Matthew 17:17-27 ~ Take that and give it to them for me and for yourself

Matthew 17:17-27 

17 And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James, and John his brother, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. 2 And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became white as light. 3 And behold, there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, talking with him. 4 And Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good that we are here. If you wish, I will make three tents here, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah.” 5 He was still speaking when, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to him.” 6 When the disciples heard this, they fell on their faces and were terrified. 7 But Jesus came and touched them, saying, “Rise, and have no fear.”

8 And when they lifted up their eyes,
they saw no one but
Jesus only.

9 And as they were coming down the mountain, Jesus commanded them, “Tell no one the vision, until the Son of Man is raised from the dead.” 10 And the disciples asked him, “Then why do the scribes say that first Elijah must come?” 11 He answered, “Elijah does come, and he will restore all things. 12 But I tell you that Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but did to him whatever they pleased. So also the Son of Man will certainly suffer at their hands.” 13 Then the disciples understood that he was speaking to them of John the Baptist.

Jesus Heals a Boy with a Demon
14 And when they came to the crowd, a man came up to him and, kneeling before him, 15 said, “Lord, have mercy on my son, for he has seizures and he suffers terribly. For often he falls into the fire, and often into the water. 16 And I brought him to your disciples, and they could not heal him.” 17 And Jesus answered, “O faithless and twisted generation, how long am I to be with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him here to me.” 18 And Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of him, and the boy was healed instantly. 19 Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, “Why could we not cast it out?” 20 He said to them, “Because of your little faith. For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.”

Jesus Again Foretells Death, Resurrection
22 As they were gathering in Galilee, Jesus said to them, “The Son of Man is about to be delivered into the hands of men, 23 and they will kill him, and he will be raised on the third day.” And they were greatly distressed.

The Temple Tax
24 When they came to Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma tax went up to Peter and said, “Does your teacher not pay the tax?” 25 He said, “Yes.” And when he came into the house, Jesus spoke to him first, saying, “What do you think, Simon? From whom do kings of the earth take toll or tax? From their sons or from others?” 26 And when he said, “From others,” Jesus said to him, “Then the sons are free. 27 However, not to give offense to them, go to the sea and cast a hook and take the first fish that comes up, and when you open its mouth you will find a shekel. Take that and give it to them for me and for yourself.”

We will all decide what we will do with Jesus of Nazareth.

Jesus created a Multitude looking for the Risen Jesus and this has - never - stopped since
the Victory of Jesus.

Jesus did something no one would pick to do.

He blended and blended and blended.

He blended a Holy Virgin of God, as an unmarried mother. Accompanied out of town, and in child birth, with a fiancé. He blended a child who learned to speak in Egypt with the blood lineage of Israel's Judea. Jesus blended the Tribe of Judah lineage Ministry without Levite Tribe lineage. Jesus blended a trade of carpentry against teaching in the Temple. Jesus blended and drew people into the wilderness instead of Jerusalem. Jesus blended away from His Family, chose His Capernaum and dwelled there. Not remaining in His Family Nazareth home. Jesus blended races (Simon of Cyrene) and Jesus blended beyond the norms, and spoke to women with equality. Jesus blended His travel daily, travelled by foot at a time of great wealth in the world. Jesus blended away from our idea of prospects, Herod called to meet Jesus and He did not go. Jesus blended the classes, He healed the high and the low and did not distinguish. Jesus blended away from seeking opportunity, He did not display the Works of God as tools. Jesus blended His dinner companions, He did go to eat with sinners and Pharisees and treated them as their hearts knew themselves to be. Jesus blended the people who would overtly and covertly employed by Rome. Matthew throws Jesus a Party with the do-what's-necessary-to-get-rich crowd.


Most of Israel was called by lineage: James bar Joseph, Jude bar Joseph, Joses bar Joseph. Jesus was twice Gospel-said to have blended seamlessly in His family as a Chiton, a seamless robe.

