Acts 11:1-18 ~ received the Word of God

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Acts 11:1-18

11 Now the apostles and the brothers and sisters who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.

2 So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcision party criticized him, saying, 3 “You went to uncircumcised men and ate with them.” 4 But Peter began and explained it to them in order: 5 “I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision, something like a great sheet descending, being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came down to me. 6 Looking at it closely, I observed animals and beasts of prey and reptiles and birds of the air. 7 And I heard a voice saying to me, ‘Rise, Peter; kill and eat.’

8 But I said, ‘By no means, Lord; for nothing common or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’

9 But the voice answered a second time from heaven, ‘What God has made clean, do not call common.’ 10 This happened three times, and all was drawn up again into heaven.

11 And behold, at that very moment three men arrived at the house in which we were, sent to me from Caesarea. 

12 And the Spirit told me to go with them, making no distinction. 

These six brothers also accompanied me, and we entered the man's house.

13 And he told us how he had seen the angel stand in his house and say, ‘Send to Joppa and bring Simon who is called Peter; 14 he will declare to you a message by which you will be saved, you and all your household.’

15 As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them just as on us at the beginning. 16 And I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’

17 If then God gave the same gift to them as he gave to us when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I could stand in God's way?”

18 When they heard these things they fell silent. 

And they glorified God, saying, “Then to the Gentiles also God has granted repentance that leads to life.”





We went on the Original Dolphin Watch for South Padre Island today. Nothing puts your life in greater emphasis for size than to grasp the size of the ocean or to be right next to a huge Go-To-Ocean-Sized-Ship. The dolphins, up to 15 of them, rode the bow of the ship. It's the dolphin version of surfing. Usually, we had a set of perfectly paired teenager dolphins. And when the Larger Adult Dolphins joined in occasionally, then all the younger dolphins were so enthused as to begin to leap perfectly and play - joining in.

The Vastness of God.

The risk of faith.

Peter risked alienating the Jews. Peter risked his life near the Temple.

The three men were risking their lives.

The incredible vision risked the new Christian way. Just as the 72 disciples turned back from Jesus Himself when Jesus explained the future of Communion. The 72 Disciples were horrified at the idea of eating a body and drinking blood.

It's difficult for us to imagine how threatening the times were for these men. Did they understand how much they were changing the world and the faithful? We toss this out as the Book of Acts. How terrifying it would have been to have been part of the New Heaven and new earth Jesus understood to be happening.

Father God sent visions, angels, light for the path. How Lovely. The faithful believe this to be true. Ok, yes - this is true. God was holding the hand of these men.

Coincidence. Guidance. Help. Comfort. The mannerism of the Holy Spirit - sending His comfort for His Way. John 21. If we knew all the ways God supported Jesus in His ministry - the books of the world - would not be able to count all of the Help God our Father gave Jesus.




We all want to be part of God's Wonders. I know I do - every day. Probably as each of these men passed on - Hebrews 11 would agree - these men had an idea their lives had been part of a Godly blessing. And no idea how their lives and the Actions of God would be understood on the earth for millenniums.




St. Augustine gave such comfort. He told us our lives are small. We will care for the people God has given us. Yet, in being diligent in tired evenings, in evenings where we are worn out, when we feel feverish. In communicating with patience. When we don't put up with bad behavior in the idea of correction and righteousness - to make the path more for God earnestly - we are making a way for the generations yet unborn.

Just as Billy Graham stood in football stadiums - turning out the lights and demonstrating an entire huge football stadium can see one candle. When we are pulling for Jesus. When we want our people to have Jesus - we are doing something we have no idea what God could do with our small lives.





With God all things are possible. A day spent pleasing God - can bless our family for generations. Even in realizing we are quite small and God is Magnificent.





Abba, Our Father,

We ask You for Your Blessing. Your Spirit gives Life. You are able to do far more than we could ask or imagine.

Guide us to be on Your Path. In Your Love, we will be Taught and Strengthened. The Will of God is Hope and Future.

For us, for our loved ones, for the people You have given us.

Matthew 19:26
But Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

Revelation 1:8
“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”

Ephesians 6:10
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.

Psalm 147:5
Great is our Lord, and abundant in power; his understanding is beyond measure.

Revelation 4:8
And the four living creatures, each of them with six wings, are full of eyes all around and within, and day and night they never cease to say, “Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!”

Ephesians 3:20
Now to him
who is able to do far more abundantly
than all that we ask
or think,
according to the power at work within us

1 Corinthians 6:14 ESV / 5 helpful votes
And God raised the Lord and will also raise us up by his power.


In our God, we will be blessed to Trust. Amen in Jesus Christ.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves †

Matthew 9:35-10:1 ~ Heal every disease and every affliction

Matthew 9:35-10:1

Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness. 36 When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. 37 Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. 38 Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.”

10 And he called to him his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every affliction




Father God says we all have good works created for our gifts and talents.

Let's think on being Very Effective for Jesus Christ and having His blessings. Letting God be God and seeing His Plan, His work, His miracle.

EXPECT JESUS

Jesus Himself joins us in prayer and prays with us: Hebrews 13:21
May he equip you with all you need for doing his will. May he produce in you, through the power of Jesus Christ, every good thing that is pleasing to him. All glory to him forever and ever! Amen.
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Life is a lot like the Movies "The Matrix" collides with "Mame".
There Is No Spoon and Life Is a Banquet.
Opening our mind to new things.

The 12 Gates of Heaven are Open - God has those Gates open for us.

How will we prosper in Father God?

If we are bringing forth the Son of God -

WE WILL BELIEVE GOD IN FAITH.

We will bring Words of Sincere Life.

Are we sincere encouragers?
Paul writes again and again and again and again and again of how much he loves his flock.

Ripe for prayer? The Early Church swept in. SWEPT IN LIKE A WIND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. Prayer was Needed! We are ready to Pray. Offer up, "I will be praying for you."

Indications the Kingdom of God is at hand:

James 5:16
The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results.

Isaiah 35:5
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall hear.


Look through the Leaves to See ~  the Good Fruit of Others.

Jesus is Proclaiming - Loudly - Pray It Like You Mean It!!!

GRATITUDE - when we get together and pray - we are so privileged and grateful
participate in a room where God has placed us - The Kingdom of Heaven - the always open and His Throne - is - at hand.

A GRATEFUL SPIRIT TOWARDS GOD AND HIS ACTIVE PLAN IN OUR LIVES.
GOD IS A SOVEREIGN AND LIVING, GOOD GOD.

How will we look at God's Word and Effectively
Apply what we read to our specific lives, our specific path and draw all we need for the Fruit of God to bloom and grow and create Joy, Peace, Love, Patience, Goodness?

How to apply this? How will we listen to the Sermons, the small groups and draw the Goodness of God into all of our lives?

Ask the Lord to do something more than we could do or even think to ask for. God is the one who is the Spirit Who Gives Life.

We must do something Jesus told us about.

Not memorize the Scripture for our 'knowledge' - to be in God's Word to understand who God is and His attitudes and His work in Your Specific Life. God fills the Universe - The Holy Spirit IS A COMFORTER.

Satan will accuse us of our failures and leave us there.

Jesus is Father God running to you - as you get on His Path. Jesus is the Encourager. Jesus is the Strengthener. Jesus is the Builder. Jesus is the Goodness of God made manifest. Jesus is even indignant when we ask Him, "Are you willing?" Jesus replies, Kindly, Strongly, Affirmatively in indignation, "I AM WILLING."






Father God willingly has so much HE Desires and Delights to show us, but we must be willing to look into his Word with open eyes. The goodness forming - good news a hope and a future.

Ask the right questions for your life and your circumstance. Ask until the Road to Emmaus "your heart is warmed" by Scripture.

God has not lost your address -  Stay in the facts of God's Word given. This is the PATH and the Nature of God Himself.

Once you have full Understanding to the Height, width, broadness of God's Love - The deeper you dig, the more gold you’ll find. The Truth Will Set You Free in God's Meaningful Word. Read the Word of God - google phrases.

****** Write down your important observations. This is your heart to Father God and His answers.







ALWAYS ASK GOD FOR HELP FROM THE PEOPLE HE HAS GIVEN YOU.


Talk It Over - where you share life. With Godly, Godly, Godly people.

PRAY!

Eat together, bless the time and the people given. Give thanks! Nurture one another.

CONTINUE TO MEET TOGETHER.
THIS ONE IS ONLY HEALED WITH CONTINUED PRAYER.

Deal gently, generously, kindly together.


Ask the simple questions, always ask the simple questions. Start there.


1 Now ask why this interests you.


2 What do you feel? Ask Father God to help you. Feelings are ALL OVER THE BIBLE. This is the Go To In Honesty Place.

3 OK we know what Jesus did and how He RESPONDS.

4 How does this fit into Today. What possible event in the Bible Relates? The Bible is COMPLICATED and Messy and Helps us to find real life application.

5 How would you explain your answer to a non-Christian friend or neighbor? Always be willing to show others the goodness God sees in them. The delight God would have in the person - the sincere goodness and Joy, Love and Peace.

6  Start an argument? Discuss freely. This is Truth. Agreeing with each other, and with every word can be pretty boring. In real earnest agreement - well then - WE DELIGHT TOGETHER IN THE NAME OF JESUS. Do you really agree? Why? If we Confront Our Disbelief - We Grow.
We are too ready to conform and be polite - GIVE WITNESS TO THIS AND FIND THE ANSWERS.

7 Make sure the rubber hits the road. Effective Growth. Involves works that are good.

8 Encourage each other in Father God.

Love,  Joy, Peace, Patience.

How will we effectively see our prayers answered?

1. Expect Jesus.

2. Gratitude.

3. His Kingdom is truly at hand, you have Your Father's attention. This Scriptural Power says you have His blessings to bring more Heaven to earth - to your life. Jesus is answering prayers as God.

4. Believing all good and needed gifts are from Father God and He will continue to provide.
 In His Plan. Examine life to see His Goodness.

5. Being completely honest with God in our areas - we are not good in. Sin. Flaws.

6. And in dealing with others, agree that sometimes after forgiveness  - do not to live rent free in our lives, thoughts and troubles - give cheek to forgive, understand, move forward with a laugh with compassion and/or walk away. Remind yourself - this is a child of Father God's.(Compassion for Father God!) Let Go. Let God.

7. Temptation - circumstance, and in today's world - taking the Word of God to bring you Up, not to comfort you in being stagnant.

8. Protection and in Wisdom - Going where Jesus would go - in safety.

9. The purpose of Study of God's Word and Prayer - is His Glory and His Kingdom - where we dwell in Joy! Because our Father delights. He Delights. In Giving us - His Kingdom.

10. Saying the name of this Love - with Joy - Jesus the Lord.
Jesus The Lord.
Jesus The Lord !!!

Father God, In Jesus the LORD, 
We would delight in Your Good Will and Plan.

We pray for the ones we love AND the people You have giving us - for this Love. For this Nation and the World. 

Help us when we have God Opportunities - to see You. We ask You to guide, bless and protect us in each day. We will see Jesus working.


We lift up the Texas beaches and for Texas and dependable rain and water prayers - Padre Island and Texas beaches near Corpus Christi.  We ask Father God to send rain and a swift new current of clear water.  We ask health for the fish and the water and people depending on the tourism and fish for a living. 

Thank You We are Your Children Father God.

AMEN IN JESUS!!! 

♔ Lord Jesus Saves †

Exodus 20:1-24 ~ God spoke all these words

Exodus 6:6
Say, therefore, to the sons of Israel, 'I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from their bondage. I will also redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great judgments.

Exodus 14:21
Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD swept the sea back by a strong east wind all night and turned the sea into dry land, so the waters were divided.

Exodus 15:8
By the blast of your breath the waters piled up. The surging waters stood up like a wall; the deep waters congealed in the heart of the sea.

Exodus 20:1-24

1 And God spoke all these words, 
saying, 
2 "I am the LORD your God, 
who brought you out of the land of Egypt, 
out of the house of slavery.

 3 "You shall have no other gods before me. 4 "You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. 5 You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the LORD your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me, 6 but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments. 7 "You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain. 

8 "Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your male servant, or your female servant, or your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates. 11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy. 

12 "Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you. 13 "You shall not murder. 14 "You shall not commit adultery. 15 "You shall not steal. 16 "You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. 17 "You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor's." 

18 Now when all the people saw the thunder and the flashes of lightning and the sound of the trumpet and the mountain smoking, the people were afraid and trembled, and they stood far off 19 and said to Moses, "You speak to us, and we will listen; but do not let God speak to us, lest we die." 

20 Moses said to the people, "Do not fear, for God has come to test you, that the fear of him may be before you, that you may not sin." 21 The people stood far off, while Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was.


22 And the LORD said to Moses, "Thus you shall say to the people of Israel: 'You have seen for yourselves that I have talked with you from heaven. 23 You shall not make gods of silver to be with me, nor shall you make for yourselves gods of gold. 24 An altar of earth you shall make for me and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your oxen. In every place where I cause my name to be remembered, I will come to you and bless you.

This is part of the Bible we all are familiar with.

God begins His Word with Creation and soon the Children of God have Exodus. Creation to Exodus. God is not subtle.

And then again - Jesus took the deaf man aside from the crowds. He explained, so a deaf man would understand.

Mark 7:31-

31 Then he returned from the region of Tyre and went through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, in the region of the Decapolis. 32 And they brought to him a man who was deaf and had a speech impediment, and they begged him to lay his hand on him. 33 And taking him aside from the crowd privately, he put his fingers into his ears, and after spitting touched his tongue. 34 And looking up to heaven, he sighed and said to him, “Ephphatha,” that is, “Be opened.” 35 And his ears were opened, his tongue was released, and he spoke plainly.



1 Kings 19:12
After the earthquake came a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper.

The whole of the subtle passage is this:

11 So He said, "Go forth and stand on the mountain before the LORD." And behold, the LORD was passing by! And a great and strong wind was rending the mountains and breaking in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind. And after the wind an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake. 12 After the earthquake a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire; and after the fire a sound of a gentle blowing. 13 When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out and stood in the entrance of the cave. And behold, a voice came to him and said


The words include : So - behold - great strong - after - wind - earthquake - fire - gentle blowing - a voice of God came to Elijah


We are told of the Great Strength of Father God.

Father and Almighty God Creator of All Things. Maker of the Heavens and of the earth. Father of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. His Desire is to save the world in Jesus Christ.

Father God's elevator is going to have to press the down button and wait quite a long time to meet us eye to eye. And Our God arrives to be mercy and grace upon grace.

Where is the gentle whisper here?

Matthew 10:29
Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father.


Ezekiel 1:10
Their faces looked like this: Each of the four had the face of a human being, and on the right side each had the face of a lion,
and on the left the face of an ox; each also had the face of an eagle.


Revelation 4:7
The first living creature was like a lion, the second was like an ox, the third had a face like a man, the fourth was like a flying eagle.

The Old Testament God of yesterday, today and tomorrow:

Deuteronomy 25:4
Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.

1 Timothy 5:18
For Scripture says, "Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain," and "The worker deserves his wages."

Proverbs 12:10
Whoever is righteous has regard for the life of his beast, but the mercy of the wicked is cruel.

Right before mankind was created:

Genesis 1
24 Then God said, "Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind: cattle and creeping things and beasts of the earth after their kind"; and it was so. 25 God made the beasts of the earth after their kind, and the cattle after their kind, and everything that creeps on the ground after its kind; and God saw that it was good.

 Moses tells us Life is a Test.

A Test. Verse appropriately in Exodus 20:20. Probably not a mere coincidence.

The Sacrifice of an Oxen is not a small thing. Blood will flow. The Sacrifice is meant to cause repentance. The Oxen is meant to be missed and mourned. Sacrifice.


Isaiah 55
8"For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways," declares the LORD. 9"For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways And My thoughts than your thoughts.

10"For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, And do not return there without watering the earth And making it bear and sprout, And furnishing seed to the sower and bread to the eater,."

Process. Just like the display of time in the process of the Prodigal Son.





Abba, Holy and Good Father,

2 Timothy 2:22
Pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.

2 Samuel 12
The poor man had nothing but one little ewe lamb, which he had bought. And he brought it up, and it grew up with him and with his children. It used to eat of his morsel and drink from his cup and lie in his arms, and it was like a daughter to him.

Tenderly like Jesus.

John 8
When they heard it, they went away one by one, beginning with the older ones, and Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him. 10 Jesus stood up and said to her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?” 11 She said, “No one, Lord.” And Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you; go, and from now on sin no more.”

Father, who would dare to add another Commandment to Your Word?

Our Lord God - Jesus Son of God.

John 13:34
"A new command I give you: Love one another. 

As I have loved you, so you must love one another."


Abba, fill us with Love. We Pray for those we Love. The people You have given us. The Nation. The Believers of today. The Believers of Tomorrow.

1 John 3
18 Little children, let us love not in word and speech, but in action and truth. 
19 And by this we will know that we belong to the truth, and will assure our hearts in His presence

Love - You are able to do more than we ask or imagine. More Heaven on earth. Your will be done in Jesus Christ.

Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †

Psalm 126 ~ Shouts of Joy

Jesus Laughing

 

Psalm 126

When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion,
we were like those who dream.
2 Then our mouth was filled with laughter,
and our tongue with shouts of joy;
then they said among the nations,
“The Lord has done great things for them.”
3 The Lord has done great things for us;
we are glad.

4 Restore our fortunes, O Lord,
like streams in the Negeb!
5 Those who sow in tears
shall reap with shouts of joy!
6 He who goes out weeping,
bearing the seed for sowing,
shall come home with shouts of joy,
bringing his sheaves with him.


Have a heart than never hardens, & a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts. - Charles Dickens



Where are the verses about God laughing?

Numbers 6
May God lift up His Countenance upon you!
(Smile, beam with laughter and joy!)


Proverbs 8:23-31
 
Ages ago I was set up,
at the first, before the beginning of the earth.
24 When there were no depths I was brought forth,
when there were no springs abounding with water.
25 Before the mountains had been shaped,
before the hills, I was brought forth,
26 before he had made the earth with its fields,
or the first of the dust of the world.
27 When he established the heavens, I was there;
when he drew a circle on the face of the deep,
28 when he made firm the skies above,
when he established the fountains of the deep,
29 when he assigned to the sea its limit,
so that the waters might not transgress his command,
when he marked out the foundations of the earth,

30 then I was beside him, like a master workman,
and 
I was daily his delight,
rejoicing before him always,
31 rejoicing in his inhabited world
and delighting in the children of man.



Luke 15:4-6
“What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open country, and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it? 5 And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. 6 And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.’

Nehemiah 8:10
Then he said to them, “Go your way. Eat the fat and drink sweet wine and send portions to anyone who has nothing ready, for this day is holy to our Lord. And do not be grieved, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.”

Job 8:20-21
“Behold, God will not reject a blameless man,
nor take the hand of evildoers.
He will yet fill your mouth with laughter,
and your lips with shouting.

Psalm 19:8
the precepts of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes

2 Samuel 6:14
David, wearing a linen ephod, danced before the LORD with all his might!

1 Kings 1:39-41
There Zadok the priest took the horn of oil from the tent and anointed Solomon. Then they blew the trumpet, and all the people said, “Long live King Solomon!” 40 And all the people went up after him, playing on pipes, and rejoicing with great joy, so that the earth was split by their noise.

41 Adonijah and all the guests who were with him heard it as they finished feasting. And when Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, “What does this uproar in the city mean?”

Matthew 12:18
Here is my servant whom I have chosen, the one I love, in whom I delight; I will put my Spirit on him, and he will proclaim justice to the nations.

88 Times Joy is used in the New Testament.

Matthew 13:20
The seed falling on rocky ground refers to someone who hears the word and at once receives it with joy.

Matthew 13:44
The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field.

Luke 2:10
But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people."

Luke 10:17
The seventy-two returned with joy

Luke 10:21
At that time Jesus, full of joy through the Holy Spirit, said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this is what you were pleased to do."

Luke 19:37
When he came near the place where the road goes down the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of disciples began joyfully to praise God in loud voices for all the miracles they had seen.

Luke 24:41
And while they still did not believe it because of joy and amazement, he asked them, “Do you have anything here to eat?”

Luke 24:52
Then they worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy.

John 16:20
Very truly I tell you, you will weep and mourn while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy.

 


Colossians 2:5
For though I am absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good order and the firmness of your faith in Christ.

Revelation 19:1
After this I heard what seemed to be the loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, crying out:
“Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God!

John 16:24
Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete.

And with God's Joy - I can do this and know this as a Beloved of Jesus, our Father and the Holy Spirit:

Philippians 4:13
I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

Job 37:5
God thunders wondrously with his voice; he does great things that we cannot comprehend.

Psalm 71:21
You will increase my greatness and comfort me again.

Romans 12:2
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.








Father God,
We praise You for Your goodness and delight. 
We ask for the blessing of more of the fruit of Your Holy Spirit and the increase of Joy and Love and Peace. 

For us, our loved ones, Your Loved Ones and all of Creation.

In Jesus. Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †

Psalm 91:3 ~ He will rescue you from every snare of the Fowler and protect you from deadly disease

Psalm 91:3

For he will rescue you from every snare of the Fowler and protect you from deadly disease.

1 Kings 8


If they pray toward this place and acknowledge your name and turn from their sin, when you afflict them, 36 then hear in heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel, when you teach them the good way in which they should walk, and grant rain upon your land, which you have given to your people as an inheritance.

37“If there is famine in the land, if there is pestilence or blight or mildew or locust or caterpillar, if their enemy besieges them in the land at their gates,b whatever plague, whatever sickness there is, 38 whatever prayer, whatever plea is made by any man or by all your people Israel, each knowing the affliction of his own heart and stretching out his hands toward this house, 39 then hear in heaven your dwelling place and forgive and act and render to each whose heart you know, according to all his ways (for you, you only, know the hearts of all the children of mankind), 40 that they may fear you all the days that they live in the land that you gave to our fathers.

Amazing - the day The Temple of God was opened for worship...


That Many Glorious Promises of God!

And Jesus said the Good Shepherd leaves the 99, to find the one lost sheep. It's pretty awesomely set up to - - - be pretty risky. The Prayer of Solomon to put the Mercy Seat of God - Ark of the Covenant - All the Promises of God Himself in the Temple of God.

How did all of that Blessing turn out for Solomon - chosen son of King David. Well, we know Solomon ran off with worldly success. And yet, we find out Solomon went to the high places, shamans, all Solomon could think of - just turned himself inside out - to get God to speak to him. And God did not speak.
God had already spoken.
Yesterday, today and tomorrow.

Solomon turned again to the Lord, repented and let God be God. As God directed.



God tells us of important things. Jesus loved to teach. When Jesus was teaching, Jesus' preferred place -in His Jerusalem Temple - to teach in the Portico of Solomon. When Nebuchadnezzar II ransacked the Temple, The Portico of "Solomon"  was spared. Too Beautiful to harm.

Second Temple of God in Jerusalem.




We find the Promises of God are like Jesus taking a nap on the boat the day of the Incredible Storm. Well within the Hand, the Will and the Abilities of God.

The Incredible Promises are given during the Time of Solomon? We have just seen with our eyes, a Pillar of Solomon. We witness the renewal of the Promises of God. Every day.

Habakkuk 2:3
For still the vision awaits its appointed time; it hastens to the end—it will not lie.
If it seems slow, wait for it; it will surely come; it will not delay.


Psalm 27:14
Wait for the Lord;
be strong,
and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord!

Lamentations 3:25-26
The Lord is good to those who wait for him,
to the soul who seeks him.

It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord.










Abraham pleased God with Faith.


Faith can move a Mountain.

Our Father will increase our faith.


Our Father,

Who is in Heaven,

Holy is Your Name.

Thy Kingdom come, Thy Will be Done.
On earth, as it is in Heaven.

Give us this day,
Our Daily and Living Bread,

Lead us not into temptation,
deliver us from evil.

For Thine is the Kingdom,
the Power
and the Glory.

In the Highest Name of Jesus.

Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †

Ephesians 3 ~ Strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being

Narnia - expresses a truth to be seen with fresh eyes.

Memorial Day... God's Eternal Home

Being the new Lion. Baby Lion.

Ephesians 3:
14... for this reason I bow my knees before the Father, 15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name. 1 6I pray that out of the riches of His glory, He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being.



1 Thessalonians 1:5
Because our gospel came to you not simply with words but also with power,
with the Holy Spirit and deep conviction.
You know how we lived among you for your sake.



What age will we be in Heaven? I suppose the Lord our Father God will suggest wisely. Heaven has children and the aged.

Zechariah 8

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

4 Thus says the LORD of hosts: Old men and old women shall again sit in the streets of Jerusalem, each with staff in hand because of great age. 5 And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in its streets. 6 Thus says the LORD of hosts: If it is marvelous in the sight of the remnant of this people in those days, should it also be marvelous in my sight, declares the LORD of hosts? 7 Thus says the LORD of hosts: Behold, I will save my people from the east country and from the west country, 8 and I will bring them to dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. 

And they shall be my people, and I will be their God, in faithfulness and in righteousness.”









Lion Cubs Meed FATHER for the First Time



Revelation 1:8
"I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, who is and was and is to come--the Almighty.

1 Kings 10:19    Solomon's Throne. Lions attacked as the Kingdom of David was split.
…18 Moreover, the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with refined gold. 19 There were six steps to the throne and a round top to the throne at its rear, and arms on each side of the seat, and two lions standing beside the arms. 20 Twelve lions were standing there on the six steps on the one side and on the other; nothing like it was made for any other kingdom.



Revelation 1
When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead.

Then he placed his right hand on me and said: “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last.
I am the Living One;
I was dead, and now look, I am alive forever and ever!
And I hold the keys of death and Hades.


Hebrews 4:16
Let us then with boldness and confidence draw near to the throne of grace,
that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need

Revelation 1:15
His feet were like polished bronze refined in a furnace, and His voice was like the roar of many waters.

Revelation 6:1
Then I watched as the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures say in a thunderous voice, "Come!"

Revelation 11:15
Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and loud voices called out in heaven: "The kingdom of the world is now the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign forever and ever."

Revelation 11:17
saying: "We give thanks to You, Lord God Almighty, the One who is and who was; You have taken Your great power and begun to reign."


Lions use loud voices to establish their territory and protect their family.






Tribe. 2 Male Lions. 3 Female Lions. Father Lion plays with cubs.



Deuteronomy 30:20

By loving the LORD your God, by obeying His voice, and by holding fast to Him; for this is your life and the length of your days, that you may live in the land which the LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give them."

Acts 17:28
For in him we live and move and have our being.' As some of your own poets have said, 'We are his offspring.'


Revelation 22
1 Then the angel showed me a river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb, 2 down the middle of the main street of the city. On either side of the river stood a tree of life, producing twelve kinds of fruit and yielding a fresh crop for each month. And the leaves of the tree
are for the healing of the nations.

2 Corinthians 6:18
And, "I will be a Father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty."

2 Samuel 7:14
"I will be a father to him and he will be a son to Me; when he commits iniquity, I will correct him with the rod of men and the strokes of the sons of men,

1 Chronicles 17:13
"I will be his father and he shall be My son; and I will not take My loving kindness away from him, as I took it from him who was before you.






Revelation 22:14
Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right

Revelation 7
9 After this I looked and saw a multitude too large to count, from every nation and tribe and people and tongue, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands. 10 And they cried out in a loud voice: “Salvation to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”

Smithsonian - Surviving the  Serengeti. Mother Lion finds Mercy for the baby Wildebeast




Matthew 18:33
And should not you have had mercy on your fellow servant, as I had mercy on you?’

Luke 7
When the Lord saw her, his heart went out to her and he said, “Don’t cry.”

Then he went up and touched the bier they were carrying him on, and the bearers stood still. He said, “Young man, I say to you, arise!”

The dead man sat up and began to talk, and Jesus gave him back to his mother. They were all filled with awe and praised God.







Abba, Holy Father,

Help us each day see You and Life around us with Gratitude. Strengthen and Guide us to be on the Path You have for our hope and future with You.

Help fill us each day with Your Mercy and Goodness. Fill those we Love. Fill the people You give us. And our Nation. Our employments, our schools, our communities. Our Nation trusting in You. The Nations around the world trusting in You. Please bless us and fill us with more Heaven on earth.

We give You Thanks for the Blessings many have fought to give us. The Blessings rarely thought of in the First 5 Books of the Bible we don't worry about because You Solved. The Blessings You provide. Help us to see the Blessings. Thank You.

Amen in Jesus.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †

 

2 Corinthians 9:8 ~ God is able + † +

Romans 11:33-36


Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!

“For who has known the mind of the Lord,
or who has been his counselor?”
“Or who has given a gift to him
that he might be repaid?”

For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen.

What would we give the LORD, that He has not given to us - we can only give Him thanks with a grateful heart....

If we read these Verses as a Letter from Jesus to us, written with Father God and the Holy Spirit:

Philippians 2

Beloved,

So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy,

Complete my joy

by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Thank You, Father, our Abba.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †