Luke 5:1-11 ~ two boats by the lake

 

Luke 5:1-11

He was standing by the lake of Gennesaret, 
and He saw two boats by the lake

But the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets.  

Getting into one of the boats, which was Simon's, he asked him to put out a little from the land.

And Jesus sat down and taught the people from the boat.

4 And when he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.” 

5 And Simon answered, “Master, we toiled all night and took nothing! But at your word I will let down the nets.” 6 And when they had done this, they enclosed a large number of fish, and their nets were breaking. 7 They signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. And they came and filled both the boats, so that they began to sink.

8 But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord.” 

9 For he and all who were with him were astonished at the catch of fish that they had taken, 10 and so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. 

And Jesus said to Simon, “Do not be afraid; 

from now on you will be catching men.” 

11 And when they had brought their boats to land, they left everything and followed Him.

Sometimes, when the Scriptures repeat - because I pray and pick them before knowing what the Scripture is - it is because we have not finished examining God's Living Word. God's Word is so important. Yesterday we saw this same Scripture passage and thought about being mature in the Lord and seeking Jesus as He is. Being more filled with Hope.

Today was the two boats of this passage for me. One was the feeling of profound joy to be at home, comfortable and have a day of rest.

Then the second boat was more like this garden:

Suddenly, being vaccinated, life is open again. 

Similar to the end of World War II having some severe rations after the victory - almost every opportunity is colliding with the next one and plans are made and unmade with all the 'situations'.  We are all in a time of opinions. TomAto Tom.ato. Sea of Galilee. lake of Gennesaret, Lake Tiberias, Kinneret.

Move the furniture. Others can't help. I was doing a donation and was advised to wait because too much is actually going on for this to flow smoothly. Fix the 'this', hurry up and wait. Invited to go here, but that collides with another thing. Make plans there, someone else didn't do this that, so that plan is cancelled. Polite this, receives rude that.  One person has a situation to discuss, but you can't entirely help because we all have a different opinion. Even to buy building supplies, some stores are not completely stocked due to Pandemic closures.  Even the trees in Texas are a little snow bitten back. Both of our air conditioning units decided 84' was too warm.

Our relationships are opening up and all need time to adjust to the garden having a new dimension.

We can't decide if we like the old eyeglasses or the new ones.

The catch of fish is so large, will the refrigerator be enough. Where will we get more workers.

Did we want too much, too little. 

Peter is deciding in this passage. What is meaningful.... 

How to achieve meaningful life when everyone is a shaken up lava lamp. Peter is trying to decide if he is just a small, fade like the flowers of the field man, always hoping for the Big Catch Day to Arrive. Or, if sitting with someone who finds this easy, is as frightening as can be.

Today, instead of looking at Peter growing up, let's realize Jesus is with Peter.

Jesus causes so many things to change immediately. Peter is in a zoom moment.  

As Peter's emotions and the events happen, Jesus doesn't make Peter swallow an all-knowing pill of Jesus being God the Almighty, Salvation of the world. 

Instead, Jesus lives the moment on the Sea of Galilee with a bewildered Peter.

Peter might be in deeper waters than he thought.

Jesus isn't fixing Peter.

Not like John's Gospel Chapter 6, the boat immediately arrived.  Not like Paul where, "the scales dropped immediately from his eyes and he could see." 

Jesus is spending time with Peter, just as he is.  Giving God's Word.

Giving a new idea. A New Direction.

John 1:1

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, 

and the Word was God.  

  

Hebrews 1:1

In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times 

and in various ways  

  

John 4:23

Yet a time is coming and has now come 

when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth,

 for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks.

Jesus had an idea of the plan and scope of the journey. Jesus is spending time with Peter in the today.

Abba, Father,

Help us to seek You first.

Then we have Strength and Joy.

We ask this for those we Love.

The people You have given us.

Jesus is the Word of God Manifest

Jesus is alive and working!

Our lives never had origin in the human will,

we are but human, mortal,

Your Plan for a Hope and our Future

is our Plan spoken from God

we are carried along by the Holy Spirit.

In Jesus, we are confident You will carry us 

to completion in Jesus Christ.

Your Promises are certain. Today. Always.

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,

Please pray for me, I'm not feeling well

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 Healing of Elliott and for Cindy's family. 

The Words of Jesus bless us. 

Thank You. Alleluia. Amen.

Upward! 

John 15:7
If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, 
and it will be done for you.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †  

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Psalm 7:8-17 ~ Righteous God

 

Psalm 7:8-17

The LORD judges the peoples; judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and according to the integrity that is in me.

 9 Oh, let the evil of the wicked come to an end, and may you establish the righteous-- you who test the minds and hearts, O righteous God! 

10 My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart. 

11 God is a righteous judge, and a God who feels indignation every day. 

12 If a man does not repent, God will whet his sword; he has bent and readied his bow; 13 he has prepared for him his deadly weapons, making his arrows fiery shafts. 14 Behold, the wicked man conceives evil and is pregnant with mischief and gives birth to lies. 15 He makes a pit, digging it out, and falls into the hole that he has made. 16 His mischief returns upon his own head, and on his own skull his violence descends. 

17 I will give to the LORD the thanks due to his righteousness, and I will sing praise to the name of the LORD, the Most High.

Scriptures tell us life is messy and complicated.

Scriptures are the Good News of Overcoming.

Christians have something in common for all the diversity of normal Christian population. Christians are interested in knowing the life stories of the Bible. And when Christians get together conversation moves around life stories of God's people. We want to know Christians by their Love. Christians want to know what happens to people. Compassion is a constant.

Is Psalm 7 true? God would say Psalm 7 does not have variations.

For the villainous  I've known - the internal makings of evil defeat themselves. 

Love is a safety net. We have God's Promises.

 And require us to have compassion and this mercy resets the conversation and life.

And I'd have to say, I do believe in the last resort of mankind - hell. Two of the most utterly self-serving and other people destroying - have died proclaiming fire loudly. Not a joy to proclaim this - however if we are going to count the cost - hell is a cost.

Do unto others.
If we hope for the up building of our city, state and nation - we are filled with Hope. 

If we hope our people/neighbors have Love, Peace and Joy - we bring this into our hearts.

When we pray - we hope to bring God's Love into our lives and His Love manifest into others.

 We are actually doing as the Lord said and did and does - bringing His Love and Light into life. We want God's Love with all His Eternal Promises. And in this comfort and in the teaching of God - we have the Holy Spirit and His balm. God's Promises.

Abba, Father,

Help us to seek You First. We ask Your Blessings.

Help us find Your exact plan this week. Please bless our families and households

The balm of Your comfort and Love to do Your Plan. Encourage us in Your Plan. Strengthen us to do Your Plan. Guard us in safety to do Your Plan. 

Keep us in Hope, Faith and Love to know Your Plan is being done and rejoice. 

We need Your Mercy to keep us in Your Plan. 

And Thank You. Thank You to be covered in Jesus.

We need more Heaven on earth daily. 

And have the gladness of knowing God Himself favors the Request.

Let the Balm of Your Love be ours, the ones we love - covering us all unto the Nation. 

Your balm covering our cares and anointing us to find the Joy of God. Daily. 

Your Love flowing to the Nations trusting in You. 

To all of Your Children asking for Your Favor in our lives today.

And asking for all of us to have Your healing and Your mercy. 

And for my mother in peaceful calm. Safe travels.

Thanksgiving for the people assisting her.

Thank You, Father God, for our Blessings.

Bless Elliott with healing, we ask.

In Jesus. Amen.

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Psalm 56 ~ I put my trust in You

 

Psalm 56

Be gracious to me, O God, for man tramples on me;

    all day long an attacker oppresses me;

2 my enemies trample on me all day long,

    for many attack me proudly.

3 When I am afraid,

    I put my trust in you.

4 In God, whose word I praise,

    in God I trust; I shall not be afraid.

    What can flesh do to me?

5 All day long they injure my cause;

    all their thoughts are against me for evil.

6 They stir up strife, they lurk;

    they watch my steps,

    as they have waited for my life.

7 For their crime will they escape?

    In wrath cast down the peoples, O God!

8 You have kept count of my tossings;

    put my tears in your bottle.

    Are they not in your book?

9 Then my enemies will turn back

    in the day when I call.

    This I know, that God is for me.

10 In God, whose word I praise,

    in the Lord, whose word I praise

11In God I trust; I shall not be afraid.

    What can man do to me?

