Job 4:13

Amid disquieting dreams in the night, when deep sleep falls on people



Dreams we have in the night.

Recently,  early Sunday morning, during sleep, I dreamed Edward was wearing a white button down and a good friend for years, a minister visited Edward and me at home. He was wearing a white button down, too.

Edward took a serious fall on Saturday and injured his thigh to hip muscle, looking like it might be the pectineus muscle - the most anterior adductor of the hip. Pectineus internally rotates the thigh but its primary function is hip flexion. It can be classified as thigh or nerve. And this can be wounded for months, if rest is not observed with heat and ice applied.

The dream was joyous to see our old friend. And suddenly he was telling us he missed his deceased dog, "Half brain." Now - this minister has NEVAH had a dog named 'Half Brain." Nor has he used the dog to shirk duty. And he was telling us how he shirked duty. Never. And then he gave advice Edward should rest - but really get some exercise.

Remembering the dream clearly - one could tell the vast difference between a  ~~~ dream and a Vision of God.


Galatians 1:8
Even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed.


We have all experienced bad dreams ruining a morning or a day. Telling us hopelessness.

Hebrews 12:1
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us

The Bible supports the Bible.  And if the dream does not - you might have just had Gorgonzola from Trader Joe on round cheese crackers. With Apricots.


And in truth - we all start running with a few hiccups... the way we all shake off a bad dream to have the mercies of God renew each day.





And soon we are fishing and to finding the Circle of Life.

Abba, our Father!

Let us run the race of life with Joy!

By Day - Let our Hearts be Pleasing to You.

By night,  let Your Goodness always be the Light within

As this same room from Designs from Izzy - shows Your Glory.

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.

You have Promised: Each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace

Your Gifts are Living and active. Filled with creation and Joy.

To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. For to one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit, to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the ability to distinguish between spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. All these are empowered by one and the same Spirit, who apportions to each one individually as he wills.

With all of Life, we submit our thoughts to You, Father God, prompting us to find Joy, Love, Wisdom. Remembering to look up the injury and follow the advice of good sources. Giving thanks for flukey dreams to find inspiration of God applying His True Gifts. To Rise with God.

Giving profound thanks, Jesus the Lord; our 12 -or-14-year-old Jackson dog has lost 12 pounds, recovering hip and leg function with prayer and daily pond water therapy. Giving our family and the veterinarian - Joy. He is a Husky who has lost pain and found his voice functions again. Thank You - Jesus Christ!!!

Giving Thanks Sciatica and exercise is finding Healing. More please, dear Father God.

Rejoicing with God for Edward resting his injuries and finding the patience to rest using heat and ice. Praying for future good health of all of us.

Let the Circle be Unbroken, as we Raise the Light of Jesus Christ!

For ALL OF FATHER GOD'S Blessings, we pray!

To Love and fill our loved ones with His Goodness.

To Bless our Nation to Trust in Him every day.

To Encourage the people God has given us.

To fulfill His Prayer for more Heaven on earth.

To pray for rain in the heat of summer,

To do His Will every day.

And pray all of the Holy Spirit all over our lives.

In Jesus. Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †

Deuteronomy 30 ~ the work of Your Hand

Deuteronomy 30

“And when all these things come upon you, the blessing and the curse, 
which I have set before you, and you call them to mind among all the nations where the Lord your God has driven you, 2 and return to the Lord your God, you and your children, and obey his voice in all that I command you today, with all your heart and with all your soul, 3 then the Lord your God will restore your fortunes and have mercy on you, and he will gather you again from all the peoples where the Lord your God has scattered you.


4 If your outcasts are in the uttermost parts of heaven, from there the Lord your God will gather you, and from there he will take you. 

5 And the Lord your God will bring you into the land that your fathers possessed, that you may possess it. And he will make you more prosperous and numerous than your fathers. 6 And the Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your offspring, so that you will love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live. 

7 And the Lord your God will put all these curses on your foes and enemies who persecuted you. 8 And you shall again obey the voice of the Lord and keep all his commandments that I command you today.

9 The Lord your God will make you abundantly prosperous in all the work of your hand, in the fruit of your womb and in the fruit of your cattle and in the fruit of your ground. 


For the Lord will again take delight in prospering you, 
as he took delight in your fathers, 10 when you obey the voice of the Lord your God, to keep his commandments and his statutes that are written in this Book of the Law, when you turn to the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.



