Zechariah 9:9-12 ~ today I declare that I will restore to you double

Zechariah 9:9-12

Josephus writes of logistics, telling us

the multitude in the Temple after Jesus Rose Victorious

the size of the crowd is 2 Million.

Like the end of World War II in Times Square.

Jesus would go further than double.

 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!

    Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem!

Behold, your king is coming to you;

    righteous and having salvation is he,

humble and mounted on a donkey,

    on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

No wonder Jesus included the colt.

The Richness of God's Promises, causing Peter to run to the Tomb, when others scoffed

was proving God's Promises are Alive and working.

10 I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim

    and the war horse from Jerusalem;

and the battle bow shall be cut off,

and

He shall speak peace to the nations;

His rule shall be from sea to sea,

    and from the River to the ends of the earth.

The Photo would clearly tell us why Pilate was going to write Roman Emperor Claudius about Good Friday. Two Roman Empire Historians would bare witness to the arrival of the letter. The Roman Troops would be thrown out, just at the Temple Authorities would stand down.

11 As for you also, because of the blood of my covenant with you,

    I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit.

Mamertine, Peter and Paul.

Prison pit in the home of Caiaphas

12 Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope;

    today I declare that I will restore to you double.

Jesus fulfills every dot and iota. And as the people turned out to Celebrate Jesus Victorious,

the Son of God had far exceeded double.

John 8:32

And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free. 

Isaiah 40:8

The grass withers, the flower fades, but the Word of Our God will stand forever.

Isaiah 49:11

I will turn all my mountains into roads,

and My High Ways will be raised up.

Luke 19:40

He replied, “If they kept quiet, the stones along the road would burst into cheers!”

Song of Solomon 2:1

I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys.

Matthew 4:18

As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, 
He saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. 
They were casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.

Matthew 4:20

And at once they left their nets and followed Him.

Isaiah 49:6

He says: "It is too small a thing for you to be my servant to restore the tribes of Jacob
 and bring back those of Israel I have kept. 
I will also make you a light for the Gentiles, 

that My salvation may reach to the ends of the earth."

Matthew 24:34

Truly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have happened. 

35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but My Words will never pass away.

No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, 

but only the Father.

Isaiah 49:1

Listen to me, you islands; hear this, you distant nations: 

Before I was born the LORD called me; 

from my birth he has made mention of my name.

Revelation 22:1

Then the angel showed me the river of life-giving water, 

shining like crystal,

flowing from the throne of God and the Lamb

Matthew 7:13-14

Enter through the narrow gate.

John 10:9

I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, 

and will go in and out and find pasture.

Matthew 4:19 "

“Come, follow Me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.”

Luke 10 21 

In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children; yes, Father, for such was your gracious will. 

22 All things have been handed over to me by my Father, 

and no one knows who the Son is except the Father, 

or who the Father is except the Son 

and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.”

 23 Then turning to the disciples he said privately, “Blessed are the eyes that see what you see! 

24 For I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see what you see,

 and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.”

Abba, Father, 

 Help us to seek You first, in our being rooted and grounded in love,

 may we have strength to comprehend with all the saints 

what is the breadth and length and height and depth, 

 And to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, 

that we may be filled with all the fullness of God. 

Bless us to accomplish the work You give us to do.

Help us to be focused on You 

and delight You, Father God.

Please Bless Elliiott with Your Healing Word.

 Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, 

according to the power at work within us, 

 to Him be glory in the church and

 in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, 

forever and ever. Amen.

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Matthew 18 ~ these little ones

 

Matthew 18 

1 At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, "Who, then, is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?"

2 He called a little child, whom he placed among them. 3 And he said: "Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. 4 Therefore, whoever takes a humble place—becoming like this child—is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. 5 And whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me.

6 "If anyone causes one of these little ones—those who believe in me—to stumble, it would be better for them if a large millstone were hung around their neck and they were drowned in the depths of the sea. 7 Woe to the world because of the things that cause people to stumble! Such things must come, but woe to the person through whom they come! 8 If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life maimed or crippled than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into eternal fire. 9 And if your eye causes you to stumble, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell.

10-11 "See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven.

12 "What do you think? If a man owns a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go to look for the one that wandered off? 13 And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he is happier about that one sheep than about the ninety-nine that did not wander off. 14 In the same way your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should perish.

15 "If a brother or sister sins, go and point out the fault, just between the two of you. If they listen to you, you have won them over. 16 But if they will not listen, take one or two others along, so that 'every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.' 17 If they still refuse to listen, tell it to the church; and if they refuse to listen even to the church, treat them as you would a pagan or a tax collector.

18 "Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. 19 "Again, truly I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven. 20 For where two or three come together in my name, there am I with them."

21 Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, "Lord, how many times shall I forgive someone who sins against me? Up to seven times?" 22 Jesus answered, "I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times.

23 "Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. 24 As he began the settlement, a man who owed him ten thousand bags of gold was brought to him. 25 Since he was not able to pay, the master ordered that he and his wife and his children and all that he had be sold to repay the debt.

26 "The servant fell on his knees before him. 'Be patient with me,' he begged, 'and I will pay back everything.' 27 The servant's master took pity on him, canceled the debt and let him go.

28 "But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred silver coins. He grabbed him and began to choke him. 'Pay back what you owe me!' he demanded.

29 "His fellow servant fell to his knees and begged him, 'Be patient with me, and I will pay you back.'

30 "But he refused. Instead, he went off and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay the debt. 31 When the other servants saw what had happened, they were greatly distressed and went and told their master everything that had happened.

32 "Then the master called the servant in. 'You wicked servant,' he said, 'I canceled all that debt of yours because you begged me to. 33 Shouldn't you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on you?' 34 In anger his master handed him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should pay back all he owed.

35 "This is how my heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive a brother or sister from your heart."

  

The day after Easter, and I'm going to have to ask you to forgive me from my heart. 

Because, I'm sure I'm going to step on your firmly held opinion. We all want to be kept informed by opinions, right?  Sure. Om.

We could angle this to start with the nonsense song, we really don't teach this to the young, beautiful, stunning preschoolers.  This is not what we want our beautiful babies to come home singing and having extensive art projects to constantly speak of. You'd worry. If the child grew up and died in a car crash from all this. It's not where we would want to begin.

And the topic is drunk driving. And isn't.

It's the topic causing generations to become tight-lipped or openly raise upset voices. It's the legalization of a highly beneficial product - Pot.  And the black market is already sweeping in to clean up for the high-rising costs from la-te-dah and taxes.  Plans are made for the continuation of the black market.  Colorado has loved the tax money and additional tourism. Plus, if you work in the car rental agency, you are sweeping up what the tourists are quickly leaving behind and making a tidy- off- the- book- big- gain- sums. More money in that sweep up, literally, than the gas off,  "Fake didn't know you'd need snow tires extra-super-surprise fee?"

Maybe, if your heart is open, maybe you could drive 59 or 68?

Why? Thestral.

This is a horse of different color than the one in Oz. The Thestral is Literary and binds the generations into one pleased happiness of shared wonderment. Wonder. Harry Potter taught my sons to read. Something new happens on every page and BANG. Wow. Something changes.

A Thestral is a horse you see completely clearly when you have seen Caspar.  When Death has arrived you never see things quite as easily again.

The Pot Legalization falls into separate categories. Those who have done youth ministry, those who have very young children, those who are like me and have seen the disintegration and the fall of grief. Love that is no longer required and has no need.

The Bustle in a House

By Emily Dickenson

The Bustle in a House

The Morning after Death

Is the solemnest of industries

Enacted upon Earth –

The Sweeping up the Heart

And putting Love away

We shall not want to use again

Until Eternity –

We could speak of seeing someone we love. 

Our Loved and Cherished  - to lose their zest and the habits making them unique. We could talk about loss of employment and lack of self-esteem driving the substance to be taken in larger doses. To relinquish, to drop, to let fall, deep and abiding loyalty when self-esteem is gone and money is gone and sorrow has swallowed life.  Tiny Tim in our lives is sometimes the parent and not the child. All that is held is suddenly gone like leaves in autumn. Seen blowing past.

Washington State parents have had such a problem;  Edward and I, the tourists, were asked to fully think about legalization. The parent who has the son in High School and the School District is petitioned to allow all the Legal Pot Shops to advertise in the School Publications. Freedom to Speak and Advertise. Now, try being one of the parents knows the addiction gene runs in the family and why these battles are now being screamed at homes of 10 and 11-year-olds.

How long did you want to wait before you deal with the Thestrals?

And if we want a Parable, there is a brilliant one.

A very brilliant young boy was destined during his birth to become an only child. His mother doted on the intelligent, witty, handsome son. Rightly so. His father drank and had been raised in Swanee's Military Academy from age 6. He was a man's man, who was out catching something every weekend. But his son obviously was different. Teaching himself to read at age two. Father and son caused pain and fear in each other. The son learned how the father got on in life with charm. And in High School was all that. In College, flunking out from being on the 'Volunteer Fire Department." Then going in the Air Force. And growing up. Being witty and wise and fun. And drunk to various levels. Giving perpetually interesting dinner parties. Losing good employment more regularly. And as he turned 50, he became the leaves in Autumn to the ones who loved him best. 

Matthew 13:45,46

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls. 

46 When he found one very precious pearl, 

he went away and sold all he had and bought it.

Sobriety is necessary, we have to have experience and thinking and suffering and learning to overcome to realize what swift waters we live in. My father completely missed the Pearl. The family who Loved him. The children who needed him. His grandchildren. The family fortune you had to be sober enough to realize was there. The depth of his soul didn't appear again to him until the night of his death. We need our sobriety to have our maturity flower.

We become cherished. Someone relied upon. Steadfast. Knowledgeable. Giving.

Giving our families stability and comfort. Love. Joy.

Substance abusers have suicidal ends at an alarming rate.  

1 in 3 adults in the USA is supposed to be a substance abuser. 1 in 3 Substance abusers will commit suicide.  This does not count the number of car accidental deaths. Or accidental deaths. We had a dear neighbor, friend, elderly widow lady, member of our Church Family who fell in a snow bank. The national rank of suicide was the 12th leading cause of death in 1992. Now before legalization it's 5th. The Roman Empire decided suicide was a valuable way to die. And in this regard The Roman Empire was a Culture of Death. Christianity rose from the Tombs. 

I'd apologize to you to step on your toes. 

Let's pick Life. 

For you, for me, for those who are little ones, for the generation yet unborn.

I just hope and pray,  we don't all see someone we love very much, pass on from something we should have protected us all from.

Prayer is going to draw the Heart of God. The list of credentials and names. Or no. The loving and needing portion - perhaps of a child praying to God.

The Second part of the Scripture today:

Matthew 18
5 “Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me, 6 but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a great millstone fastened around his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea.

7 “Woe to the world for temptations to sin! For it is necessary that temptations come, but woe to the one by whom the temptation comes!

You never know when someone is praying.

Because a day to God is thousands of years, consider who is a Child of God.

John 1:12
To all who did receive Him, who believed in His Name, He gave the right to become Children of God

As long as life offers tests, there will be prayer. In school, on a chair, over here, over there. 85% before the Pandemic, and 80% and growing after the Pandemic, of the whole USA prays believing Abba, our Father, is caring and loving them during prayer.

Abba, Father,

You have taught us earnestness is the most important, with Love, as we pray. 

And Jesus knew sometimes tongues and minds go still in urgent need. 

Jesus gave us Words to Pray. The Lord's Prayer.

We never go wrong to simply tell You. And ask You to Live in us.

Help us to Seek You First.

For this reason, I bow my knees before the Father,

from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,

In His Eternal Home according to the riches of His Glory

He may grant you to be strengthened with power

through His Spirit 

in your inner being,

For Jesus Christ to dwell in your hearts through faith

God of Love Steadfast Encouragement

—that you, being rooted and grounded in love,

may have strength

to comprehend with all the saints

what is the breadth and length and height and depth,

Knowing the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge,

Being filled with all the fullness of God.

The Lord Jesus and His Mercy on our Nation.

God's Love and Protection upon His Good Creation,

the fullness of His earth.

We pray Your Willing Healing lavishly upon Elliott.

And Cindy and Janet and their family.

Your Mercy. Father, Your Mercy.

Our God,

Father,

Almighty,

Shepherd of our Souls,

The Prodigal Father running to us.

He is able to do far more abundantly

than all that we ask or think,

according to the power at work 

within us,

To Jesus Christ

Displaying God the Father as

Healer of the blind

Freeing and healing the deaf

the lame rise up and walk

the leper is cleansed

the dead have life and are returned to their loved ones

To this Jesus at work, living, dwelling within

To Jesus be glory in the church 

and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, 

forever and ever.

Amen!

We pray in this Post, we are more than two agree, and in Joy we agree in Prayer.

The Words of Jesus bless us. 

Thank You. Alleluia. Amen.

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Easter 2021, Jesus is Alive!

 

1 Corinthians 16:13-14 ~ Stand firm in the faith

Psalm 103:2
Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits

Happy Easter 2021!

Think if this beautiful patch of flowers were near Jerusalem,

then 2 million people would soon be near

to talk about

the tombs opening up

to know Jesus has been seen by 400 people.

1 Corinthians 16:13-14

13 Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. 

14 Let all that you do be done in love.

Easter Sunday

 God is Alive.

 Jesus is Alive.

God, Himself, is Good to us.

We are not dust. Not flowers in the field.

History records Jesus and this Easter plentifully for 325 years in the Roman Empire.

The death and life of Jesus changed the entire world.

The Mercy of Jesus as Grace upon Grace.

Changes all of Life.

We live, Live. Live in every single Word of God.

1 Corinthians 16

Opportunity.

13 Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. 
14 Let all that you do be done in love.

15 Now I urge you, brothers—you know 
that the household of Stephanas were the first converts in Achaia, 

and 

that they have devoted themselves to the service of the saints— 

16 be subject to such as these, and to every fellow worker and laborer. 

17 I rejoice 

at the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus,

because they have made up for your absence, 

18 for they refreshed my spirit as well as yours. 

Give recognition to such people.!!!

Remember to be so grateful to the unknown, good young, woman who walks up to say leaning in, "Jesus Bless You."

And I felt the Holy Spirit tell me - stand as tall as your head will reach up.




 This aligns all the body and, suddenly, you feel better than rushing here and there.




 I felt the Holy Spirit say to my soul - take deep enough breaths.

 

Feel God's air - flow in and out.




Let every aspect of your life - be part of Father God. Remember as you enter doorways - to count Your Blessings. Each door - remember God's Love.

This Easter stand firm. Stand firm. Stretch upwards to God. Breathe God in with deliberation.

Love God. And in His Love give to the people God has put in your Life. The Life God - Himself- our Father Gives freely to us Giving us Jesus Blessing Daily.

We have Seasons. Some are quiet and blessed. Some are quiet and lonely. Some are fine. Some are filled with all aspects of Life. Find God's purpose for us all in all Seasons. God's Love fills up our hearts.

Abba, Our Abba, Our Father,

The Wind of Life blows where it will. Let this Wind find us remembering Your Blessings. Let us find this Easter Week, we are eager to take the time to find and Bless You for our Blessings.

Fill our hearts, fill the hearts of those we Love. Thank You for the people You have given us. Jesus bless them and bless them and bless them with Your Love.

Let the Holy Spirit sweep this Nation finding Easter Week and Your Willing Blessings.

Bless the work of our hands and the thoughts of our heart and the words of our mouth to cause You to Lift Your Face and Smile.

Help us as we need You in all aspects of our lives. Where we know and even where we do not know even to ask. Let Your Living Water soak and nourish us all. You are Love. 

Reign upon us.

The Lamb of God is for us. You have Given us Your Son, Your Word, Your Promises.

 Thank You.

Let all nations and all of Your Beloved Children find more Heaven and more of Your Good Will on this earth.

Bless Elliott with Healing, we ask!

The Words of Jesus bless us. 

Thank You. Alleluia. Amen.

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