That Flashing Light of Doom to the Enemy

 

Mayhem in the streets, all day long, is of the enemy. That entitlement comes to those who choose to defy God and His ways and choose to lie, cheat, to have love affairs with things of wood, metal, and sewage "leaders of Portland Oregon choose to allow people into the Willamette River even after raw sewage has leaked into the river at least five times this year".  We must stand strong in this hour.

Hebrews 13:5-6    NKJV   5 Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, "I will never leave you nor forsake you." 6 So we may boldly say:

The LORD is my helper;

I will not fear.

What can man do to me?'

 

We see the ugliness of fear when people were told a fable or story if you will. Fear is to be of the Lord. Understanding He is God and we are not to fear man. Man cannot cast you into hell. Although he can tell his peers to smear you in some fashion. Yes, society is different than some 30-50 years ago.

 

Fear, when not controlled, gives evidence that a person does not believe that God is telling the truth and that He cannot be trusted to have one's best interests at heart. What rules our heart? Is it the Lord or something else? Does money rule or does some group of people rule your heart? People will most likely not have peace for you in any form. But God has peace for us when we seek Him.

Jeremiah 29:11: "For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope." To leave no doubt, God reassures us that He wants the best for us, peace and a future with Him forever.

No matter what problems we face, God has a glorious end-game in mind for us.

When we are sick, the symptoms of our illness tend to show up way before the root is exposed. We may face symptoms such as paralyzing anxiety, anger out of control, marriage in distress, financial chaos, a medical emergency, a suicide prevention at work and much more. In that problem, you and I will lack peace and will certainly long for relief. Where does this pain originate? Our Great Physician offers us great clarity and help.

Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life. Proverbs 4:23 (NLT)

Your heart determines the course of your life. God reveals that the condition of our hearts will determine the course of our lives. What is inside your heart is taking you somewhere!

Christ points to it in Luke 12:32 as a reason not to fear: "Do not fear, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom." The end-game for this physical life is only the beginning of the next—eternal life. Our God, with all the power at His command, is committed to getting us there, as I Thessalonians 5:23-24 reveals: "Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. He who calls you is faithful, who also will do it" (emphasis ours).

The Lord is leading us into eternity. But the world will lead you someplace else.  It will take you to hell! Jesus looks on our spiritual growth. He will bless us spiritually or will bring judgment to us spiritually. Again, this is for the believer indeed.

 

Our God is not passive in His love for us but is actively looking for opportunities to do us good, assuring us in 2 Chronicles 16:9, "For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to Him." Not only is it God's will to be a present help in trouble (Psalm 46:1), this verse in 2  Chronicles also reveals that He takes it much further. God is with great effort, illustrated by running to and fro, actively looking for opportunities to help us. Kiel and Delitzsch says of this verse, "[He] looks forth over all the earth, uses every opportunity wonderfully to succor those who are piously devoted to Him."

So knowing that God is looking for every opportunity to help us, we should be able to relate to Psalm 121:  I will lift up my eyes to the hills—from whence comes my help? My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth. He will not allow your foot to be moved; He who keeps you will not slumber. Behold, He who keeps Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. The LORD is your keeper; the LORD is your shade at your right hand. The sun shall not strike you by day, nor the moon by night. The LORD shall preserve you from all evil; He shall preserve your soul. The LORD shall preserve your going out and your coming in from this time forth, and even forevermore.

With all these promises, why do we have fear? We will fear if we do not make God's promises part of our thinking or lack the faith to believe them. We have some of God’s promises on mirrors. We keep watch on His word and make sure it is within our heart.

Heard today that people in our neighborhood are choosing to be too busy to read the word of God! Psalm 91 conveys to us the importance of a dialogue with God. Surely we have one with God daily, read His word and ask Him questions!

Psalm 91: 1 He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. 2 I will say of the LORD, 'He is my refuge and my fortress, My God, in Him I will trust. 3 Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler ...And from perilous pestilence. 4 He shall cover you with His feathers, and under His wings you shall take refuge; His truth shall be your shield and buckler. 5 You shall not be afraid of the terror by night. Nor of the arrow that flies by day, 6 Nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness, nor of the destruction that lays waste at noonday. 7 A thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but it shall not come near you. 8 Only with your eyes shall you look and see the reward of the wicked.  9 Because you have made the LORD, who is my refuge, Even the Most High, your swelling place. 10 No evil shall befall you. Nor shall any plague come near your dwelling: 11 For He shall give His angels charge over you, to keep you in all your ways. 12 In their hands they shall bear you, lest you dash your foot against a stone. 13 You shall tread upon the lion and cobra, the young lion and the serpent you shall trample under foot. 14 Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him.  I will set him on high because he has known My name. 15 He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him and honor him. 16 With long life I will satisfy him and show him My salvation.

Abiding in the secret place, we declare the LORD, Jesus will be our refuge. In God we safe and delivered from the snare of the fowler. We are far from perilous pestilence. He cover us with His feathers and under His wings we take refuge. His truth, His word is our shield and buckler. (This is daily and should be maintained as a relationship, talking with Him.) We are not afraid of the arrow that flies by day, nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness, nor of the destruction that lays wast at noonday. A thousand may fall at our side, ten thousand at our right hand; it shall not come near us. Only with our eyes shall we look and see the reward of the wicked.

From verse 11 ....satan always leaves this out of his quoting the scriptures: he speaks, that God gives angels charge over you but he always leaves on the passage..."in all your ways".

Our ways have to be with God in communion with Him and obedience to His word. (We cannot say we believe in Him and never talk with Him.) He is our refuge. He is our strength and safety. No total immunity from things occurring around us, still we rise to the top in God. WE confide in Him! It is a relationship. Start there in Psalm 91 and speak everyday over your lives. Plead the blood line of Jesus around your property and be consistent. Ask God any questions, and He will answer you!

God is Engaged with Activity: John 4:24 God is Spirit and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth

1.   Alive in the new Birth; Alive in the flow of His spirit

2.   Enabled by His power and not as a mechanical thing.

3.   It is humble manner of transparency according to His word of truth for Worshiping Him is not a matter of location but the location of our heart: is it for Him out of true knowledge of God

Holiness starts in one's relationship with the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. Justification through God's merciful act of grace opens the door of access to Him, as well as the door to the Kingdom of God. Justification is entirely an act of God, a legal action on our behalf that we accept by faith because He does not lie. Others do not easily discern our justification, since in most cases it has no outward manifestation.   While sanctification unto holiness begins at the same moment as justification, it is a progressive, creative, time-consuming work of God within us.  Unlike justification, sanctification cannot be hidden because it appears in our godly conduct. By it, a witness is made that God dwells in us. Where there is no holiness, there is no witness to glorify God. 

 So we see that justification and sanctification are two separate matters. They are related - indeed, they cannot be separated - but we should never confuse them. If one partakes in either, he is a partaker of both, but we should not overlook the distinctions between them. Keep away from the world's ways. Do not lie, nor seek evil, for evil is watching you. Let us be found faithful to the Lord and walk in all His ways of truth.

May this help anyone who finds themselves seeing evil in wrong places against you. Remind the devil you belong to God and quote Psalm 91. As I was reminded by my niece recently. and referring to my sister, her mother, to declare certain scriptures. In that the Lord showed me to give all of Psalm 91 again as I did before my sister passed into heaven. I also quote those harassing scriptures as in Jeremiah 15:14 "let every harassing spirit be roasted with double fire. Using the blood Of Jesus when drawing those blood lines around property ...Revelation 12:11. Philippians 1:28 gives the devil that neon of : "Doom, doom, and doom! " And in nothing be terrified by your adversaries, which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God." Amen.

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Power for Regeneration

Man and his ways or God and His truth?

Was just hearing a lead story on the new technology they are putting in cars or least on the list to implement in the next months and years. Yet when I heard what this entailed I was shocked indeed! They are wanting these new cars of the future to know you and your emotions. They want the A.I. to determine if you are sorrowful, or happy. They gave a scenario where you get in this car from a long day at work and the A. I. will know ahead what to suggest to you for your evening of relaxation. It will even tell you what is showing that "is your favorite type of movie" and even tell you that it will purchase the tickets for you! I thought it was a reaching and rather far-fetched when grocery stores were telling you to send in your list to them of your needed items and they will shop for you. Then you can drive up to the sign in the parking lot of store and someone will bring your groceries out to you. Remember the days when shopping for groceries was a family thing. I do and always looked forward to that time with my mother and later with my husband and daughter.

I began to think how far we had come in such a short time. My husband and I had watched during the holiday season a story of American history on refrigeration, marketing meat and vegetables from the mid to late 19 century. And I was in awe that people survived without fresh meat on hand, but actually were purchasing tainted meat because of no refrigeration. Of course, this was graphic detail in that the people dress in that period of history type clothing from that century and also gave a look of the spoiled food. And men in suits were buying this produce on their way home from a days work. And men dressed that resembled clothes of the dock workers who brought off the loads of fish from the fishing boats, as well as some working women who left the manufacturing company for the day to make that special purchase. Oh, but the food was still questionable to me in that they had no refrigeration and were selling it on the streets in like the city of New York and Manhattan. 

The next thing to be invented was a hot sauce and it was invented to be strong enough to pour on the tainted meat when it was served on the table for the family. Again, I know not how people survived all that poisoning going on.  But many people wanted to get in on this business "thing" of creating that great hot sauce and they were just mean enough to add things like wood shavings into the product and yes it caused problems. Ingesting this man-made thing killed people, the young and old alike.

The twentieth century appeared and within that time many new products were discovered and many new things came on the market like Post Grape Nut Cereal that was a stolen idea from the Kellogg's brothers. Still more cereals were invented, more money was made and some people's lives became simpler and more stream-lined in being effective in their work, in the home in regards to meal preparation and especially to creating refrigeration for foods within the home and refrigeration for those stores being set up as markets! Cars were being invented, and even catsup was on the list!

With that in mind, do we regard a simpler life with God? Our lives were certainly made the better through salvation in the sacrifice of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. By the Holy Spirit we have regeneration to live righteously being daily renewed by the Holy Spirit of God that works on our hearts and teaches us to avoid religion and legalism. It is in that power that we live, move and have our being.

But it is not for us to be lazy with no regard for our families, and it is not about us being catered to as in our emotions. Remember they make really bad masters! In studying God's word, we find Jesus came to serve. And He did that while He walked the earth and while He hung on a Cross. Are we serving those who we claim to love? For certainly, food has to be put together for a special dish for the family to enjoy or are we leaving a note where he, she or they can find some food in the refrigerator or the pantry to eat?

We should be able to prepare food for eating, and preparing a home for cleanliness and to work where finances are coming into our hands. But what do we do with the extra time we gain from someone else loving our family who diligently goes from aisle to aisle to find the items we require when we really need the exercise ourselves and to plan our meals to fit the days ahead for those we love and all that entails the busy lifestyles?

Certainly if you are disabled in body and not in your mind, this service might be a good thing. But in regard to that, how will that play out in our life and those we are an example in living for Christ and being readily available to help one in distress?

For you certainly will not be in the place to meet up with him or her who might need prayer or you might not be there in line at Costco when someone has lost a loved one or their wayward teen took off for the wilds of New York. The anointing on you will not be used to bring comfort to those who would be on your pathway, because you have someone else doing your job for you.

Power for Regeneration: Titus 3:3-7 NKJV for we ourselves were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts & pleasures, living in malice & envy, hateful & hating one another. 4 But when the kindness and love of God our Savior toward man appeared, 5 not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration & renewing of the Holy Spirit, 6 whom He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior, 7 that having been justified by His grace we should become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

It is Holy Spirit Who regenerates life into our mortal being! He renews our hearts & life to look eternally with Him all the while He teaches us to avoid religion & legalism. It is in His power that we live, move and have our being that is by the peace, truth and humility found in Jesus Christ!

You and I must know what He spoke in the Gospels! That water of His word continually flowing in our lives will always increase to where it is without measure. It will appear as that river increasing to the ankles, to the knees and the loins to the point of where the river could not be crossed.

Found in Ezekiel 47 we find the healing waters and relates to us the that those flowing waters of blessing are to be anticipated by us in the Holy Spirit's work in believers, yes you and me!

The Holy Spirit reveals tomorrow John 16:13-15 However when He, the Spirit of truth has come, He will guide you into all truth; for he will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears he will speak, and He will tell you things to come. 14 He will glorify Me, for he will take of what is Mine and declare it to you. 15 All things that the Father has are Mine. Therefore I said that He will take of Mine and declare it to you.

Are we captured by "next big thing"? Are we set to be the first on our block to have that new car that will analyze our body movements, those sighs, the tired breath, the slump posture of our body as we seat ourselves in the driver's seat, to escape the workday to only be talked to by something that sounds like a woman but really has no heart and no life! Seated to hear, the car that is given voice to speak in the thoughts of a non-human entity that will caress the flesh creature? And even more so, is that how many are swayed into its thinking so they begin to relax in what a machine is giving as solace to a human being.

Will creature comforts be better chased after than chasing life in God?

Back to John 16, it is the Holy Spirit's ministry to guide us His followers into all the truth. In this you and I have divine guidance and many have opportunity for the Spirit of God to ministry truth to them since He was given on the day of Pentecost! 

Isaiah 45:19 I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth; I did not say to the seed of Jacob, 'seek  Me in vain', I, the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right. It is in this relationship that God makes Himself known. This shows those who are pretenders, for only God speaks and Who reveals future!

So as Jesus taught by the Holy Spirit, He revealed the kingdom of God and in His speaking He was referring to the spiritual. So when He spoke of drinking His blood and eating His flesh, He referred to whether they would have a desire or even have a delight in Him! Would they continue with Him, but alas, His audience began to take an offense toward Him and this thing He spoke of. (John 6: 41-71)

Jesus spoke this: John 6:55  “For My flesh is food indeed, and My blood is drink indeed. 56 He who eats my flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me and I in him. 57 As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who feeds on Me will live because of Me. 58 This is the bread which came down from heaven -----not as your fathers ate the manna and are dead, He who eats this bread will live forever.”

The Matthew Henry Commentary wrote this: If the soul does not hunger and thirst, certainly it does not live. It is certain that you can have no spiritual life, unless you derive it from Christ by faith. Separated from Him, we can do nothing. Our bodies may as well live without meat as our souls without Christ.

 It is God Who draws men to Jesus! It is He who gives us grace and strength to come to Him. But He also draws our heart. Many turned away from Him and left His teachings.

John 6:60-69 Therefore many of His disciples, when they heard this, said, “This is a hard saying; who can understand it?” 61 When Jesus knew in Himself that His disciples complained about this, He said to them, “Does this offend you?” 62 “What then if you should see the Son of Man ascend where He was before?” 63 “It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit and they are life. 64 “But there are some of you who do not believe.” For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and who would betray Him. 65 And He said, “Therefore I have said to you that no one can come to Me unless it has been granted to him by My Father.” 66 For that time many of His disciples went back and walked with Him no more. 67 Then Jesus said to the twelve, “Do you also want to go away?” 68 But Simon Peter answered Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.” 69 Also we have come to believe and know that You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”

Peter had recognized the eternal in Jesus when we read of it in John 6:68-69. Jesus told them that they would partake of the covenant blood of Christ in the means of being joined to God and receiving the benefits of His life. In this would we see the Christ as the covenant sacrifice and God’s provision for our sustenance?

What a declaration? What a stand for truth when others were walking away from Jesus. Pretenders were revealed!

Simon Peter called Jesus Lord. He was calling Him the authority. In this respect it is given to the one who is master, the teacher and is a title of respect.

So many walked away from the very “mystery” of Christ and His ultimate return for those who are His! We share Him in this life, and we partake of those promises that came to us through His work on the Cross!

The disciples agreed that He who had the words of eternal life, was also He would give eternal to all who would come to Him! What is the degree of our faith in belief towards Jesus? Where do we stand when things get 'hot' and everyone is trying to change what Jesus spoke in the kingdom of God? We really need to stay with Him who holds the word of eternal life!

Jesus had asked, " will you also go way?" Christ will never stop us if we choose to leave Him. The Holy Spirit is gentle and will not harass as some people harass. The Holy Spirit is there to give comfort, and to give us truth. And like Jesus, His ministry was comprised of those who followed Him and one who followed his own agenda. But the Lord knows those who are His and He will keep us in His truth. 

John 6:44-45 NKJV "No man can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I  will raise him up at the last day. 45 It is written in the prophets, 'And they shall be taught by God'. Therefore everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to Me. "

 Father thank You for this day You made for us! We give thanks for Jesus Who is Lord who has the words of eternal life. Father You have given Him authority over all flesh, that He should give eternal life to as many as You have given Him. (John 17:2) And this is the eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God and Jesus Christ whom You have sent. (John 17:3) Jesus glorified YOU Father on the earth. He finished the work which You had given Him to do. (John 17:4)

The testimony: God has given eternal life and this life is in His Son. He who has the  Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. (1 John 5:11-12)

We give thanks today that eternal life is ours! As believers, assurance of eternal life began the moment we surrendered our lives to Jesus. We believe in our hearts that Jesus is the Son of God who lived a perfect life, & then, obediently died the death we deserved, so we could be reconciled with God Who is our Father in heaven! We are thankful that Jesus defeated death when he rose from the dead on the third day just as He said He would. As Christ followers, we have the promise of eternal life. “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life” according to John 3:16!

By faith we enter abundant life through Jesus, who is the Door. We pray that we fight the good fight of faith, that we lay hold on eternal life to which we were also called and that we have confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses. ( 1 Timothy 6:12) May we not miss one person we are to minister life to in this time we exist here in the community of which we reside. Help us Holy Spirit not to be selfish and self-centered but aware that much is going on and many people are losing their lives to be in hell forever!

Father, may our lives be maintained in You. We build ourselves up on our most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit keeping ourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.

Now to Him who is able to keep us faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy, To God our Savior, Who alone is wise, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and forever. Amen.

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Peace Carries a Sword

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Matthew 10: 34- 39 "Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth.
 I did not come to bring peace but a sword.
35 For I have come to set a man against his father,
 a daughter against her mother, and a daughter -in-law against her mother-in-law;
 36 and a man's enemies will be those of his own household.
37 He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me.
And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.
 38 And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me.
 39 He who finds his life will lose it and he who loses his life for My sake will find it.

In this passage it is Christ who brings division! Jesus calls us to be more loyal to Him than to any human being. By His guidance we have the light that guides us through circumstances and even adventures when His truth is known.
In surrendering to His reign in our hearts we relinquish all "selfish" ambition. In taking up His cross, we carry His message. We are to love our neighbor but not love them more than Jesus. Period! Many a heartache is due to " a somebody did wrong to another somebody".
In all the writings on Jesus and His life, I never saw the friend who was the constant other than John. And he was found by Jesus' side when He most notably hung on that Cross! The true will remain when circumstances seem tough and " really "hard. The true will carry the peace of Jesus with a sword.

Ephesians 6:14-18 NKJV Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breast plate of righteousness, 15 and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. 17 And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit which is the word of God; 18 praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints.....

Righteousness is much to us: it is that which is major to making the accurate decisions in this life that will keep us out of harms way and the heartache. No, you and I cannot make others choose God or His ways, but in our conduct we should resemble Jesus and keep to the narrow path that leads to life. In their choosing, they may opt for the "more traditional route of destruction and death, but Jesus came to give us His peace in the light of that Word.
IN the righteousness we have in Christ Jesus, we become established in Him. But people can and most times choose to trust in their own righteousness. And he who does commits iniquity without Him, will die. We find this in Ezekiel 33:13 When I say to the righteous that he shall surely live, but he trusts in his own righteousness and commits iniquity, none of his righteous works shall be remembered; but because of the iniquity that he has committed he shall die."

All the standards a man can incorporate into their lives are those of the man who came from dust! And that man gets the idea that  his standard is the right 'standard' then the wrong standard is the 'right one' that kills one. When they believe they are right and move full on in life with a force, often what is seen is that which is the true demonstration of their foolishness.
We have seen that of late with a particular party and their persistence to create dishonor for others. It is in Christ Jesus we have the righteousness which is from God by faith. Paul wrote this in Philippians 3:8-11 NKJV Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ. 9 and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ the righteousness which is from God by faith; 10 that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings being conformed to His death, 11 if, by any means I may attain to the resurrection from the dead.

That is the optimum word..."that I may attain to the resurrection from the dead".
If we remain in ourselves and keep our own standard of what we believe to be right and wrong will up that destruction heap and death!

Even within my own life, my former is in the heap pile of just scraps and mess. But in knowing Christ Jesus and Him crucified, I am raised up with Him in His wisdom and His glory. I am raised to be the son of God. We must be willing to lay down any former rights and reputations giving our lives in the service to others for the sake of the Gospel. We must be willing to lay down selfish desires!

In our communion with Him, we take that good part into times with family, and with friends. we take that good part into business meetings and  coffee sit-downs with a new acquaintance. Resurrection from the dead means we continue His life on earth as He began. We continue with that good part and tell others and we do it in that righteousness that is by faith.

How do I do that? I do it by teaching His words of truth and I write! I continue to tell others what God has done for me.

If we truly confess that Greater is he that is in me than he that is in the world, then we have superiority over things that should no longer be holding us down in bondage. 1 John 4:4 You are of God little children and have overcome them, because He who is in your is greater than he who is in the world.
In that respect where do we hold Jesus in regard to the enemy-Satan? If Jesus is in our heart we carry His peace because He gave us His peace. In that oneness with Christ we live in a reality that is of truth, is the narrow path of life with abundance! We daily remind ourselves of those things He spoke as He carried peace of the Gospel and saw divisions. He saw disciples follow Him one day and fly the next day! He had a length of time on this earth, and His assignment that was to bring glory to the Father because of the love for man-kind.

Yes peace carries a sword. Jesus prayed to glorify the Father. (John 17:1) Eternal life was granted to all that God would send to hear the message of His Son. Within that, revival should be seen. Jesus prayed for His disciples: those whom God the Father had given to Jesus. There was to be unity in that peace that carries the sword.
This was never about an organization; this was a spiritual unity. It is visible as we saw in Jesus. It is visible that was seen in Paul, James, Peter and yes John. The more each of these men spent in time through prayer and study of the word, the more these men saw the signs and wonders in their lives manifest.
They could not kill John when they boiled him in hot oil, so they sent him to a vacation island called Patmos. Yeah, the men sent there broke up rock. But John is the Beloved and Jesus the Revelator revealed the end days for the church and Jew!

Like Jesus, the more truth revealed, the more that peace carried forth a sword to divide the light from the dark. And those refusing light and to live in their standard of right and wrong proved that man's wisdom fails. It certainly did to those who stood against Jesus who was sent by Almighty God. May we not refuse God when He sends that messenger of truth that comes from the heart of God for man to live and not die. We are to prevail in this life as over-comers and not be those coming up short in finances, healing or any other thing we know is short.
Growth is seen when we glorify God with thanksgiving in the faith we believe that is never short or one of doubt but is of truth that God is NOT dead....He is truly ALIVE and He lives to see His kingdom come in you and in me.
Jesus said, "Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. YOU and I have the HOLY SPIRIT and HE is never self-serving! He is all about truth and that knowledge is revealed when we participate with Him. Take the peace of Jesus and speak as He spoke for that you are the truth who knows Him on that personal basis indeed!

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A Family Affair

Genesis 1:1-6
1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. 3 Then God said, "Let there be light"; and there was light. 4 And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. So the evening and the morning were the first day.
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Our Father God created. And it has continued to expand, for you and I continue to hear reports from NASA about another galaxy, and another planet like ours being spotted in the vast universe.

God said and it was so. And He called out LIGHT!

With light shining within our homes, what do we see?

What do we create for our families? What atmosphere do we create when no one is there, when no one is home? Are the beds made? Are the dishes done? How about a meal for that spouse? Or is he limited to the two meals a day and snack for evening, as a purposed plan for his eating habits today? Remember that weight thing has to be considered.

It tells us from the above scripture, that the earth was without form, void and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the deep waters.

And then God spoke:"LIGHT!"

So when we have our beginning with God, do we ask for His light into the 1st part of our early morning time and if we do, what do we start with?

Hopefully it is in praying, asking the Holy Spirit to have His way in us and then move into worshiping the Lord and give voice to His Word by speaking it out!

In the days of "old" the people started on their days before the sun arose. There was water to get from a well or stream. There was wood to gather for a fire. Much activity could be heard, inside and outside of a dwelling place. Remember what might have been used to light a room.
Was it winter or was it summer time? The wife would be starting on the first meal of the day and it had to be a hearty one to get the husband off to do his duty of work for the day. Also in those days, the man worked with the wife to prepare for the family, prepare for the aged members who could no longer see to their needs. So everyone knew how to cook a meal on an open fire. Yes it was a family affair!

Today, much has changed, and I am not certain all for the good. Let God be the judge!
So which one would we embrace, which one do we look like, and which one will expand us in the right direction to make a difference for the kingdom of God?

For both will expand just as God's light has expanded. This whole world is based on that foundation He put into motion.

1st Scenario:
On rising on the 1st work day of week:

Husband works, wife works part-time,  two children, part-time family cat.
They rush around, one makes coffee, another makes sandwiches to fill paper bags. One or two yell at each other. Maybe one is kissed, door slams, and the house is empty!
Looks like Hurricane Sandy went through it! Making a quick walk through, one finds that place in upheaval.
No beds are made, dishes in the sink, pans on the stove, and clothes everywhere.Yikes!
The father gets home, dishes in the sink, pots and pans on the stove. Oh my! What's for dinner, who shopped?
Kids come in, not happy again.
Mom comes in to find everyone arguing, gazing around the room she sees the piles of stuff and nothing put away. Stumbling, and numb from her day, she grimaces at the noise escalating from the kitchen area. "Oh yes, I forgot to shop again."
There is more loud talking, one is sulking, then everyone complains they are "the hungry".
Still have to wash a pan or two, Mom is done. She has vacated the kitchen. She probably had to with no room to really stand in a space with both feet as the boots and shoes cluttered the walking area of the living room. Then she spots an empty box on the living room floor and oh yes, the seldom home cat is demanding something to eat as well! He is meowing loudly and rubbing against her pantsuit leg! Then she remembers speaking aloud, 'oh my", the "cat needs food".
She asks her husband did he not get work off early. He said of course, "it is Monday, right." " It was our bowling day."
She responds, "yes, but the market is right next door." He turns with a scowl and shrugs his shoulders to the "kids".
Dinner is something like ramen noodles. The kid's snubbed their noses at it. Both are off to bed with no dinner. The father kicks the boots out of his way, looks around the room and falls into his chair in front of the T.V.
Mother has gone in to shower and plans on going to bed. She makes a mental note: "PBJ for lunches:kids! She turns off the light!
Who put the kids to bed? Who helped?
When night is done, the day starts again.

2nd Scenario:
Rising on the 1st day of work week:
Husband works, wife works part-time and they have two children. And one dog!
Husband comes in after work to help with meal preparation. He stopped at the market for some special fixings to do up one of his famous burgers. Meats on the grill!
Kids come in from school, hang their jackets up, Mom is on her way home.
Dinner table set, mom arrives, dinner is on the table.
Mom had a meeting downtown and saw some adventure movies on sale and got a couple for the family to watch on "Family Night".

 Everyone eats. Dog looks for some kind of meat from the table. But alas, he returns to find his bowl full of dog munchies and his water bowl filled to the brim as well.
Dad and kids wash dishes, Mom prepares lunch boxes with sandwiches for the next day. She pours milk into thermos for the kid's, put in their favorite peanut butter cook with chocolate chips. Laughter is heard throughout the house.
Dad goes in to turn back the bed covers in the kids rooms for the kids. Mom checks how the bath is going for the younger child. "Is that too much bubble bath in the water?" She checks their clothes for school the next day, but knows she has no choice in what they will wear.
Dad helps the eldest kid with homework, it is some new "math".........and when done sends him off to think about their plans for Saturday for the whole family in the park for the big game of baseball.
Mother and Father visit: each child in their room, they pray, and tuck them in. The eldest complains, "ah, I am too old for that "kid stuff" dad!"
Mom and Dad smile and exit quietly........in the living room over a cup of tea, they
 talk about their day at work, check on their bank account, all bills paid, they go over any goals for the end of the year.
She tells him about some things at work and they pray together over the situation. They ask the Lord's direction for the day and week ahead.
She readies for bed, and he then follows. He checks to make sure all is in place. And that every door is locked is his final look at the security of his family. He prays over the family again, pleads the Blood of Jesus. Turns out the light!
When the night is done, the day starts again.

Seems scenario 2 would be the best solution for a thriving and growing family, yet I think the 1st is what a lot of people see and experience.

The important thing to remember is that our Father God created. And when He is in it, there is light, life, and a place to really thrive and grow in Him. It is joyous and maximizing the God- kind of life. It is ease when everything and everyone is in their place and fulfilling their roles.

Also understand this: both of these families know God. They have accepted Jesus as Lord. But only one family is truly living under the leadership of Jesus. The other is floundering!

Now this is really pointed or directed to the men who read this.
Since we are made in the image of God, we are to imitate Him and follow what He has written to us for our good.
Ephesians 5:1-2
5:1 Therefore be imitators of God as dear children. 2 And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma.
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So husbands, what did you sacrifice for your family today? Did you shop for groceries? How about some special berries or chocolate for your wife?
Could you have done the dishes, put them away and have the counter ready to prepare another meal later?

God created the garden of Eden and he created man. He gave him the garden and gave him the animals to name. What a job, right? How many is there and how long did that take? I know it took about a day to come up with a name for our little poodle. You know that name has to fit!

But seriously, God gave Adam some jobs to do and it was TO take dominion in that garden and do it with a walk with the Father Who created him.

Genesis 2:18-25
18 And the LORD God said, "It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him." 19 Out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to Adam to see what he would call them. And whatever Adam called each living creature, that was its name. 20 So Adam gave names to all cattle, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper comparable to him. 21 And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place. 22 Then the rib which the LORD God had taken from man He made into a woman, and He brought her to the man. 23 And Adam said:

"This is now bone of my bones
And flesh of my flesh;
She shall be called Woman,
Because she was taken out of Man."

24 Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. 25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.   NKJV

That helper is "ezer" (ay-zer) OT 5828...5826 .....aid, help....to succor
I like what the definition states:to provide with what is useful in achieving an end.
I think this one is amazing.........."and is liken to something that one does or gives to help another..........in a situation that is often difficult and can be one of suffering."

Remember that Adam came from the dust of the ground! He was a man of mind, will and emotions.
And then Eve came along. And they lived in a garden that God provided. It had every kind of tree and what beauty must have been in that garden!
Yes, she came along to help Adam in a situation. It might be something of a difficulty...........some hard work.........and even (Yikes) some suffering!
The helper---the helpmate---- had come to assist what Adam was doing. Well, he had named the animals........but what else.......well, he was to tend the garden........take dominion and rule!
But the serpent came in, and Adam was not taking his right in dominion. It was that chaos again........and much like Hurricane Sandy! It looks that way in the lives of families who are to be led by the Father, Helpmate Mother, children achieving an end that is useful.

 God said this in Genesis 3:16.........

Genesis 3:16
6 To the woman He said:

"I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception;
In pain you shall bring forth children;
Your desire shall be for your husband,
And he shall rule over you."  NKJV

When they had fallen from sin, they were given God's thoughts on their lives.
And He stated that Adam would rule over his wife Eve.
That word  " rule " is 4910 in the Strong's Greek/Hebrew definition.

It means to be in good condition. Even though they had now fallen into sin, God was stating, "Adam, your wife will be in good condition."

 In searching further, we find it means to "feast" together. It is to revel in each other's company! Dancing together through life seeing after the other's need. It was to be done in a joyful attitude, and done together............not husband on one rail of a train track and the wife on the other rail of a train track, never meeting together except to produce a child. Yikes!
I like what the Webster's Unabridged Dictionary says about ruling: to indulge without restraint.
What if they worked together without restraint.........not putting up signs...........like:" me Tarzan", " you Jane"?
What if they worked in union together as say 2nd Scenario family?

They were to work together in preparation...........an agreement of life together, working together for the meal preparations, preparing for child/children.........and moving forward in their lives that was achieving an end. Every member of that family would prosper when the head, followed Jesus, and kept his watch over his garden, his family. Each doing, learning and prospering in the doing: like cooking, like shopping, like working in the yard, like painting a fence and like cleaning a dirty toilet?

Did our Lord prepare fish for His disciples when He was the RESURRECTED? YES!

John 21:9-12
9 Then, as soon as they had come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid on it, and bread. 10 Jesus said to them, "Bring some of the fish which you have just caught." 11 Simon Peter went up and dragged the net to land, full of large fish, one hundred and fifty-three; and although there were so many, the net was not broken. 12 Jesus said to them, "Come and eat breakfast."  NKJV

Wow! The man, the God from Heaven, Jesus Christ the Messiah, the Lord of Lords prepared fish!

In leading the home, the leader, the man, the husband is to lead in every area. The wife, a leader in that understanding that her husband still leads. She is to assist him in that which to give assistance, and often times be one of a difficult situation that has some suffering in it. Ah, but who is it that suffers?
Jesus got the fish to prepare and not for just a couple of the "guys"! No He held a feast for them with bread added!  It was to be one of joy, reveling as a dance together that Jesus was the RESURRECTED and was sending His disciples out to be "those fisher's of men"!



As the nurturer, both husband and wife are to nurture as God nurtures. The Garden God created, He designed for someone to oversee that garden. He had to care for it.
So too, the father of the family is to nurture his family. He is to brood over it as God does. He is to look to the future for those who will become his family. He is to talk about, but also do the things listed within the living quarters of the home. Today, families have a whole multitude of electronics and gadgets that help out in the cooking of meals, keeping in touch throughout the day, and also caring for those things of our mind, will and emotions.

Some families I have met over the years I recall the amount of effort a husband will do for the family when the mother becomes so ill that she requires help.
I remember one such woman I met back in Ranchester, Wy. many decades ago. What I saw, was a man who cleaned the house, bought the groceries and talked much with his ailing wife. She passed some five years later, but I remember that love he gave, the love he so vigilantly displayed that was without restraint. He had someone to come in to help with her meds and someone to help with the laundry. But he did the rest! And God bless his heart for the love that was displayed toward his wife.

In closing: If our days start out like "Croods" then we probably need lots of help. We would need lots of prayer time and not just five minutes a day. Let's see now, it has taken how many years to get in this condition? So, yes, it will take more than just a quick "5" minutes to get things right and in order.

What is it the Bible says........Romans 15:5-6
5 May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you a spirit of unity among yourselves as you follow Christ Jesus, 6 so that with one heart and mouth you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.  NIV

Our lives requires what we can bring to the table for others. If your son or daughter never sees you cook a meal, wash a dish or take out the trash, then why should they do it, right? If everything is done for them, then how will they be productive in their lives? You will either still be taking care of them when they turn 30 years old or you will have millions of dollars to pay out for the butler and the maid they will require!

My husband loved to take us out for a camping trip. His focus was to travel to the country, and generally the mountains was his preference and to prepare food. He was great at cooking out of doors and the food tasted so rich and delicious.
I believe he gave everything within him to be what God planned for him. He still loves to be outdoors and cook outside, but it is closer to the house. He showed our daughter what productivity meant. And in turn, both she and her husband are showing it to their own.
We truly want to be the family God created and that is to share all our experiences in living, in preparing food for another, help with math, praying with children at night, spending time at the park and paying bills takes team work. And when we work together..........love one another, without restraints, without the labels like "wife in the kitchen only" or "husband only brings in the bacon", or "housecleaning is woman's work", then we have missed the mark of what I believe God desires for His family to be. We must look back at what God spoke even when they were leaving the Garden of Eden..........and see what God purposed for Adam to do for his wife and his family.

Jesus came to serve. He was the true Servant! I have seen my husband do the same. In truth he does a better job at cleaning a bathroom than I ever did. He always tells me to leave something, so that he will do it when he gets home. And he does it. He makes a list to do for me and I am not to do them!  I have truly seen what the love of God can do and how it can cause a whole family to flourish. When it starts in our homes, it will invade the "church" the body of believer's where unity will prevail, Jesus will return, and we will be with Him, in His family without restraint! Amen.

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