11 “For this commandment that I command you today is not too hard for you, neither is it far off. 

12 It is not in heaven, that you should say, ‘Who will ascend to heaven for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?’ 

13 Neither is it beyond the sea, that you should say, ‘Who will go over the sea for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?’ 

14 But the word is very near you. It is in your mouth and in your heart, so that you can do it.

15 “See, I have set before you today life and good, death and evil. 

If you obey the commandments of the Lord your God that I command you today, by loving the Lord your God, by walking in his ways, and by keeping his commandments and his statutes and his rules,then you shall live and multiply, and the Lord your God will bless you in the land that you are entering to take possession of it. 

17 But if your heart turns away, and you will not hear, but are drawn away to worship other gods and serve them, 18 I declare to you today, that you shall surely perish. 

You shall not live long in the land that you are going over the Jordan to enter and possess. 19 I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse.

Therefore choose life, that you and your offspring may live, 
loving the Lord your God, 
obeying his voice and holding fast to him, 
for he is your life and length of days,
that you may dwell in the land that the Lord swore to your fathers, 
to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob,
 to give them.”

The Power of God.
How to obtain His blessing -  mercy sown. We will always pray for those we know  kept in this blessing. The Lord's Face shines on mercy bestowed and graciousness. The Lord turns His face to those who give earnest peace.

Sinners. Jesus chose Brothers who made mistakes and bothered Him. Jesus sometimes told His Brothers to wait and sit outside. Jesus knew something about His Brothers and He expected their best to shine forth in time.


And Jesus left no doubt as to where He was going.  Thank God.

Father God blessed all of those Jesus forgave with forgiveness. 
Peace arrived. The Brothers of Jesus wrote of Love. The disciples of God wrote of Love. Blessings arrived and arrived. Love earnestly. Love genuinely. Be patient. Love again.







Jesus worked through Blessing and Curses to die for us on a tree - cursed.

Hebrews 13:8
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.



I read the post article from Norman Vincent Poole several days ago on giving up on begging God for the solution to prayers hammered and yammered on to God about. So one of my long time prayers refused to yield good news. Instead of being false or cheery, I took off my shoes, stood before Father God and did the praise. I said maybe you have a good reason for saying No to what I can't bring forth. Maybe this is good news. Maybe you have a good reason for saying 'No' Father God. And as I prayed praise to the Lord Father God from Psalm 145, my heart felt better. I had lived in difficult circumstances before.

And as I said thank you, Good News came in. God wants to be thought of first and trusted.

















Proverbs 16:32
Whoever is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.


1 Thessalonians 5:18
Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you

Romans 8:28
And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

Rise up.

John 14:31
"I do as the Father has commanded me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Rise, let us go from here!"

Abba, our Father, Ancient of Days, Filled with Love,


Psalm 145

The Lord is righteous in all his ways
and faithful in all he does.

The Lord is near to all who call on him,
to all who call on him in truth.

He fulfills the desires of those who fear him;
he hears their cry and saves them.

The Lord watches over all who love him,
but all the wicked he will destroy.

My mouth will speak in praise of the Lord.
Let every creature praise his holy name
for ever and ever.

With Your Help we will look to what is noble and good. Each day taking hold of Mercies renewed.

With Jesus inside and the Holy Spirit surrounding, we will take hold of this eternal life today.

Because Jesus saves us from wrath, we are called, when we make your good confession
- of Jesus as God Almighty, my savior -
in the presence of many witnesses.

We know we have fought the Good Fight of Faith in the daily lists of obligation and joy.

We know Our LORD longs to be gracious to you

And Because Our Redeemer Lives, we know
Our Holy and Loving Heavenly Father will rise up
to show you compassion.
To give His Mercy

For the LORD is a God of justice.

Blessed are all who wait for him!

Jesus Christ for us,
Jesus Christ for those we Love,
Jesus Christ for our people He has given us,
Jesus Christ for all Nations Trusting in Him,
Jesus Christ for all the people calling upon His Name.
Your Blessings Lord God we pray.

Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves!  †

We often are so glad David lived - to know the mercy and the available Love God has for us - to try again.

Consider the Bravery of the Shepherd's Son - David, Son of Jesse.

Psalm 3:6

I will not fear though tens of thousands assail me on every side.

Because of David. And his obedience to God - Jesus had multitudes.

Moses faced his half-brother. And because of this - faced the army of Pharaoh with all of the 600.000 Children of Israel. With Aaron and Miriam.

Joshua displayed the patience of Yeshua to wait for the people to stir themselves to act as God's Children. Joshua fought with hundreds of thousands.

David faced Goliath with his faith in God. David safely placed his family and fought nations and then multitudes with his faith in God.



Jerusalem, the City of David - was land for the Tribe of Judah. Only David was able to make the land available for the Tribe of Judah. Israel became a Nation.

God is not about to waste good effort.

Merely walking across the room to be merciful - is useful to our Father God.

God will make a path even through the Ocean.

And in God's time - the wind and water obey Him for Peace.

Father God as we pray for each other and ask all types of healing - we know in Your Word - the prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.

We ask Your help to be wise,
We ask Your help to be brave,
We ask Your help to be steadfast Love.

We ask Your Help to see and remain on Your Path.
We ask Your Guidance, Mercy and Forgiveness
when we do not do as You would Love to see our hearts do well.

We ask Your Tender Mercies upon us to remain with You.

And ask this for those we Love.
The People You have given us.
Our Nation.
Our endeavors each day.
The people around the Good Creation to have more Heaven on earth.

For our healing
and our hope
and our cares
to be lifted to You
and brought  the Good news.

In Jesus Christ,
Amen and amen and amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †

Mark 12 ~ to God the things that are God's.

Mark 12

12 And he began to speak to them in parables. “A man planted a vineyard and put a fence around it and dug a pit for the winepress and built a tower, and leased it to tenants and went into another country. 2 When the season came, he sent a servant to the tenants to get from them some of the fruit of the vineyard. 3 And they took him and beat him and sent him away empty-handed. 4 Again he sent to them another servant, and they struck him on the head and treated him shamefully. 5 And he sent another, and him they killed. And so with many others: some they beat, and some they killed. 6 He had still one other, a beloved son. Finally he sent him to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’ 7 But those tenants said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’ 8 And they took him and killed him and threw him out of the vineyard. 9 What will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the tenants and give the vineyard to others. 10 Have you not read this Scripture:

“‘The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone;
11 this was the Lord's doing,
and it is marvelous in our eyes’?”

12 And they were seeking to arrest him but feared the people, for they perceived that he had told the parable against them. So they left him and went away.





13 And they sent to him some of the Pharisees and some of the Herodians, to trap him in his talk. 14 And they came and said to him, “Teacher, we know that you are true and do not care about anyone's opinion. For you are not swayed by appearances, but truly teach the way of God. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not? Should we pay them, or should we not?” 

15 But, knowing their hypocrisy, he said to them, “Why put me to the test? Bring me a denarius and let me look at it.” 16 And they brought one. And he said to them, “Whose likeness and inscription is this?” 

They said to him, “Caesar's.” 

17 Jesus said to them, “Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.” And they marveled at him.





18 And Sadducees came to him, who say that there is no resurrection. And they asked him a question, saying, 19 “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies and leaves a wife, but leaves no child, the man must take the widow and raise up offspring for his brother. 20 There were seven brothers; the first took a wife, and when he died left no offspring. 21 And the second took her, and died, leaving no offspring. And the third likewise. 22 And the seven left no offspring. Last of all the woman also died. 23 In the resurrection, when they rise again, whose wife will she be? For the seven had her as wife.”

24 Jesus said to them, “Is this not the reason you are wrong, because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God? 25 For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven. 26 And as for the dead being raised, have you not read in the book of Moses, in the passage about the bush, how God spoke to him, saying, ‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? 27 He is not God of the dead, but of the living. You are quite wrong.”




28 And one of the scribes came up and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he answered them well, asked him, “Which commandment is the most important of all?” 29 Jesus answered, “The most important is, ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. 30 And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ 31 The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.” 32 And the scribe said to him, “You are right, Teacher. You have truly said that he is one, and there is no other besides him. 33 And to love him with all the heart and with all the understanding and with all the strength, and to love one's neighbor as oneself, is much more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.” 34 And when Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” And after that no one dared to ask him any more questions.


35 And as Jesus taught in the temple, he said, “How can the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David? 36 David himself, in the Holy Spirit, declared,

“‘The Lord said to my Lord,
“Sit at my right hand,
until I put your enemies under your feet.”’

