Psalm 119:121-144 ~ Turn to me and have mercy on me, as you always do to those who love Your Name †

Psalm 119:121-144

Psalm 119 was celebrated climbing the stairs of the Temple.

ע Ayin

121 I have done what is righteous and just;

do not leave me to my oppressors.

122 Ensure your servant’s well-being;

do not let the arrogant oppress me.

123 My eyes fail, looking for your salvation,

looking for your righteous promise.

124 Deal with your servant according to your love

and teach me your decrees.

125 I am your servant; give me discernment

that I may understand your statutes.

126 It is time for you to act, Lord;

your law is being broken.

127 Because I love your commands

more than gold, more than pure gold,

128 and because I consider all your precepts right,

I hate every wrong path.

פ Pe

129 Your statutes are wonderful;

therefore I obey them.

130 The unfolding of your words gives light;

it gives understanding to the simple.

131 I open my mouth and pant,

longing for your commands.

132 Turn to me and have mercy on me,

as you always do to those who love your name.

133 Direct my footsteps according to your word;

let no sin rule over me.

134 Redeem me from human oppression,

that I may obey your precepts.

135 Make your face shine on your servant

and teach me your decrees.

136 Streams of tears flow from my eyes,

for your law is not obeyed.

צ Tsadhe

137 You are righteous, Lord,

and your laws are right.

138 The statutes you have laid down are righteous;

they are fully trustworthy.

139 My zeal wears me out,

for my enemies ignore your words.

140 Your promises have been thoroughly tested,

and your servant loves them.

141 Though I am lowly and despised,

I do not forget your precepts.

142 Your righteousness is everlasting

and your law is true.

143 Trouble and distress have come upon me,

but your commands give me delight.

144 Your statutes are always righteous;

give me understanding that I may live.

Scala Sancta, Vatican, uncovered from the wooden coverings typically placed there.

Today Christians, Jews and Muslims have worked for peace.

Under the boards of the Scala Sancta. The stairs of Jerusalem Herod's Palace. A known archaeological site from 350 A.D. Praetorium site of Pilate was Herod's Palace.

A Song of Ascents. The Stairs of Jesus Christ going past Pilate and to His Father.

The Scala Sancta (Holy Stairs) are the 28 steps leading up to the Praetorian of Pontius Pilate, Antonia Fortress, in Jerusalem, where Jesus Christ stood during path to the Cross. 

The Scriptures are chosen for the Post before knowing what the Scripture will be. Today's Scripture is the exact match of yesterday's Scripture, from an old Post I edited for length.

Short Version of Israeli-Palestinian Peace Bids

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-plan-history/long-line-of-israeli-palestinian-peace-bids-precede-trump-push-idUSKBN1ZQ0RQ

The Article begins in 1967, we start in year 2000.

2000 - Camp David Summit U.S. President Bill Clinton convenes Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak at Camp David. They fail to reach a final agreement. Another Palestinian uprising ensues.

2002-2003 - Bush Declaration/Arab peace initiative/Road Map

George W. Bush becomes first U.S. president to call for creation of a Palestinian state, living side-by-side with Israel “in peace and security”.

Saudi Arabia presents Arab League-endorsed peace plan for full Israeli withdrawal from occupied territory and Israel’s acceptance of a Palestinian state in return for normal relations with Arab countries.

The United States, the European Union, the United Nations and Russia present roadmap to a permanent two-state solution to the conflict amid a Palestinian uprising.

2007 - Annapolis Summit Bush hosts Middle East summit in Annapolis, Maryland. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert agree to resume talks. Olmert later says they were close to a deal but a corruption investigation against him and a Gaza war in 2008 scupper any agreement.


2009 - Netanyahu’s Bar-Ilan address
In a speech at Israel’s Bar-Ilan University, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he would be prepared for a peace agreement that includes establishment of a demilitarized Palestinian state. He also sets another condition: Palestinian recognition of Israel as the “state of the Jewish people”.

2010 - Israeli settlement freeze/talks resume - and end

Under U.S. pressure, Netanyahu imposes 10-month partial moratorium on West Bank settlement construction. Peace talks resume just before freeze ends and then break down after Netanyahu refuses to extend moratorium.

2013 - 2014 - Washington peace talks/negotiations collapse 
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry coaxes Israeli and Palestinian negotiators to resume peace talks. They go nowhere and are suspended in April 2014.

June 2019 - Trump economic plan announced
Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law and the principal author of the Trump plan, launches its preliminary stage in Bahrain. He takes an “economy first” approach, calling for a $50 billion investment fund to boost the Palestinian and neighboring Arab state economies.

2019
During election campaigns, Netanyahu says he intends to annex West Bank settlements, and much of the Jordan Valley if elected. Later, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo effectively backs Israel’s claimed right to build Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank by abandoning the four-decade-old U.S. position that they were inconsistent with international law.

Today

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-announces-historic-peace-agreement-between-israel-and-united-arab-emirates/2020/08/13/363f3c54-dd76-11ea-8051-d5f887d73381_story.html

President Trump announces historic peace agreement between Israel and

 United Arab Emirates

Annexation “would deal a death blow to the two-state solution,” said UAE Foreign Minister Anwar Gargash. “The UAE is using its gravitas, its promise of a relationship to try to really unscrew a time bomb that is threatening a two-state solution."

Israel and the United Arab Emirates agreed Thursday to end decades of enmity in a historic deal announced by President Trump that would put Israeli annexation of West Bank lands on hold as a condition of normalizing relations.

The two nations have agreed to normalize relations, allowing travel, commerce and, eventually, the opening of diplomatic offices. Representatives of both countries will meet soon to begin signing agreements, a joint statement said.

The agreement makes the UAE only the third Arab country to currently have diplomatic relations with the Jewish nation, after Egypt and Jordan recognized Israel’s right to exist decades ago, and it unites Israel with a powerful Persian Gulf ally of Washington that shares the view of Iran as an enemy.

“By uniting two of America’s closest and most capable partners in the region — something which [was] said could not be done — this deal is a significant step towards building a more peaceful, secure and prosperous Middle East,” Trump said at the White House.

Netanyahu, appearing before reporters in Jerusalem, hailed the agreement as the greatest advance toward peace in the Arab world in decades. The deal was struck, he said, without Israel having to give up territory that it has effectively controlled for more than 50 years of conflict with the Palestinians. “Who would have ever dreamed there would be a peace agreement with an Arab country without our returning to the 1967 borders,” Netanyahu said. “Israel and the UAE are two of the most advanced countries in the world, and together we can transform the region.”

With the region’s two most capable militaries, common concerns about terrorism and aggression, and a deep and long relationship with the United States, the UAE and Israel could form closer and more effective security cooperation, Israel’s West Bank annexation stalls, for now, amid pandemic and political distractions.

Trump said that he has lowered tension in the Middle East.

Historically when Israel gives up land, there will be war.

And when Israel gives up no land, there will be Peace. 1967.

On a Global Leader Political Scale for the entire planet, this is a very Historic Moment. The Middle East wars we have engaged in since 2001, have been ended by President Donald Trump. As we led the world in medical equipment, medication and vaccine development we are joined by the U.K. the U.K.'s Oxford University in Warp Speed Vaccination Studies. Poland, the UAE, and Israel.

China with 1.4 Billion people is acting more aggressively. The USA has provided ventilators and the upcoming possibility of vaccinations. The economic recovery has been beyond all expectations. And the Nations are looking for strong allegiances for the security of their entire Nation. The Trump Administration has provided many Historical Political Markers in growing strong allegiances.

And additional marker would be the news applauding this Historical achievement. The New York Times, The Washington Post and Wall Street Journal among many others have left party lines to join the Nation in applauding this landmark event.

Nehemiah 4:18
And each of the builders had his sword strapped at his side while he built. The man who sounded the trumpet was beside me.

John 16:33

I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. 

In the world you will have tribulation. 

But take heart; I have overcome the world.

Abba,

God's Mercies Renew. Daily. This optimism is called in Scripture,

"Daily He Loadeth us with Benefits."

The Joy of the Lord is Strength.

Our Father in Heaven,

Hallowed be Your Name.

Your Kingdom come,

Your will be done,

on earth as it is in Heaven.

Give us this day

 our daily bread,

and forgive us our debts,

as we also have forgiven our debtors.

And lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from evil.

Yours is the Kingdom,

the Power

and the Glory.

Jesus help us in this Nation to be in Your Word Joyfully

with Your Kingdom, Power and Glory.

Covered in God's Love,

President Donald Trump

Vice President Mike Pence

The Presidential Team

Dr. Anthony Fauci, Dr. Robert Redfield, Dr. Deborah Birx

and their families.

Governor Abbott, Doug Ducey

and all 50 Governors and Legislatures.

Today, and always, Senator Tim Scott,

The end of trouble surrounding this Virus.

Praying for Worldwide Recovery,

Grateful for Peace.

Peace, Liberty and Justice.

A calm Gulf of Mexico we pray.

Amen in Jesus.

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Psalm 119:129-136 ~ The unfolding of your words gives light

Psalm 119:129-136

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129 Your testimonies are wonderful;

therefore my soul keeps them.

130 The unfolding of your words gives light;

it imparts understanding to the simple.

131 I open my mouth and pant,

because I long for your commandments.

132 Turn to me and be gracious to me,

as is your way with those who love your name.

133 Keep steady my steps according to your promise,

and let no iniquity get dominion over me.

134 Redeem me from man's oppression,

that I may keep your precepts.

135 Make your face shine upon your servant,

and teach me your statutes.

136 My eyes shed streams of tears,

because people do not keep your law.

The Southern Stairs for the Temple in Jerusalem

Psalm 119 was typically sung while the choir ascended the Southern Stairs of the Temple. This was for High Holy Days.

Psalm 119 is divided into 22 sections of 8 verses each. Each section has a title, such as "Aleph," "Beth," "Gimel," "Daleth," and so on. These titles are actually not words; they are the letters that make up the Hebrew alphabet which has 22 letters, so Psalm 119 has 22 sections.

A Puritan Preacher, Rev. Thomas Manton wrote 130 Sermons on Psalm 119. The information in this one Psalm with 176 verses is vast.

For Covid-19

This section has trouble finding the Psalmist & he cries out he has not done anything to deserve this trouble. A lot of life is looking for a solution to a tangled problem. This Psalm has the solution to all troubles. Patiently wait upon the Lord. 

Paul looked at trouble, with contentment, to see what Father God would make of tragedy, inconvenience, dire straits and weakness; he had curiosity to seek how God would use the situation to His Glory.

Psalm 107 is a great comfort when the wild winds of life howl. There is an analogy of men tossed on a ship in a ferocious storm having great fear. With Jesus Christ's name and faith in God, the ship is brought to a desired haven of peace.

Romans 13:11,12

¹¹And do this, understanding the present time. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. ¹²The night is nearly over; the day is almost here.
 So let us put aside the deeds of darkness 
and put on the armor of light.

Ephesians 6:13-15

13 Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm. 14 Stand therefore, having fastened on the belt of truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, 15 and, as shoes for your feet, having put on the readiness given by the gospel of peace. 16 In all circumstances take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming darts of the evil one; 17 and take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, 18 praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end, keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints

2 Corinthians 6:7

in truthful speech and in the power of God; 

with the weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left

Hope, Faith and Love

2 Corinthians 10:4

The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the world. 

Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.

Therefore encourage one another and build each other up,

 just as in fact you are doing.

Pray continually

Rejoice always

John 16:33

I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.

For this Great a Salvation

Jesus, please cover us and

Praying You cover those we Love in Your Name.

And we would cover all the people God has given us.

We would cover this Nation,

our employments, Churches and communities.

We would cover all the Nations in the Name of Jesus.

In Jesus Christ,

The Ark of the Covenant is Within

Father God, Dwell within us all we pray.

Jesus help us in this Nation to be in Your Word and more Joyful.

Covered in God's Love,

President Donald Trump

Vice President Mike Pence

The Presidential Team

Dr. Anthony Fauci, Dr. Robert Redfield, Dr. Deborah Birx

and their families.

Governor Abbott and all 50 Governors and Legislatures.

Today and, always, Senator Tim Scott.

The end of trouble surrounding this Virus.