Jesus blended: Jesus is known as Jesus of Nazareth. Or bar Joseph. Jesus took bold truth and blended beyond comfort: Jesus of Nazareth: a name the Pharisees used to denounce Him as Prophetic. If Jesus has been Jesus of Bethlehem - this would have been more difficult to denounce Him Biblically.

John 1:45
"We have found him of whom Moses in the Law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph"

By calling Him Jesus of Nazareth, Phillip might have been making a statement about the lowliness of His birth.

There was a group of people who were astonished by Jesus.

Very much wanting Jesus to fill their lives.

A young woman records herself as poor, single and not in a particularly convenient place for Jesus. And accepts Him.

A priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah, thought this was an improbability. His wife thought differently quickly.

A man who could afford to travel and considered living in the City of Jerusalem, wanted to politely decline Jesus. To be merciful and move away. He dreamed of an Angel of the Lord and his life changed. He named all of his sons with the letter "J". James, Joses, Jude. And Joseph brought Jesus into his business and taught him all he knew of life.

Shepherds witnessed the Heavenly Host and quickly, with more than two by two - went to see Jesus and had an idea to explain to Jesus' parents what was Astonishing. Shepherds - by nature - care givers. The first to know - not of a prophetic announcement - to be given The First Good News. Touched to proclaim as the first Ministers of Jesus Christ.

The Town of Nazareth accepts the boy Jesus and sees Him to be filled with wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.

The Town of Capernaum comes to Jesus' First Sermon. Jesus has done Messiah healing. The Disciples of Jesus do not want to miss seeing a day of the life of Jesus Christ and go with Him.

Jesus crowd numbers from 12 to 72 to 2-3 thousand, to 5 thousand. Looking for Him at the Festival - 2 million. These people want Jesus. And Luke 23: 27 A large number of people followed him, including women who mourned and wailed for him.

Christian History from Church Historians

 Chooses Jesus even when Death was Possible

Why is this important? In Two Thousand Years, we do not see how well the Historical Truth supports even the simple things. For example, Caesar Augustus called a Tax, a Census. This was Augustus' Sole Mission as Caesar and why a sickly, asthmatic in very rare, men's high heels was ever considered.

There is Awe and Support and Understanding of the Magnificence of the Son of God and the intricacy of His Plan. Historical detail - is not necessary for belief!!! Yet when we read Jesus went to Bethsaida, the hometown of Peter, Andrew and Philip - we have learned about Jesus. We have learned it was important to include little discussed Philip. Love is inclusive. We have learned Jesus is Interested in our Lives as God tells you - He Is.

1,000 Ribbons for her hair. Jesus would listen to us tell Him every ribbon of our lives. Why wouldn't we seek to see ribbons around our Jesus?

When we Love someone - We Learn of Their Life. Jesus is even interested in Philip's Hometown. This is why we find out about the Bible and the History. We see more of the Life of Jesus, Only Son of God. More of Jesus, Messiah. More of Jesus, my Savior. More of Jesus, Son of Mary. More of Jesus, Son of Joseph. More of Jesus, friend of sinners. More Jesus!!! More of the awe of God. His Story.

Like the Exodus - we find God is interested in Justice for His people and their lives. In the Gospel - we find Jesus is interested in paying what is due to Caesar and He helps Peter too.


God is Interested in Our Details - We can be interested in His and those around Jesus.

Mary, Mother of God, Wife of Joseph is listed as poor. Her family is not listed.

And Yet.

Yet in her darkest hour, Mary had, probably, a sister in law,  - Mary, wife of Clopas (probably Joseph bar Jacob (Jacob being the father of Joseph), Clopas bar Jacob.) This is important. Pilate killed many men, merely for coming to Jerusalem to Celebrate a Religious Festival. Simon of Cyrene is told, get in there and carry this beaten to death man's cross. He did not for a second dare to tell the Roman Battalion - no.

How would we ignore a woman who would stand at the foot of the Cross of Jesus? A woman brave. Loyal. Risking death. In the middle of Crucifixion - if the Battalion felt - for example - the spear wasn't sharp enough. It might have gone through one of the Jewish bystanders.

If we pick through History, we find a smidgen about Mary, wife of Clopas. Hegesippus, born 110 A.D., thought Clopas was the brother of Saint Joseph.



Credible.

Hegesippus wrote: "and remained with the Corinthians many days, in which we were refreshed with the true word."

In centuries later, the Church Historian who had witnessed some of what he wrote, Eusebius quotes from Hegesippus fifth and last book. A long account of the death of James the Just, "the brother of the Lord." Hegesippus the story of the election of his successor Simeon, and the summoning of the descendants of St. Jude to Rome by Emperor Domitian. The Historian Zahn has shown that the work of Hegesippus may still have been extant in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in three Eastern libraries, saying: "We must lament the loss of other portions of the Memoirs which were known to exist in the seventeenth century." Works such as these - are important.


Jerome b 347 A.D is the Saint of Extreme Importance.

Like St. Augustine, Jerome thought very carefully before believing in Jesus. He took time to think about Jesus.

Jerome was hired by the Catholic Church to make sure the Bible was being copied correctly. He and the Catholic Church parted ways on morality. Jerome saw Catholic priests as morally lax (Jerome was a little Martin Luther ish) and they favored Jerome with the same opinion. Jerome started in Latin, went to the Hebrew Bible from the original Hebrew, having previously translated portions from the Septuagint, realized the Rabbinical Judaism had rejected the Septuagint as invalid.

And because of Jerome's Work -
our Scripture is parallel to the Dead Sea Scrolls.

And, of course, the academics still fuss.

Jerome said, reading the Hebrew work of Hegesippus:

"Hegesippus wrote a history of all ecclesiastical events from the passion of our Lord down to his own period... in five volumes, which has established the Hypomnemata as a Church history."

St. Hegesippus appealed principally to tradition as embodied in the teaching which had been handed down through the succession of bishops, thus providing for Eusebius information about the earliest bishops that otherwise would have been lost. As historians search Eusebius, his fragments also tell of Hegesippus. One story tells the other.

Some will not accept Jesus.

Wheat and Weeds.

Mary's Family.

Heli is recorded with not one word to let us know a thing about Heli. The Word of God is silent on this man, other than the Talmud, The Sadducean Council, records recording Heli's daughter as Mary. The records are in Scotland today. We will go to town - connecting Scripture to Scripture.

Luke 1
In those days
Mary arose and went with haste
into the hill country, to a town in Judah, 40 and she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth.


This was not the decision a father would chose for a daughter about to marry into Joseph's Davidic lineage from the Kings of Israel and Judah. Mary's mother doesn't get a Scriptural nod. We could say Heli is interested in personal placement and prestige. Remember Joseph moves to Egypt fairly easily and considers Jerusalem upon the return from Egypt. Isaiah 7 does not discuss down and out finances of the Christ Child era - saying a cow, a donkey, land, so much milk the household must discuss how to effectively use the milk. When we discuss a land of briars - probably - God is telling us a land of barbs. Mary tells us of pride and verbal barbs.

The Temple is a tool of Herod - placement of the Priests is Herod's - printing coins for the first time, a non-Davidic king printing an image of himself. Educating his children in Rome. Naming cities after Caesar. The Temple increasingly becomes a cold place of education - going to Damascus to kill miracle workers for placement. Ruled by the strength of Herod and public opinion when the mob gathers.

The man at the Pool of Bethsaida. Healed after 38 years - chooses placement and prestige over Jesus.

9 of 10 Lepers did not return to give thanks to Jesus.

Judas - wanted to work for a King.

Caiaphas who killed Jesus, his home is found with mosaic images all over the floors. Only his sarcophagus (death) and his home with a prison in it are found.

Governor Felix finds Paul makes insane demands of faith. Felix had married into the Herodians, but she died in Pompeii with their child and Felix is removed from power and drifts quickly into obscurity.

Acts 25 - Bernice. the eldest daughter of Agrippa I, the Herod Agrippa of Acts 12:20. Bernice is born to Herod Agrippa and Cypros, as granddaughter to Aristobulus IV and great-granddaughter to Herod the Great. Her elder brother was Agrippa II (b. 27) and Acts 25 King Agrippa II - find Paul is only going to Rome because he has appealed to the Emperor. Berenice faded into oblivion, her fate is not known. King Agrippa II could have used his power to harm Paul. After Judea fell, he is named Praetor of Rome - treated well. Great friends with the Historian Josephus - who declared at least once Jesus as Messiah - and all lived to be very old.

Israel in Spring. Land of Milk and Honey. Tabor and Jordan River.

The trait the people who have welcomed Jesus with - is a mind, heart, soul, body willing to Love. Jesus is invited to flood lives like the Living Water flowing from the Temple. Where Jesus does more in us than we can ever imagine.

Mary was willing to move her life for Jesus. Joseph discovered he was too. Elizabeth knew her life had enriched. Zechariah had been - probably burned out. John the Baptist in the wilderness was seeking a wilderness tamed. Straight paths to the honest and loving heart of Father God.

The Disciples wanted Jesus to fill their lives. Zacchaeus in the tree, so wanted Jesus to love him. Jesus did and called out He knew Zacchaeus was forever moved with Love. Jesus spoke frankly of His Two by Two Minister, John the Baptist. Jesus fed the multitudes when John the Baptist died. We would all want that fish and bread sandwich, seeing Jesus' Blessing.

We would all want to walk up the mountain at the Sea of Galilee to pray and speak with His Father.



We would want to see Jesus, looking from the mountain over the Sea of Galilee to see God's Willingness. His Peace in His Father.

See Jesus' Hands as He reaches immediately to lift up Peter. John the Baptist has passed on, but Peter is being enabled to walk with Jesus.




Some day we will see the young woman, Mary, Mother of God present Jesus. And how awe-filled she must have felt that day. We will see Joseph and his face. See Jesus as God born to Love and Save His Creation. We will surely hear God say, "He is Good."

Abba,

Let us have the Blessing of Love one another.

Help us to have the Warmth of the Road to Emmaus and Jesus.

Fill us all, Jesus.

And we know You will. Amen.

 ♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †

Luke 7:11-17 ~ He had compassion on her

Luke 7:11-17 

Soon afterward he went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a great crowd went with him. 12 As he drew near to the gate of the town, behold, a man who had died was being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow, and a considerable crowd from the town was with her.

And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her and said to her, “Do not weep.” 14 Then he came up and touched the bier, and the bearers stood still. And he said, “Young man, I say to you, arise.”

And the dead man sat up and began to speak, and Jesus gave him to his mother.

Fear seized them all, and they glorified God, saying, “A great prophet has arisen among us!” and “God has visited his people!”

 And this report about him spread through the whole of Judea and all the surrounding country.

Oh. Nain. One of those miracles. Something about a kid. And why get so excited about Lazarus - when this Nain thing was, rarely talked of.

Suppose you are on a tour of Israel. Nain. Tuesday so - Nain. 

Let's walk this together.

Who is there with Jesus in the great crowd? 
Jesus is the Lamb of God in the wilderness.
The people have left their flock, the work, their family to go and seek and find Jesus. These are the diligent.

Instead of a teaching, they are led on a walk.
Now, that can't have been much fun. They couldn't all walk beside Jesus. So the very big crowd is just ambling along.

Suddenly, a funeral. This generation all can understand the horror of a widow losing a child. Especially if that child was going to be her old age support and joy. End of just a summer day, joy, walk.

And the dead man sat up and began to speak, and Jesus gave him to his mother.

And they have sensory overload perception going on.
Some of the crowd was from Nain and knew this was not a joke or a play.

