Exodus 16:31-35 ~ Now, the house of Israel called its name Manna!

Exodus 16:31-35

31 Now the house of Israel called its name manna. 

It was like coriander seed, white, and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey. 

32 Moses said, “This is what the Lord has commanded: ‘Let an omer of it be kept throughout your generations, so that they may see the bread with which I fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.’” 

33 And Moses said to Aaron, “Take a jar, and put an omer of manna in it, and place it before the Lord to be kept throughout your generations.” 34 As the Lord commanded Moses, so Aaron placed it before the testimony to be kept. 35 The people of Israel ate the manna forty years, till they came to a habitable land. They ate the manna till they came to the border of the land of Canaan. 

I was watching our female Standard Poodle watching her littermate brother.  Lily wasn't happy. Not happy at all. Nope. Lily isn't Hap-hap-happy.  Now that I've left my Covid quarantine, Lily cannot understand why her brother should have my attention - this is her sole place and joy. Lily is most annoyed with me, to the point of being miffy.  My orange cats are thrilled, as soon as Tyler has walked off, They take turns sitting in my lap. Then Tyler comes back and sits on the ottoman, fully enjoying the brotherhood of happy pets. Chorus of purrs. Happy purrs. Tyler is most happy. His Huuman is back.

Lily is now even more annoyed and watches us in reproach from under the Breakfast Table.  No, she won't come over and join the joy, she is miffy, miffy, miffy.

Poodle Photo I took in 2011 on the way to San Diego, Now I have a Lily Poodle!

Unknown Prayers and the Steadfast Love of God. Lily has no idea that she is exactly loved, loves and love as if she is a Spenser or my Merit. Our Tyler. The Steadfast and Only Dog. No clue, she ranks only with the best of all dogs in my Heart. Tyler loves Lily. Then he loves me.  Just about the same. 

And Lily is never alone, never without someone to run up and down the yard with, never without a circle of Love and adoration. Someone to Hop up and down with to go in the Car! Hoppy! Hoppy! Hoppy!

The Blessings we won't see if we don't count our Mixed Blessings, giving us our

Best Blessings!!!!!

YAY JESUS! And the Blessings God, our Father, Gives Us !

Abba, Father,

Help us to see and know and cry out to You

Jesus our Savior

Help us to Love and See Our Blessings

Today

and

Every Day.

All Good Gifts are from You.

Thank You.

Help us this Day and each day

as You dwell in us

and those we Love

to be a Blessing to You

especially of Gratitude.

Thank You for Your Son, Jesus,

Who told us to pray for More of Your Heaven

on earth.

Holy is the Name of Jesus!

You could have said forgive us our sins

and instead said

Forgive us our trespasses.

You are the Almighty Lord of All.

Our Lord God.

Our Father, adopted in Jesus Christ,

Our own Father,

Father to our children

Father to His Children,

Tender and Compassionated

having pity on all

who reverence and have awe.

As far as the east is from the west,

He has removed our transgressions from us.

He knows our frame and is mindful of our frailties.

The Lord takes pleasure in us

those who put their Hope in Him.

Malachi 3

16At that time those who feared the LORD spoke with one another, 

and the LORD listened and heard them. 

So a scroll of remembrance was written before Him 

regarding those who feared the LORD and honored His Name. 

17“They will be Mine,” says the LORD of Hosts, 

“on the day when I prepare My treasured possession. 

And I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him."

We put our Hopes in the Lord!

 

In God's Blessings...

The love of Christ, 

and to know this love that surpasses knowledge, 

that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. 

Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us, 

to Him be the glory in the church 

and in Christ Jesus 

throughout all generations, forever and ever. 

We put our Hope of Blessing upon Jesus

Amen  

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Yay Jesus

Psalm 103 ~ Bless the Lord

 

Since the beginning of time, we all earnestly desire our prayers to go directly to God.

Psalm 103

  

Bless the Lord, O my soul,

    and all that is within me,

    bless His Holy Name!

2 Bless the Lord, O my soul,

    and forget not all His benefits,

3 who forgives all your iniquity,

    who heals all your diseases,

4 who redeems your life from the pit,

    who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy,

5 who satisfies you with good

    so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.

6 The Lord works righteousness

    and justice for all who are oppressed.

7 He made known his ways to Moses,

    his acts to the people of Israel.

8 The Lord is merciful and gracious,

    slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.

9 He will not always chide,

    nor will he keep his anger forever.

10 He does not deal with us according to our sins,

    nor repay us according to our iniquities.

11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth,

    so great is His steadfast love toward those who fear Him;

12 as far as the east is from the west,

    so far does He remove our transgressions from us.

13 As a father shows compassion to His children,

    so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear Him.

14 For He knows our frame;

    He remembers that we are dust.

15 As for man, his days are like grass;

    He flourishes like a flower of the field;

16 for the wind passes over it, and it is gone,

    and its place knows it no more.

But the steadfast love of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting 

on those who fear him,

    and His righteousness to children's children,

18 to those who keep His covenant

    and remember to do His commandments.

The Lord has established His throne in the heavens,

    and 

His kingdom rules over all.

20 Bless the Lord, O you His angels,

    you mighty ones who do His word,

    obeying the voice of His word!

21 Bless the Lord, all His hosts,

    His ministers, who do His will!

22 Bless the Lord, all His works,

    in all places of Hs dominion.

Bless the Lord, O my soul!

We so want our Prayer to be up in Heaven and near Jesus. Father God assures  us in John 14 and 15, He hears us. John's Gospel begins with God hearing Nathaniel under a tree - praying.

John 1 

48 Nathanael said to him, “How do you know me?” 

Jesus answered him, “Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.” 

49 Nathanael answered him, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!” 

50 Jesus answered him, “Because I said to you, ‘I saw you under the fig tree,’ do you believe? You will see greater things than these.” 

51 And he said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending 

and descending on the Son of Man.”

Abba, Father,

Dwell in us,

Give us Your Blessing, we ask.

Let the Joy we have in You

be our Strength.

In Jesus, we want Your help to seek You first.

And we will finish well in Jesus Christ!

For my son Alexander to find employment locally.

For Cal, far away and his safe travel.

For my eye to continue to heal perfectly.

My Covid is better

and to heal each day!

In this day, 

we will make Requests of Jesus.

In the Holy Name of Jesus,

We pray all those who have been

strengthened and encouraged

during the Pandemic

in their faith,

Will Remain in Your Joy and Love.

We Pray for this Nation

and the turbulence we see

we pray for truth.

We pray for Ukraine

and the end of Pandemic.

We pray for Strength.

We pray for our families

not to accept the unacceptable

for their Children.

A Nation protects their Children.

Now to Father God, Who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, 

to Him be glory in the church and 

in Christ Jesus 

throughout all generations, 

forever and ever.

 Amen.

The Mercy of Your Touch, Jesus. Amen.

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Yay Jesus

Psalm 30 ~ You have drawn me UP

 

Psalm 30

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

    and have not let my foes rejoice over me.

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

    and you have healed me.

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

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

4 Sing praises to the Lord, O you his saints,

    and give thanks to his holy name.

5 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.

6 As for me, I said in my prosperity,

    “I shall never be moved.”

7 By your favor, O Lord,

    you made my mountain stand strong;

you hid your face;

    I was dismayed.

8 To you, O Lord, I cry,

    and to the Lord I plead for mercy:

9 “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?

10 Hear, O Lord, and be merciful to me!

    O Lord, be my helper!”

11 You have turned for me my mourning into dancing;

    you have loosed my sackcloth

    and 

clothed me with gladness,

12 that my glory may sing your praise 

and not be silent.

    O Lord my God, 

I will give thanks to You 

forever!

In all our conversations, sometimes we have memories lasting and lasting when we see those conversations in our memories.

And they define us as we process them. With The Lord!

So, here is Poll 3 question, 

"What has been one of your all time favorite Sermons."

One of mine goes back a long time in my childhood, when Father Ted Nelson, Resurrection Episcopal Church, Garland, Texas and Christ Church Anglican, Plano, Texas said, roughly, God is Abba. God is Our Father, God loves us, so completely, He hears all of our words, all our heart. We are invited, and we do, ask God anything. And what happens to all of our prayers? This had struck Ted that week. He'd come home from Church and his son was catching a baseball over and over from the sofa. Ted realized that day, usually his son had a question as he greeted Ted, his own dad.  And Ted realized he was used to seeing his son and he would answer as he got a glass of milk or got them something from the kitchen. Because it was casual.  That day as his son was catching the baseball, it was something his own beloved son wanted pretty badly. And Ted was caught by his son's asking calls.

Ted said we wonder what happens to all of our prayers. Our Father is listening and answering as if He Is Father and Understands more of the questions we have, than we do. Next time we have an answered prayer, remember to rejoice more !!!  

Because we have been listened to by Our Father. He does uphold the Universe and He has invited us to ask and listen for the answer. Decades later, Garth Brooks would sing about this. "Thank God for Unanswered Prayer!"

My Second and Favorite Prayer is by Fr. Stephen Bierschenk, Catholic Priest in Dallas. He gave a Sermon saying if we find we have drifted away in thought during prayer, song, worship or homily, do not castigate yourself dreadfully. Our kind and loving Father will simply hold out His Arms to us, hold us to His Heart, and welcome us back. Just put your thoughts and concerns with Jesus, and rejoin the worship. God loves our conversations. This entire Homily was a delight and has been decades.  God is too Almighty to find our faults and tell us to fortify. John said He is God of Love. Paul found our Father to be God of encouragement.  All the Scripture is about a vulnerable child of God and His Help. He calls Himself Help, Helper and Comforter.

Christmas is an Excellent Time to Just Come Home! 

Abba, Father

Cover us this day in Your Name. The Highest of All Names and we are Blessed.

We will be still and know You are God the Almighty of All.

Cover us in Jesus Christ and we have a Hope and Future. 

We Believe and trust in You.

Cover those we Love and we Live in Love. 

We see glimpses of Heaven.

Cover us in Jesus and we lift our cares to You.

Cover us in Jesus and we are inspired to Live and Love more.

Cover us in Jesus and we tell the truth with mercy.

Cover us in Jesus and we brush off what would cling to us 

and find Joy in Pleasing You.

Cover us in Jesus 

and we want All to Love Jesus.

Cover us in Jesus 

and we Believe Father God will bring the world to salvation 

in Jesus Christ.

Cover us in Jesus 

and we know Tomorrow and Today are in Your Hands.

Cover us in Jesus

 and we find Joy knowing our prayers join the Saints covering the world 

in Prayers for more

of Your Heaven on earth.

Cover us in Jesus and we Believe the Nation Trusting in You 

will be Blessed.

Always pray daily:

Dwell in us, please, Father.

Dwell in those we Love.

Salvation is in Jesus Christ, we ask.

Help us to Seek You First

And we will finish well in Jesus Christ.

Cover us in Jesus 

and we Believe the days to come for ourselves 

and our children and unborn children will live

in Goodness and Steadfast Love 

in the New Covenant of Jesus.

Cover us in Jesus 

and we Believe You are the God of the Impossible.

We ask the Oceans to give moisture to the skies

and rain to pour over the thirsty and parched 

places of Your Good Creation,

Cover us in Your Word, Jesus Christ, 

God's Word made Manifest.

We thank You to answer our prayers. 

The miracles we know.
We ask to Live in Love, Joy and Peace seeking and 

finding Your Kingdom in Heaven 

and on earth in Jesus Christ.

Asking prayers for my dog, no ear infection.

Pray for me in day 6 of Covid.

Doing ok, no fever, pretty tired.

Grateful for the 3 Vaccinations, lessening the effects!

Taking Aspirin!

Blessed be Father God for bringing us Jesus. 

Amen and Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves †

Yay Jesus