Mark 2:1-12 ~ preaching the word to them

Mark 2:1-12

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!”

Luke 18:17
Truly I tell you, if anyone does not receive the kingdom of God like a little child, he will never enter it.

During my childhood, people would ask the 'grit-in-your-eye, lean-forward-question' :

"Do you pray at red lights and for parking spaces?" Even "Maude", "All in the Family" and"The Jeffersons" all talked about this. And I don't think there was ever a very snappy reply to remember.

We all know how we are sad for people who have lost a beloved pet. Today, there is another process to grieve: the loss of your computer. The loss of data, memories - it's really difficult for people to lose a computer. And thank God for innovations of stored memory and facebook.

Maybe we should advance the question from red lights and parking spaces to, "Do you pray for your computer?" Considering it is a social media device, needed for so many things, a very complex instrument - we probably should. The internet is a series of tubes.


What would we
expect
when we pray for our computer?

Matthew 19:26
Jesus looked at them and said, "With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible."

And when we think of the wonders of God we should include this...
God gave the people who would bring the prayer-applicant for help. God wants us to know Jesus picked to live in this world - the ill, blind, hearing loss, lame, well, politicians, Synagogue officials (Jairus), unimportant children, women, tax thugs, political war-minded zealots - the world. The people who love technology and the people who pray for that person's help.


The prayer of a paralyzed man generally happens in a medical facility today. And this is heard today by Jesus. Yet paralysis - and what we need - is all about this Scripture.


Certainly, a computer is built of systems and hardware. Yet Jesus is the Word of God - Living.

John 1:14
The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.


The Holy Spirit is displayed in the Scriptures as fire - and what is fire? Electricity. If we don't approach praying - a little like the simplicity of a child - our ideas will stop rolling. Sometimes we have great faith in things like electricity - without the wonder of God who spoke and the solar system exist on His Word.  The sun - rising each day -  is God's.  Where we really place our faith and why prayers go everywhere.


The Light continues to shine.

And on our path to the Lord and with our Father. You Light our steps.

Abba,

You tell us in Psalm 139, our days are Blessed.  Help us to remember each day - We are Your Special and Chosen Child.  To value ourselves as You do. We are named by God. We have our days written in Your Book of Life.

With Your Blessing and Your Favor, we have strength to do Your Plan. We have Joy to Hope in Your Path for us. We have Love to be fed and nourished in the most important aspect of us - Love - where Your Holy Spirit and our eternal essence dwells.

We pray this Love, Great Love, blesses those we Love. The People You have given us. We pray more Heaven upon earth. Blessing our families, schools, workplaces, homes, Churches and Nations. The Love You have for us seen in all our lives. 

Thank You for Your Word and Plan.

In Jesus we have the Victory. Amen.

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Oops, we didn't exactly pray for computers. What was intended - to pray when we turn the computer on, to pray when we see images we don't like and attitudes not given to the Lord. To pray when computers are broken. Giving thanks conversations are heard by the Lord God our Father. And He knows the intentions of the heart. Amen in Jesus.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †

1 Timothy 3 ~ trustworthy

1 Timothy 3

1 The saying is trustworthy: If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task. 2 Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife,sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, 3 not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. 4 He must manage his own household well, with all dignity keeping his children submissive, 5 for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for God's church? 6 He must not be a recent convert, or he may become puffed up with conceit and fall into the condemnation of the devil. 7 Moreover, he must be well thought of by outsiders, so that he may not fall into disgrace, into a snare of the devil.


8 Deacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued,not addicted to much wine, not greedy for dishonest gain. 9 They must hold the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience. 10 And let them also be tested first; then let them serve as deacons if they prove themselves blameless. 11 Their wives likewise must be dignified, not slanderers, but sober-minded, faithful in all things. 12 Let deacons each be the husband of one wife, managing their children and their own households well. 13 For those who serve well as deacons gain a good standing for themselves and also great confidence in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.


14 I hope to come to you soon, but I am writing these things to you so that, 15 if I delay, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, a pillar and buttress of the truth. 16 Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness: He was manifested in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among the nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory.



1 Timothy 3 does indeed answer  1 Timothy 3

How to behave in the household of God:

one marriage, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money

When we go before Father God, the Lord God Almighty - we have to do what Zechariah, John the Baptist's father, did not do. We hold on to God's Mercy. Trust God's Word and His Way. The Lord, the truth and the Life.



Abba,

For the Life You give - we say Thank You. For the Plans You have for us - we say Thank You.

And You lovingly hear all of our cares and concerns to rest with You.
For those we Love. For the people You give us.
And for the Nation.

Trusting and praising You. Lifting up the people around the world who Love You.

Amen in Jesus. Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †

John 6 ~ Bread of Life

John 6

After this Jesus went away to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of Tiberias. 

2 And a large crowd was following him, because they saw the signs that he was doing on the sick. 

3 Jesus went up on the mountain, and there he sat down with his disciples. 4 Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was at hand. 5 Lifting up his eyes, then, and seeing that a large crowd was coming toward him, Jesus said to Philip, “Where are we to buy bread, so that these people may eat?” 6 He said this to test him, for he himself knew what he would do. 

7 Philip answered him, “Two hundred denarii worth of bread would not be enough for each of them to get a little.”

 8 One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said to him, 9 “There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what are they for so many?” 

10 Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” 

Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, about five thousand in number. 

11 Jesus then took the loaves, and when he had given thanks, he distributed them to those who were seated. So also the fish, as much as they wanted. 12 And when they had eaten their fill, he told his disciples, “Gather up the leftover fragments, that nothing may be lost.” 

13 So they gathered them up and filled twelve baskets with fragments from the five barley loaves left by those who had eaten. 

14 When the people saw the sign that he had done, they said, “This is indeed the Prophet who is to come into the world!”





15 Perceiving then that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, Jesus withdrew again to the mountain by himself.

16 When evening came, his disciples went down to the sea, 17 got into a boat, and started across the sea to Capernaum. It was now dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them. 18 The sea became rough because a strong wind was blowing. 19 When they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the sea and coming near the boat, and they were frightened. 



20 But he said to them, 
“It is I; do not be afraid.” 


21 Then they were glad to take him into the boat, and immediately the boat was at the land to which they were going.






22 On the next day the crowd that remained on the other side of the sea saw that there had been only one boat there, and that Jesus had not entered the boat with his disciples, but that his disciples had gone away alone. 23 Other boats from Tiberias came near the place where they had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks. 24 So when the crowd saw that Jesus was not there, nor his disciples, they themselves got into the boats and went to Capernaum, seeking Jesus.

25 When they found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him, “Rabbi, when did you come here?” 

26 Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you are seeking me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves. 27 Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For on him God the Father has set his seal.” 

28 Then they said to him, “What must we do, to be doing the works of God?” 

29 Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God,
 that you believe in him whom he has sent.”

 30 So they said to him, “Then what sign do you do, that we may see and believe you? What work do you perform? 31 Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’” 

32 Jesus then said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, 
but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven. 

33 For the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” 

34 They said to him, “Sir, give us this bread always.”

35 Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; 
whoever comes to me shall not hunger,
 and whoever believes in me shall never thirst. 

36 But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe. 37 All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out. 

38 For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will 
but the will of him who sent me. 

39 And this is the will of him who sent me,
 that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me,  
but raise it up on the last day. 

40 For this is the will of my Father, 
that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, 
and I will raise him up on the last day.”

41 So the Jews grumbled about him, because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” 

42 They said, “Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How does he now say, ‘I have come down from heaven’?” 

43 Jesus answered them, “Do not grumble among yourselves. 44 No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. And I will raise him up on the last day. 45 It is written in the Prophets, ‘And they will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me— 46 not that anyone has seen the Father except he who is from God; he has seen the Father. 

47 Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes has eternal life. 

48 I am the bread of life. 

49 Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. 50 This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die. 51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”

52 The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”

 53 So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.

 54 Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. 

55 For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. 56 Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him. 57 As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever feeds on me, he also will live because of me. 58 This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like the bread the fathers ate, and died. Whoever feeds on this bread will live forever.” 

59 Jesus said these things in the synagogue, as he taught at Capernaum.

60 When many of his disciples heard it, they said, “This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?” 

61 But Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples were grumbling about this, said to them, “Do you take offense at this? 62 Then what if you were to see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before? 63 It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is no help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life. 64 But there are some of you who do not believe.” 

(For Jesus knew from the beginning who those were who did not believe, and who it was who would betray him.) 

65 And he said, “This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted him by the Father.”

66 After this many of his (72) disciples turned back and no longer walked with him.

 67 So Jesus said to the twelve, “Do you want to go away as well?” 

68 Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life, 69 and we have believed, and have come to know, that you are the Holy One of God.”

 70 Jesus answered them, “Did I not choose you, the twelve? And yet one of you is a devil.” 71 He spoke of Judas the son of Simon Iscariot, for he, one of the twelve, was going to betray him.

John 5

45 Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses, in whom you have put your hope. 46 If you had believed Moses, you would believe Me, because he wrote about Me. 47 But since you do not believe what he wrote, how will you believe what I say?

John and Jesus' Campaign

The vast difference between Moses and Jesus.
Moses wrote down God's Words.
Jesus is the manifest Word of God.

John's Gospel carefully considers Jesus explaining Jesus. We begin the Gospel of John (John's Truth) with the Transfiguration explaining in poetic form = Jesus as God's Light of the World. Then John explains the Campaign of Jesus.

The Jews are constantly using Moses to try to place Jesus far below Moses, Servant of God. And this is an interesting progression of the Temple of God. As the Temple, built by Solomon, is torn down the first time - Moses and the Exodus are debased as invalid - saying the Jews were never, never slaves - nothing like slaves.

John 5, 6, 7 and 8 are a Campaign of Jesus to show He is far above Moses.

This Campaign is very Dangerous to Jesus.

Moses is clung to tightly - yet Herod controls the Temple and is married to his sister-in-law. So the Law is of Rome and of Tradition - not the heart of God. In the Second Temple - filled with the Temple Tools of Moses and Solomon having been returned from the Babylonian Empire - the Ark of the Covenant is recorded as being taken to Mount Nebo by Jeremiah for safety until the Lord would reveal the Ark. God's Mercy Seat is missing.

John 5 

The Temple doesn't believe the Words of God Moses has written. The Glory of God is the Glory of God and Jesus has this authority.  The Disciples show enormous faith to be associated with Jesus. Healing  is done on the Sabbath showing Jesus throws out a law not based in mercy. Jesus heals an invalid of thirty and eight years. Impossible to heal - a man well known to all. The healed man is vastly ungrateful and clings to Temple Authorities - a Plan of God.

John 6

Vast Encouragement for us every day!
Who Jesus is.
Because He is God - we find this available to us today.
Jesus tells us what you "Believe" determines your life.

And Jesus sets forth to explain about Manna is Jesus and how Manna is given.

John 5
41 “I do not accept glory from human beings"

In vast technicolor - Jesus makes Manna. 5 Thousand -  will remember. And truly millenniums are fed.

Jesus is the Bread of Life. We have seen - in believing - God Himself.

Jesus looked at the people and their works - traveling to see Jesus. Traveling and working to travel over land and by boat. Jesus said it's not really the works - Believing - matters. Works can be self-serving. Believing Jesus - matters to the Lord God - He sees heart, mind, body and soul.


James, Brother to Jesus, remembers and tells us growing up with Jesus and He said believing is good. However, the demons picked to believe and shudder. Their works work against the will of God.

Seeing all God has to offer should draw us to God as our Living Bread. The result - Life is lived for eternal reasons. Jesus conquers our fears telling us to Believe. A New Life in Jesus.

Does God expect this to be easy for us - pull on "Belief"...

John 6
29 Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.”










John 7

Jesus is next in the Moses told us to have Thanksgiving/Festival of Tabernacles/Feast of Booths/Succoth and during Jesus in the Middle of this written by Moses Thanksgiving -

Jesus tells us more about the Exodus.

John 7
37 On the last and greatest day of the festival, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink. 38 Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.

In the Middle of the Desert - the Children of Israel moved a Gigantic Rock with them. Because from this Rock - flowed water sustaining them for 40 years. Impossible. Jesus is telling us - Jesus is the Rock - Jesus is Living Water.


Psalm 18:2

The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.











John 8

2 Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him, and he sat down and taught them. 3 The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placing her in the midst 4 they said to him, "Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery. 5 Now in the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. So what do you say?"

10 Jesus stood up and said to her, "Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?" 11 She said, "No one, Lord." And Jesus said, "Neither do I condemn you; go, and from now on sin no more."

What is shown up - The Law of Moses.

What has not shown up - The Sin of Herod.

Neither did Jesus condemn the Temple - nor Herod.

Jesus has shown Himself to be placed in the Middle of The Jesus Campaign and answers John 5 in a Circle of Love.


John 5

22 The Father judges no one, but has given all judgment to the Son, 23 that all may honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him. 24 Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life. 25 "Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.

Abba, Father God,

Bless us, with the Word of God and Power of the Holy Spirit to hear the Word of God and keep it!

And with the Love and Mercy of Jesus, accept God's Word - not as the word of men but as what it really is, the Word of God, which is at work in us, believers.

Inviting Jesus, Holy Spirit and Father God to Bless us Daily - Jesus' Holy Spirit living in us. Knowing this is Your Beloved Son, with whom You are well pleased. With the encouragement and blessing of Jesus - we will listen to Him daily.

And the circle is unbroken as we live. And the circle is completed in our Lord Jesus Christ. And the Circle will be completed - by and by - Lord, bye and by.

In this, we will let our hearts - Hope. And the presence of God, our Father, will bend down, to enfold, to hold. And we will know - the struggle is of Love. And in God, the upward is Higher. The Journey - Eternal.

The Helper, The Comforter, gives us and the ones we Love His Grace allowing us to struggle and sink, rise and hope. Finding endurance and Hope. 

In a Word. Jesus. Above all. Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †

Job 4:13

Amid disquieting dreams in the night, when deep sleep falls on people



Dreams we have in the night.

Recently,  early Sunday morning, during sleep, I dreamed Edward was wearing a white button down and a good friend for years, a minister visited Edward and me at home. He was wearing a white button down, too.

Edward took a serious fall on Saturday and injured his thigh to hip muscle, looking like it might be the pectineus muscle - the most anterior adductor of the hip. Pectineus internally rotates the thigh but its primary function is hip flexion. It can be classified as thigh or nerve. And this can be wounded for months, if rest is not observed with heat and ice applied.

The dream was joyous to see our old friend. And suddenly he was telling us he missed his deceased dog, "Half brain." Now - this minister has NEVAH had a dog named 'Half Brain." Nor has he used the dog to shirk duty. And he was telling us how he shirked duty. Never. And then he gave advice Edward should rest - but really get some exercise.

Remembering the dream clearly - one could tell the vast difference between a  ~~~ dream and a Vision of God.


Galatians 1:8
Even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed.


We have all experienced bad dreams ruining a morning or a day. Telling us hopelessness.

Hebrews 12:1
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us

The Bible supports the Bible.  And if the dream does not - you might have just had Gorgonzola from Trader Joe on round cheese crackers. With Apricots.


And in truth - we all start running with a few hiccups... the way we all shake off a bad dream to have the mercies of God renew each day.





And soon we are fishing and to finding the Circle of Life.

Abba, our Father!

Let us run the race of life with Joy!

By Day - Let our Hearts be Pleasing to You.

By night,  let Your Goodness always be the Light within

As this same room from Designs from Izzy - shows Your Glory.

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.

You have Promised: Each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace

Your Gifts are Living and active. Filled with creation and Joy.

To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. For to one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit, to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the ability to distinguish between spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. All these are empowered by one and the same Spirit, who apportions to each one individually as he wills.

With all of Life, we submit our thoughts to You, Father God, prompting us to find Joy, Love, Wisdom. Remembering to look up the injury and follow the advice of good sources. Giving thanks for flukey dreams to find inspiration of God applying His True Gifts. To Rise with God.

Giving profound thanks, Jesus the Lord; our 12 -or-14-year-old Jackson dog has lost 12 pounds, recovering hip and leg function with prayer and daily pond water therapy. Giving our family and the veterinarian - Joy. He is a Husky who has lost pain and found his voice functions again. Thank You - Jesus Christ!!!

Giving Thanks Sciatica and exercise is finding Healing. More please, dear Father God.

Rejoicing with God for Edward resting his injuries and finding the patience to rest using heat and ice. Praying for future good health of all of us.

Let the Circle be Unbroken, as we Raise the Light of Jesus Christ!

For ALL OF FATHER GOD'S Blessings, we pray!

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 pray for rain in the heat of summer,

To do His Will every day.

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

In Jesus. Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †

Deuteronomy 30 ~ the work of Your Hand

Deuteronomy 30

“And when all these things come upon you, the blessing and the curse, 
which I have set before you, and you call them to mind among all the nations where the Lord your God has driven you, 2 and return to the Lord your God, you and your children, and obey his voice in all that I command you today, with all your heart and with all your soul, 3 then the Lord your God will restore your fortunes and have mercy on you, and he will gather you again from all the peoples where the Lord your God has scattered you.


4 If your outcasts are in the uttermost parts of heaven, from there the Lord your God will gather you, and from there he will take you. 

5 And the Lord your God will bring you into the land that your fathers possessed, that you may possess it. And he will make you more prosperous and numerous than your fathers. 6 And the Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your offspring, so that you will love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live. 

7 And the Lord your God will put all these curses on your foes and enemies who persecuted you. 8 And you shall again obey the voice of the Lord and keep all his commandments that I command you today.

9 The Lord your God will make you abundantly prosperous in all the work of your hand, in the fruit of your womb and in the fruit of your cattle and in the fruit of your ground. 


For the Lord will again take delight in prospering you, 
as he took delight in your fathers, 10 when you obey the voice of the Lord your God, to keep his commandments and his statutes that are written in this Book of the Law, when you turn to the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.



11 “For this commandment that I command you today is not too hard for you, neither is it far off. 

12 It is not in heaven, that you should say, ‘Who will ascend to heaven for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?’ 

13 Neither is it beyond the sea, that you should say, ‘Who will go over the sea for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?’ 

14 But the word is very near you. It is in your mouth and in your heart, so that you can do it.

15 “See, I have set before you today life and good, death and evil. 

If you obey the commandments of the Lord your God that I command you today, by loving the Lord your God, by walking in his ways, and by keeping his commandments and his statutes and his rules,then you shall live and multiply, and the Lord your God will bless you in the land that you are entering to take possession of it. 

17 But if your heart turns away, and you will not hear, but are drawn away to worship other gods and serve them, 18 I declare to you today, that you shall surely perish. 

You shall not live long in the land that you are going over the Jordan to enter and possess. 19 I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse.

Therefore choose life, that you and your offspring may live, 
loving the Lord your God, 
obeying his voice and holding fast to him, 
for he is your life and length of days,
that you may dwell in the land that the Lord swore to your fathers, 
to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob,
 to give them.”

The Power of God.
How to obtain His blessing -  mercy sown. We will always pray for those we know  kept in this blessing. The Lord's Face shines on mercy bestowed and graciousness. The Lord turns His face to those who give earnest peace.

Sinners. Jesus chose Brothers who made mistakes and bothered Him. Jesus sometimes told His Brothers to wait and sit outside. Jesus knew something about His Brothers and He expected their best to shine forth in time.


And Jesus left no doubt as to where He was going.  Thank God.

Father God blessed all of those Jesus forgave with forgiveness. 
Peace arrived. The Brothers of Jesus wrote of Love. The disciples of God wrote of Love. Blessings arrived and arrived. Love earnestly. Love genuinely. Be patient. Love again.







Jesus worked through Blessing and Curses to die for us on a tree - cursed.

Hebrews 13:8
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.



I read the post article from Norman Vincent Poole several days ago on giving up on begging God for the solution to prayers hammered and yammered on to God about. So one of my long time prayers refused to yield good news. Instead of being false or cheery, I took off my shoes, stood before Father God and did the praise. I said maybe you have a good reason for saying No to what I can't bring forth. Maybe this is good news. Maybe you have a good reason for saying 'No' Father God. And as I prayed praise to the Lord Father God from Psalm 145, my heart felt better. I had lived in difficult circumstances before.

And as I said thank you, Good News came in. God wants to be thought of first and trusted.

















Proverbs 16:32
Whoever is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.


1 Thessalonians 5:18
Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you

Romans 8:28
And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

Rise up.

John 14:31
"I do as the Father has commanded me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Rise, let us go from here!"

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


Psalm 145

The Lord is righteous in all his ways
and faithful in all he does.

The Lord is near to all who call on him,
to all who call on him in truth.

He fulfills the desires of those who fear him;
he hears their cry and saves them.

The Lord watches over all who love him,
but all the wicked he will destroy.

My mouth will speak in praise of the Lord.
Let every creature praise his holy name
for ever and ever.

With Your Help we will look to what is noble and good. Each day taking hold of Mercies renewed.

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.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves!  †

We often are so glad David lived - to know the mercy and the available Love God has for us - to try again.

Consider the Bravery of the Shepherd's Son - David, Son of Jesse.

Psalm 3:6

I will not fear though tens of thousands assail me on every side.

Because of David. And his obedience to God - Jesus had multitudes.

Moses faced his half-brother. And because of this - faced the army of Pharaoh with all of the 600.000 Children of Israel. With Aaron and Miriam.

Joshua displayed the patience of Yeshua to wait for the people to stir themselves to act as God's Children. Joshua fought with hundreds of thousands.

David faced Goliath with his faith in God. David safely placed his family and fought nations and then multitudes with his faith in God.



Jerusalem, the City of David - was land for the Tribe of Judah. Only David was able to make the land available for the Tribe of Judah. Israel became a Nation.

God is not about to waste good effort.

Merely walking across the room to be merciful - is useful to our Father God.

God will make a path even through the Ocean.

And in God's time - the wind and water obey Him for Peace.

Father God as we pray for each other and ask all types of healing - we know in Your Word - the prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.

We ask Your help to be wise,
We ask Your help to be brave,
We ask Your help to be steadfast Love.

We ask Your Help to see and remain on Your Path.
We ask Your Guidance, Mercy and Forgiveness
when we do not do as You would Love to see our hearts do well.

We ask Your Tender Mercies upon us to remain with You.

And ask this for those we Love.
The People You have given us.
Our Nation.
Our endeavors each day.
The people around the Good Creation to have more Heaven on earth.

For our healing
and our hope
and our cares
to be lifted to You
and brought  the Good news.

In Jesus Christ,
Amen and amen and amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †