Psalm 90:14-17 ~ Your glorious power to their children. Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us, and establish the work of our hands upon us

 

 1 Chronicles 4:9-10 

Now Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in pain.” 

And Jabez called out to the God of Israel, “If only You would bless me and enlarge my territory! May Your hand be with me and keep me from harm, so that I will be free from pain.” 

And God granted the request of Jabez.

  

  

Psalm 90:14-17

Prayer for Happiness. Of Moses.

  

14 Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love,

    that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

15 Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us,

    and for as many years as we have seen evil.

16 Let your work be shown to your servants,

    and your glorious power to their children.

17 Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us,

    and establish the work of our hands upon us;

    yes, establish the work of our hands!  

  

  Psalm 30

A Psalm of David. A song at the dedication of the Temple.

  

I will extol you, O Lord, for you have drawn me up

    and have not let my foes rejoice over me.

O Lord my God, I cried to you for help,

    and you have healed me.

O Lord, you have brought up my soul from Sheol;

    you restored me to life from among those who go down to the pit.

Sing praises to the Lord, O you his saints,

    and give thanks to his holy name.

For his anger is but for a moment,

    and his favor is for a lifetime.

Weeping may tarry for the night,

    but joy comes with the morning.

As for me, I said in my prosperity,

    “I shall never be moved.”

By your favor, O Lord,

    you made my mountain stand strong;

you hid your face;

    I was dismayed.

To you, O Lord, I cry,

    and to the Lord I plead for mercy:

“What profit is there in my death,

    if I go down to the pit?

Will the dust praise you?

    Will it tell of your faithfulness?

Hear, O Lord, and be merciful to me!

    O Lord, be my helper!”

You have turned for me my mourning into dancing;

    you have loosed my sackcloth

    and clothed me with gladness,

that my glory may sing your praise and not be silent.

    O Lord my God, I will give thanks to you forever!

  

  

    

Numbers 6:24-26

God gave Moses this Prayer for His Children  

"‘May the LORD bless you and keep you; may the LORD cause His face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; may the LORD lift up His countenance toward you and give you peace. So shall they put my name upon the people of Israel, and I will bless them.”’

  

  

Psalm 31:16 

Make your face shine on your servant; save me in your steadfast love! 

  

Psalm 67:1 

May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face to shine upon us, Selah  

  

Psalm 80:3 

Restore us, O God; let your face shine, that we may be saved! 

  

Psalm 80:7

Restore us, O God of hosts; let your face shine, that we may be saved!  

  

Psalm 21:6 

For thou hast made him most blessed forever: 

Thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance.  

What did Jesus do daily?

Jesus tells us in John 14-17

Jesus has Joy in this Life.

And in knowing this about Jesus

we know what Jesus looked like

as He Healed them all. Daily.

Matthew 4:24

So his fame spread throughout all Syria, and they brought him all the sick, those afflicted with various diseases and pains, those oppressed by demons, those having seizures, and paralytics, and he healed them.

Matthew 12:15

Jesus, aware of this, withdrew from there. And many followed him, and he healed them all

Luke 4:40

Now when the sun was setting, all those who had any who were sick with various diseases brought them to him, and he laid his hands on every one of them and healed them.

Luke 6:19

And all the crowd sought to touch him, for power came out from him and healed them all.

Jesus healed them all,

in the unlikeliest of places.

Daniel 7:13-14

And behold, with the clouds of heaven

    there came one like a son of man,

and He came to the Ancient of Days

    and was presented before Him.

And to Him was given dominion

    and glory and a kingdom,

that all peoples, nations, and languages

    should serve Him;

His dominion is an everlasting dominion,

    which shall not pass away,

and His Kingdom one

    that shall not be destroyed.

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Psalm 9 ~ He has established His Throne for Justice

Psalm 9

I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart;

    I will recount all of your wonderful deeds.

2 I will be glad and exult in you;

    I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.

3 When my enemies turn back,

    they stumble and perish before your presence.

4 For you have maintained my just cause;

    you have sat on the throne, giving righteous judgment.

5 You have rebuked the nations; you have made the wicked perish;

    you have blotted out their name forever and ever.

6 The enemy came to an end in everlasting ruins;

    their cities you rooted out;

    the very memory of them has perished.

7 But the Lord sits enthroned forever;

    he has established his throne for justice,

8 and he judges the world with righteousness;

    he judges the peoples with uprightness.

9 The Lord is a stronghold for the oppressed,

    a stronghold in times of trouble.

10 And those who know your name put their trust in you,

    for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you.

11 Sing praises to the Lord, who sits enthroned in Zion!

    Tell among the peoples his deeds!

12 For he who avenges blood is mindful of them;

    he does not forget the cry of the afflicted.

13 Be gracious to me, O Lord!

    See my affliction from those who hate me,

    O you who lift me up from the gates of death,

14 that I may recount all your praises,

    that in the gates of the daughter of Zion

    I may rejoice in your salvation.

15 The nations have sunk in the pit that they made;

    in the net that they hid, their own foot has been caught.

16 The Lord has made himself known; he has executed judgment;

    the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands. Higgaion. Selah

17 The wicked shall return to Sheol,

    all the nations that forget God.

18 For the needy shall not always be forgotten,

    and the hope of the poor shall not perish forever.

19 Arise, O Lord! Let not man prevail;

    let the nations be judged before you!

20 Put them in fear, O Lord!

    Let the nations know that they are but men! 

Selah

David isn't a neat and tidy Bible Story. Instead, David tells us again and again in the messy and complicated interweaving of good, God is untangling a fallen world.  The Scriptures are real. Life is messy.

David is anointed and all goes well. No. Events happened to make us squirm and test David. In fact...

1.) 1 Samuel 16:13, David is anointed to become King of Israel, in the place of King Saul, rejected by God. 2.) 2 Samuel 2:4, David anointed, again, to be King of Judah by the Tribe of Judah. 3.) 2 Samuel 5:3, David was anointed a third time and accepted as King of Israel by the elders of Israel.

David was not crowned the day Saul and Jonathan died. David is crowned over parts and portions of Israel before the big day. The Big Day. Our David puzzles us to dance naked and bring his donkey. David, God help us, is unique.

Really. Our beloved David, today, wasn't universally loved. Hezekiah was. Solomon, yes probably. Some of the worst kings were generally beloved. But David is eek, eek, eek, fit, argument, skirmish, gross, eek crowned King of Israel. About 7 years after being minor King of this and that and this Tribe and some more. Generally, it looked like all that anointing failed and God's Plan was maybe not really God's Plan. Surprise! God was right. :)

Jesus tells us in the Lord's Prayer, Father God, please don't lead us in Temptation. The disbelievers were certainly tempted to count David out for 22 years and then 7 years.

I will rebuild this Temple in 3 Days!!!

Speaking of Psalm 9. God is God.

Who really enjoys a great big, "Told you so!" 

David is gracious as he ascends to become King of Israel. David is frankly as gracious as our Loving Jesus Himself. All the people who have not supported David are welcomed warmly. We see in David's rule, when more skirmishes and civil war result, David has mixed backing in his early years of reigning. 

David appeals to God because truly David Loves God. He sees the Love God is. God is Love. It's not an aspect of God, this is the Almighty Himself.  David is going to obey God because David is convinced everything about God is Love.  

And therefore, David is going to sing about the wonderful Victories God has truly given David. However,  David's nation is made up of the people Psalm 9 is going to ruffle feathers. People are going to be tweaked to remember this Psalm is about their former actions. 

A Psalm we might find wrinkles us up some in our own lives, seasons and memories.

Is David mindful of this?

Unlike the Governor in the movie, Brother Where Art Thou, David is going to use the same tactic for entirely different reasons. "Is you is, is you ain't, my constituent!"

David is boldly proclaiming the Plan of God. 

But David believes there should be repentance for past unbelief about God's Plan and a new mind as the new creation of God's Children in the unfolding of God's Plan.

David has boldly been Politically Incorrect. 

David has rubbed up and down Psalm 9 in actual worship to say, "God's Plan has unfolded." Not a lot of separation of Church and State. But, hey, Israel wasn't ever separated in Church and State. Yet, annoying and discomforting to the rank and file of David's kingdom.

God is God and does His Will His Way. 

The Scriptures tell us, who has known the mind of God and been His Counselor. 

David is far more concerned with God's Way than the peoples approval.

God of Comfort. God the Helper. Yes. 

Our Father God has allowed us to have suffering to be able to comfort and understand each other, we learn to give comfort. David is giving an odd sort of comfort - this is here - this is now - deal with this. Jesus is very probably giving this to His Disciple John in Revelation 1. Jesus didn't allow John to go on and on about Jesus' "House" being marvelous and amazing. Christ, Messiah, Jesus moves on with  the Goodness of God and John can accomplish together.  Discomfort to allow Love a place to flourish, live, grow, trust, believe and Hope. God of Comfort.

Jesus told the father seeking his son's healing to have faith and helped him to have faith.

 Peter often needed more workable faith. 

God is Emmanuel!

Job 37:16

Do you know the balancings of the clouds, 

the wondrous works of Him Who is perfect in knowledge 

Proverbs 16:15 

 In the Light 

of a King's face 

there is Life, 

and His favor is like the clouds that bring the spring rain.

Romans 10:17

So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.

Abba, Father

Dwell in us every Day. Give us the Day.

Help us to seek You First.

Psalm 9 is a Beautiful, Worshipful Psalm.

God Overcoming the past failures of mankind.

Mankind doesn't always appreciate being shown Forgiveness.

God is the Great and Gracious Father.

Your Son, Jesus, prays for us in John 17.

Bless those we Love and are given to live Your Love every day.

The Holy Spirit prays for us in Colossians 1

From the Day our Father spoke Light into being, prayers have been earnestly prayed and heard.

We have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of Father God's will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding.

To walk awed by Jesus, while walking in a manner worthy of the Lord,

 fully pleasing to You.

Calling upon Jesus and bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God.

And in the Highest Name of Jesus, being strengthened with all power, according to Your glorious might for joy!

And because of Jesus, giving thanks to our Father. Jesus has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light.

Bless Elliott with healing, Jesus is never taken from Elliott, he knows.

Bless Bill with his voice. We ask Please, Jesus.

Thank You, my ankle is so much better

and for our friends putting in the Air Conditioner.

Bless us with Love, as You have.

Protect us with Your Love.

Thank You, Father, Bless Dee who has helped so much, bless her in her health.

Thank You, Jesus, for all who have helped!

Let us find, establish, create, promote, enjoy, 

Love and Bless our Father for more Heaven on earth and His Good Will.

In Jesus Christ and His Righteousness,

For God's Steadfast Love in Year's past, present and the Thanksgiving of everyday Easter Egg Blessing Hunts still to be. Jesus is King. 

Amen.

Psalm 107

Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,

for his steadfast love endures forever!

2 Let the redeemed of the Lord say so,

whom He has redeemed from trouble

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Isaiah 41:1-10 ~ I will help you

Discomfort

and

Comfort -  2020, 2021 years have seen more internet traffic 

reading the Scriptures than ever before.

The Largest Read Verse is from Isaiah 41:10

Isaiah 41:1-10

Listen to me in silence, O coastlands;

    

Let the peoples renew their strength;

let them approach, 

then let them speak;

    let us together draw near 

for trial, decision, judgement, settlement.

2 Who stirred up one from the east

    whom victory meets at every step?

He gives up nations before him,

    so that he tramples kings underfoot;

he makes them like dust with his sword,

    like driven stubble with his bow.

3 He pursues them and passes on safely,

    by paths his feet have not trod.

4 Who has performed and done this,

    calling the generations from the beginning?

I, the Lord, 

the first,

    and with the last; 

I am he.

5 The coastlands have seen and are afraid;

    the ends of the earth tremble;

    they have drawn near and come.

Everyone helps his neighbor

    and says to his brother, “Be strong!”

7 The craftsman strengthens the goldsmith,

    and he who smooths with the hammer him who strikes the anvil,

saying of the soldering, “It is good”;

    and they strengthen it with nails so that it cannot be moved.

8 But you, Israel, my servant,

    Jacob, 

whom I have chosen,

    the offspring of Abraham, 

My friend;

you 

whom I took from the ends of the earth,

    and called from its farthest corners,

saying to you, 

“You are my servant,

    I have chosen 

you

 and not cast you off”

Fear not, for I am with you;

    be not dismayed, for I am your God;

I will strengthen you, 

I will help you,

    I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

When my son was born prematurely, he would stop breathing. Cal had an Apnea monitor for a year. Sometimes 3 or 4 times a day or night, we would get up and gently shake him, and fragile, perfect, beautiful Cal would breathe again. I was so tremendously pleased Cal wasn't telepathy gifted. I was afraid for a year and a half and this lasted, only, a year. When my husband started his new career, we were sincerely and rightfully afraid for money and I prayed on my stomach for a year. The praying renewed my courage. Standing up Stronger.  I know about being a lava lamp shaken and waiting upon the Lord. Waiting to become tired of being afraid, concerned, worried, whatever word suits your experience.

On Sunday, we missed Church. As preparations began, our neighborhood texting went wild. 4 shots were heard within the subdivision at 4:20 in the morning. Police arrived. 4 casings of 9 mm bullets were found fired in the street from a car letting a pedestrian out. 9 mm is serious. Lethal for a mile. A neighborhood 2 miles away had the same number of shots fired, a woman screamed loudly. During this same time period. Our neighborhood keeps texting and emails. 

We live in a very secure neighborhood. Almost Always. Until. In 2007, we had a pedestrian gang of car burglars and vandals dropped in our area. Terrorizing 3 to 20 subdivisions. We kept emailing and texting everyone we knew and the gang was caught one subdivision over by a homeowner who has night shifts. License plate and done. Police were thrilled. We had shopping home invasions. I heard today a burglar with the MO the Christmas Burglar,  is serving 8 years. 2018. A domestic worker was stealing and the police were called and that domestic worker was led out in handcuffs due to neighborhood emails.

The last incident of crime in our 21 years here, was a house on one of our corner's was for sale. Another neighbor had just installed a very sophisticated camera alarm system that Friday. It showed 2 men in their 40s casing out a lot of houses on their street by peering into windows. Finally they picked the corner house with the for sale sign. Bashing in a window, they quickly scooped up a laptop. To be greeted by the surprised home owner. And just as quickly they were diving out of the broken glass window they had entered. Laptop was recovered and working. The alarmed up neighbor prays quite a bit. I'm putting down the squashing of crime as Prayer Answered. A completely acceptable ratio of squashed crime!

Good News for Prayer and Reading the Scriptures. Always.

According to the 2021 Most Read Scripture Passage of our heavily increased desire to read the Scriptures,  Alleluia.  Our prayer lives, our souls to Jesus recognize our prayers, concerns, souls, 

our hearts to Jesus saying this:

Silence, has put us on the edge, the coast, of many thoughts.

We renew, we strengthen.

Our prayers, our hearts to the Lord,

To Jesus, we approach

we speak

and draw near

times of trials and decision.

The east... conflict

Victory...

Nations!

Trampled, dust, stubble.

Past by

in places, we haven't even traveled. 

Generations?

The beginning?

Our LORD

Be First

Be Last

We Call to Thee.

The ends of the earth tremble.

Italy has sung like the times past.

India. Japan.

Ventilators, Vaccinations, Oxygen.

Our coasts.

Children. Forsaken.

As the Great Depression Children.

We build life again.

 They have drawn near and come.

Everyone helps his neighbor

    and says to his brother, “Be strong!”

Strengthen,

Smooth,

Hammer,

Find it is 'good.'

Do not move from what is good.

Do not move from what is good.

We are Israel.

Oh, Israel.

Flawed, fighting the Angel, fighting.

Jacob hold tight to the Blessings.

You have chosen, Lord

Hold tight to our Blessings.

Hold tight to us. 

Adopted to be the Children of God.

Children of Abraham.

This hunger for Scripture

All who did receive Him,

All who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God— 

All children born not of blood, nor of the desire or will of man, 

Born of God.

My friend

You

I

ends of the earth

farthest corners

Chosen by God

not cast off

Fear not, for I am with you;

    be not dismayed, for I am your God;

I will strengthen you, 

I will help you,

    I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

Abba, Father,

Thank You, You dwell in me.

What is too large,

too broken,

what is hopeful and healing

what requires our kind prayers,

All Things are under the Feet of Jesus Christ

He has the whole world in His Hands

and Heart.

What is impossible with mankind

is You

saving the world

in

Jesus Christ.

Amen and Amen and Amen and Amen and Amen.

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