Luke 2 ~ The Shepherds

 

What happened in that field.


Luke 2

The shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.”

16 So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. 17 When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, 18 and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them. 19 But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. 20 The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.

Abba,

For my blessing, Abba for your blessing, Abba gives us Jesus for our blessing.

Giving thanks to the LORD, for He is good, for His Steadfast Love endures forever.

We give thanks for Jesus Christ. 33 years Jesus gave us grace upon grace. Jesus our comfort with grace and truth daily. Yesterday, today and tomorrow.

Giving thanks to the LORD, for He is good, for His Steadfast Love endures forever.

Genesis 1:2 And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters Father God planned for the Holy Spirit to live within believers and have talks in the Garden of our soul. A Day to God is Thousands of years.

Giving thanks to the LORD, for He is good, for His Steadfast Love endures forever.

Moses Deuteronomy 18:18 He will tell them everything I command him. Jesus is God's Plan. 1500 B.C.

Giving thanks to the LORD, for He is good, for His Steadfast Love endures forever.

Isaiah 700 B.C. Isaiah 9:6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given

Giving thanks to the LORD, for He is good, for His Steadfast Love endures forever.

The Exodus an instant miracle. 40 years Moses was a Shepherd, 40 years Joshua Loved and served. And in 1000 B.C David secured the tribal lands of the Tribe of Judah.

Giving thanks to the LORD, for He is good, for His Steadfast Love endures forever.

Mary waited for her family to unite. Acts 1. 33 years. Even Jesus waited for His Loved ones.

Giving thanks to the LORD, for He is good, for His Steadfast Love endures forever.

Days may come. The Second Law of Thermodynamics tells us every single part of this universe is in decay.

Giving thanks to the LORD, for He is good, for His Steadfast Love endures forever.

Peter asked to walk with Jesus. And immediately, as he drowned, Jesus gave His Hand and lifted him. Peter knew the Words of Life are with Jesus.

Giving thanks to the LORD, for He is good, for His Steadfast Love endures forever.

Jesus overcomes. Jesus is the way, truth and Life. Jesus is our hope, faith and Love.

Giving thanks to the LORD, for He is good, for His Steadfast Love endures forever.

We thank You for the Truth of Your Word. To read Your Word and find the truth warming our

souls.

Giving thanks to the LORD, for He is good, for His Steadfast Love endures forever.

Give Thanks to Jesus.

Jesus Christ is Good and covers us with His Life and Name.

Jesus Christ is Steadfast Love and Jesus endures Forever.

Thanks be unto our Father God, for the Holy Spirit, given to us.

Thanks be for Jesus Christ, God's only Son, our Lord and Savior.

All of God's Children, we pray receive His Steadfast Love and know His Tender Mercy.

Amen in Jesus.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves †

John 1:1-18 ~ His Glory

John 1:1-18

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4 In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.


9 The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. 11 He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. 12 Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— 13 children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.

14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.

16 Out of his fullness we have all received grace in place of grace already given. 17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18 No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.

Isaiah 61

The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me,
because the Lord has anointed me
to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim freedom for the captives
and release from darkness for the prisoners,
2 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor
and the day of vengeance of our God,
to comfort all who mourn,
3 and provide for those who grieve in Zion—
to bestow on them a crown of beauty
instead of ashes,
the oil of joy
instead of mourning,
and a garment of praise
instead of a spirit of despair.

They will be called oaks of righteousness,
a planting of the Lord
for the display of his splendor.

4 They will rebuild the ancient ruins
and restore the places long devastated;
they will renew the ruined cities
that have been devastated for generations.

5 Strangers will shepherd your flocks;
foreigners will work your fields and vineyards.
6 And you will be called priests of the Lord,
you will be named ministers of our God.
You will feed on the wealth of nations,
and in their riches you will boast.

7 Instead of your shame
you will receive a double portion,
and instead of disgrace
you will rejoice in your inheritance.
And so you will inherit a double portion in your land,
and everlasting joy will be yours.

8 “For I, the Lord, love justice;
I hate robbery and wrongdoing.
In my faithfulness I will reward my people
and make an everlasting covenant with them.
9 Their descendants will be known among the nations
and their offspring among the peoples.
All who see them will acknowledge
that they are a people the Lord has blessed.”

10 I delight greatly in the Lord;
my soul rejoices in my God.

For he has clothed me with garments of salvation
and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness

as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest,
and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
11 For as the soil makes the sprout come up
and a garden causes seeds to grow,

So the Sovereign Lord will make righteousness
and praise spring up before all nations.

John 20:29
Then Jesus told him, "Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed."

We sat with friends from Church and spoke of meaningful Christmases past. And some of our most vivid memories went back to the early part of the last century. Grandparents departed to Heavenly Home leaving memories of goodness and love. And Church Services. Where peace and contentment catch up with our eternal beings to create contact with God.

This is an out reach time of year for Churches. To create a peaceful time. To add to peace. Making a narrow path to God.

Don't miss out on Church. This Season has a Lot of Hope. We Expect Jesus. Faith, Hope and Love. Let the Love Father God has for you fill your heart.

God help us to fill those we love with renewed hope for years ahead filled with love. We ask in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.



Abba,

We Bless You, Father, You have Blessed us. Give us the Blessing to see and live in these Blessings.

Holy Spirit Live in our heart as we Live God's Good Will - we do have the God's Word - always, every day, each and every time we ask You, Father God, prayerfully to Know God's Love is effective.

We thank You, Father God for Your mercies. What makes life hard one day - is not difficult the next day. Your mercies renew, revise, restrengthen us for Your Plan. You are the Father of all of us.

We will stake our claim upon all of the research on prayer saying how much prayer changes life. And agree fervently. We will stay within understanding of God is God and we are His. And agree His Good Will is Good Will.

We will examine every day of our lives for what we see as God's Love and Care and be grateful. We will know we are in process and be in care of the tenderness of one another.

We will Abide in God as Father and Lord of All. And always earnestly pray for ourselves as we really are, for the people we Love, to see God's Blessings of Love, praying for the people He gives us and doing the hard work to bless them, asking God to sort out the Blessings to cover us all, only a God task. We will know our prayers make a difference and we pray for work places, we pray for our cities, our communities, our Churches. We pray for the Nation with Love and shine God's Love and on the praying and Jesus Loving people surrounding our earth with more Jesus, more Holy Spirit and more Abba.

We thank You, Abba. You Bless us. Amen in Jesus.

 ♔ Lord Jesus Saves †

Psalm 104 ~ Send forth Your Spirit

Oh, the places Father God has allowed mankind to go. We do not know 'exactly' how many planets are in this solar system. We do know, we have seen things in our lifetime, the other generations have not. And we know Jesus did see these with Father God and the Holy Spirit. Father God has spoken Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, "It is Good."

When we read John 2

25 Jesus did not need any testimony about mankind, for he knew what was in each person.

We know Father God has looked at all of us, all of mankind, and decided to save the world in Jesus Christ. As we are, God has seen us.

We know, today, the Lightning of the earth is connected. As if the magnetosphere is panty hose connected around the planet and pings from the Sun and solar flares. And yet, we do not know the store house of God's Will for this display of His Word.

Psalm 104

1 Bless the LORD, O my soul! O LORD my God, you are very great!

John's 21 Chapters are all about the Glory of God's Only Son and do not use the Greek word "Dynamis" Power, instead John uses "dynatia" powerless. God sent His Son - The Father of All - Creator of the Universe - sent us Jesus. Grace upon Grace.

Jesus walked among the powerless and found among us "Joy." God has told us in all our situations - He has also lived and found Goodness.

Jesus told us of seeds and situations - then, instead of just speaking the Beautiful Words - He Lived and died and rose.

Jesus rose to serve breakfast and be asked about His choices and saw the Disciples bicker. Jesus then chose to be the Risen God who walked to Emmaus with amazing grumblers. Astounding. And He chose to spend time with 500 from the Multitudes.

Jesus saw John the Baptist be killed by petty power and sat with His People of 5,000 by the Shining Sea of Galilee. And being God - this meal has fed us for 2,000 years. Not just 5,000 people. Jesus doesn't use the word Power because we are 'shone' to seek God  and to love and believe our Father God.

You are clothed with splendor and majesty,

2 covering yourself with light as with a garment,

stretching out the heavens like a tent.

3 He lays the beams of his chambers on the waters;

he makes the clouds his chariot;

he rides on the wings of the wind;

4 he makes his messengers winds,

his ministers a flaming fire.

5 He set the earth on its foundations, so that it should never be moved.

6 You covered it with the deep as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.

7 At your rebuke they fled; at the sound of your thunder they took to flight.

8 The mountains rose, the valleys sank down to the place that you appointed for them.

9 You set a boundary that they may not pass, so that they might not again cover the earth.

10 You make springs gush forth in the valleys; they flow between the hills

11 they give drink to every beast of the field; the wild donkeys quench their thirst.

12 Beside them the birds of the heavens dwell; they sing among the branches.

13 From your lofty abode you water the mountains; the earth is satisfied with the fruit of your work.

14 You cause the grass to grow for the livestock and plants for man to cultivate, that he may bring forth food from the earth

15 and wine to gladden the heart of man, oil to make his face shine and bread to strengthen man's heart.

16 The trees of the LORD are watered abundantly, the cedars of Lebanon that he planted.

17 In them the birds build their nests; the stork has her home in the fir trees.

18 The high mountains are for the wild goats; the rocks are a refuge for the rock badgers. 19 He made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows its time for setting. 20 You make darkness, and it is night, when all the beasts of the forest creep about.

21 The young lions roar for their prey, seeking their food from God.

22 When the sun rises, they steal away and lie down in their dens.

23 Man goes out to his work and to his labor until the evening.

24 O LORD, how manifold are your works!

In wisdom have you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures.

25 Here is the sea, great and wide, which teems with creatures innumerable, living things both small and great. 

26 There go the ships, and Leviathan, which you formed to play in it.
27 These all look to you, to give them their food in due season.
28 When you give it to them, they gather it up; when you open your hand,
they are filled with good things.


29 When you hide your face, they are dismayed; when you take away their breath, they die and return to their dust.

30 When you send forth 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 who looks on the earth and it trembles,

who touches the mountains and they smoke!

33 I will sing to the LORD as long as I live;

I will sing praise to my God while I have being.

34 May my meditation be pleasing to him, for I rejoice in the LORD.
35 Let sinners be consumed from the earth, and let the wicked be no more!

Bless the LORD, O my soul! Praise the LORD!

Abba, Father,

Live in our hearts
Help us honor Christ the Lord as holy

With you we will always being prepared to make a defense
for a reason for the hope that is in our soul, mind, heart

And with Jesus we will do this with gentleness and respect

With Your gift of the Holy Spirit in Jesus' Name, having a good conscience
give us good behavior in Christ Jesus.



Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth,
for the Lord has spoken,
The Lord God our Father gives us His Words.
The Word of God is Sure and Faithful.

Because of the Tender Love of the Most High
we will not cease to pray for our Loved ones,
for the people You have given us,
for the faithful prayers of all Your Beloved Children
surrounding Your Good earth
asking that You, Abba, may be fill us with the knowledge of Your will
in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,
Blessed, Blessed, Blessed be the Name Jesus
Living God reign in us always.
Thank You.
Amen.

 ♔ Lord Jesus Saves †

Colossians 1:9-14 ~ We have Not Ceased to Pray for You!!!

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Colossians 1:9-14

And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, ¹⁰ so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God.

 ¹¹ May you be strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy, ¹² giving thanks [patience, with joy giving thanks] to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light. 

 ¹³ He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, ¹⁴ in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.  

One of the striking things about the New Testament is the fervor the disciples prayed for the people they met in their travels.  If you count the times that Paul  told of the Love he had for the people he spoke of to Christ, this is a Jesus Holy Spirit Love.

Of course, Jesus tells us He is working and His Father is working today. The Holy Spirit bares witness that the sighs of our spirit are the unceasing prayer of our advocate, God's Son.

Pray for family and friends. Usually it is one word will do and an image. Jesus holding the person - the light from their soul radiates. Really God understands this prayer. 

The Name of Jesus is better than all words put together.

How could we grow presence of God - His Holy Spirit
~ Look to Jesus and pray
- to give thanks.
- in your kindness, and in  love. For if these qualities are yours, and are increasing, you are useful and fruitful in our Lord Jesus Christ.

Mostly - The Lord will rescue us from every evil and will bring us safely to His Heavenly Kingdom. For His glory for ever and ever. Amen.

Father God,

Jesus Bless us, we ask:
Jesus Bless us and Keep us
Jesus make His Face Shine upon us
Jesus be gracious to us as always.
Jesus lift His Face and smile upon us,
Jesus give us Peace.
His Peace.
Jesus cover us in His Highest Name.
Jesus Bless us always we pray:
Jesus, please, for ourselves,
Jesus, please, our Loved ones,
Jesus, please, our Communities,
Jesus, please, our neighborhoods,
Jesus, please, our city and county,
Jesus, please, the People You have Given us.
Jesus, please, the Nation.
Jesus, please, strengthen the world asking and praying with You in Abba.
Increasing the Peace of the Believing world - Light of Christ spilling to all.
Joy in our daily Life believing the Word and Promises of You.
We Thank You. Amen.

 ♔ Lord Jesus Saves †