1 Chronicles 4:9-10 ~ God granted

1 Chronicles 4:9-10

9 Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. 

And his mother called his name Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in pain.”

 10 Jabez called upon the God of Israel, saying, “Oh that you would bless me and enlarge my border, and that your hand might be with me, and that you would keep me from harm so that it might not bring me pain!”

And God granted what he asked.

Exodus 13:14

And it shall be when your son asks you in time to come, saying, ‘What is this?’ then you shall say to him, ‘With a powerful hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt, from the house of slavery."

Jabez. We are familiar. This was a huge prayer of all the Church in the 1990s. Oddly, we were all dressed in black, like the movie the "Matrix" at the time. Isn't it a dichotomy of light and dark? And going with this thought, 1 Chronicles 4 is about listing family. Jabez is listed by God Himself as a descendant of Judah. The Tribe of Jesus and David.

I'd place bets, this is similar to God's Book of Life. A glimpse of Heaven.

We would all like to know how God would be moved to answer this Blessing!

And there is something to say about this Blessing.
As Father God removed part of this life Jesus said will have troubles; For Jabez - there was no more journey, or adventure or anything worth writing about. We know Jabez isn't permanently marked as being in cemetery as dead forever, yet there is no more to the story. These few verses have a finality.

Most of our ideas, thoughts and dreams come from what we have witnessed in others.
The Bible teaches us in relationship how life Progresses. We are built to love and care for others. To have the Light of Jesus Christ making Light and Life.






This is Most Certainly, not, a Jabez Portion of Life.
When the decades progress, what will you tell of this time? What is the story of, the glory of - Love? It's not a Jabez Season. You might want to think about Your Story for the Generation Yet Unborn.

Jeremiah suffered many seasons of some pretty terrible life.

Jeremiah 33:1-4

While Jeremiah was still locked up in the courtyard of the guards,
the message from the Lord came to him a second time:
“The Lord made the earth, and he keeps it safe. The Lord is his name.

He says, 
 ‘Judah, pray to me, and I will answer you. I will tell you important secrets. You have never heard these things before.’ 4 The Lord is the God of Israel.

How did Jeremiah survive even before God's Word arrived? He believed.

Jeremiah 1

6 Then I said, “Ah, Lord God! Behold, I do not know how to speak, for I am only a youth.” 7 But the Lord said to me,

“Do not say, ‘I am only a youth’;
for to all to whom I send you, you shall go,
and whatever I command you, you shall speak.
8 Do not be afraid of them,
for I am with you to deliver you,
declares the Lord.”

18 And I, behold, I make you this day a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls, against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests, and the people of the land. 19 They will fight against you, but they shall not prevail against you, for I am with you, declares the Lord, to deliver you.”

We sometimes wonder about Jeremiah.

What became of him? History tells us the captives of Nebuchadnezzar II, in Babylon, received many letters from Jeremiah encouraging them and they drew profound strength from the Word of God in the Holy Spirit in Jeremiah.

God's Word never goes unfilled. Jeremiah had God's Promise.

What of Jabez? Anything, anything at all?


Romans 12. Jesus fulfills every dot and iota.

Holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.

2 Do not
be conformed to this world,
but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.

Then you will be able to discern what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.
For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but think of yourself with sober judgment, according to the measure of faith God has given you.

Jabez has lived with the waters of trouble pulled from him. Pain is removed. God's Word tells us Jabez is filled.

Wouldn't we see:

Not conforming to the world.
Transformation and renewal of the mind.

Discerning goodness, pleasing God and seeking Him first to find His Perfect Will.
Some humility. Knowing what is what.
Sober Judgement.
And a measure of faith God has given as a gift.

The Tree of Jabez is registered from Bethlehem going forth:

God's Word helps us:

1 Chronicles 2:54-55

54 The descendants of Salma:

Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth Beth Joab, half the Manahathites, the Zorites,
55 and the clans of scribes who lived at Jabez:
the Tirathites, Shimeathites and Sucathites.

These are the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the Rekabites.

A generation unborn goes forth!

Micah 5:2
But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel, whose coming forth is from of old, from ancient days.

Ruth 1:19
Naomi and Ruth Return 
So the two of them went on until they came to Bethlehem. And when they came to Bethlehem, the whole town was stirred because of them.

Ruth 2:4
And behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem. And he said to the reapers, “The Lord be with you!” And they answered, “The Lord bless you.”

Luke 2
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.

1 Chronicles 4:1
The sons of Judah!

From 1200 B.C. to 2020 A.D. God is still working.

This is the Season of Jabez. With God's help we Overcome.

John 20:17-18

Go to my brothers and say to them,

‘I am ascending 

to my Father and your Father, 

to my God and your God.’”

18 Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord”

Abba, Holy Father,

Give us Your Willing Blessings this day and always. Please Teach us to see and know gratitude for Your Blessings.

In Jesus Christ we ask, Your Light to give us this wisdom:

Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good.

Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor.

Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord.

Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.

Contribute to the needs of the saints and seek to show hospitality.

Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them.

Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.

Live in harmony with one another. Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly. Never be wise in your own sight.

Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all.

If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all.

Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.” 20 To the contrary, “if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals on his head.”

Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

In Jesus Christ, we find our Righteousness. 

Grant us the ability to do the Plans of God willingly every day. To please You and on Your path to be given Wisdom, Encouragement, Renewed Hope, Courage, Joy, Compassion. To draw from Your Strength, to go far in Jesus Christ and finish well.

We believe we live seeing Heaven upon earth. 

For His Good will to provide for us. 

To Live to Seek God First and Live having Love, Peace and Joy.

Uphold those we Love. We Trust You.

We ask for the virus to end and Joy in Recovery. 

We pray for Your Word to be Spoken. We pray for a vaccine.

God Himself Bless, Sustain, Comfort
President Donald Trump,
Vice President Pence,
Governor Abbott and these 50 United States Governors.

The Administration Coronavirus Response Team

and
The Willing Blessing of Jesus Christ, Amen.

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1 John 3:1-10 ~ called, therefore, Children of God

1 John 3:1-10

 See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him. 

2 Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is. 

3 And everyone who thus hopes in Him purifies himself as he is pure.

4 Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness. 5 You know that he appeared in order to take away sins, and in him there is no sin. 6 No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; no one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him. 

7 Little children, let no one deceive you. Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous. 8 Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. 

The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil. 

9 No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God's seed abides in him; and he cannot keep on sinning, because he has been born of God. 10 By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother.


This overload of data, on the information highway, during Covid 19 makes these Verses just perfect.

We want to know why. We want to understand "Acts of God" and who is responsible.

Let's begin with finding what is pure. God. Interweaving all things for Good.




On January 17, 2020, the Chinese Government contacted the AP Wire and Governments releasing information on Covid 19, Hydroxychloroquine, used to prevent or treat malaria caused by mosquitoes, was proving to beneficial. And being placed upon the patient's stomach, appeared to remove pressure from the heart, increasing survival.

Very apparently, China did not want the people of the world to suffer and die. Bird Flu and Swine Flu reportedly were generated in the food markets of China, and the diseases did not run terribly amok. After initial fears.

Our Family has spent weeks in China near the Great Wall and have found, even today, the great harm of Mao's food experimentation.

We are a farming family and these topics are of interest to us. Mao tried different experiments desperately wanting to grow crops in the dead of winter, hence "Winter Wheat." These were never successful.  Mao was trying to provide food for a highly populated nation, farming with Oxen, even in the 1990s and early 2000 - in rural parts of China. Mao then decided to kill all the songbirds in China to avoid having even a grain of food taken from the population. Food rewards were given, food coupons were given, and a small amount of money to kill and bring in songbirds. The New Mao Government proudly displayed the mounting annihilation of birds. Today, the Great Wall has months the out-of-bounds insect population overtakes. And this is not a farming area.

Japan is completely familiar with wearing masks.
Due to China burning off old crops. Most of China's crops are grown in Western China, now, consider the distance across China and the ocean to Japan. We probably watched the news, and remember the weeks of masks worn in China - at the eastern coast's Huge Cities. The problem was in the 1980s and 1990s, the top soil was being destroyed. Recently, we heard in the news of the 'invasion' of Chinese Students into, gasp, American Universities. Actually, this is well known to The Department of Agriculture and FDA. Our colleges have been starved of anyone wanting to farm. Agriculture Colleges like Texas A & M, LSU and others wondered if they should remove the Ag Classes. In a humanitarian effort, Chinese students were invited to attend and learn, not only modern equipment, but all information on feeding a Chinese Nation with 1.39 Billion Citizens. The United States, at the time, was concerned with the increasing food requirements straining our own farms.

The Professors of United States Agriculture Colleges found the students sent from China were among the brightest. They were very, very determined and professional to take on feeding the huge Nation of China. We all remember Joseph in the Bible and the extreme concern of the Pharaoh about Famine. In less than ten years, we haven't seen masks used for burning the fields and top soils. And you'd be hard-pressed to find so many Oxen in use after the year 2005. Chinese vegetable and fruit markets have enough to donate to Africa for the last decade.

The USA does send food and various grains to China. And we are, the USA, a population of 350 million people, still the largest producer of grains and crops and are feeding farm animals and people.

But Mao's damage to the ecological balance is still a factor today. We know about these balances in Mad Cow disease. The Chinese people eat vast quantities of soy in tofu for protein. The official diet is tofu. And in this insect imbalance, as seen in Africa this last year in the Locust Plague, like Exodus, food chains affect wild animals. We would probably make the entire world a healthier place if China was interested in Animal Husbandry Curriculum in United States Farming.



Is the Chinese Government liable for Swine Flu, Bird Flu and Covid 19.
It will depend on damages reached and communications. Personally, I'd assume this is a real life learning experience, from gathering some data in the news, but with repeat illnesses, the topic is important and needs to be addressed.

How Dire is the Food Chain in China?
Dire. Infants are raised on breast milk or Formula. In China, when natural products ran out, Nitrogen fertilizer was placed in the Baby Formula and well over - the released information - and more than 1.000 infants perished. The situation continued to embarrass the farmers dealing with The Chinese Communist Party and after they knew the formula was killing infants, the Nitrogen Fertilizer was continued to be placed in formula. No one wanted to admit to each other and the government shortages - exist.


Personally, I'd ask for more participation in Education for the Chinese. As a world community, the need is very apparent. We can always be benevolent enough to teach more farming and animal husbandry, we will never undo a Cold War or a World War III.

Was China going with criminal intent?
Their stock market began to see recovery about the same time ours did and the thought of war or Cold War is driving their stock market down. We might actually be a worldwide community in a situation together.

Abba, our Holy Father,

We pray for Your Help and Willing Blessings to heal the land. We ask for healing on our nation, the nations and our states striving to heal the land. We diligently and earnestly ask You to interweave all things for good and will do this in our lives and in our hopes and in our employment.

The prayers we seek from Your Love and Grace we will provide in our own lives. Pleasing and acceptable in Your sight.

2 Chronicles 6:27
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.

We ask Your Willing Blessings to shower upon Your Creation You have found to be Good.

We know Your Willingness to save all the earth in Jesus Christ. God and Father of All. We ask of You to have mercy upon us as You did after Good Friday. Please provide Hope and Love, for Health, our Families, for our Employment, for the Markets, for the grieving, for the isolation and a belief in the goodness of the future.

Psalm 60:2 A Good Friday Prayer
You have made the land to quake; you have torn it open; repair its breaches, for it totters.

Jeremiah 8
21 For the brokenness of the daughter of my people I am crushed. I mourn; horror has gripped me. 22 Is there no balm in Gilead? Is no physician there? Why then has the health of the daughter of my people not been restored?

Matthew 9:12
On hearing this, Jesus said, "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.

Jesus is the exact Nature of our Father God. Our Father hears our prayers and has Mercy. God our Father is working and so is Jesus. Thank You, Father.

Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow You are God of Love. God of Encouragement. God of Hope. You are our Father, Father to all Prodigals calling You for Your Goodness.

Jeremiah 33:6
"'Nevertheless, I will bring health and healing to it; I will heal my people and will let them enjoy abundant peace and security."

To know Scripture, is to Know the Power of God! Thank GOD!

We are praying for our Meat Processing Workers. 
Not just ours, but those far away as well. We ask You to speak Healing for those doing such brave and necessary work.

We believe we live seeing Heaven upon earth. 

For His Good will to provide for us. 

To Live to Seek God First and Live having Love, Peace and Joy.

Uphold those we Love. We Trust You.

We ask for the virus to end and Joy in Recovery. We pray for Your Word to be Spoken. We pray for a vaccine.

God Himself Bless, Sustain, Comfort
President Donald Trump,
Vice President Pence,
Governor Abbott and these 50 United States Governors.

The Administration Coronavirus Response Team

and
The Willing Blessing of Jesus Christ, Himself, on earth as it is in Heaven.

 Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.

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Titus 3:4-8 ~ goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior

Titus 3:4-8

When the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, 
He saved us, 
not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, 
by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit

The Holy Spirit whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior

And in being justified by his grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life. 

The saying is trustworthy, and I want you to insist on these things, 
so that those who have believed in God may be careful to devote themselves to good works. These things are excellent and profitable for people.


We were living well. Moving fast. Flying here and there. Planning Vacations. Seeing Family. Going out.

And then, we all slowed down to have a crisis.

To find as the days develop, our own learning curve. In Resilience. Our Endurance. Our Hopes. The Daily Work finding and seizing This Day. To encourage, to teach, to be brave. To encourage ourselves. Our Fortitude. Gathering Strength, being a shelter. Providing Safety.

Being honest, dealing with emotions, conquering fleeting emotions. Discovering all the tools in our mind, our tool box. Finding Hope.

Care giving. Care phone calls. Sending masks. Sending supplies. Dampening down drama.





A man I admired, in Heaven, used to say,
 "Always be a kind word. It could be the only kind word someone hears this week."

This is our time to find and provide, prevail, make precedent
for words and deeds
of Mercy.

God might say Love the Lord, by Trusting Him. Love ourselves and be merciful to ourselves, making the mercy we give others close to the amount of mercy we give ourselves.

We wonder, sometimes, when we read a whole Chapter, how to take this in. To delve to the portions our heart is warmed. A Bishop in Fort Worth once told me, focus on God's Love. Jesus has answered His Wrath for us all. God's Word tells us there is a time and a season. We can have introspection and growth. Yet I'm sure we can all recognize this season. This would be:

Isaiah 40

“Comfort, comfort My people,” says your God. “Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her forced labor has been completed; her iniquity has been pardoned. For she has received from the hand of the LORD double for all her sins.”

2 Corinthians 1:4

Jesus comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.

Isaiah 51:12

I, even I, am He who comforts you. Who are you that you fear mortal man, or a son of man who withers like grass?

Be a font of Blessing.

Isaiah 66:13
As a mother comforts her son, so I will comfort you, and you will be consoled over Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 31:10
Hear, O nations, the word of the LORD, and proclaim it in distant coastlands, saying: 
"The One who scattered Israel will gather them and keep them as a shepherd guards his flock.

Zechariah 1:13
So the LORD spoke kind and comforting words to the angel who was speaking with me.

Isaiah 40:26
Lift up your eyes and look to the heavens: Who created all these? 
He who brings out the starry host one by one
and calls forth each of them by name.
Because of his great power and mighty strength, 
not one of them is missing.

Abba, Our Father God,

We ask You give us Your Blessings as we read from Your Comfort.

Blessing Families who used this time to enrich their families.

For Families who were afraid.

For those who were courageous during their illness.

Blessing those who have departed this earth and the emptiness their loved ones have. 

To be filled again in all Your Promises.

For all of us who hope the next season will be met with Bold Favor of You, Our Father God.

We all have a personal miracle to remember with Gratitude as we ask Your Blessings Again.

And the Comfort we feel as we know You hear us!

This Day is Arriving, we hold the Faith.

We believe we live seeing Heaven upon earth. 

For His Good will to provide for us. 

To live to Seek God First and Live having Love, Peace and Joy.

Uphold those we Love. We Trust You.

We ask for the virus to end and Joy in Recovery.

God Himself Bless, Sustain, Comfort
President Donald Trump,
Vice President Pence,
Governor Abbott and these 50 United States Governors.
and the Blessing of Jesus Christ, Himself, on earth as it is in Heaven.

 Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.

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