37 David himself calls him Lord. So how is he his son?” And the great throng heard him gladly.




38 And in his teaching he said, “Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes and like greetings in the marketplaces 39 and have the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at feasts, 40 who devour widows' houses and for a pretense make long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation.”




41 And he sat down opposite the treasury and watched the people putting money into the offering box. Many rich people put in large sums. 42 And a poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which make a penny. 43 And he called his disciples to him and said to them, “Truly, I say to you, this poor widow has put in more than all those who are contributing to the offering box. 44 For they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty has put in everything she had, all she had to live on.”

Jesus told us "Days Will Come."

And being Savior of us all - Jesus knew the Scripture and the Power of God.

There was a young woman who had seen her nation fall into one class splendor. Her Father had one of the most magnificent courts in all of 16th Century Europe. And 1 of 3 people starved to death. Her sister attained the throne and began to burn people on pyre's for 2 and 3 days to death.

The young woman was placed in the Tower, to die/await trial, as the sister's husband began to realize the wife was dying and the younger sister was single. At age 20, the young woman had an idea from her prayer life - this was an auspicious day. She sat under a huge Oak Tree at Hevor Castle and waited. Word came to her - she was now Queen Elizabeth I of England. Age 20.

And as her hand was kissed,  "Long Live the Queen", Elizabeth spoke Psalm 118. Mark 12.

This was the Lord's doing,
and it is marvelous in our eyes

Elizabeth knew she would either be queen or killed by political factions. Mark 12 perfectly summed up the placement of her life.



History is interesting - when we get to the 500-year marks - vast changes happen.

Elizabeth was coming to the time where the Catholic Church was being protested for keeping God's Word in Latin and away from the vastly increasing reading population who did not speak Latin. The Word of God was becoming sought after and read. The Church had several new Protestant growing areas of the Holy Spirit.

Now Elizabeth had to face growing up Catholic and coming up against her former-brother-in-law being with the Pope and Catholicism - wanting the U.K. to be a Spanish Colony.

Her father had taxed the populace to starvation. And in a 500-year mark,  the Nation would look to a woman to save them from the Spanish Armada, the pyres, the taxes, the exploration of a New World and a European Continent looking to see the continued end of plague and serfdom with a growing and rapid interest in Religious Freedom. For the first time, people had the open freedom to pursue the idea, "What does worship, Bible and intent of God look like in my life?"



We are in the process of unique change. The new idea pursued by colleges is not new and yet is - as the Canadian government pursued the usage of the word "zim" to replace "him" and "her" as words in the English Language - Professor Jordan Peterson of Toronto, Canada was asked to take a sabbatical. He discovered his viewers were 2 to 3 million in a month as Professor Peterson pursued traditional roles of men and women.

We have seen Ben Shapiro become the most political voice listened to the Millenniums. And his broadcast is not the major networks, like Dr. Peterson.

In fact, Nickelodeon has far more viewers than CNN.

The President of the United States uses Twitter as his broadcast go-to.

And Colleges are indeed CHANGING. My son has pursued a Master's Degree online through LSU. And this was far less expensive than going to the classes. Many, many people do this for the University of Houston. It's not 'new'.

Except - - - Purdue and many others are going to put classes on You Tube and the populace pays to take the test. Like Dr. Joran Peterson suggested breaking the cycle of amazing expenses and liberal viewpoints - far from parents and the rest of the population.

We are looking at the END OF HIGH COLLEGE COSTS. The Serfdom Sacrificial Expense leading of the Death of Education is being conquered. Education is becoming like the website "Offer Up."




Our God is Living and Active.
Elizabeth I found Mark 12 helped her in crisis of country, personal crisis, and witness to living in the Glory of God and His Plan. Thriving.

We are Living Mark 12 - our Nation has seen bathrooms become touchstone decisions points determined by entertainment singers. We were told this was the new normal.

We were told by the Major Networks Donald J. Trump would not statistically win office.

We were told College would cost as much as a 3.4 bedroom house for our children who worry where they will live as they are employed as adults.

We wondered what kind of news we were living on. And saw Boston fight for the right of equality asked for by Martin Luther King, Jr.

Just as the Churches who have believed Jesus and the Bible prosper - so do the hopes of those who love their children and pray for education to not cripple their lives with debt. As the Universities themselves put their classes on You Tube and offer those who want to see the classes pay to take the tests. There is a new wave in education.

And the Hypocrisy of disdaining traditional family values in higher education while undermining the financial freedom of the student to become an adult with families was severely handicapped by crushing debt - is - being addressed and change is in the process.

 As more and more Universities offer this all over the world - You Tube offers greater and greater education at a very reasonable cost. We will see Professors start their own colleges online. New Degrees with New Educational Excellence. As we spoke of a national wall (I pray to God we will not receive) we find the internet and Canadian College Costs will bless our families and children.

 As well as the new universities and colleges discussed today, will be professors with love of learning to give to light a path forward shining brightly. The Exodus is a God movement saying God loves what His People have in freedom. Freedom to be educated. Freedom to choose. Freedom to have families and liberties without worry. A light is dawning. We rejoice to see the Son rise. In so many areas!!!

I believe we live in a Time to be in awe, with Gratitude,of Answered Prayer.


So much, Father God, to be Thankful for.

So much to say Jesus has Blessed and Blessed and Blessed us.

Thank You for the increase in marriages. Thank You more and more children are being born in marriage.

Thank You for holding me up. Thank You for holding my children and Loved ones up. Thank You for holding up the people God has given me.

Thank You we see more Heaven on earth.

And pray for this Nation and all Nations trusting in God. Jesus is Good.

For Jesus to bless all His Beloved around the world.

In Christ Jesus we triumphantly and with gratitude say AMEN.



I believe we live in a Time to be in awe with Gratitude of Answered Prayer.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †

Psalm 100 ~ Blessed

Psalm 1

1 Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked,
nor stands in the way of sinners,
nor sits in the seat of scoffers;

His delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. 

He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither.

In all that he does, he prospers.

4 The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives away. 5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous; 6 for the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.

I was at a lovely and large, fairly dressy, engagement/wedding party in 1991. There were about 75 people and a man came up to me to give me the Christian Prophetic Word. The 35-year-old man started out telling me facts correlating with my life at present and thoughts far down the road. Then the message became harsh. He snarled with sarcasm and said we would not be friends. Later in the evening, he was more rude about 'more Word." As the evening closed, about eleven p.m., his friends were saying he loved to find believers and pump them up with false prophecies. He said he loved to do prophecies to people who are Christian because of the utter belief on their faces. I asked him how he could pick out a believer - you know - he had no response and for a moment became speechless and shrugged.

... I can tell you 27 years later - that is a very unusual response - a "party trick" or "party conversation." We went to another entirely different engagement/wedding party and a couple arrived and said they were the heirs to the local milk farm (we lived in a very large city.) I could tell they were telling about being wealthy and people were melting all over them. I was having a conversation with an old friend and this was much more fun. Later in the evening, I was introduced to them and came to find out they were saying the Dairy Huge, Huge Farm belonging to my mother's good high school friend. I said, "That's great you are the child of ----. You must love Santa Fe!!! How fortunate you are to spend so much time in your new house there! Tell me all about Santa Fe!!!" The whole room became aware by their utterly horrified faces - this was Not True At All. And the pretenders promptly departed in about 1.5 minutes. Don't know whatever happened to the good looking prophetic guy - the pretenders were good friends of friends and were said to have settled down and done well in life - not pretending to be other people again.

Look at that: One group found it hysterical a man goes around compelled to give "prophecies." Which turned out to be true. The other group pretended to be wealthy and they ran like the Police would be called.

It's funny how we respond to the gifts God gives us - because some of what he said to me is absolutely true. He responded to an urge to Prophesy and not care about the soul or the emotion of what he puts down. That gift can be prophetic and even self-prophetic in the absence of Spiritual mercy and the desire to shelter or pray.






The Psalm is interesting. It's about long life and it's about trees.


We'd assume the trees in the photos were Psalm 100 - never hit by drought, fire, famine, beetles, disease and timber harvest, bird feeders with nails and screws, girdling/mulching the tree, staking the tree, concreting the holes, over fruitfulness, tying an animal to the trunk, power lines, overcrowding, over salt/pesticide. The tree has a very 'Jabez' life. Blessed and nothing to report.





When you are in the room with Believers of Jesus Christ, they will tell you of answered prayer. Warm assurances when faith is needed. Miracles that just become part of life. Prayer requests. Times dreams led them to peace and a new understanding of their soul to Jesus. And if you know them well, they will tell you if they actually hear Jesus. Some people are blessed like Abraham.

I knew a very, very bible study and a virtuous woman cried out to God and asked Him about misfortune. He replied with what was then learned to be Psalm 50. And that was VERY UNLIKELY. "It came to pass." The phrase occurs again and again in the Old Testament. "It came to pass after four hundred and thirty years that all the hosts of the Lord went out from the land of Egypt," and, "It came to pass."


I know a man who praised God for his good fortune and the good fortune showed itself to be life and gut-wrenching unfortunate. God Spoke Blessings. Blessings came to pass. The man asked God to move on. And the man moved on. And God was not going to let the man alone. Much to the man's chagrin. We can believe God will bring to pass all God plans.



When God says, "No withering, all prosperity." I'd have to tell you - we planted 6 tiny trees to grow into massive trees in my childhood newly built house in the 1960s. The Trees met different fates. One hit a chalk rock in the soil and died. One was stunted to just never grow. It sat while the other trees grew 40 and 50 feet tall. My father and I would look at the oak tree and wonder. Maybe it's because it's near the swing set and it thinks it should be a child tree. My father said maybe it needs iron, it looks a little yellow. So iron was applied. Maybe it needs water. Maybe it's a dwarf. My father went to the library and said no such tree variety. We wondered if it was a variation of the regular variety and we should propagate it. My brother was born and my father said maybe the tree people should see the Oak Tree. That year it grew some in the spring. About 3 feet on the 10 feet of a 16-year-old tree. And the next year it doubled. Now we started complaining about how to move the swing set. People. And in the next four years, we were telling bored people about the amazing growth of the tree. Uh-huh. And if someone showed up who knew about the dwarf Oak Tree we all got very, very excited and the story went on and on.



Knowing Jesus, I think Psalm 100 is never, ever intended to make us feel poorly about agricultural seasons in our lives. I do not believe Jesus would tell us a Psalm story of Daniel and then say ... and then there is ... - - - you.


I believe that to God - Peter had a pretty good idea. And just as shade trees begin to give us thoughts about patios and hammocks, cushions and places to read and bbq - we have this:



2 Peter 3:8-9

Beloved, do not let this one thing escape your notice:

 With the Lord, a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. 

9 The Lord is not slow to fulfill His promise as some understand slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.

Revelation 2:7
To the one who is victorious, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.

Revelation 22:2
Down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.

Revelation 22:14
Blessed are those who wash their robes, that they may have the right to the tree of life and may go through the gates into the city.

Redemption. Sweet beautiful little girls grow into unlikely teenagers. Drug addicts recover. Sponsors make wonderful friends. Grandmothers come from the wise who remained with solutions. Old men tell young men. Young men listen to middle-aged men who listen to older men.

"Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord." Colossians 3:16

Let the Circle Be Unbroken
By and By Lord By and By.

And it cams to pass.

Let the Circle Be Unbroken
By and By Lord By and By.

To live and move and have our being
in
Jesus Christ the Lord. Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †

Matthew 1:18-24 ~ God with us +†+

God

Matthew 1:18-24

8 Now the birth of Jesus Christ [the Christ] took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed [engaged] to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit.

 19 And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly. 20 But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 21 She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.” 22 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet:

23 “Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son,
and they shall call his name Immanuel” (which means, God with us). (Isaiah 7:14)

24 When Joseph awoke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him; he took her as his wife!




MOVIEGUIDE® Founder and Publisher Dr. Ted Baehr presented highlights from MOVIEGUIDE®'s 2018 Report to the Entertainment Industry, a comprehensive economic analysis of the content and philosophical, moral, spiritual, and political perspectives in the major movies released theatrically in 2017, at the 26th Annual Faith & Values Awards Gala.

Annual Ticket Sales

Note: Figures for 2018 are at an annualized rate (both in the graph above and the table below). The Box Office Totals in the graph above are not adjusted for inflation.

He reported that TV viewers and moviegoers prefer movies and television programs with biblical, morally uplifting, faith-based, patriotic and conservative principles and values.

For example, 90 percent of the top 10 movies in the United States and overseas in 2017 contained strong or very strong Christian, redemptive, biblical, moral content, including such movies as Despicable Me 3, Justice League, Thor: Ragnorak, Wonder Woman, Beauty and the Beast, Spider-Man: Homecoming, and The Fate of the Furious, among others.

To help the entertainment industry, every year we do this detailed economic Report to the Entertainment Industry analysis based on 150 criteria. We look at the aesthetics, ontology, epistemology and semantics. Also, Movieguide® identified 75 theatrical movies from 2017 that contained at least some strong or very strong Christian, redemptive content, an increase of 60 percent from 2012, when there were only 47 such movies. Those movies totaled a whopping $5.68 billion at the box office in 2017 in Canada and the United States alone.


• Boss Baby told audiences that Jesus was the boss,

• The great news of Christmas in The Star transformed the heroes who were, of course, animals and the audience.

• Teamwork, fatherhood and truth transformed Batman in The Lego Batman Movie,

• God's grace helped Christian refugees and transformed All Saints Church,

• An atheist reporter was transformed by looking at the evidence in The Case for Christ,

• Freedom fighting soldiers and patriotic citizens were transformed in Dunkirk,

• Wonder Woman was transformed by the power of selfless love and

• A flawed father was transformed to sacrifice himself for his daughter in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales and,

• Moviegoers were transformed and inspired to support the good, the true and the beautiful at the box office.





If we look back to see what people thought of God and the prophetic - one of the most widely available set of films is "Back to the Future." 'Your future is whatever you make it': 'Doc Brown' quotes inspirationally.


... How did that go for the Priest Zechariah? Jeremiah said, "Lord, I am only a youth!" Moses said, "I don't speak well enough and leprosy of the hand is to be avoided." Peter said, "Look away from me Lord, I am a sinful man."

So - Doc Brown might be wrong.

And then again - look at Samson. His parents were a little stunned and asked the angel to arrive twice to explain - the angel of God arrived twice - as requested. Just like the man Jesus healed of brain blindness in the hometown of Peter, Andrew and Philip, Bethsaida. Jesus didn't let go and the full understanding of the miracle is clearly explained to the one receiving the blessing and us reading His Word.

Samson's parents felt like God had given them the blank check of, "Let the Child belong to God." Samson did indeed accomplish for the Lord - but behaved badly in the meantime. God Wins. God always wins. And this is Good news. So in fact, Doc Brown might be on to something. Joseph was willing and willing and willing to accomplish the will of God the Father. As he wisely moved from danger. Wisely moved back to Judea with full scope of political awareness of safety. Wisely listened to Jesus in family turmoil. Wisely did human family crisis and work during regular family turmoil. Joseph never felt God had written him a blank check.

The Sons of Joseph are named Jesus, James, Jude and Joses. And Simon. Joseph was doing God's work and Joseph expected life to have work, striving, family, family, family and accomplishment when you read Isaiah 7.

If we were to quote a quote about Joseph from movie fame - we might pick Indiana Jones and the Holy Grail. "Joseph picked Wisely."



Who does this apply towards? All - even the thieves on the crosses with Jesus. We need more than Jesus in our lives, we need to make our future with Jesus. Pleasing Jesus.

The Promises of God are for the People of Jesus Christ.


Psalm 46

46 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.


Jeremiah 29:11

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.




Museums don't follow the same amount of dollar interest. And the exhibits are not following the interest of the public. Perhaps we could see more exhibits following public interest.

Revenue of museums, historical sites, and similar institutions (NAICS 712) in the United States from 2008 to 2020 (in million U.S. dollars)

AND The Economist reports -
if you looked at the Vatican Museums and Tour rates - you'd find the Vatican and Museum are so busy the air conditioning can't even keep up with the profits.

https://www.economist.com/books-and-arts/2015/03/12/full-to-bursting.



Father God,

We always pray best in Your Word. A Hope and Future for us, the people we Love, the people You have given us. Our Nation. Your beloved around the world and the increase of Heaven among the Nations Trusting in Jesus.


Jeremiah 29:11

“He has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you.”
—1 Peter 1:3-4

“Our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.”
—Philippians 3:20

“The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing.”
—Zephaniah 3:17

“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.”
—Romans 15:13

“But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles;
they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.”
—Isaiah 40:31

“And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in you.”
—Psalm 39:7

“Waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ…”
—Titus 2:13

“Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.”
—Romans 12:12

“For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen.”
—2 Corinthians 4:17-18

“The sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.”
—Romans 8:18

“Behold, I am coming soon.”
—Revelation 22:12

“For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.”
—Romans 15:4

“He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”
—Revelation 21:4

“But this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases;
his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.”
—Lamentations 3:21-23


AMEN IN JESUS Christ.

  

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