Psalm 91 ~ he will call upon Me, and I will answer him

 

 

Psalm 91

1 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High

will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.

2 I will say of the LORD, "He is my refuge and my fortress,

my God, in whom I trust."

3 Surely he will save you from the fowler's snare

and from the deadly pestilence.

4 He will cover you with his feathers,

and under his wings you will find refuge;

his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.

5 You will not fear the terror of night,

nor the arrow that flies by day,

6 nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness,

nor the plague that destroys at midday.

7 A thousand may fall at your side,

ten thousand at your right hand,

but it will not come near you.

8 You will only observe with your eyes

and see the punishment of the wicked.

9 If you make the Most High your dwelling—

even the LORD, who is my refuge-

10 then no harm will befall you,

no disaster will come near your tent.

11 For he will command his angels concerning you

to guard you in all your ways;

12 they will lift you up in their hands,

so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.

13 You will tread upon the lion and the cobra;

you will trample the great lion and the serpent.

14 "Because he loves me," says the LORD, "I will rescue him;

I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.

15 He will call upon me, and I will answer him;

I will be with him in trouble,

I will deliver him and honor him.

16 With long life will I satisfy him

and show him my salvation."

 Prayer is always heard, God has an open door policy. 

Peter has the keys to Heaven. And God has said the lights are always on, the gate is never shut and we are to come boldly and with confidence to the Throne of God. We have an eternal invitation to tell our Father, in Jesus Christ His Son, every person, every item, every situation we would be invited to bring to God. Some of David's Psalms are the anguish and overwhelming warfare trench needs. God allows Scripture to be very intense, to explain He never leaves nor forsakes us. 

So many Scriptures tell us about different stages of life and variations in vast life and purpose. Prayer is like God Himself, the nature and invitation of the call to pray does not change. God, our Father, never leaves nor forsakes us. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow.

The Narrow Gate

John explains the walls disappeared and, suddenly, about 60 years later, John stands before Victorious Jesus in His Heavenly Home. The people, who have returned from being dead or near dead experiences, report the walls disappear and they are in God's Heavenly Home.

Matthew 19:26

But Jesus looked at them and said, 

“With man this is impossible,

 but with God all things are possible.”

Mark 10:27

Jesus looked at them and said, 

“With man it is impossible, but not with God. 

For all things are possible with God.”

Luke 1:37

For nothing will be impossible with God.

Luke 18:27

He said, “What is impossible with man is possible with God.”

Hebrews 6:18

So that by two unchangeable things, 

in which it is impossible for God to lie,

 we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement 

to hold fast

 to the hope 

set before us.

Timeless

without seasons

God Loves You

Hebrews 11:6

And without faith it is impossible to please Him, 

for whoever would draw near to God

 must believe that He exists 

and 

that He rewards those who seek Him.

Abba, Father,

In Jesus Christ,

we ask to Behold Your Favor

and 

Help us all

Believe Your Word

and we will

Shine in Your Light!

Help our prayers be fruitful. 

Let our conversation about joy, need, praise. 

Let it be humble, let it be uplifting. 

Help us prayers are good

and You hear us.

The woman holding on to Jesus to be healed,

certainly did not do this herself.

Thank you, Father, You incline your ear whenever we call upon You. 

Heal the hurting, uplift the families. 

Send Your vast blessings. Father God, 

You are truly are as vast as the Universe itself and as gentle as a breeze. 

Speak the Word, Father God, and we know Your healing. 

Prayers for healing in health are being answered.

And new prayers for health, today.

We pray for the work being done at our house

to be well, in patience and in kindness. Completion of the Project.

Dwell in us, Father.

Help the ones we Love to have You dwelling in them.

Help us to Seek You First.

And we will finish well in Jesus Christ.

We ask You for healing

in the Nation,

mankind,

families

and the weather

Economics.

All the things we pray for diligently!

Trouble, the Word of God says

Glad Tidings

Seasons of Trouble

came to pass.

Jesus Christ

Son of God

Prince of Peace

We Pray for Your Help

to end the drought so many have experienced,

in the Highest Name of Jesus Christ.

Blessing

of receiving rain and gentle weather,

that we will be that gentleness.

Bringing more Heaven to earth.

Amen.

Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves †

Yay Lord Jesus 

Psalm 56:9-13 ~ God is for me †

The grave did not hold Jesus and His Name would be proclaimed for many years, secretly, with many changed lives, until Constantine would appease the growing number of Christians to allow Christianity to be the Religion of the Roman Empire.

 

 

Psalm 56:9-13

 This I know, that God is for me.

10 In God, whose word I praise,

    in the Lord, whose word I praise,

11 in 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.

We live during a time that isn't known for comfort and good news. The arrival Jesus promised of the Holy Spirit continued to grow. Like the First Easter, with the Disciples hiding as the day began, Christianity spread through meeting in places like the catacombs.

Why remember the chaos of the beginning of Christianity? 

To point out, that times of distress can form thoughts and goals. The building up of mankind.

Catacombs are the billboards of yesterday. 

Christian Art has been discovered only in recent decades. What an amazing time we live in. I grew up thinking Pontius Pilate was a myth. And the census of Augustus driving Joseph to bring Mary to give birth to Jesus Christ in Bethlehem is now discovered.

The Catacombs have major art. They are now famous for Christian burials beginning in the 2nd century. The white tombstone is the Funerary Steele of Licinia Amias, one of the most ancient Christian inscriptions. Upper tier: dedication to the Dis Manibus and Christian motto in Greek letters ΙΧΘΥC ΖΩΝΤΩΝ / Ikhthus zōntōn ("Fish of the Living"). The other art is Jesus as Shepherd and the Eucharist. Peter's home in Capernaum was covered with praise inscriptions as well.

Why was this such a time of great change? Only a carpenter's son was condemned after Pontius Pilate declared him to be innocent. We know from written history, other political zealots had declared themselves to be the Messiah of God.


Jesus was unusual for the lame walking, the blind seeing, the deaf hear and the poor had good news preached to them.

Jesus Heals, painted by James Tissot

And so, more than likely, Annas and Caiaphas were ready to jump back into the swing of things as business as usual. My husband, likes, without theological background or seminary, to call this the Zombie Passover. And the painter James Tissot would agree. Actually, this would have caused me a very great upset to see. The Disciple John, the beloved disciple, believed he had seen evil and that Good Friday, day, changed him and his writings more than the other disciples who had hidden.

Passover was not the joy they had known - instead, they had major looming problems.

Matthew 27:51-54

At that moment, the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook, the rocks split 52 and the tombs broke open. The bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life. 53 They came out of the tombs after Jesus’ resurrection and e went into the holy city and appeared to many people.

54 When the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and all that had happened, they were terrified, and exclaimed, “Surely he was the Son of God!”

Bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life, Painted by James Tissot

And the graves were opened - "Graves" or sepulchers were most commonly made, among the Jews, in solid rocks or in caves of rocks. The rending of the rocks, therefore, would lay them open. The graves were opened by this earthquake, but the dead in them did not rise until after his resurrection.

So what did the Temple government look like upon The death of Jesus Christ the LORD and His Resurrection?




Today in Jerusalem, this is a model of the 2nd Temple with a close-up of Solomon's Porch.

Acts 5:12-16 ~ American Standard Version

And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders

 wrought among the people;

 and they were all with one accord in Solomon's porch. 

But of the rest durst no man join himself to them: 

howbeit, the people magnified them; 

and believers were the more added to the Lord, 

multitudes 

both of them and women; 

insomuch that they even carried out the sick into the streets, 

and laid them on beds and couches, 

that, as Peter came by, 

at the least his shadow might overshadow 

some one of them.

 And there also came together the multitudes 

from the cities round about Jerusalem, 

bring sick folk, 

and them that were vexed with unclean spirits: 

And they were healed every one.

Quite a change. From hiding behind locked doors, the disciples are preaching Jesus Christ the Savior in the 36 acres of the Temple Court.

John 20:19-20

On the evening of that first day of the week, 

when the disciples were together, 

with the doors locked for fear of the Jews, 

Jesus came and stood among them 

and said, 

"Peace be with you!" 

After He said this, 

He showed them His hands and side. 

The disciples were overjoyed 

when they saw the Lord.

Newly found Roman Road to Jerusalem about 2012.

Just found, with Pilate coins

Found in the Roman Road near Bethlehem:

Coins — a coin minted by Roman prefect of Judea, Pontius Pilate from 29 AD, a coin minted by Agrippa I from 41 AD, dating to the second year of the revolt against Rome (67 AD) and a later Islamic coin from the Umayyad period.

One of the interesting parts of archaeology in Israel,

human remains are not as easily found.

Not what you'd expect in a dry climate.

Creating an interesting observation

in Ezekiel calling for dry bones to rise up.

Scientific American

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John 20:28-29

Thomas said to him, “My Lord and my God!” 

Then Jesus told him, “Because you have seen Me, you have believed; 

Blessed are those who have not seen 

and yet 

have believed.”

Abba, Father,

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.

Times of distress can form thoughts and goals. 

The building up of mankind.

Father, we ask for Your help.

Luke 18:1

Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them 

that they should always pray 

and not give up

For great is the glory of the Lord!

Blessed Be the Name of Jesus

and those who call upon Him

Blessed be those who have

their hope in You

Thank You for hearing our prayers

and answering us

as our Father.

In the Highest Name of

Jesus, Alleluia,

Amen

We Pray for Your Help

to end the drought so many have experienced,

in the Highest Name of Jesus Christ.

Amen

♔ Lord Jesus Saves †

Yay Lord Jesus