John 8:31-32 ~ Free

John 8:31-32

So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, 32 and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

And, Biblically, the Hungarian Proverb has the nod. 

Jesus even said prophetic truth will get you a big knot on the noggin. 

When we consider the Garden of Eden, we wonder what happened to this? Eden seemed so innocent and gracious to walk with the Lord in the cool of the Garden.

The Flood was 15 cubits, or 23 feet. 

https://answersingenesis.org/the-flood/

 

The Garden of Eden was washed away in Noah's flood

Pishon, Gihon, Hiddekel (the Tigris), and Phirat (the Euphrates) are the rivers of Eden. Most of them disappear forever from the Scriptures. Isaiah 19 and 30 and Isaiah 37 tell of Works of the Lord and the action of the Lord is to make rivers disappear. Psalm 104 also declares rivers are made to vanish.  The Scriptures declare repeat situations. This would be the only explanation for the great rivers to be gone.

The Book of Tobit is accepted as canonical by the Roman Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and the Oriental Orthodox Church. Uriel is often identified as a cherub and the angel of repentance. Uriel "stands at the Gate of Eden with a fiery sword" or as the angel who "watches over thunder and terror". A fitting hint, worded by the Book of Tobit. 

If Eden was so simple, how did this become so complex?

Even the British Museum - holder of the 597 B.C. cuneiform of Nebuchadnezzar II describing the Books of Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Tobit, Judith and Lamentations - has difficulty deciding if the Epic of Gilgamesh about the worldwide flood was known to Nebuchadnezzar II 600 B.C. or 1800 B.C.

Is this gone forever? The Garden of Eden holds the Tree of Life.

The Tree of Life has many descriptions in Revelation and is said to be the Healing of the Nations in the leaves of the Tree of Life. The Garden of Eden might very well have bloomed and grown in Heaven like the Tree Jesus described Heaven to be. Holding so many in comfort in the Branches.

So, is the Flood real? Is the Ice Age and the fossils found everywhere?

You may decide that's not it. Or you might decide to ask Abba and Wonder. And I am fine with Wonder.

Aren't you??? 

1 Timothy 3:16 

 By common confession, 

the mystery of godliness is great: 

He appeared in the flesh, 

Tax Decrees of Caesar Augustus

Trip to Bethlehem, 

Micah 5:2

And thou Bethlehem, the land of Judah, 

art not the least among the princes of Judah,

for out of thee shall

come a Governor,

that Shall Rule My People Israel.

was vindicated by the Spirit, 

Josephus records in "History of the Jews", the multitude in the Temple

would allow and suggest 2 million people, like the end of World War II in Times Square.

The Book of Acts

records a Multitude of people flooded the 36 Acres of the Temple and

surrounding. The Roman Empire Histories include off and on persecution of Christians

beginning 16 years after Jesus died.

was seen by angels, 

was proclaimed among the nations, 

Wonder with me.

The Host of Heaven appeared to the Angels.

He calls the Host of Heavens by name.

and we extend this to:

Psalm 147:5

He determines the number of stars,

He calls them each by name.

The Almighty is creator of All.

Perhaps 

the Universe is called to be whole.

And the galaxies apart are the tearing of this world

that we might live as Prodigal Sons

and strengthen our souls, stamina and faith

and hold fast to the Truth of God Almighty.

And reunite all things in His Eternal Kingdom.

was believed in throughout the world, 

was taken up in glory.

1 Timothy 3:9 

 "They must keep hold 

of the deep truths 

of the faith 

with a clear conscience."

David knew he was truly anointed of God. Holding King Saul's life in his hand, he was called to be anointed of God. And living in a ditch with his family being raided and kidnapped, he was called to be anointed of God. 

Samuel knew to hear the Lord. To do the Work of the Lord, for example, anoint David. And he prayed that his own words would not fall.

Paul wrote the Plans of God were in God's Hands. Asked for his travel plans for the coming season, Paul wrote,

 Philippians 2:23 

I hope therefore to send him just as soon as I see how it will go with me

Which is a perfect Segway. We do not change the truths of God. The Prodigal son found his own plans became dust.

The people who have looked for a recipe for power and agenda, Carl Marx, write if we confuse the morals of the people, (The Light of Christ in us all)  and in this confusion the people look to the power seekers and their power and agenda for answers. The compass, is Jesus Christ and the Word of God. The Way, the Truth, the Life are the Light of Jesus in mankind. He is the Way.

Romans 7:4 

Therefore, my brothers, 

you also died to the law through the body of Christ, 

that you might belong to another, to Him 

who was raised from the dead, 

in order 

that

 we 

might bear fruit to God.

During challenging times, Joy is found.

Nehemiah 8:10 

Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: 

neither be ye sorry; 

for the joy of the Lord 

is your strength.

Abba, our Father,

Teach us to see our Blessings and add to Life. Add in Gratitude. Appreciation. The ability to add to the day in "Give us the Day."

Dwell in us.

Help us to seek You first.

And help us, in Jesus, to finish well.

Bless us to have the ones we Love add to Your Adventure Today. Help them to take Your Blessings and "Give us the Day." Enfolded in Your Love. With Gratitude.

Help the Nations Trusting in You to comprehend the height and depth of Your Generous Blessings. To add Blessings together to create more Heaven on earth.

Encourage the Depth of Your Fullness bring Your Beloved, surrounding the Good earth, 

more Heaven on earth.Love, Joy and Peace.

In the Name of Jesus we ask healing of my hurting arm. 

Help us to be the people You want to dwell in. 

And in the Highest Name of Jesus, help us to finish Well.

Praying Healing for Elliott.

And the birds of our ten states to be healed of their illnesses

as Harris County, Houston, Texas saw birds healing after

March-May of 2021. Thank God!!!

                                           

With Gratitude, Father God, for the use of my arm and the health already there.

Amen in the Highest Name of Jesus.

We are free to assemble,

worship Jesus Christ

keep hold 

of the deep truths 

of the faith 

with a clear conscience

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Psalm 16 ~You will not abandon my soul

Psalm 16

Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge.

2 I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord;

    I have no good apart from you.”

3 As for the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones,

    in whom is all my delight.

4 The sorrows of those who run after another god shall multiply;

    their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out

    or take their names on my lips.

5 The Lord is my chosen portion and my cup;

    You hold my lot.

6 The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;

    indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.

7 I bless the Lord who gives me counsel;

    in the night also my heart instructs me.

8 I have set the Lord always before me;

    because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.

9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my whole being rejoices;

    my flesh also dwells secure.

10 For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol,

    or let your holy one see corruption.

11 You make known to me the path of life;

    in your presence there is fullness of joy;

    at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

When my children were very young, my father had divorced my mother for a decades old friend of my mother's. My father handled the inconvenience by changing all his friendships, his family he spoke to = down to having Holidays in out of town hotels and even changing out his beloved pets. My father met one of his grandchildren at lunch one day and suggested if we had lunch again, I should cook a dinner meal and not have luncheon food.

And one summer I began to dream of conversations, happy old days and the return of the family happiness. I'd dream of sitting and laughing with Daddy in my great-aunt Eloise and great-uncle's Cary's house. And instead of the elderly condition of the house, the house was back to my very young years and all was shining, planted, blooming and lovely. Instead, I got the phone call my father had died, when I was 30 years old. We were all stunned for about two years are more. And it was a very sad time.

Lately, with two mothers in Memory Care and Edward not being perfectly well, I dream of loss. Looking for someone who has died. And coming to the realization of 58 years or 43 years or 36 years of conversations will be over. I dream of the quiet.

I've had people come up to me and tell me of their dreams and I don't doubt I will live to be very, very old. And I know God has Hopes and a Future for me. It's the vast ocean of upcoming changes that feel unique - add to that the dreams of change.  The change is inevitable. But the dreams are present. The time has shown itself to be occurring and necessary as a Plan of God. I woke up one morning feeling jittery and out of kilter and I asked Abba, -why? 

Mark 1:45 

 But he went out and began to talk freely about it, and to spread the news, so that Jesus could no longer openly enter a town, but was out in desolate places, and people were coming to him from every quarter. 

 Mark 7:37 And they were astonished beyond measure, saying, “He has done all things well. He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.”

Suddenly, I felt better. Not just floating in the endlessness of space. Being part of the Plan of God. 

God being Almighty is pleased to be God  and Get to Know You.

Abba, Father

Thank You for filling our lives with Blessings we never thought to ask for. For the Blessing to come. For the love of years past still warms and brightens. Love never ends. And as Billy Graham put the Light of Christ into the football stadiums showing God's Light shines millenniums later, we pray, today, our faith reflects

 Your Steadfast Love and Your Hope and Your Joy.

Asking Love and Mercy of Your Plans in the Highest Name of Jesus, to see Your willingness and go there. Reading the Word of God and seeing the blessings You give, for wisdom, of good attitudes, and skilled in all Your wisdom, endowed with knowledge, understanding learning, and competent to do the work You give us to do.

Father, we bless You in Jesus' name for sharing Your blessings and gracious gifts. You are for each of us. Your mercies renew. Your Steadfast Love continues. Our God of Encouragement. Our God of Love. Daily You bless us. Open our eyes.

Jesus blessing and healing for Elliott.

Jesus blessing and healing us and our cares.

We ask today and tomorrow our Thanks for our loved ones coming into the Love, Joy and Comfort of Your Heart. We pray the comfort of all who have asked prayer. For all we have been given to pray for. And with the faithful, we pray the large prayers for our Nation under God. For the borders God has always crossed. His Word and His Work Eternal. For the faithful we know circle this earth with their prayers heard by our Father God of Love and Encouragement. His Word upholds all life.

 Thank You God, Your Word is Good. In Jesus we hope and rest and rejoice.

Amen Jesus is with us. Amen.

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John 17 ~ Glorify Your Son

 

John 17

When Jesus had spoken these words, He lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you, ² since you have given him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him.  

³ And this is eternal life, 
 that they know you the only true God, 
and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. 

 ⁴ I glorified you on earth, having accomplished the work that you gave me to do. ⁵
 And now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had with you before the world existed.
 

⁶ “I have manifested your name to the people whom you gave me out of the world. Yours they were, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word. ⁷ Now they know that everything that you have given me is from you. ⁸ For I have given them the words that you gave me, and they have received them and have come to know in truth that I came from you; and they have believed that you sent me.  

⁹ I am praying for them. I am not praying for the world but for those whom you have given me, for they are yours. ¹⁰ All mine are yours, and yours are mine, and I am glorified in them. ¹¹ And I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, 
 keep them in your name, 
which you have given me, 
that they may be one, even as we are one.


 ¹² While I was with them, I kept them in your name, which you have given me. I have guarded them, and not one of them has been lost except the son of destruction, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.  

¹³ But now I am coming to you, and these things I speak in the world, 
that they may have my joy fulfilled in themselves.  

¹⁴ I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. ¹⁵ I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one. ¹⁶ They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.  


¹⁷ Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth. ¹⁸ As you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world. ¹⁹ And for their sake I consecrate myself, that they also may be sanctified in truth.

²⁰ “I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, ²¹ that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me. ²² The glory that you have given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one,  

²³ I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, 
so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them even as you loved me.

²⁴ Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory that you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world. ²⁵ O righteous Father, even though the world does not know you, I know you, and these know that you have sent me. 

I made known to them Your Name, and I will continue to make it known, 

that the love 

with which you have loved me

 may be in them, and I in them.”

John 17 is perfectly the Mission and Prayer of Jesus Christ.

Joyful!

John 3:16 

For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world,

 but in order that the world might be saved

 through Him.

A great memory compliment for John 17 is Jesus holding up 3 fingers, for John 3:17.

John 3:16 

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

John 3:34 

For the One Whom God has sent speaks the words of God, 

for God gives the Spirit without limit.

If the Disciples hadn't seen Thomas correctly predict the death of Jesus, if they had seen this John's Gospel Chapter 17 telling all Glory of God's Plan, in the face of death, the disciples would have received Comfort and Strength. Instead, the events tell us the overwhelming Love God has for us in unbelievably wretched situations. God's Words comfort and strengthen and do not quit when the recipient, us, fails to hear.

Jesus tells in one of the Gospels, the people should believe from the works of Jesus. John 17 proclaims Jesus does not fail us, Jesus does not fail us, Jesus does not fail us even as His Life is on the line, and death approaches.  His Love and message do not change.

The last words of this, John's Gospel Chapter 17, Jesus prays for us today in Living Word. His last day message is the Name of God should be carried as Love. 

Jesus, we need.

Jesus, we call upon.

Jesus show Yourself.

And this is Communion

and we take ourselves to Church

to Honor Jesus

and take Communion

to be Nourished in our souls.

Abba, Our Father,

We long for You to Speak, "Peace." "Calm."

And Dwell in us, making us the People You long for.

Dwell in those we Love and pray for.

Strengthen us to do the good works You have for us to walk in.  We will Stand Firm and be Strong. Knowing in this season, stand not be tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine.

Let Love be genuine with Mercy.

Father, we prayed about 2020 Covid looking a lot like the Chapters of the Exodus. We pray for the birds and the problems with quail in Numbers 11. Two weeks ago, we prayed for 8 states declaring not to feed the birds because of mystery bird illness. 

This week, ten states have a ban on feeding the birds.

We do not have to feel helpless. We can Pray and God will hear us. We can shred newspaper, coffee grounds and eggshells and increase the earthworm population for the birds.

 Harris County, Texas had this problem for two months around March of 2021 and this healed.

Recommendations are for using bleach in the bird feeder, this hurts the paint. So, I'm going with nonporous extra human plates on the ground I will exchange daily 

and sanitize my hands and wash.

John 5:17
Jesus answered them, “My Father is working 

until now, and I am working.”

John 6:29
Jesus told them, “This is the work God wants from you: Believe in the One He has sent.”

We long for Your Love and help, Father God, to have Your Kingdom, Power and Glory upon Your Throne. The Fringe of Your Robe placed upon all of Your Good Creation. 

Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord of Hosts. 

We pray more of Your Good Will filling the whole earth with Your Glory.

We will remember our answered Prayers. Like Harris County and the birds being healed.

 And live this Day. 

Looking in expectation You will strengthen us to Seek You first 

and find Your Kingdom being glimpsed enfolding us in Your Good Creation.

You are our hope now, always and in the coming weeks.

Covering us with the Name and Power of Jesus,
Covering with thanks the Doctors, Nurses, Hospital Staffs and their prayers.

 The joy of seeing family bicycling and walking. 

Good people. Holding up Life for one another.

We ask Jesus to Bless our Nation to please You

and for Your Love to encourage

and strengthen the earth in goodness.

In His Love, Jesus Christ saves us. Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †  

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