🕊️ Rejoice in the Lord always! Again I will say, rejoice!
Let your gentleness be known to all men.
The Lord is at hand.
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. 🕊️
🕊️ Meditate on These Things
Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy, meditate on these things.
The things which you learned and received and heard and saw in me, these do, and the God of peace will be with you. 🕊️
Philippians 4:4-7, 8-9
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Hallelujah!
Praise the name of the Lord, “JESUS!”
My Lord and Savior, My Redeemer, Mighty God, Counselor, my Best Friend!
Good morning Father!
Thank You for this day!
Thank You for my life!
Thank You for my sweet bride, Amy!
Thank You for my beautiful daughter, Selah!
All that I am and all I possess, they are blessings from You O Lord!
Thank You!
Hallelujah!
Praise The Lord! Praise The name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus!
Father, bless me this day, in my coming and going, may I walk filled with Your Holy Spirit, and shine Your light in the world around me, in and through All I say and do, in Jesus’ name, Amen!
Father, I lift up All my children before You, All my grandchildren, and their little ones, may they sense Your presence, working in their lives today, may they hear Your Call, may they accept the gifts You have for each of them and serve You Lord, may they be safe today and may the light of God shine in each of them, I pray this blessing, in Jesus’ name, Amen!
🕊️ Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.
Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
Stand therefore, having girded your waist with Truth, having put on the Breastplate of Righteousness, and having shod your feet with The Preparation of The Gospel of Peace; above all, taking the Shield of Faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one.
And take The Helmet of Salvation, and The Sword of The Spirit, which is The Word of God; praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints— and for me, that utterance may be given to me, that I may open my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak. 🕊️
Ephesians 6:10-20
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Hallelujah!
Praise the name of the Lord, “JESUS!”
My Lord and Savior, My Redeemer, Mighty God, Counselor, my Best Friend!
Good morning Father!
Thank You for this day!
Thank You for my life!
Thank You for my sweet bride, Amy!
Thank You for my beautiful daughter, Selah!
All that I am and all I possess, they are blessings from You O Lord!
Thank You!
Hallelujah!
Father, bless me this day, may I put on the full armor You have provided for me to wear, may my Family and I be safe today, may I hear and sense Your Spirit, guiding my steps in following the Way, may I Stand fast on Your Word, may I be filled with Your Holy Spirit, may I shine as Your child of the light, in the darkness around me, and guide others to Your light and Grace, the Revelation of the mysteries of the Way and of Faith and believing.
O Lord, I lift up Jan before You today, may she be healed and the wounds disappear, may she sense Your presence within her now, this hour, in Jesus’ name, Amen!
Father, I also lift up All my children, my grandchildren, and their little ones, may Your Holy Spirit, Your Teacher, guide their path to the light and reveal the Way and give them a hunger for Your Word, that they may Stand, in the Unity of Your Spirit, alongside other people of Faith, together knowing their lives are not their own, but they are Yours O Lord, bless them and keep them Father, in Jesus’ name, Amen!
🕊️ I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love, endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, & in you all🕊️
Ephesians 4:1-6
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Hallelujah!
Praise the name of the Lord, “JESUS!”
My Lord and Savior, My Redeemer, Mighty God, Counselor, my Best Friend!
Good morning Father!
Thank You for this day!
Thank You for my life!
Thank You for my sweet bride, Amy!
Thank You for my beautiful daughter, Selah!
All that I am and all I possess, they are blessings from You O Lord!
Thank You!
Hallelujah!
Father, I lift up this prayer before You, which has been weighing heavily on my heart daily, I pray You bless me with the strength and power of Your Spirit, following Your Word and Your Way, may I know and sense my purpose as clear as day, may I walk in Unity with my brethren and other members of the household of Faith, may I speak boldly and with deep conviction, about the mysteries of Your Word and Revelation of Jesus Christ, in my life, and in the World around me.
Jesus, I pray, may I be spirit filled and wearing the Full armor of God, with each step I take, and every word I speak, let there be no question of where it is coming from, may Your Spirit protect me and guide me in and through All I say and do, in Jesus’ name, Amen!
Father, may Your Holy Spirit, Your Teacher, call upon All my children this day, to rise up and Stand!
May You lead them along on the path to the light, may they accept Your presence in their lives and as they seek wisdom and knowledge, may Your Spirit bless them as they follow a deeper walk with You, in Jesus’ name, Amen!
🕊️ To me, who am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ, and to make all see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the ages has been hidden in God who created all things through Jesus Christ; to the intent that now the manifold wisdom of God might be made known by the church to the principalities and powers in the heavenly places, according to the eternal purpose which He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord, in whom we have boldness and access with confidence through faith in Him. Therefore I ask that you do not lose heart at my tribulations for you, which is your glory. 🕊️
Ephesians 3:8-13
🕊️ Appreciation of the Mystery
🕊️ Therefore I ask that you do not lose heart at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height, to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen. 🕊️
Ephesians 3:13-21
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Hallelujah!
Praise the name of the Lord, “JESUS!”
My Lord and Savior, My Redeemer, Mighty God, Counselor, my Best Friend!
Good morning Father!
Thank You for this day!
Thank You for my life!
Thank You for my sweet bride, Amy!
Thank You for my beautiful daughter, Selah!
All that I am and all I possess, they are blessings from You O Lord!
Thank You!
Hallelujah!
Lord, I pray You fill me with Your Spirit this day, as you have from the time I first received You in my mind, heart, and soul, that I might walk according to the Way, following Your Word, and blessed with the Hope of eternal life with You and all the saints who walked the same path before me.
Protect me from the evil one O Lord, as my focus is on You daily, may I not lose sight of the calling which You have called me, to walk in Truth and Love, towards All man.
Bless All my children this day O Lord, all my grandchildren, and their little ones, that they might be safe from all harm, may they each receive the gifts You have to offer them, may they accept the gifts and begin their journey of Faith and Family, walking in Love, with the Family of Christ our Lord and Savior, may they become Your children of light, and may their light shine bright today.
I pray Father, You might help me to complete the tasks before me this day, may I be consistent in my walk before You, in the words I speak, and in All I say and do, in Jesus’ name, Amen!
Therefore remember that you, once Gentiles in the flesh—who are called Uncircumcision by what is called the Circumcision made in the flesh by hands— that at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.
🕊️ ~~~ Christ Our Peace
For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of separation, having abolished in His flesh the enmity, that is, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, so as to create in Himself one new man from the two, thus making peace, and that He might reconcile them both to God in one body through the cross, thereby putting to death the enmity. And He came and preached peace to you who were afar off and to those who were near.
For through Him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father.
🕊️ ~~~ Christ Our Cornerstone
Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone, in whom the whole building, being fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord, in whom you also are being built together for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit. 🕊️
Ephesians 2:11-22
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Hallelujah!
Praise the name of the Lord, “JESUS!”
My Lord and Savior, My Redeemer, Mighty God, Counselor, my Best Friend!
Good morning Father!
Thank You for this day!
Thank You for my life!
Thank You for my sweet bride, Amy!
Thank You for my beautiful daughter, Selah!
All that I am and all I possess, they are blessings from You O Lord!
Thank You!
Hallelujah!
Father, I pray for Your blessing over me this day, may Your Holy Spirit, Your Teacher, guide my thoughts, in rightly dividing Your Word of Truth, and sharing of Your Word in context, without ordinances or precepts, rather in a manner for the edification of others desiring to follow Your Word and Your Way.
May I shine my light and the words I speak, the actions I take, as a unifying force, bringing people together, rather than separate, especially those who are not like-minded.
Father, may I do everything with a Peaceful outcome in mind.
Bless All my children today Father, All my grandchildren, and their little ones, may they be safe in their coming and going, may Your Holy Spirit, Your Teacher, draw them near to You, may Your Word dwell in their hearts and minds, that they may sense Your presence in their lives and it help direct their steps today.
O Lord, Jesus, I pray for Healing and recovery to those who are sick and suffering, may they be comforted by You and may You fill them with Hope, strength, and longsuffering, in Jesus’ name, Amen!
Father, I pray for Peace in the World around me, Peace in Israel, and an end to war with Iran, and improved relations with all their neighbors, may there be Peace with Russia, and with all others who think and believe differently, may there be found one common goal and grounds to work together, may Your Holy Spirit be present.
Lord, I pray for my own work, may I see it to completion today, may I shine the light You placed within me, in and through all I say and do today, in Jesus’ name, Amen!
🕊️ And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience, among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others.
But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved) 🕊️
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🕊️ For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.
For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them. 🕊️
Ephesians 2:1-5, 8-10
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Hallelujah!
Praise the name of the Lord, “JESUS!”
My Lord and Savior, My Redeemer, Mighty God, Counselor, my Best Friend!
Good morning Father!
Thank You for this day!
Thank You for my life!
Thank You for my sweet bride, Amy!
Thank You for my beautiful daughter, Selah!
All that I am and all I possess, they are blessings from You O Lord!
Thank You!
Hallelujah!
Father, Wow!
Your Word is full of so many ways it describes Your LOVE and the Power of Your Spirit, working in us.
