Mark 16:1-8 ~ they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had been rolled away

Mark 16:1-8

¹ When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so that they might go to anoint Jesus’ body. ² Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they were on their way to the tomb ³ and they asked each other, “Who will roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb?”

⁴ But when they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had been rolled away. ⁵ As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed. 

⁶ “Don’t be alarmed,” he said. “You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him. ⁷ But go, tell his disciples and Peter, ‘He is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you.’” 

⁸ Trembling and bewildered, the women went out and fled from the tomb. They said nothing to anyone, because they were afraid.

 
Jesus had gone on.  The Good News would go forth.

By the Will of God.

For 4 centuries, the fragile papyrus of Scripture would be destroyed. Today, we can go to the store and just purchase a Bible - something many people have died to bring us.

Lives were allowed to be sacrificed,  for many more to hear the saving hope in Jesus' Love.

Because Jesus died for us. And our faith in Him, is so important. We have this list.

 The Roman Colosseum was build by the gold from the destruction of Jerusalem and The Temple of God in 81 A. D.

When Jesus died, Claudius was Emperor of Rome. It was Claudius who imprisoned Paul, the first time. In the remote, far away country of Judea, the name of Jesus Christ and His promises and His Word, created unease for Claudius. Imagine this could occur in the time there were no mass methods of communication. It is historical fact. 16 years after the death of Jesus. Claudius has gone from prominence to being an enigma in history.

Jesus Christ has gone forth.

Claudius – Imprisoned Christians. Reigned 25 -54 AD. Emperor during the death and resurrection of Jesus. Imprisoned Paul, for his first imprisonment, house arrest.

Covid has had a year of upheaval, fear, boredom, worry, anger. We are good and tired of this virus. So much so the vaccine seems to not roll out fast enough with over 350 Million people.

We have had Political Rivalries in the News for a decade. We are tired of all the Daily Damage Reports.

This is a year we have all felt has been dictated to us.

We have the opportunity for a New Year.  New and renewed efforts, hopes and dreams. A change in direction. 

We have One of the Strongest Nations in the world in our best effort available - Prayer. With God on our side, what can't we do? The Word of God describes our prayers move the Hands of God.

Josephus set out to find a new life having been a General for Judea. Josephus changed his place in the world and became the Historian for 3  Roman Emperors. And Josephus records witnessing the Christians for Jesus. Recording Jesus has lived and His followers do not scatter.  This isn't debated historically.  Jewish Roman Josephus is debated if he actually called Jesus Messiah. The first eyewitness isn't debated.

We would have to get out the Roman Emperor chart to find some less known names to find out who Josephus worked for. When his real moment is describing Jesus.

We always have plans, God decides. We don't have to face the future with fear.  Circumstances always change. We put our Future in God's Hands. We put our Trust in Jesus Christ.

And in Unity, this Nation faces a challenge. One Nation of Republicans, Independents and even Democrats have concerns regarding the Vote. National Polls say 80% of Republicans, 26% of independents and 20% of Democrats fear the Vote wasn't counted or checked following the Law of the Legislatures governing the Nation. And this is worthy of our prayers. And this is the time and the season to pray for the Republic to have the Freedom of the Vote.

God tells us He told Ahaz, Father to King Hezekiah just one time His Son would be born to a Virgin. We don't have to badger and pester God like a corrupt Judge (The Word of God tells us we sometimes think of as God Himself). We merely pray and trust God to bring forth His Word and His Will, only one time is needed. God Himself tells us the anger of man, does not bring forth the Righteousness of God.

Jesus faced a Centurion and prayed for the man's servant to be healed. Jesus didn't divide along national or political lines. Jesus Heals us all. We all, reading this Post, want the True Strength of God in our Republic. God is Love and God is, frankly, Beautiful. 

Jesus tells us in faith, even in Pandemic planet year,  we believe the Light of Jesus shines in us all.

Abba, Holy Spirit

To be Blessed to be asked to have more Heaven on earth.

Jesus dwell in us and those we love

and we will see more Heaven on earth 

and be more Heaven on earth.

To seek You first, 

Thanking the President and Trump Administration for all their work.
The First set Vaccinated.

We Pray for the Republic and the Legal Vote.

Governor Abbott and all 50 Governors and Legislatures.

Today, and always, Senator Tim Scott,
Our Nation to heal and be united.

The end of trouble surrounding this Virus.

The Research done on the Vaccine.

For Elliott with God's continued Healing, to avoid this virus and

his loving family praying and helping him and Harby.

We believe Elliott is healed.

We pray the healing of Dee and Wayne and their daughter and son-in-law.

Father, the Truth, the Way and the Life for our ALL our Nation we pray.

We continue to pray for the Safety of All the Nations.

UK and South Africa.

The Mercy of Jesus Christ Upon Us. 

Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †

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Isaiah 27:5-6 ~ shall Blossom

January 6, 2021

Epiphany

Today we heard about the problems of Washington DC.

Boarded up all summer, with plenty of plywood.

Yes, this is true. Yet, also reported was the people who turned up every day to scrub off the graffiti.

And do we see, the Capital is quiet tonight. 

Business is conducted. People feel free to express their opinions. And remember September 26th how many people turned up to pray.

In The Woodlands, Texas outside of Houston, Texas we gathered with about 18 Christian Churches in January 2011. For 30 days, we met to fast, to pray for the area. We heard of the problems people don't typically speak of. I met people in the Foyer of the Church I remembered and encountered a decade later. We touched one another and felt the Heart of God and His Mercy. One of the young men was born completely blind, I witnessed him walk with a cane, this year because part of his vision is there for the first time in his life. He has enough sight to have mobility. I met women who told me of their blessings to have been married and remember their spouse and see a decade later, they have their joy.

Later in 2011, we had a tri-county fire with intense fear. 

Three counties in our area began to burn down starting on Labor Day. We had firefighters from British Columbia, the East Coast. We were the most burning part of all 50 states. All over the counties, we were trying to donate cream and lip balm and loose clothing to the volunteer refuge centers, but the roads and the placing kept changing because fire would cause the people to move quickly. Sometimes fire cut us off from donating. So, the Fire Department began taking donations at every center to help get the goods across the changing fire lines.

What happened to all those Prayers?

And then, oddly, the news began to report almost miraculously the houses didn't burn down. Sadly, Acreage was lost. Abundant Forest Beauty was lost. But every time a fire threatened to consume a house, the firefighters would converge and were amazed to find the wind would change and the house would be left intact without too much of a fire. So many, many, many pictures of buildings with scorch marks and left totally intact.

So many emotions during the fire from all three counties. And it wasn't until it was over, the news reports added up how many families and homes were still intact. The Ones who loved you yesterday, love you today. The Strength of the Holy Spirit.

Father God giving us the True Salvation in Jesus Christ.

The Scripture repeats Victories over and over. Challenges and plain, bad, old troubles. Overcoming

and Victory.

Hang in there with Father God.

Billy Graham used to say, "I've read the last page of the Bible, and it's going to turn out all right." 

Speaking of Billy Graham.  In February 2018, Billy Graham had led this Nation to know Jesus better. To believe the Promises of God. When Billy Graham died in 2018, we had 6 Presidents alive. More than 6 Vice-Presidents alive. Most were retired with their day to plan. More freedom. All had called on Billy Graham to pray with them in difficult times. A few travelled to see Billy Graham, Quite a few wanted him to travel to meet them. And only one of this elaborate list, made the time to go to the Funeral of Billy Graham. The one who had the most difficulties of these Presidents in 2020. Yes, the lone attendee had plenty of items to accomplish on his schedule and wasn't going to forget Billy Graham. President Donald Trump. He also travelled to Rome to meet Pope Francis.  

I'd say those Prayers Saturday, September 26, 2020 have come into the Fullness of God.

Isaiah 27:5-6

5 Or let them lay hold of my protection,

let them make peace with me,

let them make peace with me.”

6 In days to come Jacob shall take root,

Israel shall blossom 

and put forth shoots

and 

fill the whole world with fruit.

1 Timothy 6:18 

They are to do good, to be rich in good works, 

to be generous and ready to share

Isaiah 41:10 

Fear thou not, for I am with thee; be not dismayed, 

for I am thy God; 

I will strengthen thee;

 yea, I will help thee; yea,

I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

Epiphany

Isaiah 60

"Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you. 

See, darkness covers the earth and thick darkness is over the peoples, 

but the LORD rises upon you and his glory appears over you. 

Nations will come to your light, and kings 

to the brightness of your dawn."

John 1:16 
From his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace.

Abba, Father God

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

God of All Comfort

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

 the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, 

He comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace 

as you trust in Him, 

so, you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

We will be encouraged in heart, knit together in love, and filled with the full riches of complete understanding, 

ALL may know the mystery of God, namely Christ, 

 He called you through His gospel, 

we may share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

We ask in the Highest Name of Jesus to abound in the Holy Spirit and see Your wonders flow in us and Dwell.

Jesus into those we Love and the people You have given us.

And in seeking You first, we are blessed

and find more Heaven on earth

and encourage more Heaven in our lives.

Let us be bringers of Your Goodness.

 Dwell in us. Help us in the Framework You've Given. And Bless those we Love. 

Help us to be always pleasing to You.

Bless our Nation with Your Mercy and help. 

Bless our communities, Churches, work places and culture. 

Blessing the earth in Jesus.

Jesus help, Covered in God's Love,

To have our Elections Secure for our Children.

President Donald Trump and his family

Vice President Mike Pence

The Presidential Team

Dr. Anthony Fauci, Dr. Robert Redfield, Dr. Deborah Birx

And their families.

Governor Abbott and all 50 Governors and Legislatures.

Today, and always, Senator Tim Scott,
Our Nation to heal and ALL be united.

The end of trouble surrounding this wretched brain Virus.

Thank You for the Vaccine.

For Elliott with God's continued Healing, to avoid this virus.

Their loving family praying and helping him and Harby.

We believe Elliott will be healed.

We pray for Dee and Wayne and their daughter and son-in-law with Covid. 

Thank You for their strong voices and prayerful hearts.

Father, the Truth, the Way and the Life for our Nation we pray.

We continue to pray for the Safety of All the Nation.

In Your Mercy, let us be pleasing to You. 

Please let our Nation not continue in Integrity for All.

The Mercy of Jesus Christ Upon Us. Amen!

♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †  

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Malachi 3 ~ The Lord paid attention and heard them, and a Book of Remembrance was written before Him of those who feared the Lord and esteemed His Name

Malachi 3

“Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. And the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to His Temple; and the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts. 2 But who can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner's fire and like fullers' soap. 3 He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, and they will bring offerings in righteousness to the Lord.^{[and they will belong to the Lord in bringing their offers of righteousness]} 4 Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to the Lord as in the days of old and as in former years.

5 “Then I will draw near to you for judgment. I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hired worker in his wages, the widow and the fatherless, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.


6 “For I the Lord do not change

Therefore you, O children of Jacob, are not consumed. 7 From the days of your fathers you have turned aside from my statutes and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you, says the Lord of hosts. But you say, ‘How shall we return?’ 8 Will man rob God? Yet, you are robbing me. But you say, ‘How have we robbed you?’ In your tithes and contributions. 9 You are cursed with a curse, for you are robbing me, the whole nation of you. 10 Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. And thereby put me to the test, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need. 11 I will rebuke the devourer^{[Probably a name for some crop-destroying pest]} for you, so that it will not destroy the fruits of your soil, and your vine in the field shall not fail to bear, says the Lord of hosts. 12 Then all nations will call you blessed, for you will be a land of delight, says the Lord of hosts.

13 “Your words have been hard against me, says the Lord. But you say, ‘How have we spoken against you?’ 14 You have said, ‘It is vain to serve God. What is the profit of our keeping his charge or of walking as in mourning before the Lord of hosts? 15 And now we call the arrogant blessed. Evildoers not only prosper but they put God to the test and they escape.’”


16 Then those who feared the Lord spoke with one another. 

The Lord paid attention and heard them, and a Book of Remembrance was written before Him of those who feared the Lord and esteemed His Name. “They shall be mine, says the Lord of hosts, in the day when I make up my treasured possession, and I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves him. 18 Then once more you shall see the distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve him.

Behold, 

To be a land of delight, to be called blessed by the Lord of Hosts,

to what shall we aspire?

We rely upon the Lord's gracious favor. 

His willingness to be forgiveness. His Steadfast Love and Mercy. As we stand in this New Year, we willingly ask for the windows of heaven to open and pour down a blessing until there is no more need.

What kind of offering shall we give HIM? 

May the words of my lips 

and the thoughts of my heart be pleasing and acceptable to You, O LORD, 

my Rock and my Redeemer.

Luke 18:13
The tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’

2 Kings 22:19
Because your heart was responsive and you humbled yourself before the LORD when you heard what I have spoken against this place and its people, that they would become accursed and laid waste, and because you tore your robes and wept in my presence, 
I have heard you, declares the LORD.

1 Peter 3:4
Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God's sight.


How shall we approach the LORD. Isaiah wondered.

Jeremiah 31:3

The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: 

"I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with loving-kindness."

Micah 6:7-8
Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams,
with ten thousands of rivers of oil?
Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression,
the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?”
He has told you, O man, what is good;
and what does the Lord require of you
but to do justice, and to love kindness,
and to walk humbly with your God?

1 Corinthians 7:35
I am saying this for your own good, not to restrict you, but that you may live in a right way in undivided devotion to the Lord.

Hebrews 10:23-25
Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.

Acts 16:1-40
Paul came also to Derbe and to Lystra. A disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer, but his father was a Greek. He was well-spoken of by the brothers at Lystra and Iconium. Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him, and he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those places, for they all knew that his father was a Greek. As they went on their way through the cities, they delivered to them for observance the decisions that had been reached by the apostles and elders who were in Jerusalem. So the churches were strengthened in the faith, and they increased in numbers daily ...

Galatians 6:9
And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.

“They shall be mine, says the Lord of hosts, in the day when I make up my treasured possession, and I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves him."

Father God turns HIS face to us with compassion. And we rejoice knowing Father God hears and answers. Always we say, Thank You, Father God. Amen in Jesus Christ.

Abba, Father God,

Bless us, we ask in the Highest Name of Jesus, as we speak with You in our hearts. And answer us as we set forth to do this Life. To please You. To be understanding of Your Guidance each day and in each conversation.

Your Lord's Prayer says Give us this Day. Enable us to build this day and as we ask Jesus to pray with us, we will do the prayer of Your Righteousness 
and have Your ear and availeth much.

Proverbs 2

1 My child, listen to what I say,

and treasure my commands.

2 Tune your ears to wisdom,

and concentrate on understanding.

3 Cry out for insight,

and ask for understanding.

4 Search for them as you would for silver;

seek them like hidden treasures.

5 Then you will understand what it means to reverence the Lord,

and you will gain knowledge of God.

6 For the Lord grants wisdom!

From his mouth come knowledge and understanding.

7 He grants a treasure of common sense to the honest.

He is a shield to those who walk with integrity.

8 He guards the paths of the just

and protects those who are faithful to him.

9 Then you will understand what is right, just, and fair,

and you will find the right way to go.

10 For wisdom will enter your heart,

and knowledge will fill you with joy.

11 Wise choices will watch over you.

Understanding will keep you safe.

Dwell in me, Father God. Dwell in those I Love, Lord Jesus Christ.

 Dwell in this Nation and the Nations seeking You. 

Help us to seek You first. 

And to find and to become more Heaven on earth.

In the Name of Your Love and Jesus, we shall be Healed. We pray for Elliott to be healed and believe You are healing Elliott. Heal Dee, Wayne and David. 

We ask only in Jesus. 

We Pray for the Republic.

We the People all have Family and Loved Ones 

we have fought and lived and died

for our Freedoms.

We the People pray for the Election not to be allowed to be feared to be dishonest.

We pray for the signatures and times to be valid.

We pray for the observations to be valid and up close and bipartisan.

We pray for the Legislature Laws of this Nation to be Upheld

and not rigged with pandemic miseries.

One Nation Under God

with

Liberty and Justice for All.

We pray for Truth.

Knowing in the Truth is where Peace and Integrity 

with Love and Courtesy Dwell.

We ask the Vaccine to be delivered smoothly 

and THANK GOD 

for the Vaccine.

You have told us to always pray with Hope.

Jesus help us in this Nation to be in Your Word and see more Joy.

Covered in God's Love,

President Donald Trump, the First Lady and Their Family

Vice President Mike Pence, the Second Lady and Their Family.
All of Our Families.

The Presidential Team.

Dr. Robert Redfield, Dr. Deborah Birx, Dr. Anthony Fauci

Governor Abbott and all 50 Governors and Legislatures.

Senator Tim Scott

The end of Trouble.

Help this Virus end quickly, safely

We rest in the Hands of Our Good Father.

Placing Elliott, Dee, Wayne and David and all those who have suffered or are suffering

with Covid in all manners.

Hands of Wonderful Jesus, He heals us ALL.

In The Blessed and Wonderful Name of Jesus

we shake off our fears

and we put our Hope and are enabled to have Joy. 

Let this Blessing Sweep and Fill this Nation and on to the

world seeking His Light.

In Jesus Christ. Amen.

The Joy of the Lord is our Strength

♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †

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