Psalm 130 ~ redeem Israel

Psalm 130 

Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord!
2 O Lord, hear my voice!
Let your ears be attentive
to the voice of my pleas for mercy!

3 If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities,
O Lord, who could stand?

4 But with you 
there is forgiveness,
that you may be feared.

5 I wait for the Lord, my soul waits,
and in his word I hope;

6 my soul waits for the Lord
more than watchmen for the morning,
more than watchmen for the morning.

7 O Israel, hope in the Lord!

For with the Lord there is steadfast love,
and with him is plentiful redemption.

8 And he will redeem Israel
from all his iniquities. 

If you want a BLESSING - where would you start?

Prayer.

God of All. 

All Ages. 

All Cultures.

All Peoples.

Our God Alpha and Omega
The Spirit Of The LORD, The Spirit Of Wisdom And Understanding, The Spirit Of Counsel and Strength, The Spirit Of Knowledge

Ancient of Days. 

God of All Nations. 

God who Saves the world 

in 

Jesus Christ

 Heaven has no boundaries 

existing
Because 
You Spoke
Your Word
in
Holiness 

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

Rejoice always

Pray without ceasing, 

18 give thanks in all circumstances; 

for this is the will of God 

in Christ Jesus 

for you.

Once you begin to pray what do you Thank Him For the MOST?

Forgiveness.

Now, pray - "Jesus please bless, name- of- person- you- love "Jesus, please!"

Next - Expectation -

Isaiah 30:18

Therefore the LORD
waits to be gracious to you, 
and therefore he exalts himself to show mercy to you. 
For the LORD is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for him.

Repeat with joy!!!

Isaiah 30:18

Yet the LORD longs to be gracious to you; 

therefore 

He will rise up 

to show you compassion. 

For the LORD is a God of justice.

 Blessed are all who wait for him!

1 Timothy 6:12

Fight the good fight of the faith. 
Take hold of the eternal life 
to which you were called 
when you made your good confession 
in the presence 
of many witnesses.

We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end
We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight
with growing confidence and growing strength in the air

We shall defend our Island,
whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches,
we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets,
we shall fight in the hills;

We shall never surrender
and even if, which I do not for a moment believe, this Island or a large part of it were subjugated and starving, then our Empire beyond the seas, armed and guarded by the British Fleet,
would carry on the struggle,

Until, in God’s good time, the New World, with all its power and might,
steps forth
to the rescue
and the liberation of the old.

Genesis 1:29 Behold, I have given you every 

Many Centuries were to pass before the God that spake in the Burning Bush was to manifest Himself in a new revelation, which nevertheless was the oldest of all the inspirations of the Hebrew people—as the God not only of Israel, but of all mankind who wished to serve Him; a God not only of justice, but of mercy; a God not only of self-preservation and survival, but of pity, self-sacrifice, and ineffable love.

~ Winston Churchill

I sing a song of the saints of God,
patient and brave and true,
who toiled and fought and lived and died
for the Lord they loved and knew.

They lived not only in ages past;
there are hundreds of thousands still;
the world is bright with the joyous saints
who love to do Jesus’ will.

You can meet them in school, or in lanes, or at sea,
in church, or in trains, or in shops, or at tea;
for the saints of God are just folk like me,
and I mean to be one too.

This is art. This is worship. This is sacrifice. This is witness. This is the labor of mankind with gifts from the Loving Father.  Music is more than sound. This is art. This is worship. This is sacrifice. This is witness. This is the labor of mankind with gifts from the Loving Father. Created by many, many, many witnesses. This is the Communion of the Saints. Michelangelo became crippled working with marble and the Sistine Chapel. Bach became increasingly blind towards the end of his life while Beethoven began to lose his hearing when we was 26 and became completely deaf in the ensuing decade. And like Hebrews 11 - some of the artists were saved by their art for more and greater purpose.

Hebrews 12:1
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us

Heaven will include Nebuchadnezzar repentant. Perhaps Alexander the Great bowing to the Priest of God and seeking to die in Nebuchadnezzar's palace. We remember the amazing gifts of God for the Centuries. God of All Cultures. God of All Ages. God of All Wisdom.

Abba, our Father, Ancient of Days, Filled with Love,

With Your Help we will Fight the good fight of the faith.

With Jesus inside and the Holy Spirit surrounding, we will take hold of this eternal life today.

Because Jesus saves us from wrath, we are called, when we make your good confession
- of Jesus as God Almighty, my savior -
in the presence of many witnesses.

We know we have fought the Good Fight of Faith in the daily lists of obligation and joy.

We know Our LORD longs to be gracious to you

And Because Our Redeemer Lives, we know
Our Holy and Loving Heavenly Father will rise up
to show you compassion.
To give His Mercy

For the LORD is a God of justice.

Blessed are all who wait for him!

Jesus Christ for us,
Jesus Christ for those we Love,
Jesus Christ for our people He has given us,
Jesus Christ for all Nations Trusting in Him,
Jesus Christ for all the people calling upon His Name.
Your Blessings Lord God we pray.
Amen.

Luke 15:11-32 ~ is found

The Sermon starts at 40. The singing is too good to miss. "Reckless Love" pulled my soul up to Worship Jesus.

Mark tells this great story about the parental Vulcan neck pinch. Know it. Having done Youth Ministry work for 10 years, I comprehend.

I'd add on the day I was about 15 years old and went to Parochial School and never connected the pedal to the metal of "Yahweh" and was asked to do the Reading for the small service. I read "YahOO" Loudly. If you can't make it - fake it. The Priest told me I was his favorite Reader of all times. He even wept with a smile after he laughed. I really, really, really enjoyed my "Yahweh YahOO" story and genuinely basked in the memory of being the favorite Reader. Until. The movie "Frequency" with Dennis Quaid came out. God is so Good. We really need Wisdom. And Yahoo. Yahweh is good all the time. Heavenly Father, when You told Jesus' Brother James he could always ask and receive Wisdom - favor us Lord God. Amen in Jesus. God is Yahoo!!!.



There is one reason Sunday is for Worship. Oxygen. For the Soul. God is that Good. God Himself Feeds us. On so many levels.
God gives us the first day of the whole week. God is that Good.

Luke 15:11-32

Jesus continued: “There was a man who had two sons. 12 The younger one said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them.

13 “Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there squandered his wealth in wild living. 14 After he had spent everything, there was a severe famine in that whole country, and he began to be in need. 15 So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs. 16 He longed to fill his stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.

17 “When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have food to spare, and here I am starving to death! 18 I will set out and go back to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. 19 I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your hired servants.’ 20 So he got up and went to his father.

“But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him.

21 “The son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’

22 “But the father said to his servants, ‘Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. 23 Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let’s have a feast and celebrate. 24 For this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ So they began to celebrate.

25 “Meanwhile, the older son was in the field. When he came near the house, he heard music and dancing. 26 So he called one of the servants and asked him what was going on. 27 ‘Your brother has come,’ he replied, ‘and your father has killed the fattened calf because he has him back safe and sound.’

28 “The older brother became angry and refused to go in. So his father went out and pleaded with him. 29 But he answered his father, ‘Look! All these years I’ve been slaving for you and never disobeyed your orders. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends. 30 But when this son of yours who has squandered your property with prostitutes comes home, you kill the fattened calf for him!’

31 “‘My son,’ the father said, ‘you are always with me, and everything I have is yours. 32 But we had to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’”



My back and I entered His Worship today about verse 28. So self-righteous snap would envy that crisP. And profoundly not being the Gracious Grace of God Himself. God of Love. God of Mercy.

In the Sports World, the younger brother is Basketball, but the older brother is profoundly Baseball and so tired of the dribble.

Unable to find the Joy in Life. Tired of not seeing the crisP Roman Roads, not used with Proficiency. The Path is CLEAR. Shouting 'Clear' so often - it starts to sound Medical.




To tell the Truth - we all so very, very, very much need the Graciousness of God.In the Ongoing Party of Life. The Older Brother gets some attention for looking like he knows the Path. But the Path is the Graciousness of God.



Oh, the overwhelming, never-ending, reckless love of God
Oh, it chases me down, fights 'til I'm found, leaves the ninety-nine?


What happened to the Older Brother?
Don't you want to know?


He is included and not forgotten. Leaves the 99 is true.

John 1:44
Andrew and Peter were from the same city as Philip, which was Bethsaida"

Jesus makes sure. All Jesus had to say for the millenniums was Andrew and Peter. Jesus would have saved an incredible amount of ink - millenniums of ink - not to print Philip had a path and a life. Technically, it makes sense to edit Philip - out.
We could have just called him 8,9,10 of the Disciples. We didn't need to know.

Acts 8
34 And the eunuch said to Philip, “About whom, I ask you, does the prophet say this, about himself or about someone else?” 35 Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning with this Scripture he told him the good news about Jesus. 36 And as they were going along the road they came to some water, and the eunuch said, “See, here is water! What prevents me from being baptized?” 38 And he commanded the chariot to stop, and they both went down into the water, Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him. 39 And when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord carried Philip away, and the eunuch saw him no more, and went on his way rejoicing. 

40 But Philip found himself at Azotus, and as he passed through he preached the gospel to all the towns until he came to Caesarea.

Philip is the unforgotten Brother. God has not left.



What else would we know about The Older Brother?

Today we might nickname someone 'Junior' or use Junior as a Suffix. II. The Roman World had a name for someone the father and mother looked at and sighed with joy and contentment "Gaius." Gaius means my first born 'son'. Gaius is probably reserved for a perfect baby. Joyful child bearing. Standard-bearing. My First Born Son.


What happened to 'that' son?

If you add up the Gaius in the Scriptures you get a pretty good picture. Certainly, probably, could be different men and still a good analogy of God leaving the 99 - for whom?

God multiplied the fishes - surely God would multiply His Graces.



Scripture lists the Older Son - known by the name Gaius -


Acts 19:29
So the city was filled with the confusion, and they rushed together into the theater, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians who were Paul's companions in travel.

The Older Brother understands. Travels with Paul.

Acts 20:4
Sopater the Berean, son of Pyrrhus, accompanied him; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy; and the Asians, Tychicus and Trophimus.

Still going with the Truth.

Romans 16:23
Gaius, who is host to me and to the whole church, greets you. Erastus, the city treasurer, and our brother Quartus, greet you.

We rejoice in the Truth.

1 Corinthians 1:14
I thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius,

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


And when we find God's Grace multiplies in us - we can read 3 John 1 with all the Graciousness God would give us.



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[a] 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, each by name.



May the God of Peace and protection fill us with His Holy Spirit.

And in His Grace give us the Blessing of letting God be God and to have the pleasure in the joy of others. Seeing all the blessings of life surround and uplift us all.

 In Jesus. Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †

Luke 10: 27,28 ~ Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind

Luke 10: 27,28

27 “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’
and
‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”

28 “You have answered correctly,” Jesus said. “Do this and you will live.”


James 1:17
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above,
coming down from the Father of lights
with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.

All we have is God's Blessing. Let us Bless our Father God;




Blessed Father
Giver of the Holy Spirit
giving us Jesus

Thank You for Jesus
always
and forever.

For us all.

Amen in Jesus.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †

Hebrews 1 ~ worship Him

Cai Guoqiang Beijing Olympics 2016

for the Grandmother who raised him.

Luke 8

54 Jesus took her by the hand and called out, “Child, get up!” 55 Her spirit returned, and at once she got up.


Jesus raised the widow of Nain's son to arise.

God of Encouragement
God of Love

1 Timothy 2:8
Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands

1 Corinthians 16:13
Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong

The Lord is not for hunker down and get by.

Isaiah 35:1-10

The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad; the desert shall rejoice
and blossom like the crocus;
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.
Strengthen the weak hands, and make firm the feeble knees.
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.”

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

Ezekiel 17:22-24

Thus says the Lord God: “I myself will take a sprig from the lofty top of the cedar and will set it out. I will break off from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one, and I myself will plant it on a high and lofty mountain. On the mountain height of Israel will I plant it, that it may bear branches and produce fruit and become a noble cedar.

And under it will dwell every kind of bird; in the shade of its branches birds of every sort will nest. And all the trees of the field shall know that I am the Lord; I bring low the high tree, and make high the low tree, dry up the green tree, and make the dry tree flourish. I am the Lord; I have spoken, and I will do it.”

Zechariah 9:16-17

On that day the Lord their God will save them, as the flock of his people; for like the jewels of a crown they shall shine on his land. For how great is his goodness, and how great his beauty! Grain shall make the young men flourish, and new wine the young women.



We are the Beloved of God. New Covenant. God tells us several times in the opening of the New Testament He is the Light of the world. Light in all of mankind.

Hebrews 1

11 Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. 2 For by it the people of old received their commendation. 3 By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible.


Light of the world

Ezekiel 31:6
All the birds of the sky nested in its boughs, all the animals of the wild gave birth under its branches; all the great nations lived in its shade

Luke 13

18 Then Jesus asked, “What is the kingdom of God like? To what can I compare it? 19 It is like a mustard seed that a man tossed into his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air nested in its branches.”

Hebrews 1

1 Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world. 3 He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he 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.”

Abba, Our Holy, Holy Father,

Psalm 24:7
Lift up your heads, O gates, And be lifted up, O ancient doors, That the King of glory may come in!


Our Father, God of All, wants us to arise. In expectation. In Love. In Hope. In our words. In our deeds. In our encouragement. In the encouragement of others.

Father God has called Jesus to ascend to Him. We would want to do no less.

Psalm 3:3
You, O LORD, are a shield about me, My glory, and the One who lifts my head.

Psalm 123:1,2
To you lift I up my eyes, O you that dwell in the heavens

Psalm 34:5
Those who look to him are radiant, and their faces shall never be ashamed.


Our God calms the wind and the sea. For this we look to our Loving Father.

To speak to us in our cares.
To Love and fill our loved ones with His Goodness.

To Bless our Nation to Trust in Him every day.

To Encourage the people God has given us.

To fulfill His Prayer for more Heaven on earth.

To do His Will every day.

And pray all of the Holy Spirit all over our lives.

In Jesus. Amen.

 ♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †

Acts 1 ~ Pray with one accord

Amazing to see these released a few years back. Seeing Elvis young and strong. The Associates are just noise, self absorbed, joking, harassing. And even as the song begins they are yelling at a dynamic Elvis telling all about the Song King of Kings. The conviction of the major voice makes the hope Jesus heard - the voice and song.

The chaos stops as Jesus is told of. Before Jesus became part of the song, the raucous is evident. And as Jesus is spoken of alive and well, the focus is on Jesus.

Acts 1

1 In the first book, O Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach, 2 until the day when he was taken up, after he had given commands through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. 3 He presented himself alive to them after his suffering by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God.

4 And while staying with them he ordered them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, he said, “you heard from me; 5 for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”

6 So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?”

7 He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority. 8 But 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.”

12 Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day's journey away.

13 And when they had entered, they went up to the upper room, where they were staying, Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot and Judas the son of James.

14 All these with one accord were devoting themselves to prayer, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.

Now, what if, suddenly, Jesus was sitting right by them, would Jesus be offended at them joking and laughing at and with Elvis?

That's not the style of Jesus.

Matthew 11:19
The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners."

Luke 5:29
Then Levi hosted a great banquet for Jesus at his house. A large crowd of tax collectors was there, along with others who were eating with them.

Luke 7:34
The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and you say, 'Look at this glutton and drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and of sinners!'

Luke 15:2
So the Pharisees and scribes began to grumble: "This man welcomes sinners and eats with them."

Jesus sat all the time to teach. People stood, but Jesus sat. Jesus is comfortable with people.

Hebrews 6:19
We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner place behind the curtain

Psalm 118:1-29
Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever!

What would Jesus think of that singing?

Proverbs 8
Jesus found delight in mankind.

Zephaniah 3:17
The LORD your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing.

1 John 4:19
We love because he first loved us.

Romans 15:13
God of hope

Luke 20:38
God of the living

Acts 7:2
God of glory

2 Corinthians 13:11
God of love and peace

John 14
Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.

Psalm 16:9
Therefore my heart is glad, and my whole being rejoices; my flesh also dwells secure.


Our Abba,

Let our prayers rise like incense. A beautiful aroma for Your Loving Kindness to us.

We give You the people we love. Our cares.

All things work together for good, for those who love the Lord and work according to His Purpose.

The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit. We will boldly and with confidence, ask Jesus to be our midst with His Love and Power.

Jesus calmer, tamer, controller of the storms.

And in this, we will have Rest.

Amen in Jesus Christ our Lord.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves †

Good to go
Al and Xander
y
n

Zechariah 8:1-12 ~ marvelous in my sight, declares the Lord of hosts

I see a new Heaven from an old earth. Glimpses of a mirror darkly. Living Parables.

Zechariah 8:1-12

1 And the word of the Lord of hosts came, saying, 2“Thus says the Lord of hosts: I am jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I am jealous for her with great wrath.

3 Thus says the Lord: I have returned to Zion and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem, and Jerusalem shall be called the faithful city, and the mountain of the Lord of hosts, the holy mountain.

4 Thus says the Lord of hosts: Old men and old women shall again sit in the streets of Jerusalem, each with staff in hand because of great age. 5 And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in its streets.

6 Thus says the Lord of hosts: If it is marvelous in the sight of the remnant of this people in those days, should it also be marvelous in my sight, declares the Lord of hosts?

7 Thus says the Lord of hosts: Behold, I will save my people from the east country and from the west country, 8and I will bring them to dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. And they shall be my people, and I will be their God, in faithfulness and in righteousness.”

9 Thus says the Lord of hosts: “Let your hands be strong, you who in these days have been hearing these words from the mouth of the prophets who were present on the day that the foundation of the house of the Lord of hosts was laid, that the temple might be built.

10 For before those days there was no wage for man or any wage for beast, neither was there any safety from the foe for him who went out or came in, for I set every man against his neighbor.

11 But now I will not deal with the remnant of this people as in the former days, declares the Lord of hosts.

12 For there shall be a sowing of peace. The vine shall give its fruit, and the ground shall give its produce, and the heavens shall give their dew. And I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things.




Yesterday we spoke of the Work of God our Father and in Heaven.

Would it ever please a very vast, wondrous and Amazing God if all His Children celebrated and enjoyed Abundant Life equally?

Doesn't our heart rejoice in the variations of climate, archaeology, and fierce wonders of this world?

6 Should it also be marvelous in my sight, declares the Lord of hosts?

7 Thus says the Lord of hosts: Behold, I will save my people



Some will be old, some young. God Himself will decide.

Revelation 22:3
His servants will serve him


Some will labor, some will rest.

Hebrews 4

9 So then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God, 10 for whoever has entered God's rest has also rested from his works as God did from his.

14 Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.

15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.

16 Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.



Father God,

Your Love for us is as high as the Heavens.

Romans 5:8
God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

We can have all hopes of Heaven in Jesus.

Romans 12:9
Let love be genuine. Hold fast to what is good.


For all of this goodness, Father.

We shall love the Lord our God with all our heart and with all our soul and with all our mind.

And we will be close to the Kingdom of Heaven, our prayers enter the 12 open Gates. And we will see the river of Life flowing from His Throne, where Love, Righteousness, Mercy and Justice are held forth in His Splendor of Holiness.

Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice!

Let the sea roar, and all that fills it!
let the field exult, and everything in it!

Then shall all the trees of the forest sing for joy before the Lord !

Our LORD, the LORD God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in lovingkindness and truth; 7 who keeps lovingkindness for thousands, who forgives iniquity, transgression and sin. For HE has so loved the world, our Father gave His Jesus, that we believes in Jesus, should not perish but have eternal life.

Amen in Jesus.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves!  †