Matthew 5:8-9 ~ Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God

2 Chronicles 24:13

13 The men in charge of the work were diligent, and the repairs progressed under them. They rebuilt the temple of God according to its original design and reinforced it.

Amiens Cathedral. Filled with sandbags for Worshippers - World War II. Prepared. Fortified.

Father, Here is Your Church
Strong for Your People

Open the Doors
Pours to Open
 His Kingdom

Deuteronomy 31:7  

7 Then Moses summoned Joshua and said to him in the presence of all Israel, “Be strong and courageous, for you must go with this people into the land that the LORD swore to their ancestors to give them, and you must divide it among them as their inheritance.

Deuteronomy 31:23 

23 The LORD gave this command to Joshua son of Nun: “Be strong and courageous, for you will bring the Israelites into the land I promised them on oath, and I myself will be with you.”

Joshua 10:25

25 Joshua said to them, “Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. Be strong and courageous. This is what the LORD will do to all the enemies you are going to fight.”

Joshua 14:11  

11 I am still as strong today as the day Moses sent me out; I’m just as vigorous to go out to battle now as I was then.

Psalm 57:7

My heart, O God, is steadfast, my heart is steadfast; I will sing and make music.

Psalm 108:1

My heart, O God, is steadfast; I will sing and make music with all my soul.

Proverbs 4:26 

Give careful thought to the paths for your feet and be steadfast in all your ways.

Strive 

2 Corinthians 13:11

Finally, brothers and sisters, rejoice! Strive for full restoration, encourage one another, be of one mind, live in peace. And the God of love and peace will be with you.

Acts 24:16

So I strive always to keep my conscience clear before God and man.

1 Timothy 4:10

Labor and strive, because we have put our hope in the living God, who is the Savior of all people, and especially of those who believe.

Thrive 

Deuteronomy 31:20

When I have brought them into the land flowing with milk and honey, the land I promised on oath to their ancestors, and when they eat their fill and thrive

Deuteronomy 31:20

20 When I have brought them into the land flowing with milk and honey, the land I promised on oath to their ancestors, and when they eat their fill and thrive

Joy

1 Chronicles 12:40

Also, their neighbors from as far away as Issachar, Zebulun and Naphtali came bringing food on donkeys, camels, mules and oxen. There were plentiful supplies of flour, fig cakes, raisin cakes, wine, olive oil, cattle and sheep, for there was joy in Israel.

1 Chronicles 16:27

Splendor and majesty are before him; strength and joy are in his dwelling place.

 Capernaum 

JOY

1 Chronicles 16:33

33 Let the trees of the forest sing, let them sing for joy before the LORD, for he comes to judge the earth.

2 Chronicles 30:26
26 There was great joy in Jerusalem, for since the days of Solomon son of David king of Israel there had been nothing like this in Jerusalem.

Ezra 6:16
Then the people of Israel—the priests, the Levites and the rest of the exiles—celebrated the dedication of the house of God with joy.

Amos 5

24 Let justice roll down like waters,

and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.

Abba,

In Jesus let us be Centered on Jesus Christ. Renewing each day. Mounting up on Wings of Eagles.

Jeremiah 17:7
“Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord.


Abba, Let us be Blessed the people who trusts in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord.

Blessing others as ourselves.

Matthew 5:8-9

"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." 

“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God."


May the Lord God our Father
Bless and Keep us
Cause His Face to SHINE upon us.
He is being Gracious to us...

May our prayers and our soul
Cause Your Face to Lift up
to Smile upon us.

May Your Peace be ours in faith.

Cover, cover, cover us in the Name of Jesus Christ King of Kings, Lord of Lords.

We ask Your Blessing
for our Godly Path
for our cares and prayers.

For Wayne. For Opah and her family suffering through Cancer. Healing. You make the Way to Health.
Thank You for Jackson. Lord Jesus. For praying for Edward this morning diligently and he did not
rise to wake for the day until the prayers finished at that moment.

You receive, and Hear our Prayers. Thank You Father for every answer You Give.
We pray for good weather and weather to be shared along the earth. Rain and sun.

We Testify You Will Bless those Trusting in You. For Our Nation.
For our employments, cares. Our Churches, Communities filled with God's Love!!!
For Those We Love!!!
For the People You Give us.

Your Good, Good, Good, Good, Good
Good Good Good Good Good
Creation
surrounded all the day and night
Blessing the Believers.

Making our hearts connect to the Loving Heart of Jesus
Father God
and the Holy Spirit.

The World revolving on the Word of God
and Your Immense Love.

Jesus Christ King.

Amen.

 ♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †

HEBREWS 6:1-3, 9-20 ~ go on to maturity

Most of us see our soul going forth into life. Like car keys, purse or wallet

Going to the Lord God Almighty daily in prayer and adventure, as well as going Home.

HEBREWS 6:1-3, 9-20 

1 Therefore let us leave the elementary doctrine of Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, 2 and of instruction about washings, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment. 3 And this we will do if God permits.





A soul, being the placewhere God is asked to dwell within our eternal being - is a two-way door. How will we look to the Lord God, our Father, on an everyday basis?



The Message

So come on, let’s leave the preschool finger painting exercises on Christ and get on with the grand work of art. Grow up in Christ. The basic foundational truths are in place: turning your back on “salvation by self-help” and turning in trust toward God; baptismal instructions; laying on of hands; resurrection of the dead; eternal judgment. God helping us, we’ll stay true to all that. But there’s so much more. Let’s get on with it!

Now here is the point when a human being looks at the Word of God and feels the Spirit is moving, yet sees something different than The Message interpretation. In my 20's, I was in a very liberal Bible Study where the instructor said, "Why would we insult God by saying 'I want Heaven' - Heaven might be God's Memory and we should be pleased to be remembered."

I disagreed. I think this is easy to brush off believing God in all His Promises. God favored Abraham for his belief. God favored Abraham because Abraham took God's Word and Lived to Abundance in a very, very dry area in a tent (away from his own earthly father's abundant, verdant valleys) doing what laity does - living in the culture and finding God instead of the regular cultural 'party' lines. Abraham expected Abundant Life. Abraham expected to see the Glories of God in his everyday life and in situations of immediate prayer. I'd say the passage says shake off the rut of same old thing routine work a day. Don't just go to Church sing and leave. Feeling wonderful. Dig into belief that it isn't about routine - it's about GOD. Not mattering if we are High Church or low wear shorts church and flip-flops. Belief isn't measured in the regular observable things.



Belief is about the Shake up of The Real Jesus, The Real Father God, The Real Holy Spirit dwelling.

Belief is the nuts and bolts of The Book of Acts. I ask Jesus, we pray, we believe, 2 or more pray - sometimes that's you and Jesus. And we know as we pray for Wayne Lewis, he is going to recover from being in the hospital for his nose/sinus surgery. We have 'audacity' Faith. It does not have the comfort of warm Hobbit holes.

We say our faith is the time we spend - praying for real things expecting Real Holy Spirit Movement.




What if God banged on our door and told us, "Regular routine, your soul needs to wake up. Repeat, repeat, repeat." Wouldn't God be saying - believe all prayer has an answer when asked in the Name of Jesus?

Heed the call.


Today, I felt that the Holy Spirit was telling me - you react to grumpy sons and a husband with three grumps brain lobes - with sour grumpy and fury. I deal with testosterone brains with a woman's brain. Mistake a - allow servitude and getting quiet. One might as well be the donkey of Balaam. Mistake b - mine - put out fire with fire Red Adair Style. We had a Whale of an Argument. Everyone is grown. 29.7, 26.11, 55 and 57Grumps. Not the same as the youth group meetings. Not the youth group meetings. Indeed, indeed, indeed.

 Warning and Disclaimer: Do not try this in your home. No dishes were thrown at our house. Objects closer than they appear.

 Life is messy. The Bible says for the Righteous - all are messy. And then... and then and then...

We are messy.

Nooooo. We have grumpy debates about lawfulness. And the opinion vs the result. We have grumpy curfews. And unrestrained grumpy brain to mouth bombs. Not me. My sons are 9 inches taller than I am. But I can do the job if I go viral. Brain damage searches for language like this - "Where is the f go I put the s there." It's much faster than ah - um - om and is universal in brain damage. One son has adopted the lingo - the other says he has been swimming there long enough. Which exasperates the F I G H T. Dad says No, no, no, no. Sons say Dad said no. I say no.

Dinner invitation to Red Adair. Bring heavy equipment. Artillery. Do you carry mace? Bring fire retardant. Does it come in stylish silver? Red hat - fine. Shield - multi-color.




So we let it all hang out about Sunday 2 p.m. Never mind we had a weekend guest. Furniture in the raw - had nothing like Honest BRING IT. We handled this like the Movie, "300". This was actually a two-day event. (Will the weekend guest return - yeah. He's good with who we are - we always were real.)

Our houseguest, coincidentally looks like the one on the right. The facial expression - is just about right. Friend of ours since 2006.



Stop Drop and Roll. Well. Great Advice. REALLY. Prayer started out the - other - way with declarations. But after verbal blows, parry and impending dismemberment - we realized if we axed the team. Hey - we wouldn't have the team.


I like Stop Drop and Roll. Next time, since we learned it. I will.
We employed "Tatter Salad" - if only we had the ability to work with - "the right to remain Silent."

But we did find leaving a man behind in bloody battle - would involve Dire Love Lost. And in the result - we went with, "no Person left behind." (Person is a family last name.)

That being said, Hebrews 6 is like God telling me that He finds my soul and response a little like hitting His Head on the ceiling of my soul. Time to ask Father Lord God - help, help, please.

(My older son made TWO A's in Michigan State L-A-W School.•:*¨¨*:•.SUPER WOW.•:*¨¨*:•.AWESOME.•:*¨¨*:•.PERFECT.•:*¨¨*:•.THANKS Law Review sent food for Finals. Mom is proud of older son and younger son.)

Christmas and Vacation 2017

Petite Jean, Arkansas Vacation 1993

Alexander's participation in a vast archeological dig from Baylor and N Carolina University found a mosaic of Alexander the Great from Ezekiel and is historically wonderful.

And our younger son is doing so well getting his Master's in LSU in Construction Mgmt.



9 Though we speak in this way, yet in your case, beloved, we feel sure of better things--things that belong to salvation.

10 For God is not unjust so as to overlook your work and the love that you have shown for his name in serving the saints, as you still do.

11 And we desire each one of you to show the same earnestness to have the full assurance of hope until the end,
12 so that you may not be sluggish,
but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

Life is messy. The Bible says for the Righteous - all are messy.




June 2009. Our House. College Years.


One of our sons Lost His Dog.

This was unfortunate timing. We were dressed for a Wedding. Suit and Tie. Shiny, gloss suit shoes. Suddenly my college aged son was tie flying behind him offering every word up like a heathen at the Top OF His Lungs. The dog is never caught easily. However... God has mercy on many. The neighborhood was open mouthed. Fine evening to be in the yard. Youth ministry history.

My son didn't calm down. He came running back to two garage open doors. And

Acts of God are Stunning.

He slid across two Garage Bays. And as he reached the wall, he said he never hurt, he was on his rear, but Suddenly - my son's feet were where his head should have been. All the way up the wall. His head remained on the garage floor - where it was clean - out of the car zone. And our office garage can - filled cleanly with paper only was flying in the air. Flying. Flying. Landing on the face - only - saying the 'garbage' words.


1. He DESERVED THIS
2. Shocked the Neighbors
3. Em his parents
4. Slid did not fall across two car zones of the garage - Mercy
5. His Feet went up the wall entire minus his cranium. Height of my son perfectly- head is supported for more usage - Mercy
6. The trash can - is coincidently in the garage and only paper not goo - Mercy - his Garbage - lands on his face. TEACHING SOMETHING. IMPORTANT. My son LAUGHS FOR 45 entire MINUTES. "GOD LOVES ME!!!"




(We pray for Father God and Jesus to re-teach this in Mercy)



MERCY OF GOD

13 For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater by whom to swear, he swore by himself, 14 saying, "Surely I will bless you and multiply you."

15 And thus Abraham, having patiently waited, obtained the promise.

16 For people swear by something greater than themselves, and in all their disputes an oath is final for confirmation. 17 So when God desired to show more convincingly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable character of his purpose, he guaranteed it with an oath, 18 so that by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us.

19 We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner place behind the curtain, 20 where Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our behalf, having become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.





Abba Father,

Thank You for Your mercies. Your steadfast love. The Deliverance of the Righteous. Your Holy Scriptures.

For those we Love. For the people You care for. The Nation Trusting in You. And in the Nations of the world trusting in You, covering the Believers with the Name and Power of Jesus.

Keeping us in the Joy of God's Path for each of us. Enabling us each day. Strengthening us.

In Jesus Christ. Amen.

 ♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †

1 Peter 1:1-7 ~ By the Power of God

1 Peter 1:1-7 

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ!

In his great mercy, he has given us new birth
into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
to obtain an inheritance which is imperishable
and undefiled
and will not fade away,
reserved in heaven for you, 5 who are protected by the power of God
through faith for salvation

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ!



6 In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, 7 so that the tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

It's as if Peter met Moses - their thinking is so similar...

Exodus 20:20   Life is a test.

Matthew 17:4
Peter said to Jesus, "Lord, it is good for us to be here. If you wish, I will put up three shelters--one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah."

And then again, Peter did meet Moses. And Peter probably read all he could about Moses with new eyes and interest. Father God is interesting. Moses explains to the Children of Israel the Name of God, His Mercies, Acts and Abilities, Vast Wisdom, His Holiness and Righteousness.

Peter had a job. To build the unheard of Church we have known to exist for Two Millenniums. Peter was given vast resources on that mountain. Peter then witnesses Jesus come back down the mountain to deal with inept Disciples, a desperate father and son, and the ability to cope as life got very, very trying. Jesus was approaching His Time of Sacrifice. Peter, First Pope, building Jesus' Church sees Jesus cope with emotional crisis and necessity of ministry.

God is - Wise. To give Peter such ability. Gracious to have Peter as an Eyewitness to the Impossible to connect to Moses of 1200 B.C. (Which places this timeline correctly with David's genealogy and Pharaoh Seti II with Salt Papyrus 124.)

God has prepared Heaven to come to earth. The Good News is the astonishingly detail oriented Creator of All. Ancient of Days. Prepares Peter and will prepare us for the good works He has prepared us to walk in.

Hebrews 1 tells us of Angels, explaining Jesus is much superior as the Messiah and Father God's Only Son.

1 Peter 1 is explaining the Ascension of the touchable, eating, teaching, boldly proclaiming Jesus is very permanent. Far better news for us than Moses. And yet - - - Peter is going to know Moses and His Bible - far better now that Jesus has introduced them.

JESUS is ALIVE!!!





Ephesians 4:11-12
And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ

Exodus 13:18
But God led the people around by the way of the wilderness toward the Red Sea. And the people of Israel went up out of the land of Egypt equipped for battle.

Ephesians 4:16
From whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up
in love.




Abba, our Father,

Praying with Jesus for Wayne's full recovery.

Finally, brothers, rejoice.

Aim for restoration,

comfort one another,

agree with one another,

live in peace;

and the God of love and peace

Will be with you.



Jesus Will be with
us in families.
Ephesians 3:15

Jesus Will be with
us with our Loved Ones.
Hebrews 13:5

Jesus Will be with
us and the people He has given us.
John 10:14

Jesus Will be with
us to pray for Peace.
Matthew 21:22

Jesus Will be with our Nation Trusting in Him.
Psalm 33:12

Jesus Will be with
all Nations trusting in Him.
Genesis 12:2

Jesus Will be with
all who Pray and Believe in Jesus around the world.
Luke 2:32

Jesus Will be with
us praying and seeing an increase of faith, Heaven, Holy Spirit
Luke 17:5

Heavenly Father, we ask in the Name of Jesus. Amen.

 ♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †