Psalm 61 ~ to the Rock, that is Higher than I

Psalm 61

Hear my cry, O God,

    listen to my prayer;

2 from the end of the earth I call to you

    when my heart is faint.

Lead me to the rock

    that is higher than I,

3 for you have been my refuge,

    a strong tower against the enemy.

4 Let me dwell in your tent forever!

    Let me take refuge under the shelter of your wings! Selah

5 For you, O God, have heard my vows;

    you have given me the heritage of those who fear your name.

6 Prolong the life of the king;

    may his years endure to all generations!

7 May he be enthroned forever before God;

    appoint steadfast love and faithfulness to watch over him!

8 So will I ever sing praises to your name,

    as I perform my vows day after day.

Today was the worst day. 

Everything that was a ten-minute job became more than two and a half hours. And really in Pandemic, you find people do not want the burden of someone else's situation. It felt like the Pandemic and the computer problems wouldn't end. Life forever. I had a great big, huge cry. Usually, when I cry, I guess I cry about once a month, I feel better. I didn't today.

I sat with Edward and told him all my situation, and his own eyes had tears. To be loved for who you are is great beyond measure.

Capernaum Jesus saw from the boat!

Sermons are helpful, an Anglican Priest in Canada wrote me and sent me a Sermon he felt would be particularly helpful for me. It was about the Exodus and all the hardships Israel has suffered, endured, fought and thrived.

Joel 2:32 

 And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved. 

For in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be those who escape, 

as the Lord has said, 

and among the survivors shall be those whom the Lord calls.

Romans 11:5 

So too at the present time there is a remnant, chosen by grace.

For the times we feel completely discouraged, probably we don't believe the sky is falling, but we do wonder if the Lord's Blessings will be Abundant in Comfort. If we skimp and scrape by. Will the waves be too high. But enduring makes perseverance and hope.

Ed's Sermon from Canada said that when we come to the end of our rope, God is going to provide the Narrow Path. And voilà, we have our fear. Beans on toast for Emotional Joy. Peanut Butter for Nutrition. But the truth is, just when the darkness is closing in, a candle will do. And with the time spent giving thanks for the Light, we find God is making The Path, The Joy, The Comfort, The Nutrition. The Way, The Truth and The Life for the Joy in, "Don't worry little flock, it is the Father's Joy to give you The Kingdom."

One of the reasons we love Peter, you know he knows he has blown the whole deal. So badly. And he doesn't try to walk on water again, but he goes exactly where the Word of Life is in Jesus. +

Abba, Father God,

We will be still and let You fight for us.

We will listen to the God given still, small voice.

We will do what You give us to do, we can do all things in

Christ Who Strengthens us.

Every day, not missing a day, 

Dwell in us and know us.

Help us to see more Heaven on earth.

And we will grow like the seeds in the soil, watered,

tended mercifully by Jesus. 

 Ephesians 1:10 

To be put into effect when the times reach their fulfillment

 – to bring unity to all things in heaven and on earth 

under Christ.

And it isn't praying for the Republic far away,

where revenge and power seem to be scheduled first.

We are praying for all the people making up the whole of the Nation.

While seeing what we don't want to see, we will provide and give

 to one another a better place.

Where anger and condemnation ring out to shock and upset,

we pray for the Historic minds shaken like Lave Lamps for the last two years 

squeezed into 13 months

We pray for Hope. We pray for Faith. We pray for Love.

Healing in Jesus Christ.

Personal Strength.

Sharing Strength.

We hope to have and give to You, Father God,

a Year for You to have Joy

and Pleasure in us.

Proverbs 8 

 30 Then I was a skilled craftsman at His side, 

and His delight day by day, 

rejoicing always in His presence. 

31 I was rejoicing in His whole world, 

delighting together in the sons of men. 

32 Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, 

for blessed are those who keep my ways.

We Pray for Elliott

for all healing and Joy.

in

The Highest Name of Jesus Christ

Amen

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Matthew 9:18-26 ~ Behold

We read in the Gospels, Jesus began His Day with quiet prayer with His Father.

Jesus has told us, Jesus and the Father are One.

Jesus very, very probably had an Idea about the Day His Father had Planned for Jesus and 

His Ministry

 

Matthew 9:18-26

All Judean Rabbis, even small town Rabbis, have a time to serve

in the Jerusalem Temple in the rotation.

Capernaum's Synagogue has a relief to show us what small town Synagogues might look like:

Magdala, a smaller Synagogue:

Beautiful Stone work, columns of the late first Century

listing "Sons of Thunder, James and John" (on Capernaum's)

Showing Bronze Synagogue Tools

The Interior would look like this:

Floors of the Synagogue would not be elaborate until about the 11th Century AD.

Jairus isn't in the Gospels because of his fame. Jairus is in the Gospels for his humility, placing asking Jesus before status or agenda. Wanting a Word of God for his child. Jesus was in Capernaum the day Jairus came to Him. Perhaps Jairus was from Capernaum, or perhaps another smaller town.

Of all the People Jesus met, we know Bartimaeus. And Jairus. 

While He was saying these things to them, behold, a ruler (Jairus, of the Synagogue)

came in and knelt before him, saying, “My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand on her, and she will live.”

19 And Jesus rose and followed him, with his disciples. 

20 And behold, a woman who had suffered from a discharge of blood for twelve years came up behind him and touched the fringe of his garment,

 21 for she said to herself, “If I only touch his garment, I will be made well.” 

Jesus turned, and seeing her he said, “Take heart, daughter; your faith has made you well.” And instantly the woman was made well.

23 And when Jesus came to the ruler's house and saw the flute players and the crowd making a commotion, 24 he said, “Go away, for the girl is not dead but sleeping.” 

And they laughed at him. 25 But when the crowd had been put outside, 

He went in and took her by the hand, and the girl arose.

 26 And the report of this went through all that district.

Raising Jairus daughter by Polenov 

Rembrandt.

Rembrandt is so compelling to see. His Portraits

place us in the middle of Jesus.

Where do you see yourself in this day of Jesus, Healing Jairus Daughter?

Painting of Jarius’ daughter by Wilson Ong

The following verses are written about Abraham,

Jesus was here before Abraham.

Every knee will bow

to Jesus Christ.

Romans 4:20-25

No unbelief made Him waver concerning the promise of God, but He grew strong in His faith as He gave glory to God, 21 fully convinced that God was able to do what He had promised. 

22 That is why His faith was “counted to Him as righteousness.” 

23 But the words “it was counted to him” were not written for his sake alone, 24 but for ours also. It will be counted to us who believe in him who raised from the dead Jesus our Lord, 25 who was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification.

Jesus was having a day. His 5th recent miracle. And God framed this beautiful day like this:

Matthew 9

15 And Jesus said to them, “Can the wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast. 16 No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch tears away from the garment, and a worse tear is made. 17 Neither is new wine put into old wineskins. If it is, the skins burst and the wine is spilled and the skins are destroyed. But new wine is put into fresh wineskins, and so both are preserved.”

Colossians 1:15

The Son is the image of the invisible God,

the firstborn over all creation.

It would be an unshrunken wine skin to put aside so many differences for most people. Jesus does not allow His Children to divide. Jesus sees His Children need Him. Jesus acts with Love, mercy and kindness.  Life.

Abba, Father God, 

1 John 5:14 

This is the confidence we have in approaching God: 

 if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 

Isaiah 1:18

"Come now, let us reason together," says the LORD. "Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool."

 Isaiah 51:1 

Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness and who seek the LORD: 

Look to the rock from which you were cut 

and to the quarry from which you were hewn

Abba, we ask You unite us in Jesus Christ.

During Pandemic, foundations are felt to be swaying.

We will hold fast to Your Robe. Your fringe.

Help us to help one another stand firm

Hope in Jesus.

Father, You know in our prayer life, we have been praying for the person who said I've been rough and unhappy and treated people poorly. And daily to compensate, I tell myself what a terrible person I have become. And in this unhappiness, more unhappiness happens. Now this person feels self-forgiveness is possible, needed and worthy. Help us all to have new paths of Hope and a Future.

Dwell in us, Father,

Give us love and compassion for those we know are struggling.

Please bring more Heaven to earth.

For those we Love, for ourselves.

When we are unable to fix the world with Pandemic panic brains,

we ask You in the Highest Name of Jesus,

to fix what is broken,

to bring a path in You: A Way, Truth and Life.

We cannot fix the Pandemic

and the people ill with all manner of things.

We ask Jesus.

When even a Carolina Wren suffers and dies,

we pray for the bird to pass to joy in Heaven God sent Elijah horses from. 

Jesus would ask us to pray for the people we see and think of.

We ask Your Healing Blessing on Elliott.

They Hope in You, Jesus.

We pray for Elliott and Harby to grow old together.

In the Highest Name of Jesus,

we place our Hope in You.

Amen.

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Mark 7 ~ He arose

Jesus is Healing with Living Water, Jesus.

Mark 7

Now when the Pharisees gathered to him, with some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem, 2 they saw that some of his disciples ate with hands that were defiled, that is, unwashed. 3 (For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands properly, holding to the tradition of the elders, 4 and when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. And there are many other traditions that they observe, such as the washing of cups and pots and copper vessels and dining couches.) 

5 And the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, “Why do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with defiled hands?” 

6 And he said to them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written,

“‘This people honors me with their lips,

    but their heart is far from me;

7 in vain do they worship me,

    teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’

8 You leave the commandment of God and hold to the tradition of men.”

9 And he said to them, “You have a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God in order to establish your tradition! 10 For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’; and, ‘Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.’ 11 But you say, ‘If a man tells his father or his mother, “Whatever you would have gained from me is Corban”’ (that is, given to God)— 12 then you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or mother, 13 thus making void the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And many such things you do.”

14 And he called the people to him again and said to them, “Hear me, all of you, and understand: 15 There is nothing outside a person that by going into him can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him.” 

17 And when he had entered the house and left the people, his disciples asked him about the parable. 18 And he said to them, “Then are you also without understanding? Do you not see that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him, 19 since it enters not his heart but his stomach, and is expelled?” (Thus he declared all foods clean.) 20 And he said, “What comes out of a person is what defiles him. 21 For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, 22 coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. 23 All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.”

Sidon

24 And from there he arose and went away to the region of Tyre and Sidon. 

And he entered a house and did not want anyone to know, yet he could not be hidden. 25 But immediately a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit heard of him and came and fell down at his feet. 26 Now the woman was a Gentile, a Syrophoenician by birth. And she begged him to cast the demon out of her daughter. 

27 And he said to her, “Let the children be fed first, for it is not right to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs.” 

28 But she answered him, “Yes, Lord; yet even the dogs under the table eat the children's crumbs.” 

29 And he said to her, “For this statement you may go your way; the demon has left your daughter.” 30 And she went home and found the child lying in bed and the demon gone.

31 Then he returned from the region of Tyre and went through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, in the region of the Decapolis. 

32 And they brought to him a man who was deaf and had a speech impediment, and they begged him to lay his hand on him. 

33 And taking him aside from the crowd privately, he put his fingers into his ears, and after spitting touched his tongue. 34 And looking up to heaven, he sighed and said to him, “Ephphatha,” that is, “Be opened.” 35 And his ears were opened, his tongue was released, and he spoke plainly. 36 And Jesus charged them to tell no one. But the more he charged them, the more zealously they proclaimed it. 

37 And they were astonished beyond measure, saying, “He has done all things well. He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.”

Mark 7 ends with the people are in astonishment Jesus does all things well. This is similar to Mark 12 telling us Jesus spoke in parables and then Mark 12 gives one parable the whole Chapter.

Jesus is one on one. Knowing each of us and having time for us individually, Jesus privately heals the deaf man and everyone is in astonishment.

See how much Jesus is observed: 

Jesus is watched how he eats, by people arriving from Jerusalem. Jesus tosses back their judgments. And in privacy, Jesus teaches privately to the Disciples in a house. Then Jesus leaves Judea and travels to Tyre and Sidon, where He heals a child far away. Doubtful this same crowd went with Him. In fact, this says only Jesus went.  And to increase the Chapter's knowledge of Jesus is always observed: the deaf man is healed completely privately.

Scripture tells us Scripture is true and valid. Scripture explains Scriptures.

John 21:24 

This is the disciple who is bearing witness about these things, 

and who has written these things, and we know that his testimony is true. 

 25 Now there are also many other things that Jesus did. 

Were every one of them to be written, 

I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written. 

 John 20:30 

Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of His disciples, 

which are not written in this book.

Job 26:14 

Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? 

But the thunder of his power who can understand?

 Psalm 40:5  

Many, LORD my God, are the wonders you have done, the things you planned for us. 

None can compare with you; were I to speak and tell of your deeds, 

they would be too many to declare. 

 Psalm 71:15 

My mouth will declare Your righteousness and Your salvation all day long, 

though I cannot know their full measure.

The Gospel of Mark, the questions the people of Rome were asking as they left their comforts to find Peter and Mark in the slums and in the catacombs, the hearts and souls of tentative, new-found believers, were understanding Jesus was astonishing, amazing and personal. Jesus was taking His time with all calling on Jesus.

Jesus was saying He understood the world mocks people. Christ Jesus Messiah, knows how to address, with authority, brash, negative, pull down people. The Ministry of Jesus tells us far more was going on than we will ever know and Jesus was handling all of this with amazing competence. Romans were living in a world of stress. Jesus' love and understanding of the world as it is - helped them. Jesus was real to them.

Romans were in a tough spot during the Ministry of Jesus and as the Acts of the Apostles were being lived. Love flowed from the Apostles. Prayer flowed from the Apostles. Hope flowed from the men who had known Jesus. The Holy Spirit was Comforting and Helping. Multitudes were being given Hope and believing Jesus is God.

People healed of fear, doubts, diseases, sadness for ill loved ones, were moving forward. Jesus was giving a Hope and a Future.

Even Sparrows could be loved, known and cared for by Jesus.

Abba, Holy Father

We begin our prayers, usually

asking You to dwell in us. 

Reminding us You are our Heavenly Father, we know as we pray

are as close as can be.

We praise Your Holy Name, the Highest Name of Jesus

and ask Jesus to give us His righteousness

that the prayer will availeth much.

And we pray together.

For the Republic. For Godly Hopes, Godly Jesus Justice,

our Hope and Future.

To have Jesus touch, support, and uphold those we Love

Giving His Love and Future.  Peace and Joy.

And as we pray,

we know we have concerns in our lives and cares

we want lifted to God tenderly and with great Love

and privately as Mark 7.

Here we can Believe Jesus would handle these

Prayers with Great Love and Privacy.

I give Great Thanksgiving

for feeling better on Sunday after resting all day Saturday.

And in not feeling well, realize Texas has placed

the concerns of virus transmission back to the level Red.

We pray the Vaccine travels swiftly

and for the safety we all would put in our lives

touching one another.

We pray for our Economy

and the Stock Market with new concerns.

Jesus, we ask for the Legislatures to have

calm and peaceful minds, not of the Pandemic historic hostile thoughts.

We ask Your Blessing on the Hope and Future, You would 

Willingly Bless us with.

Jesus bless the system of Laws we have

to administer Jesus Justice.

Jesus help give wisdom to those in Authority

to calm, prosper, comfort and help one another.

We will recall the Pew Report Polls.

Some Statisticians say Polls are only Tacticians. Agenda.

The Body of Christ is talking about this on YouTube. The Prayers of some have halted in worry.

We want the Beloved of Jesus not to live in doubt and fear. Love and Jesus.

The Body of Jesus remembers Jesus Himself said the rich, young ruler would be saved.

Jesus Himself said His Mission is to save the world.

Jesus might say the missing ten to sixteen percent

need to believe they are missed and would be wanted to pray again.

Jesus says Prayer is a come as you are welcome to Jesus Christ.

Jesus always knows who is going to come back to Him and the Prodigal is welcome.

The Gates of Heaven are always open and so is the Heart of Jesus Christ.

The Holy Spirit is called Comforter and Help and Helper.

Jesus bless our Paths to be filled with Heaven.

Heaven on earth. To Be Heaven and Give Heaven.

Help us to Seek You First.

In the Highest Name of Jesus Christ,

Amen

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