12 I must perform my vows to you, O God;

    I will render thank offerings to you.

13 For you have delivered my soul from death,

    yes, my feet from falling,

that I may walk before God

    in the light of life.

I can tell you this 85' week, our car Air conditioner, our upstairs Air conditioner and our downstairs Air Conditioner all decided that 85' was too much effort to cool down.

In Texas, you'd think this 85' weather would be a blessing to have this malfunction and not 103'. True and also we are all adjusting to warmer weather when last week it rained and the week before that it was in the 44' range at night and 60' high if we were lucky.

And if someone deliberately annoys you all day, then they are going to understand that you don't like them much for weird behavior.

Abba, Father,

Father, Jesus wants those You have given Him to be with Jesus, 

where "I am" and to see Your glory, 

the glory You have given us because 

You loved me before the creation of the world.

  

Jesus prays for us. "I am" praying for those Beloved You have given me, for they are Yours.  

Let the Prayers of the Beloved give You Blessing, Father God.

  

Please help us to seek You first. 

Help us to bring You glory on earth by finishing the work You gave us to do.

Thank You for the Gift of Your Son Jesus.

Jesus fully displays Your Love and Mercy. We are Blessed.

Please, Father, we pray this will go well. And with ease. 

  

Righteous Father, You want to save the world in Jesus Christ. 

Bless those Who Love You to know how to have Your Help to tell of Your Love.

Help us in seeking You daily to know You and know Jesus, The One, You have sent. 

In the Highest Name of Jesus, empower Your Holy Spirit 

dwelling in mankind, to be sanctified and bring You Glory. 

  

Behold, Father God, our prayer, in The Highest Name of Jesus Christ, 

He has brought us Good News of great joy 

that will be for all the people. Sanctify us, we pray.

  

As Jesus Christ, washed the Feet of His Disciples on the Night He was betrayed, 

we pray in Baptism for Your Beloved, we are born again in a new and living hope 

of Salvation in Jesus Christ. 

Living Water of Jesus flow into Your Light of mankind. 

Fill our thirst with Jesus. 

Bless those who have lost Loved Ones these years.

Fill our Hearts with More Love in the coming years.

Help us in Jesus.

Bless those who have known fear to overcome.

The Blood of Jesus Christ gives us Life.

We pray for our Nation this Easter and always.

Your Willing Blessings upon Your Good Creation, the earth and the fullness

is Yours.

Your Willing Blessings of Healing

upon Elliott and his family.

Bless our Families, Lord Jesus, Our Wonderful Jesus, we pray.

Now to Father God, 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.

… Thou shalt call his name
 Jesus 

for he shall save his people from their sins. Matthew 1: 21
…His name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, The Might God,
…The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace Isaiah 9:6

… God hath made that same Jesus… both Lord & Christ Acts 2:36

…Behold the Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world! John 1:29

…they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, the song of The Lamb Revelation 15:3


…Behold, the Lion of the Tribe of Judah Revelation 5:5


..and the Bright & Morning Star Revelation 22:16


..and our hands have handled, of the Word of Life 1 John 1:1


…we have and advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ The Righteous 1 John 2:1


…whereby the Dayspring from on high hath visited us. Luke 1:78


…Before Abraham, I Am. John 8:58


…And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God. John 1: 34

…are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls. 1 Peter 2:25


…We have found the Messiah which, is being interpreted, the Christ. John 1:41


…I am the Way, the Truth and the Life, no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. John 14:6


…through the knowledge of the Lord & Savior Jesus Christ. II Peter 2: 20

..a name written King of Kings and Lord of Lords. Revelation 19:16

…I am the Light of the World. John 8:12

…The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world… John 1:9

…I am Alpha & Omega the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come

The Almighty!!!

 Revelation 1:8

  

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Luke 5:1-11 ~ Jesus sat down and taught

Luke 5:1-11

He was standing by the lake of Gennesaret, 2 and he saw two boats by the lake, but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets. 3 Getting into one of the boats, which was Simon's, he asked him to put out a little from the land.

And Jesus sat down and taught the people from the boat.

4 And when he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.” 5 And Simon answered, “Master, we toiled all night and took nothing! But at your word I will let down the nets.” 6 And when they had done this, they enclosed a large number of fish, and their nets were breaking. 7 They signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. And they came and filled both the boats, so that they began to sink.

8 But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord.” 

9 For he and all who were with him were astonished at the catch of fish that they had taken, 10 and so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. 

And Jesus said to Simon, “Do not be afraid; from now on you will be catching men.” 

11 And when they had brought their boats to land, they left everything and followed Him.

The Prodigal Son is a life journey. Peter marks out a journey. He initially wants Jesus to depart from him, when he understands the Power of God.  God has given Peter what he wants. Peter is now humbled. Suddenly, Peter has traveled too far in Peter's idea of life. Perhaps Peter seems himself as shallow and foolish. Peter is given clarity of a new life and idea to journey toward.

Let's look at a few of the markers of Peter's journey in the Gospels.

Peter sees Jesus walking by the boat, intending to pass by the Disciples. They cry out. Jesus is a ghost? Jesus immediately moves to comfort the Disciples. And He is in the boat with them. Jesus is Living.

Jesus walks on the water and Peter decides he will walk on water as well. 

God allows Peter to know quickly Peter is not Jesus. Jesus immediately helps Peter, not just as Jesus compassionate. Jesus Teaching about being mortal.  Jesus rewarding Peter's faith as Jesus was impressed with the Centurion, who knew Jesus heals with His Word.

Peter finds Jesus controls the winds and the waves and calms the Storm. All things are under the feet of God's Only Son, The Christ of God, His Son Jesus. Messiah.

Peter assures Jesus, Peter is staying. Jesus has the Word of Life. No one else does.

Good Friday, Peter fails the Word of Life. God's Son. The Prophetic Word of God about Peter, instead, is True.

Peter falls back on his own lifelong comforts and resumes fishing. The Prophetic Word of God about Peter fishing for men is fulfilled. And Peter isn't trying to be God and walk on water anymore. Peter, instead, is all in for Jesus.

Peter began with a desire to know more about God. And discovering God. Peter wanted freedom to be himself, on his own terms. 

By the Easter season, Peter was simply the genuine Child of God, trying to be with Jesus.

Peter had journeyed and lived the Word of God. Living.

The Word of Jesus was all important. Jesus is the Word of God manifest. 

Peter knew the Journey for Peter.

With Jesus, Peter was given more of Life, than he had ever asked or imagined.

Luke 18:1

Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them 

that they should always pray 

and not give up.

Abba, Father God,

 Now,

May the God of Peace Himself 

sanctify you completely, 

and may your whole spirit and soul and body 

be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

He who calls you is faithful

 He will surely do it!

We ask in the Highest Name of Jesus,

we seek and find God first.

And in Jesus, to bless, seal and protect

those we Love and for our Churches, Communities

and Employments to have this Jesus Blessing.

We give You our cares,

Your Steadfast Love assures us

You care for us.

Corrie Ten Baum witnessed to Your Steadfast Love

and need for Prayer.

Corrie Ten Baum saw the need for hope of such magnitude even the fleas

could be relied upon for Your Good Purpose.

The Exodus also declares the Impossibility You display.

The King James Version of the Bible calls the 

Impossibility and Improbability of God, "Vouchsafe"

Acts 7:17

As the time drew near for God to fulfill his promise to Abraham, 

the number of our people in Egypt had greatly increased.

Jesus, being Your Son, went in a more unbelievable direction

603,550 in Numbers 1:46 

The Exodus people God was to feed and water in the absolute desert,

far exceeded the feeding of 5,000.

Jesus said such impossible goals of God Himself

He went from 72 Disciples to 70 Disciples and then 

explained to 12 Disciples they would form His Church. 

Peter was to discover the Wind of the Holy Spirit.

This is where we want to be. The Word of God.

God give us Your Direction

and the Holy Spirit for those we Love.

Moving us and inspiring us

our employments, our hopes,

our Churches, our cities.

And this Nation.

Let us be Blessed of Jesus.

 Father, please give us Health in all aspects.

For Elliott Healing. And their family.

For those very ill. And for those who know loved ones now in Heaven.

For all the Children of God who have suffered and call out

to You, Father, in the Highest Name of Jesus Christ.

We offer to You great Thanks for 

Your Willing Blessings and Answers!

Our God is working. His Son, 

Jesus is working.

And we say Amen in Jesus.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †  

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