O ye of little faith

Remember that "O ye of little faith"?  Matthew 14:22-33 NKJV Immediately Jesus made His disciples get into the boat and go before Him to the other side, while He sent the multitudes away. 23 And when He had sent the multitudes away, he went up on the mountain by Himself to pray.  Now when evening came, He was alone there. 24 But the boat was now in the middle of the sea, tossed by the waves, for the wind was contrary.  25 Now in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went to them, walking on the sea. 26 And when the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were troubled saying, "it is a ghost"! And they cried out for fear. 27 But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, "Be of good cheer! It is I, do not be afraid."
28 And Peter answered Him and said, 'Lord, if it is You, command me to come to You on the water." 29 So He said, "Come". And when Peter had come down out of the boat, he walked on the water to go to Jesus. 30 But when he saw that the wind was boisterous, he was afraid, and beginning to sink he cried out, saying, "Lord, save me!" 31 And immediately Jesus stretched out His hand and caught him, and said to him, "O you of little faith, why did you doubt?" 32 And when they got into the boat, the wind ceased. 33 Then those who were in the boat came and worshiped Him saying, "
Truly You are the Son of God."

Little faith is faith that lacks confidence or trust so little that people are rebuked by Jesus. When Jesus used this correction in various situations as in Matthew 6:30 (about clothing and the such), Matthew 8:26 (fearful about the wind and waves), Matthew 16:8 ( rebuked them not about not taking bread with them but heeding them to see the leaven of false teachings ) or Luke 12:28 ( about having the proper attitude toward material things).
 Jesus was pointing to that which exposed they had little faith that is undeveloped faith and in truth is outright unbelief. (or distrust)

SO here is in Matthew 14 and verse 28 Peter wanted to be commanded to come on the water, right in that area that Jesus was but the passage speaks Jesus came walking on the sea. Yes, this is a deep place, and is far from land. Verse 29 he comes out of the boat, and verse 30 reveals he saw the boisterous wind.....you know, white caps appear on the top of a river or sea when wind has a contrary attitude. My husband and I can take a drive in our SUV down the Gorge here in Washington. And which ever day we decide to do that, we may have either no wind or very little wind where we live but the wind towards the east end of the Gorge can be rowdy, rough and tough, for we can certainly point you to that bend in the road, where the river runs parallel to the roadway, the very place where in an instant peace changes to boisterous wind. It changes from the calm to the wind producing boisterous waves of many whitecaps dotting the top of the fast moving Columbia River.

Little faith can kill! God's words, those promises must be spoken by us daily to get them woven into our hearts so that changes may occur in the ways in which we think and act to live our lives. Unless we daily take those needed nutrients of His truth, we find little faith will kill you! 
VERSE 30 again tell us this:  30 But when he saw that the wind was boisterous, he was afraid, and beginning to sink he cried out, saying, "Lord, save me!"  And Peter saw the waves boisterous and he began to sink. He was going down into the depths. And he cried for help! Jesus could walk on the water because of the Holy Spirit. All things were given into Jesus' hand: John 3:35 The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into His hand.

"Well God told me to move to Timbuktu?"So do you have enough of God's word in you to live in India? Have you studied to know about the place you are being sent? Have you spent time with God to hear Him speak? Have you researched their medial care? Do they have the same or similar hospitals as the United States? Have you researched the language of their ways of life? What about a important need as a medicine..(you may require)...is there places available for immediate help if consequences change and you are bleeding out or having breathing problems? 
If there is a health problem, would it be better to see your health come back to excellent before heading out to a foreign country you have never lived in? Surely we have to know the Lord and His words of truth and act like He did. His words should be the first ones we should speak to another, right?
Jesus' purpose was for salvation but He also healed people while we walked on this earth. And we too, can know that healing when we abide by His truths and expect the same to occur for us. But if we put more of false the news in our hearing and hear all the bad things that can happen to you when you take a "bad drug".....then where will truth show up in us?



God has demanded us to live by Faith! Hebrews 10:38-39" Now the just shall live by faith; but if anyone draws back, My soul has no pleasure in him." 39 But we are not of those who draw back to perdition, but of those who believe to the saving of the soul. 
We are to be drawn to God, drawn to please Him, but culture can speak loudly to many folks. They are so attracted to that attention thing and having fans, they search for that which brings in more attention. Yeah, it reminds us of that thing..... like flies to honey kind-of-thing!
But 1 John 2:15-16 speaks this: 15 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world-----the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life-----is not of the Father but is of the world.


So the pathway of some believer's can be swayed from the path that has godly success to seek out that which culture dictates leading to pathways that lead only to death!
Peter said this: Acts 5:29 But Peter and the other apostles answered and said, "We ought to obey God rather than men. 30 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus whom you murdered by hanging on a tree. 31 Him, God has exalted to His right hand to be Prince and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and the forgiveness of sins. 32 And we are His witnesses to these things and so also is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey Him.

God gives us His Spirit without measure. Yet I wonder how many are running on empty. John 3:31 NKJV He who comes from above is above all; he who is of the earth is earthly and speaks of the earth. He who comes from heaven is above all. 32 And what He has seen and heard, that He testifies; and no one receives His testimony. 33 He who has received His testimony has certified that God is true. 34 For He whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God does not give His Spirit by measure. 35 The Father loves the Son and the has given all things into His hand. 36 He who believes in the Son has everlasting life; and he who does not believes the Son shall not see like, but the wrath of God abides on Him.

Ephesians 3:17-21 NKJV 17 that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height------19 to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. 20 Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly above all that we ask or think , according to the power that works in us, 21 to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen

Is the Holy Spirit at home in our hearts or is something else abiding there? We must grasp God's love for us at the spiritual level beyond our own intellectual ability. And in that fullness of knowing that love, it is the Holy Spirit Himself who would reveal more fully the things of Christ Jesus to us and through us to others!
And the more we tank up on the Holy Spirit, that is praying and reading and confessing that word of truth, the more Holy Spirit people see in us and through us. Surely our faith grows the more we put the Holy Spirit in our spiritual tanks. And as the river flows, people are to be caught up in that flow that sweeps them to Jesus, refreshed by the Holy Spirit and rejuvenated to see their own tanks filled with His goodness.

Jesus and the Holy Spirit must be more real to us than the person next to us! They must be more real to us than our spouse or our children! We must have faith in Him WHO is the faithful and give thanks tor His faithfulness to us, even when we did not deserve it. We must have thankful hearts and speak of His goodness to us always.
So the next time you find yourself asking the Lord to command you to come to Him on the seas with whitecaps, make sure your equipped in your heart with truth that is the breastplate of righteousness, shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace, having a shield of faith to quench the darts of the enemy. For our covering is salvation by the blood of Jesus and confession of His great name and the sword of the spirit is the word of God.........and as we pray, we are strengthen by God by His Spirit to be watchful and to persevere not only for ourselves but also to encourage those saints to continue in their walk alongside us being intent in watching for the Lord's soon return, indeed!

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SNOWTALS???????

SNOWTALS!!!!!

WAS viewing the Weather Channel recently for the word out from a local T.V. station that there was a storm producing extreme measurable proportions for snow, wind, and ice coming out of Canada and headed for Washington by the weekend. When your local T.V. station anchors and meteorologist starts blowing off the particulars of such events and yet the governor of our state declares a specific warning, I take note immediately of that situation spoken about. I then certainly resort to those "in the know" about such major events! Yes I sat before the T.V. viewing forecasts of Snowmeggedon!

So I start my confessions of having God's wisdom: James 1:5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him, 6 but let him asking faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. Then I am reminded of Jesus and His disciples....you know where Jesus comes walking on the water....Mathew 14: 22-33 and Mark 6:45-52.
I start speaking that my husband and I will speak truth and not the world's wisdom, and will ask the Lord regularly for His rule in that day for us especially those kind of things that affect large populations and travel.


Then I hear this man from the Weather Channel mentioning "snowtals"......and I am thinking and asking myself" what is snowtals"?
 After a a couple of minutes of rewording his sentence, the Weather Channel meteorologist spoke the word expressing the accurate word was....... actually "snow totals" for this big snow event headed for the Northwest Region of the U.S.
Oh, okay, now I am with you.....and the man continues to mark out the specific areas impacted by heavy snow and those with winds, and ice.

I pay attention to this and mention to my husband when he gets home from work what was coming down out of the "north".  And then the next day, early on that Friday, we are outside with our dog looking over some small amount of snow that remained from a previous small event and our neighbor asked if we had heard about "Snowmeggeddon" on its way and we spoke in unison, "Yes".
Of course, my husband and I stand with God and His word in those promises.....when... such things occur for the those whose travel is on roadways effected by such horrific storms. So throughout the week for work, to get groceries, visit family or church, we are thanking the Lord for safety to cross over as the Hebrews did over the Red Sea and away from Pharaoh and his army. We were well armed and ready to take that stand with our confessions ready to display before that which was headed toward us out of Canada.

Certainly we must know God's provision in His word to dispel any darkness within our own thinking that has been instilled by a culture of changing systems regularly. Still the devil has in place his system that brings captive those who are ruled by lust of their eyes, the lust of their flesh and the pride of life. And within that system, Eve and Adam bought the farm of life without God, without His rule and to scratch out a living. And the devil sets no captives free!
In Matthew 4:4 we find Jesus speaking to the devil " man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds of the mouth of God".

The devil presented his world and the beauty and sweetness that he could generate being that fallen one from God's presence:Isaiah 14: 12 How you are fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning!" How you are cut down to the ground, You who weakened the nations!" 13 For you have said in your heart: I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will also sit on the mount of the congregation on the farthest sides of the north; 14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most High.' 15 Yet you shall be brought down to Sheol, to the lowest depths of the Pit. 16 "Those who see you will gaze at you and consider you, saying: 'Is this the man who made the earth tremble, who shook kingdoms. 17 Who made the world as a wilderness and destroyed its cities, Who did not open the house of his prisoners.

Yes, the devil has in place his beautiful kingdom to hold captives in that place of fleshly living! They are so many places to travel and embark on never before seen sights, tasting new foods that still appear alive since they are crawling on your plate, and oh yes, those really exotic styled vacations that exhibit clear light blue oceans, sands with bugs you cannot see or the parasites you knew nothing of till you arrived home to find a flaming red mark consistently moving from the bottom of your foot to your thigh. Yikes!

What taste does our stomach hold out for? IS it the word of God we search for diligently or for that far away trip to isolated beauty of third world counties with their own troubles. Heard recently of someone who went to Africa to visit family and a friend and came back with ebola virus!  Now that is no good time or trip. I wondered how many they, the traveler infected with that disease on their plane ride home.

YOU and I certainly should know God's word in this day and time. And should confess His word regularly. We are to ask the Lord for His leading and to find those things He planned or purposed for us, not only as individuals but for the body of believer's as well. 
YOU may not encounter the meteorologist who knows it all and will not give any more time to giving accurate weather. YOU may not encounter snow or high winds or ice, but you will encounter others who travel oh so freely to third world countries to bring back those terrible diseases, flesh eating bacteria and well, exotic morals or the lack of them.

OUR Father God desires us to live for Him and for His glory and within those parameter lines have surely fallen to us in pleasant places. (Psalm 16:6) Let's not waste our time or love on things that kill but spend time with Him who brings life to us and others we may meet. Seek His rule and leading and you will find those who actually give you accurate weather and snow totals, actually give you truth and not some twisted lies of deceit. Our faith in God is not that of "wishful thinking" but it is of the devoted heart seeking His words of life for today and every day.
He never changes. He is the same yesterday, today and forever. Amen! So whatever the storm, circumstance, or maybe even sickness, still He is here, is alive and is ready to hear you call.....

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What Do You Mean There is No Storm?

What do you mean there is no storm? Hey, just look outside!
Yeah, that weatherperson surely has their work cut out for themselves. Yet, I have been aware their radar for this area is being serviced. So when might we expect the radar to be back on the job I ask you? (Lately I text our daughter to see what her phone shows as to a report)
The FORECAST: cold with sun. Light breezy winds out of the east will blow in the next cold front!
Well, it was anything but sunny on this day. Can you see the picture here? And that light breezy condition amounted to winds of about 70 miles per hour. Oh, and did I mention there was snow?
I was viewing the weather forecast today. I even surfed the Weather Channel. And in every place I thought to search out next week's temps all amounted to the day temp going from 20 degrees, to 17 degrees to 12 degrees. I told my husband I am not looking anymore this week and this is just Thursday. And I will not even mention the nighttime temps!
I admit it is Winter. And with winter comes all the wind, snow, frequent rains that freeze into a skating rink of roadways and pathways. Also, I remember Spring comes after Winter is finished. And yet, we are how many days into the winter season,.....oh yeah 10 days, right?


I remember Jesus being in a storm and demanded it to be still! And peace came in the midst of the chaos. But peace did not mean there was not a storm, and staying in peace during chaotic times does not mean there is no warfare going on.
God is not the author of any confusion. God is merciful with gentleness and much peace.

Let's read a passage here on staying in peace......

Luke 8:22-37  KJV

¶ 22 Now it came to pass on a certain day, that he went into a ship with his disciples: and he said unto them, Let us go over unto the other side of the lake. And they launched forth.
23 But as they sailed he fell asleep: and there came down a storm of wind on the lake; and they were filled with water, and were in jeopardy. 
24 And they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Master, master, we perish. Then he arose, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water: and they ceased, and there was a calm.
25 And he said unto them, Where is your faith? And they being afraid wondered, saying one to another, What manner of man is this! for he commandeth even the winds and water, and they obey him.
¶ 26 And they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is over against Galilee.
27 And when he went forth to land, there met him out of the city a certain man, which had devils long time, and ware no clothes, neither abode in any house, but in the tombs.
28 When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God most high? I beseech thee, torment me not.
29 (For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with chains and in fetters; and he brake the bands, and was driven of the devil into the wilderness.)
30 And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him.
31 And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep.
32 And there was there an herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into them. And he suffered them.
33 Then went the devils out of the man, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake, and were choked.
34 When they that fed them saw what was done, they fled, and went and told it in the city and in the country.
35 Then they went out to see what was done; and came to Jesus, and found the man, out of whom the devils were departed, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.
36 They also which saw it told them by what means he that was possessed of the devils was healed.
¶ 37 Then the whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes round about besought him to depart from them; for they were taken with great fear: and he went up into the ship, and returned back again.

In verse 23, that jeopardy is DANGER!
Gaining a perspective of sea water plus wind, one finds ultimate peril.
In seeing where this group of men were going and who they were to encounter, brings us to the heart of the matter. The devil certainly did not want Jesus and the team to make it to the other side. Seriously, many a demon had made their home in the man who lived among the tombs. You might remember him as the man of Gadara.
So while the sea tossed a great tempest, Jesus commanded it to be stilled.

Seriously speaking, when a boat is taking on much water, then to me danger is eminent. So Jesus spoke to the storm and to the one who organized the chaos.

Calling on Jesus in the midst of such turmoil meant they needed an answer and where was their faith?

Excuse me for this but in thinking on this today, I am appalled that men believe there was this big bang theory. Yet, when I think of God and He spoke light be, I am thinking there was a sonic boom and in that explosion of light meeting the darkness, peace and organization came into being. The devil came to steal, kill and destroy. But Jesus came to give us life abundantly.
There was an explosion at a fireworks factory in Mexico a day or two before Christmas.......and when the explosions began people died. When God creates a "light be" then chaos becomes organized and there is only light.

So Jesus rebuked the wind and the raging waves of water. And they ceased to be. And what remained was a great calm.  Thus it was Jesus Christ Who showed that, though the devil pretends to be the prince of the power of the air, yet even there he has him in a chain.

On the other side of the storm was a man needing much help of Jesus. The man had many demonic spirits living within him. And when Jesus came to the side of the Gadarenes, he was met by the demoniac of Gadara.

So "legion" was sent out of the man!

And the people who owned the pigs came out to see. And those who lived in that community came out to see and they were all afraid at the demoniac now free, in his right mind, and dressed. And the people were afraid????

It was the same said of those after the election this year of the new president. They said they were afraid. Why would anyone be afraid of what God is doing to and for you?

Well, God is a God of sign and wonders. And He will accomplish His plan in the earth. There was opportunity for others to hear the message of salvation and it was time for that crew of people to be awaken to life of God. Wow, what events that occurred to just get to the other side.

And we complain about going to church in the rain???

WE are not alone! In this total ocean of air, there are spiritual beings who wage a war on humans. We must understand our spiritual well-being is to heed something Paul wrote us about. It is found in the book of Ephesians 6. And within the verses of 10-12, battles are waged by those determined to keep their first-occupancy rights. If you think you have heard about the "haters" you might have missed this one if you have not read Ephesians 6. But there are those who hate to a great degree. And they really hate when we have become sons of God. 

Ephesians 6:10-20     KJV

10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. 

11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 

12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. 

14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; 

15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; 

16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. 

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, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints; 

19 And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel, 

20 For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak. 

As we continue to grow in bearing His image, their time is short and our inheritance will be returned to us. At this point it is by faith. It is an unseen force, but they exist none the less. And we are to be aware that they communicate with thoughts and attitudes.

We are not to be passive about those demonic spirits. We are to be active in speaking to the storm's, to sickness and even to that bed of affliction and say "you will not rise up a second time."

Today, take an active role in speaking to that which you do have authority over. By remaining in the Father, and keeping Jesus enthroned on our hearts, we will mark a path that is set with the mercy of God in peace and love.

OUR daughter and son-in-law had planned their wedding. Of course this has been awhile ago now. But when they chose the date it was winter time weather. Yes, February 2. And why not have a June wedding or maybe a 4th of July Wedding? No it was the 2nd of February. So some nine months ahead, while getting the gown, the bridesmaid outfits, and yes finding the right place to hose this wonderful even for two wonderful people, we were confessing that the temperatures would be in the sixties, the sun would shine, there would be no wind, and it would be a wonderful day to fly anywhere they would go on their honeymoon. We confessed so many things for that period of time and that all coming would be here for the event. Well it came to pass. It was a beautiful day. It was the mid- sixties and yes the snow from the days before had melted. The day came and it went, but it was marked out in what we believed to be true for our kids on their special day.

Ask yourself, "what is on the other side of this storm?" Ask what you need to know of the Father and to prevail by speaking what Jesus did. Our faith at times really needs some stretching. But we can overcome the world, Jesus did! Receive strength of the Lord. Walk through with your head held high. Speak peace, expect His love and know the best is coming your way. Oh the winds may be 80 miles an hour, the snow is on the level of 36 inches, yet, on the other side, we have a message to get out. We have someone to speak to about Jesus. Someone needs to know your testimony and my testimony.

We have the Holy Spirit and we will not cower in the corner. We will speak to symptoms, and to storms, and strange drivers on I-5 and say that they go in Jesus name. But the Lord is our shelter and we abide in His security and peace. May the Holy Spirit guide you and in the process of time, know His grace is sufficient.

Keep an attitude of a godly life and keep the excitement in your heart. And may you see the benefit of standing against the storms even when someone speaks " there is no storm"!

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Do Not Discount the "MARTHA'S"

Oh, what is in a name?
Martha...means..in the.transliteration...Mar...."Lord"

Luke 10:38-42
38 Now it happened as they went that He entered a certain village; and a certain woman named Martha welcomed Him into her house. 39 And she had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus' feet and heard His word. 40 But Martha was distracted with much serving, and she approached Him and said, "Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Therefore tell her to help me." 41 And Jesus answered and said to her, "Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things. 42 But one thing is needed, and Mary has chosen that good part, which will not be taken away from her."   NKJV

Martha: the manager, the lead, the mayor, CEO, a House Representative, a doctor, a lawyer, a research analyst, a archaeologist.........busy about much. Seizing the TEACHER in the House should have been the priority! 

Today, an example does not stand as bold for the "stay at home Mom" as it did back in the mid-twentieth century. In those modern shows at the time , the three main stations of T.V. portrayed them, the woman of the house as dressed to "party" with heels and jewels draping the dish pan hands. Yet, dressed in a shirt-waist dress,she fried up chicken in a pan. With every hair on her lovely head still in place and "no sweat" on the brow, she shined throughout the 30 minute program!. Oh, and please  excuse me about the "sweat thing", as no moisture would be found on the brow of the woman from some person's imagination of "the stay at home Mom".

Today women are in trades of all kinds. What were mostly male trades like welding, plumbing and the such 4 or 5 decades ago, many women do them more often and do it better than some males I hear. But the proof is in the product!

In the case of two women, we see sisters who have much in common due to parentage, yet the two can be so different. In the case of my sibling: Sis, was all athletic, as a youth loved baseball, and did well riding her bike without gears. In other words, our bikes had one gear: us! Going up a grade of a hill in your own gear certainly proved to me that my sister was strong and performed well on that bike. Her being my younger, I was more comfortable riding around the block going downhill and commending her on her great skill. Oh, yes, I loved exercise too, but my bike had no gears either than you pedal yourself around....hill or flat under your steam with no help.

It was Mom who kept us in "check". As we saw with Jesus, Kept the team in "check". He was always speaking of "kingdom" things and healing was evident in those who came to see Him. and in the coming, if they heard, for some that is, well, they left whole and healed.

John 11:17-45

17 So when Jesus came, He found that he had already been in the tomb four days. 18 Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles away. 19 And many of the Jews had joined the women around Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother. 20 Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met Him, but Mary was sitting in the house. 21 Then Martha said to Jesus, "Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died. 22 But even now I know that whatever You ask of God, God will give You." 23 Jesus said to her, "Your brother will rise again." 24 Martha said to Him, "I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day." 25 Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. 26 And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?" 27 She said to Him, "Yes, Lord, I believe that You are the Christ, the Son of God, who is to come into the world." 

28 And when she had said these things, she went her way and secretly called Mary her sister, saying, "The Teacher has come and is calling for you." 29 As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly and came to Him. 30 Now Jesus had not yet come into the town, but was in the place where Martha met Him. 31 Then the Jews who were with her in the house, and comforting her, when they saw that Mary rose up quickly and went out, followed her, saying, "She is going to the tomb to weep there." 32 Then, when Mary came where Jesus was, and saw Him, she fell down at His feet, saying to Him, "Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died." 33 Therefore, when Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her weeping, He groaned in the spirit and was troubled. 34 And He said, "Where have you laid him?" They said to Him, "Lord, come and see." 35 Jesus wept. 36 Then the Jews said, "See how He loved him!" 37 And some of them said, "Could not this Man, who opened the eyes of the blind, also have kept this man from dying?" 

38 Then Jesus, again groaning in Himself, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone lay against it. 39 Jesus said, "Take away the stone." Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said to Him, "Lord, by this time there is a stench, for he has been dead four days." 40 Jesus said to her, "Did I not say to you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?" 41 Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead man was lying. And Jesus lifted up His eyes and said, "Father, I thank You that You have heard Me. 42 And I know that You always hear Me, but because of the people who are standing by I said this, that they may believe that You sent Me." 43 Now when He had said these things, He cried with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come forth!" 44 And he who had died came out bound hand and foot with grave clothes, and his face was wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, "Loose him, and let him go."   NKJV

Busy in life, busy with family, the workplace, ministry possibly, and troubled with current events will take any family, man , woman or child to the point of..."breaking".
Relying on family members, and expecting them to be there always is not a good approach to living life that is good in God and His promises. 

In seeing these two women come to Him as the wailers they wailed loudly, Jesus found a blame game. "Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died."
Yet when Martha spoke, she finished with verse 22.......John 11:  22 But even now I know that whatever You ask of God, God will give You." 23 Jesus said to her, "Your brother will rise again." 24 Martha said to Him, "I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day." 25 Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. 26 And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?" 27 She said to Him, "Yes, Lord, I believe that You are the Christ, the Son of God, who is to come into the world."


She did not have the relationship she needed but still relied on Jesus for help....yet she called in verse 24...resurrection. And she spoke that she believed that Jesus was, is and will always be the Christ, the Son of God who is come into the world.
He had someone to agree on earth, in earth if you will, and move unbelief out of the way to maintain a flow of God's love to others in the tombs.
Faith was operating in that she knew Jesus to be the Son of God.
She was calling on His "divinity". She knew Who He was and what would and could be seen by speaking with Him.

Where might we be distracted that we should engage some discipline in our actions to stay up with God. Jesus was at their house regularly and sounds like they were close friends. If we are truly in Jesus, and reside in heavenly places, we should speak as God speaks. In Him there is a freedom that is about love and faith in God, Who is more than enough for any situation. And being trained as Jesus was in God, reveals to us a conduct that is righteous, is speaking as God speaks, and one who remained in holiness.
In those situations of trial Jesus kept His peace. His freedom language was what He heard the Father speak. In offering ourselves to God, we have one Master, Jesus Christ. In Him, we are the caring, abiding in righteousness that is truth infused into our lives by the Holy Spirit.
Keep in touch with the Lord.


The crowd was certainly loud around the tomb of Lazarus. There was probably panic on the part of those who cried in despair seeing that Lazarus is gone and he still had two sisters in the house to see after. Terror might have gripped some within the closed ranks of the family, yet, God was on the scene. Yes, heavy hearts were there, and peace far from them that day. But Jesus!
When the Prince of Peace came on the scene, it had to change.

What is interrupting our routine? Is the devil stirring up that which is beneath, say around our feet to agitate to make us move in making destructive decisions or is God wanting us to advance to another place? 

Death is one without hope. But Martha held on. Although she did not know the extent of what would occur that day, her faith filled Jesus. Is it possible that when "Martha" spoke what she did, that He had some who agreed with Him in His divinity? I think so. I believe He sees in "the spirit" Lazarus walking out of the tomb.

Jesus just had to speak "Faith" and see His friend return to a rich life in the Lord. For whatever word they heard from Jesus, regeneration had started.

Things changed that day for many. And the others, well they never recognized real life.

In the wind of activity, Jesus sticks closer than a brother. (Proverbs 18:24) Martha was right with the Lord. Many faces of love was revealed in this event. 

Do not discount the "MARTHA'S", they are the doers. Never get bogged down in stuff or be too busy to see the beauty of Jesus, the power of His blood and the greatness of His peace, for the wind and waves still KNOW HIS NAME.

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Method or Madness

In the Method or Madness, one is looking into the methods for taking a dramatic role and making it believable. The operative word is to be heard at the back of any theater. The Method is to mumble. (that is practicing mumbling, and loud.)
The twist is for the actor to become the part they seek to play within the Theater.
In the practice of speaking, the actor must speak clearly to an audience of people filled auditorium or coliseum. In the Method there is set a pattern to follow. Some have listed it as a holy order. It is as though it to be a secretive pattern, correct and true and it is for those who follow it religiously to perform on stage. It to me is the going further to achieve something desired within the theater group.
But whatever its method, the technique, that is tried by many and is surely the strange, maybe bizarre to others who are on the outside of the "acting world".
In performing on stage, the main goal is the actor not get carried away by their emotions in doing the part. They say "Method" teaching is to help someone work out their part so well, it is believed and the actor is seen as the groomed and can aspire others as they give the scripted character their voice. In any form, should not the play present an art?
Although singing is added, and flair plus talent is a real incentive, yet one must exhibit the very character they are to act out on stage as their very own.

However a person gains a role in a play, you will see either a seasoned performer or someone just trying to act.  There are some who truly have the gift to be in theater, and others well, I am not sure why they chose that field.
I though have much respect for those who take on roles in plays and such. I have seen the hard work and even seen those who sing in a play work hours for months, to get the just right look, to get the just right sound and harmony with an entire singing team. Whatever people implement into their acting roles, it is their zeal for acting that should be seen. Of course, that is my opinion, please!
I am no specialist in those who act for a living or otherwise. But I am interested in how they achieve what they do to improve and to excel in their acting careers.
If the "method" is needed to help train another for their part, then where would be the madness? If you fall down a short hill and require some aspirin for a time, would  not that aspirin be helpful to you who just experienced every bump and rock of said "short hill fall" as you rolled?
The point of such techniques is to help one into their role and in that make the part their own. It is to be realistic, however the work on it appears hard.

In only doing one play in high school, I thought of it as work! And my thought was, "why did we need to perform a play to get a grade?"
I sensed a real problem when one only speaks the words without the full "me" being or portraying the girl next door.

What a person requires to perform before hundreds of people may not seem like a big deal till you must speak before the "big deal crowd of 300 people!
I compare acting with speaking or acting in plays, for we certainly must be those who will stand and speak about God and His love for all.

I remember always raising my hand to be first to do "the oral book report". Not sure they still do those, but in the day of the twentieth century and while in grade school, one had to actually read a book and report on it. Viewing the statistics today that few graduating from high school can read, I wonder what their actual achievement was in school. We must be able to read, like books, but also street signs, read to sign contracts, sign up for medical care, and the such. YOU must be able to read to take the Rules of the Road test for your driver's license. Or do they just hand those driver's licenses to anyone without a test today.  Whatever the situation, at some point reading will be needed and how will you do without reading?

Will our lives depict a method or a madness about it? Will our lives which should be taken as serious for an eternity be for His glory, poured out in a fruitful way to speak of His goodness?
The Bible gives us the studies on men and women who trusted God. Sprinkled through the pages, you also find those who had a madness about their life.
As in "method" acting, one sees the actor create what they desire to portray. It is not "a" game to them. For them it is their life, their joy. Just ask one who loves acting and donning those costumes for their newest part in that next great play!
Whatever their creation strategy, their professionalism shines through. Those who love the "stage" call it home!

Finding our place (our home) in the "Sun" is the place in the Lord that is righteousness and healing is available.

Malachi 4:1-4

4:1 "Surely the day is coming; it will burn like a furnace. All the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble, and that day that is coming will set them on fire," says the LORD Almighty. "Not a root or a branch will be left to them. 2 But for you who revere my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings. And you will go out and leap like calves released from the stall. 3 Then you will trample down the wicked; they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day when I do these things," says the LORD Almighty. 

4 "Remember the law of my servant Moses, the decrees and laws I gave him at Horeb for all Israel.
NIV

It is not what we believe, for the demons believe----and tremble!

James 2:19-26
19 You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe--and tremble! 20 But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead? 21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar? 22 Do you see that faith was working together with his works, and by works faith was made perfect? 23 And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, "Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness." And he was called the friend of God. 24 You see then that a man is justified by works, and not by faith only. 25 Likewise, was not Rahab the harlot also justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out another way? 26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also. NKJV


Our faith, our trust is to be in God and not in some form of trying to get to God. God is here and He is NOW!
He came to EARTH.  He died for sinful man. We asked forgiveness for denying Him, and received unto us a salvation and life always being restored, renewed and expanding into His plan for each of us.

We walk through the valley of the shadow of death, not by strutting in arrogance, but in a faith belief that God is for us. It is His delight to give us the kingdom.

AS we walk out our door like Abraham did, we walk out and do what the Lord said do.

Never mind who might complain. Our approval will always be from God. YOU might get it from a man, but where will they be when the fire comes, when the storms blow and your place is moved to another place? No raves from man will profit anyone.

God did not call us to misery and lack, He called us to be one mind with Him.  In our righteousness and right standing with God we should be those who stand, not in the closet ....after praying.......and speak of the Lord, of His divine love, and our opportunity to escape the hellfire awaiting those who refuse HIM.

What James contended with in this passage, was people who cried up faith. They depended on their bare confession to comply. We apply our faith, yes by speaking, but then we go and do what we could not do before.
If you never have worked, then apply the word that you are more than a conqueror and fill out some applications for work on-line. Then you will see your fruit of faith in action.
Abraham spoke all the while of Isaac and taking the boy up to the place of sacrifice, but each time, as Abraham spoke, to the young men who went with them......"the boy and I will go up to worship and we will return to you."
See here in Genesis 22:5-14 ....NKJV... And AbrahAm said to his young men, "Stay here with the donkey; the lad and I will go yonder and worship, and we will come back to you." 6 So Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife and the two went together. 7 But Isaac spoke to Abraham his father and said, "My father!" And he said "Here I am, my son." then he said, "Look the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?" 8 And Abraham said, "My son, God will provide for Himself the lamb for a burnt offering." So the two went together. 9 Then they came to the place of which God had told Him. And Abraham built an altar there and placed the wood in order, and he bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar, upon the wood. 10 And Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to slay his son. 11 But the Angel of the LORD called to him from heaven and said, "Abraham, Abraham!" And he said, "Here I am." 12 And He said, "Do not lay your hand on the lad, or do anything to him; for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son from Me." 13 The Abraham lifted his eyes and looked, and there behind him was a ram caught in a thicket by its horns. So Abraham went and took the ram, and offered it up for a burnt offering instead of his son. 14 And Abraham called the name of the place, The-Lord- Will-Provide; as it is said to this day. "IN the Mount of THE LORD it shall be provided."

We are justified by faith when we are the obedient to follow His instructions and those who He has placed around us as leaders.
It is not looking at the LIST of to DO....and marking them to do later..........much L...A.....T.....E.....R......!

Abraham had to leave his tent and follow the instructions. We have to be obedient to follow through with what we desire to happen in our lives. YOU cannot search for a job from the easy chair. And God will test. He did test Abraham. And Abraham was not found wanting. He obeyed, even if it cost him his son. But GOD!

It is not enough to just confess, but take action. If you need new smoke detectors, then have them replaced. They have expiration dates on them, you know, right?
It is not enough to just confess, and not do what the Lord asked you to do. If it is to write, then write. Just put something down. Ask the Lord for His thoughts for you today and write them, and then write what they mean, and then write your heart!
I do not do to gain the favor of a man but to please My Father in heaven. 2 John 4-6...It has given me great joy to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as the Father commanded us. 5 And not dear lady, I am not writing you a new command but one we have had from the beginning. I ask that we love one another. 6 And this is love: that we walk in obedience to his commands. As you heave heard from the beginning, his command is that you walk in love. NIV

The MESSAGE states this: I can't tell you how happy I am to learn that many members of your congregation are diligent to living out the TRUTH, exactly as commanded by the Father. But permit me a reminder, friends and this is not a new commandment but simple a repetition of our original and basic charter: that we love each other. Love means following his commandments, and his unifying commandment is that you conduct your lives in love. This is the first thing you heard and nothing has changed.

UNITY WITH GOD....is not madness. Unity is one heart, one thought (His thoughts) and holding fast to them and then act them out .................yes, in real life. No we are not actors, we are living without dress rehearsals. We are expected to not sit with the scornful, nor take counsel of the ungodly nor stand in path of sinners. Being planted is being planted in His thoughts, His character not by emotions to give a performance of the flesh creature, but living life that is fruit that which builds, and creates a place where others comes to partake of God's goodness.
God spoke to Abraham in the tent, and in the field. He spoke to him on the mount. Where will He speak to you? It will not be while you text, but when you pause, listen for His voice, and obey.

For me, I desire to obey no matter what. And speak what He wants me to speak. I write what He places on my heart. It will minister for it is Word that prevails. It will go forth and be performed not by magic mirror or smoke or waving a wand, but will be performed by His power the Holy Spirit. The WIND IS BLOWING! HIS WORD IS GOING FORWARD! WILL YOU BE FOUND TO RECEIVE THAT WHICH GOD WILL DO, AS HE DID FOR ABRAHAM?

Praying we will be found in obedience! Receiving the Message with great eagerness is so important and like the Bereans we are to examine the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul ( a pastor) said was true. (Acts 17:11)

Hebrew 13:15-19
15 Therefore by Him let us continually offer the sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to His name. 16 But do not forget to do good and to share, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased. 17 Obey those who rule over you, and be submissive, for they watch out for your souls, as those who must give account. Let them do so with joy and not with grief, for that would be unprofitable for you.

18 Pray for us; for we are confident that we have a good conscience, in all things desiring to live honorably. 19 But I especially urge you to do this, that I may be restored to you the sooner.
NKJV

Allow a praise to come. Speak or prophecy to that which your heart desires. Whether is to be a new bride, a new manager, a new business owner, a new ministry to youth or a new you. Speak those verses and scripture that speak to where you desire to go and grow. Become what He desires and what He APPROVES FOR YOU! There is no method or madness. It is being true to follow Him where He sends and do What He desires. Living in His love is honorable and is the place of blessings and security. Amen

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No Ill Effects!

Acts 28:1-6..........28:1 Once safely on shore, we found out that the island was called Malta. 2 The islanders showed us unusual kindness. They built a fire and welcomed us all because it was raining and cold. 3 Paul gathered a pile of brushwood and, as he put it on the fire, a viper, driven out by the heat, fastened itself on his hand. 4 When the islanders saw the snake hanging from his hand, they said to each other, "This man must be a murderer; for though he escaped from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live." 5 But Paul shook the snake off into the fire and suffered no ill effects. 6 The people expected him to swell up or suddenly fall dead, but after waiting a long time and seeing nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said he was a god.   NIV

In reading Acts 27, we see Paul being a prisoner and taken aboard a vessel to sail for Italy. It was called the Adramyttium. It would sail along the coasts of Asia. After a few more days out,they boarded an Alexandrian ship which would sail for Italy.  We find that they, those who piloted the ship seemed to drag their feet in going at the opportune time so as to avoid all the wind. But as the season proved for more winter time weather, the going became difficult for the ship to hold a course. For in verse 9, it represents that some time had passed and must have been well past the time for ships to cross safely to avoid any hurricanes or "northeaster's. They came to Fair Haven's, which was near a town called Lasea. But the harbor was unsuitable to winter in. So it states that the majority decided to sail on, hoping to reach Phoenix and winter there. (the majority of who decided)

Paul tries to warn those over ship and crew about the impending danger, but the centurion who keeps watch over the prisoners, chose not to listen to Paul but listen to the pilot of the ship and the owner of said ship.

Alas, we know God to be with Paul and how important it is to receive some information that would keep one safe, but was not to be so with said crew on this ship! So reading through verse 13-20, we find the "northeaster" presenting a great storm that raged for many days.

With the storm swept seas closing in on this vessel, Paul tells them all.......in verse 21, "Men, you should have taken my advice not to sail from Crete, then you would have spared yourselves this damage and loss."

He now tells them of the angel who came to warn them, that the ship would be lost, but no man's life would be lost. Paul goes on to say what the angel stated, "Do not be afraid, Paul. You must stand trial before Caesar; and God has graciously given you the lives of all who sail with you."

Then Paul adds his words to this, and speaks, "So keep up your courage men, for I (Paul) have faith in God that it will happen just as he (the angel) told me. Nevertheless, we must run aground on some island."

Notice Paul said they would run aground on some island. He did not say where the island was or it's name!

As the fourteenth day was passing and the ship was being driven across the Adriatic Sea, those aboard the ship found that they were nearing land. The concern was that the ship would be dashed against rocks, so some of the sailors were choosing to save themselves and went to let down a lifeboat.

With those pretending to do some drop anchors over the bow, Paul told the centurion and the soldiers, "Unless these men stay with the ship, you cannot be saved. " So the ropes that held the lifeboat were cut and it (the lifeboat)  drifted away from the ship!

With the dawning of the 14th day, Paul urges those to get food. And he tells them that none of them would lose a single hair from his head. (verse 34)

So thanks was given to God for the food and they ate. With all being encouraged and filled with what they needed, the ship was lightened by throwing the rest of the grain and supplies into the sea. There were 276 on board the ship. With the light of day, they could see the beach that was close by. They cut loose anchors, and hoisted the foresail to the wind. The ship struck a sandbar and ran aground.

Although the soldiers planned to kill the prisoners, so none could swim away or escape, yet the centurion spared Paul's life. So orders were that all would go ashore and they fell into the water, with planks or pieces of the ship, everyone reached land in safety. (verse 44)

When God is with you, the orders will go out, that all go together and not one life will be lost!

Ever notice how someone chooses to do something, that just does not line up in being safe or keeping wisdom as the principle thing in decisions?

In writing this today, I was thinking of how people make their decisions based on a human "whim"! A whim? You know like an urge, impulse, a spur of the moment kind of decision that is just "Wrong"!

In seeing the centurion in chapter 27 of Acts, choosing to go along with the pilot of ship and the owner of the ship, would you not think that these would at "least" have knowledge to know the difficult passage that would lay ahead in seeing the season's had changed and winter was on its way? 
Sometimes people let pride get the best of them. They are the "men" and they have a ship and "know the seas". Well, they did not know how to receive good instruction, as when Paul told the centurion what would transpire in all this.
Those who may have made the trip a thousand times does not make them the "most knowledgeable" or able-bodied men to finish the trip in wisdom and safety. Now I know not how anything of this "centurion" , but I do think he knew of Paul and possibly of what he spoke in regards to hearing from God. My curiosity is stirred up in regards if the centurion was told by the Holy Spirit to listen to Paul. For I certainly believe Paul was praying for all of those men involved in the trip to get to Italy. 

Did not matter how many ships or men, but that prayers had to be going on for all and Paul was the man to do it!
It is also interesting to me how they chose to do what they did. YOU know those who choose to move out in the wrong timing of like moving ships or even ministry. The whole timing thing is off and things out of order. To me that is the same is trying to wash your clothes with you in them or wearing them or like writing a check for something and you have no money to back up the written check.

Then the winds start to blow, and then the northeaster comes in and like most northeasters, they bring high winds and very cold temperatures and generally snow. The waves themselves would cause many aboard to stay "green" in the face for many, many days. Their stomachs probably felt like they had been turned inside out!  Because Paul warns them about the 14th day to eat........why? because they had not eaten due to the truth of violent waves tossing that ship around like a toy in a bathtub. Imagine the intense waves and the motion of the ship...........up and down, side to side, and then up and down again. Let me off this ride!

And we find that they have neared a beach, and though the ship is breaking up in pieces, all find safety just like Paul spoke.

This year has been a year of hardships for those who do their business on the seas. There have many been fishing vessels sunk this year due to some rogue waves that seem to come out of nowhere.( you can even read of rogue waves hitting cruise ships and even yachts) And those waves have proven their strength time and again showing the man-made vessel has no standard to hold against such waves of strength. Even in the last few days there has been mention of another vessel going down somewhere near Alaska. I believe it was a fishing vessel. Another ship is lost to the sea forever. I think of the movie 2012 and that ocean liner that is capsized by the gigantic wave of a tsunami! Now that is a "rogue wave"!

Arriving at Acts 28, they have made it to an island called Malta. The islanders showed some awesome hospitality. The islanders built a fire and welcomed them all in the rain and the cold. Yes, seems like it is some bad time for traveling!  But we see in verse 3 of Acts 28, that Paul is helping and as he gathers the brushwood, and places the wood into the fire, it is a viper that fastens itself on his hand. Of course, all look on, and those of the islanders who see the snake hanging from his hand speak, "this man must be a murderer; for though he escaped from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live."

Then it is Paul who shakes off the viper and he suffered no ill effects. Nothing happened to Paul!

Justice is the word that seems the most prophetic today. Justice, that like Proverbs 21:2-3 states,

2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes,
But the LORD weighs the hearts.

3 To do righteousness and justice
Is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice. NKJV

It is doing that which is honorable to all people. Paul held relations in justice with others. In all that he exercised in following the Lord proved an example of a justice  that God resides over. In determining that what we do reflects on what we believe, that which we hold in our hearts. In Paul's case, what he held to was a belief that God would take him where he needed to go and have him do what God desired Paul to do! It is seem in every step that Paul takes forward in his life.

In Matthew 22:18, we see what Jesus perceived as wickedness in those sent by the Pharisees and the Herodians and their plot to entangle him in such a way to discredit him altogether. But what do we find Jesus replying to them?

Matthew 22:15-22...............15 Then the Pharisees went and plotted how they might entangle Him in His talk. 16 And they sent to Him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, "Teacher, we know that You are true, and teach the way of God in truth; nor do You care about anyone, for You do not regard the person of men. 17 Tell us, therefore, what do You think? Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?" 18 But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, "Why do you test Me, you hypocrites? 19 Show Me the tax money." So they brought Him a denarius. 20 And He said to them, "Whose image and inscription is this?" 21 They said to Him, "Caesar's." And He said to them, "Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's." 22 When they had heard these words, they marveled, and left Him and went their way.   NKJV

First, Jesus called them hypocrites and asked why they test Him.
Jesus then told them to render to Caesar the things of Caesar and to render to God the things that are God's.

Matthew 22:37-40.........37 Jesus said to him, " 'You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.'  38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And the second is like it: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'  40 On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets." NKJV

AND Jesus said that we are to love the LORD our God with all our heart, with all our soul, and with all our mind. And that we are to love our neighbor as ourselves. On these two commandments hand all the Law and the Prophets.
Yes, from the very same passage of scripture, we find Jesus pulling it altogether for us.

In Paul's walk thus far, he was always seeking God and giving care for his neighbor. 


1 Peter 3:8-17......................8 Finally, all of you be of one mind, having compassion for one another; love as brothers, be tenderhearted, be courteous; 9 not returning evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary blessing, knowing that you were called to this, that you may inherit a blessing. 10 For 

"He who would love life 
And see good days,
Let him refrain his tongue from evil,
And his lips from speaking deceit.  
11 Let him turn away from evil and do good;
Let him seek peace and pursue it.  
12 For the eyes of the LORD are on the righteous,
And His ears are open to their prayers;
But the face of the LORD is against those who do evil."  

13 And who is he who will harm you if you become followers of what is good? 14 But even if you should suffer for righteousness' sake, you are blessed. "And do not be afraid of their threats, nor be troubled."  15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear; 16 having a good conscience, that when they defame you as evildoers, those who revile your good conduct in Christ may be ashamed. 17 For it is better, if it is the will of God, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.   NKJV

WE are told in 1 Peter 3 that the eyes of the LORD are on the righteous and His ears are open to their prayers, but the face of the LORD is against those who do evil.
And WHO WILL HARM YOU IF YOU BECOME FOLLOWERS OF WHAT IS GOOD?
BUT even if you should suffer for righteousness sake, YOU ARE BLESSED.
YOU STILL COME OUT SMELLING LIKE A ROSE. YOU COME OUT ON TOP. YOU COME OUT THE HEAD AND NOT THE TAIL, ABOVE AND NOT BENEATH.
DO NOT BE AFRAID OF THEIR THREATS, NOR BE TROUBLED, BUT SANCTIFY THE LORD GOD IN YOUR HEARS. GIVE A DEFENSE TO EVERYONE WHO ASKS YOU A REASON FOR THE HOPE THAT IS IN YOU WITH MEEKNESS AND WITH FEAR.

JUSTICE: My favorite scripture is Psalm 37:5-6............5 Commit your way to the LORD, Trust also in Him, And He shall bring it to pass.

6 He shall bring forth your righteousness as the light, And your justice, as the noonday. NKJV

Today, no matter what ship you happen to be on, whether that job, that ministry, that new position, that new city, the appearance of being alone, the appearance of being the forgotten, or the one just left behind when others seem to want to lead, remember God has a plan. He has "justice" for you in the right place at the right time!

Remember today, that your best days are ahead. Remember the whole leadership of the company may have degrees that are framed and fill their offices several times over, BUT it is not the degree that will take you EVERYWHERE YOU NEED TO GO FOR GOD. It is by knowing God and His plan that brings into the necessary motion of life that brings results to see the greatest things God has for you and you alone. It will always include others and those humble in spirit. Remember it may appear dark, and the waves high, and MAYBE meals are not your priority RIGHT NOW, BUT I can guarantee that like Paul, you can sleep through a wild storm. You can have the answers for others just like Paul did and you can continue to see, whether on the beach or on the ship, God is with you and will lead you through to the end!

Father, Your word says that when we commit our way to the  LORD, and trust in YOU that YOU bring forth righteousness as the light and YOUR justice as the noonday. According to this Word , we pray for Justice to be done in our lives. We who faithfully follow, stumble some, but keep our eyes on YOU, seek YOUR plan and purpose to the end. YOU are the Light and have brought us out of darkness. 

It is YOUR Word that protects us and in this we apply that word and send it out in prayer. Your word is true and does not lie…….we are assured and certain the things YOU have promised but that we cannot see at this moment. (Hebrews 11:1)…

Scripture tells us that we are not to withhold good from those who deserve it, when it is in our power to act. There are those today who are worthy of their pay, of their advancement, of their growth in ministry, worthy to increase and not to be divided by divorce or sickness. There are men and women today who are being led by those who operate in whims. today, we say by the authority of the name of Jesus and by His shed Blood, that stops now. For those who have faithfully complied, and have kept the word of God in their hearts, we expect to see a harvest in their finances, a harvest of souls in ministry. We expect favor in the workplace, favor from outside the church building. We expect favor for those who render music, in praise and worship to have contracts fulfilled and finances come now into the kingdom of God! May there be favor of those in the new place, the new position that fulfills God's plan to the end! May there be righteousness, justice and fair dealing in every area and every relationship connected with this teaching today. With whatever storms, we expect pace of God to rule and reign in all proceedings. Whatever phone calls and or meetings, may they all be held in the spirit of excellence in God Himself.

Father, thank YOU for all deliberations to be done justice. We give praise to Your name and may the Holy Spirit be loosed now into all situations. If God be for us, then who can be against us? Amen.


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