John 13:1-20 ~ resumed His Place +

 

 

John 13:1-20

Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.

 
2 During supper, when the devil had already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him,


 
3 Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he had come from God and was going back to God, 4 rose from supper. He laid aside his outer garments, and taking a towel, tied it around his waist. 5 Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples' feet and to wipe them with the towel that was wrapped around him.

6 He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, “Lord, do you wash my feet?” 
 
Jesus answered him, “What I am doing you do not understand now, but afterward you will understand.”

8 Peter said to him, “You shall never wash my feet.”

Jesus answered him, “If I do not wash you, you have no share with me.”

9 Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, not my feet only but also my hands and my head!”

10 Jesus said to him, “The one who has bathed does not need to wash, except for his feet, but is completely clean. And you are clean, but not every one of you.”

11 For he knew who was to betray him; that was why he said, “Not all of you are clean.”




12 When he had washed their feet and put on his outer garments and resumed his place, +

he said to them, “Do you understand what I have done to you?

13 You call me Teacher and Lord, and you are right, for so I am. 14 If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet.

15 For I have given you an example + , that you also should do just as I have done to you. 16 Truly, truly, I say to you,

+ a servant is not greater than his master ,

nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. 17 If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.

 

  18 I am not speaking of all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But the Scripture will be fulfilled, ‘He who ate my bread has lifted his heel against me.’ 19 I am telling you this now, before it takes place, that when it does take place you may believe that I am he.


20 Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever receives the one I send receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me.”





 

Luke 12:35-4

35 “Stay dressed for action and keep your lamps burning,
36 and be like men who are waiting for their master to come home from the wedding feast, so that they may open the door to him at once when he comes and knocks.

37 Blessed are those servants whom the master finds awake when he comes. Truly, I say to you, he will dress himself for service and have them recline at table, and he will come and serve them.

38 If he comes in the second watch, or in the third, and finds them awake, blessed are those servants! 39 But know this, that if the master of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have left his house to be broken into. 40 You also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.”

41 Peter said, “Lord, are you telling this parable for us or for all?” 42 And the Lord said, “Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom his master will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at the proper time?


43 Blessed is that servant whom his master will find so doing when he comes. 44 Truly, I say to you, he will set him over all his possessions. 45 But if that servant says to himself, ‘My master is delayed in coming,’ and begins to beat the male and female servants, and to eat and drink and get drunk, 46 the master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know, and will cut him in pieces and put him with the unfaithful. 

47 And that servant who knew his master's will but did not get ready or act according to his will, will receive a severe beating. 48 But the one who did not know, and did what deserved a beating, will receive a light beating. Everyone to whom much was given, of him much will be required, and from him to whom they entrusted much, they will demand the more.



Jesus is Mary's Son.

“My soul magnifies the Lord,
and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,
for he has looked on the humble estate of his servant.
For behold, from now on all generations will call me blessed;
for he who is mighty has done great things for me,
and holy is his name.
And his mercy is for those who fear him
from generation to generation.

He has shown strength with his arm;
he has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts;
he has brought down the mighty from their thrones
and exalted those of humble estate;
he has filled the hungry with good things.

And if you are not a tidy person, if your brain is wired to be slightly messy, perhaps you say to yourself,"I need my act together before I can come near to Jesus and Father Mighty God." Reverence of God is a beautiful thing. Yet, all 4 Gospels truly, truly, with sincerity of Father God tell us, The Father Almighty sees we organize ourselves differently. All of the Gospel authors arrange the way they have come to God - a little differently.


John, personally, melts my heart. John the Loyal. John the Loving. John so overcome with Jesus, John knows, Jesus is not going away. John, gift of God. Gift of God. Gift of God.



John 20 ties in John 13, Jesus the prepared servant, even straightening up after He washes His Disciples' feet. The Son of Mary. The Chosen Son of Joseph, who needed his tools in the proper place to make plows, yokes, decorative items, beautiful things. Jesus is deliberate as a servant as He shows them His servanthood to wash feet. Perhaps why the face cloth was folded in by itself and the disciple BELIEVED.

John 20
 Both of them were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. ⁵ And stooping to look in, he saw the linen cloths lying there, but he did not go in. ⁶ Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb. He saw the linen cloths lying there, ⁷ and the face cloth, which had been on Jesus'^[a] head, not lying with the linen cloths but folded up in a place by itself. ⁸ Then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed

 

 


Pastor Jeremiah Morris, of Houston's 7 Mile Road Church  (Road to Emmaus - our hearts were indeed warmed!) was at HopePointe for a 2 day series - he has a Wonder, a Sign of God, an Astonishment, A Gift of God ~ Jeremiah has a Book of Acts, God given ability, opening The Door during a one to  one person Bible Study of John and  - there a heart is opened to Jesus. The Gift Jesus Is. The Salvation of Jesus. To have souls Live. To reach out and say, "Jesus is God, live in my soul, welcome Lord Jesus."

This Jeremiah Morris Ministry -
Astonishing to reach out like the Way Father God arranged the family and ancestry of Jesus. Ruddy people who used to pray to the Angel of Death. Investment Bankers who wanted to own yachts, are invited to a Vastly more Glorious Way, Truth, Life of Jesus. PhD's. Tattoos who don't want to read. All find the door opens to the Community of Faith. Jesus changes hearts and lives.

What would we see in John's Gospel of Jesus?

Albert Einstein said, “As a child I received instruction both in the Bible and in the Talmud. I am a Jew, but I am enthralled by the luminous figure of the Nazarene . . . . No one can read the Gospels without feeling the actual presence of Jesus. His personality pulsates in every word. No myth is filled with such life. Jesus is too colossal for the pen of phrase-mongers, however artful. No man can dispose of Christianity with a bon mot.”

Why aren't all tidy as the servanthood of this Passage? The people of the Bible are all messy. The Gift of God cannot be earned. Only Sincere Thanksgiving is something not given to us first by Our Father. A Precious Gift. Jesus. A Son. Innocent and Pure. Of God. Born in difficulty like a Parable, we are Welcome to the Feast of God's Richest Blessing - Forgiveness.

Ephesians 2:8

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God

Father God,
We are Today, the Children of God in this part of time, this Generation.

When I am poor and feeble, persecuted and vulnerable, Yeshua conquered me, and with the New Man You are helping me, You deliver me from self with Your great love, You cherishes me.

Father, You are God of All Things and the Light in mankind. Jesus is the completion and fulfillment of Your Promises to me. Help those I love and the people You have given me.

Help me to be Love. With hands to help others. Feet to hasten to the poor and needy. Eyes to see misery and want. Ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. We are not Jesus the Lord. In what is placed in our lives, we lift up in Joyous Expectations that Creation Waits and Jesus is Alive.

Since we are not God, and we cannot do good to all, we will pay special attention to those who, by the accidents of God in time, place, or circumstances, are brought into closer connection with us.

We will remember to Pray for the people of this Nation and the World Jesus wants to save, with Expectation in all we hear of the Holy Spirit and His willingness. All who call upon Jesus - are saved and covered in His Name. Rejoice for Jesus is Alive. Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves †

Isaiah 25 ~ The Lord has spoken!

The LORD, the LORD, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness!

Isaiah 25

O Lord, you are my God;
I will exalt you; I will praise Your Name,
for You have done wonderful things,
plans formed of old, faithful and sure.

For You have made the city a heap,
the fortified city a ruin;
the foreigners' palace is a city no more;
it will never be rebuilt.

Therefore strong peoples will glorify You!
Cities of ruthless nations will fear you.


For You have been a stronghold to the poor,
a stronghold to the needy in his distress,
a shelter from the storm and a shade from the heat;
for the breath of the ruthless is like a storm against a wall,
like heat in a dry place.
You subdue the noise of the foreigners;
as heat by the shade of a cloud,
so the song of the ruthless is put down.

On this mountain the Lord of Hosts will make for all peoples
a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wine,
of rich food full of marrow, of aged wine well refined.


And He will swallow up on this mountain
the covering that is cast over all peoples,
the veil that is spread over all nations.

He will swallow up death forever;
and the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces,
and the reproach of His people He will take away from all the earth,
for the Lord has spoken!

It will be said on that day,
“Behold, this is our God;
we have waited for Him,
that he might save us!
This is the Lord; we have waited for him;
let us be glad and rejoice in His salvation!”

For the hand of the Lord will rest on this mountain,
and Moab shall be trampled down in his place,
as straw is trampled down in a dunghill.

And He will spread out His Hands in the midst of it
as a swimmer spreads His hands out to swim,
but the Lord will lay low
his pompous pride together
with the skill of His Hands.

And the high fortifications of his walls He will bring down,
lay low, and cast to the ground, to the dust.



Our Father God. Wants for His Children - you His Child - the Child of the Most High God, saved by Christ Jesus The Lord - to be - Strong!


The Promises of Jesus Christ, when we Trust in Jesus Christ:

Hebrews 6:18
That by two unchangeable things,
in which it is impossible for God to lie,
we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us.

Wonderful things, plans formed of old, faithful and sure
Strong People Glorify God, leaning into the surety of His Very Word.


In walking with Faith, He bestows His gifts today.

Proverbs tells us of God's Longing to give us Strength: 

Proverbs 27:17,18

17 Iron sharpens iron, So one man sharpens another.
18 He who tends the fig tree will eat its fruit, And he who cares for his master will be honored

2 Samuel 3:1
David grew stronger and stronger

2 Samuel 5:10
And David became greater and greater, for the LORD, the God of hosts, was with him.

Father God had used the hardships of David, and David had understood His shelter and had believed God.

Mary understood how difficult life was going to be. Saying let this be to the Glory of God. "for the Mighty One has done great things for me— Holy is His Name."

Hebrews 6:19
We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure.


1 Timothy 6:11-14
As for you, O man of God, flee these things. Pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness. Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called and about which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.

I charge you in the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who in his testimony before Pontius Pilate made the good confession, to keep the commandments


James 1:1-27
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes in the Dispersion: Greetings. Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.

2 Corinthians 4:16
So we do not lose heart!

Psalm 27:13
I believe that I shall look upon the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living!




Father God,
You are a Stronghold to the poor of health, heart, spirit, finances
a shelter from the storms of life
and a shade from the heat of poor self esteem, criticism or reproach.

In telling us of the Feast in Jesus Christ. We find the Table of Lord God, our You, Our Father has Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Comfort and is a Strong Help in times of need. The Table of the Lord God is where You long to enfold us in Your arms, a chick gathers her young.

In Heaven, You will complete us and we will be filled with all the Goodness of You.

Today we celebrate You, Father God, for wanting our faith to be strong. You do not change Your mind. You Promise and Fulfill.

When we Trust in You, You poor out blessings. Hope does not put us to shame, because Your love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.

Jesus Christ, You are faithful as the Son over God's house. And we are Your house, and we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope in which we glory. Eternity always and today.

Father God, we praise you because You wanted to make the unchanging nature of You purpose very clear to the heirs of what was promised, You have confirmed it with an oath.

Cover us in Your Name. Amen Jesus.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves †

Romans 8:26 ~ the Spirit himself intercedes for us

How many times daily are you willing to talk to Father God?


Romans 8:26
Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.


How glad is Father God, Jesus our Hero and the Holy Spirit to hear from - you?


John 17
~ they may have the full measure of my joy within them
~ the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me


What shall we pray about other than our concerns and the ones we love? St Augustine said we are not God and the people within our lives, are the people we should care for, with extra care of a Shepherd, because Jesus lives within us. Greater is He within us, than the influences the world casts about.


A good list is - the people we see where we live, shop and work. Their cares.

Praying with the neighbor, who in passing, tells you of a heavy heart. Caring for them, not embarrassing them, and sharing that concern with Jesus and His Father, who uphold the Universe with His Word.

Praying for the man who would call you, to share his family pregnancy concern. Knowing what a Father would say to his son in all earnestness. Seeing that conversation and knowing His Love enables Him to be frank. Getting caught in the cross exchange of His Words and knowing the depth of the Father's Love for the entire family. Praying for peace in that family. Feeling a lot of concern all around. Seeing and hearing of tears.

Prayer - for the houses we see in our neighborhood in less than pristine shape for the cares pressing upon them. Praying for the widow, who suddenly draws her blinds when the windows were open before. Rejoicing in seeing neighbors gather to raise each other up in fellowship. Praying for the long term widow, 5 blocks away, for 10 years, never seen, who reportedly cared for her wealthy late husband for a number of years and now the house is quiet, knowing she works long hours to pass the days. We ask for her to have more Life in Jesus. A boyfriend, a Church and Joy. Rejoicing when company comes to see her. Praying for the house where the woman survived cancer so easily. Rejoicing in His Grace.


We have opportunities to pray all around us.

What is important to pray with is - JOY!


When we pray, we do not offer up prayer with an air of a house that needs vacuuming. We lift our cares up to the Father of All. Daniel and Paul in Ephesians tell us - Father God names us. He has our names written on His Hand. Isn't that Good News for the tattoo crowd? I'd imagine the Father of All putting His Throne surrounded with Emerald Green, with His beloved Seraphim flying right there - has a better Tattoo than anyone else - His probably lights up as gold as the roads of His Kingdom.

Praying with Joy for the married couple who prayed for me at the Houston Aglow Seminar of Valentine's last year. Knowing profound blessing and love leads to Heaven's continuation of earnest prayers given.

Praying for those who do not ever or rarely please us - that they are blessed far away! Praying that those we want to heal with us this - When mankind loves the Lord - even enemies are at peace - on this Path of His.

Even Blessing People who let you in in traffic. We would be astonished  people do pray like this in our generation - (where we don't answer Christ following questions with an answer of a denominational name!). Next time you see a cross or a fish sticker - pray for the Brother or Sister. 80% of our population prays and expects an answer. 70% are pretty regular pray-ers.

Praying mercy upon the ill and those who suffer - to have the New Wind of His Joy and Hope in Faith and Love.

Expectation our Joy in His Strength is fulfilled. Our prayers, we see in people telling of their prayers, meet theirs and come before Our Father. Seeing in His Joy - the elderly widow has a new boyfriend - who surprisingly mows her grass.

Because we do not serve a God who is distant. We seek Him - we find Jesus. Father God has said this since Jacob was young. And, today, still finds His Creation as Good.

Genesis 28:15
I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.

Mark 11:24
Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.


Father God,
We know we will have confidence to approach You. In Jesus, being covered in His Name.

We ask You to Pray with us in Your Righteousness. Forgiving us our flaws, weaknesses and sin. Righteousness is given through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe.

Cover us, the ones we love, the People You have given us, our cares with the Name of Jesus and we will rest secure in You. For the Nation and all the concerns of the People who call upon Jesus and we will agree together. Father, increase all Hearts open to You. Awaken our Joy in You and our hope, faith and Love. Welcome.

Amen. Jesus is Lord. Alleluia!

♔ Lord Jesus Saves †

1 Corinthians 1:30 ~ our righteousness, holiness and redemption

1 Corinthians 1:30

It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption.

Being Pro-life, I have heard 3.5 years of Planned Parenthood stories. Reddit has a story today:


Deborah Netburn Contact Reporter
http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-planned-parenthood-texas-births-20160203-story.html


The state of Texas’ sustained campaign against Planned Parenthood and other family planning clinics affiliated with abortion providers appears to have led to an increase in births among low-income women who lost access to affordable and effective birth control, a new study says.

The researchers, from the Population Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin, say their findings offer a sneak peek of what may happen in other states that have cut funding to Planned Parenthood.

The study doesn’t prove that the change in Texas policy was directly responsible for the increase in births, the researchers noted. But after making it more difficult for women to get safe, reliable birth control, women switched to less reliable contraceptive methods, or skipped them altogether. The result is dozens of additional babies born to some of the thousands of women who had been served by the shuttered clinics.


Yesterday, I took a Judith MacNutt class on healing miscarriage and abortion. I've volunteered in this area for 3 and a half years.

Bias?
I have one.
I have listened to people surviving a decision to abort.And not being happy at all about abortion. Planned Parenthood has no plan. No Plan - for recovery of this dramatic event. Planned Parenthood told several of the ladies I talked to this: "The ladies would have a miscarriage anyway because of the crisis. Let P P help them to have that abortion."


This is so circular.
The article states the study "doesn't prove the change is directly responsible for more births." And goes on to say this is ... responsible. Truth. Stand in the Truth.

Planned Parenthood says the pregnancy (a human bean) IS about to end in miscarriage from crisis and says abortion is needed? Parts bring in money, evidently. We need Truth.

Let's follow up this study.
So - - -  it's ok if wealthy women have babies?
We love the underprivileged so much, we want their children to die?
WOW! Talk about Health "Care".

I prefer "Care" with my health.

Have you ever noticed people 20 years old are generally not the wealthy???

Let's Do Follow up this study.
The Way, the Truth, the Life.
Wall Street Journal.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-birthrate-hits-turning-point-1434513662

Six years after the recession ended, the nation’s birthrate has begun to climb again.

For every 1,000 women of childbearing age last year, there were 62.9 births, up from 62.5 births in 2013, according to data released Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That is the first increase since 2007, when the recession began.

The nation’s total fertility rate—a statistical measure of how many children each woman is likely to have over her lifetime—also rose slightly, to 1.862 children, from 1.858. That remains below the 2.1 children needed to keep the U.S. population stable, not counting immigration. 

Pro Choice?
Is not Life.

Life!!! 

Applaud babies!

Psalm 139

13 For you formed my inward parts;

you knitted me together in my mother’s womb.

14 I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.a

Wonderful are your works;

my soul knows it very well.

15 My frame was not hidden from you,

when I was being made in secret,

intricately woven in the depths of the earth.

16 Your eyes saw my unformed substance;

in your book were written, every one of them,

the days that were formed for me,

when as yet there was none of them.

17 How precious to me are your thoughts, O God!

How vast is the sum of them!

18 If I would count them, they are more than the sand.

I awake, and I am still with you.

Father God,

In Life, You are there. We pray for an increase in Love, Joy, Peace and creation in Marriage.
We give You thanks for the creation of Marriage early in the Word of God.

Let us not fight old battles, when new information requires new ideas.

We ask the facts are known abortion is very low, but Chemical abortion is on the increase. We ask that You would bless us with good entertainment and movies teaching us to plan our lives along Your Path.

Jesus has told us of His willingness to be part of this life, the way life is, with Joy.

Increase our goodness, our light of Christ shining in all of mankind, for the blessing of those we love, the people You've given us, Churches, work places were justice would flow like water, diligence, gratitude, and our states see Justice and Mercy clearly. We pray for the police situation and give thanks for the videos, where police release the videos. Justice for all. For this Nation and in Our God, a prayer for His Blessings. For the People of the World seeking Him - Blessings. Wise people still seek our Father God. Amen in our Savior's Name. Jesus.

John 1:4

In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves †

Psalm 104 ~ May the glory of the Lord endure forever

 

The Temple was Built For Jesus Christ the Lord

Psalm 104

1 Praise the Lord, my soul.

Lord my God, you are very great;
you are clothed with splendor and majesty.

2 The Lord wraps himself in light as with a garment;
he stretches out the heavens like a tent
3 and lays the beams of his upper chambers on their waters.

He makes the clouds his chariot
and rides on the wings of the wind.
4 He makes winds his messengers,
flames of fire his servants.

5 He set the earth on its foundations;
it can never be moved.
6 You covered it with the watery depths as with a garment;
the waters stood above the mountains.

7 But at your rebuke the waters fled,
at the sound of your thunder they took to flight;
8 they flowed over the mountains,
they went down into the valleys,
to the place you assigned for them.

9 You set a boundary they cannot cross;
never again will they cover the earth.

10 He makes springs pour water into the ravines;
it flows between the mountains.
11 They give water to all the beasts of the field;
the wild donkeys quench their thirst.

12 The birds of the sky nest by the waters;
they sing among the branches.


13 He waters the mountains from his upper chambers;
the land is satisfied by the fruit of his work.

14 He makes grass grow for the cattle,
and plants for people to cultivate—
bringing forth food from the earth:
15 wine that gladdens human hearts,
oil to make their faces shine,
and bread that sustains their hearts.

16 The trees of the Lord are well watered,
the cedars of Lebanon that he planted.
17 There the birds make their nests;
the stork has its home in the junipers.
18 The high mountains belong to the wild goats;
the crags are a refuge for the hyrax.

19 He made the moon to mark the seasons,
and the sun knows when to go down.
20 You bring darkness, it becomes night,
and all the beasts of the forest prowl.
21 The lions roar for their prey
and seek their food from God.
22 The sun rises, and they steal away;
they return and lie down in their dens.
23 Then people go out to their work,
to their labor until evening.

 24 How many are your works, Lord!
In wisdom you made them all;
the earth is full of your creatures.
25 There is the sea, vast and spacious,
teeming with creatures beyond number—
living things both large and small.
26 There the ships go to and fro,
and Leviathan, which you formed to frolic there.

27 All creatures look to you
to give them their food at the proper time.
28 When you give it to them,
they gather it up;
when you open your hand,
they are satisfied with good things.
29 When you hide your face,
they are terrified;
when you take away their breath,
they die and return to the dust.
30 When you send your Spirit,
they are created,
and you renew the face of the ground.

31 May the glory of the Lord endure forever;
may the Lord rejoice in his works—
32 he who looks at the earth, and it trembles,
who touches the mountains, and they smoke.

33 I will sing to the Lord all my life;
I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.
34 May my meditation be pleasing to him,
as I rejoice in the Lord.
35 But may sinners vanish from the earth
and the wicked be no more.

Praise the Lord, my soul!

Praise the Lord!

Jeremiah arrived to tear down or build up?

Jeremiah 1:1-10

1 The words of Jeremiah, the son of Hilkiah, one of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, 2 to whom the word of the Lord came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign. 3 It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, and until the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the captivity of Jerusalem in the fifth month.


4 Now the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

5 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,
and before you were born I consecrated you;
I appointed you a prophet to the nations.”

6 Then I said, “Ah, Lord God! Behold, I do not know how to speak, for I am only a youth.” 

But the Lord said to me,

“Do not say, ‘I am only a youth’;
for to all to whom I send you, you shall go,
and whatever I command you, you shall speak.
8 Do not be afraid of them,
for I am with you to deliver you,
declares the Lord.”

9 Then the Lord put out his hand and touched my mouth. And the Lord said to me,

“Behold, I have put my words in your mouth.
10 See, I have set you this day over nations and over kingdoms,
to pluck up and to break down,
to destroy and to overthrow,
to build and to plant.”

No one would have ever have taken up the career of Jeremiah willingly.
Except...God - is the foundation of Jeremiah.
A man of God with a desire to please Father God - a message of a hope and a future.

Abraham also believed God and went traveling far from all he knew. Without a computer, a map or even a compass. He just went forth into the Plan of God. Abraham became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith. God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared for them a Kingdom of Jesus.

Hebrews 11
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. 2 For by it the people of old received their commendation. 3 By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible.

32 And what more shall I say? For time would fail me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets— 33 who through faith conquered kingdoms, enforced justice, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, 34 quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, were made strong out of weakness, became mighty in war, put foreign armies to flight. 35 Women received back their dead by resurrection. Some were tortured, refusing to accept release, so that they might rise again to a better life. 36 Others suffered mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment. 37 They were stoned, they were sawn in two, they were killed with the sword. They went about in skins of sheep and goats, destitute, afflicted, mistreated— 38 of whom the world was not worthy—wandering about in deserts and mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.

39 And all these, though commended through their faith, did not receive what was promised, 40 since 
God had provided something better for us, 
that apart from us 
they should not be made perfect.

Father God,
Nothing in this life could be greater that Salvation.
You would have us to live with us where You Live, Move and Have Your Being.

Nothing we could ever do or say could ever repay the Gift of Jesus.
You opened up Your arms to us. And made the Victory.
You are Unblemished, Holy, Completely Loving.
You are Love.

Apart from You, Father God - we will not be made perfect.
I have seen my Grandmother Elliott in Heaven and I understand Thee
to fill us with the fulfillment of You, God. You, as Father, have wiped every tear from their eyes. No more death, mourning. crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away. The dwelling place of mankind is with Father God.

My cup runneth over. Goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, as I will pray for my loved ones and the people You have given me all my days in Expectation of You. You have willingly answered to Glory what my Grandmother Anita prayed for and shown her faith which in turn fed the next generations. Thank You.  I bless You and Thank You Father. All of mankind will bow and call upon You in Faith, You have said.

Dwell within us Father God and we will see more Heaven and Your Good will done upon this earth. Amen in Jesus.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves †