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Monday, February 25, 2019

Proverbs 1 ~ Dwell Secure



Proverbs 1



1 The proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel:

2 To know wisdom and instruction,
to understand words of insight,
3 to receive instruction in wise dealing,
in righteousness, justice, and equity;
4 to give prudence to the simple,
knowledge and discretion to the youth—
5 Let the wise hear and increase in learning,
and the one who understands obtain guidance,
6 to understand a proverb and a saying,
the words of the wise and their riddles.

7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge;
fools despise wisdom and instruction.


8 Hear, my son, your father's instruction,
and forsake not your mother's teaching,
9 for they are a graceful garland for your head
and pendants for your neck.

10 My son, if sinners entice you,
do not consent.
11 If they say, “Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood;
let us ambush the innocent without reason;
12 like Sheol let us swallow them alive,
and whole, like those who go down to the pit;
13 we shall find all precious goods,
we shall fill our houses with plunder;
14 throw in your lot among us;
we will all have one purse”—


15 My son, do not walk in the way with them;
hold back your foot from their paths,
16 for their feet run to evil,
and they make haste to shed blood.

17 For in vain is a net spread
in the sight of any bird,
18 but these men lie in wait for their own blood;
they set an ambush for their own lives.
19 Such are the ways of everyone who is greedy for unjust gain;
it takes away the life of its possessors.

20 Wisdom cries aloud in the street,
in the markets she raises her voice;
21 at the head of the noisy streets she cries out;
at the entrance of the city gates she speaks:
22 “How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple?
How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing
and fools hate knowledge?
23 If you turn at my reproof,
behold, I will pour out my spirit to you;
I will make my words known to you.

24 Because I have called and you refused to listen,
have stretched out my hand no one has heeded,
25 because you have ignored all my counsel
and would have none of my reproof,
26 I also will laugh at your calamity;
I will mock when terror strikes you,
27 when terror strikes you like a storm
and your calamity comes like a whirlwind,
when distress and anguish come upon you.
28 Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer;
they will seek me diligently but will not find me.


29 Because they hated knowledge
and did not choose the fear of the Lord,
30 would have none of my counsel
and despised all my reproof,
31 therefore they shall eat the fruit of their way,
and have their fill of their own devices.

32 For the simple are killed by their turning away,
and the complacency of fools destroys them;
33 but whoever listens to me will dwell secure
and will be at ease, without dread of disaster.”




Scottish sheep through the cut grass. Surely not before shearing.

We have all seen Monty Python's "The art of not being seen."

We sometimes feel God's Plan is unseen.





Who hoped not to be seen?
David while he was a mercenary running from King Saul. Not to be seen living in Ziklag, a mere ditch, his family is kidnapped. Not to report this to Israel who knew David was anointed. David losing his first wife. David reclaiming his first wife and finding her contempt. David and Uriah.



David was told to be a system of Government and Justice as he ran as a Criminal from Power. Learning his job was mercenary of the countries who were enemies of Israel.

Who hoped not to be seen?
 Solomon after he had such a great beginning, married the Egyptian Pharoah's daughter, married 700 with Bathsheba in attendance. Acquired as much wealth as Egypt, doubled the size of Israel and spent countless hours in the high places - begging, pleading and hoping God would speak to Solomon again about his 'wisdom.'


Even Solomon spent countless years waiting for God to just pick up the Celestial Phone. Solomon wanted reassurances of his path. Surely Solomon and David felt they were father and son.











My sons and I were talking about ethics, morality and decisions. One son has a style of yelling. The other son has a style of being calm. One builds, one goes to Law School. The Barrister said sorting through no morality in a system without mercy is - straining. A Quagmire.

The Scripture is picked without knowing what is to be chosen. And mazes with messes were on my mind. Security in vast life changes.







How will we know we are on the right Path?

The work of mankind is to believe  God.

Which part? The Framework. Where we give Mercy over sacrifice. Where God delights. Spend time where mercy is given. Mercy is much rarer. Delighting God. Are we really, really sure? Yes. God welcomes the whole world to be saved in the Gift of Jesus Christ.

Building a life where mercy is made, with the merciful - has no despair.

Micah 6:7-9

7 Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams,
with ten thousands of rivers of oil?
Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression,
the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?”

8 He has told you, O man, what is good;
and what does the Lord require of you
but to do justice, and to love kindness,
and to walk humbly with your God




And then God weights the thoughts of the heart and soul...

9 The voice of the Lord cries to the city—
and it is sound wisdom to fear your name:
“Hear of the rod and of him who appointed it!


What if David decided to worry about Samuel saying to Father God,
"Do not let my words fall!!!"

1 Samuel 3:19
And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him and let none of his words fall to the ground.


Abraham worried about this and asked Father God several times, "Are you sure I understood?"

Abraham had been told God would protect his path. And still, Abraham made the path filled with offbeat thorns. And problems 'helping God doing God work.' Surely not the way Jesus would. And then coping with the day to day difficulties of life outside of the Garden of Eden.

Waiting - if only Abraham had waited. And yet Proverbs 1 says not to be complacent. A daunting path to find the balance.

John who walked with Jesus so closely, to know the wisdom of never leaving the side of Jesus, knew all men truly seeking God had thoughts and wonders of the maze of life and circumstance.

1 John 3

Speaks when we are surrounded by circumstance and the choices of others. We do not have a choice in what others do. We have a choice in the choices God does give us.

18 Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.

19 By this we shall know that we are of the truth and reassure our heart before him; 20 for whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything.

21 Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God; 22 and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him.

23 And this is his commandment, that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded us. 24 Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God, and God in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us.


John says when we believe like a child - we honor God. God says, therefore we believe. The Spirit gives Life.

John understands so profoundly, he has explained to us the basics of comfort in Father God.


1 John 2

I am writing to you, little children,
because your sins are forgiven for his name's sake.

13 I am writing to you, fathers,
because you know him who is from the beginning.
I am writing to you, young men,
because you have overcome the evil one.
I write to you, children,
because you know the Father.

14 I write to you, fathers,
because you know him who is from the beginning.
I write to you, young men,
because you are strong,
and the word of God abides in you,
and you have overcome the evil one.

What is confusing? Self-esteem. Emotion. Placement. Striving. Goals. The opinions of others. Pleasing God.

Freedom is gained when we give mercy.

Freedom and Peace are given when we Trust God. We Trust God to be larger, omnipotent, understanding as a Father. We trust God to have the Plan of Salvation.



We are free when our choices to love fall within God's Mercy.






Abba, Father God,

You gave us. You Blessed us. God gave us His Commandments to set us free.

Give your children the knowledge of Your Love and the encouragement You provide.

Blessed are you, Father God. Help us to remember
Your glorious deeds and to look to You to Prevail and Provide.

You have atoned for us in Jesus.
Help us to be the faithful in steadfast belief without undue concerns,
abide in conversation and thought with prayer and wait upon Your will.

Psalm 78
Yet he, being compassionate,
atoned for their iniquity
and did not destroy them;
he restrained his anger often
and did not stir up all his wrath.
He remembered that they were but flesh,
a wind that passes and comes not again.


Father, You have loved us first. Joy is in Your compassion for us.

Bless the old dog in his joy in cold water swimming. Ease his aches and pains. We lift up an old dog's joy to You and health.

Thank You for Spring Break gathering our family like Happy and Joyful Days. Bless the days we all see in this. Spring Break. Let the Times Roll Forth - roll them up, and they will be changed; but You are the same. Your years will not fail. We will trust our seasons and joy to You, Father God.

Let more Heaven pour out upon earth. Open the windows of heaven from Jesus and pour down Your blessing until there is no more need.


Let the Beloved of God covering the earth have Joy and Love knowing we join in wanting Your Good Will upon earth as shown by Your Son Jesus.

Let our Nation and our cares be so lifted to God, we Trust fully in God. Let the Nations know the Brightness of Your Light.

Jesus is Light of the world. Amen and Alleluia.




Land of Milk and Honey, Mt Tabor Israel

Taste and See the Lord is Good!




♔ Lord Jesus Saves!   








Sunday, February 24, 2019

Psalm 91:4 ~ His faithfulness

His Pinions Work in Mysterious Ways.

Psalm 91:4

He will cover you with his pinions,
and under his wings you will find refuge;
his faithfulness is a shield and buckler.


When we trust the Lord, we are braver.




Philippians 4:13
I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

The Opportunities - taken - when Trusting the Lord.




2 KINGS 18:5
He trusted in the LORD God of Israel; so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor any that were before him.

We can put a good Bible Study guess who this is.

Psalm 22:8
Commit yourself to the LORD; let Him deliver him; Let Him rescue him, because He delights in him.




Psalm 91:14
Because he has loved Me, therefore I will deliver him; I will set him securely on high, because he has known My name.

Psalm 37:5
Commit your way to the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.

Psalm 55:22
Cast your burden on the LORD, and he shall sustain you










Proverbs 16:3
Commit your works to the LORD, and your thoughts shall be established.


This Trust parallels this:





Matthew 21:22
If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.





Proverbs 16:7
When a man’s ways please the LORD, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.







Who Trusted the Lord?






Exodus 14

3 And Moses said to the people, “Fear not, stand firm, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will work for you today. For the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall never see again. 14 The Lord will fight for you, and you have only to be silent.”

15 The Lord said to Moses, “Why do you cry to me? Tell the people of Israel to go forward. 16 Lift up your staff, and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it, that the people of Israel may go through the sea on dry ground."







Hebrews 11

By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place that he was to receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going. 9 By faith he went to live in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, heirs with him of the same promise. 10 For he was looking forward to the city that has foundations, whose designer and builder is God. 11 By faith Sarah herself received power to conceive, even when she was past the age, since she considered him faithful who had promised. 12 Therefore from one man, and him as good as dead, were born descendants as many as the stars of heaven and as many as the innumerable grains of sand by the seashore.






Father God,

Today we ask of You a Blessing and Receive. We find our Joy.

We will place our Trust in You.

Jesus with the people we Love. Jesus with our cares and concerns. Jesus with the people You have given us. To You, Our Father, Who can do more than we ask or imagine.

We are asking for Jackson to have healing in old dog age. Health and peace. And for my arm to heal very well. Arm healing. And good business dealings.

Jesus is God and that is a Blessing covering all His Creation asking for more Heaven on earth. Amen and Alleluia really fast before Lent. Amen.











♔ Lord Jesus Saves!   








Friday, February 22, 2019

Psalm 107 ~ His wondrous works to the children of man





When we think about the Son of God had this for His Crib:


We realize God fully knew what Jesus was getting into in life.

Psalm 107


Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,
for his steadfast love endures forever!
2 Let the redeemed of the Lord say so,
whom he has redeemed from trouble
3 and gathered in from the lands,
from the east and from the west,
from the north and from the south.

4 Some wandered in desert wastes,
finding no way to a city to dwell in;
5 hungry and thirsty,
their soul fainted within them.

6 Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,
and he delivered them from their distress.

7 He led them by a straight way
till they reached a city to dwell in.
8 Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,
for his wondrous works to the children of man!
9 For he satisfies the longing soul,
and the hungry soul he fills with good things.

10 Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death,
prisoners in affliction and in irons,
11 for they had rebelled against the words of God,
and spurned the counsel of the Most High.
12 So he bowed their hearts down with hard labor;
they fell down, with none to help.
13 Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,
and he delivered them from their distress.
14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death,
and burst their bonds apart.
15 Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,
for his wondrous works to the children of man!
16 For he shatters the doors of bronze
and cuts in two the bars of iron.

17 Some were fools through their sinful ways,
and because of their iniquities suffered affliction;
18 they loathed any kind of food,
and they drew near to the gates of death.
19 Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,
and he delivered them from their distress.
20 He sent out his word and healed them,
and delivered them from their destruction.

21 Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,
for his wondrous works to the children of man!
22 And let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving,
and tell of his deeds in songs of joy!

23 Some went down to the sea in ships,
doing business on the great waters;
24 they saw the deeds of the Lord,
his wondrous works in the deep.
25 For he commanded and raised the stormy wind,
which lifted up the waves of the sea.
26 They mounted up to heaven; they went down to the depths;
their courage melted away in their evil plight;
27 they reeled and staggered like drunken men
and were at their wits' end.


28 Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,
and he delivered them from their distress.
29 He made the storm be still,
and the waves of the sea were hushed.
30 Then they were glad that the waters were quiet,
and he brought them to their desired haven.

31 Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,
for his wondrous works to the children of man!
32 Let them extol him in the congregation of the people,
and praise him in the assembly of the elders.

33 He turns rivers into a desert,
springs of water into thirsty ground,
34 a fruitful land into a salty waste,
because of the evil of its inhabitants.
35 He turns a desert into pools of water,
a parched land into springs of water.
36 And there he lets the hungry dwell,
and they establish a city to live in;
37 they sow fields and plant vineyards
and get a fruitful yield.

38 By his blessing, they multiply greatly,
and he does not let their livestock diminish.

39 When they are diminished and brought low
through oppression, evil, and sorrow,
40 he pours contempt on princes
and makes them wander in trackless wastes;
41 but he raises up the needy out of affliction
and makes their families like flocks.

42 The upright see it and are glad,
and all wickedness shuts its mouth.

43 Whoever is wise, let him attend to these things;
let them consider the steadfast love of the Lord.

Really. There is no wonder Jesus rode on a ship in waves. Life makes waves. Father God knew this. Jesus faced life with Faith. And in the daily Faith - knowing hard and difficult times would happen - Jesus calls Life "Joy" in John 14,15, 16 and proceeds to pray for us in John 17.

What possible reason to have all this happen. For Father God, the Holy Spirit and Jesus Christ the creation portion of Proverbs 8 says in Genesis 1 - God found delight in looking into the heart of mankind. Jesus not only gave salvation to mankind. Jesus was giving Father God a new Kingdom. The old Kingdom was called Sheol. Everyone lumped together making the Glory of God not the Glory Jesus would give His Father in the New Heaven. The New Kingdom is all of God's Glory and Jesus provided the Mercy.

In this Gift of Life and Mercy - Father God calls His Son, Jesus the Christ of God - Lamb of God.




Matthew 11:29
Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.



I know a non-believer, who was not sleeping for about half a year. His job performance was reviewed and he was told he was in trouble. He was on a trip to the U.K. and could not sleep. He begged the Lord to let him have healed sleep. He had not prayed in decades. That night he slept peacefully and could concentrate. He became a believer and led his family to Jesus Christ and has known an incredible number of answered prayers with Joy. I'd say he is very fond of Jesus Christ. Very much in Love with His Savior.


Jesus is rest for our souls - to become Joy.






Matthew 22:31-32 

And as for the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was said to you by God:
32 'I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'? He is not God of the dead, but of the living."
 



God gave us the widow of Nain to show Jesus was very capable of Resurrection. We have millenniums of miracles, people who witness to life after death and our souls to tell us this is very true.

My Aunt Clarice died and I didn't know. I dreamed she saw Heaven and was screaming and yelling to me all of God's Promises are true. Aunt Clarice yelled and yelled. "This is ALL TRUE. EVERYTHING THE BIBLE PROMISED IS TRUE!!!" The next morning, very early, I found she had died during the night about the time I dreamed of her finding the New Heaven of Jesus Christ.




Matthew 28:22b
Behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age. 

Having sat with quite a few relatives passing on, the Peace is incredible. My Great Uncle in his mid-nineties was cheerful the day he was to pass on. He was asked why. He said Jesus had overcome and today he was going to get to see his mother he had not seen in 60 years.

A lady who helped me when Isabelle died sat with her dying father and told the Hospice people she never thought this would be peaceful. The Hospice said those who pass on in Jesus, pass on with all peace.

God is a very present help in every age we experience.





John 5:17 
But Jesus answered them, "My Father is working until now, and I am working." 

A young man we know was in a terrible car accident in his freshman year of college. Most of his damage was brain damage. He was taken from the hospital after weeks and weeks and put in tier level recovery. This can mean almost anything. His parents were told to hope he would walk again. Ever. Or unaided. The tier recovery had a meeting because his motor skills were so bad, eating and swallowing was a problem. There was some very determined prayer asked for. In a few weeks, he went home. To finish college. To become employed. To live full recovery. Jesus is working. Father God is working.







John 6:35

Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst."


Our cat, TC, Timothy Cat was wonderful and amazingly loving. He'd run a block to greet us. And he, in his trusting nature, was hit by a car. He couldn't feel his back legs and then he couldn't feel his bladder and his tail was now a dead part of his spine. We truly grieved. The Vet could tell we thought TC was remarkable. He put in a urine stint and the cat was now burned with constant urine dripping. My uncle did agree to house him on the porch. To complain in a couple of weeks about the cat crying and the urine smell. Then to say the cat wanted to escape. We went to get TC and found him to be filled with vim and vigor and lots of urine.

The Vet told us this was no way for him to live. And upon seeing him decided to remove the stint and say live cat or die. If he couldn't feel his bladder filling, he would die. The cat came home - got in a foreign cat fight and found his bladder worked perfectly. Our cat was healed from badly being hit by a car.

Jesus was asked and asked for TC Cat. Jesus is Life.








God's Promises are always filled. His Word is Truth.

John 6:51 
I am
 the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh."
 


In the last 5 years, a family we know was about to have the 20 week sonogram for their unborn daughter. To find she would not live - no kidney, no liver. Only space in these cavities in the Sonogram. Two weeks later, a specialist and another sonogram, something was there - a shadow - a fog. In two more weeks kidneys and liver. The baby was born perfectly fine.

Jesus is the Living Bread that came down from Heaven.







John 8:12 
Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."


A Psychiatrist we have known for many years, a family friend was going blind in her 50s. She had generational blood vessel failure and then cataracts. Her doctors where horrified in her insistance in a Jesus miracle. And in the middle of double eye failure, her eye doctors had to ask her why there was any reason to have an 85% unexplained improvement.


Jesus is the Light of the world.

All that Jesus Christ said  about Himself is true. Jesus and His Father are still at work.


John 10:9
I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture.

We find this is true as eyewitnesses return from dying, reporting the walls are gone, the door is open to Jesus Christ.



John 8:18 
I am
 the one who bears witness about myself, and the Father who sent me bears witness about me.
 



John 10:11 
I am
 the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
 


Jesus Christ has done this for us.


John 10:14 
I am
 the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me
.



John 10:38
but if I do them [works], even though you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.


John 11:25 
Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live."
 


John 12:32
 
And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.



John 14:6
Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. 


John 15:1
 
"I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser."
 


John 17:9
 
I am
 praying for them. I am not praying for the world but for those whom you have given me, for they are yours.



John 10:30 
The Father and I are one.
 


John 4:26
 
Jesus said to her, “
I who speak to you am he [Messiah, he who is called Christ].” 


Mark 14:62
 
And Jesus said, "I am [
the Christ, the Son of the Most Blessed] , and you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of heaven."






Abba, Father God,

We turn all our lives to You. Bless and Deliver us.

Bless the People we Love with all of God's Love. To live in hope for all of life.

In our heart, we ask for more Heaven on earth. For us all. In Jesus, Amen.





♔ Lord Jesus Saves!   






Thursday, February 21, 2019

Psalm 108 ~ with God we shall do valiantly






Psalm 108

A Song. A Psalm of David.

My heart is steadfast, O God!
I will sing and make melody with all my being![a]
2 Awake, O harp and lyre!
I will awake the dawn!
3 I will give thanks to you, O Lord, among the peoples;
I will sing praises to you among the nations.
4 For your steadfast love is great above the heavens;
your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.

5 Be exalted, O God, above the heavens!
Let your glory be over all the earth!
6 That your beloved ones may be delivered,
give salvation by your right hand and answer me!

7 God has promised in his holiness

“With exultation I will divide up Shechem
and portion out the Valley of Succoth.
8 Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine;
Ephraim is my helmet,
Judah my scepter.
9 Moab is my washbasin;
upon Edom I cast my shoe;
over Philistia I shout in triumph.”

10 Who will bring me to the fortified city?
Who will lead me to Edom?
11 Have you not rejected us, O God?
You do not go out, O God, with our armies.
12 Oh grant us help against the foe,
for vain is the salvation of man!

13 With God we shall do valiantly;
it is he who will tread down our foes.








Psalm 136

136 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,
for his steadfast love endures forever.
2 Give thanks to the God of gods,
for his steadfast love endures forever.
3 Give thanks to the Lord of lords,
for his steadfast love endures forever;

4 to him who alone does great wonders,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
5 to him who by understanding made the heavens,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
6 to him who spread out the earth above the waters,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
7 to him who made the great lights,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
8 the sun to rule over the day,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
9 the moon and stars to rule over the night,
for his steadfast love endures forever 


There will be a Day when God Calls. The walls will fall away and God's Heavenly Kingdom  holding our Father waits. He is the Prodigal Father and is in anticipation of you, His Beloved Child.

When the post is Chosen, I will pick before we read. I am looking for meaning to touch the events of the day, adapting my thoughts to God's Plan. I am in awe in the wonder of Father God. His Love overcomes and His mercy is unceasing. We will put our expectation of Love, Joy, Peace every day His Word will hold, carry and fill us.






1 John 4:7

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.

Constant, dedicated, devoted, devout, good, loyal, steady, true, dependable, dutiful, reliable, responsible, solid, tried, tried-and-true, trustworthy, trusty; unfaltering, unhesitating, unwavering; determined, intent, resolute; confirmed, inveterate, sworn, ardent, avid, enthusiastic, fervent, fervid, gung ho, impassioned, passionate, serious, abiding, unflinching, unswerving, allegiant, changeless, constant, dependable.

Enduring, firm, fixed, immovable, inexorable, never-failing, persevering, sure, unbending, unfaltering
unmovable, wholehearted



God is open to prayer.

God keeps the 12 Gates of Heaven open for us to speak with Him.

God told Isaiah the reason for Jesus is to make scarlet - become white.

God does not change - He welcomes us to join Him.





Jesus spoke of a Narrow Path. Surely He meant, a life of meaning. 
And JOY!!!  






Faith, Hope and Love. 
Faith your words and actions reflect who you aspire to be and are. 
Hope God will bring blessings. 
Hope when times are challenging, what is good, noble, pure will be sought to upbuild again - work believing in blessings. Love. To be valued as we are. Love - to be forgiven. Love - to believe we can be more and look up. Love - to be held accountable. Love - to give deeply of yourself outside of your own interests. Love - what makes life worth living to see His mercies renew each day.


Isaiah 65:17-25

17 “For behold, I create new heavens
and a new earth,
and the former things shall not be remembered
or come into mind.
18 But be glad and rejoice forever
in that which I create;
for behold, I create Jerusalem to be a joy,
and her people to be a gladness.
19 I will rejoice in Jerusalem
and be glad in my people;
no more shall be heard in it the sound of weeping
and the cry of distress.
20 No more shall there be in it
an infant who lives but a few days,
or an old man who does not fill out his days,
for the young man shall die a hundred years old,
and the sinner a hundred years old shall be accursed.


21 They shall build houses and inhabit them;
they shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
22 They shall not build and another inhabit;
they shall not plant and another eat;
for like the days of a tree shall the days of my people be,
and my chosen shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
23 They shall not labor in vain
or bear children for calamity,
for they shall be the offspring of the blessed of the Lord,
and their descendants with them.
24 Before they call I will answer;
while they are yet speaking I will hear.
25 The wolf and the lamb shall graze together;
the lion shall eat straw like the ox,
and dust shall be the serpent's food.
They shall not hurt or destroy
in all my holy mountain,”
says the Lord.





Abba, Father,

Bring my life, heart and path to You.  
You are guidance, support, Love, Joy and Peace for us and those we love. 


For the places I work, worship and rejoice. 



More of Your Holy Spirit and Jesus in our day to day life: 

Bringing more of Your Heavenly Kingdom to earth.

Good health, long meaningful life, and a peaceful passing to go Home to Jesus.

We Pray for our Nation bring forth this Love for Jesus.   



We want to see more of Heaven on earth.

Thank You profoundly, for our blessings. 


Bless those, we pray, who are a blessing. 



Bless those we love deeply with the indwelling

 of Your Holy Spirit in Jesus Christ. 
Amen








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Who Jesus Is
1 Timothy 1:1-11 ~ God our Savior, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope
Matthew 16:13-20 ~ who do people say the Son of Man is?

Good News for us to remember and Think Upon
Animals are found in Heaven ~ 6 Prophets See Animals in Heaven

Anger, Jealousy=Trouble




The Bible explains the Bible, Prophetically

Bible - in your hand, today

Bible Accuracy



Blessing







Blessing our Father God

Blessing - unaware

Boundaries

Brothers
Christmas - His Word Upholds the Universe - December 25th


Psalm 135 ~ who is in your midst
John 1:1-14, 16, 29-51 ~ He was in the world

Details - Putting it all together and discovering it is about God

Psalm 108 ~ In triumph I will parcel out Shechem

Determine your own path, just love Him

Judges 16 ~ like any other man
John 4:43-54 ~ Doing what Jesus says


Earthquake

Every Day, Still Today
Today, Yesterday, Tomorrow


Exodus - History












Heavenly Hosts
His Messengers of Light












Elements of Nature Displaying HIS Glory
Exodus 40:16-38 ~ In the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, the tabernacle was erected.

I Decide What is Right and Wrong - God noticed this in the Garden of Eden from Eve

Individualism and Groups

It's the End of the World as We Know it, And I Feel Fine. (One of our most read posts.)
Grandpa - The Bible is Really the Life Story of People and
their Abba









Gates of Heaven


Gifts of God, all of us


Giving - God certainly is





























Glory


God sees His Creation as Good!!!


Gravity






















Good Friday

Gossip

Gratitude

Greatest

Grief, Forgiveness, Homecoming


Hated Emotion - Fear




































History - Is There History Showing Jesus was Alive - VERY EXTENSIVE HISTORY

Holiness


Holy Spirit ~ Manifestations

Homeward Bound, still a sojourner

Honey, Do this

Invitation
John 3:31-36 ~ that God is true

Israel - Destroyed Completely and Rebuilt. A sign of Jesus. Existing today.

Jesus clearly put a Foundation for His Resurrection to be Believed by the Multitudes of all of Israel and the Nations

Jesus and His Childhood Privacy
Nazareth - What Jesus did See Growing Up

John the Beloved Disciple


The Journey of Joseph


























Live It
Psalm 117 ~ Praise the Lord
Psalm 82 ~ rescue the weak and the needy
2 Samuel 4:1-12 ~ David answered
Hebrews 12 ~ Thankful
Psalm 31:3-8,17-21 ~ Thou hast redeemed me
Isaiah 40:1-11 ~ His reward is with Him
Matthew 13:31-32 ~ the birds of the air come and perch in its branches
Matthew 6:25-34 ~ your heavenly Father knows that you need
Luke 11:29-32 ~ Rise up
Psalm 126 ~ shouts of joy, bringing his sheaves
Luke 14:15-24 ~ there is still room
Joshua 1:1-9 ~ I am giving
Acts 5 ~ speak in the name of Jesus
John 1 ~ the Light shines
John 3:5-8 ~ born again
~ they went on from there and passed through Galilee
Judges 20 ~ Israel

Losing a Loved One - Passing ON

Revelation 21:22-27 ~ those who are written in the Lamb's Book of Life

Not Being Tossed Back and Forth with Emotion
Ephesians 4 ~ speaking the truth in Love

Marriage
Romans 7:1-12 ~ bear fruit for God
1 Corinthians 7 ~ For the unbelieving husband is made holy because of his wife, and the unbelieving wife is made holy because of her husband
Genesis 37:12-24 ~ when Reuben
Psalm 143 ~ Your steadfast love
Psalm 86 ~ For great is your steadfast love

Media... taking it down the path
1 Corinthians 10 ~ Do not cause anyone to stumble, whether Jews, Greeks or the church of God





Mercy, an Inseparable Component of Truth
Matthew 23:23-26 ~ clean
1 Samuel 12 ~ serve the Lord with all your heart
Matthew 22:34-40 ~ The great and first commandment. And a second is like it

Miscellaneous
Job 38 ~ Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding.
Psalm 19 ~ the heavens declare the glory of God
2 Kings 5:1-15 ~ a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper
1 Chronicles 13 ~ the Lord blessed the household of Obed-edom










Peace




Pharisee ~ Religion
Luke 11:42-46 ~ Woe to you Pharisees!


Pictorial Images of the 12 Tribes of Israel








Picture It


















Overcoming, with God's help!


Positive Attitude in Trouble




Prophets - the Law and the Old Men in Robes or People who Love the Lord. Flaws and Virtues. What They Sought in the Lord and What Drew Them to Him.



Praise



























Prayer

Psalm 91 ~ Prayer is always heard, God has an open door policy



Prayer Needs




Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words

Promises

Prosperity Gospel











Repeat and Repeat







Rest

Restore

Revelation 8:2
Seven Angels who stand before God

Revisionist History - Moses and Jeremiah said
there would be days like this
Deuteronomy 8
Jeremiah 23


Rock


SALVATION! What is needed?

Science - Blinded me - No - He Who Opens the Eyes of the Blind - With Science!!!

Second (3rd or 4th) Rate Seventh Level of Heaven

Seventh Level of Heaven







Shepherd

Smile!



Time Management





Life and Travels of Paul

Shroud

Transfiguration



True
The World Changed Rapidly after the first Easter



Trust Him

Uncomfortable Scripture

Video Game Player

Visual







Who is like our God?

Willingly

Works and Grace
Mark 1:4-11 ~ You are my beloved Son; with You I am well pleased

Worry

Wrathful, Nasty Old God from the Old Testament

Yahweh




Years - Thousands of Them are Yesterday in His Sight


80 Books of the Bible
Holy Spirit Approved by the First Council Nicaea and St. Nicholas
Included by the Essenes in the Dead Sea Scrolls
Today included by the Catholic Church
God wants to save the world.
The Apocrypha has Purpose; other cultures blend here.





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