Philippians 4:4-7 ~ Peace of God

Philippians 4:4-7

4 Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice.

5 Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand; 6 do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

How are we going to deal with "The Peace that Passes All Understanding" Today???

And I took a class on Evangelism. Telling us only tell about Jesus for the pure Joy to tell about Loving Jesus. Effectively.

So... Then I wanted to kick this out there and to this end... I met a young woman who told me she had been raised with Religion and wanted none of this. Her best friend is a Pastor's wife. She smiles. The light of her face is really shines. I just found I liked her and I wanted to tell her about Jesus.

And Baby, I rammed Jesus right down her throat and wiggled on her tonsils. I told my friend, who said, "Man, that one is not coming back." Well. She is. She was really gracious and said that made sense.

This the True Challenge to what our culture is seeing.

Not something exactly new, but our younger people do not see a reason

to follow the Faith of the Fathers.

Surely, not a new concept even to the last generation, which had the aftermath of World War II simply quit Church.

We have to have empathy, people find the possibility of Peace as positively the pod of "The Invasion of the Body Snatchers." As if we would all be preparing to die grinning like hyenas.

Really... we need to think upon this...

If Scripture is going to follow us around and bother us - and you are faithful - this one about "The Peace that passes all understanding" might do that. I've seen a woman with serious cancer cry because she is worried and Jesus would be so disappointed with her to be afraid. When Reverend Francis MacNutt talks about the miraculous healing of people he has witnessed, he tells us Father God is so gentle when we are healed, and in this Father God is like the mother of a foal trying out new legs. Reverend Francis MacNutt is a Harvard man.

The person who is healed becomes ginger and gangling trying to see if the miracle is permanent. Finding Father God delights with them in their amazement and joy in His Generous,  Loving Miracle.

This is what the group walking with Jesus saw in the Jesus they threw down their lives to follow:

Mark 10:32

They were now on the way up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead of them. The disciples were filled with awe

Christian radio has a song proclaiming we really believe Jesus has a gavel in His Hand. Many times in Scripture the word "Yar" is used, meaning  "reverence" and not fear

 Peace Passing ALL Understanding leading to a Blessing of Life Abundant.

Now, today, IF we want to tell about Jesus'

Love, Joy, Comfort and Plan

WHY? To encourage us to come home, and to tell the NEXT Generation to make them WANT To Know Jesus.

We have to understand that basic knowledge of Christianity says this:

We meet people who sincerely do not want to smile all the time like Homer Simpson's Neighbor. They want to look like they have a clue. And they surely do not want to die and not think in advance of what to say.

This concept is Frightening. And really inside our Nation, the highest martyrdom event I know is Cassie Bernall (November 6, 1981 – April 20, 1999) the girl killed in the Columbine High School massacre at age 17. The shooter asked if Cassie believed in God moments before she was fatally shot. She answered, "Yes"

WE HAVE A SALIENT POINT WE FORGET HERE.

80% of our Culture does Pray. 

BELIEVING IN GOD.

Yes. WE HAVE A SALIENT POINT WE FORGET HERE.

80% of our Culture does Pray. BELIEVING IN GOD.

We Believe the New Covenant. The Holy Spirit dwells within us and near us - because we have faith. We treat others with His own respect.

We will all will have times to Grasp on to a Willing God to help us. And yet the truth is God is present completely and willing dwells around us. We Celebrate our Living Father God - Emmanuel.

We live with - I'm gonna get there of WHY WOULD WE WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS JESUS.

Remember with me

Tell about Our First Love for the Lord. 

What is the Point of Scripture...

To choose what is good. Building up ourselves to a life of meaning and creating a culture wanting the more difficult path - choosing what is Good. Believing God will help us. God will reward us and Heaven and earth will see the difference.

John's Patmos Dwelling. The view is still very much the same! God is still working and He is still caring for us.

The astonishing thing about "Peace that Passes All Understanding is" This valid and necessary tool happens again and again and again because, when we see our loved ones who love Jesus passing to the Heaven of God's Kingdom, we see this Peace. And it's needed!

Now for the most part, Peace is not going to grow us.

And Father God sent us on this quest, this adventure to bring our soul home and show Father God what we have made of this place called Soul.

All these people experienced this Life, this ongoing River of Life, that pushes and perplexes and asks us to twist or go the straightened paths were clear thinking and good choices can remain to make the framework for our soul to keep the Fruits of the Spirit = Love, Joy, Laughter, Peace, Comfort, Rules of Conduct, Patience and endurance with characters of Faith, Hope, Love.

These people did not walk around with Peace allllll the time. Scripture IS ABOUT THE MESS OF LIFE AND HOW TO OVERCOME !!!

HEBREWS 11

17 By faith Abraham, when God tested him, offered Isaac as a sacrifice. He who had embraced the promises was about to sacrifice his one and only son, 18 even though God had said to him, “It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.” 19 Abraham reasoned that God could even raise the dead, and so in a manner of speaking he did receive Isaac back from death.

20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau in regard to their future.

21 By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph’s sons, and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff.

22 By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt and gave instructions concerning the burial of his bones.

23 By faith Moses’ parents hid him for three months after he was born, because they saw he was no ordinary child, and they were not afraid of the king’s edict.

24 By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh’s daughter. 25 He chose to be mistreated along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin. 26 He regarded disgrace for the sake of Christ as of greater value than the treasures of Egypt, because he was looking ahead to his reward. 27 By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the king’s anger; he persevered because he saw him who is invisible. 28 By faith he kept the Passover and the application of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch the firstborn of Israel.

29 By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to do so, they were drowned.

30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the army had marched around them for seven days.

31 By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies, was not killed with those who were disobedient.[d]

32 And what more shall I say? I do not have time to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson and Jephthah, about David and Samuel and the prophets, 33 who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions, 34 quenched the fury of the flames, and escaped the edge of the sword; whose weakness was turned to strength; and who became powerful in battle and routed foreign armies. 35 Women received back their dead, raised to life again.

Seek God and we will find... GOD.

Simply prayer and reading Scripture is going to place us as Children of Willing, Loving, Able Father God.

24 Hours of Faith will take us further.  Believing God is God and He is Good.

And when we have that Comfort, the Holy Spirit says this is COMFORT. We are going to want to get the kids to Church to experience what is Love and Nourishment to Our Souls.

This is the Balance, the goodness, the wonder of GOD we want People to Quest for.

Joy. And His Highest Name is - Jesus the Lord.

Father God,

Your Scriptures are alive and active. All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.

We Rejoice - When - We are touched and Renewed in the Giving Loving GOD. When the Good News rolls like Living Water - we find Joy.

Jesus appeared in the flesh,

was vindicated by the Spirit,

was seen by angels,

was preached among the nations,

was believed on in the world,

was taken up in glory.

Jesus will one day say to us all, "Come." And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who desires take the water of life without price. We will join Him in the Holy City of God.

And in that day, let me be in the Numbers of The Saints Come Marching In.

Knowing All our prayers have been heard, listened to with care, with Love and Decisions. Lifting up prayer again in gratitude, David knew God would put forth the Blessing merely because this delights Our Father. For those who are ill, and worried, for those in new circumstances and for those with prayers to be fulfilled in His Time.

And Father God, let the family live together in beauty and peace of the generations. The people we love, and are given. We pray for our work places, Churches honoring Jesus and believing Scripture, our States and Nation. We lift up mankind to You, knowing Your Mercy is to draw all to You.

A God sized work. For His Glory.

Christmas in our Hearts. THANKS GOD. Really.

Amen in Jesus.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves †

Luke 3:22-38 ~ Beloved Son

Luke 3:22-38

A voice came from heaven, “You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.”


23 Now Jesus himself was about thirty years old when he began his ministry.

He was the son,
so it was thought, of Joseph, the son of Heli,
24 the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melki, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph,
25 the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Esli, the son of Naggai,
26 the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein, the son of Josek, the son of Joda,
27 the son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri,
28 the son of Melki, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmadam, the son of Er,
29 the son of Joshua, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi,
30 the son of Simeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim,
31 the son of Melea, the son of Menna, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David,
32 the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Salmon, the son of Nahshon,
33 the son of Amminadab, the son of Ram,the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah,
34 the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,
35 the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah,
36 the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,
37 the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalalel, the son of Kenan,
38 the son of Enosh, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.

Father God stresses 14 generations and 500 years are important to Him.

We do not know the lives of the sons of David. Father God, of course, knows their hearts, mind and soul. They have been chosen by God to act as part of the only Plan. God's Plan. They may have worked to please God and worked with God. And added to upbuilding of their lives and ideals. Or they may have doubted and worked to themselves and turned to their own interests. There is no doubt all worked the Victory of the One Plan - God's Plan.

God does not need our help - for the Victory of God's Plan. Father God does not need us.

John, the Disciple, who lived well into the 2nd Century - knew Father God as God of Love. God of Hope. God of Encouragement.



Because of the Tender Mercy of Father God - the Vast Creation looked to the Birth of God's Only Son - Jesus Christ. And the Tenderness of God dwelled with Mary, Chosen of God, and Joseph - who would believe from a Dream of God to be merciful.

And here Father God chose Jesus to dwell with His Creation He would save - all of us.


Abba,

You are Merciful and Loving.

We Bless You for our Blessings. Thanking You for the Love God brings us.

Your Mercies renew daily.

Blessed be the Lord God - who covers us with His Son - Jesus.

We pray for the California Fires to stop. Thank God for hearing us pray.

Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves †

Revelation 4:5-11 ~ The Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come

What would Christmas look like in Heaven if we could see merely a glimpse...

Revelation 4:5-11

5 From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings and peals of thunder. In front of the throne, seven lamps were blazing. These are the seven spirits of God. 6 Also in front of the throne there was what looked like a sea of glass, clear as crystal.

In the center, around the throne, were four living creatures, and they were covered with eyes, in front and in back. 7 The first living creature was like a lion, the second was like an ox, the third had a face like a man, the fourth was like a flying eagle. 8 Each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around, even under its wings. Day and night they never stop saying:

“‘Holy, holy, holy
is the Lord God Almighty,’
who was, and is, and is to come.”

9 Whenever the living creatures give glory, honor and thanks to him who sits on the throne and who lives for ever and ever, 10 the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne and worship him who lives for ever and ever. They lay their crowns before the throne and say:

11“You are worthy, our Lord and God,
to receive glory and honor and power,
for you created all things,
and by your will they were created
and have their being.”

Given that the New Heaven is a culmination of all the efforts of Truth, Grace upon Grace of Jesus. Heaven is of course the culmination of existing with God Almighty Father of all who Believe in His Word upholding us, every day and always. Heaven was bought with a price of Jesus.

We would be tempted to say God is so far above us, Father God is unknowable, unreachable and like the stars or the sun. Instead, Father God has told us when we have seen Jesus, we have seen Father God. Is God Spirit? Yes, but not Spirit alone. Father God wanted us to know almost immediately when He began creation, He saw us as His Children and created us in His image.

John was explained to like Daniel, like Isaiah, exactly the same as Moses, we will see Father God in our time.




Abba, Abba, Abba,

You are worthy. We ask if You would bless us. And surround us with Your Love.

We will one day see the Birthday of Jesus celebrated in Your Kingdom.

The Fullness of God will fill us and Living Water will flow from Your Grace and Love. And we will see.

Encouragement from being united with Christ Jesus. We will know comfort from His Love. We will dwell with sharing in the Spirit. We will be filled with Your tenderness and compassion. Our joy completes by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind. The Triumph of You, our Almighty, Father's Love.

The Joy of Christmas will live in our heart's daily. The fullness of God shine from us.

This Blessing we pray upon ourselves, the people we Love, Your Beloved Children, our communities, Churches, work places, families, Nation - to the believing world. The only fire is Your Love. And shines all over the earth You see as good yesterday, today and tomorrow. More Heaven on earth, please, in the Power of the Name of Jesus. Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves †

Colossians 3 ~ Word of Christ

Colossians 3

3 If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. 

 put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator.

11 Here there is not Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free; but Christ is all, and in all.

12 Put on then, as God's chosen ones,

holy and beloved, 

compassionate hearts, 

kindness, 

humility,

 meekness, 

and patience, 

13 bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, 

forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, 

so you also must forgive. 

14 And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.

 

16 Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. 

17 And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord. 

23 Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, 24 knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ.

The Shepherds encountered this:

1 Corinthians 15

57 But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

And once the Shepherds were changed and had seen Glory of God in the Highest.

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.

Our Abba,

You are the Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing.

You make  me lie down in green pastures,

You lead  me beside quiet waters,

Jesus refreshes my soul.

He guides me along the right paths

for His name’s sake.

Even though I walk through the darkest valley,

I will fear no evil, for You are with me;

Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies.

You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.

Surely your goodness and love will follow me

all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

Uplift those I LOVE and people that are given. Bless them to have Wisdom.

Watch over, lead and guide our Churches, Communities and Nations. We look in Expectation of Jesus. Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves †