Matthew 15:1-20 ~ Listen and understand

Matthew 15:1-20

Then some Pharisees and teachers of the law came to Jesus from Jerusalem and asked, 2 “Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They don’t wash their hands before they eat!”

3 Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition? 4 For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.’ 5 But you say that if anyone declares that what might have been used to help their father or mother is ‘devoted to God,’ 6 they are not to ‘honor their father or mother’ with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition. 7 You hypocrites! Isaiah [Chapter 29] was right when he prophesied about you:

8 “‘These people honor me with their lips,
but their hearts are far from me.
9 They worship me in vain;
their teachings are merely human rules.’”

10 Jesus called the crowd to him and said, “Listen and understand. 11 What goes into someone’s mouth does not defile them, but what comes out of their mouth, that is what defiles them.”

12 Then the disciples came to him and asked, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this?”

13 He replied, “Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by the roots. 14 Leave them; they are blind guides. If the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.”

15 Peter said, “Explain the parable to us.”

16 “Are you still so dull?” Jesus asked them. 17 “Don’t you see that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then out of the body? 18 But the things that come out of a person’s mouth come from the heart, and these defile them. 19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts—murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander. 20 These are what defile a person; but eating with unwashed hands does not defile them.”

Isaiah was 700 years before Jesus and knew the atmosphere of the generation of Jesus.

Jesus came to this life with joy. Eating and drinking. Enjoying people. Healing.

Isaiah ends the message well!!! 
Still in Chapter 29, Jesus flooding His light in all of mankind. His Glory grace and truth filling the generation blessed to see Him. His Word Fulfilled!

Isaiah 29
2 Therefore this is what the Lord, who redeemed Abraham, says to the descendants of Jacob:

“No longer will Jacob be ashamed;
no longer will their faces grow pale.
23 When they see among them their children,
the work of my hands,
they will keep my name holy;
they will acknowledge the holiness of the Holy One of Jacob,
and will stand in awe of the God of Israel.
24 Those who are wayward in spirit will gain understanding;
those who complain will accept instruction.”

Acts 5:12-16
The apostles performed many signs and wonders among the people. And all the believers used to meet together in Solomon’s Colonnade. 13 No one else dared join them, even though they were highly regarded by the people. 14 Nevertheless, more and more men and women believed in the Lord and were added to their number. 15 As a result, people brought the sick into the streets and laid them on beds and mats so that at least Peter’s shadow might fall on some of them as he passed by. 16 Crowds gathered also from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing their sick and those tormented by impure spirits, and all of them were healed.



Worry comes out of us so many times.

Egad even Wall Street Worries! 
Worriers out there - Unite!
We wonder about this generation. We worry about the news.

Jesus knew about storms in life. 
When a physical human body dies, suddenly and inexplicably, I believe this is our soul's energy, our Light going Home. Life guarantees us very little. What we make of our lives is our metal. Or to put this more aptly - our life's work - a shining Light of His, we hope.

Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow God is the same. Jesus tells us He is still working. See this with faith.


Luke 8
24 The disciples went and woke him, saying, “Master, Master, we’re going to drown!”

He got up and rebuked the wind and the raging waters; the storm subsided, and all was calm. 25 “Where is your faith?” he asked his disciples.

In fear and amazement they asked one another, “Who is this? He commands even the winds and the water, and they obey him.”


Jesus will ride this storm to completion with us. 

We prayed for Cal so hard - Edward and I saw a bumper sticker that said, "He knows your faith." I told Edward, I feel like God has spoken to us and we returned home to find Cal was much better. My mom said she thought it was miraculous of God.  God even answers prayers in the car on the way to the grocery store.

This compelling study -

The Independent out of the UK reports the largest-ever study provides evidence that 'out of body' and 'near-death' experiences actually have real findings. Speaking about the evidence provided by a 57-year-old social worker Southampton, Dr Parnia said: “We know the brain can’t function when the heart has stopped beating." And yet...

2,060 patients from 15 hospitals in the UK, US and Austria, and has been published in the journal Resuscitation

Experts currently believe that the brain shuts down within 20 to 30 seconds of the heart stopping beating – and that it is not possible to be aware of anything at all once that has happened.

But scientists in the new study heard said they heard compelling evidence that patients experienced real events for up to three minutes after this had happened – and could recall them accurately once they had been resuscitated.

Dr Sam Parnia, an assistant professor at the State University of New York and a former research fellow at the University of Southampton who led the research, said that he previously that patients who described near-death experiences were only relating hallucinatory events.

One man, however, gave a “very credible” account of what was going on while doctors and nurses tried to bring him back to life – and says that he felt he was observing his resuscitation from the corner of the room.

Speaking to The Telegraph about the evidence provided by a 57-year-old social worker Southampton, Dr Parnia said: “We know the brain can’t function when the heart has stopped beating.

“But in this case, conscious awareness appears to have continued for up to three minutes.

“The man described everything that had happened in the room, but importantly, he heard two bleeps from a machine that makes a noise at three minute intervals. So we could time how long the experienced lasted for.

“He seemed very credible and everything that he said had happened to him had actually happened.”

Of those who survived, 46 per cent experienced a broad range of mental recollections, nine per cent had experiences compatible with traditional definitions of a near-death experience and two per cent exhibited full awareness with explicit recall of “seeing” and “hearing” events – or out-of-body experiences.

Dr Parnia said that the findings of the study as a whole suggested that “the recalled experience surrounding death now merits further genuine investigation without prejudice”.

Dr Jerry Nolan, editor-in-chief of the journal which published the research, said: “The researchers are to be congratulated on the completion of a fascinating study that will open the door to more extensive research into what happens when we die.”


1 Corinthians 15:57
But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.


Father God, thank You for being Love. If we fear, You heal. If we cry out, You answer. Life tests us, and multitudes will all be with You in the Valley of Decision. Decide for us in Love, Mercy and the Fulfillment of Your Word in Jesus Christ the Lord we pray. Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves †

Proverbs 31:10-31 ~ Rubies

 

The words of King Lemuel. An oracle that his mother taught him.

Proverbs 31:10-31

10 An excellent wife who can find?

She is far more precious than 
Rubies.

11 The heart of her husband trusts in her,
and he will have no lack of gain.
12 She does him good, and not harm,
all the days of her life.

13 She seeks wool and flax,
and works with willing hands.
14 She is like the ships of the merchant;
she brings her food from afar.

15 She rises while it is yet night
and provides food for her household
and portions for her maidens.

16 She considers a field and buys it;
with the fruit of her hands she plants a vineyard.

17 She dresses herself with strength
and makes her arms strong.

18 She perceives that her merchandise is profitable.
Her lamp does not go out at night.
19 She puts her hands to the distaff,
and her hands hold the spindle.

20 She opens her hand to the poor
and reaches out her hands to the needy.

21She is not afraid of snow for her household,
for all her household are clothed in 
scarlet.
22 She makes bed coverings for herself;
her clothing is fine linen and purple.

23 Her husband is known in the gates
when he sits among the elders of the land.

24 She makes linen garments and sells them;
she delivers sashes to the merchant.
25 Strength and dignity are her clothing,
and she laughs at the time to come.

26 She opens her mouth with wisdom,
and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.

27 She looks well to the ways of her household
and does not eat the bread of idleness.
28 Her children rise up and call her blessed;
her husband also, and he praises her:
29“Many women have done excellently,
but you surpass them all.”

30 Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain,
but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.
31 Give her of the fruit of her hands,
and let her works praise her in the gates.

Who wrote the passage?

The Babylonian Talmud (Tractate Aboth, Chapter 5) says six names were given to Solomon:
Solomon, Jedidiah, Qoheleth, Ben Iokoh, Agur,
and Lemuel.

King Lemuel - David's son is "Towards God."

This is similar to Prince Charles was born Charles Philip Arthur George.

According to A. Cohen, Proverbs (Hindhead, Surrey: The Soncino Press, 1945), p. 209, Lemuel is another name for Solomon that when translated means “towards (lemo) God (el).”

The Septuagint translated Proverbs 31:1 as follows: “My words have been spoken by God.”

Which is profoundly accurate - Words Spoken by God.

Solomon records this as from his mother - Bathsheba. Family was important to Solomon.

Family was important to David. Psalm 86 records what David felt about his mother (his father was content to skip David when Samuel came with blessings - Samuel replied they would stand to wait for David to come in from tending to the family flocks.)

Psalm 86
Turn to me and have mercy on me;
show your strength in behalf of your servant;
save me, because I serve you
just as my mother did!


When Solomon built the Temple for the Lord - he named the "Pillar" by the front door - Boaz.

Boaz is the 3 Greats Grandfather. The man who gave a home to a widow and married a foreigner, making a family. Announcing King Solomon has Moabite blood as he builds the Temple of God.

Bathsheba was pretty flashy. And this book is her efforts to raise Solomon Towards God.

1 Kings 2:19
And the king rose to meet her and bowed down to her. Then he sat on his throne and had a seat brought for the king's mother, and she sat on his right.


Remember with me - Solomon received Wisdom and promptly used all of that Wisdom to pursue worldly goals.

Bathsheba was not so warm with David

1 Kings 1:15
15 So Bathsheba went to the king in his chamber (now the king was very old, and Abishag the Shunammite was attending to the king). 16 Bathsheba bowed and paid homage to the king, and the king said, “What do you desire?” 17 She said to him, “My lord, you swore to your servant by the Lord your God, saying, ‘Solomon your son shall reign after me."

Bathsheba is very formal for that private, death bed chamber.

Why did people who spent their lives pursuing goals for themselves have a say so in Scripture?

There is a Profound Reason.
When you think upon all the Kings and Chronicles in the Scripture - not very many wanted to write Scripture themselves. Yet David did. He took all those years he tended the flocks - by himself - which Scripture records  - and David learned all about the History of Israel and God to be depended and trusted upon. David's relationship with God - created harmony in a very disharmonious family.

Solomon missed hearing from God and went up to the high places to demand God answer him and Solomon tried that for years. Until Solomon realized God is God and Solomon is man. God ran to Solomon when Solomon decided God might be right.
And found God is right.

Bathsheba learned how to exist in a household that was not for her primarily.
She was part of many wives, others were honorably acquired, in a dysfunctional family life revolving around David.
David is the poster child for - don't have too many wives and children.


Solomon is now a child and a  little lost in the herd of children, wives and concubines.
But All see that David has something going for David beyond the civil wars, the gossip, the sin and the power that goes up and down.

David is evangelical.
If David can exist living in ditches and put his goals on God first -
If David can exist as a mercenary and God wants Him to be King after all that -
If David can ride in on his favorite donkey to be Crowned and God Loves David -
If David can survive family civil war and still believe in Love - crying out for mercy for his dear enemies.
If David can hope for redemption for a child everyone talks about -
If David can flub up Fatherhood this badly and God sees the Victory -

David's Family is led to discover Father God.

Proverbs 31 is a road map on this - 
How to Endure. How to Live Life and to have Hope, Faith and Love - God has a Plan. 
Believing God is going to help us within the Framework of Life - He has willingly Given. 

Worth saying again:

This isn't so much a list of virtues - this is a list about learning to survive and endure - and living with Hope.
God has a Plan.
We can trust God.
We can learn to endure. Believing God will lead us to Thrive.

This is not about putting self first.
This is about learning to be a team and working for others.

Solomon fails Bathsheba's list and at one point says women are not that great. Bold words from a man with 700 wives.

Ecclesiastes 7
27 “Look,” says the Teacher, “this is what I have discovered:
“Adding one thing to another to discover the scheme of things—
28 while I was still searching
but not finding—
I found one upright man among a thousand,
but not one upright woman among them all.
29 This only have I found:
God created mankind upright,
but they have gone in search of many schemes.”


“Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God and keep His commandments, for this is man’s all. For God will bring every work into judgment, including every secret thing, whether it be good or evil”
Ecclesiastes 12:13,14

Solomon discovered something we know today.
We are not capable of Salvation for ourselves.


Paul wrote the exact same thing as Solomon.
Scripture repeats. Jesus is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow. Father God is still building people to relate to each other across the millenniums.

Romans 7
14 For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am of the flesh, sold under sin. 15 For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate. 16 Now if I do what I do not want, I agree with the law, that it is good. 17 So now it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me. 18 For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out. 19 For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing. 20Now if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me.

21 So I find it to be a law that when I want to do right, evil lies close at hand. 22 For I delight in the law of God, in my inner being, 23 but I see in my members another law waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members. 24 Wretched man that I am!

Who will deliver me from this body of death? 25 Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord!

We are not capable, ever,
for being sorry enough to pay for our Salvation.

We are not capable, ever, to be so like Christ - we earn our Salvation.

We are not capable ever, to give enough - to earn our Salvation.

No one is perfect enough to write Scripture unless the Holy Spirit speaks within.

Gandhi, gave a rupee and said,  he likes our Jesus Christ, but Christians don't look a lot like Jesus.

Paul did agree and said, All Fall Short and Are Sinners.

Romans 8
1 There is therefore now
no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

2 For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.

34 Who is to condemn?
Christ Jesus is the one who died—more than that, who was raised—who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us.

35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? 
Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? 36 As it is written,

“For your sake we are being killed all the day long;
we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.”

No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
For I am sure that neither death nor life, 
nor angels nor rulers,
nor things present nor things to come, 
nor powers, 
nor height nor depth, 
nor anything else in all creation, 
will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. 



Father God, with the Works You have Accomplished in these many millenniums - know my heart, my soul, my mind, take all of me and bless every single cell to eternity - flood me with the Love and Light of Jesus Christ - Savior - Who freely gives Salvation to those who would call out in wisdom - Jesus is Lord! Take Your Love, flood my being and those I love - Sweep this Nation with Your Love. Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves †

Daniel 12:2 ~ everlasting life

The Book of Life

Daniel 12:2

And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. 3 And those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the sky above; and those who turn many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.


Genesis 1:26
Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.

Do you try and do you resist getting angry? We don't shine when we are in anger or bitterness.

God gets angry.
And we then say, "How can God get angry?"
Anger isn't always bad.
So we have to discern with wisdom on anger.
What about when we feel just angry?

As soon as you feel the slightest resentment, gather together your powers, not hastily or impetuously, but gently and seriously. For as in some law courts, the criers make more noise in their efforts to preserve quiet than those they seek to still, so, if we are impetuous in our attempts to restrain our anger, we cause greater discomposure in our hearts than before; and once thrown off its balance, the heart is no longer its own master. -- St. Francis de Sales

2 Corinthians 10:3-6
For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. 4 For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. 5 We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ, 6 being ready to punish every disobedience, when your obedience is complete.



Hebrews 1:14
Are not all angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?

Luke 1
Zacharias said to the angel, "How will I know this for certain? For I am an old man and my wife is advanced in years." 

19 The angel answered and said to him, "I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news. 20"And behold, you shall be silent and unable to speak until the day when these things take place, because you did not believe my words."

We will never be privileged to know in this life  if this was the absolute plan of God or in anger Gabriel, we all love, displayed some impulse.

Even saints, kings and Archangels get irked.
Thank God He is real and gives forth real Testimony.

David wrote Psalm 39
I was mute and silent, I refrained even from good, And my sorrow grew worse. 3 My heart was hot within me, While I was musing the fire burned; Then I spoke with my tongue

When you read Psalm 139's closing and Psalm 137 you find some very politically incorrect emotions. God is GOOD. He is telling us - we are ALLOWED to have STRONG EMOTION.

Doesn't that sound like the view of the "religious" - never speak up in anger.
Always be meek.
God says we would probably burst if we repress anger.

And yet:

Psalm 37:8
Refrain from anger, and forsake wrath!
Fret not yourself; it tends only to evil.

Avoiding evil is good!

So...

Ephesians 4
25 Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor,
for we are members one of another.
26 Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger,
27 and give no opportunity to the devil.

The solution has an answer - anger is allowable and acceptable emotion-   269 times anger is in the Bible - control anger to stay away from what is Evil.

God getting angry? He being Lord God Almighty Creator of All Things
Who Upholds the Universe with His Word - Doesn't have that problem with anger.


And those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the sky above;
and those who turn many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.

Father God,
We who believe, know we will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.
You are the God who creates and calls the stars by name.
Ephesians 3:15 says our very names come from You.
No human being can tame the tongue.
We cannot.

Mark 14:36
"Abba, Father," he said, "everything is possible for you."
We lift our cares to You, Father God.
For ourselves, for endurance and successes.
For our loved ones.
For this State and Nation.

All things are possible with You, Father God.
In Jesus equip us to do Your Will and good works. Amen in Jesus.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves †

Revelation 20:4-6 ~ They came to Life

Matthew 24:30-31 

30 Then will appear in heaven the sign of the Son of Man, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31 And he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

Jesus opens His arms in Victory

1 Thessalonians 4:16-18

16 For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord. 18 Therefore encourage one another with these words.

1 Thessalonians 4:15
5 For this we declare to you by a word from the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep.

Just as the Time Jesus was being raised victoriously into Life.

Matthew 27
51 And behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth shook and the rocks were split. 52 The tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised; 53and coming out of the tombs after His resurrection they entered the holy city and appeared to many.

The Great Sleep

Daniel 12:2
And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

Acts 7:60
"Then he knelt down and cried out with a loud voice, 'Lord, do not charge them with this sin.' And when he had said this, he fell asleep"

John 11:11
Jesus "said to them, 'Our friend Lazarus sleeps, but I go that I may wake him up.'

John 6:40
"For my Father's will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day."

Many times in the Old Testament we read - someone slept with his fathers.

 Even The Book of Revelation deals with sleep as Heaven is discussed for the whole book:

Revelation 6:11
Then they were each given a white robe and told to rest a little longer

What are we doing right this moment reading the Scriptures for Today, http://scripture-for-today.blogspot.com  ?

Acts 17:11
Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.


1 Corinthians 15:50-52
I tell you this, brothers: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed. 

Isabelle was born and she was asleep in the Lord - with total and complete Joy!

 

For many years, we've all heard about marvelous life after death stories.

Jesus was asked about people returning from the dead, when Jesus was asked in:

Luke 16:30
"'No, father Abraham,' he said, 'but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.'


One of the most famous recorded returns is Pam Reynolds Lowery (1956 – May 22, 2010) was an American singer-songwriter. In 1991, at age 35, Pam died on the table for many minutes and was clinically recorded as brain dead with no life during a seven hour operation. She was operated on with ear plugs. When she woke up she was able to tell about floating, knowing the operating conversation, the tools used and being in Heaven with her grandmother. She was disappointed to find her uncle escorting her back to her body.


10 Astonishing Near-Death Experiences- Wow - (Link)

Revelation 20:4-6

And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God.They had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ a thousand years. (The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended.) This is the first resurrection.

Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection. The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with him for a thousand years.


Now could John have meant only the people who have endured the actual tribulation, end times? The Book of Revelation is not just Scripture explaining the end of all times, The Book of Revelation is about us - meeting Jesus - the end of our lives.

Life is a test and if we do not worship other gods - if we do not worship the traditions of man - which are have variations in generation to generation, if we work to be in the world and not of the world. If we do not bear the mark of overly safe and comfortable - not spreading God's Love - We are called like the Disciple John - who was not actually beheaded - and did overcome the beast of fear during the time of Jesus' death and resurrection.

Revelation 1

12 Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking to me, and on turning I saw -

17 When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand on me, saying, “Fear not, I am the first and the last, 18 and the living one. I died, and behold I am alive forevermore."

What was John doing?
I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation and the kingdom and the patient endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos on account of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. 10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet!


Some of John - who called Jesus The God of Love - said this of his experiences with our Hero Jesus, repeating what Peter said about Jesus being Life:


1 John 1
That which was from the beginning,
which we have heard,
which we have seen with our eyes,
which we looked upon and have touched with our hands,

concerning the word of life—
the life was made manifest,
and we have seen it, and testify to it and proclaim to you the eternal life,
which was with the Father and was made manifest to us—

3 that which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. 4 And we are writing these things so that our joy may be complete!



Father God, In Jesus we will not let our hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in Jesus. In Your Word we learn the truth, and the truth sets us free.

We are to Love one another. As Jesus has loved us, we must love one another.

Father, We ask You and You will give the advocate of Your Holy Spirit to help us and be with us and our loved ones forever. Thank You, Jesus! Amen

♔ Lord Jesus Saves †

Hebrews 1:3 ~ He is the radiance of the glory of God!

Eventually we will all have a day, where the Light that lights everyone in mankind will call us Home.

What would we hope to hear on our going Home day?

Hebrews 1:3
He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power

Philippians 4:13
I can do everything through him who gives me strength.

Isaiah 41:10
So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

Zephaniah 3:17
The LORD your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing.

Isaiah 40:31
Those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.

Hebrews 13:20-21
Now the God of peace, who brought up from the dead the great Shepherd of the sheep through the blood of the eternal covenant, even Jesus our Lord, equip you in every good thing to do His will, working in us that which is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen

Hebrews 12:2
Fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

John 14:17-18
He abides with you and will be in you. I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.

1 Corinthians 2:9
It is written, “What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him”

Revelation 21:23-25
Its lamp is the Lamb. By its light will the nations walk, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it, and its gates will never be shut by day—and there will be no night there.

Matthew 11:28
Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

Ephesians 1:17,18
The God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of Him. I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened

Father God, I pray to have the encouraging Word of God arrive just as I need this. I pray this for the ones I love. Praying Jesus, for Your Wisdom as Your Will would have me called upon to offer comfort and assurance. 

We ask that this generation be strengthened for the task to know God calls upon His Children to help them encourage the saving Love of Jesus go forth. In Jesus, we pray for the ones we love, and the People You have given and surround us with. We ask in Jesus. Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves †