Matthew 12:1-32
At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry, and they began to pluck heads of grain and to eat. 2 But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, “Look, your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath.” 3 He said to them, “Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, and those who were with him: 4 how he entered the house of God and ate the bread of the Presence, which it was not lawful for him to eat nor for those who were with him, but only for the priests? 5 Or have you not read in the Law how on the Sabbath the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath and are guiltless?
6 I tell you, something greater than the temple is here. 7 And if you had known what this means, ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the guiltless. 8 For the Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath.”
9 He went on from there and entered their synagogue. 10 And a man was there with a withered hand. And they asked him, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”— so that they might accuse him. 11 He said to them, “Which one of you who has a sheep, if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will not take hold of it and lift it out? 12 Of how much more value is a man than a sheep! So it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.” 13 Then he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” And the man stretched it out, and it was restored, healthy like the other. 14 But the Pharisees went out and conspired against him, how to destroy him.
15 Jesus, aware of this, withdrew from there. And many followed him, and he healed them all 16 and ordered them not to make him known. 17 This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah:
18 “Behold, my servant whom I have chosen,
my beloved with whom my soul is well pleased.
I will put my Spirit upon him,
and he will proclaim justice to the Gentiles.
19 He will not quarrel or cry aloud,
nor will anyone hear his voice in the streets;
20 a bruised reed he will not break,
and a smoldering wick he will not quench,
until he brings justice to victory;
21 and in his name the Gentiles will hope.”
22 Then a demon-oppressed man who was blind and mute was brought to him, and he healed him, so that the man spoke and saw. 23 And all the people were amazed, and said, “Can this be the Son of David?” 24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, “It is only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, that this man casts out demons.”
25 Knowing their thoughts, he said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and no city or house divided against itself will stand. 26 And if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand? 27 And if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges. 28 But if it is by the Spirit of God that I cast out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
29 Or how can someone enter a strong man's house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man? Then indeed he may plunder his house. 30 Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters. 31 Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven people, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven. 32 And whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come.
6 I tell you, something greater than the temple is here. 7 And if you had known what this means, ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the guiltless. 8 For the Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath.”
9 He went on from there and entered their synagogue. 10 And a man was there with a withered hand. And they asked him, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”— so that they might accuse him. 11 He said to them, “Which one of you who has a sheep, if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will not take hold of it and lift it out? 12 Of how much more value is a man than a sheep! So it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.” 13 Then he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” And the man stretched it out, and it was restored, healthy like the other. 14 But the Pharisees went out and conspired against him, how to destroy him.
15 Jesus, aware of this, withdrew from there. And many followed him, and he healed them all 16 and ordered them not to make him known. 17 This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah:
18 “Behold, my servant whom I have chosen,
my beloved with whom my soul is well pleased.
I will put my Spirit upon him,
and he will proclaim justice to the Gentiles.
19 He will not quarrel or cry aloud,
nor will anyone hear his voice in the streets;
20 a bruised reed he will not break,
and a smoldering wick he will not quench,
until he brings justice to victory;
21 and in his name the Gentiles will hope.”
22 Then a demon-oppressed man who was blind and mute was brought to him, and he healed him, so that the man spoke and saw. 23 And all the people were amazed, and said, “Can this be the Son of David?” 24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, “It is only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, that this man casts out demons.”
25 Knowing their thoughts, he said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and no city or house divided against itself will stand. 26 And if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand? 27 And if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges. 28 But if it is by the Spirit of God that I cast out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
29 Or how can someone enter a strong man's house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man? Then indeed he may plunder his house. 30 Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters. 31 Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven people, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven. 32 And whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come.
We are in an age. A very unusual age. Our grandparents paid for their houses before they moved in. We accept the way our culture works, sometimes without thought. When you look at the School Board problems in America from 100 years ago, you might have seen the simple things, but you would have seen truancy & child labor left off of the list. The golf links lie so near the fence, the little children can see the men at play.
Another part of our culture we don't look at clearly, many of the people who have experienced substance abuse and have faced up to it, remain in programs like Alcoholics Anonymous and their lives are healed because their addictions are being treated for what they were, soul weariness. These people begin to clearly understand the soul, the actions, the physical are clearly connected. As they become tuned into hope for their souls, their lives are changes and grow as they begin to take care of others. Like sponsoring others. And helping people who are unable to help their own children. These people are brave people.
We used to whisper adoption or condemn it and we used to whisper cancer. Yes, we have increasingly seen younger children being involved in STDs and pregnancy, but we also see young people thrilled at the chance to be parents, to love. Willing to ask for help.
It is only in rejecting the people willing to step forward, we tie up the Holy Spirit in God's willingness to use the weak to shame the strong. Always pray.
John 5:17
But Jesus answered them, “My Father is working until now, and I am working.”
Romans 8:28
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
Philippians 2:13
for it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure.
Philippians 1:4
Whenever I pray, I make my requests for all of you with joy
We come from several small towns. Calvert, Texas is one where my husband's two great-grandfather was the doctor in Calvert. We located the house and my children were in awe of the history where there ggggrandfather would have kept his horse and ridden out in the night to go to the ones he cared for. And as we left Calvert, there is a painted wall that has a Flag and says We the People in the font of the Declaration of Independence. I said to my small sons, We should reclaim the innovations of those days and Go Forth In the Power of God! Cal said, "Well it's your idea, you should do that!"
Ok, we should try. Going forth with God. In the name of Jesus Christ.
Dear We the People,
Did you know that going to the dentist twice a year is a great idea. Yes you did. Of Course. Smile. I have two dentists I really like Dr. Bill and Libby (always joyous in God) Wambaugh and Dr. Troy Bonin. All love and follow Jesus Christ.
No one with teeth should do without a water pick Dr Troy says. And even an inexpensive electric toothbrush. Dr. Bill says all your toothpaste should have a fluoride, and tartar control before considering whitening.
There are recent innovations to consider in the many dollars of dental health.
If you have played football, you know how to take boiling water, cool and make a self-fitted tooth guard. Then dot with OPALESCENCE PF 35% Carbamide Peroxide Teeth Whitening Gel. Start with 10% if you are sensitive.
Every other day, use Magic Mud available on Amazon. This is ground charcoal. It will make your former one hour teeth cleaning sessions into five minutes of good health. Edward has not had to have the deep cleaning called plaining since he uses Magic Mud.
Next is a product from Amazon that gets great reviews. Tanda. $100 and you have blue light teeth cleaning ability. Not only that this helps sinus infections and acne. Edward recently had an ear skin cancer removed from kind Dr. Brent Shook's office, his co-workers are great too and they said Blue Light Products improve skin conditions for more than half of the people who try them. I think the percentage was 70%.
My friend Jeanette said her dental implants were going to be $16,000 a tooth for lower loose teeth, plural. Her dentist in the Inwood area of Houston feels his dentistry is a mission to the less prosperous people in the city. He is Jeanette's neighbor and he travels to work a fair distance to be of service. He placed an old fashioned retainer wire on her lower teeth and cemented in her teeth to the wire and she is out $500 for his wisdom and service. Her dentist told her it will hold for five years.
My family also comes from 80 miles north of New Orleans were the metropolis of Franklinton, LA has encroached on the small town of Richardson, LA where all my Richardsons hail from. The water in Louisiana must make people friendly. My son Alexander is working on his building degree from LSU and in 3 years he will have a Master's in Engineering with Building Construction. Louisiana is the Great State of Louisiana. And in the beauty of the great pine forest sweeping from Houston to the Atlantic Ocean, Louisiana is missing out on Beach Tourism due to low lands.
In 1982, I was getting my degree from Texas A & M and a Petroleum Engineer friend of mine Brent Smallic, Aggie Class of 1983, told me the levies of New Orleans were fragile and weak and Class 2 Hurricane would wipe out the city. He had spent the summer working for the Corps of Engineers. I'm also from Rosedale, Mississippi where my great-grandfather James Lawrence Wilson was major of Rosedale for 35 years. Pop made sure his county was protected by 75 foot levees. He thought it was the greatest safety he could give the county.
The Chinese moved the Yangtze River. In Texas we did have done an amazing awesome job around Buffalo, Texas to extract aluminum and coal. The landscape is put back and reforested. Well, honestly, they should plant more trees. We have learned not to destroy mountains for coal. I am saying Louisiana should have a lottery system Laissez les bons temps rouler! And provide sand dredged from the shore to make a 75' sand dune and make Louisiana beaches a vacation destination. And in this dredging create better levees for the city of New Orleans and Baton Rouge again. The British Petroleum recovery was nothing short of miraculous, Thank God. When we dredge built areas for the fish. (Alaska never saw the miraculous level of healing from their oil spill. And we will continue to thank God for His mercies!)
Centralia County of Pennsylvania has been condemned for decades for sink holes resulting from an ongoing coal mine for decades. If the Susquhanna River had a 40 foot dam placed at the counties' edge at the east and west county edge for 12 years, another powerball lottery, and then exploded first the east lake side dam and 3 week later the unused west side dam- the county would have an end to the sink holes and the fires would be extinguished. The Susquahanna would need levees to slowly break the west dam. The lottery would pay for the levee removal. Pennsylvania, the great friendly state of Cameron County, Emporium and St. Mary's Elk County would repopulate another amazingly beautiful entire County
Continue to pray for the Nation. We have so many, many people who love Jesus. We need the Churches to open the doors every morning with Morning Prayer and just expect the Holy Spirit to lead us to tell people that the Love of God is so great - His Mission is to Save the World. The Amazing intricate photos from the Hubble tell us that God is large enough to fill the universe and intimate enough to dwell in us to create life.
May God Bless and favor this Nation to bring forth the Love and Grace of Jesus Christ.
Father God, we pray for our schools as they begin again this month. We pray for the new students and the experiences You hold for them. We lift up opportunities and the educators. We lift up our Nation for more education that continues for civilians and for our military - stationed where this education only benefits and promotes our Nation. Not just standard education, but manufacturing and trade education.
We lift up new solutions and innovations to make life filled with Your Goodness in this life. We ask blessings on ourselves, our loved ones, friends, Church, State and Nation. In the Highest name of Jesus. Thanking You for Your Work in our lives. Texas, Houston area thanks You for the 4 recent rains really needed in August! Amen.
We come from several small towns. Calvert, Texas is one where my husband's two great-grandfather was the doctor in Calvert. We located the house and my children were in awe of the history where there ggggrandfather would have kept his horse and ridden out in the night to go to the ones he cared for. And as we left Calvert, there is a painted wall that has a Flag and says We the People in the font of the Declaration of Independence. I said to my small sons, We should reclaim the innovations of those days and Go Forth In the Power of God! Cal said, "Well it's your idea, you should do that!"
Ok, we should try. Going forth with God. In the name of Jesus Christ.
Dear We the People,
Did you know that going to the dentist twice a year is a great idea. Yes you did. Of Course. Smile. I have two dentists I really like Dr. Bill and Libby (always joyous in God) Wambaugh and Dr. Troy Bonin. All love and follow Jesus Christ.
No one with teeth should do without a water pick Dr Troy says. And even an inexpensive electric toothbrush. Dr. Bill says all your toothpaste should have a fluoride, and tartar control before considering whitening.
There are recent innovations to consider in the many dollars of dental health.
If you have played football, you know how to take boiling water, cool and make a self-fitted tooth guard. Then dot with OPALESCENCE PF 35% Carbamide Peroxide Teeth Whitening Gel. Start with 10% if you are sensitive.
Every other day, use Magic Mud available on Amazon. This is ground charcoal. It will make your former one hour teeth cleaning sessions into five minutes of good health. Edward has not had to have the deep cleaning called plaining since he uses Magic Mud.
Next is a product from Amazon that gets great reviews. Tanda. $100 and you have blue light teeth cleaning ability. Not only that this helps sinus infections and acne. Edward recently had an ear skin cancer removed from kind Dr. Brent Shook's office, his co-workers are great too and they said Blue Light Products improve skin conditions for more than half of the people who try them. I think the percentage was 70%.
My friend Jeanette said her dental implants were going to be $16,000 a tooth for lower loose teeth, plural. Her dentist in the Inwood area of Houston feels his dentistry is a mission to the less prosperous people in the city. He is Jeanette's neighbor and he travels to work a fair distance to be of service. He placed an old fashioned retainer wire on her lower teeth and cemented in her teeth to the wire and she is out $500 for his wisdom and service. Her dentist told her it will hold for five years.
My family also comes from 80 miles north of New Orleans were the metropolis of Franklinton, LA has encroached on the small town of Richardson, LA where all my Richardsons hail from. The water in Louisiana must make people friendly. My son Alexander is working on his building degree from LSU and in 3 years he will have a Master's in Engineering with Building Construction. Louisiana is the Great State of Louisiana. And in the beauty of the great pine forest sweeping from Houston to the Atlantic Ocean, Louisiana is missing out on Beach Tourism due to low lands.
In 1982, I was getting my degree from Texas A & M and a Petroleum Engineer friend of mine Brent Smallic, Aggie Class of 1983, told me the levies of New Orleans were fragile and weak and Class 2 Hurricane would wipe out the city. He had spent the summer working for the Corps of Engineers. I'm also from Rosedale, Mississippi where my great-grandfather James Lawrence Wilson was major of Rosedale for 35 years. Pop made sure his county was protected by 75 foot levees. He thought it was the greatest safety he could give the county.
The Chinese moved the Yangtze River. In Texas we did have done an amazing awesome job around Buffalo, Texas to extract aluminum and coal. The landscape is put back and reforested. Well, honestly, they should plant more trees. We have learned not to destroy mountains for coal. I am saying Louisiana should have a lottery system Laissez les bons temps rouler! And provide sand dredged from the shore to make a 75' sand dune and make Louisiana beaches a vacation destination. And in this dredging create better levees for the city of New Orleans and Baton Rouge again. The British Petroleum recovery was nothing short of miraculous, Thank God. When we dredge built areas for the fish. (Alaska never saw the miraculous level of healing from their oil spill. And we will continue to thank God for His mercies!)
Centralia County of Pennsylvania has been condemned for decades for sink holes resulting from an ongoing coal mine for decades. If the Susquhanna River had a 40 foot dam placed at the counties' edge at the east and west county edge for 12 years, another powerball lottery, and then exploded first the east lake side dam and 3 week later the unused west side dam- the county would have an end to the sink holes and the fires would be extinguished. The Susquahanna would need levees to slowly break the west dam. The lottery would pay for the levee removal. Pennsylvania, the great friendly state of Cameron County, Emporium and St. Mary's Elk County would repopulate another amazingly beautiful entire County
Continue to pray for the Nation. We have so many, many people who love Jesus. We need the Churches to open the doors every morning with Morning Prayer and just expect the Holy Spirit to lead us to tell people that the Love of God is so great - His Mission is to Save the World. The Amazing intricate photos from the Hubble tell us that God is large enough to fill the universe and intimate enough to dwell in us to create life.
May God Bless and favor this Nation to bring forth the Love and Grace of Jesus Christ.
Father God, we pray for our schools as they begin again this month. We pray for the new students and the experiences You hold for them. We lift up opportunities and the educators. We lift up our Nation for more education that continues for civilians and for our military - stationed where this education only benefits and promotes our Nation. Not just standard education, but manufacturing and trade education.
We lift up new solutions and innovations to make life filled with Your Goodness in this life. We ask blessings on ourselves, our loved ones, friends, Church, State and Nation. In the Highest name of Jesus. Thanking You for Your Work in our lives. Texas, Houston area thanks You for the 4 recent rains really needed in August! Amen.
♔ Lord Jesus Saves †
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