Strong Language

Luke 18

Then Yeshua told his talmidim a parable, in order to impress on them that they must always keep praying and not lose heart.  source 

Our English word for talimidim is Disciples. 
In our subject verse, there is a word I don’t want us to miss. It is MUST. 
It’s not a suggestion. It’s not merely good advice to take or leave. 
No, it is a command — we MUST always keep praying, and even when we do we MUST also determine to NOT lose heart. 
And so we practice. 

Verse 8. He asked a question. 

. . .   But when the Son of Man comes, will he find this trust on the earth at all?”  source 

Will HE? 

If we pray and refuse to lose heart — He will. 

And moving on in the chapter we come to children. It is the account of people bringing their children to YESHUA and the Disciples rebuked the parents. JESUS corrected them immediately. 

16 However, Yeshua called the children to him and said, “Let the children come to me, and stop hindering them, because the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these. source 

Let’s light here for a bit. 
Bringing children to JESUS. 
Do NOT hinder children from coming to JESUS.

Does this happen today? 
I think it does. 
People and parents HINDER their children from coming to JESUS. 

How?
By not going to HIM themselves for one. 
Another way – saying they have Come to JESUS but living like they have not. 
No parent or person ever lives for JESUS without obedience to Scripture and it is a day-after-day discipline. 

The evil one, all his unholy helpers, and even the world’s people hate our children. 
Do you think that is strong language?
Read your Bible and if you can tolerate it watch just a few minutes of  Mainstream Media.
All the aforementioned hate children and are making it their business to be sure OUR children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren DO NOT come to JESUS.
This world’s systems are set up, designed, and operate to hinder anyone from coming to JESUS in saving faith (trust); and children are the MAIN target. 

The WORST act a parent or person can commit against a child is to hinder or prevent that child from saving faith in JESUS The CHRIST. 

And parents if we do not actively engage with JESUS ourselves and actively seek to engage our children with JESUS – not the JESUS we are taught in many ‘churches’ today but the Real JESUS of the Bible – these children may easily grow into CHRIST-rejecting adults who die in their sins and miss GOD for eternity.  

As parents, NO job, mission, opportunity, privilege, or obligation is more important than bringing our children to JESUS. 

So how are you/we going to do that?

Prayer and not losing heart. 
By obedience to the Scripture.
By living a godly, holy life — a life they can SEE, trust, feel and KNOW. 
By refusing to provoke them to anger but rather by bringing them to JESUS.   See Colossians 3:21 and Ephesians 6:4

Are you unclear about what it means to not provoke them to anger?
Then Read Scripture and Pray until GOD makes it clear to you. 
For the LIFE of your children do NOT ask the unsaved people of the world for their advice!  Bible-verses-and-scripture-quotes-about-fathers-1000x525

Love, Kathie

Apples


What is most precious to our frame? What part of our bodies do we automatically protect? 

Our Eyes. 

We don’t have to think about it – it’s part of our nature. Simultaneously with the threat, the body responds to protect the apple of our eye.

What does The Father want us to protect as the apple of our eyes? 

His Teachings.
His Word that He has given us.
The Word we have hidden in our hearts that we may not sin against Him.  Psalm 119:11

I’m working on it. 

How about you?

The Fragrance of a Friend

and a treasured friend who didn’t just give me a bouquet from her garden but dug up a bush so we could replant it in our yard and enjoy the beauty and fragrance for perhaps years to come.

I am thankful.

Proverbs 17:17 A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.  source 

There’s much more wisdom found at Proverbs 17 if you please. 

Day 28

Day 28 of The Giving of Thanks

Laughter.
It’s a good gift and if you are blessed to live with people who give you reasons to laugh out loud each day, you are doubly blessed.  JT does that for me. 
Wait. Wasn’t there a song about that?
God has been doubly good to you? 
I’ve got to look that up.
Found it!
And yes, HE has been doubly good to me!

Proverbs 17:22  (NKJV) 22 A merry heart does good, like medicine, But a broken spirit dries the bones. source

Day 13

Day 13 of The Giving of Thanks.

A Fireplace. 
I’m giving thanks for a fireplace that never worked properly and now ceases to work at all, for a fire that is. However, it is excellent at housing candles and treasures. The treasures of a little boy, just over 2 wonderful years of age. Little Man thrills to pull aside the curtain and hid plastic eggs. I leave them there. 
Yes. This no longer wood-burning fireplace brings me many smiles and warms my heart. 

Matthew 6:21 (NKJV)  21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. source

Proverbs 2:7 (NLT) He grants a treasure of common sense to the honest. He is a shield to those who walk with integrity. source

2 Corinthians 4:7 (TLV) But we have this treasure in jars of clay, so that the surpassing greatness of the power may be from God and not from ourselves. source