The Research being on the Vaccine.

Our Historic Employment Continue to Rise.

Thank God.

Yesterday, today and tomorrow - more Heaven on earth with God's Kingdom,

Jesus' Power and Abba's Glory.

Divisions be gone.

Lord Jesus we call upon You. Savior of mankind.

In Jesus Christ. Amen!

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Matthew 13:31-32 ~ branches

The world is centuries, and many more thousands, years old. Not known to be peaceful and easy. When we look over the many centuries the Living Word of God covers, we find God focuses on hearts and where they are placed. Archaeologists are always thrilled to find seeds in tombs and ancient sites. Many times, the seeds can be coaxed to life.

We can follow God's thoughts back to the Light of the world. Fragility, danger and Hope.

Jesus Christ spoke of seeds in the seed parable and the hope carrying us forward.

Matthew 13:31-32

He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man planted in his field. Although it is the smallest of all seeds, yet it grows into the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches.”

God focuses on the process of Wondrous from the improbable.


Isaiah 51:2
Look to Abraham, your father, and to Sarah, who gave you birth. When I called him he was only one man, and I blessed him and made him many.


Abraham, from the tremendous hope, arrived to live life in fragile surroundings.

From the colorized photo of Mamre Oaks, seedlings from the 

Oaks of Abraham

Hebrews 11:9
And even when he reached the land God promised him, he lived there by faith—for he was like a foreigner, living in tents. And so did Isaac and Jacob, who inherited the same promise.

To step inside, yet: Not actually need to know, we pray, Lord. Amen.

I love the tenderness she has displayed to not give up on Life.

The Declaration of Independence says we are given rights by our Creator.

Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.

https://www.seyfarth.com/news-insights/president-trump-signs-four-executive-orders-providing-or-extending-coronavirus-relief.html

Life in this year must have safety.

Safety.
President Trump directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to consider whether any temporary halting of evictions for failure to pay rent are reasonably necessary to prevent further spread of COVID-19. President Trump directs the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (“the “HUD Secretary”) to identify Federal funds that could be used to provide temporary financial assistance to renters and homeowners who are struggling to make monthly payments as a result of financial hardships caused by COVID-19. President Trump also directs the HUD Secretary to take action to promote the ability of renters and homeowners to avoid eviction or foreclosure, including by providing Federal funds to landlords. Finally, President Trump directs the Director of Federal Housing Finance Agency to consult with the Secretary of Treasury to review existing authorities and resources that may be used to limit evictions.

Life is to have a livelihood.

Livelihood. A Plan IS required. Immediately.

The Disaster Relief Memorandum directs FEMA to provide benefits from the Department of Homeland Security’s Disaster Relief Fund and directs states to use their Coronavirus Relief Fund allocation to provide financial relief to unemployed Americans affected by COVID-19, principally through an up to a $400-per-week supplemental unemployment compensation benefit. The Disaster Relief Memorandum makes two significant changes in eligibility compared to the $600 supplemental benefit under CARES. First, the Memorandum requires that to be eligible, an individual must receive at least $100 per week in regular state unemployment compensation assistance (up from $1). Second, the Memorandum requires the individual to certify that his or her lost wages are attributable to disruptions caused by COVID-19. In addition, the funding for this new benefit is different than the funding under the CARES Act because the federal government will only pay for 75% of the costs associated with this benefit. State governments will be responsible for the remaining 25%, subject to an agreement between the federal government and the state with regards to the program and funding.


A much different plan than the cohesive idea displayed for Chicago 8/9/2020.
The looting looked like the idea was actually orchestrated. And this was. The Exodus Chapters 15-40 explain the fears. Yes, this an actual photo from Chicago this weekend. I believe we can all like the more Organized Plan much better. Before we all fall on the ground and howl, we should understand vast plans carried the Exodus forth.

Disaster Relief/Unemployment Insurance Benefits expired July 31, 2020

Liberty
Not just for those in absolute heartbreak - those in serious circumstance.

The Tax Memorandum directs the Secretary of Treasury to defer the withholding, deposit, and payment of the employee portion of social security tax (but not Medicare tax) on wages or compensation paid during the period of September 1, 2020, through December 31, 2020, if the employee’s wages or compensation payable during any biweekly payroll period are generally less than $4,000, calculated on a pre-tax basis, or the equivalent amount during other payroll periods. Amounts deferred will be without penalties, interest, additional amounts, or additions to tax. The Tax Memorandum directs the Secretary of Treasury to issue guidance to implement the Memorandum and to also find ways to eliminate the deferred tax entirely.


The Education Memorandum directs the Secretary of Education to effectuate waivers of and modifications to the requirements and conditions of economic hardship deferments and provide such deferments as necessary to continue the temporary cessation of payments and the waiver of all interest on student loans held by the Department of Education until December 31, 2020. The Education Memorandum further provides that student loan borrowers may continue to make payments if they wish to do so.


Happiness.

Healthcare protections for millions of Americans in the midst of a raging pandemic. A major executive order requiring health insurance companies to cover all preexisting conditions for all customers," President Trump said on Friday night. 20 Million Americans will be covered. People with preexisting conditions are more likely to have hospitalization with underlying conditions due to the Virus. Those needing extra assistance will not live in fear of huge medical costs if the Covid virus should arrive.


If we look to the Exodus, you will find 1,213 Verses help us to understand a population reeling to understand, cooperate, motivate, inspire and soothe all the Children of God in the midst of vast changes. We all understand Moses decided to take 40 days to speak with God and the People of God panicked. For Democrats and Republicans, we all understand a Plan has to be found.

Our local Radio Station, KSBJ, asks all listeners of our 4th largest City, Houston, to pray down at high noon. Harris County, Texas is the USA's 2nd largest Population. We say the Lord's Prayer at Noon. The prayer is all seasons, Covid or not. The idea is to pray for the United States of America and present our own prayer requests. To let God know, we love and care for Him and one another. Please, set your phone alarm and join us.

As you help us by your prayers. 

Then many will give thanks on our behalf for the gracious favor granted us in answer to the prayers of many.

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort

And our hope for you is firm, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you share in our comfort.

If we are distressed, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we suffer.

He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and He will deliver us again. On Him we have set our hope 

this happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God, 

Who raises the dead.

I wanted to visit you on my way to Macedonia and to come back to you from Macedonia, 

and then to have you send me on my way to Judea.

For no matter how many promises God has made, 

they are "Yes" in Christ. 

And so through him the "Amen" is spoken by us to the glory of God.

For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us – by me and Silas and Timothy – was not "Yes" and "No," but in him it has always been "Yes." 

Set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.

Abba, Father God,

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.  

For as we share abundantly in Christ's sufferings, so

through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too.

For everything that was written in the past was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures, we might have hope.

Now may the God of endurance and encouragement grant you harmony
with one another in Christ Jesus, so that with one mind and one voice you may
glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

We pray trouble to Leave, in the Name of Jesus.

Obadiah 1:13
Do not enter the gate of my people in the day of their calamity;
do not gloat over his disaster in the day of his calamity;
do not loot his wealth in the day of his calamity.

In the Name of Jesus

Psalm 60:2
You have shaken the land and torn it open; 
mend its fractures, 
for it is quaking.

Alaska and California.

In Jesus Christ,
The Ark of the Covenant is Within
Father God, Dwell within us and
those we Love.

Jesus help us in this Nation to be in Your Word and more Joyful.
Covered in God's Love,
President Donald Trump
Vice President Mike Pence
The Presidential Team
Dr. Anthony Fauci, Dr. Robert Redfield, Dr. Deborah Birx
and their families.
Governor Abbott and all 50 Governors and Legislatures.
Today and always Senator Tim Scott,
The end of trouble surrounding this Virus.
The Research being done, here in Texas,
at Texas A and M University.

For Elliott and HIS continued Healing, to avoid this virus and
his loving family praying and helping him and Harby.
We believe Elliott is healed.

Father, the Truth, the Way and the Life for our Nation we pray.

We continue to pray for the Safety of All the Nation.

Thank You for rain and cooler temperatures on the Gulf of Mexico for us all.
Please continue to bless us. Amen in Jesus.

The Mercy of Jesus Christ Upon Us.

Amen!

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