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Jeremiahs, Will You Please Step Forward?

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The sources are varied, as well as the stringing together of the words; but the messages I am hearing are the same ­– hear the Word of the LORD and get serious about your sins – repenting of them, that is.

Jeremiah 7 New American Standard Bible (NASB)
Message at the Temple Gate

1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
2 “Stand in the gate of the LORD’S house and proclaim there this word and say, ‘Hear the word of the LORD, all you of Judah, who enter by these gates to worship the LORD!’”
3 Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, “Amend your ways and your deeds, and I will let you dwell in this place.
4 Do not trust in deceptive words, saying, ‘This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD.’
5 For if you truly amend your ways and your deeds, if you truly practice justice between a man and his neighbor,
6 if you do not oppress the alien, the orphan, or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, nor walk after other gods to your own ruin,
7 then I will let you dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers forever and ever.
via Jer 7 – Passage Lookup – New American Standard Bible – BibleGateway.com.

Don’t you know Jeremiah was ‘uncomfortable’ giving this message? Don’t know he had a rolling in his stomach as he made his way to the Temple gate? Can’t you imagine his knees knocked together as he stood to proclaim this Word from the LORD?

Did you notice Jeremiah was standing at the gate of the ‘Church’ proclaiming this Word? He was out there where everyone could hear him.  Hmmm. What are we told over and over these days? Keep your faith and your JESUS to yourself; be quiet about Him.  Well, who are we going to obey? Them or HIM?

Luke 14: 21st Century King James Version (KJ21)
23 And the lord said unto the servant, `Go out into the highways and hedges and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.
via Luke 14:23 – Passage Lookup – 21st Century King James Version – BibleGateway.com.

Is there anything that makes us more unpopular than naming sin? I mean think about it. Say it these days and what do folks say to you and in anger no less?

You have no right to judge me!

And what would my response be? Hopefully, in love and humility, I would say: “You’re right I don’t and I’m not, your deeds have already condemned you; see it’s right here. This is what God says: Your sin He hates because it will destroy you; you He loves and He will rescue you and deliver you if you will allow Him. Will you?”

Do I dare?
Jeremiah dared.
Would you say we could use some Jeremiahs around here now?
Where are they?
Jeremiahs, will you please step forward?

Again I am asking you to remember Specific Unspokens, Salvation lists, Israel, Revival, all listed at PFT.  I am still remembering Misty and Willow Grace, Nichole, Lance, Ann and her family (Barnes) and others. Please do so as well.  Click HERE to see the list.

A handmaiden to the KING of kings,
Kathie

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Stand, Look, Ask, Ask, Walk, Find

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Who doesn’t want rest for their soul?

Really?

Who doesn’t want to be at peace within their own gray matter? Within their own nervous system? Who wants to live with their insides torn up all the time? Not able to eat, not able to sleep, not able to have a thought that is not assaulted by ‘what ifs’ and ‘whys’ and ‘how could he’, ‘how could she’?  Well? Anybody out there who wants to live that way? I didn’t think so.

Reading my BlogLand Friend, Elaine Olsen’s, book, Peace for the Journey, led me to:

Jeremiah 6: New International Version (NIV) 16 This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But you said, ‘We will not walk in it.’ via Jer 6:16 – Passage Lookup – New International Version – BibleGateway.com.

Coupled with what Elaine wrote and this verse of Scripture I asked myself:
“Can I stand at a distance from JESUS and expect to see clearly the path He wants me to take?”

I know the answer.  It’s a HUGE, Clearly understood – NO!

So what would it look like for me to NOT stand at a distance from JESUS?

The thought that came was keep myself unspotted by the world so I did a Biblegateway search and found James 1:27 and settled on the NASB version.

James 1: New American Standard Bible (NASB)

27 Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

via James 1:27 – Passage Lookup – New American Standard Bible – BibleGateway.com.

How unstained am I?

I think I have to find out.

I covet your prayers that I may know and that such knowledge be not long in coming and that every change that needs to be made will be made without delay.

I welcome you to join me in this as it is surely the will of God for all of us to discern just how stained by the world we are.

Just one of the KING’s handmaidens,
Kathie

Praying For These – click HERE.

 

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Oh Blessed Truth

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Oh blessed truth!

John 6: New American Standard Bible (NASB)

37 All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will certainly not cast out. via John 6:37 – Passage Lookup – New American Standard Bible – BibleGateway.com.

And the one who comes to Me I will CERTAINLY not cast out.

For sure, for sure in the King James vernacular, EVERY soul who comes to JESUS in confession and repentance WILL BE received!!

NO ONE excluded!

Is there any better news than that?!!

John 6:40 For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who beholds the Son and believes in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will raise him up on the last day.”  via John 6 – Passage Lookup – New American Standard Bible – BibleGateway.com.

Oh, ABBA, bless Your Holy Name for this truth, for this reality in each of us who have believed. HOLY SPIRIT, bring others to this Truth in JESUS Name.

And we come remembering Ann and her Dad and all the family this week as they adjust to this separation from Martha. It was her testimony of her love and faith in You that brings comfort and we thank You for the faith she received from You.  And others, Melinda, Betty, Misty, Willow Grace, LaJuanna, and well You know, LORD, the others listed there; those specific unspoken, that list of yet unbelieving souls, this Nation and Your beloved Israel, our IDOK Troops; all these we present now to You for help, for healing, for provisions, for gifts of faith, for every possible need they have; we are dependent upon You and You alone to help them.  Thank You for this confidence found in CHRIST JESUS alone. Amen and amen.

Praying for These – click HERE.

Just one of the KING’s Handmaidens,
Kathie

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Not Holding Out

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 Genesis 16: New American Standard Bible (NASB)
2 So Sarai said to Abram, “Now behold, the LORD has prevented me from bearing children. Please go in to my maid; perhaps I will obtain children through her.” And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.
via Gen 16:2 – Passage Lookup – New American Standard Bible – BibleGateway.com.

Do you see right away what went wrong in the happening of verse 2? Go to my maid???

And you know what fostered that debacle? Don’t you?

Accusing God of evil!

Let’s not do that today. Let’s not ‘help’ GOD that way today or tomorrow. Let’s not assume that He is holding out on us even though the relief, the provisions, the blessing we want is long in coming to us.

You will recall that GOD kept His promise (Issac) and that Sarai and Abram’s debacle is still causing havoc today.

May we learn from them!

Numbers 23:19 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
19 God is not a man who lies, or a son of man who changes His mind. Does He speak and not act, or promise and not fulfill?
via Numbers 23:19 – Passage Lookup – Holman Christian Standard Bible – BibleGateway.com.

Psalm 84: 21st Century King James Version (KJ21)
11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD will give grace and glory; no good thing will He withhold from them that walk uprightly.
via Ps 84:11 – Passage Lookup – 21st Century King James Version – BibleGateway.com.

No Good Thing Will He Withhold from them who walk uprightly.  I urge you to ponder that.

Loving you and thanking you for your faithfulness, Kathie

LaJuanna is having a bone marrow test on Tuesday and asked that we pray for her. And her husband, Jim, discovered a potentially serious problem too. She covets our prayers for the both of them.

She also passed along a request to us from her cousin.
Nichole Kittrell is under going tests for  heart problems. And Lance Hoven, 30 year old with multiple medical maladies. Click HERE for full details.

I am continuing to pray for specific unspokens at PFT and I hope you are as well. God is continuing to work Mightily even when we do not see His Hand. Click HERE to call each name to Him.