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2018, Gospel of Matthew

Living

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I would wait and post this for tomorrow but it’s too good to keep to myself even for another day! :)

And they were astounded at His teaching!

Me too! That I could be so privileged to be taught!

31 But concerning the resurrection of the dead, haven’t you read what was spoken to you by God, saying, 32 ‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not the God of the dead, but of the living!” 33 When the crowds heard this, they were astounded at His teaching. Matthew 22 TLV   source.

Look what He told them! He told them that Abraham, Issac and Jacob were ALIVE!  Alive y’all!

Let that settle over you and in you. Let the HOLY SPIRIT of THIS GOD OF THE LIVING talk to you about LIVING!

2018, Daniel, Gospel of Matthew

Oh! Ever!

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Reading Daniel chapter 6 today. I urge you to use the link below and read for yourselves; not just read but listen for the HOLY SPIRIT of GOD and what He might say to you.

Allow me to share just a couple nuggets.

What man could not do, GOD DID!

14 Then the king, when he heard these words, was much distressed and set his mind to deliver Daniel. And he labored till the sun went down to rescue him. 15 Then these men came by agreement to the king and said to the king, “Know, O king, that it is a law of the Medes and Persians that no injunction or ordinance that the king establishes can be changed.”  source

These words are not fillers. Not an exaggeration. The king LABORED all day; from the time he heard of Daniel’s morning prayer until the sun went down! That king turn over every legal stone he could find to lift, desperate to save Daniel from the lions’ den. He couldn’t! And don’t you know the small souls who tricked the king into signing that decree were so delighted to bring him the news that all his labor of the day was futile! Daniel was going to the lions’ den. I see them as just flat-out giddy with what they thought they had accomplished. Oh, be careful little humans what we plot! 

Oh! there are so many lessons in this chapter! It would take weeks, no it will take a lifetime to glean even a good portion of them!

And so Daniel was put into the den and now look at this! Perhaps like me, you have not noticed it before.

17 And a stone was brought and laid on the mouth of the den, and the king sealed it with his own signet and with the signet of his lords, that nothing might be changed concerning Daniel. source

A stone was laid! A Seal was placed!

Nothing was getting in and nothing was getting out. So they thought!

Does that remind you of what it reminds me?!  Of another stone? Another seal? Another nothing getting out, nothing getting in?

But HE did!

5 But the angel answered and said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know you are looking for Yeshua who was crucified. 6 He is not here; for He is risen, just as He said. Come, see the place where He was lying.  source

GOD Delivered!

GOD ALWAYS delivers just what He says He will! We can take that to the bank! Humanity with our best efforts will fail but GOD NEVER FAILS! Ever!

Daniel 6

Revisited 6.16.2023 — oh I love this one!

Shalom, Kathie

2018, Gospel of Matthew

Dismissed

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Right off the cuff from Matthew 1.

19 And Joseph her husband, being a righteous man and not wanting to disgrace her publicly, made up his mind to dismiss her secretly. source

Dismiss her secretly. What a word! To dismiss someone.

20 But while he considered these things, behold, an angel of Adonai appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Miriam as your wife, for the Child conceived in her is from the Ruach ha-Kodesh. 21 She will give birth to a son; and you shall call His name Yeshua, for He will save His people from their sins.” source

Do not be afraid.
He, Joseph, was afraid to NOT dismiss Mary. He had lost confidence in her but not his love for her. And even though he loved her still he was afraid to complete the marriage covenant.  Why? He deemed her to be untrustworthy. He thought she had given herself to another in intimacy that even he had not experienced with her.

Joseph was a right choice.
Joseph. A righteous man; otherwise, he would not have determined to put her away secretly. He was wounded, he was hurt, he was dismayed, but he did not want her dead! He just didn’t want her to hurt him further with what he assumed was her stony heart. What else would explain her behavior?

What else indeed?!

Sometimes obeying GOD looks evil to others – but follow HIM anyway. Those who are right with GOD will come around when their souls have been enlightened and comforted.

Selah ~  ~ ~
2018, Gospel of Matthew, Prayer Requests, Praying the Scripture, Theme Praying

Searching

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PAPA, I am willing and eager for You to work in my heart, to reveal hidden and overlooked sins, to expose them to me and that I will quickly repent of each one and do the works meet for repentance of each of them under Your close supervision and direction. Amen in JESUS NAME.

Matthew 3:8 Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance: source