Genesis 20:1-9 ~ God said

Genesis 20:1-9

From there Abraham journeyed toward the territory of the Negeb and lived between Kadesh and Shur; and he sojourned in Gerar. 2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, “She is my sister.”

And Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah. 3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night and said to him, “Behold, you are a dead man because of the woman whom you have taken, for she is a man's wife.”

4 Now Abimelech had not approached her. So he said, “Lord, will you kill an innocent people? 5 Did he not himself say to me, ‘She is my sister’? And she herself said, ‘He is my brother.’ In the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands I have done this.”

6 Then God said to him in the dream, “Yes, I know that you have done this in the integrity of your heart, and it was I who kept you from sinning against me. Therefore I did not let you touch her. 7 Now then, return the man's wife, for he is a prophet, so that he will pray for you, and you shall live. But if you do not return her, know that you shall surely die, you and all who are yours.”

8 So Abimelech rose early in the morning and called all his servants and told them all these things. And the men were very much afraid. 9 Then Abimelech called Abraham


Our Father God is:

Ephesians 1:21
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.


Abraham is chosen for his mercy asking God for lives. And yet he has fear and poor choices. And God calls Abraham His own.

 God is in charge of resolution and has all Authority. We can always hope for Peace. God used this of God's Amazing and Vast Abilities to help Mary as well. We can put all trust in the Lord God Almighty.



Abba,

With Jesus we pray.

To overcome worries, difficulties, health concerns. To be equipped to do Your Good will.

In Jesus for ourselves,
In Jesus for the ones we Love,
In Jesus for the people He gives us.

In Jesus for solutions
and in Jesus for we place our trust.

For the Nation, all believers and the Nations trusting in Father God.

We praise You, Father God, for Your Blessings. Your Wonders. Your His Story.

In Jesus. Amen.

 ♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †

Mark 12:18-27 ~ He is God of the living

1 Kings 9

Mark 12:18-27

18 And Sadducees came to him, who say that there is no resurrection. And they asked him a question, saying, 19 “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies and leaves a wife, but leaves no child, the man must take the widow and raise up offspring for his brother. 20 There were seven brothers; the first took a wife, and when he died left no offspring. 21 And the second took her, and died, leaving no offspring. And the third likewise. 22 And the seven left no offspring. Last of all the woman also died. 23 In the resurrection, when they rise again, whose wife will she be? For the seven had her as wife.”


24 Jesus said to them, “Is this not the reason you are wrong, because you know neither

the Scriptures and the power of God? 

25 For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven. 26 And as for the dead being raised, have you not read in the book of Moses, in the passage about the bush, how God spoke to him, saying, ‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’?

 27 He is not God of the dead, but of the living.”



For so many reasons, David was quite wrong. And for so many reasons David made the right choices  - making a reason to see David for his faith.

Boundaries. David made amazing boundaries because he stayed in the boundaries God had given him.





David knew he was anointed and spent 22 years feeling all of the Psalms. Defeat, agony, victory, defeat, victory, defeat, Victory, sin, defeat, defeat, Victory.

And then David after several apparent failures even after Saul died - took Saul's Kingdom - the first map - and in obedience to God made - the second map.

Saul had boundaries. And he refused to believe the Scriptures and the Power of God. He refused to be grateful for today and to let God have tomorrow.

Gratitude is very important.

David had gratitude. And obedience.  To become the actual family of Jesus as Father God would want His Only Son - to be descended of David.


Matthew 12
50 For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.


David believed God was as good as His Word. And in being obedient to God. God's Will is done - believing in God our Father.

All of the Blessings of God involve - Trusting God so much we will find gratitude and willingness to believe that the Will of God - is Good - Today.


And in seeking to find the good in today - we will have - Joy, Hope, Faith, Love. And Love is the Greatest of All. Creating endurance, character, hope. Lack of Disappointment. Gentleness, Loving oneself as others.

And in believing God will create a framework For His Will. We will find like Israel - the ups and downs of generations.


Psalm 100

5 For the Lord is good;
his steadfast love endures forever,
and his faithfulness to all generations. 

Father God,

We prayer the prayer of David. Asking Jesus to pray with us.

“Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my house, that you have brought me thus far?

And yet this was a small thing in your eyes, O Lord God. You have spoken also of your servant’s house for a great while to come, and this is instruction for mankind, O Lord God!

You know your children, O Lord Father God! Because of Your promises, and according to Your own heart, You have brought about all this greatness for Your Glory.


And we delight, Your Name will be magnified forever, saying, ‘The Lord of hosts is God over Israel,’ and the house of Jesus will be established before You.

For you, O Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, have made Your revelation to your children, saying, ‘I will build you a house.’ Therefore your servant has found courage to pray this prayer to you. "

And now, O Lord God, You are God, and Your Words are true, and You have promised this good thing to your servant.

Now therefore may it please you to bless the house of your servant, so that it may continue forever before you. For you, O Lord God, have spoken, and with your blessing shall the house of your servant be blessed forever.

But to all who did receive Him, who believed in His Name, Jesus. He gave the right to become children of God, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.

In Expectation of His Word to our generations, we say, Thank You Father God. In Jesus, Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves!  †

Mark 2 ~ at Home

Mark 2

1 And when he returned to Capernaum after some days, it was reported that he was at home.






 2 And many were gathered together, so that there was no more room, not even at the door. '



And he was preaching the word to them. 

 3 And they came, bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men. 4 And when they could not get near him because of the crowd, they removed the roof above him, and when they had made an opening, they let down the bed on which the paralytic lay. 

5 And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "Son, your sins are forgiven." 

6 Now some of the scribes were sitting there, questioning in their hearts, 7 "Why does this man speak like that? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?" 

8 And immediately Jesus, perceiving in his spirit that they thus questioned within themselves, said to them, "Why do you question these things in your hearts? 9 Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Rise, take up your bed and walk'? 10 But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins"--he said to the paralytic-- 11 "I say to you, rise, pick up your bed, and go home." 

12 And he rose and immediately picked up his bed and went out before them all, 



so that they were all amazed and glorified God, saying, "We never saw anything like this!"

13 He went out again beside the sea, and all the crowd was coming to him, and he was teaching them.

14 And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, "Follow me." And he rose and followed him. 

15 And as he reclined at table in his house, many tax collectors and sinners were reclining with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many who followed him. 

16 And the scribes of the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, said to his disciples, "Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?"

17 And when Jesus heard it, he said to them, "Those who are well have no need of a physician, 
but those who are sick. 
I came not to call the righteous, 
but sinners."




18 Now John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. And people came and said to him, "Why do John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?"

19 And Jesus said to them, "Can the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast. 20 The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast in that day. 

21 No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. If he does, the patch tears away from it, the new from the old, and a worse tear is made. 22 And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the wine will burst the skins--and the wine is destroyed, and so are the skins. But new wine is for fresh wineskins."

23 One Sabbath he was going through the grainfields, and as they made their way, his disciples began to pluck heads of grain. 

24 And the Pharisees were saying to him, "Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?" 

25 And he said to them, "Have you never read what David did, when he was in need and was hungry, he and those who were with him: 26 how he entered the house of God, in the time of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the bread of the Presence, which it is not lawful for any but the priests to eat, and also gave it to those who were with him?" 

27 And he said to them, "The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. 28 So the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath."









What were the people witnessing in Jesus the day in Capernaum?

Exodus 34

5 And the LORD descended in a cloud, stood with him there, and proclaimed His name, the LORD. 
6 Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out:
 “The LORD, the LORD God, 
is compassionate and gracious, 
slow to anger, 
abounding in loving devotion and truth, 
maintaining loving devotion to a thousand generations, 
forgiving iniquity, 
transgression, and sin.
 Yet He will by no means excuse the guilty

Romans 5:9
Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, 
much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God.

1 Thessalonians 1:10
Jesus, delivered us from the wrath to come.







Abba, our Father


What does the Bible say about Rejoicing? We want to know!!!

Philippians 4:4
Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice.

Acts 16:33-34
And he took them the same hour of the night and washed their wounds; and he was baptized at once, he and all his family. Then he brought them up into his house and set food before them. And he rejoiced along with his entire household that he had believed in God.

John 16:24
Until now you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.


Abba, the Bible is Living and Active. With new and fresh hope and expectation:

We ask for our Prayer Requests - for me to have my back muscles not clenching up.
We pray for Jackson to have his worn knees and old bones to have all the benefits of our Living God. A breath of spring.

For those we Love to always trust You, our Loving Father - for their care and eternity with You. To be full of our Father, Jesus and the Holy Spirit each day of this journey.

For the people You give us - The Holy Spirit increasing always.

For our Nation. Blessed in the Nation - Trusting in God. He is the God of all things. All things are possible in Him.

Trusting Jesus with all our prayer requests, for the nations trusting in Him and all the beloved around the world increasing in God as their strength for More of The Light of Jesus Christ the Lord.

Amen and Amen.

 ♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †

3 John 1 ~ journey in a manner worthy of God

1 John 3

1 The elder to the beloved Gaius, whom I love in truth.

2 Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, as it goes well with your soul.

3 For I rejoiced greatly when the brothers came and testified to your truth, as indeed you are walking in the truth.

4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.
 

5 Beloved, it is a faithful thing you do in all your efforts for these brothers, strangers as they are, 6 who testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on their journey in a manner worthy of God.

7 For they have gone out for the sake of the name, accepting nothing from the Gentiles. 8  Therefore we ought to support people like these, that we may be fellow workers for the truth.
9 I have written something to the church, but Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first, does not acknowledge our authority. 10 So if I come, I will bring up what he is doing, talking wicked nonsense against us. And not content with that, he refuses to welcome the brothers, and also stops those who want to and puts them out of the church.

11 Beloved, do not imitate evil but imitate good. Whoever does good is from God; whoever does evil has not seen God.

12 Demetrius has received a good testimony from everyone, and from the truth itself. We also add our testimony, and you know that our testimony is true.

13 I had much to write to you, but I would rather not write with pen and ink. 14 I hope to see you soon, and we will talk face to face.

15 Peace be to you. The friends greet you. Greet the friends, every one of them.


The earlier post was deleted just as the Publish option was chosen. Not a favorite thing as the day is closing.

Perhaps shorter - is better.

John after seeing:
The death of Jesus, Son of God. Jesus leaving to Heaven. Mary's sorrow. The death of James - his brother.  Leaving Capernaum and perhaps Zebedee, his father,  We would think John was somber and not filled with Joy.

Surely people explained to John - he would never recover. As even hospitals counsel people who have lost children - today.

Instead! We find the Strength of the God of Hope and Encouragement. God our Father's Joy - seen in Jesus. John, a proper Jew, would not leave the culture easily - instead we find - a wonderful John showing the Love Jesus has. For an entirely unbelievable change. Prayer - miracles - new faith - Jesus is daily Hope, Faith and Love.

The Miracle of Jesus in The Acts of the Apostles - the Love God has is finding more people to Love. Is embracing new people, new ideas of food, of entertainment, clothing, building. There would be room for language barriers, miscommunication - and what we find is Love triumphs.


Abba Father 

God be with us in the way of Peace.

Beloved, we pray that all may go well with us all 
and we may all
be in good health, as it goes well with your soul.
 
In Jesus. Amen.

 ♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †

Matthew 28:20 ~ Remember

The Waipio Valley located in the Big Island of Hawaii. The capital and permanent residence of many early Hawaiian kings. The ancient grass palace of the ancient kings of Hawaii with the nioi stands. The valley floor at sea level is almost 2,000 ft (610 m) below the surrounding terrain. A steep road leads down into the valley from a lookout point located on the top of the southern wall of the valley. The road gains 800 vertical feet (243.84 m) in 0.6 miles (0.9 km) at a 25% average grade, with steeper grades in sections. It is the steepest road of its length in the United States.

The shoreline in the valley is a black sand beach. A few taro farms are located in the valley - thought to be the oldest cultivated crop in the world. Several large waterfalls fall into the valley to feed the river which flows from the foot of the largest falls at the back of the valley out to the ocean. The fish are particularly interesting as salt varieties have assumed brackish tendencies - to swim in the sweet, fresh water.

A foot trail called Waimanu or Muliwai Trail leads down a steep path to the Waimanu Valley, which is not accessible by automobile. The trail is accessible by hikers . At the upper end of the valley, Waimanu Gap at 2,089 feet (637 m) elevation leads to the south end of Waimanu Valley.

Used in Waterworld Movie as a scene like Noah on dry land. Paradise. Fed continual breezes over a wonderful blue ocean.


Luke 6:47-49

As for everyone who comes to me and hears my words and puts them into practice, I will show you what they are like. 48 They are like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid the foundation on rock. When a flood came, the torrent struck that house but could not shake it, because it was well built. 49 But the one who hears my words and does not put them into practice is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. The moment the torrent struck that house, it collapsed and its destruction was complete.


One of the charms of the Waipio Valley is the Ocean. The waves can be 25" feet. Or calm. But the view let the Hawaiian Kings know what was coming and how to prepare. This was The Valley of the Kings for good reason. Until war came and this vanished. Kahekili II raided Waipio in the 18th century and burned the four sacred trees to the ground. He then called himself after the Hawaiian god of thunder. Because Kāne-Hekili was believed to be black on one side, Kahekili tattooed one side of his body from head to foot. Probably, he was the biological father of Kamehameha I.

When Joseph was taken to Egypt as by slave traders - he was very young. when Israel was raided by Nebuchadnezzar II, a million people died and the slave trade gained about 40,000 people. The fall of the House of the Children of Israel was great.



Joseph then found a place.

And that was taken. Joseph languished in prison without hope of freedom.

Was anything as bleak? Perhaps Mary. Leaving her family in haste. Her fiancé wondering about her being stoned to death.


Maybe Daniel.

Maybe the Lions were filled when Daniel arrived, how about tomorrow? Had to be worrisome to Daniel. Daniel went on to serve the rest of the Chaldean Babylonian Emperors until Cyrus the Great invaded and Daniel was retired.

When David had to run for his life as a criminal, his father had 7 sons and David had to find a place to hide them - with his parents.




All of the Saints of God
and I want to be one too.


Trouble will define us. What we do with trouble. How we view and look at prosperity. And this does define us too.


All of these very human stories represent flawed humanity. Choices made as life suddenly had harsh winds howl. Choices made from palaces where sunny days never end.

There is absolutely no way for Joseph, Mary, Daniel and David to have made life ok. There is One Promise of the Bible - that was held and lived and given to us to see for ourselves in life.

Matthew 28:20

Remember, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.


Why would God Promise us this? God, Himself, might be pretty busy.


Matthew 9:36
Jesus had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.



Hallmark cards. A nice thing. A warm meal. Even better. A phone call. Amazingly this can really help.

Yet - The Journey of all of these people was what the Bible calls 'Narrow Gate'. God's People are called again and again sheep of His Pasture. We are all on a journey and we can even have a wonderful Benefit BBQ - yet, really, the Journey and Work and Wonder of a Soul to God - is a Journey of Soul.

Joseph - traveled alone.

Mary - made haste alone.

Daniel sat with the Lions apparently alone.

David found places for his family to hide.

And really - strength was there. God did not leave - nor forsake - nor make easy - nor add in the fast fix - yet, yet, yet - - -
God made strong.
Only one day at a time.
God's Compassion - Available - Seek Him with all our whole heart.


When we find prayer requests - of the Beloved of God - the prayer requests say:
"I'm ok - please help my son, or sister or brother or friend or neighbor - to know the Love and Peace God has for hearts needing our Lord Jesus every day. Help them with marriage, divorce, disease, crisis and in need. Jesus please, You helped me. Amen"



Abba, Holy Father,

We pray with the Blessing of Hannah - for all the parents who have realized they did their lives with God:

1 Samuel 2

1Then Hannah prayed and said:
“My heart rejoices in the Lord;
in the Lord my horn is lifted high.
My mouth boasts over my enemies, for I delight in your deliverance.

2 “There is no one holy like the Lord;
there is no one besides you;
there is no Rock like our God.

3 “Do not keep talking so proudly
or let your mouth speak such arrogance,
for the Lord is a God who knows,
and by him deeds are weighed.

4 “The bows of the warriors are broken,
but those who stumbled are armed with strength.
5 Those who were full hire themselves out for food,
but those who were hungry are hungry no more.
She who was barren has borne seven children,
but she who has had many sons pines away.

6 “The Lord brings death and makes alive;
he brings down to the grave and raises up.

7 The Lord sends poverty and wealth;
he humbles and he exalts.

8 He raises the poor from the dust
and lifts the needy from the ash heap;
he seats them with princes
and has them inherit a throne of honor.

“For the foundations of the earth are the Lord’s;
on them he has set the world.
9 He will guard the feet of his faithful servants,
but the wicked will be silenced in the place of darkness.

“It is not by strength that one prevails;
10 those who oppose the Lord will be broken.
The Most High will thunder from heaven;
the Lord will judge the ends of the earth.
“He will give strength to his king
and exalt the horn of his anointed.”


And in the Strength of our Abba,
we place ourselves, our cares,
our Loved ones
the people God has given us.

Our Nation, our communities,
our employments, our Schools, our Churches.

All the Nations trusting in Him
all the Beloved around the world - calling on Jesus
and for more of the Holy Spirit to bring
more Heaven to our lives and upon His Good Creation.

Our God who wants to fulfill His Will to save
through Jesus Christ.

Amen.

 ♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †