Isaiah 12:1-6 ~ Give thanks to the Lord, call upon Jesus Christ Lord

 

Isaiah 12:1-6 

You will say in that day:

“I will give thanks to you, O Lord, for though you were angry with me, 

your anger turned away, that you might comfort me.

“Behold, God is my salvation;

I will trust,

and will not be afraid;

for the Lord God is 

my strength and my song,

and He 

has become my salvation.”

With joy, you will draw water from the wells of salvation.

And you will say in that day: 

“Give thanks to the Lord, call upon His Name,

 make known His deeds among the peoples, 

proclaim that His Name is exalted. 

“Sing praises to the Lord, 

for He has done gloriously; 

let this be made known in all the earth"

A few days ago on September 16th, we read Luke 4 

16 He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom. He stood up to read, 17 and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling it, he found the place where it is written:

18 “The Spirit of the Lord is on me,
because he has anointed me
to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners
and recovery of sight for the blind,
to set the oppressed free,
19 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”

Didn't we believe the Virus would end like the Spanish Flu. Haven't we prayed and asked as the people did in the Polio epidemic. Didn't we believe the Virus would end like the mysterious sweating sicking plague of the 1500s. Didn't we believe the Virus would end like Swine Flu. Exactly as Bird Flu.

Didn't we believe the Northwestern States would have rain and grow cooler as the seasons change. Didn't we pray for the Northwestern States before. Doesn't Jesus know this year, we sit as Mary did at the feet of Jesus. Luke tells us Mary wiped the feet of Jesus with her hair. And Mary sat at the feet of Jesus when Lazarus died and explained to Jesus exactly as she felt. She opened her heart to the Lord, trusting Jesus would let her be who He created her to be. Open-hearted is exactly what Jesus wants. We believe and know Jesus answers prayer.

Jesus dealt day in and out with doubters.

Not just Thomas. Jesus reminded the Disciples again and again, see what you've seen. Understand what you've seen. Blessed are the eyes that have seen. Jesus told the father with the injured son, "Have faith." And then helped him to have more faith.

And then.

We've had a 2020 year changing "Ground Hogs Day" into "Dude, Where is Your Car." As if this was a movie swap. And then. And then. . Like the crashing of the Tropical Storm in the Gulf of Mexico we are about to pray about - Again.

And then we read Luke 4.

“The Spirit of the Lord is on me,
because he has anointed me
to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners
and recovery of sight for the blind,
to set the oppressed free,
19 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”

Didn't hope begin entering in. And then a thought races in, we wonder, "When."

When we would find oppression lifting? Didn't our hearts warm and our hopes lean to Proclaiming the Year of the Lord's Favor?

We wanted, hoped, longed to see the hope of the world uniting for something Beautiful.

We wanted to see us unite.

All didn't want to see the world change again in loss.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Gives Eulogy at 

Justice Scalia Memorial Service

C-Span

Equality

"Women will only have true equality when men share with them 

the responsibility of bringing up the next generation." Ruth Bader Ginsburg

The Clarity of Equality.

Justice Ginsburg was exactly right. 2020 has been a year we followed along with the unfolding Exodus. The purpose of the tragedy, trauma of all this - was to secure a good future for the Children of God. To achieve hope for our children. Scriptures call this a Hope and a Future. 

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Equality must realize the injustice of fatherless children. To strive to keep families intact and strong. A team with respect for All. Abraham put forth laws all nations have as a basis. And Jesus brought us Mercy to find out the way, truth and Life.

Equality is felt the most in our homes, families and the Light of Equality shines until the darkness is gone.

Abba,

More Jesus. More Holy Spirit. More Joy.

Dwell in us and those we Love.

Comfort and Love to

Justice Ginsburg. 

May her Spirit live on forever.

Abba, we trust You with our cares.
Abba, we trust You with our dearly held Love ones.
Abba, we trust You with the people You Give us.
Abba, we trust You with today, we trust You with tomorrow.

We are the people who will rest tonight safely.
We are the people who will rise up to the Work You give us.
We are the people You nourish in the Holy Spirit.
We are Joyful to be Your Beloved.

Thank You, Abba, to care for the people who delight You.
We see  Tropical Storms and hopefully no more Hurricanes. 

 Fires in the United States.

We pray for Unity.

We believe You have a Plan. And as we trust in You,
we can do all things in Jesus Christ.

We Thank You for the Holy Spirit You display in this time.

The Father still at work. 

With His Son Jesus. Joy.

Finally, brothers, Rejoice! 

Aim for restoration, comfort one another, agree with one another, live in peace; 

and the God of love 

and peace 

will be with you.

 Amen!

Opening our doors with expectation of Your Continued Goodness
in ourselves, in the ones we Love,
Jesus Christ in the people You bring us.

Blessing our Nation, blessing us to find You first.
Ending our Divisions.

Jesus help us in this Nation to be in Your Word and see more Joy.
Covered in God's Love,
President Donald Trump, the First Lady and Their Family

Congratulations President Trump on Both Nominations

for the Nobel Peace Prize.

Peace Celebrations for us All.

Blessings for
Vice President Mike Pence, the Second Lady and Their Family.
The Presidential Team.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, Dr. Robert Redfield, Dr. Deborah Birx
Governor Abbott and all 50 Governors and Legislatures.
Senator Tim Scott,
The end of trouble surrounding this Virus.
Hurricane Overcomers.

Praying no more intense Storms for us all.
And the end to Fires in our Nation.

Thank You for the Rain, help it be peaceful for the Northwest.

Thank You all the Willing Help You'd Give us

God Saves the World.

Please continue to bless us ALL in Peace!

Amen in Jesus.

He has become my salvation.

With joy, you will draw water from the wells of salvation.

And you will say in that day: 

“Give thanks to the Lord, call upon His Name,

 make known His deeds among the peoples, 

proclaim that His Name is exalted. "

♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †

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2 Chronicles 5:13-14 ~ Jesus Christ is Good, for His Steadfast Love endures forever.

Our Good Father is Alive, Lovingly Present and Working

2 Chronicles 5:13-14

Singers to make themselves heard in unison in praise and thanksgiving to the LORD), and when the song was raised, with trumpets and cymbals and other musical instruments, in praise to the LORD,

“For he is good,
for his steadfast love endures forever,”

The house, the house of the LORD, was filled with a cloud, 14 so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of the LORD filled the house of God.

Jesus tells us of His Joy. In all Chapters of John - Jesus wants His Beloved to know The Light will not overcome the Darkness. Jesus is giving confirmation of His Joy in this Life and in His Delight in mankind. His Love.

As we walk this life, we realize this is what A Good Father does. As His Life flows to eternity, a Good Father assures His Beloved of their ability in goodness. Assures of His Joy. With God Himself, we know we rely on Him to be Truth.

Our Good Father is Alive, Lovingly Present and Working.

Abba, Our Father, 

Psalm 46:1-3 

God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. 

 Proverbs 18:10 

The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous run into it and are safe. 

 Nehemiah 8:10 

Do not grieve, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.

 Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. 

Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.

 Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses, 

as we forgive those who trespass against us; 

and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. 

 And as John has been His faithful eyewitness, 

To Jesus Christ we give our hearts proclaiming, 

for Thine is the Kingdom, the Power and the Glory.

Abba, 

 We ask You to strengthen us each day that we may walk in the plans You have for us.

Dwell in us.

Help us to see You First in our lives.

 All honor and glory to You, Father.

 In the highest name of Jesus, we pray. Amen.

Therefore, my beloved brothers, 

be steadfast, 

immovable, 

always abounding in the work of the Lord, 

knowing that in the Lord 

your labor is not in vain.

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ
and the love of God

and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you ALL.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers.

Finally, brothers, Rejoice! 

Aim for restoration, comfort one another, agree with one another, live in peace; 

and the God of love 

and peace 

will be with you.

 Amen!

Opening our doors with expectation of Your Continued Goodness
in ourselves, in the ones we Love,
Jesus Christ in the people You bring us.

Blessing our Nation, blessing us.
Ending our Divisions.
Lord Jesus Christ Dwell in Us!

His Steadfast Love, Jesus, we ask bring into our loved one's lives.
May Father God bless us all in Jesus.

Jesus help us in this Nation to be in Your Word and see more Joy.
Covered in God's Love,
President Donald Trump, the First Lady and Their Family
Vice President Mike Pence, the Second Lady and Their Family.
The Presidential Team.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, Dr. Robert Redfield, Dr. Deborah Birx
Governor Abbott and all 50 Governors and Legislatures.
Senator Tim Scott,
The end of trouble surrounding this Virus.
Hurricane Overcomers.

Praying no more intense Storms for us all.
And the end to Fires in our Nation.

Thank You for the Rain, help it be peaceful for the Northwest.

Thank You all the Willing Help You'd Give us

God Saves the World.

Please continue to bless us ALL and Truth!

Amen in Jesus.

Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †

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Luke 15:3-7 ~ Suppose

 

Luke 15:3-7

Then Jesus told them this parable: 

 "Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Does he not leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it? 5 And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders 6 and goes home. 

Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says, 

'Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.' 

7 I tell you that in the same way there will be 

more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner 

who repents 

than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent.

Suppose, we want to know more about the Shepherds

 - all we have to do is look to the facts. 

1. Today in Bethlehem, Israel we know the grazing was 30,000 Hectare Acres.

2. If we want to know more about the Shepherds - all we have to do is look to the facts. Today in Bethlehem, Israel we know the grazing was 30,000 Hectare Acres. And some of this land is available and set aside, today, as the Shepherd's Field.

3. Then we find the number of sheep is going to be entirely up to the amount of rainfall. Isaiah 7 tells us times are good for crops. So, in a normal year the number of sheep per acre is 1.5 sheep. So 20,000 sheep.

Do we know in the Bible this is an acceptable,relevant number of sheep?

Job 42:12
12 So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand donkeys.

1 Kings 8:63
63 Solomon offered a sacrifice of fellowship offerings to the Lord: twenty-two thousand cattle and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep and goats. So the king and all the Israelites dedicated the temple of the Lord.

4. The 1596 A.D. Ottoman Tax Record and Census indicates Bethlehem's population of 1,435 - the 13th largest village. Populations didn't change much until this last century in most of Israel. Vintage Photography of Israel is very interesting.

So all we need now is to figure out how many shepherds there were.



Jacob was described as an exceedingly rich man because he:

Genesis 30:43
Jacob possessed large flocks, maidservants and menservants, and camels and asses” 


In the case of the rich man Nabal we find statistics:

1 Samuel 25:2
He had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats

Animals were cared for and were: milk, meat, and fabrics (Isaiah 7:21-22; Proverbs 27:27; Deuteronomy 14:4; Leviticus 13:47; Exodus 25:4). The sheep provided wool for garments to keep out chilly nights and windy days. The goat skins provided bottles in which to store liquids. The uncut hide of either animal might have been the wineskin of Jesus’ parable (Mark 2:22 = Matthew 9:17 = Luke 5:37-38).

5. So how many shepherds were there for 20,000 Sheep? We know how many acres there are and how many sheep based on rainfall... what about Shepherds?

6. Now, we find out about the Shepherds. We don't know the number of the Shepherds. This explains the social status of the Shepherds.

Shepherding - It depends on this: how profitable has ranching been? Rain again. The New Testament records about 100 to 1. But we can see Bethlehem might fall in the category of 1 to 1000 sheep because Bethlehem doesn't have many sheep hiding places. Both David and Samson provide lonely, animal wildlife threatens lone shepherds in the day. Lions.

We know some families have small flocks and the children shepherd. While other Biblical families only Shepherd.  

7. 1400 people. Women do Shepherd like Rachael and Leah. Moses's Wife.

1400 people. Aged people. Children. Farmers. An easy terrain.
About 4 to 9 human births a month. Herod would find 40 innocents.

8. Labor force would be about 500. Sufficient small farming. And Household chores for gathering, cooking and cleaning.

And then you'd have farmers, lots of Farming in Israel on the terraces of hills.

9. So suppose... 250 shepherd. Then you'd have day Shepherds and more Night Time Safety from Predators Shepherds. 

10. Further, supposing would be 150 nighttime Shepherds looking over a large, easy field. Spread out in military precision with some usual campfires.  A field is easy to view.

Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Does he not leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it? 

5 And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders 

6 and goes home. 

Trust. Love one another. Pray together. Fellowship to find one lost sheep.

To leave 99 sheep, is to trust and love one another. Prayers to find the sheep. And the full understanding

God will make this turn out just fine. We have seen what Jesus has written.

And when we don't have a great number of Shepherds to agree in prayer, we have Jesus Promising

He will never leave or forsake us. We are yesterday, today and tomorrow God's Lamb. 

And He is going to find us.

What we find out about God giving us His Faith in us, we operate Life itself from a basis of Trust. The Universe is upheld by God's Word. Not having fear, is Faith. Believing things will work out for us, is Faith. None of us keeps it all together. This is Abundant Life. 

God offers up to us, "God is Love." And we do the work of putting up with James and John and their pushy mother.  We live with Faith, the Brothers of Jesus are going to turn out well and not just goad Jesus, Himself.  We believe God our Father is in Charge the day Mother Mary lets the Brothers go to town in loudest and most embarrassing way.

Because God is Love, we will share the Road to Emmaus. Enduring the Road to Damascus.

Lord Jesus,Abba, gives us,

Our Father, Abba, Who Art in Heaven,

Holy is the Name Jesus,

Thy Kingdom Come!

Thy Will be Done!

On earth as it is done in Heaven.

Give us this Day.

Our Daily, Living Bread Jesus.

Forgive me my trespasses

as I forgive those who trespass against me.

Lead us not into temptation

Deliver us from evil.

For Yours is the Kingdom, the Power in the Glory, 

Amen.

Dwell in us, Lord Jesus!

We will seek You first and Have Heaven.

You know everyone's story, their very heart and soul. 

We ask in this time with so many prayer requests and prayer opportunities, 

that when we say, "Please Jesus" Your Mercy and Grace and Love Prevail.

Father, You are God of All. 

And we ask You for all these opportunities to be Covered by the Love Jesus Christ

  to Live to see Your Glory.

We Simply and effectively say Jesus Christ with our hearts of Love for Your Love. 

And believe Jesus Christ will cover All.

Remembering the Love God brings us Home yesterday, today and tomorrow.

His Steadfast Love we bring in our lives.

Drawing His Love forth to enrich our lives.

May Father God bless us all in Jesus.

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

Covered in God's Love,

President Donald Trump, the First Lady and Their Family

Vice President Mike Pence, the Second Lady and Their Family.

The Presidential Team.

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

Governor Abbott and all 50 Governors and Legislatures.

Senator Tim Scott,

The end of trouble surrounding this Virus.

For Elliott 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 Nations.

Thank You all the Willing Help You'd Give us with the end of Hurricanes, Wildfires, Riots,
Divisions, Harm to Police, Peace and Joy on November 3rd,
Continued Employment and for the world depending upon us.
We feed the world.
And the world is helping us with the vaccine as well.

Please continue to bless us.

Amen in Jesus

♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †

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