Job 9:10-19 ~ marvelous things beyond number

Jericho looking southward

Jericho, once a “Biblical problem” a seeming disagreement between archaeology and the Bible. However, now we know the archaeological evidence supports the historical accuracy of the Biblical account in every detail.

Rahab, 3rd great grandmother of David. As the Children of Israel left Egypt and wandered for 40 years, soon they would need help. More than the help of one person. God would have to act.

The Children of Israel did not have lives that pleased them in Egypt and God hears them. Then 40 years later, they finally enter into the Promised Land because they didn't follow the advice of God, but their own fears. So they enter Jericho first. Jericho is the land flowing with milk and honey. It is fabulous, a gorgeous land. They are told how Jericho will fall. It seems absurd and hopeless. And today we see, the Bible has once again, told the Truth.

It seems absurd they would leave Jericho to only guess what was ahead, but faith compelled them to keep going after Promises were fulfilled.

[ According to Bryant G. Wood PhD 

Excavations at the outer (lower) fortification wall by the three major expeditions to Jericho. At the north end (numbers 1–5), a portion of the mud brick wall (shaded) atop the stone retaining wall survived, demonstrating that the city wall did not fall in this area. Nothing remains of the mud brick city wall at other points investigated, showing that it had collapsed everywhere else (numbers 6–13). Remnants of the collapsed city wall (shaded) were actually found still in place in three places at Jericho: number 11 (German excavation), number 12 (Kenyon’s excavation), and the 1997 Italian-Palestinian excavation extending Kenyon’s south trench at number 8.

***According to the Bible, 
Rahab’s house was incorporated into the fortification system (Jos 2:15). If the walls fell, how was her house spared? As you recall, the spies had instructed Rahab to bring her family into her house and they would be rescued. When the Israelites stormed the city, Rahab and her family were saved as promised (Jos 6:17, 22–23). 

At the north end of the tell of Jericho, archaeologists made some astounding discoveries that seem to relate to Rahab.

The German excavation of 1907-1909 found that on the north a short stretch of the lower city wall did not fall as everywhere else. A portion of that mudbrick wall was still standing to a height of 8 ft (Sellin and Watzinger 1973: 58)

What is more, there were houses built against the wall! It is quite possible that this is where Rahab’s house was located.]

Psalm 89 says Rahab was crushed.
This Psalm was published, verified, sung by her 4th great grandson (Solomon) in the Temple. Written by one of his wisest councilors. Truth being told in the LORD'S Temple and trying to honor a story working for the LORD.

If you wanted to honor your heroic great, great, great, great grandmother in the Temple of the LORD - how would you delicately refer to her profession and her salvation? Perhaps to point out God is greater and to say she was crushed in her life...

... is really asking what it was like to be in Jericho as the walls fell.

Psalm 89 

I will sing of the steadfast love of the Lord, forever;
with my mouth I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.
2 For I said, “Steadfast love will be built up forever;
in the heavens you will establish your faithfulness.”
3 You have said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one;
I have sworn to David my servant:
4 ‘I will establish your offspring forever,
and build your throne for all generations.’” Selah

5 Let the heavens praise your wonders, O Lord,
your faithfulness in the assembly of the holy ones!
6 For who in the skies can be compared to the Lord?
Who among the heavenly beings is like the Lord,
7 a God greatly to be feared in the council of the holy ones,
and awesome above all who are around him?
8 O Lord God of hosts,
who is mighty as you are, O Lord,
with your faithfulness all around you?
9 You rule the raging of the sea;
when its waves rise, you still them.
10 You crushed Rahab like a carcass;
you scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.

Rahab is explained more carefully in Joshua 6.  God has moved Rahab's life along like Job.

Job 9:10-19

10 who does great things beyond searching out,
and marvelous things beyond number.
11 Behold, he passes by me, and I see him not;
he moves on, but I do not perceive him.
12 Behold, he snatches away; who can turn him back?
Who will say to him, ‘What are you doing?’ 

13 “God will not turn back his anger;
beneath him bowed the helpers of Rahab.
14 How then can I answer him,
choosing my words with him?
15 Though I am in the right, I cannot answer him;
I must appeal for mercy to my accuser
16 If I summoned him and he answered me,
I would not believe that he was listening to my voice.
17 For he crushes me with a tempest
and multiplies my wounds without cause;
18 he will not let me get my breath,
but fills me with bitterness.
19 If it is a contest of strength, behold, he is mighty!

We have now heard what the people experienced at the wall of Jericho.

Rahab might have failed to perceive God.
Except God was giving her life direction and motivation to want to work God's plan for her life and it fit into His Plan. Who were the helpers of Rahab who made God so angry? Perhaps it is the clientele. God wouldn't have been angry with the two men from Joshua. We see in the passage, Rahab stood over the hidden men of God hidden under the flax of her roof.


Hebrews 11:6
And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe He exists and that He rewards those who seek Him
Rahab's actions were that of Joshua. Being brave and courageous. Rahab appears in the second chapter of Joshua. Joshua has just been commissioned by God to do HIS work


To hear the Lord God's Voice. To live His Word. To be in Jericho.

Joshua 1:7-8
Only be strong and very courageous, being careful to do according to all the law that Moses my servant commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success wherever you go. 8 This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.

Perhaps. Perhaps because Rahab is listed in Matthew 1:4-6...........

and Ram the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon, 5 and Salmon the father of Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse, 6 and Jesse the father of David the king.

And David was the father of Solomon by the wife of Uriah

..........we can say Rahab was one of the people who longed to see Jesus and hear Jesus.

Matthew 13:17
For truly, I say to you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.


Jesus once spoke and all the guards fell back.

We are telling God's story. We can draw from Job, Joshua, Solomon, Solomon's advisors, David, Rahab, Isaiah and we are telling of flawed people. Doing what they can. Abiding in God, seeing like Paul.

...Philippians 2:19-24 ~ how it will go with me, and I trust in the Lord.


Blessed are the people who know the festal shout,
who walk, O Lord, in the light of your face,
16 who exult in your name all the day
and in your righteousness are exalted.
17 For you are the glory of their strength;
by your favor our horn is exalted.
18 For our shield belongs to the Lord,
our king to the Holy One of Israel. 

You have to be what God wants you to be. Believing what He wants is important. Teaching those around you with genuine care. Being flawed, but going forward in the LIGHT.

Give justice with mercy. Walk humbly with the LORD.



Abba Father,

Jesus has taught us Matthew 4:4
4 Jesus answered, ‘It is written,
“One does not live by bread alone,
but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.”’

God has a Plan. He calls that Plan - The Book of Life.

And HE Sanctifies that Plan with a Name. - Jesus - The Lord of Lords. King of Kings. Creator of all things.

And HE Seals His Plan - with the Holy Spirit of God.

And this is where we pray to stay. And for those we love and He has given us.
In the Name of Jesus let this Love continue to fill the Nation trusting in God.
To fill the Children of His Good Creation on His Works He calls Good.
Filling the earth with His Good Plan and Holy Spirit to bring more Heaven to Earth.

In the Name of Jesus. The Highest Name of Jesus. Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †

Jeremiah 32:6-15 ~ last for a long time

The Book of Daniel and

Babylon by Frantisek Kupka

Also The Book of Esther.

Sir Lawrence Alma Tadema

Both of these books of the Bible are almost Historically Book Ends. Both are the result of the Second Exodus of Judah. Daniel is a slave and Esther is the remnant of Jews remaining because life in the Babylonian Chaldean Empire was pleasing. Their lives are fruited by the explanations of the Prophet Jeremiah.

Easy to remember as Book Ends. Daniel had one amazing miracle of God after the other. We find looking at the history of Nebuchadnezzar II - Nebuchadnezzar does duck out and arrive later. The Greek historian Herodotus tells of the daughter's accomplishments when the major History jumps past Nitocris.  Nitocris really was an interlude sovereign. Daniel is like the Exodus - the first one - the Acts of God are just too incredible to believe. And yet the History Channel has done aerials of the Exodus can be glimpsed as Plagues happened as in Exodus and in the Ipuwer Papyrus.

And then as you consider Esther:

Sir Lawrence Alma Tadema

Esther is like the song "Everlasting Light" by the Black Keys. This woman is living in a material world. Forced to be a material girl. She is finding God in the ordinary. The day to day life where God tells us He will nor forsake us.

God has left footprints for us to see.

We find Esther's husband's tomb and history are examined in depth. Her own tomb has been a visitation site for well past a millennium - her's might be a memory celebrated - but her husband's tomb is a cross and is almost an archaeological wonder. In fact, King Xerxes I of Persia is more warm and human in the actions and thinking of being a thrown over husband. He's warm, human and believable.  The Scriptures are real.

And speaking of believable, nothing in The Book of Esther is Supernatural or hard to believe. This Book of the Bible asks faith actions in difficult - lose your life - times. There is Daniel - Prophetic Man of God. And Esther - stuck in a harem - girl meets world - act with faith - completely different book ends. Both in conquering nations.

As different as Alpha from Omega. And exactly the same God, Jesus expecting Messiah God and Holy Spirit.

So - if you held up your poker hand and you have:

Jeremiah
Esther
Simeon
and the Disciple John - what do you have?


Ok, this is the line up:
Jeremiah - Very, very very Acts of God Supernatural
Esther - acts of God accomplished from nothing supernatural
Simeon - goes to the Temple this particular day in complete expectation of an Act of God of world-wide historical consequence.
John - enjoys spending time with His Father God.


Jeremiah - God wants us to know how far He has not forsaken us - God tells Jeremiah He will make good on His Promise Jeremiah is going to survive the utter annihilation of Judah. God even cares where Jeremiah will live.


Jeremiah 32:6-15

6 Jeremiah said, “The word of the Lord came to me: 7 Behold, Hanamel the son of Shallum your uncle will come to you and say, ‘Buy my field that is at Anathoth, for the right of redemption by purchase is yours.’ 8 Then Hanamel my cousin came to me in the court of the guard, in accordance with the word of the Lord, and said to me, ‘Buy my field that is at Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, for the right of possession and redemption is yours; buy it for yourself.’ Then I knew that this was the word of the Lord.

9 “And I bought the field at Anathoth from Hanamel my cousin, and weighed out the money to him, seventeen shekels of silver. 10 I signed the deed, sealed it, got witnesses, and weighed the money on scales. 11 Then I took the sealed deed of purchase, containing the terms and conditions and the open copy. 12 And I gave the deed of purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah son of Mahseiah, in the presence of Hanamel my cousin, in the presence of the witnesses who signed the deed of purchase, and in the presence of all the Judeans who were sitting in the court of the guard. 13 I charged Baruch in their presence, saying, 14 ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Take these deeds, both this sealed deed of purchase and this open deed, and put them in an earthenware vessel, that they may last for a long time. 15 For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Houses and fields and vineyards shall again be bought in this land.’

Housed in the Museum of Israel

Simeon knew a great wonder of God. Being led in the Holy Spirit in him.

Luke 2

27 And he came in the Spirit into the temple; and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to carry out for Him the custom of the Law, 28 then he took Him into his arms, and blessed God, and said,

29 “Now Lord, You are releasing Your bond-servant to depart in peace,
According to Your word;

30 For my eyes have seen Your salvation,

31 Which You have prepared in the presence of all peoples,

32 A Light of Revelation to the Gentiles,
And the glory of Your people Israel.”



And John - the amazing living journey into The Kingdom of God

Revelation 1

10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day

John was merely enjoying prayer time with His Father and suddenly John went from being at home, to hearing God and then seeing the Kingdom of God and then seeing Jesus Himself.




Abba, Father,

Given all that You have put in my hand, I'd never gamble that God is not present and able.

I would instead encourage all the people I love and You have given me to pray, "Jesus Christ, I believe You are God. I believe in the wonders of the Holy Spirit, I invite You to live in me and have the eyes of my heart opened to all the Glory of God surrounding me every day."

Live in us Father God. Increase the Holy Spirit bringing more Heaven to this earth.

We give You Great Thanks for all your Way, Truth and Life.

And we will know Jesus, Your Mercy, Love, Joy and Peace

Amen and amen to be covered in Jesus. Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †

Luke 9:10-22 ~ He welcomed them and spoke to them of the kingdom of God and cured those who had need of healing.

Light the Path
A Life Worth Living

Luke 9:10-22

10 On their return the apostles told him all that they had done. And he took them and withdrew apart to a town called Bethsaida.

11 When the crowds learned it, they followed him, and he welcomed them and spoke to them of the kingdom of God and cured those who had need of healing.

12 Now the day began to wear away, and the twelve came and said to him, “Send the crowd away to go into the surrounding villages and countryside to find lodging and get provisions, for we are here in a desolate place.”
13 But he said to them, “You give them something to eat.”

They said, “We have no more than five loaves and two fish—unless we are to go and buy food for all these people.”




1 4 For there were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, “Have them sit down in groups of about fifty each.”

15 And they did so, and had them all sit down. 16 And taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven and said a blessing over them. Then he broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples to set before the crowd. 17 And they all ate and were satisfied. And what was left over was picked up, twelve baskets of broken pieces.


18 Now it happened that as he was praying alone, the disciples were with him. And he asked them, “Who do the crowds say that I am?”

19 And they answered, “John the Baptist. But others say, Elijah, and others, that one of the prophets of old has risen.”

20 Then he said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”

And Peter answered, “The Christ of God.”


21 And he strictly charged and commanded them to tell this to no one, 22
saying,
“The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised.”

If we wanted to tour Bethsaida -

Lost - Jesus told us Bethsaida would  be lost. And truly people are only guessing where Bethsaida is today. Unknown if it's the Sea of Galilee or the River Jordan.

Informed - Jesus knows what is about to happen. The Book of Life is no mystery to Jesus Christ, Son of God, Messiah. Savior of the world.

In the Journey of being on God's Plan -

We know Abraham was said to be raised as his belief in God allowed him to be righteous - a friend of God.

Jesus was more informed as the exact Nature of God Himself.

John 10:18 
No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from my Father.




Jesus set out to feed the lost city of Bethsaida. And Jesus told us Bethsaida was lost. Just like so many of us wake up and say, "Well, it's Tuesday." We don't know if Tuesday will be awesome or ordinary. But Tuesday looks like this Tuesday or last Tuesday - is this meaningful? And what do we have to look forward to when we are decades down the road on Tuesdays?


Are we going to Nursing Homes? Live Blessed going forward? Will our kids come out of High School and College and we are proud to have done the work?

Will our spouse be healthy? What about our friends, will they live here? Will they be healthy? I can tell you - no one is normal. We have anxiety, we have self-centeredness. We have pride. We have failure and unhappiness. We have pushy behavior to make sure we are first until alone. We run into illnesses making Bankruptcy from illness the leading cause. Heck we even have Lightning and Bird Flu.

Tuesdays are going to be fine. Life has Hell and High Water and boredom.

And Jesus went to the lost city of Bethsaida to feed the multitudes becoming millenniums. The Promises of God are this - God has a plan and we have the ability every day to add to His Plan. The Prayers of a Righteous man availeth much. When Abraham decided to rise up to believe God - God listened and moved His Heart and plans for Abraham.

Jesus knows God much better. Jesus believes when we pray and give God our heart - He is going to make the Path much more interesting. Much harsher, if He needs to. Much more enriching. To examine Love and pursue Joy and Peace. Jesus says has the Kingdom (He set out to Gift to Father God), Thee Power and The Glory. Jesus says the words are "Thy Will Be Done."

On earth as it is in Heaven.
That's an AMAZING addendum.

Jesus has given so much fully knowing what is required.

Abba, our Father,

For behold, the winter is past, The rain is over and gone. The flowers have already appeared in the land; The time has arrived for pruning the vines, And the voice of the turtledove has been heard in our land.

You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.

Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in every way. The Lord be with you all.

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.

Let us seek peace and pursue it.

In peace I will both lie down and sleep; for you alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety.

Putting all of our cares upon the Lord Jesus Christ, for He makes our burdens light. We find rest for our soul.

Giving thanks for my son who helped the air conditioning work in Texas in July. Allleluuuuia!!! With a July Birthday. Resting all our people, all our beloved all of our cares in the Steadfast, reliable, determined, goodness and Love of Jesus. Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves!  †

Revelation 1:9-18 ~ He laid His Right Hand on me

Revelation 1:9-18

I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation and the kingdom and the patient endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos on account of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. 10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet 11 saying, “Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven churches, to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea.”

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, and I have the keys of Death and Hades.




The Bard is said to be the basis of every story ever written. I'm ... not so sure. John 21 tells us Jesus is really the Cornerstone. The Rock. The Foundation.


Because the History of Papyrus like 46 - we know Paul was writing while the Temple was still in operation. Before the sack of Jerusalem in 70 A.D.

We can surmise John had last seen Jesus about 63 years earlier based upon his exile and the Emperor who exiled John to Patmos.

At some point in the later decades of life - we decide something important. We decide we have lived a life worth living. And in having this gratitude - we blaze a candle held for the Path of Jesus for ourselves, friends, loved ones, family and people yet unborn.


"Peggy Sue Got Married"  1986 explores a middle aged woman in the Hospital in the middle of a divorce. Peggy Sue has the opportunity to re-live her past - to seemingly decide - if she would change her life completely and utterly from the start of her adult years out of High School. Asking the question - was this a life worth living.

A movie of profound ideas of infinite hope and love. Love prevails. Surely a message of God Himself.

Setting the Scene ~
We find Peggy Sue - a married woman of about 20 years is discovering she is back in High School visiting places gone and people departed. In perplexity - awe and wonder - suddenly - the Phone rings - her daughter Beth's namesake is on the phone.

We find Peggy Sue's Mother gives us the immortal lines of Youth Group Leaders everywhere. As well as reminding us to do the right thing every day.


Exploring Life worth living!


And off Peggy Sue goes to see the dearly beloved.

The Journey...




And we have arrived at Revelation 1!!!

Complete with Herod's thoughts on John the Baptist as Jesus in 2:08. So much of life has been considered before.

With a glimpse of what John found in finding Jesus.

Ephesians 1:10
A plan for the fullness of time, to bring all things in heaven and on earth together in Christ.

Ephesians 3:16
I pray that out of the riches of His glory He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being,

Psalm 119:105 

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

Abba Father

The Blessing of God fall on us.

When we rejoice - we are happier.

When trouble in life comes - with You - we overcome.

When we see life multiplied - we Rejoice.


Your blessings fall on us and the ones we love. Upon the people You have given us.
All over our culture, all over our nation.
Soak is with the Steadfast Love of Jesus and the Holy Spirit.

Worldwide we pray this and have the joy of thinking as we go to sleep -
Our Father God - You - cover the planet with the prayers of the believing hearts.

For the prayers we hold to us so closely. For the prayers of good health.

To know ech day - we have opportunity - to have meaningful life - building our soul - to You.

In Jesus Christ. We Love Jesus and Bless Him. Thanking You for our Blessings and asking You to
uphold and heal our concerns.

We abundantly lift up Napa County for healing and rain.

Jesus is Willing. Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves †

Psalm 130 ~ Hope in the Lord!

Psalm 130

A Song of Ascents.


Out of the depths 
I cry to you, O Lord!

2 O Lord, hear my voice!
Let your ears be attentive
to the voice of my pleas for mercy!

3 If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities,
O Lord, who could stand?
4 But with you there is forgiveness,
that you may be feared.

5 I wait for the Lord, my soul waits,
and in his word I hope;
6 my soul waits for the Lord
more than watchmen for the morning,
more than watchmen for the morning.

7 O Israel, hope in the Lord!
For with the Lord there is steadfast love,
and with him is plentiful redemption.
8 And he will redeem Israel
from all his iniquities.

We were so blessed to have a light shower and hear thunder again today in Texas. Although the display was not of Heaven, surely this is splendid and spectacular to know the Creator of Lightning and Beauty enjoys His Creation.


Revelation 4

5 From the throne came flashes of lightning, and rumblings, and rolls of thunder. Before the throne burned seven torches of fire. This is the sevenfold Spirit of God. 6 And before the throne was something like a sea of glass, as clear as crystal in the center and around the throne







Our elderly dog was having back and leg pain and this led us down to the pond - swimming the pond bringing relief and joy to life.

Reading Matthew Henry really is a warm place to be. The refrain of his good life seeing good - is a joy. The Peace and the Love he brought to life around him.

I've always felt Psalm 130 is one of the best places to be. The Power, the Glory, the Mercy of God. His Mercy Billows. Enfolds. Entwines with life. Abundant Life.


And, really frankly, the photos are not all that of Heaven, however - taking what is a regular day and finding God in the day - is the place to be. Alexander came home from hiking Colorado today - adding blessing to the day. To see your grown son when the vacation has finished - is truly blessing. We went to the art museum with a favorite friend and professor of Alexander's and we looked at all of the Impressionism. My son loves art and isn't a huge fan of Impressionism.

We loved looking at the paintings and finding the skin of the new baby differs from the radiance of the toddler and the young mother. Impressionism - why does the tree have purple in the bark? The color is there = to find and just to be studied to find the Blessing. Like an Easter Egg Hunt.

Taking the message of God and applying His Words to our day - and finding His Promises and Blessings.

Finding to walk the poor dog - Jackson hurting - seeing his pleasure to be taken from the yard and the house - seeing a wider pond - the joy to move freely - to be free. To run run run after a flyaway duck. The pleasure of deciding on his own to splash and swim swim swim to the other side without boundary or leash.

In the dog's open adventure - he is young and free. Happy. Seeing the water make circles on the pond for a coming shower - hearing the deep rumble of thunder and the changing of the light. Was an adventure I'm so happy to have. Back into the house - with a happy, happy dog. The ordinary is the Gift of God.

Abba, Father God,

Philippians 4:8

8 Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.

As surely as the Heavenly Host appeared to sing to the Shepherds abiding in the fields,
just as the Holy Spirit did abide upon the waters of Creation,

We have the evening call of tree frogs, cicadas, baby Cardinal songbirds. The serenade of summer.

The echoes of thunder, God of Wonders - in Texas Summer.

Deep calls to Deep.

We are blessed. We are very grateful.

To be in Jesus.

Taking all of the day and letting our Father God of All

Carry us all in the Holy Spirit

Our Father God is God of All and God of the Heavenly Hosts

All Healing, All Hope is in Jesus

 Amen, Amen and Amen

♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †

Matthew 19:24-26 ~ easier

The Lord saw fit to provide us with lightning! August in Texas. 

Matthew 19:24-26

"Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God." 23 And Jesus said to his disciples, “Truly, I say to you, only with difficulty will a rich person enter the kingdom of heaven. 24 Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.” 

25 When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished, saying, “Who then can be saved?”

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



 Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow.



Today we are going to follow this Incredible Change with some pop culture.

"MIB" K said, "A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals, and you know it! 1,500 years ago, everybody knew that the Earth was the center of the universe. 500 years ago, everybody knew that the Earth was flat. And 15 minutes ago, you knew that humans were alone on this planet. Imagine what you'll know tomorrow."







We aren't salmon, we are meant to be unique with unique opinions. 

We tend to go down our schedules the same way. With hardly a second glance.



Deep thunder when you are on the patio or near the window - will move something even in your chest. Making you realize the God we take as caring and listening is really God.


Psalm 42:6-7

Deep calls to deep
at the roar of your waterfalls;
all your breakers and your waves
have gone over me.
8 By day the Lord commands his steadfast love,
and at night his song is with me,
a prayer to the God of my life.


I am profoundly grateful for God of All Things,
who forms us and names us all,
takes His time to create
ordinary events - when we look for the answer
as God Himself - we have profound change in us.









Father God, 

We pray for an increase in the Holy Spirit. A rising up of God's Love.  We love this Nation and ask for God to bless us, please.

The ability to put anger down. To let compassion exist without need for gain or immediate gratification. An idea God does prevail.

Our Daily prayers, being alive with curiosity to find what God is doing with Prayer.

In Jesus Christ, we make our request. Amen in Jesus. And in Jesus we are covered!

♔ Lord Jesus Saves!  †

Luke 2 ~ Registered

Luke 2

2 In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. 2 This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor of Syria. 3 And all went to be registered, each to his own town. 4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, 5 to be registered with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child. 6 And while they were there, the time came for her to give birth. 7 And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.


8 And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. 9 And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with great fear. 10 And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. 11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. 12 And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.” 13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying,

14 “Glory to God in the highest,
and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!”

15 When the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.” 16 And they went with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying in a manger. 17 And when they saw it, they made known the saying that had been told them concerning this child. 18 And all who heard it wondered at what the shepherds told them. 19 But Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart. 20 And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them.

21 And at the end of eight days, when he was circumcised, he was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

22 And when the time came for their purification according to the Law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord 23 (as it is written in the Law of the Lord, “Every male who first opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord”) 24 and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in the Law of the Lord, “a pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.” 25 Now there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and this man was righteous and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. 26 And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ. 27 And he came in the Spirit into the temple, and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him according to the custom of the Law, 28 he took him up in his arms and blessed God and said,

29 “Lord, now you are letting your servant depart in peace,
according to your word;
30 for my eyes have seen your salvation
31 that you have prepared in the presence of all peoples,
32 a light for revelation to the Gentiles,
and for glory to your people Israel.”

33 And his father and his mother marveled at what was said about him. 34 And Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, “Behold, this child is appointed for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign that is opposed 35 (and a sword will pierce through your own soul also), so that thoughts from many hearts may be revealed.”

36 And there was a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was advanced in years, having lived with her husband seven years from when she was a virgin, 37 and then as a widow until she was eighty-four. She did not depart from the temple, worshiping with fasting and prayer night and day. 38 And coming up at that very hour she began to give thanks to God and to speak of him to all who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.

39 And when they had performed everything according to the Law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth. 40 And the child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom. And the favor of God was upon him.

41 Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the Feast of the Passover. 42 And when he was twelve years old, they went up according to custom. 43 And when the feast was ended, as they were returning, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. His parents did not know it, 44 but supposing him to be in the group they went a day's journey, but then they began to search for him among their relatives and acquaintances, 45 and when they did not find him, they returned to Jerusalem, searching for him. 46 After three days they found him in the temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. 47 And all who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers. 48 And when his parents saw him, they were astonished. And his mother said to him, “Son, why have you treated us so? Behold, your father and I have been searching for you in great distress.” 49 And he said to them, “Why were you looking for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father's house?” 50 And they did not understand the saying that he spoke to them. 51 And he went down with them and came to Nazareth and was submissive to them. 

And his mother treasured up all these things in her heart.

52 And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature and in favor with God and man.

So we'd say Christmas is a fond thing. It's not.


The fact of Jesus Christ's Birth is that of Life. The Determination Life is good.


And if we thought Christmas was a fond thing - what of Peter Pan? Peter Pan was so enjoyed because many women had lost young children prior to antibiotics. The thought of a place for children.  Let's not put the Birth of Christ into a comfortable fable.

I was asked once if I thought Father God celebrates Christmas in Heaven. For anyone who has lost a child - the years of joy and expectation are remembered with far more Joy. Yes, I firmly believe in the Joy of the Life of Jesus Christ. And believe the beginning of God's Son is of profound interest to God.

The process was so far from happy - God provided many, many people to show Mary and Joseph and all of Israel signs of God never to be forgotten.




And in fact, the signs of God were questioned as time went by. Mary set out to bring Jesus home on several occasions.

We want to believe God works in comfortable ways.

This is probably why 9 lepers did not return to give thanks. God could be just a thanked from the head experience. Dislodged to comfortable.



And what God has said is
it is
WORK to believe God.


Who would attend to this Celebration of God's:

Isaiah 45

The Holy One of Israel, and the one who formed him:
“Ask me of things to come;
will you command me concerning my children and the work of my hands?
12 I made the earth
and created man on it;
it was my hands that stretched out the heavens,
and I commanded all their host.
13 I have stirred him up in righteousness,
and I will make all his ways level;
he shall build my city
and set my exiles free,
not for price or reward,”
says the Lord of hosts.


Jeremiah 33:22

As the host of heaven cannot be numbered and the sands of the sea cannot be measured, so I will multiply the offspring of David my servant, and the Levitical priests who minister to me.


Nehemiah 9:6

“You are the Lord, you alone. You have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them; and you preserve all of them; and the host of heaven worships you."





Abba, Father God,

Keep us on your Path and Plan. Encourage and Strengthen us. Lead us in to be filled by You to do Your Great Works You have Planned for us to walk in.

Love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.

We ask for this for ourselves, our loved ones, the people You have given us.


Help us to see - the extreme gratitude to see the people You have given us - today. To celebrate the blessings in our lives.

In Jesus Christ. Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †

Psalm 106:1-18 ~ The Lord, for He is good

Psalm 106:1-18

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

2 Who can utter the mighty deeds of the Lord,
or declare all his praise?
3 Blessed are they who observe justice,
who do righteousness at all times!


4 Remember me, O Lord, when you show favor to your people;
help me when you save them,
5 that I may look upon the prosperity of your chosen ones,
that I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation,
that I may glory with your inheritance.


6 Both we and our fathers have sinned;
we have committed iniquity; we have done wickedness.

7 Our fathers, when they were in Egypt,
did not consider your wondrous works;
they did not remember the abundance of your steadfast love,
but rebelled by the sea, at the Red Sea.

8 Yet he saved them for his name's sake,
that he might make known his mighty power.

9 He rebuked the Red Sea, and it became dry,
and he led them through the deep as through a desert.

10 So he saved them from the hand of the foe
and redeemed them from the power of the enemy.

11 And the waters covered their adversaries;
not one of them was left.

12 Then they believed his words;
they sang his praise.
13 But they soon forgot his works;
they did not wait for his counsel.

14 But they had a wanton craving in the wilderness,
and put God to the test in the desert;
15 he gave them what they asked,
but sent a wasting disease among them.
16 When men in the camp were jealous of Moses
and Aaron, the holy one of the Lord,
17 the earth opened and swallowed up Dathan,
and covered the company of Abiram.

18 Fire also broke out in their company;
the flame burned up the wicked.


400,000 British men, near the French, were on the beach of Dunkirk and about to be killed.

A few German planes were sent out to sink every ship. Red Cross ship or not.

The British Government asked for Light Civilian Boats to rescue 400,000 men. The Battleships were being easily sunk. The Harbor was a disaster for loading men.

The Dunkirk evacuation, code-named Operation Dynamo, also the Miracle of Dunkirk - the evacuation of Allied soldiers from the beaches and harbor of Dunkirk, north of France, between 26 May and 4 June 1940, during World War II. 330,000 were saved after being sitting, starving ducks on a beach from May 26th to June 4th.





The Book of Daniel tells us we are surrounded. Just as the Dunkirk Beach. The war begins within - then, opinions are fortified and held down. Good is cast down and packaged as a new good. Accept the new 'good'. As the spiritual war builds and seems to lose ground, this becomes visible. The physical war takes place.




War is a program.
Put on a uniform.
Know your side.
Know your job.
Know your weapon.
Know to kill.
Evil isn't creative.


The Work of God is much less planned and much more Creative.

Victory.
Victory is when Good must be sustained.
Evil is sought to be eradicated.
When life may be tossed away to benefit Good.
Danger is put behind, because Good must not die.
Victory is messy. And is not safe.

Victory has a conclusion. Good is upheld.

The ships have motors but also sails - looking like a Cross.

“Safe?” said Mr. Beaver; “don’t you hear what Mrs. Beaver tells you? Who said anything about safe?

‘Course he isn’t safe. But he’s good. He’s the King, I tell you.”
― C.S. Lewis

“Courage, dear heart.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

“I have come," said a deep voice behind them. They turned and saw the Lion himself, so bright and real and strong that everything else began at once to look pale and shadowy compared with him.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Silver Chair

“Wrong will be right, when Aslan comes in sight,
At the sound of his roar, sorrows will be no more,
When he bares his teeth, winter meets its death,
And when he shakes his mane, we shall have spring again.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

Abba Father,

We need Jesus and we need the Holy Spirit to live in us to give us faith, hope and Love.
We need Your Blessings every day, every breath. Your Word upholds Life. For all we love and for all You have given us.

Please, Father, dwell in us and those we love, we invite You.

For you, brothers, do not grow weary in doing good.


NOW, may the Lord of Peace, Himself,
give you peace
at all times
in every way.

The Lord be with you all.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.

Romans 3:10
There is no one righteous, not even one

Luke 18:19
Why do you call Me good? Jesus replied. “No one is good except God alone.


Jesus is God and we need Jesus. Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †