Psalm 112 ~ Blessed

Psalm 112

Praise the Lord!

Blessed is the man who fears the Lord,

who greatly delights in his commandments!

2 His offspring will be mighty in the land;

the generation of the upright will be blessed.

3 Wealth and riches are in his house,

and his righteousness endures forever.

4 Light dawns in the darkness for the upright;

he is gracious, merciful, and righteous.

5 It is well with the man who deals generously and lends;

who conducts his affairs with justice.

6 For the righteous will never be moved;

he will be remembered forever.

7 He is not afraid of bad news;

his heart is firm, trusting in the Lord.

8 His heart is steady;  he will not be afraid,

until he looks in triumph on his adversaries.

9 He has distributed freely; he has given to the poor;

his righteousness endures forever;

his horn is exalted in honor.

10 The wicked man sees it and is angry;

he gnashes his teeth and melts away;

the desire of the wicked will perish!

Choose this Day, Whom you will Serve!

The Jews prior to the birth, life, ministry and resurrection of Jesus - knew earthly blessings were the gauge in the depth of your salvation in God. The Disciples asked Jesus after He declared it was impossible for the rich to be saved and Jesus said, "All Things Are Possible with God."

Sometimes life is no bed of roses, no pleasure cruise.

The Beatitudes probably really puzzled the Disciples. And were answered. All Things are Possible with God.

Proverbs 30:5

Every word of God is flawless; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.





Matthew 4:4

Jesus replied, 
It has been written, 
Man shall not live and be upheld and sustained by bread alone, 

but by every word that comes forth from the mouth of God.

There are religious denominations globally picking the wealthy from the laity to be Bishops - saying the wealth is an indication of piety and holiness. Jesus gave us the Beatitudes to include the people in affliction. 

A very worthwhile point of Psalm 112 is the self esteem in standing firm to please God in all circumstances! God is Love. Worthy.

Abba,

You have given us Jesus. We are blessed. Fed and nourished by Your Word of Life in Jesus and in our worship. We Live by Your Willing Blessings. We are Blessing seekers and Blessing finders.

For all of us who were baptized into Christ have clothed ourselves with Christ!
Blessed with Numbers 6, Blessed by the prayer given to Moses. We are clothed in the Name of Jesus.

In Jesus our Righteousness. There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for we are all one in Christ Jesus. And in Belonging to Jesus Christ, then we are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the Promise.

Jesus has healed them all. We attain to Jesus Christ. Hold firm in Faith.

Placing the Love God is in Jesus Christ upon us and our cares are lifted.

God is Love and we believe with firm conviction our Loved ones are held in Great Love to Jesus.
We specifically pray for the people we love by name and healing from our friend with cancer to be fully restored.

God is Merciful and we believe God holds our Nation and gives His Willing Blessings to a Nation Trusting in Him.

God is Encouragement to the Nations rising to His Brightness in Jesus Christ.

God sees His Creation as Good in His Joy the world over is praying for more Heaven on this earth and His Good Will. A Certain Blessing.

In Jesus we rest in our Living and our Working God. Amen and Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †  

Mark 7:17-30 ~ home

Mark 7:17-30

17 After he had left the crowd 
and entered the house,

His disciples asked him about this parable. 18 “Are you so dull?” he asked. “Don’t you see that nothing that enters a person from the outside can defile them? 19 For it doesn’t go into their heart but into their stomach, and then out of the body.” (In saying this, Jesus declared all foods clean.)

20 He went on: “What comes out of a person is what defiles them. 21 For it is from within, out of a person’s heart, that evil thoughts come—sexual immorality, theft, murder, 22 adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly. 23 All these evils come from inside and defile a person.”

Jesus with the sparrows is the coast of Tyre

24 Jesus left that place and went to the vicinity of Tyre.

 He entered a house and did not want anyone to know it; yet he could not keep his presence secret. 

25 In fact, as soon as she heard about him, a woman whose little daughter was possessed by an impure spirit came and fell at his feet. 26 The woman was a Greek, born in Syrian Phoenicia. She begged Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter.

27 “First let the children eat all they want,” he told her, “for it is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.”

28 “Lord,” she replied, “even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.”

29 Then he told her, “For such a reply, you may go; the demon has left your daughter.”

30 She went home and found her child lying on the bed, and the demon gone.

Using the Biblical Story Headings: Well, we all get on the freeway or the highway as needed. It's useful. Yet Jesus told us life in the fast lane is speeding past the slow, warm quality of relationship.

We can explain Mark 7:17-30 with this:

Matthew 22:23-32

23 That same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him with a question. 24 “Teacher,” they said, “Moses told us that if a man dies without having children, his brother must marry the widow and raise up offspring for him. 25 Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died, and since he had no children, he left his wife to his brother. 26 The same thing happened to the second and third brother, right on down to the seventh. 27 Finally, the woman died. 28 Now then, at the resurrection, whose wife will she be of the seven, since all of them were married to her?”

29 Jesus replied, “You are in error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God. 30 At the resurrection people will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven. 31 But about the resurrection of the dead—have you not read what God said to you, 32 ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not the God of the dead but of the living.”


Jesus meant us to have a "Relationship" with Scriptures with our daily thoughts and reading. The Scriptures are alive and active. When we know the Scripture has Power and is living and active - when we see Living Water goes where Living Water wants to -  The God of the Living - is with the People of the Bible.  The Power God is giving us when we let Scripture live in our hearts.




1. Jesus tells us what comes out of us defines us. And He lists what to listen for to find difficulty. Things God hears every day in prayer and in His People.

Jesus is dealing with hostile people in Matthew 22. He is dealing with the far over that Heaven is a fable. And Jesus is making His Point. He is pointing out God is Living - why isn't this Possible? Jesus made this point with the unfortunate and the fortunate. Jesus is speaking with those far away and those close.

2. Jesus then says we are responsible for what comes out of us. Then He Immediately (Jesus loved Immediately, just as He reached down to save Peter) turns completely around to tell of His Journey leaving Israel (Judea) to find a child in terrible distress. Jesus is saying in combining the way Scripture is placed - Jesus is saying - Don't Just Apply the Labels. Judge with Right Judgement. Jesus triumphs over the 'rules' by using the two passages to show Jesus uses Mercy over all. Jesus is also saying Jesus is King and His Word upholds and is for our - yar - reverence.

In Matthew 22, Jesus is meeting the people who have a faith defined with death. Jesus is greeting them with the Power of God using the Scriptures they respect. Jesus is the Light of the world. Jesus is expanding the existing reverence. We know He did.



3. Jesus records He entered two different 'houses', and, then, after Jesus has prayed and has entered the people, Jesus records the woman went 'home." The Love Jesus fills in us is warm. The difference would be the woman sought Jesus with all her needs and was diligent to remain with Jesus. She was going nowhere without the Power and Word of God. This woman knew Jesus to be God of the Living.


In Both.  Mark 7 - Jesus is the King. And in Matthew 22 - Jesus is the King.

What comes from Jesus is Love, Joy, Peace and Jesus is Amazingly Steadfast.

God was Amazingly Right - Israel today is a Land of Milk and Honey.

May the Lord God our Father

Bless us and Keep us,
May the Lord God our Father make His face to Shine upon us.
May the Lord God our Father  continue to be gracious to us.
Thank You, Father God.

We ask Your Blessing on this Nation on our Birthday weekend to find more unity of  "Home'. We pray for Israel to have Peace. We pray for the friends suffering cancer to be healed in the Strong Name of Jesus.

May the Lord God our Father, our Abba, Smile upon us and lift up His Face.
May the Lord God our Father give us Peace.
May the Lord God our Father give us the assurance of His own Peace.
We will wrap His Blessings to surround us and live the assurance of our Father God's Promises and Blessings.

May the Blessings of our Jesus surround us, enfold us, guide and lead us forever.

And in the Name of Jesus Christ, we will be forever blessed.

Amen and Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves! † 

Matthew 5: 1-18 ~ see God

Matthew 5: 1-18

Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, his disciples came to him.

2 And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying:

3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

4 “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

5 “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

6 “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.

7 “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.

8 “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

9 “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.

10 “Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

11 “Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. 12 Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.


13 “You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people's feet.

14 “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. 16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.

17 “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. 18 For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished


The Law is mankind living by every Word of God.



The Beatitudes. Suffering - Not what we are fond of. Of the Chapters in the Bible the Biblically Uncomfortable are going to be vocal about - we have arrived.


Pie in the Sky Bye oh Bye. It sounds like Ron Weasley in Divinations, "Harry. You are going to Suffer. But you are going to be Happy about that."

If we are going to start out honestly, and on a good foot - we  do have a good disregard for suffering. Bam. We have started out where a Good Father would want us to.


