Revelation 3:4 ~ dressed in white, for they are worthy

Revelation 3:4

 They will walk with me, dressed in white, for they are worthy

Mark 10:32
They were on their way up to Jerusalem, 
with Jesus leading the way, and the disciples were astonished

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Revelation 1:14

The hair on his head was white like wool, 

as white as snow, 

and his eyes were like blazing fire.

Revelation 7:9

I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count,

from every nation, tribe, people and language,

standing before the throne and before the Lamb.

They were wearing white robes 

and were holding palm branches in their hands.

Zechariah 8

4 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: 

“Old men and old women will again sit along the streets of Jerusalem, 

each with a staff in hand because of great age. 

5And the streets of the city will be filled with boys and girls playing there.” 

6 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: 

“If it is marvelous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in those days, 
should it also be marvelous in My eyes?”

 declares the LORD of Hosts.

Revelation 19:14 

The armies of heaven were following him, riding on white horses

and dressed in fine linen, white and clean. 

Abba, Father,

God, please bless us with all of Your Willing Blessings.

Blanketing us with Your many awe-inspiring Blessings each day

Jesus has abundantly blessed us and our nation - Bless us, please, going forward, Trusting in Him. Jesus bless all nations - trusting in our Father.

We pray for Your Favor, Love, Mercy, Redemption remembering You came to save the world in Jesus Christ.  There have been so many innocent deaths from abortion. And God gave us His Son in the understanding of the need for forgiveness.

The Good News is knowing Your Gracious Absolution. You are God of Love. God of Encouragement. You are our Father from all the Scriptures. Man lives on every Word of Scripture. You have protected the Children of Israel for millenniums and the children brought to You in Jesus, from those who would worship prosperity and sacrifice babies for their blood on the crops. You are our Father. We see Your mercy in Jesus Christ, our Savior. 

Our Father's Nature is exactly represented in Wonderful Jesus as our Redemption. Savior of the world.

And the Children of our Father, He calls the Beloved - please Him daily asking for more Heaven upon earth. We believe God and He knows our Thanksgiving and is Blessed.

In Jesus covering us and all of our Loved ones. 

Amen Jesus and Amen.

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Job 37:5-7 ~ God does great things that we cannot comprehend.

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Job 37:5-7

5 God thunders wondrously with his voice;
he does great things that we cannot comprehend.
6 For to the snow he says, ‘Fall on the earth,’
likewise to the downpour, 
his mighty downpour.
7 He seals up the hand of every man,
that all men whom he made may know it.

Job 38:21-23

21 Surely you know, for you were already born!
You have lived so many years!

22 “Have you entered the storehouses of the snow
or seen the storehouses of the hail,
23 which I reserve for times of trouble,
for days of war and battle?


Isaiah 13:4
Listen, a tumult on the mountains, like that of a great multitude! Listen, an uproar among the kingdoms, like nations gathered together! The LORD of Hosts musters an army for war.

Father God,

 Give me the heart and the wisdom to walk the Plan and Path You have for me in Jesus Christ.  With Your Love, I will make my soul a gracious place for You to dwell. Help me to help the people I love to do the same. Let me continue to expect Your Goodness for the People You have given me.

We lift up all the prayer concerns given to us to You, Father God.

We lift up our lives, our Churches, Neighborhoods, Communities, Work Places, City, States, Nation, and The People of the World calling upon You. We look to You in optimism. Let the Glory of God, fill our hearts and lives. We thank You for Your Grace in Salvation and Your Goodness and Mercy. Amen in Jesus.

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Psalm 40 ~ trust in the Lord †

David lived in Ziklag - so awful - it couldn't be a cave - it's more of a natural ditch. This is where his family was kidnapped. While David was out earning a living as a mercenary.

Psalm 40

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

1 I waited patiently for the LORD; he inclined to me and heard my cry.

2 He drew me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure.

3 He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God.

Many will see and fear, and put their trust in the LORD.

4 Blessed is the man who makes the LORD his trust, who does not turn to the proud, to those who go astray after a lie!

5 You have multiplied, O LORD my God, your wondrous deeds and your thoughts toward us; none can compare with you!

I will proclaim and tell of them, yet they are more than can be told.

6 In sacrifice and offering you have not delighted,
but you have given me an open ear.
Burnt offering and sin offering you have not required.

7 Then I said, "Behold, I have come; in the scroll of the book it is written of me: 8 I delight to do your will, O my God; your law is within my heart." 9 I have told the glad news of deliverance in the great congregation; behold, I have not restrained my lips, as you know, O LORD. 10 I have not hidden your deliverance within my heart; I have spoken of your faithfulness and your salvation; I have not concealed your steadfast love and your faithfulness from the great congregation.

11 As for you, O LORD, you will not restrain your mercy from me;
your steadfast love and your faithfulness will ever preserve me!

12 For evils have encompassed me beyond number; my iniquities have overtaken me, and I cannot see;
they are more than the hairs of my head; my heart fails me.

13 Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me!
O LORD, make haste to help me!

14 Let those be put to shame and disappointed altogether who seek to snatch away my life;
let those be turned back and brought to dishonor who delight in my hurt!
15 Let those be appalled because of their shame who say to me, "Aha, Aha!"

16 But may all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you;
may those who love your salvation say continually, "Great is the LORD!"

17 As for me, I am poor and needy, but the Lord takes thought for me. You are my help and my deliverer; do not delay,

O my God!


Obviously, David has shot way past being anointed of God. Certainly a hopeless case. The criminals and malcontents were the only people who traveled with David.

Let's look at some of the disastrous - not pleasing to God - losing moments:

Losing his friendship with the Prince of Israel. Jonathon.

Eating the shewbread and all the priests who helped - were murdered.

Living in a cave. With more criminals. Having to figure out how to hide his family.

Loosing his first wife. Marrying a widow he and his friends really needed to be fed by her. Participating in a kidnap rescue.

Seeing Saul's last son crowned after Saul died with his friend Jonathon. 22 years as a criminal. Seeing Saul's Concubines sons crowned. Realizing his anointing was not working out.

Psalm 33:11
The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.

Jesus said this of hopelessness.

Luke 11:8
I tell you, even though he will not get up to provide for him because of his friendship,
yet because of the man's persistence, he will get up and give him as much as he needs.

David might disagree with Jesus - they could debate - the man with 10 talents believed the Master was Good.

1 Timothy 4
10 That is why we labor and strive, because we have put our hope in the living God,
who is the Savior of all people,
and especially of those who believe.

Father God,

Because of Your Blessing - we live, move and have our being.

Before we were born - You knew our days and called our name. Psalm 139 and Ephesians 3. You have said Your thoughts about one of Your beloved Children - is more than the grains of sand. Your Plan of Salvation is God of Encouragement and Love. Your Word upholds the Universe. A day to You is thousands of years.

You have said when 2 or 3 gather in Your Name - You are there. And at times David - like Jesus prayed alone. Father, Son and Holy Spirit are one. And when we Love Your Will, You abide in us. Father - You do more than we could ask or even imagine.

When we pray with the Beloved around the earth asking for more Heaven on earth, we have reached for the Heart and Love Jesus told us of in our Father. We cover all our cares with the Name of Jesus. This covers our work, our family, our health, the people we pray for and have been asked to pray for.

We pray for the Nation and include all the ways a Nation would work and prosper and strive. We pray for God's Heaven on earth in our Nation and for the Nations trusting in God.

When we pray for the people we Love we cover all of the people we love and pray for. All of their cherished hopes and cares. We cover the past, today and tomorrow as we speak the Words Jesus taught us about Heaven on earth.

We place all of our hopes, loves and care in Your Loving and Willing Heart - we thank You for Your Love.

In Jesus Christ. Amen.

  

♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †  

Psalm 46 ~ The Holy Habitation of the Most High

Psalm 46

1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

2 Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way,

though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea,

3 though its waters roar and foam,

though the mountains tremble at its swelling. Selah

4 There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, 

the holy habitation of the Most High.

5 God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved; God will help her when morning dawns.

6 The nations rage, the kingdoms totter; he utters his voice, the earth melts.

7 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah

8 Come, behold the works of the LORD, how he has brought desolations on the earth.

9 He makes wars cease to the end of the earth; he breaks the bow and shatters the spear; he burns the chariots with fire.

10 "Be still, and know that I am God.

I will be exalted among the nations,

I will be exalted in the earth!"

11 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. 

Selah

Jesus spoke of Psalm 46.

Jesus is always with us.

Matthew 28:20 
Teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you.
And behold,
I am with you always, to the end of the age.

Jesus knew what to do with fear.

Matthew 9:6-8
But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—he then said to the paralytic—“Rise, pick up your bed and go home.” And he rose and went home. When the crowds saw it, they were afraid, and they glorified God, who had given such authority to men.

A River making God glad.

John 4:14
Whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. 

The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.

God will help as morning dawns. Jesus even considered and spoke with and taught - women. Even the least.

Matthew 20:1
For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner 
who went out early in the morning
to hire workers for his vineyard.

The expectation of God's blessing and provision in many, many matters.

Kingdoms totter, rage, melts - God is with us. God our Fortress.

Matthew 11

2 When John, who was in prison, 
heard about the deeds of the Messiah, he sent his disciples 3 to ask him, 
“Are you the one who is to come, or should we expect someone else?”

4 Jesus replied, “Go back and report to John what you hear and see:
5 The blind receive sight,
the lame walk,
those who have leprosy are cleansed,
the deaf hear,
the dead are raised,
and the good news is proclaimed to the poor.

6 Blessed is anyone who does not stumble on account of me.”

7 As John’s disciples were leaving, Jesus began to speak to the crowd about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swayed by the wind? 8 If not, what did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine clothes? No, those who wear fine clothes are in kings’ palaces. 9 Then what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet. 10 This is the one about whom it is written: “ ‘I will send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.’

11 Truly I tell you, among those born of women there has not risen anyone greater than John the Baptist, yet whoever is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

God sees a far greater Plan.




Desolations

Luke 19:43

43 The days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and encircle you and hem you in on every side.

9 He makes wars cease to the end of the earth; he breaks the bow and shatters the spear; he burns the chariots with fire.

10 "Be still, and know that I am God.
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth!"

11 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah

Abba,

For You, our Father Loves the world
to want to save
all the world
for all the world
to have
Jesus Christ
in them
and of them
and for them
and by them
- - - for you.

And in the beginning the Holy Spirit was abiding over the waters of all of earth.
And You, our Father,
made plans to be closer.

When we remember to ask You to Bless us and Keep us,
You are the beginning of the prayer
and Your Name - Jesus - covers all and every aspect of us
Blesses us as the Prayer closes.

And in the middle of all our prayers we pray for our own cares
and the ones we Love
for Jesus to fill them with His Love.
And we Rise as Jesus said to pray for our Nation and all Nations Trustin in Jesus.
Rising further and further to realize the Joy of our Father
knowing all of His Beloved
delight to ask for more Heaven on earth.

And as we ask for God's Blessing and Mercy,
we know we have given Him our mind, heart and soul.

And Father God is pleased.
We delight in God's Love.

Amen and Amen in Jesus Christ. Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †  

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John 11:1-38 ~ two days had ended, possibly the third day †

The caves off of Southern France

John 11:1-38

1 Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.

2 It was Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was ill.

3 So the sisters sent to him, saying, "Lord, he whom you love is ill."


4 But when Jesus heard it he said, "This illness does not lead to death. It is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it."


5 Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. 6 So, when he heard that Lazarus was ill, he stayed two days longer in the place where he was. 7 Then after this he said to the disciples, “Let us go to Judea again.”

8 The disciples said to him, “Rabbi, the Jews were just now seeking to stone you, and are you going there again?” 9 Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world. 10 But if anyone walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.”

11 After saying these things, he said to them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I go to awaken him.”

12 The disciples said to him, “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover.”

13 Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that he meant taking rest in sleep. 14 Then Jesus told them plainly, “Lazarus has died, 15 and for your sake I am glad that I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.”

16 So Thomas, called the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go, that we may die with him.”

17 Now when Jesus came, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days. 18 Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles off, 19 and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them concerning their brother.


20 So when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, but Mary remained seated in the house.

21 Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. 22 But even now I know that whatever you ask from God, God will give you.”

23 Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.”

24 Martha said to him, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day.”

25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, 26 and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?”

27 She said to him, “Yes, Lord; I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who is coming into the world.”


28 When she had said this, she went and called her sister Mary, saying in private, “The Teacher is here and is calling for you.” 29 And when she heard it, she rose quickly and went to him. 30 Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was still in the place where Martha had met him. 31 When the Jews who were with her in the house, consoling her, saw Mary rise quickly and go out, they followed her, supposing that she was going to the tomb to weep there.

32 Now when Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet, saying to him, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.”

33 When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in his spirit and greatly troubled.

34 And he said, “Where have you laid him?”

They said to him, “Lord, come and see.”

35 Jesus wept.

36 So the Jews said, “See how he loved him!” 37 But some of them said, “Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man also have kept this man from dying?”

38 Then Jesus, deeply moved again, came to the tomb




Empty Tomb of Lazarus in Israel.


Lazarus was in a cave and he exchanged caves. Each time the Rock is the foundation of Lazarus.

Jacob became Israel for taking what was spotted and making a life.

Romans 15:5
Now may the God of endurance and encouragement give you to be of the same mind with one another, according to Christ Jesus


Southern France Caves are Magnificent and plenty of local history about Lazarus, Mary and Martha.
The Grotto de Bethleham has round, carved stone pillars.

Caves are found on the coast of France with drawings pointing to Lazarus, Mary and Martha.

Titus 3:5
He saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit

Titus lived to be old on the island of Crete. He had a second chance at blessings and long life. Titus was probably one of the 72 disciples listed in the Gospels.

John 14:1
Let not your hearts be troubled. 
      Believe in God; 
              believe also in Jesus.


We have a second chance. Every day. Daily. And probably more than just one.


Lamentations 3:22-23
The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.


Every day, every season has the opportunity to dwell on the unfortunate. No one in the Bible has a trouble free life. A recent speaker - a commentator on human lives - an author and a Psychiatrist was saying going to coffee in New York City was interesting because she observed her clients have carefree lives and the wonders of life to one another. They never mentioned seeing her - as clients. She said she was in a room with present clients and not one of them knew they all told her their secret troubles both past and present. The Good Doctor could hear her clients telling of the glories of their lives and their wonderful children - not knowing almost all the room were her present clients. The doctor told us - she knew their children as well.

Lazarus and his sisters waited possibly 3 days for Jesus to arrive. Where was Jesus?

Says Peter. David. Hezekiah. Solomon. Uzziah. Aaron. Hannah. Zarephath. Sarah.

In all of these lives. God has a plan.



Deuteronomy 10:17
For the Lord, your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who is not partial and takes no bribe.

Colossians 2:2
That their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God's mystery, which is Christ

John 3:16
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.




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The cave is "Gouffre de Padirac." Use the stairs, go down and go across the bottom of the whole via the roofed pathway. The cave itself amazing. It even includes a boat ride on a lake where it rains! (inside the cave!)  Unfortunately, the cave restaurant has closed!!!


Psalm 68:19
Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah.

Some days we will have our anxieties and the next day life is good - same life. Taking on the truth. Letting God have our anxieties. The same day with fewer worries is a good day.

Why did Jesus speak so often of vineyards?

While a vineyard is arranged in tidy rows - life does not flow like this Vineyard project would be supposed.

No year is exactly alike. No season is guaranteed. Each season has blessing and challenge. Recovery and hope. Work and reward. God tells us the work of mankind is to believe God. A vineyard is a project of hope.

We know Jesus would not think we would own vineyards, and yet Jesus used the analogy a lot. Till the soil - prepare for the seed. The work is done with hope. Finding weeds to work out of the soil. Making sure the weeds don't overcome. Not having wine so much that the next year is neglected.  The blessing of success not letting the real life be pushed out. Giving the product time to age - letting it rest.

Each day we will have memories of blessings like vacations. My step-grandfather Rev. Wm Tate Young used to say, "Hell is a vacation with the ones you love in a small car." Each day we learn to have all of our memories - sort them out. Put the wine into the casks. Allow it to mature.

How do Oak Barrels Help Wine? It allows the slow ingress of oxygen–a process which makes wine taste smoother and less astringent. It provides a suitable environment for certain metabolic reactions to occur (specifically Malolactic Fermentation)–which makes wines taste creamier. (Mature your Fruit of the Spirit in your own lives - not just cave dwelling.)

We make our environment. Let Love be Genuine. And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free. Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue is but for a moment.

Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart. Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

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

A Song of Ascents. I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? My help comes from the Lord.

We have within us to be blessed and be a blessing.

The Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.


We live - Eternally - Today. Not perfectly. We press onward in our race. Our race might be to tame the wildernesses. Jesus taught in the wilderness. John the Baptist baptized in the wilderness. Jacob raised 12 sons in the wilderness. And we set our paths straight. And know even the Prodigal Son is about ... seasons.


Doing what Jesus asked us to do daily - always pray with belief in God and His Son, Jesus.

Abba, Father,

We ask Your Blessing as we pray for the fruitfulness of our lives. We believe as David did - life will work far better to trust in Your Gracious Mercy. Resting on Your Good Will and Love will come to our help, mercy and blessing.

Father God we will make Large Prayers to cover the Nation in the Name of Jesus Christ. To cover the Nations trusting in You. We will rejoice in the believers around the world asking You, their Father, for more Heaven on earth.

And in doing this - You are Pleased. And we will give to You our cares as You are our Father. We will lift up elderly Jackson the Siberian Husky in being lame and needing the comfort of the Days and Word of Jesus. We will lift up all our cares and know You say, "Rise."

We will Rise and know Your Love and Comfort will live in the hearts of those we Love. We will pray for better conversations and stories of Blessings. (Especially at meals!) Knowing our Children and the generations and even the unborn are in Your Plan of Hope and a Future.

And we will say and rely upon Jesus and His Holy Name. Jesus is Lord God. Our Father has been pleased to give us the Kingdom. Amen and Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †  

“In the same way, let your light shine before others, 

that they may see your good deeds and glorify your father in heaven.”