Psalm 30 ~ O Lord be my Helper!

Psalm 30

A Psalm of David. A song at the dedication of the temple.

I will extol you, O Lord, for you have drawn me up
and have not let my foes rejoice over me.
2 O Lord my God, I cried to you for help,
and you have healed me.

3 O Lord, you have brought up my soul from Sheol;
you restored me to life from among those who go down to the pit.

4 Sing praises to the Lord, O you his saints,
and give thanks to his holy name.
5 For his anger is but for a moment,
and his favor is for a lifetime.
Weeping may tarry for the night,
but joy comes with the morning.

6 As for me, I said in my prosperity,
“I shall never be moved.”
7 By your favor, O Lord,
you made my mountain stand strong;
you hid your face;
I was dismayed.

8 To you, O Lord, I cry,
and to the Lord I plead for mercy:
9 “What profit is there in my death,
if I go down to the pit?
Will the dust praise you?
Will it tell of your faithfulness?
10 Hear, O Lord, and be merciful to me!

O Lord, be my helper!”

11 You have turned for me my mourning into dancing;
you have loosed my sackcloth
and clothed me with gladness

12 That my glory may sing your praise and not be silent.
O Lord my God, I will give thanks to you forever!

When Psalm 30 is mentioned, I always think of "Gladness." The Happiness Psalm.

Is there spring without winter? Is there a child without pregnancy and labor? Is there sunrise without night? Yes, in Heaven!

The Prodigal Son is a story of maturing into faith. The Ten Talents is about trust. The Pray until the 12th hour is about evil circumstance of injustice.  Pray impudently with Faith.

Matthew 8, Jesus calms the Storm. The Storm is said to be furious and great. 5 And they went and woke him, saying, “Save us, Lord; we are perishing.”

Storms are not quiet when death is about to happen. The Disciples 'Probably' were not meek and mild to ask Jesus to help and to wake to see they were about to die.

Let's decide who else could be placed in this Psalm.

Abraham. Jacob. Joseph. Job, Moses, Joshua, Ruth, Naomi, Gideon, Samuel, David, Rehoboam and Abijah, Jehoshaphat, Hezekiah, Isaiah, Zechariah, Joseph, Mary. John. Zacchaeus, the blind men calling for Jesus, the woman with the idea to hold the fringe of Jesus' robe. Jairus, father of the daughter. The Centurion to heal his servant. The woman from Syro-Phoenician. All the Disciples, minus John, on Good Friday.

Apparently, most of us have been in this Boat.

Including the Fishermen Disciples, getting out to fish.

Suddenly, Jesus had fixed Breakfast.

Psalm 34:8 

Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in him.

Jesus has done some incredible things from fish. Not only was Jesus alive from conquering death, Jesus had created an incredible catch - tearing the nets and making a new Church from fishermen. Jesus had paid debt for Himself and Peter. We can be sure this was the best breakfast of their Lives.

You have turned for me my mourning into dancing;

you have loosed my sackcloth

and clothed me with gladness

That my glory may sing your praise and not be silent.

O Lord my God, I will give thanks to you forever!

Abba,

For every season and time there is a Purpose.

We've reached the beginning of Lent!

Luke 15

"When he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. "And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!' "I tell you that in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance."

You give us Your Peace.

Psalm 12

I will now arise,” says the Lord;

“I will place him in the safety for which he longs.”

6 The words of the Lord are pure words,

like silver refined in a furnace on the ground,

purified seven times.

7 You, O Lord, will keep them;

you will guard us from this generation forever.

Abba, Please give us Your Peace. So many times Jesus healed, like the man who was blind and cried out for Jesus, those around Him told the blind man to hush. When Zacchaeus climbed the tree, he did so to rise from doubt.  When Jesus healed Jairus' daughter, He said:

Mark 5:36
Jesus told him, “Don’t be afraid; just believe.”

Asking Jesus to Bless all of His Good Creation this Lent and Easter. 
We pray for the earth as God's Good Creation, where He sees Good.

O Lord my God, I will give thanks to you forever!
Let us live to find You first, and live in Love, Joy and Peace.

For thine is the Kingdom, the Power and the Glory. Amen in Jesus Christ.

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Psalm 133 ~ Blessing Life Forevermore

Mount Herman and the mountains of Zion, feeding the Jordan River

Psalm 133

A Song of Ascents. Of David.

Behold, how good and pleasant it is

when brothers dwell in unity!

2 It is like the precious oil on the head,

running down on the beard,

on the beard of Aaron,

running down on the collar of his robes!

3 It is like the dew of Hermon,

which falls on the mountains of Zion!

For there the Lord has commanded 
the blessing,

life forevermore.

We pray all the time, "Thy Kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, As it is in heaven."

When we practice doing unto others as we want to be treated - we are practicing our eternal life. And we bring more Heaven to earth doing our Father's Good Will.

This is an important concept.There is so much anger coming from hurt and deprivation of life goals. It's said we have less than 40 minutes of family conversation a day. The goal is to decrease anger and find out how the other person thinks. Giving all a chance to bloom, just as Jesus waited on His Brothers.


2 Timothy 4

In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of his appearing and his kingdom, I give you this charge:

2 Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction. 3 For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. 4 They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. 5 But you, keep your head in all situations, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, discharge all the duties of your ministry.

How would our Father God measure kindness? And why would He equate compassion and mercy with goodness and kindness with oil and Aaron's robes?

In a dry and dusty land...

Psalm 63
O God, you are my God, earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you, my body longs for you,
in a dry and weary land where there is no water.

I have seen you in the sanctuary and beheld your power and your glory.
Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you.

Do we feel called?

Would anyone turn down the Opportunity to be an Ambassador? It wouldn't be all roses.

1 Timothy 4
9 The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance. 10 For to this end we toil and strive, because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of those who believe.

11 Command and teach these things.
12 Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity. 13 Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, to teaching. 14 Do not neglect the gift you have, which was given you by prophecy when the council of elders laid their hands on you. 15 Practice these things, immerse yourself in them,c so that all may see your progress. 16 Keep a close watch on yourself and on the teaching. Persist in this, for by so doing you will save both yourself and your hearers.


We say:

Nehemiah 8:10
"The joy of the Lord is your strength.”

This isn't a mystery, this is the upbuilding of kindness providing The Joy of the Lord is our Strength.

Abba,

Thank You for Today. We ask the Joy of more Heaven on earth. To seek You first and Your Kingdom. To live Life with Love, Peace and Joy.

Cover those we love with Jesus Christ. Thank You for seeing Your Blessings today. Seeing Your Help.

Bless those with illness who have asked for prayer. Elliott, Dee and Jim. Your Healing Word, Father God, we ask in Jesus Christ.

For our Lives, families, friends to have Your Peace. And Your tender Love. We cover all those we Love and all You have given us to pray for in the Steadfast Love, Peace and Joy of Yours.

Blessings of Lent Beginning this Ash Wednesday. Easter is Coming!

Amen in Jesus.

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Ephesians 1 ~ our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ

This afternoon, I was standing in the kitchen, suddenly the television caught my eye. I didn't attempt to adjust the volume, from what I've heard the remote just has to be close to the television. From the partial information I could see, there is a new Television series ~ Jesus is in His forties, and He is giving people an invitation, Personally Jesus invites His Child to find Him and have the Kingdom of God, Love, Peace and Joy from Faith.

What a Way to Enter Lent and Prepare for Jesus! Dinner with Jesus or Dinner and Faith!

If you received a Letter, A Word from God, written personally to you, what would that look like???

And if it were up to you, what type of stamp would you have on the envelope? Jesus would see what stamp you were putting on His envelope.

Would this be ... Hope, Heart, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, SOS, ?, Memory of His Goodness, Scripture, a Photo of someone you pray for - is this someone you Love, Family, needs His Help. Would it be a country, county or a town? Would this be Health for China and Korea? Would this be prayers for all our Churches? Would this be Remorse. Would this say Strength, Health. Baptism for Grandchildren.

The Stamps would be far more interesting!

The Letter wouldn't have Headings. It probably wouldn't have footnotes. However, you might create questions and memories and connect to other Scripture (Word of God Active and Living to you) as you worked out all the insights. This is, of course, Father God writing you and your Loved ones for this - give us this day. Jesus, our God's exact nature - Jesus is our Daily Living Bread and wants to reach the ones you Love and be a Blessing to you All. Families live in Heaven. God says so!

Ephesians 1

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God,


To the saints 
who are in Ephesus, and are faithful in Christ Jesus:


Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. 

In love he predestined us for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved. 

In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his purpose, which he set forth in Christ as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.

In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will, so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of his glory. In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.

For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints, I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers, that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his great might that he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places, far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come. And he put all things under his feet and gave him as head over all things to the church, which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.

As we get ready, get ready, get ready and prepare and determine what we will Knock and Ask, Seek and Find for this 2020 Lent, Year of our Lord ...aren't you a little bit of Awe and Wonder!

Jesus would not let Disciples tell you not to fuss Jesus.
Jesus welcomes His Child. Even the Child with merely one year or mere months, or four decades or five or eight or nine decades of Life. As a Child of God, our Lord and Savior will not make age an issue of this Lenten Season. Our Mighty God calling the Heavenly Hosts by Name, The Great I am is not going to exploit, for political purposes, anyone's youth and inexperience.

The Love and Hope. Faith!!!

Matthew 18:2-4

And calling to him a child, he put him in the midst of them 3 and said, 

“Truly, I say to you, 

unless you turn and become like children,

 you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. 

 Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven."

O come, let us sing unto the LORD:

 let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.

Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, 

and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.

Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth: make a loud noise, 

and rejoice, and sing praise!

Psalm 95

Miraculously, Our God. Fully Willing to Proclaim His Pleasure.

And Remind us of the Very Goodness of His Plan, His Power and His Kingdom !

Thine is the Kingdom, Thine is the Power, Thine is the Glory. Jesus Christ, Son of God.

Zechariah 8:3-13

Thus says the Lord: I have returned to Zion and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem, and Jerusalem shall be called the faithful city, and the mountain of the Lord of hosts, the holy mountain. 

Thus says the Lord of hosts: Old men and old women shall again sit in the streets of Jerusalem, each with staff in hand because of great age. And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in its streets. 

Thus says the Lord of hosts: If it is marvelous in the sight of the remnant of this people in those days, should it also be marvelous in my sight, declares the Lord of hosts? 

Thus says the Lord of hosts: Behold, I will save my people from the east country and from the west country, and I will bring them to dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. And they shall be my people, and I will be their God, in faithfulness and in righteousness.”

Thus says the Lord of hosts: “Let your hands be strong, you who in these days have been hearing these words from the mouth of the prophets who were present on the day that the foundation of the house of the Lord of hosts was laid, that the temple might be built. For before those days there was no wage for man or any wage for beast, neither was there any safety from the foe for him who went out or came in, for I set every man against his neighbor.

But now I will not deal with the remnant of this people as in the former days, declares the Lord of hosts. For there shall be a sowing of peace. The vine shall give its fruit, and the ground shall give its produce, and the heavens shall give their dew. And I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things. And as you have been a byword of cursing among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, so will I save you, and you shall be a blessing. 
Fear not, but let your hands be strong.”

And our God has Boldly and With Confidence told us how to impudently Pray, even to the 12th hour. To Find His Blessing and Favor. Jesus, the exact nature of God, has told us how to greet our Father, even the Prodigal find a place before His Father.

Matthew 25:14-30

14 “For it will be like a man going on a journey,

who called his servants 

and entrusted to them his property. 

15 To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability. Then he went away. 

16 He who had received the five talents went at once and traded with them, 

and he made five talents more. 

17 So also he who had the two talents made two talents more. 

18 But he who had received the one talent went 

and dug in the ground 

and hid his master's money. 

19 Now after a long time the master of those servants came and settled accounts with them. 

20 And he who had received the five talents came forward, bringing five talents more, saying, ‘Master, you delivered to me five talents; here, I have made five talents more.’ 

21 His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. 

You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. 

Enter into the joy of your master.’ 

22 And he also who had the two talents came forward, saying, ‘Master, you delivered to me two talents; here, I have made two talents more.’ 

23 His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.’

 24 He also who had received the one talent came forward, saying, ‘Master, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you scattered no seed, 25 so I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the ground. Here, you have what is yours.’

Jesus' Father did not reward the servant who found God harsh and selfish.

For the Faithful, we know what Zechariah has seen.

Abba,

We are Christ's letter, delivered by us, not written with ink but with the Spirit of the living God--not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.

Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice.

Let your heart be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand; do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. What you have learned and received and heard and seen — practice these things, and the God of peace will be with us all.

We are praying Jesus' own mercy to surround and help and encourage His Beloved. David knew to look again to see the Mercy of our Father God.

We pray Your Help for the Beloved of Jesus to live seeking You first and find we have encouraged and built up Lives pleasing and acceptable to Your Heart, Father. Lives of Love, Peace and Joy. Nothing is too hard for You, our Rock and Redeemer.

We rejoiced greatly finding Your children walking in the truth, just as we long to do. Please Bless our Nation Trusting in You. We pray the Tender Mercy of God on all nations and on those suffering illness and fear. Speak Your Healing Word. Lord Jesus. Yours is the Kingdom, Power and Glory.

Thank You for Elliott's miracle. Thank You Dee is feeling better after a rough year. Our Jesus, Praying over illness and discouragement for those in anxiety. Knowing You will Help.

Help us to know Your Peace each day. Our family has had a very challenging year and we ask Jesus Love to settle us back in His Peace. The Blessing of Jesus prevails. Our refuge and Glory in Jesus.

Jesus is Lord as we Prepare for Lent and Easter. Amen.

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