Ephesians 1 ~ by the will of God

Psalm 19:1 

The heavens declare the glory of God; 

the skies proclaim the work of his hands.

Ephesians 1

1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints who are in Ephesus, and are faithful in Christ Jesus: 2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.


3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, 4 even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him.

 In love 5 he predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, 6 to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved. 7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, 8 which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight 9 making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his purpose, which he set forth in Christ 10 as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth. 11 In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will, 12 so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of his glory. 13 In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, 14 who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it,to the praise of his glory.


15 For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints, 16 I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers, 17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ  

The Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, 18 having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, 19 and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his great might 20 that he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places, 21 far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come. 22 And he put all things under his feet and gave him as head over all things to the church, 23 which is his body,
 the fullness of him who fills all in all.

My mother is very elderly these days. A friend who is an attorney says that she runs into the same problem. To conduct banking and investments - you go into the Financial Institution. You take the elderly - they are unclear what's going on. You have their permission - you show a Durable Power of Attorney - you and your elderly parent sign the right papers. All is set up for your help.

My friend, like we do, gets gifts from the parent - for grandchildren. Passwords and online systems.

A week later - the password has changed. The ID has changed. My mother's email was lost due to old age, changing phones, etc. We have had 6 personal visits. And i have been online, 3 times on the phone yesterday, 9 times on the phone in 2 weeks. Passwords change. You have to stay on hold and explain to a new person each time. Varying degrees of helpfulness. "The Money: is managed - what do you mean you should earn more than 1%??? Why sell something that has lost 75%. It's part of the package.

What the password was lost?

My Attorney friend goes in for the same withdrawal they discussed last week  for the grandchild. With the Durable Power of Attorney. Sorry - yes, we see the history of the withdrawal. No. Don't recall the conversation. Go get the parent who is 87 years old.

So I have been on 6 personal visits with a Dementia Elderly. 4 emails. 2 times my mom has gone to do business. I have had to change her email out. And request a new ID away from The Social Security Number as the ID? How many new passwords with phone calls in a month? 12??? Oh yes we made that change. Om no.

You know at this point
 - you say words -
that at the end of the day you garden and  you say "I Know I'm Christian."
And you are so pleased to know God's mercy extends when you just don't feel you have human endurance any more. And all day you think of the hours and hours of work you put in to do something that should have taken - tops - 30 minutes.

It's a plain @$$ soul CRUNCHER.

I was the Legal Guardian of the Person and the Estate for 12 years of an elderly cousin who had 23 strokes - never to recover short or long-term memory care. Placed in a locked memory care facility to receive instruction and care. With two extra hired employees. And when you met someone in the financial institutions that didn't want to help with Year End Guardianship Accounting - they typically would say, "We must have you produce the owner of the account." About that time you'd have to say get the manager, a Legal Guardianship is higher in priority than a Durable Power of Attorney. And when you explained a locked in facility - horror of seeing a truly decayed individual would produce "real work".

My mother has accounts that have been managed that have lost a third of the value. But 'Boy Howdy" they are secure from family trying to help.

And that is NOT TO SAY - that where my mother banks there is not a teller who works her absolute tail off to deal with the way my mother banks. My mother has a teller who takes her calls - listens to the nonsensical - and protects and guards my mother.

With in banking, and not stock trading, another institution offers her 1% on her CD and other 'helpers' tell me we must return another day to bank on-line that we have conducted enough business and on-line banking can't be done "in this department." Which is a secondary excuse from 'done enough today.' Mother has two stock investment companies - the first was fired when they showed up at her house to 'help' her. It took my mother 3 days to communicate the transaction there. The next day - the old passwords don't work. The way the Institutions allow elderly assistance - is shocking.

In 1999, a life long friend of my family, my godparents', my godparents' children, my husband - he was a member of our wedding party - lost his job with a Major Stock Brokerage Company. I had hired him to invest my ward, my cousin's funds. We 'specifically' told him - do not load us up in Company funds. It must be the fund itself not the holdings of the Stock Brokerage Company. My ward lost 5% due to his ignoring our direct and specific orders. I had to report to the Probate Court for annual accounting on the Guardianship for the Person and the Estate. The Dallas Probate Court was going to call him to the witness stand until they called the Brokerage Firm and found he was fired for this and going to Assisted Living Facilities and funding up the old people in Assisted Living facilities. He took his father's clients and did this to them. Not a city of Dallas company - a nationally known Major Stock Brokerage Company.


And I will repeat - this happens to Attorneys in towns where they have done business as a family for 30 years with a Durable Power of Attorney on repeat historical business. This is suits playing upon the - elderly. And is so - reprehensible.

We get to go outside. Feel the breeze upon us. To see the flowers and the peaches. See the sun setting. Knowing HIS mercies renew tonight and as the sun rises tomorrow. Knowing the Grace of God fully understands about the frailty of human endurance and the words and thoughts of anger that passes.

Because Our God is more Enduring and More Present than our Difficulties.


John 17:1

When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, "Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you

1. Genesis 3:15.....Seed of a woman (virgin birth).....Luke 1:35, Matthew 1:18-20
2. Genesis 3:15.....He will bruise Satan's head.....Hebrews 2:14, 1 John 3:18
3. Genesis 5:24....The bodily ascension to heaven illustrated....Mark 6:19
4. Genesis 9:26-27...The God of Shem will be the Son of Shem...Luke 3:36
5. Genesis 12:3...As Abraham's seed, will bless all nations...Acts 3:25,26
6. Genesis 12:7...The The Promise made made to Abraham's Seed...Galatians 3:16
7. Genesis 14:18...A priest after Melchizedek...Hebrews 6:20
8. Genesis 14:18........A King also........Hebrews 7:2
9. Genesis 14:18...The Last Supper foreshadowed...Matthew 26:26-29
10. Genesis 17:19.......The Seed of Isaac.......Romans. 9:7
11. Genesis 21:12 …Seed of Isaac…Romans 9:7, Hebrews 11:18
12. Genesis 22:8...The Lamb of God promised...John 1:29
13. Genesis 22:18...As Isaac's seed, will bless all nations...Galatians 3:16
14. Genesis26:2-5..The Seed of Isaac promised as the Redeemer..Hebrews11:18
15. Genesis 49:10...The time of His coming...Luke 2:1-7; Galatians 4:4
16. Genesis 49:10.......The Seed of Judah.......Luke 3:33
17. Genesis 49:10......Called Shiloh or One Sent......John 17:3
18. Genesis 49:10...To come before Judah lost identity...John 11:47-52
19. Genesis 49:10...To Him shall the obedience of the people be...John 10:16
20. Exodus 3:13,14........The Great "I Am".......John 4:26
21. Exodus 12:5...A Lamb without blemish...1 Pet. 1:19
22. Exodus 12:13...The blood of the Lamb saves Romans wrath...Romans. 5:8
23. Exodus 12:21-27...Christ is our Passover...1 Corinthians 5;7
24. Exodus 12:46...Not a bone of the Lamb to be broken...John 19:31-36
25. Exodus 13:2…Blessing to first born son…Luke 2:23
26. Exodus 15:2...His exaltation predicted as Yeshua...Acts 7:55,56
27. Exodus 15:11...His Character-Holiness...Luke 1:35; Acts 4:27
28. Exodus 17:6...The Spiritual Rock of Israel...1 Corinthians 10;4
29. Exodus 33:19...His Character-Merciful...Luke 1:72
30. Leviticus14:11...The leper cleansed-Sign to priesthood..Luke5:12-14; Acts 6:7
31. Leviticus16:15-17...Prefigures Christ's once-for-all death...Hebrews 9:7-14
32. Leviticus16:27...Suffering outside the Camp...Matthew 27:33; Hebrews 13:11, 12
33. Leviticus17:11...The Blood-the life of the flesh...Matthew 26;28; Mark 10:45
34. Leviticus17:11...It is the blood that makes atonement...1 John 3:14-18
35. Leviticus23:36-37...The Drink-offering: "If any man thirst." ..John 19:31-36
36. Numbers 9:12...Not a bone of Him broken...John 19:31-36
37. Numbers 21:9...The serpent on a pole-Christ lifted up...John 3:14-18
38. Numbers 24:8… Flight to Egypt…Matthew 2:14
39. Numbers 24:17...Time: "I shall see him, but not now."...Galatians 4:4
40. Numbers 24:17-19…A star out of Jacob…Matthew 2:2, Luke 1:33,78, Revelation 22:16
41. Deuteronomy 18:15..."This is of a truth that prophet."...John 6:14
42. Deuteronomy 18:15-16..."Had ye believed Moses, ye would believe me."...John 5:45-47
43. Deuteronomy 18:18...Sent by the Father to speak His word...John 8:28, 29
44. Deuteronomy 18:19...Whoever will not hear must bear his sin...John 12:15
45. Deuteronomy 21:13-23…As a prophet…John 6:14; 7:40, Acts 3:22,23
46. Deuteronomy 21:23...Cursed is he that hangs on a tree...Galatians 3:10-13
47. Ruth 4:4-9...Christ, our kinsman, has redeemed us...Ephesians 1:3-7
48. 1 Samuel 2:10...Shall be an anointed King to the Lord...Matthew 28:18; John 12:15
49. 2 Samuel 7:12...David's Seed...Matthew 1:1
50. 2 Samuel 7:14a...The Son of God... Luke 1:32
51. 2 Samuel 7:16...David's house established forever...Luke 3:31; Rev. 22:16
52. 2 Samuel 23:2-4…would be the “Rock”…1 Corinthians 10:4
53. 2 Samuel 23:2-4…would be as the “light of the morning”…Revelation 22:16
54. 2 Kings 2:11...The bodily ascension to heaven illustrated...Luke 24:51
55. 1 Chronicles 17:11...David's Seed...Matthew 1:1; 9:27
56. 1 Chronicles 17:12, 13a...To reign on David's throne forever...Luke 1:32, 33
57. 1 Chronicles 17:13a..."I will be His Father, He...my Son."...Hebrews 1:5
58. Job 19:23-27...The Resurrection predicted...John 5:24-29
59. Psalms 2:1-3...The enmity of kings foreordained...Acts 4:25-28
60. Psalms 2:2...To own the title, Anointed (Christ)...Acts 2:36
61. Psalms 2:6...His Character-Holiness...John 8:46; Rev. 3:7
62. Psalms 2:6...To own the title King...Matthew 2:2
63. Psalms 2:7...Declared the Beloved Son...Matthew 3:17
64. Psalms 2:7, 8...The Crucifixion and Resurrection intimated...Acts 13:29-33
65. Psalms 2:12...Life comes through faith in Him...John 20:31
66. Psalms 8:2...The mouths of babes perfect His praise...Matthew 21:16
67. Psalms 8:5, 6...His humiliation and exaltation...Luke 24:50-53; 1 Corinthians 15:27
68. Psalms 16:10...Was not to see corruption...Acts 2:31
69. Psalms 16:9-11...Was to arise from the dead...John 20:9
70. Psalms 17;15...The resurrection predicted...Luke 24:6
71. Psalms 22:1...Forsaken because of sins of others...2 Corinthians 5:21
72. Psalms 22:1...Words spoken from Calvary, "My God..." Mark 15:34
73. Psalms 22:2...Darkness upon Calvary...Matthew 27:45
74. Psalms 22:7...They shoot out the lip and shake the head...Matthew 27:39
75. Psalms 22:8.." He trusted in God, let Him deliver Him "...Matthew 27:43
76. Psalms 22:9......Born the Savior......Luke 2:7
77. Psalms 22:14...Died of a broken (ruptured) heart...John 19:34
78. Psalms 22:14,15...Suffered agony on Calvary...Mark 15:34-37
79. Psalms 22:15........He thirsted........John 19:28
80. Psalms 22:16...They pierced His hands and His feet....John 19:34,37;20:27
81. Psalms 22:17,18...Stripped Him before the stares of men...Luke 23:34,35
82. Psalms 22:18.....They parted His garments.....John 19:23,24
83. Psalms 22:20,21...He committed Himself to God...Luke23:46
84. Psalms 22:20,21..Satanic power bruising the Redeemer's heel.. Hebrews 2:14
85. Psalms 22:22.....His Resurrection declared.....John 20:17
86. Psalms 22:27...He shall be the governor of the nations...Col 1:16
87. Psalms 22:31......"It is finished"......John 19:30
88. Psalms 23:1...."I am the Good Shepherd"....John 10:11
89. Psalms 24:3......His exaltation predicted......Acts 1:11; Phil. 2:9
90. Psalms 27:12…Accused by false witnesses…Matthew 26:60,61, Mark 14:57,58
91. Psalms 30:3......His resurrection predicted......Acts 2:32
92. Psalms 31:5..."Into thy hands I commit my spirit"...Luke 23:46
93. Psalms 31:11...His acquaintances fled from Him...Mark 14:50
94. Psalms 31:13...They took counsel to put Him to death...John 11:53
95. Psalms 31:14,15..." He trusted in God, let Him deliver him"...Matthew 27:43
96. Psalms 34:20.....Not a bone of Him broken.....John 19:31-36
97. Psalms 35:11....False witnesses rose up against Him....Matthew 26:59
98. Psalms 35:19...He was hated without a cause...John 15:25
99. Psalms 38:11.....His friends stood afar off.....Luke 23:49
100. Psalms 40:2-5...The joy of His resurrection predicted...John 20:20
101. Psalms 40:6-8....His delight-the will of the Father....John 4:34
102. Psalms 40:9....He was to preach the Righteousness in Israel....Matthew 4:17
103. Psalms 40:14...Confronted by adversaries in the Garden...John
104. Psalms 41:9.....Betrayed by a familiar friend.....John 13:18
105. Psalms 45:2...Words of Grace come from His lips.. Luke 4:22
106. Psalms 45:6...To own the title, God or Elohim...Hebrews 1:8
107. Psalms 45:7...A special anointing by the Holy Spirit...Matthew3:16; Hebrews1:9
108. Psalms 45:7,8...Called the Christ (Messiah or Anointed)...Luke 2:11
109. Psalms 49-15…His Resurrection…Acts 2:27; 13:35, Mark 16:6
110. Psalms 55:12-14...Betrayed by a friend, not an enemy...John 13:18
111. Psalms 55:15...Unrepentant death of the Betrayer...Matthew 27:3-5; Acts 1:16-19
112. Psalms 68:18...To give gifts to men...Ephesians 4:7-16
113. Psalms 68:18...Ascended into Heaven...Luke 24:51
114. Psalms 69:4...Hated without a cause...John 15:25
115. Psalms 69:8...A stranger to own brethren...Luke 8;20,21
116. Psalms 69:9...Zealous for the Lord's House...John 2:17
117. Psalms 69:14-20...Messiah's anguish of soul before crucifixion...Matthew 26:36-45
118. Psalms 69:20..."My soul is exceeding sorrowful."...Matthew 26:38
119. Psalms 69:21...Given vinegar in thirst...Matthew 27:34
120. Psalms 69:26...The Savior given and smitten by God...John 17:4; 18:11
121. Psalms 72:10,11...Great persons were to visit Him...Matthew 2:1-11
122. Psalms 72:16...The corn of wheat to fall into the Ground...John 12:24
123. Psalms 72:17...His name, Yinon, will produce offspring...John 1:12,13
124. Psalms 72:17...All nations shall be blessed by Him...Acts 2:11,12,41
125. Psalms 78:1.2...He would teach in parables...Matthew 13:34-35
126. Psalms 78:2b...To speak the Wisdom of God with authority...Matthew 7:29
127. Psalms 88:8...They stood afar off and watched...Luke 23:49
128. Psalms 89:26...Messiah will call God His Father...Matthew 11:27
129. Psalms 89:27...Emmanuel to be higher than earthly kings...Luke 1:32,33
130. Psalms 89:35-37...David's Seed, throne, kingdom endure forever...Luke 1:32,33
131. Psalms 89:36-37...His character-Faithfulness...Rev. 1:5
132. Psalms 90:2...He is from everlasting (Micah 5:2)...John 1:1
133. Psalms 91:11,12...Identified as Messianic; used to tempt Christ...Luke 4;10,11
134. Psalms 97:9...His exaltation predicted...Acts 1:11;Ephesians 1:20
135. Psalms 100:5...His character-Goodness...Matthew 19:16,17
136. Psalms 102:1-11...The Suffering and Reproach of Calvary...John 21:16-30
137. Psalms 102:16…Son of Man comes in Glory…Luke 21:24
Revelation 12:5-10
138. Psalms 102:25-27...Messiah is the Preexistent Son...Hebrews 1:10-12
139. Psalms 109:4…Prays for His enemies…Luke 23:34
140. Psalms 109:7,8…Another to succeed Judas…Acts 1:16-20
141. Psalms 109:25...Ridiculed...Matthew 27:39
142. Psalms 110:1...Son of David...Matthew 22:43
143. Psalms 110:1...To ascend to the right-hand of the Father...Mark16:19
144. Psalms 110:1...David's son called Lord...Matthew 22:44,45
145. Psalms 110:4...A priest after Melchizedek's order...Hebrews 6:20
146. Psalms 112:4...His character-Compassionate, Gracious, et al... Matthew 9;36
147. Psalms 118:17,18...Messiah's Resurrection assured...Luke 24:5-7;1 Corinthians 15:20
148. Psalms 118:22,23...The rejected stone is Head of the corner...Matthew 21:42,43
149. Psalms 118:26a...The Blessed One presented to Israel...Matthew 21:9
150. Psalms 118:26b...To come while Temple standing...Matthew 21;12-15
151. Psalms 132:11...The Seed of David (the fruit of His Body)...Luke 1:32
152. Psalms 138:1-6...The supremacy of David's Seed amazes kings... Matthew 2:2-6
153. Psalms 147:3,6...The earthly ministry of Christ described...Luke 4:18
154. Psalms 1:23...He will send the Spirit of God... John 16;7
155. Proverbs 8:22-23…The Messiah would be from everlasting…John 17:5
156. Proverbs 30:4…Declared to be the Son of God…John 3:13, Romans 1:2-4, 10:6-9, 2 Peter 1:17
157. Song of Solomon 5:16...The altogether lovely One...John 1:17
158. Isaiah 2:2-4…Repentance for the nations…Luke 24:47
159. Isaiah 4:2…Messiah reigning
160. Isaiah 5:1-6…Son of God’s vineyard: a parable of judgment
161. Isaiah 6:1...When Isaiah saw His glory... John 12:40-41
162. Isaiah 6:9-10...Parables fall on deaf ears...Matthew 13:13-15
163. Isaiah 6:9-12...Blinded to Christ and deaf to His words...Acts 28:23-29
164. Isaiah 7:14...To be born of a virgin...Luke 1:35
165. Isaiah 7:14...To be Emmanuel-God with us... Matthew 1:18-23
166. Isaiah 8:8...Called Emmanuel...Matthew 28:20
167. Isaiah 8:14...A stone of stumbling, a Rock of offense... 1 Pet. 2:8
168. Isaiah 9:1,2...His ministry to begin in Galilee...Matthew 4:12-17
169. Isaiah 9:6...A child born-Humanity...Luke 1:31
170. Isaiah 9:6...A Son given-Deity...Luke 1:32; John 1;14; 1 Tim. 3:16
171. Isaiah 9:6...Declared to be the Son of God with power... Romans. 1:3,4
172. Isaiah 9:6...The Wonderful One, Peleh...Luke 4:22
173. Isaiah 9:6...The Counselor, Yaatz...Matthew 13:54
174. Isaiah 9:6...The Mighty God, El Gibor...Matthew 11:20
175. Isaiah 9:6...The Everlasting Father, Avi Adth...John 8:58
176. Isaiah 9:6...The Prince of Peace, Sar Shalom...John . 16:33
177. Isaiah 9:7...To establish an everlasting kingdom...Luke 1:32-33
178. Isaiah 9:7...His Character-Just...John 5:30
179. Isaiah 9:7...No end to his Government, Throne, and Peace...Luke 1:32-33
180. Isaiah 11:1...Called a Nazarene-the Branch, Netzer...Matthew 2:23
181. Isaiah 11:1...A rod out of Jesse-Son of Jesse...Luke 3:23,32
182. Isaiah 11:2...The anointed One by the Spirit...Matthew 3;16,17
183. Isaiah 11:2...His Character-Wisdom, Understanding, et al....John 4:4-26
184. Isaiah 11:4...His Character-Truth...John 14:6
185. Isaiah 11:10...The Gentiles seek Him...John 12:18-21
186. Isaiah 12:2...Called Jesus-Yeshua (salvation)...Matthew 1:21
187. Isaiah 16:4,5…Reigning in mercy…Luke 1:31-33
188. Isaiah 22:21-25…Peg in a sure place…Revelation 3:7
189. Isaiah 25:8...The Resurrection predicted...I Corinthians 15:54
190. Isaiah 26:19...His power of Resurrection predicted...John 11:43,44
191. Isaiah 28:16...The Messiah is the precious corner stone...Acts 4:11,12
192. Isaiah 29:13...He indicated hypocritical obedience to His Word...Matthew 15:7-9
193. Isaiah 29:14...The wise are confounded by the Word...I Corinthians 1:18-31
194. Isaiah 32:2...A Refuge-A man shall be a hiding place...Matthew 23:37
195. Isaiah 33:22…Son of the Highest…Luke 1:32; 1 Timothy 1:17 6:15
196. Isaiah 35:4...He will come and save you...Matthew 1:21
197. Isaiah 35:5...To have a ministry of miracles...Matthew 11:4-6
198. Isaiah 40:3,4...Preceded by forerunner...John 1:23
199. Isaiah 40:9..."Behold your God."...John 1:36;19:14
200. Isaiah 40:11...A shepherd-compassionate life-giver...John 10:10-18
201. Isaiah 42:1-4...The Servant-as a faithful, patient redeemer... Matthew12:18-21
202. Isaiah 42:2...Meek and lowly... Matthew 11:28-30
203. Isaiah 42:3...He brings hope for the hopeless... John 4
204. Isaiah 42:4...The nations shall wait on His teachings... John 12:20-26
205. Isaiah 42:6...The Light (salvation) of the Gentiles...Luke 2:32
206. Isaiah 42:1,6...His is a Worldwide compassion... Matthew 28:19,20
207. Isaiah 42:7...Blind eyes opened... John 9:25-38
208. Isaiah 42:13-25…Messiah’s actions at His second coming…Revelation
209. Isaiah 43:11...He is the only Savior... Acts 4:12
210. Isaiah 44:3...He will send the Spirit of God... John 16:7,13
211. Isaiah 45:23...He will be the Judge... John 5:22;Romans. 14:11
212. Isaiah 48:12...The First and the Last...John 1:30;Rev. 1:8,17
213. Isaiah 48:17...He came as a Teacher...John 3:2
214. Isaiah 49:1...Called from the womb-His humanity...Matthew 1:18
215. Isaiah 49:5...A Servant from the womb...Luke 1:31;Phil. 2:7
216. Isaiah 49:6...He is Salvation for Israel...Luke 2:29-32
217. Isaiah 49:6...He is the Light of the Gentiles...Acts 13:47
218. Isaiah 49:6...He is Salvation unto the ends of the earth... Acts 15:7-18
219. Isaiah 49:7...He is despised of the Nation... John 8:48-49
220. Isaiah 50:3...Heaven is clothed in black at His humiliation... Luke 23:44,45
221. Isaiah 50:4...He is a learned counselor for the weary... Matthew 11:28,29
222. Isaiah 50:5...The Servant bound willingly to obedience... Matthew 26:39
223. Isaiah 50:6a..."I gave my back to the smiters."... Matthew 27:26
224. Isaiah 50:6b...He was smitten on the cheeks... Matthew 26:67
225. Isaiah 50:6c...He was spat upon... Matthew 27:30
226. Isaiah 52:4-5…Suffered vicariously…Mark 15:3,4,27,28; Luke 23:1-25,32-34
227. Isaiah 52:7...To publish good tidings of peace... Luke 4:14,15
228. Isaiah 52:13...The Servant exalted...Acts 1:8-11; Ephesians 1:19-22
229. Isaiah 52:13...Behold, My Servant... Matthew 17:5; Phil. 2:5-8
230. Isaiah 52:14...The Servant shockingly abused... Luke 18:31-34; Matthew 26:67,68
231. Isaiah 52:15...Nations startled by message of the Servant... Romans. 15:18-21
232. Isaiah 52:15...His blood shed to make atonement for all... Rev. 1:5
233. Isaiah 53:1...His people would not believe Him... John 12:37-38
234. Isaiah 53:2a...He would grow up in a poor family.... Luke 2:7
235. Isaiah 53:2b...Appearance of an ordinary man... Phil. 2:7-8
236. Isaiah 53:3a...Despised.... Luke 4:28-29
237. Isaiah 53:3b...Rejected... Matthew 27:21-23
238. Isaiah 53:3c...Great sorrow and grief... Luke 19:41-42
239. Isaiah 53:3d...Men hide from being associated with Him... Mark 14:50-52
240. Isaiah 53:4a...He would have a healing ministry... Luke 6:17-19
241. Isaiah 53:4b...He would bear the sins of the world... 1 Pet. 2:24
242. Isaiah 53:4c...Thought to be cursed by God... Matthew 27:41-43
243. Isaiah 53:5a...Bears penalty for mankind's transgressions... Luke 23:33
244. Isaiah 53:5b...His sacrifice would provide peace between man and God... Col. 1:20
245. Isaiah 53:5c...His back would be whipped... Matthew 27:26
246. Isaiah 53:6a...He would be the sin-bearer for all mankind...Galatians 1:4
247. Isaiah 53:6b...God's will that He bear sin for all mankind... 1 John 4:10
248. Isaiah 53:7a...Oppressed and afflicted... Matthew 27:27-31
249. Isaiah 53:7b...Silent before his accusers... Matthew 27:12-14
250. Isaiah 53:7c...Sacrificial lamb... John 1:29
251. Isaiah 53:8a...Confined and persecuted... Matthew 26:47-27:31
252. Isaiah 53:8b...He would be judged... John 18:13-22
253. Isaiah 53:8c...Killed.... Matthew 27:35
254. Isaiah 53:8d...Dies for the sins of the world... 1 John 2:2
255. Isaiah 53:9a...Buried in a rich man's grave... Matthew 27:57
256. Isaiah 53:9b...Innocent and had done no violence... Mark 15:3
257. Isaiah 53:9c...No deceit in his mouth... John 18:38
258. Isaiah 53:10a...God's will that He die for mankind... John 18:11
259. Isaiah 53:10b...An offering for sin... Matthew 20:28
260. Isaiah 53:10c...Resurrected and live forever.... Mark 16:16
261. Isaiah 53:10d...He would prosper... John 17:1-5
262. Isaiah 53:11a...God fully satisfied with His suffering... John 12:27
263. Isaiah 53:11b...God's servant... Romans. 5:18-19
264. Isaiah 53:11c...He would justify man before God... Romans. 5:8-9
265. Isaiah 53:11d...The sin-bearer for all mankind... Hebrews 9:28
266. Isaiah 53:12a...Exalted by God because of his sacrifice... Matthew 28:18
267. Isaiah 53:12b...He would give up his life to save mankind... Luke 23:46
268. Isaiah 53:12c...Grouped with criminals... Luke 23:32
269. Isaiah 53:12d...Sin-bearer for all mankind... 2 Corinthians 5:21
270. Isaiah 53:12e...Intercede to God in behalf of mankind... Luke 23:34
271. Isaiah 55:1…Every one come who is thirsty…New Testament
272. Isaiah 55:3...Resurrected by God... Acts 13:34
273. Isaiah 55:4...A witness... John 18:37
274. Isaiah 55:5…Foreign nations come to God…Acts
275. Isaiah 59:15-16a...He would come to provide salvation... John 6:40
276. Isaiah 59:15-16b...Intercessor between man and God... Matthew 10:32
277. Isaiah 59:20...He would come to Zion as their Redeemer... Luke 2:38
278. Isaiah 60:1-3…Nations walk in the light…Luke 2:32
279. Isaiah 61:1-2a...The Spirit of God upon him... Matthew 3:16-17
280. Isaiah 61:1-2b...The Messiah would preach the good news... Luke 4:17-21
281. Isaiah 61:1-2c...Provide freedom from the bondage of sin and death... John 8:31-32
282. Isaiah 61:1-2...Proclaim a period of grace... John 5:24
283. Isaiah 62:1-2…Called by an new name…Luke 2:32, Revelation 3:12
284. Isaiah 62:11…Thy King Cometh, Entered Jerusalem on Colt…Matthew 21:7
285. Isaiah 63:1-3…A vesture dipped in blood…Revelation 19:13
286. Isaiah 63:8,9…Afflicted with the afflicted…Matthew 25:34-40
287. Isaiah 65:9…The elect shall inherit…Romans 11 5-7, Hebrews 7:14, Revelation 5:5
288. Isaiah 65:17-25…New heaven/New Earth…2 Peter 3:13, Revelation 21:1
289. Isaiah 66:18-19…All nations come to God…New Testament
290. Jeremiah23:5-6a...Descendant of David...Luke 3:23-31
291. Jeremiah 23:5-6b...The Messiah would be God... John 13:13
292. Jeremiah 23:5-6c...The Messiah would be both God and Man... 1 Tim. 3:16
293. Jeremiah 30:9…Born a King…John 18:37, Revelation 1:5
294. Jeremiah 31:15…Massacre of infants…Matthew 2:16-18
295. Jeremiah 31:22...Born of a virgin... Matthew 1:18-20
296. Jeremiah 31:31...The Messiah would be the new covenant... Matthew 26:28
297. Jeremiah 33:14-15...Descendant of David... Luke 3:23-31
298. Ezekiel 17:22-24...Descendant of David... Luke 3:23-31
299. Ezekiel 21:26,27…The humble exalted…Luke 1:52
300. Ezekiel 34:23-24...Descendant of David... Matthew 1:1
301. Daniel 2:34-35...Stone cut without hands...Acts 4:10-12
302. Daniel 2:44,45...His Kingdom Triumphant...Luke 1:33, 1 Corinthians 15:24, Revelation 11:15
303. Dan. 7:13-14a...He would ascend into heaven... Acts 1:9-11
304. Dan. 7:13-14b...Highly exalted... Ephesians 1:20-22
305. Dan. 7:13-14c...His dominion would be everlasting... Luke 1:31-33
306. Daniel 7:27...Kingdom for the Saints...Luke 1:33, 1 Corinthians 15:24, Revelation 11:15
307. Dan. 9:24a...To make an end to sins... Galatians 1:3-5
308. Dan. 9:24b...He would be holy... Luke 1:35
309. Daniel 9:25...Announced to his people 483 years, to the exact day, after the decree to rebuild the city of Jerusalem... John 12:12-13
310. Daniel 9:26a...Killed... Matthew 27:35
311. Daniel 9:26b...Die for the sins of the world... Hebrews 2:9
312. Daniel 9:26c...Killed before the destruction of the temple... Matthew 27:50-51
313. Daniel10:5-6...Messiah in a glorified state... Rev. 1:13-16
314. Hosea 3:5...Israel restored...John 18:37, Romans 11:25-27
315. Hosea 11:1, Numbers 24:8...Flight to Egypt...Matthew 2:14
316. Hosea 13:14...He would defeat death... 1 Corinthians 15:55-57
317. Joel 2:28-32...Promise of the Spirit...Acts 2:17-21, Romans 10:13
318. Joel 2:32...Offer salvation to all mankind... Romans. 10:12-13
319. Micah 2:12-13...Israel Regathered...John 10:14,26
320. Micah 4:1-8...The Kingdom established - place of Birth Bethlehem...Luke 1:33, Matthew 2:1, Luke 2:4,10,11
321. Micah 5:2a...Born in Bethlehem... Matthew 2:1-2
322. Micah 5:2b...God's servant... John 15:10
323. Micah 5:2c...from everlasting... John 8:58
324. Haggai 2:6-9...He would visit the second Temple... Luke 2:27-32
325. Haggai 2:23...Descendant of Zerubbabel... Luke 3:23-27
326. Joel 2:28-32...Promise of the Spirit...Acts 2:17-21, Romans 10:13
327. Amos 8:9...The Sun Darkened...Matthew 24:29, Acts 2:20, Revelation 6:12
328. Amos 9:11-12...Restoration of tabernacle...Acts 14:16-18
329. Habakkuk 2:14...Earth filled with knowledge of the glory of the Lord...Romans 11:26, Revelation 21:23-26
330. Zechariah 2:10-13...The Lamb on the Throne...Revelation 5:13, 6:9, 21:24
331. Zechariah 3:8...God's servant... John 17:4
332. Zechariah 6:12-13...Priest and King... Hebrews 8:1
333. Zechariah 9:9a...Greeted with rejoicing in Jerusalem... Matthew 21:8-10
334. Zechariah 9:9b...Beheld as King... John 12:12-13
335. Zechariah 9:9c...The Messiah would be just... John 5:30
336. Zechariah 9:9d...The Messiah would bring salvation... Luke 19:10
337. Zechariah 9:9e...The Messiah would be humble... Matthew 11:29
338. Zechariah 9:9f...Presented to Jerusalem riding on a donkey... Matthew 21:6-9
339. Zechariah 10:4...The cornerstone... Ephesians 2:20
340. Zechariah 11:4-6a...At His coming, Israel to have unfit leaders... Matthew 23:1-4
341. Zechariah 11:4-6b...Rejection causes God to remove His protection.. Luke 19:41-44
342. Zechariah 11:4-6c...Rejected in favor of another king... John 19:13-15
343. Zechariah 11:7...Ministry to "poor," the believing remnant... Matthew 9:35-36
344. Zechariah 11:8a...Unbelief forces Messiah to reject them... Matthew 23:33
345. Zechariah 11:8b...Despised... Matthew 27:20
346. Zechariah 11:9...Stops ministering to the those who rejected Him... Matthew 13:10-11
347. Zechariah 11:10-11a...Rejection causes God to remove protection... Luke 19:41-44
348. Zechariah 11:10-11b...The Messiah would be God... John 14:7
349. Zechariah 11:12-13a...Betrayed for thirty pieces of silver... Matthew 26:14-15
350. Zechariah 11:12-13b...Rejected... Matthew 26:14-15
351. Zechariah 11:12-13c...Thirty pieces of silver thrown into the house of the Lord... Matthew 27:3-5
352. Zechariah 11:12-13d...The Messiah would be God... John 12:45
353. Zechariah 12:10a...The Messiah's body would be pierced... John 19:34-37
354. Zechariah 12:10b...The Messiah would be both God and man... John 10:30
355. Zechariah 12:10c...The Messiah would be rejected... John 1:11
356. Zechariah 13:7a...God's will He die for mankind... John 18:11
357. Zechariah 13:7b...A violent death... Matthew 27:35
358. Zechariah 13:7c...Both God and man.. John 14:9
359. Zechariah 13:7d...Israel scattered as a result of rejecting Him... Matthew 26:31-56
360. Malachi 3:1a...Messenger to prepare the way for Messiah... Matthew 11:10
361. Malachi 3:1b...Sudden appearance at the temple... Mark 11:15-16
362. Malachi 3:1c...Messenger of the new covenant... Luke 4:43
363. Malachi 3:3...Our Sins Are Purged...Luke 1:78, John 1:9; 12:46, 2 Peter 1:19, Revelation 2:28; 19:11-16; 22:16
364. Malachi 4:5...Forerunner in the spirit of Elijah... Matthew 3:1-2
365. Malachi 4:6...Forerunner would turn many to righteousness... Luke 1:16-17




Abba Father,

The Truth of Your Promises is more enduring than any person, time or circumstance. We can have a Promise for every single day.

Jesus told us of His Delight in Mankind and Desire to Save the World. He also told us there are goats and weeds. Jesus said He needed no man to explain to Him what was in mankind.

With the Grace of God - we do not allow a bad set of repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat circumstances have us throw the rock that Jesus told us not to throw at mankind.

Einstein said to expect a better outcome from the same set of circumstances is crazy. But God, of Almighty Power and Grace, allows Himself to be patient with us. The Enduring and Constant Steadfast Love God has for us. As we are.

May the Grace of God
Give us strength, Patience, Firmness of Purpose. And Blessings.

Covered in the Name of Jesus ~ The Highest Name of All.
For me,for you.
For our Loved Ones,
for the people You Give us.

For the Blessings of today we will willingly Thank You for.
Blessings of Family, well or ill.
Blessings of difficulties creating memories of Overcoming and learning wisdom.
Blessings in our job places of prayers answered.
Blessings in our schools that tests create places where prayer is freely given. Where God is prayed for - He will be there.

Blessings of Covered in Jesus
Our Nation Trusting in God.
The freedoms we receive in this Blessing upon our
Jobs, Schools, Communities, Churches.

Prayer of the Believers circling the earth of God's Creation -
where He sees good yesterday, today and tomorrow.

Thank Jesus. Amen.

 ♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †

1 John 1 ~ Our Joy may be fulfilled

The Video again starts with You Tube giving us their opinion. His hair looks Marvelous.

1 John 1

1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with our hands, concerning the word of life--

2 the life was made manifest, and we have seen it, and testify to it and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was made manifest to us--

3 that which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.

4 And we are writing these things so that our joy may be fufilled.



5 This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

6 If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.

7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.

8 If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

10 If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

https://techcrunch.com/2018/05/18/ai-will-save-us-from-yanny-laurel-right-wrong/

If you haven’t taken part in the yanny/laurel controversy over the last couple of days, allow me to sincerely congratulate you. But your time is up. The viral speech synth clip has met the AI hype train and the result is, like everything in this mortal world, disappointing.

Sonix, a company that produces AI-based speech recognition software, ran the ambiguous sound clip through Google, Amazon and Watson’s transcription tools, and of course its own.

Google and Sonix managed to get it on the first try — it’s “laurel,” by the way. Not yanny. Laurel.

But Amazon stumbled, repeatedly producing “year old” as its best guess for what the robotic voice was saying. IBM’s Watson, amazingly, got it only half the time, alternating between hearing “yeah role” and “laurel.” So in a way, it’s the most human of them all.

One God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all

When your name is Anne and people ask A LOT if you are Annie, because you're from the south and this has an 'e' on the name. And when the world is talking about Yanny Laurel and the article asks about Al for A I? You have no doubt - no doubt - no doubt - This Is Going In The Post. And you like to drink Cofefe happily on the patio.

And when it blends into your week with the Law School Student Son and the Family Grand Dog. Welcome to my world!

Connecting the Noise, Emotions, Conversations
to make Life more Joyful in Times of Stress

This week our Fellowship Journey has been the return of our eldest son from Michigan and Law School with Jackson the wonder Grand-Dog. Jackson beams. People have to pet the dog. His Look is Pure Happiness.


This is not going to be a bummer Post:

Jackson arrived in 2009, after the death of our stillborn daughter and the passing of a friend of Cal's from High School. Jackson is from the Montgomery Co. Animal Shelter. The first week Jackson arrived, we sat in Isabelle's room and talked about greater meanings of God and new beginnings. And adapting and adopting. It was an unusual week - where teenager and 20s and mom and new dog stay in a pale green bedroom to take down an unused crib. I doubt any of us will forget that Spring Break weekend. It all culminated.

My family has gone from the preppiest of families to adapting to not be Ecclesiastes House. My mother has been diagnosed with needing a new knee and is putting that off because she has an Alzheimer Diagnosis. Some days my mother is 'on' and other days she talks to the flowers on the other side of the pool from inside the house. We watch - but - the flowers don't apparently answer. And other days she makes sense and you have to pause and wait to see which way that's going. It's like surfing.


My husband has been terminally diagnosed by the Chief of Medicine of M.D. Anderson, Dr. Frank Adams, with Picks Disease. Edward worked for Wells Fargo Downtown Dallas as a Commercial Loan Officer with an MBA and a degree from Texas A & M in Finance that took him 3 years. My new neighbor commented my husband is a "Rockn'" the Disc Golf World. Yes. His wardrobe has changed. He is Tommy Bahama and Treasurer of his Disc Golf Club over our area of Texas - doing the accounting for Texas State Championship and coming in 3rd in his age group. But sometimes - Edward will say something - where we are all going to surf that.

Edward is really pretty happy in a Picks Disease grumpy way. Edward is actually a Miracle of God to do so very well.

My Sons have been Youth Ministers at Church. And Edward and I did that for 10 years in our small Church. And now we talk about D and D. Twenty-nine year olds tend to make their own decisions.








We have arrived at this -
Wait for the Good Pitches. Dodge the Bad Pitches. Run the Bases. Have a Good Time. Enjoy Today. This is what you have. Be Grateful - God is blessing you in this day by day way.







Ok - back to this week.

Cal was pretty sure Jackson was dying. Now - this is bad. The Beloved Pet is Dying. But add into a household with 2 Terminal Diagnosis - and you pretty well have ... DREAD.

When Dread arrives in the household
- people are - wonky is a good term. But Uptight and Themselves are probably more explanatory. I yell at you. I join the other person agreeing that this is always bad. You yell at the other person. They agree the argument is fair. And it's all - not - what it's really about. Sometimes the argument works HARD to make sure emotions are released - but the conversation isn't valid. Because no one wants to talk about Death, Suffering and Discomfort.

Dread means nothing - it's worry. Jackson is doing far better from seeing good and thorough Vets.

Now you expect me to say - this is bad. You know - it's not. If we talk about the language in John 14 - many rooms in my Father's House. And say our emotional lives - the way Father God puts us together - allows us to have compartments to be grateful for.


We have this in our life - The Rooms of this House we live: We are workers. We are cookers/shoppers. We are cleaners. We are laundry people. We are yard tenders. We are Married. We are Adult Children. We are Parents. We are Family. We are Friends. We have cars and car shopping, garage cleaner-up. We have body requirements like shopping, exercise and doctors. We have appointments, plans and dreams.

And we get out of balance doing something like Physical Therapy and suddenly realize we have chores. Or Work is taking us out of our children's activities. We now have a New Need...


Another way to see this House we are:
We have a heart, body, mind and soul. We were children. We were students. We have age groups of student memories. We have had conversations. We have had friendships to make an impact. We have had family arguments. We have departed family. We have family with needs. We have friends with needs. We have conversations where we wonder what we learned and then apply a new thing. We think of Old Sermons. And family history. And new Sermons. And the Bible we read. We think of History, Culture, Courage and Conviction.




So what am I saying - We have "Houses" requiring trimming.
Do this with honesty internally and not lean on one another too heavily.
Be the builder of one another. Stand in the gap - help one another.
Yet find the balance to live life honestly with our emotions.
A new coat of paint. We have rooms that we could label depression. We have rooms we label "The Path Not Taken" or Let's be honest, frank and to the point "Did I do my life correctly?" "Do I like what I did with my life?" "Do I approve of my life?"



One of my favorite things in life was our Youth Minister Mike McDonald came in Totally Jazzed UP from a Seminar for Youth Ministers called "How to Arrange Your Daily Planner for the Entire Year and then ... Your Life."

The result was - - - You Can Not. The Pitches come in Really Fast. And let me add something here. When God says something He intends this for "Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow." God sees His Creation as Good. God looks into the heart of mankind and delights and He sees farther, farther, farther "FATHER" than we do.

We need Father God. Daily.

Behold. You are a New Creation in Jesus Christ.
Why? Life and Death. Good and Evil.
Try again.
Hope.


Isaiah 35

1 The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad; the desert shall rejoice and blossom like the crocus

2 it shall blossom abundantly and rejoice with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon shall be given to it, the majesty of Carmel and Sharon. They shall see the glory of the LORD, the majesty of our God.

3 Strengthen the weak hands, and make firm the feeble knees.

4 Say to those who have an anxious heart, "Be strong; fear not! Behold, your God will come with vengeance, with the recompense of God. He will come and save you."

5 Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf unstopped

6 then shall the lame man leap like a deer, and the tongue of the mute sing for joy. For waters break forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert;

7 the burning sand shall become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water; in the haunt of jackals, where they lie down, the grass shall become reeds and rushes.

8 And a highway shall be there, and it shall be called the Way of Holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it. It shall belong to those who walk on the way; even if they are fools, they shall not go astray.
9 No lion shall be there, nor shall any ravenous beast come up on it; they shall not be found there, but the redeemed shall walk there.

10 And the ransomed of the LORD shall return and come to Zion with singing; everlasting joy shall be upon their heads; they shall obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

5Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened,
and the ears of the deaf unstopped;
6then shall the lame man leap like a deer,
and the tongue of the mute sing for joy.
For waters break forth in the wilderness,
and streams in the desert;
7the burning sand shall become a pool,
and the thirsty ground springs of water;
in the haunt of jackals, where they lie down,
the grass shall become reeds and rushes.

8And a highway shall be there,
and it shall be called the Way of Holiness;
the unclean shall not pass over it.
It shall belong to those who walk on the way;
even if they are fools, they shall not go astray.a
9No lion shall be there,
nor shall any ravenous beast come up on it;
they shall not be found there,
but the redeemed shall walk there.
10And the ransomed of the LORD shall return
and come to Zion with singing;

everlasting joy shall be upon their heads;
they shall obtain gladness and joy,
and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

Today if you hear His Voice. Go there. Each day put out your hands in prayer and believe Jesus is answering every prayer you have. And the Creator of ALL - is going to be pleased with you.

What about the years the Locust ate?
Moses and Haggai knew about this. Daniel. Jeremiah. Mary and Joseph. Peter.

And Winston Churchill.
"Do you have enemies?
Good - then you stood for something."
Locusts. What we tell ourselves. Our circular thoughts that consume us. You are a New Creature in Jesus Christ. Locusts and enemies define us. Weakened conditions define us. Why? We have an opportunity to do something new.

A new opportunity.

a Pray instead of complaining. Try God first.

b Decide not to copy what is wrong
- copy what is right. We tend to believe in the culture of power. Really what is enduring is love. We have a lot of things really wonky in my family. We don't nod at what is wrong. But we don't get out the hair shirt, - never was in the Bible - and nail that on. We wait for God to be God believing He will. Praising what is right. Honoring what is good. Jesus had faith in His Brothers to get to be in the Will of God. Jesus believed Father God would bring the problem in close to His Healing Heart like the Prodigal.

c Remembering this in being the uppity one who is calm today
- God has to stand for us and with us -
because our arms are going to get tired being "all righteous."
Eventually, our human capacity to fail is going to appear.
And we will need His Compassion to try again.

d Permission to fail. Not the kind of permission saying we treat God as our waiter.

e BE GRATEFUL. Love with sincerity is the way God will relate to us.

May the God of Hope

God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and the livestock that were with him in the ark,
and he sent a wind over the earth,
and the waters receded.


Fill you with all joy and peace in believing,
So have you acted honorably and in good faith toward others today?
If you have, may you be a joyful soul, and may you be God's Beloved!
Judges 9:19

so that by the power of the Holy Spirit
1 Thessalonians 1:5 because our gospel came to you not simply with words
but also with power,
with the Holy Spirit and deep conviction. 
You know how we lived among you for your sake.

you may abound in hope
thanks be to God!
He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm.
Let nothing move you.
Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord,
because you know that your labor in the Lord is His to fill and reward.

In the Name and Power of Jesus
to allow God to bring all Good to Him and from Him

We cover ourselves
our Loved Ones
the people God has given us,
The Nation Trusting in God,
All the nations Trusting in God,
our jobs,
schools, praying for Santa Fe, Texas,
for the Beloved of Jesus Christ
and our prayer to see more of the Holy Spirit
more of God's Heaven on earth.

In the Name of Jesus, we ask. Amen.

 ♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †

Psalm 139 The Reckless Love of God

This is when you want someone to probe you about the Bible being not Politically Correct, Right?

OK, true story. I was on a flight to Washington D.C. for my birthday trip gift from my brother and my niece. I was reading Scripture and my brother says, "Hey - I think the Bible is loooooooooooaded with kill you and kill them and looting. It's about the Bronze Age and petty tribal power. With beheadings. Sword kill you. "


Siblings. We all need them. Mom - he's crossing the line. Make him stop.

My reaction. Look this way. Look that way. Yep, heads are looking. Turning. Getting a pointed at. We have now been on vacation for 15 minutes. I look at my brother. Hard. He says, "Answer the f ing question, forgedabod them."

I reply. "You do that impression pretty well." He's an attorney - he bothers people for a living, when he isn't a peacemaker. And actually, being an attorney - he is really good at peacemaking. The career has been really good for him. Except he was a sibling kicking me in the head - first. He knew how to do that and look like, "What me?"

My brother, my sibling replies. "Yeah, you're dodging. I just insulted the Bible. Answer."

Now a few more people are looking - but this time - the crowd very quickly does not meet eye to eye and looks at laps, laptops, books. It's a knee JERK thing. Sibling.



I said, "The Bible covers the Bronze Age. It's back to the Exodus which the History Channel even supports the plagues and evidence of the Bible."

John says, "No, the Bronze Age is 1,000 B.C."

No - the Bronze Age ends at 1,000 B.C. the Iron Age is when King David and Solomon are coming to power."

My Brother, the Attorney says, "Oh History Lesson before dealing with the killings and petty power."

Right. The Bible starts cooking when the Children of Israel learn God's Name and that God still is a Physical Presence willing to Rescue and Deliver Establishing His Promises. And this is not petty tribal warfare. Egypt is the richest Kingdom on earth. When God starts - God starts Big. Like Jesus starts out with the whole town turns out to hear from the Man who did every sign of the Messiah before His first Sermon.

The Bible has God Showing Up Hugely every 500 Years. So David hits the Iron Age.

"That's when we get petty tribal warfare."

No. Solomon's Kingdom is debated to go as far as Greece. Solomon married Pharaoh's Daughter, Solomon the Wise. Invaders show up in Egypt, there is no war and the pirates leave with the Treasury. Unidentified - to the point - leave fast - Treasury Robbery. And not only that, before, when God got finished with the Plagues of Exodus - the people of Egypt were throwing all their gold and silver plate and jewelry begging the slaves to leave. They leave with so much gold and silver - they were paid for their years of Slavery. God is God.

"But they kill people and the Crusades."

"You, my sibling, have an undergraduate in classical History. You know the history of mankind is warfare. Every political upheaval is war. So, to say this is of the Bible - we have a discrepancy. War is Government establishment. Almost Always."

"What are you reading right this minute, Anne-Laurel?"


Psalm 139

1 O LORD, you have searched me and known me!

2 You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar.

3 You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways.

4 Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O LORD, you know it altogether.

5 You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me.
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high; I cannot attain it.
7 Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence?
8 If I ascend to heaven, you are there! If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!
9 If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
10 even there your hand shall lead me, and your right hand shall hold me.
11 If I say, "Surely the darkness shall cover me, and the light about me be night,"
12 even the darkness is not dark to you; the night is bright as the day, for darkness is as light with you.
13 For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb.
14 I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.
15 My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth.
16 Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them.
17 How precious to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them!
18 If I would count them, they are more than the sand. I awake, and I am still with you.
19 Oh that you would slay the wicked, O God! O men of blood, depart from me!


20 They speak against you with malicious intent; your enemies take your name in vain!
21 Do I not hate those who hate you, O LORD? And do I not loathe those who rise up against you?
22 I hate them with complete hatred; I count them my enemies.
23 Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts!
24 And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting!



"See, Anne-Laurel, the Bible is all this poetry and then you get to the bottom of the Psalm and it's all bloodshed."

"One Important Point of God is this: no one really, really wants to read the first 5 books of the Bible. The Pentateuch are the first 5 Books of the Bible where the "BLESSINGS" are located. And in telling of us how to get to the Blessings - you read pages and pages and pages of what not to do. And because of the Pentateuch, we have a better culture."

My Brother, the Attorney, with a Classical Undergraduate Degree says, "OK, we agree there. Because almost all Cultures point back to Abraham to establish the basis of the Legal Law. Because Abraham was a rational man - we actually have 'Culture' today."

I said, "Right, exactly. Abraham is called 3,000 years ago 'Father of Nations.' "

My brother says, "No Bull? But the Bible was written in like 400 A.D. for the New Testament and no one knows about the Old Testament."

"No. The Papyrus 46 is owned by the University of Michigan and the way the pronouns are written are a 300 THREE HUNDRED BIBLE INTACT CHAPTERS and a debate that this is 90 A.D. or 120 A.D. When Paul, in the Holy Spirit, writes the New Testament, Paul refers to the daily on-going work/sacrifice in the Jerusalem Temple still operating until 70 A.D. When Jesus would have died of Old Age - Naturally."

"And the Dead Sea Scrolls - the whole point of the Essenes as hermits, who copy the Bible. And their Bible entirely match the Bible the Gutenberg Bible just blithely put out - completely matching a Bible from 0 A.D. - This is the PROOF these words were so Holy - the Words Match to Match. The Bible is revered, copied, died for, held forth as the Holy Word of God Himself. The Dead Sea Scroll is HUGE. Found in a 500 year mark historically."

"We die. We go Home. The Word of God is Upheld." We are folded up as a garment. The grass withers, the flower fades. The Word of God Endures Forever.





Ok, but why did Psalm 139 end so hatefully?


A man lives in the world. In all types and stages of history - he loves and has a child. This child is precious to him. Suddenly this man realizes he is a man. He takes a look at the environment around him. Does his government provide stability? Is his job enduring to support his child, this infant? Does he have an enemy who would kill his child? Suddenly - a battle is much, much, much more ferocious.

I said, "John, didn't you ever have someone in your life that suddenly you worried your very place in life?"

Yes. I said Edward too. He had a boss who took his salary down and made us have a month where our income was $200. And suddenly a mild-mannered man is angry beyond belief.

Psalm 139. Is very like the Holy of Holies. A seat. The Ark of the Covenant is actually a seat.


Genesis 3
8a Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day

God always intended to live and move and have His Being to be part of all of our lives. To tenderly hold us under the Wing of God Himself. And God realizes Life has come to be. Life moves like Light. Fast. Life has made mankind like Aaron coming into the Holy of Holies. Aaron is going to make a horrible mess. Blood. Life. Mess. And God thought about how acceptable mankind was to Him. The flood - many histories record. I think the flooding of the world we call the Ice Age is the Great Flood. Mankind would worship other gods who asked for baby sacrifice because early man didn't realize blood meal was good fertilizer and 'prosperity'. God always always always as the God of Abraham said no murder or baby murder. And the gods pollute mankind with bloodshed of even the innocent.

It was never petty. Ever. It was a fight of Good and Evil. Life and Death. Heaven or hell.

And because the Journey of Life - is so serious - is Life and Death. Because God would let Aaron come in and throw blood, blood, blood - because of the Overwhelming Love of God
Because God desires to save the world
because God writes He looks into mankind and finds He wants to save
because God has studied mankind since the beginning
God wants to
.............put up with the mess. To have the Relationship.


This is our God.

God would ALLOW David to record for all time the hate in his heart. The sheer NEED to Thrive. To make a path for Children. The way life causes War.

It's like the Holy of Holies. God goes with us in the horrible, hard, nasty, treacherous, wild winds of life.

God says He will Never Forsake us.

The Bronze to Iron Age is known to be Bloody, yet our Century is known to be one of the Bloodiest of all of mankind. World Wars. Nuclear Attacks and Abortion. Terrorism. Knowledge, appearance and isolation.

Psalm 139 exists to comfort Edward when his income is taken and he has $200 for the month. With two toddlers.

Psalm 139 exists to comfort us when we feel hatred. When life is being taken from us.

God Will Never Leave Nor Forsake us. EVER. All aspects of Life are covered in the Name of Jesus and are in His Hand.

We do not go alone. God is with us.




As we got off the plane, John said that truly made sense.


Father God,

And we who know Father God pray like this: "I know Father God, I'm ok. I Pray for the one who is worried because they do not know the Peace and Unending Overwhelming Unceasing Reckless Love of God. Leave the 99 to find the lost one."

And we pray more of God's Kingdom on earth. Filling our loved ones. The people given to us by Father God. Our employments. Our schools. Our Nation Trusting in God. The Nations of the world Trusting in God. The Beloved of God in unceasing prayer conversations with God who wants the Relationship. Because the Grace of God is Jesus Christ HIS ONLY SON. Our Savior. Amen and amen and Amen.

 ♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †

Luke 24:41-43 ~ Joy and Amazement

This Picture is listed as Georgia now. And it could be the same angel cloud we saw in May 1989 at Lake Texhoma - did not change for hours. Perhaps almost 3.
The boat of 6 people was infinitesimally small to the massively sized Archangel cloud - see Asterisk:













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From Germany:

Angels are Messengers of God. This is only a Blessing.

Let's Contrast Hebrews 1:

After making purification for sins, Jesus sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, 4 having become as much superior to angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent than theirs. 5 For to which of the angels did God ever say, "You are my Son, today I have begotten you"?Or again, "I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son"? 6 And again, when he brings the firstborn into the world, he says, "Let all God's angels worship him." 7 Of the angels he says, "He makes his angels winds, and his ministers a flame of fire."




To Genesis 3

8 And they heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day,
 and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.

Our Living God. Always present.


John 20:17
Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”

God is very vocal about Himself. God is a communicator.

Luke 24:41-43
41 While they were still in disbelief because of their joy and amazement, He asked them, “Do you have anything here to eat?” 42 So they gave Him a piece of broiled fish, 43 and He took it and ate it in front of them.


John 20:27
Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here, and see my hands; and put out your hand, and place it in my side. Do not disbelieve, but believe.”

The great crowd had seen the Widow of Nain - her son was alive again. We had to know where Jesus would go.

The Profound Blessing of Pentecost.

Acts 1: 8

You will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth." 9 And when he had said these things, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight. 10 And while they were gazing into heaven as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white robes, 11 and said, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven."


Angels are messengers of God and say, "Fear Not." God of All and the Heavenly Host witnessed the Ascension of Jesus Victorious. His messengers giving His Help.

Numbers 23:19-20

19 God is not man, that he should lie,
or a son of man, that he should change his mind.
Has he said, and will he not do it?
Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?
20 Behold, I received a command to bless:
he has blessed, and I cannot revoke it.


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.






Abba, Father God,

In Genesis 1 and 2, You Delighted in Jesus and Jesus in You. Father, Son and Holy Spirit delighted to look into mankind. The Holy Spirit was abiding upon all the abundant waters near mankind. Jesus desired His Father to have a New Heaven and for mankind to have a new earth. Their plan is to put an abiding and real Holy Spirit in our lives.

We offer You, Father God, abundant Thanksgiving for the Holy Spirit dwelling in all who ask of Jesus to Live in them. The Blessing of Jesus Christ is ours and we profoundly Thank You.

Fill us with the Holy Spirit Father God. The People we Love and the people You have given us. Blessings for the prayers of the people You have given us.

Prayers and the Power of God filling the people and pets who are ill. Encouragement of Hope and Healing. Blessings said for the Abundant Power of our Living God.

God, please bless the Nation Trusting in You. Give us all Your Grace and mercy. The Nations Trusting in You. Bless our employments, peace, homes, communities, vacations, travels and education and schools. Bless the Beloved of God praying to You with more Heaven on earth and more Holy Spirit. Love, Joy and Peace. Father God of Abundance.

We ask in Jesus Christ. A Blessed Pentecost for all the Churches and the Beloved of God.

Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †

Psalm 91:12 ~ lift you up

Psalm 91:12

The Heavenly Host will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone


Proverbs 3:23
Then you will walk in your way securely And your foot will not stumble.

Shepherds like Jesse and David have something in common.

They walk on uneven paths in all kinds of weather - morning, noon, evening and night. Shepherds are always using what is at hand to care for their flock. Shepherding is not always uniquely profitable. And yet as Shepherds make the best of things. Shepherds have plenty of time to pray. Making Shepherds the first to know of Jesus as the Good News.

Shepherds pray over the very young. The expectant. The beginning. The ill. The Lost. The aging. The aged. Shepherds stay in the processes of grooming, medicating, feeding. And when we see Lambs and Sheep are smart - trainable - we know the Shepherds have played and trained their flock. Shepherds see personalities in the animals. Shepherds endure to the very end. Shepherds remember their flock long departed. Shepherds tell flock stories. A meaningful life.

Remember King David was still remembering sheep as the Prophet Nathan spoke with him one day. The Prophet Nathan won David's heart and a forefather of Mary was named by David, David called his son Nathan.



David knew this right well.

Psalm 23

1 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

2 He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.

3 He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.

6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD forever.


The faithful head out in all circumstances. Expecting the Lord to be with them. In caring for their flock and with joy and expectation of God. We go forth with the pure Joy of the Lord. All this caring for others - makes life meaningful. St. Augustine said don't worry about the number of people to care for - be glad to care for the few the Lord generally gives us. And God of the Universe, Creator of All is pleased with us. With you. With me.




Abba, Holy Father,

We go forth with You. Expecting Your Grace and Blessings Each Day!!!

And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard our hearts and our minds in Christ Jesus.

We know even when we worry, just as the Disciples did Jesus never fired them. God, You have given us the Word and Work of God to find peace.

Finally, brothers, whatever is true,
whatever is honorable,
whatever is right,
whatever is pure,
whatever is lovely,
whatever is admirable
— if anything is excellent or praiseworthy
— think on these things.

Remembering the Word of God - 

what we have learned 
   and received      and heard from Lord Jesus and seen in Him,
put these things into practice.
And the God of peace will be with us all.


Blessing of Father, Jesus and Holy Spirit
on those we Love
on the people God has given us.

Praying all of this upon our Nation trusting in the Lord.
For our employments,
for our communities,
for our schools,
for our towns,
for our Churches believing in the Word of God and His Mercy,
for all Nations trusting in God
and His Beloved all over the world.

The amazing Kingdom, Power and Glory of God
covering the Creation of God - His earth
with prayer and conversations with our Father.

Blessings will abound as we ask God for more Heaven on earth and see more of
His Blessings and Holy Spirit.

In Jesus, Our Lord, Amen!

1 Corinthians 16:13,14 ~ done in love

Jesus knows two sparrows and not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father's care  (Matthew 10:29).

Jesus cured the nobleman's son (John 4:46-47).

Jesus healed a leper (Mark 1:40-45).

Jesus healed the centurion's servant (Matthew 8:5-13).

Jesus cured the paralytic (Matthew 9:1-8).

Jesus raised the ruler's daughter from the dead (Matthew 9:18-26).

Jesus cured a woman of an issue of blood (Luke 8:43-48).

Jesus opened the eyes of two blind men (Matthew 9:27-31).

Jesus opened the eyes of two blind men (Matthew 20:30-34).

Jesus fed at least five thousand people (Matthew 14:15-21).

Jesus fed at least four thousand people (Matthew 15:32-39).

Jesus healed a woman of Canaan (Matthew 15:22-28).

Jesus cured a deaf and mute man (Mark 7:31-37).

Jesus opened the eyes of a blind man (Mark 8:22-26).

Jesus cured a woman who had been afflicted eighteen years (Luke 13:10-17).

Jesus cured a man of dropsy (Luke 14:1-4).

Jesus cleansed ten lepers (Luke 17:11-19).

Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead (John 11:1-46).


Not just the Centurion, not just the woman grasping the Hem of Jesus garment.

These were people who brought others, this happened again and again.

Proving, Prayer works. Proving Jesus, when sought, will answer.

More people saw Jesus so willing and they went to Jesus as well.

The path of our feet want to travel in the Word of our Father God, His Banner over us is Love. Asking each day to meet God's timing with Joy. Expectation.




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.


Especially when your grand-dog goes from limping and pond water for his older hips and exercises for limping - to ESCAPING galloping, swimming like a world's champion, running, sprinting, fleeing, almost knocking you down - the Siberian Husky escape artist. Run after him - - - fast.



Abba,
 Amen in Jesus. Father God, You love the short, conversational prayers as well. Knowing all hearts, needs, desires and Your Path. Thank GOD. 
Amen.

Psalm 91:11 ~ He will

Angel clouds come and go. The Wonder of God does not. Jesus always with us. I see 5 Angels - how many do you see?
Matthew 28:20 
I am with you always

Psalm 91:11

For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.


Yesterday we spoke of Jesse of Bethlehem being so well known the Head of the Tabernacle, the Judge of Israel, knew who Jesse was immediately. All of David's life and unto old age, David was called Son of Jesse. Ok, sure, cultural. But not if your father was not all that and you changed lives. People did, even in the old robe-wearing days.

Daniel existed as the head advisor to 2 Kings of The Chaldean Babylonian Empire. Daniel relied on his faith after being shown how much help is available when we say God the Almighty, God of All and all the Heavenly Host. Daniel knew even in his 'exile' or 'slavery' how much help was present. The New Testament tells us this by saying be glad for your circumstances, this is known to our Father in Heaven.

Angels and believing families. Both - we need.

Reagan had something in common with quite a few Presidents like Lincoln.

Ronald Reagan's Faith, Not Just Policies, Undermined Communism
The author of God and Ronald Reagan discusses the spiritual life of America's 40th president
Interview by Rob Moll June 1, 2004

Reagan's mother had a profound effect on him when as a boy the family moved constantly. She also brought him to faith.

His mother, Nelle Reagan, was a wonderful, devoutly Christian woman. I'm convinced that she made a president. She's a mom who made a president because, so much of what Reagan did that was critical to his success came from that faith that he got from his mom. That optimism Reagan needed to do what he did, came from his faith. Reagan's communication skills—he was the Great Communicator—Reagan first learned to speak in a church.




However.
There is a very valid place where David ceased to be called Son of Jesse.

Acts 13:22
And when he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king, of whom he testified and said, 'I have found in David the son of Jesse a man after my heart, who will do all my will.


We don't see hearts and souls. God does.

Revelation 3:7
7 “To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write:
These are the words of him who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open."


God saw something so worthwhile in David shepherd/mercenary/abandoned husband by wife Michal/fallen husbands (sad)/fallen father - in Heaven David is said to have a key. The Mercy of God.

What we don't see - God does.






Father God,

Jesus didn't plan on only Heaven. Jesus found this life to be joy. Titus found satisfaction in God, church tradition says Titus was one of the 72 Disciples. Titus lived a long, long good life in Greece. Crete - where the dispersion of Jews wanted Jesus to come to them.

Father God, we welcome Your Blessing and ask Jesus to be with us always. Thank You for Your Promises.

We thank You, Father God, Jesus, Your Son has saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to Your own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit.

Continue to pour out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, that being justified by Your grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life. We ask this for those we Love and the people You have given us.

The saying is trustworthy, and Your Word says to insist on these things, and we who have believed in God may be careful to devote ourselves to good works. These things are excellent and profitable for people.

With God's Grace, we will avoid foolish controversies, genealogies, dissensions, and quarrels about the law, for they are unprofitable and worthless.

We will have Your help as high as Your Home and Your Heart. Your messengers. Your Word. We will find Thanksgiving in the life You have given us. Thank You for the Joys You have provided.

In Jesus Christ, we ask more of the Holy Spirit and Heaven on earth. For the people of God and the Nations who Trust in You. Upheld by Jesus Christ.

Amen.