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2022, Acts, Christian Living

Table Round

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Friday.
I was about to type good morning but it’s beyond morning now! 
Good afternoon this fine day of Friday from LA.

Friends. Sisters (or Brothers) by JESUS.
If you have friends who are family by JESUS who you can talk with for hours and pray with for hours too, you are blessed and highly favored. 

As the days grow darker give attention to your family and your friends. Make time for them. 

Let me sketch for you an experience that I covet for the Body of CHRIST.
A group (3, 4, 6 or so) seated at a table round or tucked feet in comfy chairs or temples scattered near on a pillowed floor — sharing, talking, laughing, crying as the need may be.
Then with opened Bibles in every pair of hands, READING.
One reading aloud, the others watching each word, and as Holy Spirit prompts insights, questions, answers are spoken all around.
Each expressing, learning, teaching, and basking in GOD our Savior. 
It’s the sweetest family communion on earth. 
I want this for the CHURCH.
It’s the sure way to maturing in Trust and learning JESUS and His ways. 

Again, I urge you to read the Scripture – at least a chapter a day. And if you can find a sister (or brothers, find a brother) to read with you, do it.
Read and share with each other what Holy Spirit reveals to you as you read GOD’s WORD.
It works via phone, email, text, and face-to-face at that table round.

You need this my Friends. You need it more than you know you need it. 
I’m not kidding. 

 11 And the people of Berea were more open-minded than those in Thessalonica, and they listened eagerly to Paul’s message. They searched the Scriptures day after day to see if Paul and Silas were teaching the truth. 
12 As a result, many Jews believed, as did many of the prominent Greek women and men.  source Acts 17 

2022, Christian Living, Gospel of Matthew

Quote It!

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Matthew 15

YESHUA didn’t mince words; He told the Pharisees and the Scribes the TRUTH. 
He even quoted Isaiah — they were well familiar with Isaiah. 

They did not like what He said. They didn’t like what He quoted to them.

He also quoted Exodus and Deuteronomy at the time recorded for us in Matthew 15. 

JESUS knew all the Scrolls of what we call the Old Testament and He quoted passages often. 

I think we His followers should too. 
Like we should get to know Scripture so well we can bring It into a conversation just like JESUS did. 

Verse 12. Do you know what we read there?
The Disciples went to YESHUA and said: 

12 Then the disciples came to him and asked, “Do you realize you offended the Pharisees by what you just said?” source NLT

Can you imagine the scene? 

We are so like them, aren’t we? 
Well, some of us are. 
I am privileged to be acquainted with a few who are not intimidated if the TRUTH offends. 
I think all GOD’s Children should grow into this great LOVE. 

Yes. LOVE.
It takes LOVE to tell the TRUTH — especially when you know it’s going to sting, even flat-out hurt. 
But you know what?
HELL hurts, burns, and stings forever. 

2022, Christian Living, Gospel of Matthew

BUT . . .

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 Matthew 14

In verse 12, YESHUA is told by John’s disciples that John is dead. John was beheaded. Because he preached repentance, he was beheaded. 

In verse 13 we learned when JESUS heard this He intended to go to a place where He could be alone.
The GODMAN was affected by this news.
Deeply moved by this news.
Moved enough He desired to be alone.
No doubt in my mind He wanted concentrated time to pray and perhaps reminisce days with His cousin. BUT. 

13 On hearing about this, Yeshua left in a boat to be by himself in the wilderness. But the people learned of it and followed him from the towns by land.
14 So when he came ashore, he saw a huge crowd; and, filled with compassion for them, he healed those of them who were sick. source

He wanted to be alone.
He didn’t FEEL like having a crowd of people around Him BUT 

Look what he did. Read it again. 

He was FILLED WITH COMPASSION for them and He healed those who were sick. 

O to be like our Savior!
When we FEEL bad. When we FEEL sad. When we FEEL hurt.

When we are needed; when we see people we have been enabled to help — let us be FILLED with HIM and not ourselves. 
It’s tough but with practice yielding to HOLY SPIRIT, we can get better at it.