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Saturday, October 07, 2023

Psalm 122 ~ Pray for the peace of Jerusalem! “May they be secure who love you! Peace be within your walls and security within your towers!”

 







Psalm 122



I was glad when they said to me,
    “Let us go to the house of the Lord!”
2 Our feet have been standing
    within your gates, O Jerusalem!

3 Jerusalem—built as a city
    that is bound firmly together,
4 to which the tribes go up,
    the tribes of the Lord,
as was decreed for Israel,
    to give thanks to the name of the Lord.
5 There thrones for judgment were set,
    the thrones of the house of David.

6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem!

    “May they be secure who love you!

7 Peace be within your walls
    and security within your towers!”

8 For my brothers and companions' sake
    I will say, “Peace be within you!”

9 For the sake of the house of the Lord our God,
    I will seek your good.



Abba, Father,

We pray for Israel.
For the Children of Israel who are terribly afraid
in their homes of violence.

Leviticus 26:6
And I will give peace to 
the land, 
and you will lie down with nothing to fear.

Job 11:18

You will be secure, 
because there is hope, 
and you will look around and lie down in safety.

Psalm 3

But you, O Lord, are a shield about me,
    my glory, and the lifter of my head.
4 I cried aloud to the Lord,
    and He answered me from His Holy Hill. Selah




5 I lay down and slept;
    I woke again, for the Lord sustained me.
6 I will not be afraid of many thousands of people
    who have set themselves against me all around.

7 Arise, O Lord!
    Save me, O my God!

Psalm 4:8

I will lie down and sleep in peace, for You alone, 
O LORD, make me dwell in safety.

Psalm 127:2

In vain you rise early and stay up late, 
toiling for bread to eat
--for He gives sleep to His beloved.

Proverbs 3:24

When you lie down, you will not be afraid; 
when you rest,
 your sleep will be sweet.



Hosea 4:16

May the Lord 
now feed them 
like a lamb in a broad pasture



With God, all things are possible



Psalm 78:8

Then they will not be like their fathers, 
a stubborn and rebellious generation, 
whose heart was not loyal, 
whose spirit was not faithful to God.



Isaiah 5:17

Lambs will graze as in their own pastures


Isaiah 7:21-25

And it shall come to pass in that day, 
that a man shall nourish a young cow, 
and two sheep



Mt Horeb becomes the Jordan River
Becomes the Sea of Galilee




Dwell in us, Father.
Help the ones we Love to have You dwelling in them.
Bless us with Your Love,
Help us to Seek You First.
And 
we will finish well in Jesus Christ.


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. 

We ask You for healing:

In the Nation,
Nations and Israel,
mankind,
families
and the weather
Economics.
All the things we pray for diligently!

We pray 
to rise
 to shine for Your Glory.

In the Name of Jesus Christ,
Your Son.
Amen.






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Friday, October 06, 2023

Romans 12:15-17 ~ Live





 

Romans 12:15-17





 Rejoice with those who rejoice, 
weep with those who weep. 

Live in harmony with one another. 
Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly. 
Never be wise in your own sight. 

Repay no one evil for evil, 
but give thought to do 
what is honorable 
in the sight of all. 

If possible, so far as it depends on you, 
live peaceably with all.



JRR Tolkien begins with the Shire. How beautiful, how peaceable. Amusing with preferences. Joy in the day. Gratitude.

Fear of change.

And then... old grudges, firm opinions. Hurt feelings. Insecurity. Reasons to find fault. And who is pleased? Insidious of generations, plotting
with dislike - evil.

Conversations become with honest openness are not encouraged. Blame  - blame them. Change a sentence to make an innuendo. Never find encouraging remarks. Find sides. Protect the flank, cover the rear. Give false news.  Change the facts. Delete necessary information. Make fun of efforts to be helpful.  Use the divide to dig in deeper to evil intent. Make a conversation look like this is healing, but leads to the abyss covered by the reeds.  It looks like jam, but no, it's more like tar.  Why? To create controversy. Avoid mercy and love. When it looks like muck, it probably is.

Why would anyone want to take a conversation, look innocent and lead into the ditch? Not for the way, the truth or the life. To avoid love. To avoid mercy. And if so - then the means explain the narrator.  

I've seen this recently with social media. Talk about amazing and wonderful, hopeful news. Then vere to helpful comments. Then complaints. Become stories of hurt and bewilderment. Then add in how to help. More complaints. If you comment, you are in - a side.  This is the division.




The Good News. God is a God of Love. The Gates of Heaven never close. This is Our God. This is the warmth of Healing, Love of Jesus Christ.  


1 Peter 4:8-10
 
Above all, love each other deeply, 
because love covers over a multitude of sins. 

Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling. 
Each of you should use whatever gift you have received 
to serve others,
 as faithful stewards of 
God's grace 
in its various forms.





 

 Rejoice with those who rejoice, 
weep with those who weep.

Concern for others, empathy, sincerity and interest. Love! Finding whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable-if anything is excellent or praiseworthy-think about such things. 

I know of a Church that has given 40 Million Dollars to Missions. I know of so many Baptisms. We know Churches where people pray God will make the Path. We could rejoice in the Majority to pray and believe God hears them. We can, will, go and worship the Lord and be glad for what He is doing. Left, now, out of the parking lot, seeing the Mission Field, our everyday hearing of problems - here, there or the other. But we can go again to see part of what is good, loving, hopeful and be nourished each visit.

Keeping the Love of God first and pushing out the doldrums.  One of my favorite Sermons was saying, we are so pushed to remember this, solve that, have a running list of repeat situations. The Sermon declared - come back to the Sermon, rest, don't take up wandering guilt and clouds of dissatisfaction. Come back to the message, the sermon, God's open Gates.

Where we put our Hope is God.










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Thursday, October 05, 2023

Psalm 147:4,5 ~ He calls them each by name




 

 

Psalm 147:4,5




He determines, tells, calls the number of the stars 
into being; 
He calls them each by name. 

Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; 
His understanding has no limit.




We all tend to go about our day
as if one day tells the tale to the next.


And then we go on vacation and find some of the
Beauties and Glimpses
of Heaven on earth.


When we see the wonder on a child's face
we know the joy of awe
and wonder.

And understand, completely, the Scripture saying
we become the millstone sunk into the depths of the deep
to take this awe from a child.


This week, we received rain.  And storms, complete with deep rumbling Thunder.  The weather reported this as if one day tells its tale to another. Yup, rain. Traffic, delays.  Wait a minute, wait a minute. Wait. Edward and I flew into Seattle in 2018. I've heard of the famous rains of Seattle allll my life. It's emerald green, like the land of Oz.  Not Arizona.  And in fact, Seattle hadn't had rain of any generous proportion for 6 years. 6 years and the news had not reported this tremendous drought. Which fact is going to shock you more.  

We went to see Alaska, we witnessed such pristine beauty, Genesis came to my mind, this must have looked like Genesis. Mist was everywhere. I was in awe. My mother-in-law, graciously, took the family to Alaska. The lady who just turned 90 years old. And I was sitting at the dinner table, by myself, and Judy sat down next to me.  She said you are so intent on seeing, what do you see so intently. Oh, Judy, I see Genesis! The clarity of the light, the incredible clean. Knowing, as you see these mountains and ranges, no one has ever put their foot upon them. And the sunrise, tomorrow, will reveal another portion. The mists of creation. The whales jumping from the sea. Leviathan. The elk. The moose. The lands gifted to the tribes.  The Church in Sitka. The icon that floated.  Genesis. Building that Church with ships sailing through ice in the middle of such a wilderness. 

And as we completed our journey, British Columbia, has this incredible system for retrieving lumber, that does not mar the land. It's selective and wonderful. And as we journeyed back, British Columbia had the first extensive forest fire in recorded, not very long in earth terms, history. 

YES, WE HAVE HAD RAIN!

Our son Alexander went on a wonderful trip with his gracious grandmother in 2009, to Switzerland and Russia. And... as they returned, Siberia caught fire. And that's been more than 200 years since a forest fire.

YES, WE HAVE HAD RAIN!




As a child, growing up in Dallas, we always loved the rainstorms. And classrooms usually had a whole wall of windows. Weather was good.  About the time, February 12, 2013, the Vatican had a clap of lightning the day Pope Benedict retired, a friend, had a clap of lighting strike a tree nearby. Creating a spark of friction in their house, frying the refrigerator, a newish one, which created a spark, striking all of their appliances and creating a need for the fire department to watch their home and, indeed, a fire started a few hours later and was put out. Because the fire department stood their ground watching. And within about 3 months, life was the same as before. 

My son witnessed, during his summer camp counselor, lifeguard years, an approaching storm sent the children from the outdoor pool, to the indoor pool.  Then the manager came to him and said lightning was within 5 miles, get the 70 children out of the indoor pool. Cal was having a time of it, the children found it exciting to move due to a storm, and they felt, collectively, this was overly cautious.  Finally, whistles came out, and the children had a young girl, camp counselor dive into the midst of them to sort them out - get out of the pool. The thunderstorm moved in quickly. A tree was struck nearby. Just as, the young woman reached for the chrome handle of the indoor pool. A mere spark was seen. Cal was standing and watching her, was the additional eyewitness. She fell back into the pool, Cal saw her face and asked if she was alright. She clearly said, "Yes, just winded me as the spark..." She continued to tread water, but was silent. Then her eyes rolled back in her head and she went under. Cal grabbed the pole and maneuvered her to the side. As she glided to the side, he was able to grab her arm, then arms and others rushed up to pull her to the concrete.  Cal had taken CPR to become a lifeguard, and he administered CPR after calling out to another counselor to call 911, an Ambulance. CPR was given, worked and she was still unconscious.  The Ambulance arrived as she regained consciousness.  The young woman was disoriented and wondering what had happened.  She would spend 2 days in the hospital to have fluids and be checked, return to work, alive and well. Cal had saved her life. Knowing CPR and how to get her out of the water as fast as possible.





Psalms 19:1-4

Day after day they tell the story; 
night after night they tell it again. 

They have no speech or words; they have no voice to be heard. 
But their message goes out through all the world; 
their words go everywhere on earth.



Ephesians 3:17-19 ~ grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge —that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.

When I worked at Pro Life, most of the time when asked why the difficulty had arrived in life, the answer was boredom. Regular life is too routine.  We know we have a choice to be joyful. When we lose it, we will choose it. Joy. We have the right to look at ordinary life and choose to find The Lord. Choose to live in His Love. Choose to be one of the people who bring Heaven to earth.  



Establish a lifelong pattern
of actively finding the Joy
and the Blessing.

Being the Blessing.





We can look at life as being the Blessing of God seekers, finders and bringers. 

Lightning is something we live with, when we are blessed to have rain. Blessed. 



Psalm 97


The Lord reigns, 
Let the earth rejoice;
    let the many coastlands be glad!

2 Clouds and thick darkness are all around Him;
    righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne.
3 Fire goes before Him
    and burns up His adversaries all around.




This Gif lightning started off as pink, but went white. 
We had pink, only, this afternoon!

4 His lightnings light up the world;
    the earth sees and trembles.
5 The mountains melt like wax before the Lord,
    before the Lord of all the earth.

6 The heavens proclaim his righteousness,
    and all the peoples see his glory.
7 All worshipers of images are put to shame,
    who make their boast in worthless idols;
    worship him, all you gods!

8 Zion hears and is glad,
    and the daughters of Judah rejoice,
    because of your judgments, O Lord.
9 For you, O Lord, are most high over all the earth;
    you are exalted far above all gods.

10 O you who love the Lord, hate evil!
    He preserves the lives of his saints;
  He delivers them from the hand of the wicked.

Light is sown for the righteous,
    and joy for the upright in heart.
12 Rejoice in the Lord, O you righteous,
    and give thanks to His holy name!


 Yesterday, Edward really wanted a good steak for his Birthday.  He suggested a restaurant and I then, typically, suggested my favorite.  And we had this round discussion for a few minutes. And I sort of realized, hey maybe, this is Edward's Birthday. Let's also mention, Edward didn't want a BD huge gift this year and, in fact, didn't think of one he wanted. He knew I wanted something in connection to my mother, and he said, "This year, let's celebrate my birthday buying you this item." Life offers joy and blessings. Always remember.

And we headed out last night. I thought we were going to the Grand Parkway, but actually, we went into town. And as we pulled in, I realized I'd been to the Fuddrucker's next door with my brother, John, when he had lived in Houston. And we walked into Taste of Texas, I discovered, I'd been in the gift shop with John.  We sat down. I looked at Edward and said, my mother has been here with John and said this was a favorite of his and then became a favorite of my mom's.  I'd worn my mother's Greek Konstantino cross.  Almost for the first time. Because, she had annoyed me by buying an exact copy of almost my cross.  And I told her she had annoyed me. My mother said, with much emotion, share the goodness in life. Be glad for beauty and to know you have beauty within you. 

Awe and wonder. See He surrounds us. Even the thunder.


His lightnings light up the world


Life forevermore in Jesus Christ.



Abba, Father,

We thank You for rain
and Your thunder.

Psalm 29:1

The voice of the LORD is over the waters; 
the God of glory thunders, 
the LORD thunders over the mighty waters. 

The voice of the LORD is powerful; 
the voice of the LORD is majestic

Thank You for 
the glimpses of Heaven.

The understanding
all of the stars
are Yours.

All of the Heavens are Yours.

Give us this day
and in the daily bread
let us have
gratitude
awe
and 
wonder.

Dwell in us, mightily, Father.
Dwell in us as the small voice.
Dwell in us, please, Father.

Dwell in those we Love.
Help us to seek You first.
And we will finish well in Jesus Christ.

Thank You for our Lord Jesus Christ.

Jesus is the Lord
and is working,
we ask in this prayer,
in the Highest
Name of Jesus 

Amen.








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Who Jesus Is
1 Timothy 1:1-11 ~ God our Savior, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope
Matthew 16:13-20 ~ who do people say the Son of Man is?

Good News for us to remember and Think Upon
Animals are found in Heaven ~ 6 Prophets See Animals in Heaven

Anger, Jealousy=Trouble




The Bible explains the Bible, Prophetically

Bible - in your hand, today

Bible Accuracy



Blessing







Blessing our Father God

Blessing - unaware

Boundaries

Brothers
Christmas - His Word Upholds the Universe - December 25th


Psalm 135 ~ who is in your midst
John 1:1-14, 16, 29-51 ~ He was in the world

Details - Putting it all together and discovering it is about God

Psalm 108 ~ In triumph I will parcel out Shechem

Determine your own path, just love Him

Judges 16 ~ like any other man
John 4:43-54 ~ Doing what Jesus says


Earthquake

Every Day, Still Today
Today, Yesterday, Tomorrow


Exodus - History












Heavenly Hosts
His Messengers of Light












Elements of Nature Displaying HIS Glory
Exodus 40:16-38 ~ In the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, the tabernacle was erected.

I Decide What is Right and Wrong - God noticed this in the Garden of Eden from Eve

Individualism and Groups

It's the End of the World as We Know it, And I Feel Fine. (One of our most read posts.)
Grandpa - The Bible is Really the Life Story of People and
their Abba









Gates of Heaven


Gifts of God, all of us


Giving - God certainly is





























Glory


God sees His Creation as Good!!!


Gravity






















Good Friday

Gossip

Gratitude

Greatest

Grief, Forgiveness, Homecoming


Hated Emotion - Fear




































History - Is There History Showing Jesus was Alive - VERY EXTENSIVE HISTORY

Holiness


Holy Spirit ~ Manifestations

Homeward Bound, still a sojourner

Honey, Do this

Invitation
John 3:31-36 ~ that God is true

Israel - Destroyed Completely and Rebuilt. A sign of Jesus. Existing today.

Jesus clearly put a Foundation for His Resurrection to be Believed by the Multitudes of all of Israel and the Nations

Jesus and His Childhood Privacy
Nazareth - What Jesus did See Growing Up

John the Beloved Disciple


The Journey of Joseph


























Live It
Psalm 117 ~ Praise the Lord
Psalm 82 ~ rescue the weak and the needy
2 Samuel 4:1-12 ~ David answered
Hebrews 12 ~ Thankful
Psalm 31:3-8,17-21 ~ Thou hast redeemed me
Isaiah 40:1-11 ~ His reward is with Him
Matthew 13:31-32 ~ the birds of the air come and perch in its branches
Matthew 6:25-34 ~ your heavenly Father knows that you need
Luke 11:29-32 ~ Rise up
Psalm 126 ~ shouts of joy, bringing his sheaves
Luke 14:15-24 ~ there is still room
Joshua 1:1-9 ~ I am giving
Acts 5 ~ speak in the name of Jesus
John 1 ~ the Light shines
John 3:5-8 ~ born again
~ they went on from there and passed through Galilee
Judges 20 ~ Israel

Losing a Loved One - Passing ON

Revelation 21:22-27 ~ those who are written in the Lamb's Book of Life

Not Being Tossed Back and Forth with Emotion
Ephesians 4 ~ speaking the truth in Love

Marriage
Romans 7:1-12 ~ bear fruit for God
1 Corinthians 7 ~ For the unbelieving husband is made holy because of his wife, and the unbelieving wife is made holy because of her husband
Genesis 37:12-24 ~ when Reuben
Psalm 143 ~ Your steadfast love
Psalm 86 ~ For great is your steadfast love

Media... taking it down the path
1 Corinthians 10 ~ Do not cause anyone to stumble, whether Jews, Greeks or the church of God





Mercy, an Inseparable Component of Truth
Matthew 23:23-26 ~ clean
1 Samuel 12 ~ serve the Lord with all your heart
Matthew 22:34-40 ~ The great and first commandment. And a second is like it

Miscellaneous
Job 38 ~ Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding.
Psalm 19 ~ the heavens declare the glory of God
2 Kings 5:1-15 ~ a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper
1 Chronicles 13 ~ the Lord blessed the household of Obed-edom










Peace




Pharisee ~ Religion
Luke 11:42-46 ~ Woe to you Pharisees!


Pictorial Images of the 12 Tribes of Israel








Picture It


















Overcoming, with God's help!


Positive Attitude in Trouble




Prophets - the Law and the Old Men in Robes or People who Love the Lord. Flaws and Virtues. What They Sought in the Lord and What Drew Them to Him.



Praise



























Prayer

Psalm 91 ~ Prayer is always heard, God has an open door policy



Prayer Needs




Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words

Promises

Prosperity Gospel











Repeat and Repeat







Rest

Restore

Revelation 8:2
Seven Angels who stand before God

Revisionist History - Moses and Jeremiah said
there would be days like this
Deuteronomy 8
Jeremiah 23


Rock


SALVATION! What is needed?

Science - Blinded me - No - He Who Opens the Eyes of the Blind - With Science!!!

Second (3rd or 4th) Rate Seventh Level of Heaven

Seventh Level of Heaven







Shepherd

Smile!



Time Management





Life and Travels of Paul

Shroud

Transfiguration



True
The World Changed Rapidly after the first Easter



Trust Him

Uncomfortable Scripture

Video Game Player

Visual







Who is like our God?

Willingly

Works and Grace
Mark 1:4-11 ~ You are my beloved Son; with You I am well pleased

Worry

Wrathful, Nasty Old God from the Old Testament

Yahweh




Years - Thousands of Them are Yesterday in His Sight


80 Books of the Bible
Holy Spirit Approved by the First Council Nicaea and St. Nicholas
Included by the Essenes in the Dead Sea Scrolls
Today included by the Catholic Church
God wants to save the world.
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