1 Thessalonians 1 ~ Give thanks to God always

1 Thessalonians 1

We give thanks to God always for all of you, constantly mentioning you in our prayers,
3 remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.


4 For we know, brothers loved by God, that he has chosen you,
5 because our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction.

You know what kind of men we proved to be among you for your sake.
6 And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you received the word in much affliction, with the joy of the Holy Spirit,
7 so that you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia.

8 For not only has the word of the Lord sounded forth from you in Macedonia and Achaia, but your faith in God has gone forth everywhere, so that we need not say anything.

9 For they themselves report concerning us the kind of reception we had among you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God,
10 and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead.

Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.



Daniel 2

“Blessed be the name of God forever and ever,
to whom belong wisdom and might.

21 He changes times and seasons;
he removes kings and sets up kings;
he gives wisdom to the wise
and knowledge to those who have understanding;

22 he reveals deep and hidden things;
he knows what is in the darkness,
and the light dwells with him.

23 To you, O God of my fathers,
I give thanks and praise


What are the things of God.

A deep and abiding, steadfast commitment to God.

Something of Heart. Where God connects Himself to our Soul.

God is going to require a Bear Hunt. There are days we will stand outside and tears will flow and faces register a huge Grief.

Life will allow us to bear the marks of being Christ Jesus' won. We can be bitter or better.

No voyage of God is going to be without the Portions of the Psalms having a wailing Heart Cry Out to God for Help. Anger. Betrayal. Usury. Greed. Injustice.

There will be war. There well be times where opinions clash. Needs differ. Families are of different opinions.

Just as we think the situation will never change. God will bring in change.

And He provides Strength when we do this - Delight in God. See His Promises as His Being Father. When we want God so much, that every time we reach out to God - we are going to grow. Childhood has a time where we are given memories - an example would be that every time I went to sleep as a child - I saw gold, real gold tiles. Every Time. And learned in my late teens the streets of Heaven are gold. Promises of yesterday, today and tomorrow. In childhood, growth can cause bones to grow and joints to stretch - this can cause pain. In pain, we don't know that growth is a blessing. But as the season changes, we can absolutely believe the challenge "All Things Work Together for Good, for Those Who Love the Lord and Work According to His Purpose." Even find adventure here.

To experience the Fruit of God. Love. Joy. Peace. Encouragement. Diligence. Dignity. Peace. Comfort. Wisdom. Patience. Finding the treasure - His Mercies Renew Each Day. To do this in all seasons - we have to have faith God is God. God's Will is Good. He has a Plan for me. To be earnest and sincere to the LORD GOD. And when we set our path straight to God. We find out amazing stories going beyond endurance and suffering sustaining Peace and Joy. Putting down the opinions of men to do the Will of the One Who is Good.



And in the overcoming. 

The understanding of God. Gratitude is going to pour forth. Sincere, bone deep, refreshing, renewal. Changing for the Good. Upward building to God. And in this Thanksgiving - a soul in Love with God. God will delight. The heart is a hearth, an oasis. A real place. Not lalalallala fake this. Not without times of stress, not a permanent happy place. A Joy that returns so often - God and the soul know Joy, Love, Peace, Encouragement, Diligence, Heaven is at hand.

Faith begins to encompass understanding - I may be overwhelmed.

I may be overworked.

I may be overlooked.

I may be pressed for a solution.

I may be bored.

I may be broke.

But this soul of God's will know that God is not going to leave or forsake a child of His. Joy arrives with Light.




Abba, Father God!

A new season is upon us. Collectively. A new unity in seeing what we did not hope to see. A new need to realize the arrival is not what we hoped.

Seasons of this Nation have proven a Nation with virtues. Our political conversations reflect the virtues we desire to be and receive. The desire to have given love, comfort and joy to our children. Scriptures record this as a Parent returning to their Child. We have flaws in this Nation of selfishness. And our schools are amazing. And we are ungrateful.


What will God weave from this unprecedented time? We will see more qualified people step up to want to help. We learned this in 911. We come from Good Fathers in this Nation. Brought up by Good Mothers. We have seen this Nation overcome foreign invasion and even have to rebuild the White House. We have overcome when the World was at War. We have been pulled down too many times by the victory to making petty war. We have overcome Vietnam. We have overcome a great Civil War and another war of Civil Rights to become more civil. We overcame a Great Depression by doing what Houston did for Hurricane Ike. The civilians with Soul - fed one another.

What arrives? With faith, hope and Love, we will have Jesus and we will go forward. With God as our Strength. We might wobble, but the Victory in Jesus is sure.

Wonderful Counselor. Almighty God. Prince of Peace. Emmanuel. God with us. In all seasons, all changes, all weather, our future in God is secure and we are His.

Victory in Jesus! The blessing of knowing in God -
Jacob is chosen for wanting to bless all his children.
Abraham is Father of Nations for seeking the lives of others and Mercy of God Who is Love.
David is our Wonderful David because in Victory - David is a Shepherd.
Hezekiah is prosperity of prayers heard and overcoming the impossible by refusing the advice of his earthly Father and holding fast to our Heavenly Father.
Sarah is fruitful only because she holds on to her husband who trusts God - showing the power of marriage.

Jesus is God's Only Son for His willingness to put Purity, Holiness, God first to bring to all the Children of God.

Almighty God embraces not just one person. God would put us in His Care as tenderly as a Mother Hen.

Abba is going to let us have the privilege of following Jesus and He is going to bring us forward in Christ Jesus the Lord. Our Wonderful Savior Jesus. Our prayer and our Amen is With Jesus Always. Alleluia.


Thanks You so much for my son - his birthday, please Bless him. Bless us all as we celebrate the birth of this Nation trusting in You.

Covered in Jesus. Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †

Romans 5 ~ The Glory of God

Psalm 91:14
Because he holds fast to me in love, I will deliver him; I will protect him, because he knows my name.




Every now and then - you know something. This had to be a July 4th Holiday. This has to be true. Warning - some things you don't try at home.

Romans 5

There is no difference between Jew and Gentile,
for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption
that came by Christ Jesus.

25 God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement, through the shedding of his blood—to be received by faith. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his forbearance

Dear Lord,

From Harleys and Shenanigans
and Long Story Beasties!

With things going Bumpilstilskins, any time;

Gracious and Merciful Lord

Deliver us this Happy 4th of July Week
and Always.

In the Name of the Father God Almighty
His Only Son our Savior Jesus Christ,
the Power of the Holy Spirit

Protect us all this Holy Day,
National Birthday
with Your Blessing of America.

God has placed His grace on thee
Crown us with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!

America! America!
God mend our every flaw
Confirm thy soul in self-control
Thy law in Liberty!

O beautiful for heroes proved
In liberating strife
Who more than self their country loved
And mercy more than life!
America! America!
May God thy gold refine
Till all success be nobleness
And every gain divine!

God Bless us, Everyone.

And Cover us in the Name of Jesus Amen!!!

♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †

Hebrews 5 ~ Distinguish good from evil

When you seek images of Jesus praying, He is about 90% of the time looking up. And when you compare the Shroud of Turin 3D Images - Akiane's images certainly are part of this. Celestial bodies are an imprint of the physical body.

Hebrews 5

Every high priest is selected from among the people and is appointed to represent the people in matters related to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins. 2 He is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and are going astray, since he himself is subject to weakness. 3 This is why he has to offer sacrifices for his own sins, as well as for the sins of the people. 4 And no one takes this honor on himself, but he receives it when called by God, just as Aaron was.

5 In the same way, Christ did not take on himself the glory of becoming a high priest. But God said to him,

“You are my Son;
today I have become your Father.”

6 And he says in another place,

“You are a priest forever,
in the order of Melchizedek.”

7 During the days of Jesus’ life on earth, he offered up prayers and petitions with fervent cries and tears to the one who could save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverent submission. 8 Son though he was, he learned obedience from what he suffered 9 and, once made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him 10 and was designated by God to be high priest in the order of Melchizedek.


11 We have much to say about this, but it is hard to make it clear to you because you no longer try to understand. 12 In fact, though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the elementary truths of God’s word all over again. You need milk, not solid food! 13 Anyone who lives on milk, being still an infant, is not acquainted with the teaching about righteousness. 14 But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil.




Papyrus 46 is dated between the first Century and 175 A.D. This is Hebrews 5 and is very, very intact and legible. House and owned by the University of Michigan. Obviously a true representation of The Acts of the Apostles we read of in the Gospels and in the Book of Acts.

When Jesus prayed, we rarely know the words He used to speak to His Father. And we know Jesus prayed out loudly and felt a conversation was in progress with emotions of emphatic petition, "I see this, please do this", "We need this, this is a good idea an ideal situation!" and with tears. Jesus felt very, very connected to His Prayer Conversations.

Jesus prayed in public and yet He usually wanted to be somewhere on a hill or in a lonely place to feel the Holy Spirit connect Him to our Father.

Jesus also trusted "Thy Will be Done." His Plan is the hope and future. Jesus was obedient to the Will of God and believed God's Word and this tells us "All things work together for Good, for those who work love the Lord and work according to His purpose."






Jesus was also not a stranger to His Brother or Family and He told James -

James 1:5

If you need wisdom, ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.

Abba, Our Holy Father,

We think of the warm days in Nazareth of the Brothers of Jesus - James, Jude, Joses and Simon and His sisters. The Days of prayers with Jesus and His warmth in the petitions to You.

We read James and Jude and remember the warm days they had with Jesus.

The comfort of being exactly who they were before God and Jesus. Nazareth saw their family as a blended Chiton. A seamless family - helping one another. Jesus helped them all get to Acts 1 - Praying together daily again.

God of Love and God of Encouragement - we lift our prayers to You. Knowing the Blessing of being heard. The Blessing of Your answers. Thy Will be Done. You are our Helper and Comforter. We rest in Your Wings. Prince of Peace.

In Jesus, we rest securely and sleep fully. Trusting You for the ones we Love, the people You give us. The Nation's Birthday Week Trusting in You. You are the Light of the World.

1 Timothy 2:8
In every place of worship, I want men to pray with holy hands lifted up to God, free from anger and controversy.

Luke 24:50
And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.

Bless us with more Nations Trusting in You and the Beloved Believing Your Promises.

Jesus is our Lord God Almighty and we ask in His Name. We are Blessed. Amen!

 ♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †

Ephesians 1 ~ By the Will of God

Ephesians 1

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

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

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

3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ
who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places,

4 even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him.

In love 5 he predestined us for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ,
according to the purpose of his will,
6 to the praise of his glorious grace,
with which he has blessed us in the Beloved.

7 In him we have redemption through his blood,
the forgiveness of our trespasses,
according to the riches of his grace,
8 which he lavished upon us,
in all wisdom and insight
9 making known to us the mystery of his will,
according to his purpose,
which he set forth in Christ

As a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.

11 In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will, 12 so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of his glory.

13 In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation,
and believed in him,
were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,
14 who is the guarantee of our inheritance
until we acquire possession of it,
to the praise of his glory.


15 For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints,
16 I do not cease to give thanks for you,
remembering you in my prayers

That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ,
the Father of glory,
may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him,

Having the eyes of your hearts enlightened,
that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you,
what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints,
19 and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe,
according to the working of his great might

This he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead
and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places,
21 far above all rule and authority and power and dominion,
and above every name that is named,
not only in this age but also in the one to come.
22 And he put all things under his feet
and gave him as head over all things to the church,
23 which is his body,
the fullness of him
who fills all in all.

We are familiar with so much of God's Glory with our own thoughts. We were built to think about Father God.

Some of this is inspiringly new to think about:

THE WILL OF GOD

Blessings in the Heavenly Places - thought of by our Father in the foundation putting of the world.

Blessed to be of the Beloved.

Lavishing wisdom and insight to find in that glorious day the Mystery of His Will for you. According to this - The Purpose of His Will. We will find this in what we are drawn to in Jesus Christ. And He will unite us to this. Where your heart is warm. And in this Good News - we Will Praise God.  Praise in His Purpose for you. Thanksgiving will not cease. God is the Father of Love. God our Father of Encouragement. Father of Glory.

When we find what warms us to Father God - when we truly connect there and we are given eyes of clarity - about His Love to you - and your prayers will flow and flow. Glorious and Immeasurable Greatness.


Our Gracious Father giving us the Light of Jesus Christ in mankind.

To those who Believe and are promised to be the Children of God:

Our Father, our Almighty Father, our Abba,
May the God of Love
God of Encouragement
God of Glory
surround, uplift, encourage
strengthen and sustain you in the Holy Spirit, Jesus' gift to us.
in His Good Path
chosen for you.

In Jesus Christ's Great and lavish Love. we see Abba.
For ourselves
the ones we Love
the people God has given us

Uplift our Nation trusting in You.
Bring peace and more Heaven on earth from Nations trusting in You
Upheld by the Believers who are the Children of God as His Purpose has called us.

Not what you expect to see every day, and yet a reminder of the faith encircling the Creation of God He has called Good yesterday, today and tomorrow. I felt such sorrow for Michelangelo and the few times the Vatican releases this amazing treasure - then to have amazing works near the representation of the Sistine Chapel labeled by Museum Curators around the world as 'cartoon' instead of Treasure, World Wonder or Beauty. The definition of "Cartoon" - a simple drawing showing the features of its subjects in a humorously exaggerated way, especially a satirical one in a newspaper or magazine. These were not humorous or exaggerated, nor satirical. These are scenes of the Bible. Done by artists giving their lives to the depiction. Sadly this phrase was begun to be adopted when the Sistine Chapel was cleaned and found to have vibrant colors. We should see this for what it is - debasement of incredible expression of the Holy Spirit.

The Light of God continues to shine.

Blessings of Jesus.

Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †

Psalm 107:1-32 ~ His steadfast love endures forever +†+

Psalm 107:1-32

Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,
for his steadfast love endures forever!

2 Let the redeemed of the Lord say so,
whom he has redeemed from trouble
3 and gathered in from the lands,
from the east and from the west,
from the north and from the south.



4 Some wandered in desert wastes,
finding no way to a city to dwell in;
5 hungry and thirsty,
their soul fainted within them.
6 Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,
and he delivered them from their distress.


7 He led them by a straight way
till they reached a city to dwell in.
8 Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,
for his wondrous works to the children of man!

9 For he satisfies the longing soul,
and the hungry soul he fills with good things.

10 Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death,
prisoners in affliction and in irons,
11 for they had rebelled against the words of God,
and spurned the counsel of the Most High.
12 So he bowed their hearts down with hard labor;
they fell down, with none to help.

13 Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,
and he delivered them from their distress.

14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death,
and burst their bonds apart.

15 Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,
for his wondrous works to the children of man!
16 For he shatters the doors of bronze
and cuts in two the bars of iron.

17 Some were fools through their sinful ways,
and because of their iniquities suffered affliction;
18 they loathed any kind of food,
and they drew near to the gates of death.
19 Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,
and he delivered them from their distress.

20 He sent out his word and healed them,
and delivered them from their destruction.

21 Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,
for his wondrous works to the children of man!
22 And let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving,
and tell of his deeds in songs of joy!

23 Some went down to the sea in ships,
doing business on the great waters;
24 they saw the deeds of the Lord,
his wondrous works in the deep.

25 For he commanded and raised the stormy wind,
which lifted up the waves of the sea.

26 They mounted up to heaven; they went down to the depths;
their courage melted away in their evil plight;
27 they reeled and staggered like drunken men
and were at their wits' end.

28 Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,
and he delivered them from their distress.

29 He made the storm be still,
and the waves of the sea were hushed.
30 Then they were glad that the waters were quiet,
and he brought them to their desired haven.

31 Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,
for his wondrous works to the children of man!
32 Let them extol him in the congregation of the people,
and praise him in the assembly of the elders.




So I've got a pinched nerve. One minute I'm fine and the next - I cried 4 times today and realized our 1800's bed that requires me to jump up and jump down isn't the best with a hurt back. And I spent this afternoon with the Lord God explaining all the things that cause stress and finally asking Father God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit to see all my ideas, all my thoughts and flaws and see if I'm doing my best and to please help me.

And with that long and great honest conversation - my back felt better than it has in a week.




With this long debate on pain, I had a long conversation with a health insurance claim analyst. (***** A Friend, no claim has been filed on my back.) Who gets the cases when it started out as a legitimate claim - has lasted a year - and the company begins to medically doubt the claim is not honest but has now become used to the claim benefits. The Claim Analyst was telling me stories like the Best Surgeon in Denver has worked on a man just with hurting knee and after 6 operations - he barely walks. The opinion Age is just a process of pain.

I think we are very responsible for continual exercise or sports we enjoy. Prayer and Prayer and Prayer.  Jesus told us to continually pray. Never give up hope.

We've come a long way, but in some ways - even with Yelp - we could really use help. I was in a doctor's office in Conroe, Texas and know the staff fairly well. One of the Nurse Aids had knee surgery from the surgeon who had been the doctor's office next door neighbor for 10 years. She didn't feel the new knee was doing well. The short version of the story is - in the middle of the pain, the knee replacement worked it's way out after 10 weeks. Metal was out of her knee. She said she didn't know what to do. I told her to immediately call to Dallas to Dr. William Tucker who had been on the cover of D Magazine for his hips and knees. He brings 12 to 15 replacements into the operation room because the MRI doesn't fully tell him what replacement he will use. He did my mother's knee 10 years ago and she took 50 steps within an hour of the operation and said her new knee was better than the last knee. Dr. Tucker's recovery times are astonishing. The nurse from Conroe didn't quibble about the distance to Dallas and went that week to see Dr. Tucker. He said it was the worst surgery he'd ever seen and they had used a huge knee replacement for a 300 lb tall man on her knee. Within a week she had a 2nd brand new knee from Dr. Tucker and said she knew when she woke up - the amazing difference.

The Nurse Aid and I wondered how do you find what you need as you need this? Her boss is a surgeon not of knees and hips. We all need the favor of God
and ways to connect what we need.

In our 18-year bible study, we have one friend who is gone all the time in retirement. He is very bright and made very good money in the Oil Industry. He told me his General Practitioner is so very wise he requires a $3,000 yearly fee and comes with a nurse to your home. The whole idea of this rankled me and I asked his wife if this was a con. His wife said she goes to a different GP but he loves this GP. I wondered... Our friend came down with kidney stones. And he said this was serious trauma. Serious. And his GP told him - you have too high calcium levels  - your parathyroid needs to be removed and promptly put him in touch with the surgeon and this was taken out. I thought this was too unusual and worried. Our friend was fine.

From the same bible study, another lady had complaints of too high calcium. But she had not been to breakfast to hear about the surgery of the traveling mutual friend. At one bible study, she asked for prayer for her first kidney stone. I had her call our mutual friend and her parathyroid was successfully removed by his same surgeon. She felt much better with calcium supplements too. She said if our mutual friend with the unusual GP hadn't told him - we all wouldn't have known. God is astonishing the way He works.


Her husband had shoulder pain, he told me his physical therapist said if he'd begun with physical therapy pretty quickly - he'd never have had ever, ever shoulder surgery. She said if you are tough on shoulders (unless the cuff is torn and the arm is slipping out badly) you can repair shoulders with therapy. And our mutual friend Judy said the physical therapy for her shoulder was as tough as the before shoulder pain and lasted months during the physical surgery recovery. And this was excellent Mark told me this  - because my shoulders began to ache in February and were healed with daily prayer and God and swimming for 3 months.

God tells us so much in our path. We need God. And we need Fellowship. And we need a system of being able to tell each other and improve things like knees and hip surgery by carrying in 12 to 15 replacements for workability.




While I was volunteering for pro-life, I sat with a retired physician for over 3 years. Our dog had dragged me over a metal park bench while I chatted with someone and while the dog had seen another dog to go see. My ankle was in fierce pain. After we established I did not have gout - no way - I was told to find the right elastic ankle brace and work with this for 6 months and possibly 7 months. I read all the time people are told their ankles are done - pain is inevitable. Wrapping with the right bandage (I found one I liked at Walmart after shopping many Pharmacy stores because my ankles and wrists are petite) then reading about doing ankle exercises on You Tube. In 7 months, my ankle was fine. And it had Really Hurt beforehand. Let me emphatically say - I had a hairline crack. Edward had the bad, bad ankle broken thing and this was x-rays and moon boots and Doctor visits. My ankle was merely very, very sore and not broken in apparent ways of major swelling. However, if you are still having ankle pain - after broken ankle - consider the elastic sleeves for 7 months and doing physical therapy. Don't give up on hurt ankles. Use Epsom Salts too.

Do like Winston Churchill, "Never, Never, Never Give Up." And apply that to prayer. With Hope. Pray always. Believe.



My Bad Back at age 40 from Flu Coughing and Residential Construction Clean up was finally healed with prayer, time, time, time and cat/cow exercises, stretches and Tens Unit picked by Amazon Choice for Tens Unit. I set it on a 2 and used all day. Finally, we had Jesus blessed Healing. Prayer. Being relaxed enough to believe Healing is Possible.


Inevitably, we get to the Bottom Line. In the 1980s Angels and Prayer were "In." Major studies were done on prayer and people in hospitals. The prayed for group was 80% better. Jesus would agree. Always believe Jesus.


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

2 He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected man. 3 And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’ 4 For a while he refused, but afterward he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect man, 5 yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will give her justice, so that she will not beat me down by her continual coming.’” 6 And the Lord said, “Hear what the unrighteous judge says.

 7 And will not God give justice to his elect, who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long over them? 8 I tell you, he will give justice to them speedily




Let's pray and think of what that looks like the first 3 seconds of praying.

Abba, Father, we join with You and ask for Jesus to pray with us.

We lift up tired hands, aching ankles, and sore backs. Needs we have. Needs we know of. To have You speak the Word of Healing ending our diseases and forgiving iniquities.

With Joy and Expectation, we will work on healing and Love, Joy and Peace. We will be Lights to the world with Your Help, Father God.

We Bless You for Jesus Christ and His Salvation.

Asking You cover those we Love with Your Presence and Love.
And this for the people You have given us.

Blessing our Nation. The Believing Nations trusting in You.

We ask for ourselves and the people of Your Good creation - more Heaven on earth.

In Jesus Christ. Amen.

 ♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †

Luke 1:11-15 ~ joy and gladness, and many will rejoice

Father God keeps reaching for us to warm our hearts and enlighten our eyes to eternal Love.

Luke 1:11-15

11 And there appeared to him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense. 

12 And Zechariah was troubled when he saw him, and fear fell upon him. 

13 But the angel said to him, "Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John. 

14 And you will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth, 
15 for he will be great before the Lord.


Genesis moves from Genesis 3 to Genesis 2 telling of our welcome moving, living and having our being with our Father God.

Genesis 3
8 And they heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden. 9 But the LORD God called to the man and said to him, "Where are you?"

Genesis 2
25 And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.



Zechariah found this by meeting God's messenger.

Isaiah 45:24
Surely they will say of Me, 'In the LORD alone are righteousness and strength.'" 
All who rage against Him will come to Him and be put to shame.

Acts 2
My heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced;
my flesh also will dwell in hope.
27 For you will not abandon my soul to Hades,
or let your Holy One see corruption.
28 You have made known to me the paths of life;
you will make me full of gladness with your presence.

Malachi 3:10
Thereby put me to the test, says the Lord of hosts,
see if I will not open the windows of heaven for you
and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need.

Genesis 7:11
The windows of the heavens were opened.

2 Kings 7:19
The captain had answered the man of God, “If the Lord himself should make windows in heaven, could such a thing be?” And he had said, “You shall see it with your own eye.

Stained glass is sand. 

Mere sand. 

Gathered. 

Redeemed as Worthy. 

Filled with Fire and Made Immortal.

Revelation 4:1

After this I looked,
and behold,
a door standing open in heaven!

And the first voice, which I had heard speaking to me like a trumpet, said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this.”

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

Abba our Father,

With Jesus, we pray,
for ourselves,
the Ones we Love,
the People You have given us,
This Nation trusting in God.
Our Churches.
The Nations trusting You to be the Light of the Nations.
All of Your Beloved today and tomorrow:

12 Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking to me, and on turning I saw seven golden lampstands, 13 and in the midst of the lampstands one like a son of man, clothed with a long robe and with a golden sash around his chest. 14 The hairs of his head were white, like white wool, like snow. His eyes were like a flame of fire, 15 his feet were like burnished bronze, refined in a furnace, and his voice was like the roar of many waters. 16 In his right hand, he held seven stars, from his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword, and his face was like the sun shining in full strength. 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

More of Your Heaven upon this earth,

In Jesus, we pray, Amen.