings and was giving them away to sons he really didn't know and, yet, he did understand them with great insight.

Moses certainly had patience, he was 80 when he was concerned the mountain had fire upon it. Moses first glance was to be concerned for the flock he tended.

Joshua knew the direction and guidance of God and couldn't get the Children of Israel to listen. And waited in the desert for 40 years.

Naamen felt Elijah had not been caring and helpful for all of Naaman's efforts. And threw a temper tantrum until he was healed, suddenly.

Samuel could hear the Lord, then had to leave his own plans to please God.

Hannah knew life was ruined.

Isaiah waited through three kings to be heard.

Mary, the Mother of God didn't understand Jesus. Pondered. And then, asked Jesus to come home and quit making a fuss of Himself.

Simon the Zealot felt the Roman occupation had been long enough.

John the Beloved Disciple lived into the 2nd Century and waited about 60 years to see Jesus in The Book of Revelation. John felt this was worth the wait.
















Abba, Father,


And out of the ground the Lord God made to spring up every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was in the midst of the garden. The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man planted in his field. Although it is the smallest of all seeds, yet it grows into the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, 
so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches.

He placed the cherubim, to guard the way to the tree of life, 
the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.
On that day, the Lord made a covenant with Abram and said, 
"To your descendants I give this land, from the Wadi of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates."

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

Through the middle of the street of the city; also, on either side of the river, the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month. 

The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life and that they may enter the city by the gates.

Jesus Christ is Light of Heaven

John 14:19

Because I live,
you will live

The Kingdom of Light, Heaven, Jesus Christ, Our Father
is today. We bring more Heaven on earth in faith.
Give Justice with mercy,
walk with the Lord,
Let God be God,
be grateful and His Child.
Give Thanksgiving.
Look for His Joy.
Walk in awe and love.
Today!


Abba, Father,

Giving thanks to the Father, 
who has qualified you
 to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light.

He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness 
and 
brought us into the Kingdom of His beloved Son, 
in whom we have redemption, 
the forgiveness of sins.



God is so astonishingly available.

We would pray with Jesus Christ to let the Spirit give Life to this prayer.
Dwell in us.
Dwell in those we Love.
Help us to seek You first.
And in Jesus, we will finish well.

Thank You for 12 Open Gates of Heaven. Thank You for Jesus our mediator. 
Thank You, You ask as God for us to pray and talk with You.
You are a God of open arms, open heart, open ear policies. Our Father.

We rise up in Love, giving You are cares - the real ones.

We pray for the upcoming and recent weather events,
asking Your Mercy and Love.

Giving You the People we Love - knowing prayer stirs up Life.


We pray Goodness goes very well.
And for Dee and her health.

For my sons and their new paths, life has presented them.

Praying for the Nation. Healing. And the upset world.

Giving You all people around the world, thinking of the millenniums and Jesus.
Thank You, Abba, Your Hope and Plan is ongoing.

The world has prayed for Ukraine,
let us all have this prayer for all the world.




Thank You for Your Life, Jesus. 
We will live on with You in the Hope and Future of Your Plan for us all.

Amen in Jesus Christ




Rejoice
Rejoice!

May the God of peace, 
who through the blood of the eternal covenant 
brought back from the dead 
our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, 

Equip you with everything good for doing His will, 
and may He work in us what is pleasing to Him, 
through Jesus Christ, 
to whom be glory 
for ever 
and ever. 
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia
Amen!






Yay Jesus Christ Love and Lord of All




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Who Jesus Is
1 Timothy 1:1-11 ~ God our Savior, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope
Matthew 16:13-20 ~ who do people say the Son of Man is?

Good News for us to remember and Think Upon
Animals are found in Heaven ~ 6 Prophets See Animals in Heaven

Anger, Jealousy=Trouble




The Bible explains the Bible, Prophetically

Bible - in your hand, today

Bible Accuracy



Blessing







Blessing our Father God

Blessing - unaware

Boundaries

Brothers
Christmas - His Word Upholds the Universe - December 25th


Psalm 135 ~ who is in your midst
John 1:1-14, 16, 29-51 ~ He was in the world

Details - Putting it all together and discovering it is about God

Psalm 108 ~ In triumph I will parcel out Shechem

Determine your own path, just love Him

Judges 16 ~ like any other man
John 4:43-54 ~ Doing what Jesus says


Earthquake

Every Day, Still Today
Today, Yesterday, Tomorrow


Exodus - History












Heavenly Hosts
His Messengers of Light












Elements of Nature Displaying HIS Glory
Exodus 40:16-38 ~ In the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, the tabernacle was erected.

I Decide What is Right and Wrong - God noticed this in the Garden of Eden from Eve

Individualism and Groups

It's the End of the World as We Know it, And I Feel Fine. (One of our most read posts.)
Grandpa - The Bible is Really the Life Story of People and
their Abba









Gates of Heaven


Gifts of God, all of us


Giving - God certainly is





























Glory


God sees His Creation as Good!!!


Gravity






















Good Friday

Gossip

Gratitude

Greatest

Grief, Forgiveness, Homecoming


Hated Emotion - Fear




































History - Is There History Showing Jesus was Alive - VERY EXTENSIVE HISTORY

Holiness


Holy Spirit ~ Manifestations

Homeward Bound, still a sojourner

Honey, Do this

Invitation
John 3:31-36 ~ that God is true

Israel - Destroyed Completely and Rebuilt. A sign of Jesus. Existing today.

Jesus clearly put a Foundation for His Resurrection to be Believed by the Multitudes of all of Israel and the Nations

Jesus and His Childhood Privacy
Nazareth - What Jesus did See Growing Up

John the Beloved Disciple


The Journey of Joseph


























Live It
Psalm 117 ~ Praise the Lord
Psalm 82 ~ rescue the weak and the needy
2 Samuel 4:1-12 ~ David answered
Hebrews 12 ~ Thankful
Psalm 31:3-8,17-21 ~ Thou hast redeemed me
Isaiah 40:1-11 ~ His reward is with Him
Matthew 13:31-32 ~ the birds of the air come and perch in its branches
Matthew 6:25-34 ~ your heavenly Father knows that you need
Luke 11:29-32 ~ Rise up
Psalm 126 ~ shouts of joy, bringing his sheaves
Luke 14:15-24 ~ there is still room
Joshua 1:1-9 ~ I am giving
Acts 5 ~ speak in the name of Jesus
John 1 ~ the Light shines
John 3:5-8 ~ born again
~ they went on from there and passed through Galilee
Judges 20 ~ Israel

Losing a Loved One - Passing ON

Revelation 21:22-27 ~ those who are written in the Lamb's Book of Life

Not Being Tossed Back and Forth with Emotion
Ephesians 4 ~ speaking the truth in Love

Marriage
Romans 7:1-12 ~ bear fruit for God
1 Corinthians 7 ~ For the unbelieving husband is made holy because of his wife, and the unbelieving wife is made holy because of her husband
Genesis 37:12-24 ~ when Reuben
Psalm 143 ~ Your steadfast love
Psalm 86 ~ For great is your steadfast love

Media... taking it down the path
1 Corinthians 10 ~ Do not cause anyone to stumble, whether Jews, Greeks or the church of God





Mercy, an Inseparable Component of Truth
Matthew 23:23-26 ~ clean
1 Samuel 12 ~ serve the Lord with all your heart
Matthew 22:34-40 ~ The great and first commandment. And a second is like it

Miscellaneous
Job 38 ~ Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding.
Psalm 19 ~ the heavens declare the glory of God
2 Kings 5:1-15 ~ a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper
1 Chronicles 13 ~ the Lord blessed the household of Obed-edom










Peace




Pharisee ~ Religion
Luke 11:42-46 ~ Woe to you Pharisees!


Pictorial Images of the 12 Tribes of Israel








Picture It


















Overcoming, with God's help!


Positive Attitude in Trouble




Prophets - the Law and the Old Men in Robes or People who Love the Lord. Flaws and Virtues. What They Sought in the Lord and What Drew Them to Him.



Praise



























Prayer

Psalm 91 ~ Prayer is always heard, God has an open door policy



Prayer Needs




Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words

Promises

Prosperity Gospel











Repeat and Repeat







Rest

Restore

Revelation 8:2
Seven Angels who stand before God

Revisionist History - Moses and Jeremiah said
there would be days like this
Deuteronomy 8
Jeremiah 23


Rock


SALVATION! What is needed?

Science - Blinded me - No - He Who Opens the Eyes of the Blind - With Science!!!

Second (3rd or 4th) Rate Seventh Level of Heaven

Seventh Level of Heaven







Shepherd

Smile!



Time Management





Life and Travels of Paul

Shroud

Transfiguration



True
The World Changed Rapidly after the first Easter



Trust Him

Uncomfortable Scripture

Video Game Player

Visual







Who is like our God?

Willingly

Works and Grace
Mark 1:4-11 ~ You are my beloved Son; with You I am well pleased

Worry

Wrathful, Nasty Old God from the Old Testament

Yahweh




Years - Thousands of Them are Yesterday in His Sight


80 Books of the Bible
Holy Spirit Approved by the First Council Nicaea and St. Nicholas
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