Being a carpenter, my greatest joy was / is; walking away from each project knowing in my spirit, i did my best work, and to the best of my ability.
But reading Your Word, saying, “We Are HIS Workmanship,” speaks to the man I have become!
Hallelujah! Praise The Lord! Thank You Jesus!
And then Your Word goes on to say; “created in Christ Jesus for good works,”
This speaks to my Purpose!
The reason for my existence is to be in service to my King, JESUS! The King of LOVE!
WOW!
Father, in my reading and meditating each Word, like cutting a piece of meat in my dish, just the right size to fit in my mouth, just the right temperature, the right taste, I want to chew and chew, until I have obtained the most of the flavor I can before swallowing.
Then as I digest Your Word inside my mind and spirit, Your Holy Spirit quickens it back to my memory, over and over, Your Words, “I am Your Workmanship”, and my Purpose, “created in Christ Jesus for good works,”
Every step I take, every word I speak, all the energy I expend, giving my best effort, and through the Power of God, His Spirit, working in me and through me, my efforts are powerful, because I am His, Your Workmanship Lord, Hallelujah!
Thank You for Your Word Lord, it really makes my day, my year, and sets my feet on solid ground, I have one goal, in and through Love, making a difference, wherever I can.
Holy Spirit, lead the way for my path is not my own, it is the Lord’s, my life, my Faith, my Family, they all belong to You O Lord!
Bless us All today Father, All my children and grandchildren, and their little ones, may we each know and sense Your presence in our lives and working through our every circumstance, Father, may Your Spirit, Your Word shine in and through all we / I say and do today, in JESUS’ name, Amen!
Therefore I also, after I heard of your Faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers:
…that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ,
…the Father of glory,
…may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him,
…the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling,
…what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,
…and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe,
…according to the working of His mighty power which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places 🕊️
Ephesians 1:15-20
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Hallelujah!
Praise the name of the Lord, “JESUS!”
My Lord and Savior, My Redeemer, Mighty God, Counselor, my Best Friend!
Good morning Father!
Thank You for this day!
Thank You for my life!
Thank You for my sweet bride, Amy!
Thank You for my beautiful daughter, Selah!
All that I am and all I possess, they are blessings from You O Lord!
Thank You!
Hallelujah!
Father, I praise Your Holy Name, Yahweh, and in Jesus’ name, I walk by Faith and Believing, with Hope and in following the Way, may Your Holy Spirit in me, shine in the darkness around me, may Your will be done and may the light from within me never lead another astray, only towards the light and Truth, a direction to a path to life and revelation of the God and Father, who created us in His image.
I Pray Father, in Jesus’ name, for strength today, to face the challenges before me and the work or tasks I have to complete.
Father, I lift up All my children before You, All my grandchildren, and their little ones, may You keep them safe today. May Your Holy Spirit, Your Teacher, guide them on their path today, may You lead them to the light and Truth, may they sense Your presence working in their lives, working all things for good and may they become as Your children of the light, in Jesus’ name, Amen!
Lord, bless me this day, in my research and my writings, may I come into a greater understanding of You and Truth, about myself and my humanity, may I use this revelation and share with others in my writings, may they become blessed and be encouraged to walk their own path towards Truth and Faith, believing in You O Lord. Father, may this writing I do, shine Your light, and bring You glory, in and through all I say and do, in Jesus’ name, Amen!
Brethren, if a man is overtaken in any trespass, you who are spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness, considering yourself lest you also be tempted. Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. For if anyone thinks himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself. But let each one examine his own work, and then he will have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another. For each one shall bear his own load.
🕊️ Be Generous and Do Good
Let him who is taught the word share in all good things with him who teaches.
Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life. And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart. Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all, especially to those who are of the household of faith. 🕊️
Galatians 6:1-10
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Hallelujah!
Praise the name of the Lord, “JESUS!”
My Lord and Savior, My Redeemer, Mighty God, Counselor, my Best Friend!
Good morning Father!
Thank You for this day!
Thank You for my life!
Thank You for my sweet bride, Amy!
Thank You for my beautiful daughter, Selah!
All that I am and all I possess, they are blessings from You O Lord!
Thank You!
Hallelujah!
Father, in Your rich blessings to me and my Family, we All cherish what we have, mainly the Love and time we share together.
O Lord, may we shine as a lamp unto the world in the darkness around us, as children of the light, and may we share, willingly, from our blessings, with those in need.
Fill us with Your Spirit today Lord.
May we walk by Faith, and Not by sight, may we share kindness with others and may Your Holy Spirit, guide our steps as we follow in the Way.
Father, I lift up All my children before You today, All my grandchildren, and their little ones, may You bless them with Your Holy Spirit, Your Teacher, and guide them in their coming and going, may they follow the path towards the light, Your Word, and a life of Faith living by the Way, in Jesus’ name, Amen!
Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, do you not hear the law?
For it is written that Abraham had two sons: the one by a bondwoman, the other by a freewoman.
But he who was of the bondwoman was born according to the flesh, and he of the freewoman through promise, which things are symbolic.
For these are the two covenants: the one from Mount Sinai which gives birth to bondage, which is Hagar— for this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and corresponds to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children but the Jerusalem above is free, which is the mother of us all.
For it is written:
“Rejoice, O barren,
You who do not bear!
Break forth and shout,
You who are not in labor!
For the desolate has many more children
Than she who has a husband.”
Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are children of promise. But, as he who was born according to the flesh then persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, even so it is now. Nevertheless what does the Scripture say? “Cast out the bondwoman and her son, for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman.” So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman but of the free. 🕊️
Galatians 4:21-31
🕊️ For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.
For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” But if you bite and devour one another, beware lest you be consumed by one another!
Walking in the Spirit
I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.
For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.
Against such there is no law.
And those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another. 🕊️
Galatians 5:13-26
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Praise the name of the Lord, “JESUS!”
My Lord and Savior, My Redeemer, Mighty God, Counselor, my Best Friend!
Good morning Father!
Thank You for this day!
Thank You for my life!
Thank You for my sweet bride, Amy!
Thank You for my beautiful daughter, Selah!
All that I am and all I possess, they are blessings from You O Lord!
Thank You!
Father, Bless me this day, in my coming and my going, may I walk in the spirit of Your heavenly Grace, towards all men, and may I experience the Love only You can give, in my interaction with others, those in my Family and those I have yet to meet for the first time.
Father Fill me Your Spirit, and may I shine today as Your child of light, in the darkness all around us.
Bless All my children O Lord, All my grandchildren and their little ones, may Your Holy Spirit, Your Teacher, reach into their hearts and draw them to Your light, may they learn Your Word, and walk in Your Way, may they become as children of light and shine today, in Jesus’ name, Amen!
🕊️ For I through the law died to the law that I might live to God.
I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.
I do not set aside the grace of God; for if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died in vain.” 🕊️
Galatians 2:19-21
🕊️ But the Scripture has confined all under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.
But before faith came, we were kept under guard by the law, kept for the faith which would afterward be revealed.
Therefore the law was our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by Faith.
But after Faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor.
Sons and Heirs
For you are all sons of God through Faith in Christ Jesus.
For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise. 🕊️
Galatians 3:22-29
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Hallelujah!
Praise the name of the Lord, “JESUS!”
My Lord and Savior, My Redeemer, Mighty God, Counselor, my Best Friend!
Good morning Father!
Thank You for this day!
Thank You for my life!
Thank You for my sweet bride, Amy!
Thank You for my beautiful daughter, Selah!
All that I am and all I possess, they are blessings from You O Lord!
Thank You!
Hallelujah!
Jesus, Lord, I am blessed today to say, by Faith, in Believing, on the name of Jesus Christ, I have become a member of the Family in the household of Faith, sealed for redemption and the promise of eternal life, in Christ!
Thank You Father, that as I lift up All my children before You, All my grandchildren and their little ones, You hear my request and they too become members of the household of Faith. They are all sanctified by my Faith and Believing in Jesus Christ.
So Lord, I pray for safety for my children, may Your Spirit, Your Teacher, guide each one of them, according to the gifts and Grace You have bestowed upon each one.
Thank You Lord, again, and may Your light within me shine bright for all those still living in the darkness, that they may find the light and the path to the Way, and Believe, in Jesus’ name, Amen!
🕊️ For this reason we also thank God without ceasing, because when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you welcomed it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which also effectively works in you who believe.
For you, brethren, became imitators of the churches of God which are in Judea in Christ Jesus. 🕊️
1 Thessalonians 2:13-14
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Hallelujah!
Praise the name of the Lord, “JESUS!”
My Lord and Savior, My Redeemer, Mighty God, Counselor, my Best Friend!
Good morning Father!
Thank You for this day!
Thank You for my life!
Thank You for my sweet bride, Amy!
Thank You for my beautiful daughter, Selah!
All that I am and all I possess, they are blessings from You O Lord!
Thank You!
Hallelujah!
Blessings and Your Holy Spirit, Father, this is what I look for each and every day, to separate myself from the flesh I once walked in, You have renewed my mind and thinking, with a focus on living a life of service to the Lord and sharing His Love and kindness to others around me.
My spirit is excited more each time I am able to help others or show Love and kindness to strangers, especially my own Family, where I believe it is needed.
Lord, may I continue to grow and increase in understanding, through Your Word and Your Spirit, may I sense the weight of each word I speak and every action I take in my walk with You O Lord.
Guide me O Lord, may I shine the light you placed within me and be as Your child, in and through all I say and do, in Jesus’ name, Amen!
🕊️ For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy; giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light.
He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins.
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.
For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers.
All things were created through Him and for Him.
And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.
And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence. 🕊️
Colossians 1:9-18
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Hallelujah!
Praise the name of the Lord, “JESUS!”
My Lord and Savior, My Redeemer, Mighty God, Counselor, my Best Friend!
Good morning Father!
Thank You for this day!
Thank You for my life!
Thank You for my sweet bride, Amy!
Thank You for my beautiful daughter, Selah!
All that I am and all I possess, they are blessings from You O Lord!
Thank You!
Hallelujah!
Father, today, may I gain understanding and knowledge in reading Your Word, may You bless me with Your Holy Spirit, and heavenly Wisdom, to see the world with Your Spiritual eyes and understanding, not through my eyes of flesh or the heart of man.
Father, You have blessed me with the heart of my Lord and Savior, which beats and pumps His spiritual life through me. Thank You Lord!
Father, I lift up All my children before You today, All my grandchildren, and their little ones, may they receive You in their hearts and lives, that they might be safe from the darkness of this world, so they may know and rejoice in knowing they are all children of the light and have a just and blessed reward, awaiting them in His kingdom, in Jesus’ name, Amen!
Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.
And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up.
And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.
Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed.
The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.
Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain; and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit.
Bring Back the Erring One
Brethren, if anyone among you wanders from the truth, and someone turns him back, let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death and cover a multitude of sins. 🕊️
James 5:7-20
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Hallelujah!
Praise the name of the Lord, “JESUS!”
My Lord and Savior, My Redeemer, Mighty God, Counselor, my Best Friend!
Good morning Father!
Thank You for this day!
Thank You for my life!
Thank You for my sweet bride, Amy!
Thank You for my beautiful daughter, Selah!
All that I am and all I possess, they are blessings from You O Lord!
Thank You!
Hallelujah!
Praise God, I’m sharing this morning, one of my favorite quotes in scripture, “The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.“
As of late, and pondering my nagging drive to begin to write, I have been having the strong desire and determination, to write, only that which I intend to write has been unclear. The thought running through my mind, what reference or focus will it be. Thank The Lord, my prayer was answered last night and confirmed this morning, when ‘The Dream’ became a reality and now my writing focus.
I had not yet completed my Prayer for yesterday’s post, so I completed and submitted that post this morning, and in it I gave first mention of ‘The Dream’.
Now today I will continue with laying out the story and its tenets.
Father, I lift up my life, my heart and my spirit before You, I seek Your blessing on my day, before I begin, and as a clarification to all who read this, my primary focus, in all my endeavors, has to begin with prayer and worshipping my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
Father, You are my single focus and my desire to please You in everything I do, may i do it well, may Your light shine in my endeavors and may Your Holy Spirit go ahead of my every step, my every word, in Jesus’ name, Amen!
Father, I lift up All my children before You, All my grandchildren, and their little ones, may they stay safe today, may they receive the gifts You offer them and may they walk in Faith today, sensing Your Spirit and responding accordingly, may they shine as Your children and be a blessing to others, in Jesus’ name, Amen!
🕊️ “But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is Christ therefore a minister of sin?
Certainly not!
For if I build again those things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor.
For I through the law died to the law that I might live to God.
I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by Faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.
I do not set aside the grace of God; for if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died in vain.”🕊️
Galatians 2:17-21
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Hallelujah!
Praise the name of the Lord, “JESUS!”
My Lord and Savior, My Redeemer, Mighty God, Counselor, my Best Friend!
Good morning Father!
Thank You for this day!
Thank You for my life!
Thank You for my sweet bride, Amy!
Thank You for my beautiful daughter, Selah!
All that I am and all I possess, they are blessings from You O Lord!
Thank You!
Hallelujah!
Praise God, in all things, for the life I have and for the many things I have overcome, it is YouLord Jesus, whom is protecting me, it is You who lives and Your Holy Spirit, which lives inside of me today, that is what carries me through, that’s the “Journey”, the path to ‘enlightenment’.
I woke up from a dream this morning, and it is still with me, unlike never before, and on-going, with new scenes and drama unfolding, it’s like walking through my life being interrupted here and there with visions of another time and place in my life, like a parallel life in another dimension, I’m not quite sure I am even awake!
Lord, send one of Your angels to smack me on my side and wake me up from this dream and these visions!
In this dream I am a man of much means, not sure how much but it appears I am wealthy and beyond any kind of need or want. I have share my wealth with each of my children and at the beginning, I give them a choice to go their own way with their new life of unimaginable means, or come live with me and build a large commune in a new and beautiful land which man has not corrupted, not far from the rest of the world, yet obscure and at least a day’s travel in any direction from other people or life.
So my son Malachi and his family decide they would like to come live with us and so it begins, I am very excited, as is Amy, my sweet bride and Selah, my beautiful daughter, who are happy for me that my oldest son, once my favorite, has finally decided to reclaim his spot in my heart and join the effort to build something wonderful together, something with purpose.
Father God, as I begin to journal my dream, and come into more of the scenes in my mind, I pray Your Spirit guide me towards a purposeful story, showing All the avenues, consisting of every element of man’s journey, man’s struggles in many ways.
I lift up All my children before You today, All my grandchildren and their little ones, may they each acknowledge You in their own way, may they accept the gifts you have of life eternal, which You quicken in their minds daily, may they sense Your presence in their day, and may they find and enter the path towards the light and follow the Way, in and through all they say and do, in Jesus’ name, Amen!
🕊️ We then, as workers together with Him also plead with you not to receive the grace of God in vain.
For He says:
“In an acceptable time I have heard you,
And in the day of salvation I have helped you.”
Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.
We give no offense in anything, that our ministry may not be blamed.
But in all things we commend ourselves as ministers of God: in much patience, in tribulations, in needs, in distresses, in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in sleeplessness, in fastings; by purity, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Spirit, by sincere love, by the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left, by honor and dishonor, by evil report and good report; as deceivers, and yet true; as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold we live; as chastened, and yet not killed; as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things. 🕊️
2 Corinthians 6:1-10
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Hallelujah!
Praise the name of the Lord, “JESUS!”
My Lord and Savior, My Redeemer, Mighty God, Counselor, my Best Friend!
Good morning Father!
Thank You for this day!
Thank You for my life!
Thank You for my sweet bride, Amy!
Thank You for my beautiful daughter, Selah!
All that I am and all I possess, they are blessings from You O Lord!
Thank You!
Hallelujah!
Today Father, a new day, my life is renewed in You, I am in awe that You would accept me into Your family, and call me Your child!
Bless me this day, Lord, wearing the full armor of God, may Your Holy Spirit guide me in my walk and in facing my daily challenges, may I shine as Your child amongst the people around me and through it, may I lead people searching for Truth and the path towards the light.
Father, I pray for the people of Israel, Ukraine, and Iran, may Your Spirit of Peace dwell in their hearts, and be present in their meetings and draw them to follow a new path forward, a path of Healing, and of Love and Peace.
May the world witness the example set, of this Peace and may Your Spirit work in them, a desire to follow the same path Lord.
Today Father, I lift up my family before You, All my children, my grandchildren, and All their little ones, may Your Angels keep watch over them and may they be safe today. Bless them and fill them with Your Spirit, may they receive the gifts You offer them and may they be as Your children of the light, walking in Your Way, Hallelujah!
Lord, I ask for many things today, not for myself but for others, may You hear my request and may Your answer be YES! May we all have a good day today, one of celebration of Your Peace upon us all, in Jesus’ name, Amen!
Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day.
For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal.
Assurance of the Resurrection
For we know that if our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed with our habitation which is from heaven, if indeed, having been clothed, we shall not be found naked.
For we who are in this tent groan, being burdened, not because we want to be unclothed, but further clothed, that mortality may be swallowed up by life.
Now He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who also has given us the Spirit as a guarantee.🕊️
2 Corinthians 4:16-5:5
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Hallelujah!
Praise the name of the Lord, “JESUS!”
My Lord and Savior, My Redeemer, Mighty God, Counselor, my Best Friend!
Good morning Father!
Thank You for this day!
Thank You for my life!
Thank You for my sweet bride, Amy!
Thank You for my beautiful daughter, Selah!
All that I am and all I possess, they are blessings from You O Lord!
Thank You!
Hallelujah!
Jesus, my Lord and Savior, my Redeemer, bless me this day Lord, as I create this post to share with others, of the Hope of our Salvation through our Faith and Believing on Your Holy Name, Jesus.
I pray today for a blessing of Your Holy Spirit, fill me with the strength I need to face my day, to meet the challenges before me, and maintain a disciplined mind and resolve through it all. I pray for the resolve, I pray for Your Spirit’s guidance.
Father, I lift up All my children before You, All my grandchildren, and their little ones, may they be safe today Lord, may Your Spirit protect them and lead them on the path towards the light, may they find comfort and Your presence working in their lives, in Jesus’ name, Amen!
🕊️ Therefore, since we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we do not lose heart. But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness nor handling the word of God deceitfully, but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.
But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, whose minds the god of this age has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them.
For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your bondservants for Jesus’ sake.
For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. 🕊️
2 Corinthians 4:1-6
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Hallelujah! 🕊️
Praise the name of the Lord, “JESUS!”
My Lord and Savior, My Redeemer, Mighty God, Counselor, my Best Friend!
Good morning Father!
Thank You for this day!
Thank You for my life!
Thank You for my sweet bride, Amy!
Thank You for my beautiful daughter, Selah!
All that I am and all I possess, they are blessings from You O Lord!
Thank You!
Hallelujah! 🕊️
Father, God, may the witness of my confession and baptism, be a reflection of the work and ministry of Jesus Christ, through my life and my actions, may I shine Your light Lord, in the darkness around me.
O Lord, may I be filled with Your Holy Spirit today and may I shine Your light, in and through my Faith and Believing in my Salvation, may my Faith walk be a beacon and light the way for others searching for the Truth, a well lit path to the Way and for some, one last hope, of Redemption.
Bless my sweet bride Amy and Selah today, as they travel away from home with a family member, keep them safe Lord, may Your light shine upon them, around them, in them, and through them, on their journey. May they be a blessing to others, a welcome sight, in Jesus’ name, Amen!
Father, I lift up All my children before You this hour, All my grandchildren, and All their little ones, here now, and those yet to come, may they too become Your Children of Light and Truth, my living legacy, not of my flesh but born of the Spirit of the living God, Jesus Christ, our Redeemer, our Salvation, in Jesus’ name, Amen!
the LORD is one! You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.
“And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart.
You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up.
You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.
You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates. 🕊️
Deuteronomy 6:4-9
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Hallelujah!
Praise the name of the Lord, “JESUS!”
My Lord and Savior, My Redeemer, Mighty God, Counselor, my Best Friend!
Good morning Father!
Thank You for this day!
Thank You for my life!
Thank You for my sweet bride, Amy!
Thank You for my beautiful daughter, Selah!
All that I am and all I possess, they are blessings from You O Lord!
Thank You!
Hallelujah!
Father, I pray for more Love and Strength, for myself, All my children, my Family and for all peoples.
Lord Jesus, it is through Your Holy Spirit, and receiving the revelation of just how much Love and Strength go hand in hand, which keeps me on the path You have for me.
It’s not the journey that makes the days exciting, it is sharing it with my Family and loved ones, which brings the most joy and strengthens my walk of Faith!
Fill me with Your Spirit afresh today O Lord, and may my walk today with You be as the first time, like a child holding onto the hand of his Father, bless me today Father! 🕊️
Father, I lift up All my children before You, All my grandchildren, and their little ones, may Your Love, Mercy, and Grace, overshadow each one today, please keep them safe, draw them to the light of Your presence, in Your Word and in their hearing, may they come to know Your love and how to love others, in Jesus’ name, Amen!
Then He said to the disciples, “It is impossible that no offenses should come, but woe to him through whom they do come!
It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.
Take heed to yourselves.
If your brother sins against you, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.
And if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times in a day returns to you, saying, ‘I repent,’ you shall forgive him.” 🕊️
Faith and Duty
🕊️ And the apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.”
So the Lord said, “If you have faith as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be pulled up by the roots and be planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.
And which of you, having a servant plowing or tending sheep, will say to him when he has come in from the field, ‘Come at once and sit down to eat’?
But will he not rather say to him, ‘Prepare something for my supper, and gird yourself and serve me till I have eaten and drunk, and afterward you will eat and drink’?
Does he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded him? I think not.
So likewise you, when you have done all those things which you are commanded, say, ‘We are unprofitable servants.
We have done what was our duty to do.’ ” 🕊️
Luke 17:1-10
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Hallelujah! Praise the name of the Lord, “JESUS”
Our Lord and Savior, Our Redeemer, Mighty God, Counselor, my Best Friend!
Good morning Father!
Thank You for this day!
Thank You for my life!
Thank You for my sweet bride, Amy!
Thank You for my beautiful daughter, Selah!
All that I am and all I possess, they are blessings from You O Lord!
Thank You!
Hallelujah!
Father, just as Your Word teaches, I stand before my brethren asking forgiveness when I have wronged them. I pray, Lord increase my Faith, and teach me to be more humble in my relation to my peers.
May I walk in the light with You this day and may Your Holy Spirit fill my mind, heart, and soul with Love, Grace, Mercy, and Peace.
Above all, may my life and walk, reflect my deep commitment to You and shinning Your light in the darkness around me, in Jesus’ name, Amen!
Father, I lift up all my children before You, all my grandchildren, and their little ones, may You keep them safe today, may Your Spirit, Your Teacher, guide them in their walk of Faith along their life journey, may they be strengthened when they face life’s challenges and may Your Spirit give them Peace.
May they sense Your presence in their lives and may they experience real Joy in the comfort of their salvation through Jesus Christ, in Jesus’ name, Amen!
Yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
Why do you spend money for what is not bread,
And your wages for what does not satisfy?
Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good,
And let your soul delight itself in abundance.
Incline your ear, and come to Me.
Hear, and your soul shall live;
And I will make an everlasting covenant with you. 🕊️
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Seek the LORD while He may be found,
Call upon Him while He is near.
Let the wicked forsake his way,
And the unrighteous man his thoughts;
Let him return to the LORD,
And He will have mercy on him;
And to our God,
For He will abundantly pardon.
“For My thoughts are not your thoughts,
Nor are your ways My ways,” says the LORD.
“For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
So are My ways higher than your ways,
And My thoughts than your thoughts.
“For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven,
And do not return there, but water the earth,
And make it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower
And bread to the eater,
So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth;
It shall not return to Me void,
But it shall accomplish what I please,
And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.
Isaiah 55:1-3, 6-11
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Hallelujah! Praise the name of the Lord, “JESUS”
Our Lord and Savior, Our Redeemer, Mighty God, Counselor, my Best Friend!
Good morning Father!
Thank You for this day!
Thank You for my life!
Thank You for my sweet bride, Amy!
Thank You for my beautiful daughter, Selah!
All that I am and all I possess, they are blessings from You O Lord!
Thank You!
Hallelujah!
Father, the more I see and experience the light and what it takes to partake of it, and shine it outwardly myself, in and through my life, the more I realize how much I am lacking in my walk with You in my performance.
This evening, I lift up my heart before You Father, may Your Spirit fill me with the blessing of True Love, Pure Love, the kind that makes the Light to truly “Shine”.
I hope and pray this hour, Lord, You make me an instrument of Your Love, Your Light in the world.
Father my heart is heavy for All my children All the time, and I pray for patience and strength to continue, every day and with every prayer, hoping You hear my petition for their well being and their walk with You.
Father, I lift them all up before You, all my grandchildren, and their little ones, may they come to the light and become Your Children, may they walk by Faith and the power of Your Love, moving in and around them every day, bless them now Father, in Jesus’ name, Amen!
🕊️ “Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?
“So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
“Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be
added to you. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble. 🕊️
Matthew 6:25-34
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Hallelujah! Praise the name of the Lord, “JESUS”
Good morning Father!
Thank You for this day!
Thank You for my life!
Thank You for my sweet bride, Amy!
Thank You for my beautiful daughter, Selah!
All that I am and all I possess, they are blessings from You O Lord!
Thank You!
Father, I’m learning to enjoy the moment, appreciate the things and people in front of me, every day!
Just two weeks ago, our family pet, Simba, who has become a cherished member of our Family, stepped wrong while at the park and he ruptured his left rear ACL.
This has been a burden on our hearts, and a concern for us, because even though this is just a hurt dog, we see and experience Simba never once whined or complained, he just started limping, he just accepts it, and learns getting by on just what he has, he still has the normal energy and excitement when he is around us and our coming and going.
I was with him at the WSU animal hospital in Pullman, WA., where they assessed what it will take for him to be well again.
Our family has already discussed how we are committed to our furry family member, and our prayers continue daily for his healing and for God’s Grace, Mercy, and Peace be upon Simba.
Simba is like a light glowing along the path, where ever he goes, making people smile and happy to meet him. He is a blessing and example of how God, wants us to be, in the face of all our daily challenges, simply trusting the Lord in All things, and continually moving forward.
I pray Lord, that we might learn from Simba, and learn to be happy and content to be alive, enjoy each moment, while we have it. Father, may we shine Your light for others to see and follow, and not seek to shine our own light.
I lift up All my children before You Father, All my grandchildren, and their little ones, may they be safe today, may Your Spirit, Your Teacher, guide their way into the lightened path, and may they learn to follow the Way, and be as children of the light, in Jesus’ name, Amen!
