"Only Life Changes"

Father God, let this touch someone’s heart in Jesus Precious Name Amen.
So, Solomon loved God and feared Him. Solomon being the son of David. Solomon so prayed to God to for fill the promise that He made David His father. Loving God wholeheartedness and walking right. We know it is better to give than receive. Davids son’s prayer of dedication was towards all those who was doing their best and it is God’s hands that is in everything. I tell you when I was growing up. I thought my dad was the strongest man on earth. Stronger than anyone. When he spoke, I heeded to his command. As I got older, I realized he wasn’t as strong as he seemed. I found myself praying for him more from my heart. Every time I thought of him. Even when he disappointed me. Although I probably disappointed him at times. So not only was Solomon’s prayer for his dad David, but also speaks of the judgement of the wicked and the justification for the righteous. Solomon’s dedication to God’s people was also the way he was raised. So, the two records of this prayer are too long to do them justice but the beauty of the prayer and the evidence of the deep spirituality of the one who is praying will become clear. For this occasion, Solomon has had a platform built which was five cubits wide and five cubits long and three cubits high. The setting of this prayer is the dedication of the Temple in Jerusalem constructed in the reign of King Solomon. It was the first Temple of the Israelites and was a magnificent and splendiferous edifice, unlike any in their subsequent history. Solomon, in all of his glory, never had a more glorious moment than his prayer of dedication of this Temple. David gave us the Psalms, and Solomon gave us the Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Solomon (sometimes referred to as Song of Songs). How is it possible that such profound literary works of great wisdom came from those two guys? God is your neighbor first always. God will always be near to rescue, defend and carry us we when we need Him.
“Solomon’s Prayer of Dedication”
It reads in, 1 Kings 8:22-53, ~ Then Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward heaven; and he said: “Lord God of Israel, there is no God in heaven above or on earth below like You, who keep Your covenant and mercy with Your servants who walk before You with all their hearts. You have kept what You promised Your servant David my father; You have both spoken with Your mouth and fulfilled it with Your hand, as it is this day. Therefore, Lord God of Israel, now keep what You promised Your servant David my father, saying, ‘You shall not fail to have a man sit before Me on the throne of Israel, only if your sons take heed to their way, that they walk before Me as you have walked before Me.’ And now I pray, O God of Israel, let Your word come true, which You have spoken to Your servant David my father. “But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain You. How much less this temple which I have built! Yet regard the prayer of Your servant and his supplication, O Lord my God, and listen to the cry and the prayer which Your servant is praying before You today: that Your eyes may be open toward this temple night and day, toward the place of which You said, ‘My name shall be there,’ that You may hear the prayer which Your servant makes toward this place. And may You hear the supplication of Your servant and of Your people Israel, when they pray toward this place. Hear in heaven Your dwelling place; and when You hear, forgive. “When anyone sins against his neighbor, and is forced to take an oath, and comes and takes an oath before Your altar in this temple, then hear in heaven, and act, and judge Your servants, condemning the wicked, bringing his way on his head, and justifying the righteous by giving him according to his righteousness. “When Your people Israel is defeated before an enemy because they have sinned against You, and when they turn back to You and confess Your name and pray and make supplication to You in this temple, then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of Your people Israel, and bring them back to the land which You gave to their fathers. “When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against You, when they pray toward this place and confess Your name, and turn from their sin because You afflict them, then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of Your servants, Your people Israel, that You may teach them the good way in which they should walk; and send rain on Your land which You have given to Your people as an inheritance. “When there is famine in the land, pestilence or blight or mildew, locusts or grasshoppers; when their enemy besieges them in the land of their cities; whatever plague or whatever sickness there is; whatever prayer, whatever supplication is made by anyone, or by all Your people Israel, when each one knows the plague of his own heart, and spreads out his hands toward this temple: then hear in heaven Your dwelling place, and forgive, and act, and give to everyone according to all his ways, whose heart You know (for You alone know the hearts of all the sons of men), that they may fear You all the days that they live in the land which You gave to our fathers. “Moreover, concerning a foreigner, who is not of Your people Israel, but has come from a far country for Your name’s sake (for they will hear of Your great name and Your strong hand and Your outstretched arm), when he comes and prays toward this temple, hear in heaven Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You, that all peoples of the earth may know Your name and fear You, as do Your people Israel, and that they may know that this temple which I have built is called by Your name. “When Your people go out to battle against their enemy, wherever You send them, and when they pray to the Lord toward the city which You have chosen and the temple which I have built for Your name, then hear in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause. “When they sin against You (for there is no one who does not sin), and You become angry with them and deliver them to the enemy, and they take them captive to the land of the enemy, far or near; yet when they come to themselves in the land where they were carried captive, and repent, and make supplication to You in the land of those who took them captive, saying, ‘We have sinned and done wrong, we have committed wickedness’; and when they return to You with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies who led them away captive, and pray to You toward their land which You gave to their fathers, the city which You have chosen and the temple which I have built for Your name: then hear in heaven Your dwelling place their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause, and forgive Your people who have sinned against You, and all their transgressions which they have transgressed against You; and grant them compassion before those who took them captive, that they may have compassion on them (for they are Your people and Your inheritance, whom You brought out of Egypt, out of the iron furnace), that Your eyes may be open to the supplication of Your servant and the supplication of Your people Israel, to listen to them whenever they call to You. For You separated them from among all the peoples of the earth to be Your inheritance, as You spoke by Your servant Moses, when You brought our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord God.”

{Prayer}
Father God, guide me to stay in Your light and ways. I thank You and praise You for the Word of truth and for the many examples of your goodness, grace, faithfulness and peace to Your people, the nation of Israel and the Body of Christ. I thank You and praise You that Jesus is coming back to sit on the throne of David as Scripture reveals. Guide us as we stay dedicated to You. I thank You, praise You and give You all the glory in Jesus Precious Name Amen.

{Power Verse}
Commit your works to the Lord And your plans will be established.

Proverbs 16:3

Father God, let this touch someone’s heart today in Jesus Precious Name Amen.

I got this doll at the Good will thrift store. Tell you what happened. I saw this porcelain doll that was missing part of her foot. It was in Goodwill’s trash box they were throwing unsellable away and they couldn’t just give it to me. So I assumed it is alright. I don’t need it. The other lady came over and said. Well it has a broken foot. I said its alright. So she gave it to me for $5.00. First porcelain Doll I ever had. This was like 27 years ago. Now I have a collection of dolls. The mere fact I am telling you this. Is we can long for the good things in life. But they are all not what they are cracked up to be. They are just material things that can be destroyed. On the other hand all the gain that you get in life can be used, given away or used to create something that can help in time of need. Material things can help others who have nothing. Not sure what year it was. My grandchildren bought me a picture of a porcelain doll in a 16X20 frame. Well one of them dropped the picture off my wall one day and behind the picture of the porcelain doll was a picture of Jesus as adolescent. Wow! That spoke volumes to me. It is not material things that we should follow and cherish in this world. It is Jesus all and all. Beautiful things can be destroyed, but having Jesus in our life for eternity. This can never be taken from us.

Reminder of the widows offering.
It reads in Mark 12:41-44, ~ Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts. But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a few cents. Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, “Truly I tell you; this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything, all she had to live on.”
But this widow actually gave her all; Jesus says so in verse 44:” She, out of her poverty, put in everything – all she had to live on.” As a Christian I need to recognize that, so far as possessions and money are concerned, all of it belongs to the Lord. My house, my children, my money, my car these are not mine, but His.
People think they can’t go to church cause they have to tithe. What is tithing it is financially building the church home we all live in, worship in and give to the poor and powerless. Have you gone by church’s that people built but there was nobody that wanted to keep giving to that church so it just stayed empty. Someone had a God vision of building a place where people could come, learn, give and love the way Jesus loves. So many people I have seen hurting and the church family of volunteers gave to them and they became apart of the church family and now volunteer to help others just the way they was helped. It takes a Jesus heart to love and heal others to have a heart of Jesus. This is why church’s grow.
{Let’s Pray}
Father God, Just as breaking that picture, but finding you as a adolescent growing in goodness and perfect showing that You was growing with humanity. I thank You that You have opened my eyes and mind to the truth of Who Jesus is through You was born as Your perfect Son of Man to bring peace and grace for my sins, redeem me from the pit and reconcile me back to You Father God. I want to love You more and more with every area of my life, in mind, body and soul. You Lord are willingly to set aside Your heavenly glory to come to earth to die on the cross to save a sinner like me. I thank You that You rose to give me Your life and thank You that You live in me and I in You. This is a love that will never break.

{Power Verse}
He replied, “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you. Matthew 17:20

Father God, let this touch someone’s heart in Jesus Precious Name Amen.

“Remember that if someone will gossip with you, they’ll gossip about you.” So, in this case if gossip seems to begin as the topic, within your heart say no this is not for me and pray for that person who gossips and walk on. There is better stuff to do in this life. It reads in Proverbs 16:27-29, ~ A scoundrel plots evil, and on their lips, it is like a scorching fire. A perverse person stirs up conflict, and a gossip separates close friends. A violent person entices their neighbor and leads them down a path that is not good. (Be aware of those you hang with and beware of your surroundings. People can act nice to you, especially those who have done evil towards you before. People do not change overnight. So, if you are nice to them some will take advantage of your kindness.

It reads in 2 Corinthians 11:13-15, ~ For such people are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ. And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. It is not surprising, then, if his servants also masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will be what their actions deserve.

{Let’s Pray}

Father God, I thank You and praise You for my great salvation through Jesus Christ. I thank You and praise You for Your Word, the truths and promises it contains. I thank You and praise You for Your word on the commandments of obedience and the warnings it gives. Give me wisdom, insight to identify error and keep me from being influenced by those who pretend to be men or women of God, but inwardly are starving wolves. I thank You and praise You that my hope, my strength and faith is in You. When I am weak in my own importance, I am strong in You Lord and in the might of Your power. I will boast in the Cross of Christ in Him alone. I thank You, praise You and give You all the honor and glory in Jesus Precious Name Amen.

{Power Verse}

Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm.

Proverbs 13:20

Father God, let this touch someone’s heart today in Jesus Precious Name Amen.
You ever moved from one state to another. You were so used to going to the grocery store, laundry mat, church, city clerk’s office, social security for a card or maybe just to get a driver’s license at the DMV. You knew where everything was located. Easy to find and get to. Didn’t feel alone cause everyone knew you. But moving to another state not knowing anybody and starting over brought a sense of fear till you started asking questions. This is one example of feeling alone.
Another is this: Imagine sinning all the time and knowing where you are at till one day you get into trouble for your sins. You were comfortable till this happened. Feeling all alone with no one to talk to or you are thinking no one cares. Your stuck behind bars. You stay bottled up inside and alone till you realize you have been throwing around thoughts. Next thing you know you realize. Hey! I am not alone things I was thinking and getting mad at God about, was coming to light. You realize someone is listening to me. The only one I was mad at was God when I should have been mad at my own wrong choices. When you were feeling alone, abandoned, isolated. You realize when you said God. He has finally answer that makes you realize you are not alone. Then you go to court get a verdict and the judge says you are free to go. Don’t let me see you in my courtroom ever again. Wow! God are you there? Did You hear what that judge said? Thank you, God. You end up on the street with no place to go. Someone comes in your path to help you out. Every time you ask God to help you it becomes more evident that He is listening and answering. You start realizing where your blessings have been all along.
It reads in James 4:8, ~ Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
Here is another example: This family going to church for 30 years. You know a church is full of sinners, those who repent and turn to Jesus is the perfect one. Jesus loves the sinner but hates the sin. This family husband and wife are doing so well except the wife don’t go to church each week, but the husband takes the son to church each week. He prays faithfully for his family and for his wife to go to church with him. She does once in a while. One day she gets in an accident and passes on. Even though he is around church family he feels alone. He has a few friends and one that he can confide in. But then she is still in church but is unable to speak with for a few weeks. His son gets a disease which was a long haul. He speaks with his friend he can confide in, and he emails and calls when he needs to talk. Then one day his son passes away. He has talked to people except the one he could confide in. The friend that knew what he was going through because she had gone through a similar experience. That man felt alone and ended his life. (He felt alone.) It was hard on his friend because she wished she had stayed in contact more. Thinking this wouldn’t have happened. No one can predict one day or another. Only God knows. Pray without ceasing they say. We just need to pray from our heart towards others because we never know what they are going through.
This third example is real life happenings: We can’t stop it! We can’t see what is happening in the lives of those we love, care for and know they are important to many. All we can do is pray that God will stay close to them. Guide people to encourage them. For God to wrap His loving arms around them and protect their mind, body and soul. The more we stay close to God and offer our gratitude, faithfulness, patience, humility, gentleness, kindness, compassion, blessings and pray Gods promises over others and ourselves. There is not much more we can do. God holds all His children whether here on earth or in Heaven. When we stay close to Him there is no loneliness or regrets. Something wonderful happens when the holy spirit dwells with us and within us. God is here. He will never leave our side.
{Let’s Pray}
Father God, we thank You and praise You that You are a faithful God and believe that You would lift up Your spirit of Your countenance upon us, O Lord and give us Your peace that pass’s all understanding in our hearts today and for evermore. Thank You and praise You for always being nearby. Guide us to feel Your closeness always. I never want to take Your mercy for granted. I am truly thankful for all that You do in Jesus Precious Name Amen.

{Power Verse}
The LORD is near to the brokenhearted; He saves the contrite in spirit.

Psalm 34:18

Father God, let this touch someone’s heart in Jesus Precious Name Amen.
I know to “focus on doing right and “don’t be swayed”. Don’t blindly do what the world is doing. Forgive and give those who are trying their best encouragement. Treat others as you want to be treated. Be kind and walk in love. I remind myself to do what is right and this new day is God’s and His gift to others and myself. Even though we live in a troubled world our life is in God’s hands. This gift relieves my heart.
Practice Humility. Be humble, admit when you’re wrong, say sorry, and try to Give Thanks, even During Life’s Challenges.
Here are a few authentic ways to put yourself out there and be a light for Jesus: With a glad and willingly heart, seek to serve others in the name of Jesus. Consider joining a church, ministry and volunteering your time. Remember, in all the work you do, work as unto the Lord and not man. (Colossians 3:23: Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters,) Have you ever considered an online outreach? “You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lamp stand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. “Matthew 5:14” Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.”

“Christ My Eternity”

Christ for sickness, Christ for health,
Christ for poverty, Christ for wealth,
Christ for joy, Christ for sorrow,
Christ today and Christ tomorrow.
Christ my Life, and Christ my Light,
Christ for morning, noon and night,
Christ when all around gives way
Christ my everlasting Stay.
Christ my Rest, and Christ my Food
Christ above my highest good,
Christ my Well-beloved Friend
Christ my Pleasure without end.
Christ my Savior, Christ my Lord
Christ my Portion, Christ my God,
Christ my Shepherd, I His sheep
Christ Himself my soul to keep.
Christ my Leader, Christ my Peace
Christ hath wrought my soul’s release,
Christ restores my wandering feet,
Christ my Advocate and Priest
Christ who ne’er forgets the least.
Christ my Teacher, Christ my Guide,
Christ my Rock, in Christ I hide,
Christ the Ever-living Bread,
Christ His precious Blood hath shed.
Christ hath brought me nigh to God,
Christ the everlasting Word
Christ my Master, Christ my Head,
Christ who for my sins hath bled.
Christ my Glory, Christ my Crown,
Christ the Plant of great renown,
Christ my Comforter on high,
Christ my Hope draws ever nigh.
© Unknown Author
{Let’s Pray}
Father God, thank you and praise You for this new day. Thank you for Your life and light in our lives. Father, help us to give up our fears, and anxieties and give ourselves fully to you. I thank You and praise You that You know all and keep Your promises. I love You, thank you, praise You and give you all the honor and glory in Jesus Precious Name Amen

{Power Verse}
All the days of the oppressed are bad, but a cheerful heart has a continual feast.
Proverbs 15:15

Praying together invites the presence and power of the Holy Spirit. In 2 Chronicles 6-7, we see the dedication of Solomon’s Temple. While “the whole assembly of Israel was standing there” (2 Chron. 6:3), Solomon prays a dedicatory prayer in which he invokes the presence of God. A family that prays together stays together, so we were called on in unity with Christ. “they say that the family that prays together stays together and that is very much the case with us. “The family that prays together stays together ” is still a good maxim. I really like this saying because it is true. Your immediate family may not pray with you and may sway from your family. Pray for your family members will become a child of God also. Pray for their unbelief will change to believing in Jesus Christ. When you are in church family, if you notice this. Your church family is closer. Why because you see them each week. You all pray for each other and pray together. So, a church family that prays together! Stays together. Families that go to church together are usually closer and the enemies flees faster. Just saying. If people pray together over an issue, even if people come to prayer thinking they know what the church should do, praying together opens them up to God’s desire. We each of us has a unique way of praying and praying together brings a new voice to the need. God can heal many situations and guide encouragement in the lives we pray for. No one can bring the dead back to life. We can pray that they are saved and ask God to let them into heaven at His way. When we pray, we can watch our prayers that are answered. As we pray in others’ lives that we pray for we can see their prayers be answered and their lives are better. This is a miracle blessing from God.
It reads in 2 Chronicles 6:12-42
“Solomon’s Prayer of Dedication”
Then Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in front of the whole assembly of Israel and spread out his hands. Now he had made a bronze platform, five cubits long, five cubits wide and three cubits high, and had placed it in the center of the outer court. He stood on the platform and then knelt down before the whole assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward heaven. He said: “Lord, the God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven or on earth, you who keep your covenant of love with your servants who continue wholeheartedly in your way. You have kept your promise to your servant David my father; with your mouth you have promised and with your hand you have fulfilled it, as it is today. “Now, Lord, the God of Israel, keep for your servant David my father the promises you made to him when you said, ‘You shall never fail to have a successor to sit before me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants are careful in all they do to walk before me according to my law, as you have done.’ And now, Lord, the God of Israel, let your word that you promised your servant David to come true. “But will God really dwell on earth with humans? The heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain you. How much less this temple I have built! Yet, Lord my God, give attention to your servant’s prayer and his plea for mercy. Hear the cry and the prayer that your servant is praying in your presence. May your eyes be open toward this temple day and night, this place of which you said you would put your Name there. May you hear the prayer your servant prays toward this place. Hear the supplications of your servant and of your people Israel when they pray toward this place. Hear from heaven, your dwelling place; and when you hear, forgive.” When anyone wrongs their neighbor and is required to take an oath and they come and swear the oath before your altar in this temple, then hear from heaven and act. Judge between your servants, condemning the guilty and bringing down on their heads what they have done, and vindicating the innocent by treating them in accordance with their innocence. “When your people Israel have been defeated by an enemy because they have sinned against you and when they turn back and give praise to your name, praying and making supplication before you in this temple, then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your people Israel and bring them back to the land you gave to them and their ancestors. “When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain because your people have sinned against you, and when they pray toward this place and give praise to your name and turn from their sin because you have afflicted them, then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel. Teach them the right way to live and send rain on the land you gave your people for an inheritance. “When famine or plague comes to the land, or blight or mildew, locusts or grasshoppers, or when enemies besiege them in any of their cities, whatever disaster or disease may come, and when a prayer or plea is made by anyone among your people Israel, being aware of their afflictions and pains, and spreading out their hands toward this temple, then hear from heaven, your dwelling place. Forgive, and deal with everyone according to all they do, since you know their hearts (for you alone know the human heart), so that they will fear you and walk in obedience to you all the time they live in the land you gave our ancestors. “As for the foreigner who does not belong to your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of your great name and your mighty hand and your outstretched arm, when they come and pray toward this temple, then hear from heaven, your dwelling place. Do whatever the foreigner asks of you, so that all the peoples of the earth may know your name and fear you, as do your own people Israel, and may know that this house I have built bears your Name. “When your people go to war against their enemies, wherever you send them, and when they pray to you toward this city you have chosen and the temple I have built for your Name, then hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and uphold their cause. “When they sin against you, for there is no one who does not sin, and you become angry with them and give them over to the enemy, who takes them captive to a land far away or near; and if they have a change of heart in the land where they are held captive, and repent and plead with you in the land of their captivity and say, ‘We have sinned, we have done wrong and acted wickedly’; and if they turn back to you with all their heart and soul in the land of their captivity where they were taken, and pray toward the land you gave their ancestors, toward the city you have chosen and toward the temple I have built for your Name; then from heaven, your dwelling place, hear their prayer and their pleas, and uphold their cause. And forgive your people, who have sinned against you. “Now, my God, may your eyes be open and your ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place. “Now arise, Lord God, and come to your resting place, you and the ark of Your might. May your priests, Lord God, be clothed with salvation, may your faithful people rejoice in your goodness. Lord God do not reject your anointed one. Remember the great love promised to David your servant.”
{Let’s Pray}
Abba Father, I thank You and praise You that You are a God Who hears, heals and answers prayers of Your children. They pray in faith, believing and trust in Your never-failing faithfulness and love. I thank You and praise You that You are a faithful and righteous God, who extend to each one of us according to our individual ways. Keep my heart pure towards You, for You alone can read the thoughts of every heart and needs. You gave us Your powerful mind so that we can keep in constant contact with You and discern good from evil. May the words of my mouth, the meditation of my heart, the thoughts of my mind, and the motives behind my thoughts, always be acceptable to You. I love You, thank You, praise You and give You all the glory in Jesus Precious Name Amen.

{Power Verse}
Since God had planned something better for us so that only together with us would they be made perfect. Hebrews 11:40

Being a kid at heart is not a question of age, but more so a question of spirit. You can be a child by enjoying small things and being happy with almost anything. Don’t mistake “being a kid at heart” for immaturity. We are adults! Mature, Responsible and having to do it all! This is serious business. We get a job, buy gas, pay bills, buy food, miscelanious stuff and have it all to do. Maybe we have a spouse that helps us. NO time to do anything. Always busy, busy, busy. This is like a horror movie life. We need to go through life with a fine tune comb. We can be a child at heart by making what we do fun in a sense. Ever watched a young child. They are always helpful. Mom does laundry the child could keep handing the dirty clothes to mom so she can put the dirty clothes in the washer. Mom says thank you baby for all your help. Mom picks up the baby and gives that baby a hug. Feel the love. The child can bring out that child like heart out of you. This is what God wants for us. So mom invited the baby to help her totally being child like.
It reades in Matthew 18:3-5,~ And Jesus said: “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, whoever takes the lowly position of this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. And whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me.

What if the mom said no! Put those clothes down! She puts all the clothes in the washer. Then she walks by the baby and ignores the baby. The baby starts to follow mom and stumbles. Mom is teaching this baby to sin. Just saying. This is not being childlike. This is causing the baby to stumble. Causing to Stumble: It reads in Matthew 18:6-7, ~ “If anyone causes one of these little Ones, those who believe in me (Jesus Speaking), to stumble, it would be better for them to have a large millstone hung around their neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea. Woe to the world because of the things that cause people to stumble! Such things must come, but woe to the person through whom they come!
God loves us unconditionally and wants us to walk, live and have a child like heart in His love. Share His light and love. It reads in John 16:27-33, ~ No, the Father himself loves you because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God. I came from the Father and entered the world; now I am leaving the world and going back to the Father.” Then Jesus’ disciples said, “Now you are speaking clearly and without figures of speech. Now we can see that you know all things and that you do not even need to have anyone ask you questions. This makes us believe that you came from God.” “Do you now believe?” Jesus replied. “A time is coming and in fact has come when you will be scattered, each to your own home. You will leave me all alone. Yet I am not alone, for my Father, is with me. “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”
{Let’s Pray}
Father God, I thank You and praise You for the joy of having a child like heart. Guide me to be a giving person in my living. Guide me not to stumble in my walk with You. Let me set my mind and heart on You whereas You have given me these traits as a gift. Help me to use all the gifts You have given me and to appreciate them, so that when others greet me, they can see Jesus in me. I really thank You and praise You for the comforting truths in Your word. May I increasingly take note of all You teach me so that I may be kept from stumbling. I love You, thank You, praise You and give You all the honor and glory for Jesus being in my life in Jesus Precious Name Amen.

{Power Verse}
Great peace has those who love your law, and nothing can make them stumble.
Psalm 119:165

Father God let this touch someone’s heart in Jesus Precious Name Amen.
Sometimes we can be in so much pain and think it is not going away. If we took the time to rest our minds and relax. Like take a warm shower and relax so the body can just rest. Peace can bring healing to the mind, body and soul. If we ignore rest, peace and relaxation we just make it worse. God knows everything about us. He knows more about us than we know our selves. He knows we can worry, stress and get depressed over pain without realizing God is right there with us through it all. God nudges us to rest and letting us know we need to rest.
It reads in Jeremiah 30:17: But I will restore you to health and heal your wounds,’ declares the Lord, ‘because you are called an outcast, Zion for whom no one cares.’ {A reminder that God will never leave you. His word is alive and active to address our need for physical healing. This verse gives us insight into the biblical meaning of restoration, healing, and wholeness.}

It reads in Matthew 8:5-13, ~ When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking for help. “Lord,” he said, “my servant lies at home paralyzed, suffering terribly.” Jesus said to him, “Shall I come and heal him?” The centurion replied, “Lord, I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed. For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and that one, ‘Come,’ and he comes. I say to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.” When Jesus heard this, he was amazed and said to those following him, “Truly I tell you, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith. I say to you that many will come from the east and the west and will take their places at the feast with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. But the subjects of the kingdom will be thrown outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go! Let it be done just as you believed it would.” And his servant was healed at that moment.
Many sought healings from Jesus as he cured the lame, demon-possessed, leprous, and disease ridden. Now, as Jesus came to the northern city of Capernaum, a centurion comes to Jesus seeking healing for his servant. So, I say the Centurion had a faith in Jesus that didn’t waver. But the centurion said of himself, “I am not worthy.” His heart had been touched by the grace of Christ and he saw his own unworthiness. He trusted not to his own goodness; his appeal was his great need. We must first understand that faith like the centurion’s in the Lord’s infinite power is not academic. The Lord is not looking for us to have an academic understanding that he is omnipotent. Israel knew that God was omnipotent. Their problem was that this knowledge did not translate into a personal faith.
{Let’s Pray}
Father God, I thank You and praise You for the awesome example of the Centurion’s faith which delighted the Lord Jesus with His demonstration of trust in the Lord Jesus and hope in His Word. Guide me to enhance my faith in You by standing firmly on Your unaltered: and unaltered permanent promises. Even when circumstances appear to contradict Your Word guide me to know the truth. I thank You and praise You for guiding and encourage healing in all lives. I love You, thank You, praise You and give You all the honor and glory in Jesus Precious Name Amen.

{Power Verse}
Who can proclaim the mighty acts of the Lord or fully declare his praise?
Psalm 106:2

Father God, let this touch someone’s heart in Jesus Precious Name Amen.
In the first chapter of Revelation, John introduced his reason for writing: a direct command from Jesus Christ. Remember Remembering is the first in a three-step process. All three steps (remember, repent, and do the first works) are in the imperative tense: remember! … repent! … do! It is not too much to believe that John would be asked to write letters to the elders of the churches of Asia Minor of which he was actually the pastor to give them counsel.
It reads in Revelation 2:1-5, ~ (John) “To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: These are the words of him (Jesus) who holds the seven stars in his right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands. I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked people, that you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not and have found them false. You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name and have not grown weary. Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken the love you had at first. Consider how far you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.

{Let’s Pray}

Father God, I thank You and praise You for accepting me, loving me, and forgiving me. Let me keep believing in You as I want to be all this to You as You have been to me. Let me always remember, repent and do! I Love You, thank You, praise You and give You all the glory in Jesus Precious Name Amen.

{Power Verse}

For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him. Psalm 103:11

Father God let this touch someone’s heart in Jesus Precious Name Amen.

God is at work in all things and will bring about his glory. We can’t possibly evaluate the meticulous providence of God in his work of ordering all things, directing all things, and working all things for his eternal glory. God’s excessive care in the consideration or treatment of details of His children. If a person was fussy about his appearance in the past, he had become dirty and unkempt, with straggly hair, stained clothes, and patches of silver stubble on his chin this would mean no one knows what this person is going through. God does! Maybe they lost a job or their family. Could be many reasons why a person change. God is very precise in leading the right people in this person’s life to pray and guide them out of their misery. The Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit are one. “The explication of the proofs of God’s existence,” he earlier considers, “is the explication of religion itself.” His was a proof of proofs, an assemblage of all the canonical arguments about God woven together into a three-stage process, with one proof leading to, and needing, the next for its own completion.
I bought this pretty plant on clearance for $3.00. Brought it home two weeks ago. I placed it on a stand on top of a plate and watered it. It had light purplish flowers. The next morning, I got up. Went in the kitchen and it had little white bugs all over it. I ran and got dressed. I took the plant outside nicely so the bugs wouldn’t fall off. It was loaded like it had grown fur overnight. LOL! So, I took my baking soda I have in a parmesan bottle (no cheese in it) and shook the baking soda over all of the plant. Then I went and got the hose and rinsed it off. It looked good. Then I got soil, rocks and put the plant in its new home outside. It looks good. Well yesterday I found something growing out of where the flowers bloomed and died. Hmm! Eggplants! Yes! Eggplant plant! I was excited. Lol! I also found out that the tiny ones I can replant, and it will grow another plant. Never grew eggplants before. God always sends something new and exciting our way. It was like a surprise plant! Surprise bugs! Then surprise eggplant! Lol! So, God made sure I saw that plant and bought it. Then He made sure I took care of it! Then He made sure I finished taking care of it by getting the bugs off and taking it outside where it belonged. (In its environment) Water it and let it surprise me. LOL!
So, it reads in John 17:1-5, ~ (Jesus Prays to Be Glorified) After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and prayed:
“Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you. For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him. Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. I have brought you glory on earth by finishing the work you gave me to do. And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began.
“John 17:6-19 Jesus prayed for His disciples (Those community disciples who truly knew Him.) “I have revealed you to those whom you gave me out of the world. They were yours; you gave them to me, and they have obeyed your word. Now they know that everything you have given me comes from you. For I gave them the words you gave me, and they accepted them. They knew with certainty that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me. I pray for them. I am not praying for the world, but for those you have given me, for they are yours. All I have is yours, and all you have is mine. And glory has come to me through them. I will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them by the power of your name, the name you gave me, so that they may be one as we are one. While I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe by that name you gave me. None has been lost except the one doomed to destruction so that Scripture would be fulfilled. “I am coming to you now, but I say these things while I am still in the world, so that they may have the full measure of my joy within them. I have given them your word and the world has hated them, for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world. My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. They are not of the world, even as I am not of it. Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth. As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world. For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified.
It reads in John 17:20- 26, ~ (Jesus Prays for All Believers)
“My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me, and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one, I in them and you in me, so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me. “Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world. “Righteous Father, though the world does not know you, I know you, and they know that you have sent me. I have made you have known to them and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in them.”
{Let’s Pray}
Father God, thank You and praise You for giving the Lord Jesus to be our Savior and thank You for sending Him to be my example and the pattern of how a woman and man, sanctified unto You Father God, should live. I believe that in the power of the Holy Spirit I may live my life sanctified unto You, walking in Your light, truth, the Holy Spirit and living my life in total dependence upon You, to Your praise and glory and my appreciation of Your love for all Your children in Jesus precious Name Amen.
{Power Verse}
How great are your works, Lord, how profound your thoughts!

Psalm 92:5