If we were so very fortunate to sit with Jesus, Wonderful Jesus. Wonderful Counselor. Almighty God. We would have seen Jesus speak this with probably puzzled Disciples. It's puzzling. And joyful the Disciples might be - finding the Purpose of God is to fulfill the Goodness and Hope of Future for God's Plans.

The Disciples are fully informed why Jesus delights in His Father's Good Will. Jesus Heals - Everyone. Jesus walks on water. Jesus fully is the exact nature of His Father. Because God shares His Goodness.

Why the poor in spirit, mourning, meek,  hungering and persecuted?  For the Exact Reason the Disciples were Puzzled. The Old Testament says if you do what God wants - then you are BLESSED.

Jesus is expanding the Light of Christ in ALL Directions.

Luke 13

1 At that time, some of those present told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. 2 To this He replied, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered this fate?"


Is God Himself saying take distress, heart break and sorrow lying down?

“You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored?

Let Love be Genuine.

No longer sing, "Put on a Happy Face." Jesus is saying be who you are.







Merciful. Hungering for Righteousness. Blessed with Peacemaking. SHINE. You are a City on a Hill. Rejoice with those who are Rejoicing.

I've seen with my own eyes, good deeds not told. Not to be seen as a goofy do gooder. SHINE. We have so much sour news, why not tell when flowers go to the ill. Chicken Soup to a friend. Good deeds of money collected. Shine.





The poor in spirit, mourning, meek,  hungering and persecuted. No way this is going to turn around. Doomed.  God will accomplish His Purpose. If we are not told it turned around as life pushes and rolls past us. If we wanted a different outcome for someone else, we can be sure God is going to provide Good. God's Purpose is Good.  God tells us how He is working. Today.


The Strong Promises of God are this:

The Kingdom of Heaven.
Comfort.
Inherit God's Good Creation.
Satisfaction.
Mercy.
God Himself.
Being the Beloved Children of God.
The People of the Scriptures.


Even when we do not like our circumstances:

Romans 5:5
Endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

Jesus picked up Peter in his distress. Jesus tells us when we look for God, we will find God.


There are so many Blessings in the Old Testament. What Blessings did Paul see and record? 2 Corinthians 9


Abba, Father,

You, our God - is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times,
you may abound in every good work.

9 As it is written,
“He has distributed freely, he has given to the poor;
his righteousness endures forever.”

10 He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness.

11 You will be enriched in every way to be generous in every way, which through us will produce thanksgiving to God. 12 For the ministry of this service is not only supplying the needs of the saints
but is also overflowing in many thanksgivings to God


We ask for Your Willing Blessings Father God.

Praying with Hope all Your Willing Blessings of those we Love. Rejoicing in the Blessings we see and the Blessings we understand. Being Blessing hunters and seekers.

Coming in prayer for the portions in life - unrewarding. Worrying. Sad. Asking for others and ourselves to have Your Love, Joy and Peace.

Finding Blessings. In finding Blessings, we find more. Blessing You for our lives. Blessing those we pray for with healing. And new opportunities seeing the possibilities.

Privilege to be asking more Heaven on earth. Your own good will, covering us all, the Nation, the Nations of God, the People of God now and to be.

In Jesus. Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves! † 

Luke 17:37 ~ Where the Body of Christ is

Did Jesus ever tell us in the Bible about the New World?

I believe Jesus did hint of this. When the Book of Revelations is read, we remember Daniel Chapter Two explaining the King's dream. We remember Joseph explaining the Pharaoh's Dream. The Book of Revelation explains picture words telling of nations to be and form.

Picture words are important. The Bible tells us God warns of images. And we plunk down and watch Cheetos become talking things. God has always known what God is doing. I'm female, I have no problem not watching a lot of gore on TV.

Did Jesus ever tell us in the Bible about the New World? Us, the United States of America?

Luke 17:37

"And they answered and said to Him, 'Where, Lord?

And he said to them, Where the body is, there the eagles will be gathered together."

We can treat this Biblical verse exactly as we treat our soul.
We can dismiss we have a soul. We can think of this verse as dead bodies. We can think of the Body of Jesus Christ. And this is the Living God, Living Word working in our souls, heart, mind and body.




Lately, the Pew Report has Good News. About 2011, a study on Prayer said Americans pray 80% once a month. We all want conversations with those we love to occur more than once a month! And then in 2016, the Pew Report said Americans pray daily, 55%, with all Hope and Love and Soul knowing that our God hears our prayers with Mercy. Marriage has increased, babies born to parents married and committed has increased. We pray with the same rate as nations with supreme distress. We pray in Good times and in improvement-quickly-needed times.




We have a House.
A Nation built to govern to love, encourage, feed, fill and nourish We the People of These United States of America.

We can do what we will to this House. We can dismiss we are a People with this House. We can count historical losses and failures. We can speak of these failures constantly. We can be dead to the Nation and refuse to find uplifting goodness and fail to vote.

We can think of the Church of Jesus Christ, as Winning and Triumphant. The Church ceased to lose 2% annually. The Nation knows profound is the movement from established denominations, to move to find more of the Living God. The Body of Christ is upbuilding. We can remember the Hurricanes where the people were fed by the grid work of Churches coming together for one solid year to feed Katrina Evacuees. We can remember Sutherland Springs, Texas where neighbors raced and fought to make sure the gunman didn't get to the next Church. Lives put on the line to create a safe haven.

We can remember the Cajun Navy. One Nation. Boston 2017 racists were overwhelmed by those Living Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Dream. We have a Dream.





We will fill our lives with what we allow.
We can vote out goodness with the old ways for votes for what we should not. We can vote in our ideals. We put aside wars profiting none. We elevate in families. We rise in education. We provide with God's Blessings. We prevail to support marriage. We prosper to provide opportunities for all in education. We have hope enduring in affordable housing. College graduates have hope to see marriages endure until death do we part. Providing the families holding Love together. We need Strong Families with the Hope Jesus Sustains.

We can dream of possibilities. Term limits. Better education costs. Less war. We can fill our lives with better dreams.





Really we know what inspires. Jesus Christ. Every faithful person has a miracle God has given. Our heart to His Heart.  We know God's Love, we will fill our lives with Jesus Christ. And have His Strength. Have His Comfort, give and receive His Love. The Name above all.


Philippians 2

So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy, 2 complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. 3 Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. 4 Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. 5 Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus





May the Lord God our Father
Bless us and Keep us,
May the Lord God our Father make His face to Shine upon us.
May the Lord God our Father  continue to be gracious to us.
Thank You, Father God.

May the Lord God our Father, our Abba, Smile upon us and lift up His Face.
May the Lord God our Father give us Peace.
May the Lord God our Father give us the assurance of His own Peace.
We will wrap His Blessings to surround us and live the assurance of our Father God's Promises and Blessings.

May the Blessings of our Jesus surround us, enfold us, guide and lead us forever.

And in the Name of Jesus Christ, we will be forever blessed.

Amen and Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †

Psalm 130 ~ out of the depths, I cry to you, O Lord

Bethany Vintage Photo 1800's

Bethany. Not one of the cities Jesus spoke of. Bethany is probably very pleasing to Father God.

According to the Temple Scroll from Qumran, three places for the care of the sick, including one for lepers, are to be east of Jerusalem. The passage also defines a (minimum) radius of three thousand cubits (circa 1,800 yards) around the city within which nothing unclean shall be seen. Since Bethany was, according to John, fifteen stadia (about 1.72 miles) from the holy city, care for the sick there corresponded with the requirements of the Temple Scroll (the stadion being ideally 600 feet (180 m) or 400 cubits).

Bethany is the place Simon the Leper lived who gave Jesus dinner. Bethany is the home of Lazarus, Mary and Martha and a dinner of Thanksgiving for Lazarus being made alive.

Bethany is where a colt is found tied up for Palm Sunday.

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.

Waiting upon God. Something we are all familiar with. Not without results.

God is good with Mercy.

With the Lord there is steadfast love,

and with Him is plentiful redemption.

8 And He will redeem Israel

from all his iniquities.

Our Lord God - Jesus Son of God.

John 13:34

"A new command I give you: Love one another.

As I have loved you, so you must love one another."

Abba, 

Fill us with Love. We Pray for those we Love. The people You have given us. The Nation. The Believers of today. The Believers of Tomorrow.


1 John 3
18 Little children, let us love not in word and speech, but in action and truth.

19 And by this we will know that we belong to the truth, and will assure our hearts in His presence


Love - You are able to do more than we ask or imagine. More Heaven on earth. Your will be done in Jesus Christ.

We ask for our friend with cancer to be healed.

And Blessings also of Jesus on Alexander, our son, on his Birthday.

In Jesus Christ, Amen.

Cave of Lazarus, Mary and Martha - France

♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †