Psalm 147 ~ Praises to our God †

Faith is the Substance Unseen

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Psalm 147

Praise the Lord!

For it is good to sing praises to our God;

for it is pleasant, and a song of praise is fitting.

2 The Lord builds up Jerusalem;

he gathers the outcasts of Israel.

3 He heals the brokenhearted

and binds up their wounds.

4 He determines the number of the stars;

he gives to all of them their names.

5 Great is our Lord, and abundant in power;

his understanding is beyond measure.

6 The Lord lifts up the humble;

he casts the wicked to the ground.

7 Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving;

make melody to our God on the lyre!

8 He covers the heavens with clouds;

he prepares rain for the earth;

he makes grass grow on the hills.

9 He gives to the beasts their food,

and to the young ravens that cry.

 His delight 

is not in the strength of the horse,

nor his pleasure in the legs of a man,

11 but the Lord takes pleasure in those who fear him,

in those who hope 

in his steadfast love.

• The Day of Blessing - the Day of Trouble - Come from our Father God.
• Start your prayers with the Lord's Prayer. Ask in the name of Jesus. That's His advice.
• You are asking - His Will Be Done.
•  Dig till you find out what your gratitude is. It's worth the effort
• Telling Him earnestly - there is a problem.
• Tell Him completely - this is what I want and why.
• Do His Word
• Tell Him you believe this day - IS Sufficient.
• Tell Him when your motives were not nice. Apologize. Tell Him when you fail. Apologize. Be Honest. Tell Him why. Ask for Help. Expect Help. Do not deliberately make messes for Him to clean up.
• Pray for the people who bless you. 
• Pray for the people you don't know, who bless you - Like the Sam's Clerk - Light of God filled her face and she spoke - "Believe HE Is Making This Day Sufficient!"
• Don't beat yourself up when your thoughts stray. Pull Him into your thoughts. He just might be having a conversation with you about your deepest heart needs. He says Come to me and I give you Rest. 
• Pray for the people who make you mad or hurt you. God says a man who loves the Lord eventually makes peace. Sometimes just for being polite enough to explain until common ground is made by God.
• Try not to harp on people. And be genuine.
• God said Be Light. Preach the Gospel, if you have to, use His Word. Jesus said it is written, He didn't pick up His Word and hammer.

Faith is that we Expect HIM to do what He tells us He will. Faith is diligent. Do not give up.

Having character. Having endurance. Being obedient to His Word.

• Jesus said be very patient and kind.
• When jealous or envious - tell Him. Ask for one similar. Be honest.
• Boastful or proud? Add salt. The Bible also suggests yeast - over the Top. Jesus used this humor.
• Haughty or selfish or rude. See the Lord's Prayer. Say that. Add your own conversation in.
• Love does not demand its own way. Reasonableness is - The Tree of Life puts out large branches, so  the birds of the air can make nests in its shade.
• It is not irritable or touchy. It does not hold grudges and will hardly even notice when others do it wrong. And will realistically discuss to determine solid ground. Only God is Omniscient.
• Rejoices whenever Truth wins
• You will be loyal to him no matter what the cost.The Gospels provide for Love oneself. Peace. And Return of Loyalty.
• Always believe in him, always expect the best of him. (Psalm 100 - for the Lord. Expect Him too)
• Always stand your ground in defending him. 
• Love goes on forever. (Even the divorced ones who Love still do. Pray there.) 
• Now we know so little, clearly God sees into our hearts right now. 
• Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to Him, and He will make your paths straight.
• There is One Who is Good.
• We love. Because He first Loved us.
• Jesus also said to us, we must always pray, and not give up.
• Three things that remain—faith, hope, and love—and the greatest of these is Love.

Father God, be with us as we do these prayers. Help us do this prayer as the Body of Christ. We ask help for bring forth children to Grow in their relationship to You, express love in our family, provide comfort and encouragement, and bless our spouse.  In Jesus. Amen.

23 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.

1 John 4:11-15

Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.

This is how we know that we live in him and he in us: He has given us of his Spirit. And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in them and they in God. And so we know and rely on the love God has for us.

1 John 3:11

For this is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another.

1 John 1:1

That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched--this we proclaim concerning the Word of life.

1 John 4:9

This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.

2 Chronicles 30:20

And the LORD heard Hezekiah and healed the people.

1 Timothy 1:5

The goal of this command is love, which comes from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.

1 John 2:1

My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.

Father GOD,

Let our prayers be plentiful like rain and our requests descend like dew,

like showers on new grass,

like abundant rain on tender plants - Renewal for this blogging editing.

Give us clear understanding each day,

and my inmost being will dwell with You.

We praise You God, for Your Word,

living and active.

Sharper than any double-edged sword,

penetrating even to soul and spirit, joints and marrow;

Give us right thoughts and attitudes of the heart.

Restore us to You, O LORD, that we may be restored, build our families;

Renew our days as of old - rejoicing in Religious Freedoms of Thought and Speech,

Restore us, O Lord God of hosts!

Let your face shine, that we may be saved! Amen and Amen.

Philippians 4

Therefore, my brothers and sisters, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, stand firm thus in the Lord, my beloved.

2 I entreat Euodia and I entreat Syntyche to agree in the Lord. 3 Yes, I ask you also, true companion, help these women, who have labored side by side with me in the gospel together with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the book of life.

4 Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice. 5 Let your reasonableness be known to everyone.

The Lord is at hand; 6 do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.


8 Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. 9 What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me—practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you.


10 I rejoiced in the Lord greatly that now at length you have revived your concern for me. You were indeed concerned for me, but you had no opportunity. 11 Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content. 12 I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need. 13 I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

14 Yet it was kind of you to share my trouble. 15 And you Philippians yourselves know that in the beginning of the gospel, when I left Macedonia, no church entered into partnership with me in giving and receiving, except you only.

16 Even in Thessalonica you sent me help for my needs once and again. 17 Not that I seek the gift, but I seek the fruit that increases to your credit. 18 I have received full payment, and more. I am well supplied, having received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent, a fragrant offering, a sacrifice acceptable and pleasing to God.

19 And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus. 20 To our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen.

21 Greet every saint in Christ Jesus. The brothers who are with me greet you. 22 All the saints greet you, especially those of Caesar's household.

23 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.

The disciple John was known to perpetually be loyal to Jesus - the Son of God - he correctly called Love.


1 John 4:11-15
Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.

This is how we know that we live in him and he in us: He has given us of his Spirit. And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in them and they in God. And so we know and rely on the love God has for us.

1 John 3:11
For this is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another.

1 John 1:1
That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched--this we proclaim concerning the Word of life.

1 John 4:9
This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.

Exodus 22 ~ if he cries to Me, I will hear,

for I am compassionate.

A Wonder of God the Almighty,

He upholds the Universe with His Word.

The Ascension of Jesus into Heaven,

Jesus said,

"The Kingdom of Heaven is at Hand."

Was Heaven coming to Jesus the

day of the Ascension?

God dwells in us when we ask Him

and our Lord God is at hand

our prayer doesn't have to travel

great distances.

He will never leave or forsake you.

 

Your wrath is covered when we believe in Jesus.

All Biblical wrath is taken

What is the Wonder is the Magnificent Love God Gives.

Psalm 139 is the perfect reminder in all of Psalm 139.

Jesus helps us daily to find the path of Love and Encouragement.

Abba,

You have Blessed this Nation and believing Nations

with an Open Always Prayer Life

being who we are and believing You make us better and more loving.

We can look at Psalm 139

and remember the generations of people and families

doing all they can for their children in complex life

needing Jesus as Savior.

Your Word 

gives us Hope

Love

Faith

Encouragement

We can ask for Your Holy Spirit to know

all of us

every cell

every molecule

Just as water is a wonder

You have created us as Wonders of Your Creation

and as Your Holy Spirit

knows every thought, every molecule

every cell

the hairs on our head

we have been filled with the 

Light of Jesus Christ

and only the better

for Jesus to be the Light within us.

Our Prayer this year,

The Light of Heaven,

The Light of the world, God's Good Creation

Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

The Light of Nations

The Light of Mankind

will be

the Light filling this complex time

with more

of Your Love, Encouragement

Guidance, Mercy

Grace upon Grace.

We ask simply God

for Your Love

and Your Mercy

Your forbearance with this time.

Knowing Spring follows Christmas

Summer brings warmth

Autumn tells the Glory of God

and Christmas renews us in Hope

New Years is Jesus giving us pause to 

remember

Jesus Christ makes ALL things New.

As we are asked to remind God

to bless us with more Heaven on earth,

His Good Will be done.

Dwell in us.

Dwell in those we Love.

Help us to Seek You First

and 

Finish well in Jesus Christ.

To You, our Father, be the Glory

Our God is an Awesome God! Amen

and Alleluia

in Jesus Christ and His Glory!

Matthew 13:31,32

Jesus put before them another parable: “The Kingdom of Heaven 

is like a mustard seed that a man planted in his field.

 Although it is the smallest of all seeds, 

yet it grows into the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, 

so that the birds of the air come 

and 

nest in its branches.”

♔ LORD JESUS SAVES †

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Isaiah 12 ~ With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation

 

Isaiah 12

In that day you will say:

“I will praise you, Lord.

Although you were angry with me,

your anger has turned away

and you have comforted me.

2 Surely God is my salvation;

I will trust and not be afraid.

The Lord, the Lord himself, is my strength and my defense;

he has become my salvation.”

3 With joy you will draw water

from the wells of salvation.

4 In that day you will say:

“Give praise to the Lord, proclaim his name;

make known among the nations what he has done,

and proclaim that his name is exalted.

5 Sing to the Lord, for he has done glorious things;

let this be known to all the world.

6 Shout aloud and sing for joy, people of Zion,

for great is the Holy One of Israel among you.”

We began one of our Church Services learning of Jesus sky-writing in Orlando. Don't you love when a great memory happens. Picturing our family with Jesus over us. Love this.

Good telling the Grace of Father God. Undeserved. Pervasive. Jesus is God is Love.

We've all been put on a path. 

Finding our way past difficulty, knowing Jesus is above us. In us. Surrounding us. Growing us.

And as most paths, we are all in different aspects of the journey. 

Some of the Larger Cities are struggling with crime.

Some counties have seen very little problem with crime.

We see inflation. And some stores are reporting record profits.  I noticed today Walmart

is trying hard to present items fairly. Shopping from Google is a good idea. 

Why do we do what we do in Life?

To be able to say the Lord has need of us, is to find our lives have Meaning.

Human beings will have their needs change as life progresses. What we call meaningful won't always have meaning for the relationship. Parents, children, marital needs. To find we please God is going to center us in all stages of peace, problem or as life changes. Even when we have to decide God's Word gives us Faith to believe our daily lives have meaning.



Upward.
Give The Lord God Almighty our cloak over the dust and muck.

The only thing we can give God, God has not first given us is - genuine and sincere Thanks. Jesus tells us permanent prayer conversation.

To ask for More Heaven. To give us This Very Day. To meet the needs of Today. Forgiveness. Protection. Being eternally delivered. Finding God would give us today a glimpse of His Kingdom. To see today - His Power. To know His Glory. God has an uplifting journey in His Plan.

Find other Helpers finding/seeking/enjoying/renewing/reminding us and seeing and celebrating Good in God's gifts. Seeing the Spirit of God in one another. Finding the Light of Jesus Christ in mankind.

Jesus Discusses us in Hunger or Fruitfulness

Let's remember, Jesus pleased, no Jesus actually Thrilled. Nathaniel in John 1 to find Jesus saw Nathaniel praying under a fig tree.

Currently, most of us are in a storm. We are hungering for the usual, regular pattern of life, we hunger for safety. We hunger for crowds, we hunger for gathering, we hunger not to be watching the news at home. We hunger not to worry. We hunger for our regular life. We hunger for schools, for safety, for family. We hunger not to be lonely and isolated.

Jesus was talking about praying against: fruitlessness or Lack. Lack of ~ Love, Joy, Peace, Comfort, calm to find patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness. Jesus is never toast dunked in milk. Jesus is angry to find the fig promises, shade, rest, comfort, beauty, sharing, eating and renewal. Jesus does not say, gosh the fig tree is out of figs, golly. Jesus isn't saying forgive the figgie tree.

When Jesus is talking about not finding figs - He is talking about financial crisis. Health Crisis as life seemed golden. Finding a circle of friends has gone sour. He is talking about having life interrupted with news reports of life Crisis.

Jesus gave us a parallel to the 'Fig Tree'. Of Course!

The parallel is a Crisis Parallel.

This particular Crisis Parallel - is for a specific people:

• those of us who have overly trusted in ourselves
• those of us who trust we are righteous,
• and those who have treated others with contempt
• those of us struggling to appear all is good in our lives
• those of us worried about our families and their future

In this time, we all struggle with the concept of Authority. 

Government, Financial, Employment or just attitude seen around our lives.

The "Author-it-Tay" has decreed 'everybody' shouldn't give God a thought and cared nothing for other people.

And then the underprivileged, the overlooked, the powerless, the loser person, the suck it up - it is what it is - decided to keep coming back and talking about the 'situation.'

Because of the impudence and persistence, The "Author-it-Tay" is starting to wonder about this 'decree'. The "Author-it-Tay" is feeling bothered. And has decided for comfort. In fact, The "Author-it-Tay" has decided for selfish comfort. (Are we surprised?)

And surprise of surprises, Jesus tells us we think of Father God exactly this way! 

What we proclaim about Authority is what we think about in God.  What we think about in life.

And how we really deal with problems, as well.

Exactly, as if we are going to strip down to the fact Jesus sees us exactly as we really know we are. CS Lewis called this concept, "Podfoot".

Oh! You better be nice, you better be good, Santa God has seen you as you are!!! He sees you when you're sleeping. He knows when you're awake. Oh! You better watch out, you better not cry. You better not pout, I'm telling you why - Santa Claus is not coming to town. 

However, Father God likes you as you are.


Picture real emotion in this:

Luke 18

18 And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart. 2 He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected man. 3 And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’ 4 For a while he refused, but afterward he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect man, 5 yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will give her justice, so that she will not beat me down by her continual coming.’” 6 And the Lord said, “Hear what the unrighteous judge says. 7 And will not God give justice to his elect, who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long over them? 8 I tell you, he will give justice to them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?”

9 He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and treated others with contempt.


Paul completely understood. Paul understood:

Romans 7:15-20
15 I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. 16 And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good. 17 As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me. 18 For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. 19 For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing. 20 Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.



John, the Longest Living Disciple said this: Pray. Spit it out to God.

1 John 3

19 By this we shall know that we are of the truth and reassure our heart before him; 20 for whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything.

21 Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God; 

22 and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him. 

23 And this is his commandment, that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded us. 24 Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God, and God in him. 

And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us.

Whew. God sees and discusses our heart - yes - and has given us the Highest Privilege to find God knows who we are and Loves us.

Jesus Christ:

1 John 4:19

We love because He first loved us

Jesus answered them, “Have faith in God."

Jesus is Way, Truly Creator of all Life and ahead of us when we pray.

Matthew 20

A great crowd followed Him. 

Jesus did not ask them to say Vouchsafe. Jesus did not ask them to say, "Creator of All, Dear Sir." In fact, what these men had was Desire. Faith. Courage. Earnestness. Sincerity. The prayer was really pretty straight forward. One thing, Jesus did not ask these men to assume Jesus didn't require a few words of explanation. And these men did what Mark's Gospel in Chapter 11 said, "Jesus has the Authority to do what we ask Him."

In Proverbs 8, Jesus delights in the Master Workmanship of His Father. Yes. Jesus knew Acts 2, God was going to share what God has with Jesus. And Jesus lives within Acts 2, Jesus is going to Give what He has to the blind men.

Hear, O Israel. The Lord Your God is One. The Word of God Stands Forever.

Abba,Father,

You have given us Jesus. Jesus is Love. Dwell in me.

Help us find You first. Seek You first.

And finish well in Jesus Christ.

This Virus has the whole world wondering if we have all the news. If the Rainbow of Noah remains. And we all have an idea Your Word is Good yesterday, today and tomorrow.

We'd like the Light of the world in mankind to touch Your Heart and have this virus and this illness to be gone. Healed. We would like Your Word to be Spoken, "He Healed Them All."

You have given us wonderful and sincere prayer of Jesus saying more Heaven on this earth. We would love to see more of Your Kingdom, Your Power and Your Glory. We would like to pray this with "Give us this day."

And we'd love to pray so effectively, we wouldn't look back and say, 'If only we had understood more of Your Plan to enfold in our Prayer." You know Your Hope and Future for us better than we do.

We would cover what lacks in this prayer, with Your Favorite Word:Jesus.

Jesus, Wonderful Counselor, Almighty God pray for us now and always. Amen.

The Dove was sent forth

believing God 

would fulfill His Word.

His Goodness.

God's Faithfulness.

Abba, Daddy. 

 

God reminds us

Blessing us with prayers for more Heaven on earth,

His Good Will be done.

To You, our Father, be the Glory

Our God is an Awesome God! Amen

and Alleluia

in Jesus Christ and His Glory!

Matthew 13:31,32

Jesus put before them another parable: “The Kingdom of Heaven 

is like a mustard seed that a man planted in his field.

 Although it is the smallest of all seeds, 

yet it grows into the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, 

so that the birds of the air come 

and 

nest in its branches.”

♔ LORD JESUS SAVES †

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