These are the people who didn't know how to save Jesus at the time of His death.

A Very Important Thing.

When the reports come to them of the dead being seen walking in Jerusalem and THEIR JESUS was shamefully killed. This Large Crowd, they all have an idea about resurrection.

This Crowd, they are going to rise up. Because. An important because. If you heard that your local area had the dead walking around - you would brush that off. And if more people told you - you might think - Jesus the Christ of God is Working.

The faithful have seen with their own eyes, the widow of Nain was blessed.

And there was no way Lazarus was a fake miracle of Astonishing, Awe inspiring Jesus.  Lazarus, we are told, had - an aroma.

Jesus is in the business of telling people how to contribute to their healing.

Jesus Healed Death - with His Word. Jesus is constantly telling people - go show the Rabbi.  Keep this quiet - this was just you and Me. Avoid the village. Let me take you away from the crowd and explain in a way a deaf man can understand what happens.

Jesus provided this miracle - that - when the time came - they would have a foothold on the path to "Believe Jesus."  And they were going to make so much NOISE, Roman Emperors were going to shake and tremble for the next 325 years.

Acts 2:6
And at this sound the multitude came together, and they were bewildered, because each one was hearing them speak in his own language.

Acts 5:12 -15
Now many signs and wonders were regularly done among the people by the hands of the apostles. And they were all together in Solomon's Portico. [The Temple past the guards all of that.] 


Acts 13:45
But when the Jews saw the multitudes

Acts 8:6
And the multitudes with one accord heeded the things spoken by Philip, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did.


Joel 3:14
Multitudes, multitudes, in the valley of decision! For the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.

Your God, My God, Our Father, Jesus His Son and the Holy Spirit are Working today.
No situation will remove or worry Our God.

He is All Powerful.

This is a Facebook of Janice. A very dear friend of mine from High School. She was in my wedding and I was in her's. Janice inspires people all the time for Jesus. She Loves Jesus. And I will include 3 of her Recent Facebook Posts. ENJOY. THIS is Our Janice in the Body of Christ Celebrating A Jesus Miracle straight to Janice.


FACEBOOK.
Janice Swesey Schatz shared her post.
January 29 at 7:54pm ·

And... NO BIOPSY NEEDED! Praise God!
When I got there the Tech told me they WERE doing it today under mammogram but then when they took the first images to locate the spot and started looking at them, they took some more from different angle and more squeezing 😂 and then announced - today's your lucky day, we don't need to biopsy it seems to have disappeared looking at it again! Come back in 6 months for a follow up to be safe. I know it's not luck
- it's God
and I am thankful
beyond words
for Him
answering
our prayers!!!


We have an Awesome and Wonderful Jesus, Son of God. Merciful. Good. Our God.

Devoted Three
Father
Son
Holy Spirit
to His Beloved Child.

And I will add a Bible Verse to this:

Matthew 10:32
Whoever acknowledges me before others, I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven.

Our Jesus God.

Luke 1

"Because of the tender mercy of our God!
Whereby the Sunrise shall visit us from on high.

79 to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,
to guide our feet into the way of peace.”







Abba, Abba, Abba,

We ask You as we see Your Willingness to share in Your Blessings.

Many times we see the news and the circumstances in our lives. We Believe it is overwhelming.

We are sorry. You are The Almighty God and Father. Your Son is the Light of the World. Your Mercy renews daily.

Help us to be mindful how Merciful You Are. And Your Mighty Works.

Jesus did not live in Egypt to show this is "Old Testament". Jesus tells us the Word of God is Living and Loving and filled with
Daily Graces and Merciful Workings of Miracles.

Praise God from Whom All BLESSINGS Flow.

Praise the Name of Jesus.

Praise God, His Goodness and Willingness for Jesus.

The Name of Jesus cover us and our Loved Ones.

The Mercy and Love of Jesus Christ fill us and fill us with all Joy and Love.

His Goodness continually Flows.

In Jesus Christ, God's Son, Our Savior, Amen.

 ♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †

1 Corinthians 12:12-26 ~ All Rejoice Together +

1 Corinthians 12:12-26

12 For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. 13 For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and all were made to drink of one Spirit.

14 For the body does not consist of one member but of many.

15 If the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body. 16 And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body. 17 If the whole body were an eye, where would be the sense of hearing? If the whole body were an ear, where would be the sense of smell? 18 But as it is, God arranged the members in the body, each one of them, as he chose. 19 If all were a single member, where would the body be? 20 As it is, there are many parts, yet one body.

21 The eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you,” nor again the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.” 22 On the contrary, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, 23 and on those parts of the body that we think less honorable we bestow the greater honor, and our unpresentable parts are treated with greater modesty, 24 which our more presentable parts do not require. But God has so composed the body, giving greater honor to the part that lacked it, 25 that there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another.
26 If one member suffers, all suffer together;
if one member is honored, all rejoice together.

[***** Psalm 103:5
Who satisfies you with good so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's {{ Rejoice with those who Rejoice :) }}]

+ PS Congratulations to the Patriots on the amazing game scores of Tom Brady. Wow to the Team as well!!!

We had such a good Radiance Class at The Woodlands United Methodist Church with Susan Kent and Kimberly. We heard about being sealed and uplifted in the Holy Spirit.

The Way the pages of the Bible are build absolutely agree. The Chapters continue together, in God's Word, providing us insight in Growing the Body of Christ.

A great summary would be tucked in and borrowed from:

Ephesians 4

Speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself, who is the head. 16From Him the whole body is fitted and held together by every supporting ligament. And as each individual part does its work, the body grows and builds itself up in love.


So we find we all have unique aspects of the Holy Spirit. Unique Gifts. Unique perspective to Bring Forth the Great Love and Amazing Grace of Jesus Christ. Seeing all of the Body of Christ have part of Jesus Himself.

1 Corinthians 13

13 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3 If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing.

4 Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant 5 or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; 6 it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. 7 Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

8 Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away. 9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10 but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away. 11 When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways. 12 For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known.

13 So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three;
but the greatest of these
is Love.




1 John 4:19
We love because he first loved us.


Abba,

We are Blessed to have Your Word.

John has lived knowing Jesus Christ. A long life.

Telling us for He who is in you, is greater than he who is in the world.

You have sent Your only Son Jesus into the world, so that we might live through him to be the propitiation for our sins.

Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. Father God, You abides in us and Your love gives us Hope, Faith and Love.

Confidently we pray in Jesus, letting You have our every prayer. With loving and Sincere Hearts.



Praying for the end of aches and pains for flu season. Rest and healing for all in need.

An increase of Joy and Thanksgiving for the Blessings of Each Day - Renewed. Looking for this as if for Easter Eggs. The joy of being God's own, given gifts and Blessings. And seeing God's Gifts and Blessings in other's for His Goodness.

What we could not even know to ask, God would ask in the Holy Spirit. Let His Continual Love Pour Forth over those we love. The communion of the Believers joining with Jesus all over the world. We ask for an increase of God's Love helping us all to give greater hope and Love to all of His Children.

Amen in Jesus!

 ♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †

Romans 8:24-39 ~ He who searches hearts

Romans 8:24-39

For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees? 25 But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.

26 Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.

27 And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit,
because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.

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.

29 For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. 30 And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified.


31 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32 He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things? 33 Who shall bring any charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies. 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.”

37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.

38 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.



My Take on The State of the Spirit.



50 Years ago Salt Papyrus 124 was displayed as "Mose" a consideration of the Exodus with Seti II Pharaoh. At The British Museum. 30 years ago it was displayed as not "Moses". Today Salt Papyrus is not shown to the public. 1250 B.C.


30 Years ago Ipuwer Papyrus was displayed as The Parallel of the Ten Plagues. Now it is not. 1250 B.C.


Pharaoh Ramses III Mummy toured the USA about 1990, the draw and the question was - is this "The Pharaoh of Moses" and the tour guides were asked this question the MOST. One Dallas Tour Guide told me she wanted to wear a badge that said, "We Don't Know if this is the Moses Pharaoh. Honestly." She said the other Museum Docents wanted that badge too.

We have a population of 83% of the USA Population believes Jesus is the Son of God and prays regularly. A huge Church going crowd of the Northeast quit going to Church during the wonderful Papacy of John Paul II over abuse. And we thought we had lost these good people from Church. Instead, forgiveness occurred and the people returned to Church seeing abuses were publicly to be spoken of and forgiven. A Miracle. And Unexpected by many.

Now the Pew Report shows a 2% decline - not in Bible-based Churches - but in systematic dogmatic Churches. In troubled times, like Acts 1, we see people want to see the Love of Christ Jesus. When we are in times where 50% has been reported children in no marriage. Good News this is recovering. But if... recovering due to the Morning After Horror Pill and RU486.

Is it an error to say the Morning After Horror Pill and RU486. When do you decide your personal policy on the barn is on fire? During Crisis. Have the plan. When do you decide on marital infidelity as a child, teen, and upcoming marriage or at the bar with the colleagues? The planning phase is now. The mother of small children. The mother of teens. The Singles Groups. The Sororities. The High Schools. God help us, nationally.

Now here is a thought. The Nations God wanted His Children to leave - kill the innocent.

Am I hateful? No. I have sat 3.5 years of my life with women in crisis. Helping the abortion-minded, the post-abortion shock, the decision makers. The triumphant. I have been told I was good at this. I'm not being hateful, I'm pointing out how to help the Nation.










Good News.

In Troubled Times, people want to know their unmarried children would be loved to come to Church and see God's Love.

In Troubled Times, as witnessed by the huge decline in Episcopalians - Falling from 13 million in attendance to below 800,000 - people want to know the Bible is where the Church Will Stand.

In Troubled Times, people will slowly leave Dogma  paralleling the world for uppity muckity muck - is a 2% decline.

In Troubled Times, will the Church be kind to the sinner (me - you) and uphold the amazing Love of God and not fail to represent every Word of God. Like the welcome of an innocent, illegitimate Grandchild.




When Billy Graham held up the Light of Christ in a Football Stadium to show us the Light is still Seen. People fell on their souls, to their knees and want Jesus.





We truly face some difficult things.



In Houston, the Economy is booming. And yet not as it was. Houston, Harris County, is changing laws the Governor does not agree with. And the way warranted people are collected.

We have a Flu causing people to remember the Flu before the Great Depression.

Was World War II a Religious War?


Matthew 11:12
From the days of John the Baptist until now
the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence,
and the violent take it by force.



You Decide. The people were told what was right and who was of God. The pigs got to wear a Yellow Star. There is "one" opinion. Even the loyal can lose a child - a handicapped child - a useless eater. That was Right. Reich.

Don't like the Yellow Star for the Jews? Shut up. Hitler told the Churches.

USSR. One Opinion. You like God and Church? Siberia.






Have you seen Canada? Today?


Bill C-16 moves to add gender identity and gender expression to the list of prohibited grounds of discrimination. Its critics detect something more sinister under the surface of the bill. Much to the dismay of many, the bill passed without amendment. Here are five things to know about the passing of bill C-16 entails.

1. The bill sets a precedent for compelled speech, posing a major threat to free speech.

2. There is evidence the transgender community doesn’t even want the bill.

3. The bill sets up a path to imprisonment.
The penalty for not using a tragically confused person’s preferred pronouns is a fine. If the fine is not paid to the Canadian government, they have the right to imprison the offender.

4. Some researchers have lost research funding for the first time.
Though the timing could be coincidental, researchers who have been conducting research regarding the relationship between proclivities toward politically correct behavior and personality traits are no longer funded Nationally.






SNL and Pat. Where is this transgender landslide?

If you do not use genderless pronouns — xe, xem, xyr — you could face Breaking Bill C-16.

I am unaware of a transgender landslide. This is Majority ignore and minority oppress. Oppression. If people are forced to accept 'one' opinion - what we truly are looking at is "Animal Farm". We will certainly mourn the loss of freedom to have thought. Freedom of Religion. Freedom of Speech.

Animal Farm - we want freedoms for our Children and Children's Children.

Jesus did not fail to Give Thanks to His Father.

Jesus did not fail to Pray Sincerely His Heart.

Jesus did not stay awake worrying.
Jesus took comfort God was in control.
Jesus took a nap during the great storm and woke up to Heal the Land.

Jesus did not cast stones at Sinners.
I for one am profoundly grateful to Live in the Mercy of God Himself.

Jesus was not routinely unkind.
And Jesus spoke harshly to Nicodemus who was a member of the Jewish ruling council. He came to Jesus at night. Notice with me, Nicodemus wasn't called upon in the critical hour to help the Jewish Ruling Council or be of help to Jesus.
Jesus calls us to speak up, which Nicodemus actually did.

Jesus did not keep those He healed as the low or the high.
Jesus healed. Jesus spoke up to those who sat on the Law and did not live Mercy. Jesus healed the children of those who Sat on the Law.

Jesus did not go to crowds where rhetoric and Roman Demonstrations was their 24 7 entertainment.

Jesus did not even mention the Romans in the Beatitudes.
Jesus meant our lives to go to Heaven saying I was grateful for God's goodness, I sought His Goodness, I looked for His Blessings, I gave His Blessings, I knew God's Love. I gave God's Love. I demonstrated Kindness and I spoke up against sitting on prosperity as total comfort. I gave more Heaven on earth as gratitude for Jesus. I Lived the adventure of belonging to Jesus Christ. Because I am a Child of Father God. My Savior is Jesus Christ.

Jesus did not make the Great Commission one of pointing fingers and discussing how bad today is. Slavery, Taxation, Trade Agreements, Roman Occupation, Teenage attitudes on Sex, the state of the world today and our hopelessness.

Jesus did not stay at home. Jesus said, "Go and heal the sick, give the Good News." Today, Doctors routinely give hope because medical studies have shown hope and care (Love) will bless the patient. Doctors tell the Truth about recovery. All tests on prayer show amazing results.

Jesus did not give up on Prayer. What we can't do, Jesus can.


Luke 18:1
Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up.

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




Psalm 134

1 Come, bless the LORD, all you servants of the LORD,
who stand by night in the house of the LORD!

2 Lift up your hands to the holy place and bless the LORD!
3 May the LORD bless you from Zion,
he who made heaven and earth!

Abba,

Thank You for our Blessings. Thank You for Love, peace, comfort, home, family, and Freedom.
We are so grateful.

We ask Blessings upon Your Faithful. We ask Blessings where we would place the Love Jesus has.

This little Light of mine, I'm going to make it Shine.

With the cross of Jesus Going on before.

You've Got the Whole World in Your Hands.
You've got the whole world in Your hands
You've got you and my brother in Your Hands
You've got you and my sister in Your Hands

We Know You are Still Working to this Day,
We Know Jesus is Still Working to this Day,


You've got Your Plan In Your Heart.
We can Trust You God in our Heart.
We can Trust You God, with our Loved Ones, in Your Heart.
We Will Trust You God with Our Prayers.
You've Got the Whole World in Your Hands.

You've Got Ill Health and Flu Season in Your Hand.
And all the Bad News we can overdose on - in Your Hand.

You've Got the Whole World in Your Hands.
You've Got the Whole World in Your Hands.

We Know You are Still Working to this Day,
We Know Jesus is Still Working to this Day.

We Say Help Us All Lord Jesus!!!

We will Rest with the Name of Jesus.
We will See Your Mercies Renew tomorrow.

In Jesus, Always. Amen.

 ♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †