Don’t Shun the Path of Golgotha

Psalm 74

By your power you made a path
    through the sea,
    and you smashed the heads
    of sea monsters.
¹⁴You crushed the heads
    of the monster Leviathan,^[b]
    then fed him to wild creatures
    in the desert.
¹⁵You opened the ground
for streams and springs
    and dried up mighty rivers.
¹⁶You rule the day and the night,
    and you put the moon
    and the sun in place.
¹⁷You made summer and winter
    and gave them to the earth.^[c]

Isaiah 3

Tell those who obey God,
“You’re very fortunate—
    you will be rewarded
    for what you have done.”
¹¹Tell those who disobey,
“You’re in big trouble—
    what you did to others
    will come back to you.” Continue reading “Don’t Shun the Path of Golgotha”

Give Obeisance to God and His Word

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John 7

Jesus replied:

I am not teaching something that I thought up. What I teach comes from the one who sent me. ¹⁷If you really want to obey God, you will know if what I teach comes from God or from me.Richard: Jesus speaks about the very important issue of obedience to God’s Will. Are we leading our lives in a way that pleases God with obeisance to His Will?

Isaiah 37

⁹About this same time, the king of Assyria learned that King Tirhakah of Ethiopia^[a] was on his way to attack him. Then the king of Assyria sent some messengers with this note for Hezekiah:

¹⁰Don’t trust your God or be fooled by his promise to defend Jerusalem against me. ¹¹You have heard how we Assyrian kings have completely wiped out other nations. What makes you feel so safe?

Richard: Satan tries to cast fear into our hearts. It is up to us to reject this assault and have faith in God, God’s word and Jesus.
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Words of Truth Can Substantially Restore this Fallen World

Luke 13

¹²When Jesus saw the woman, he called her over and said, “You are now well.” ¹³He placed his hands on her, and right away she stood up straight and praised God.

Richard: I believe I can help people heal by prayer and the laying of hands.

Isaiah 59

You don’t know how
to live in peace
or to be fair with others.
The roads you make are crooked;
your followers cannot find peace.

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Find the One that Brings the Words Lost in the Garden of Eden

Mark 12

¹³The Pharisees got together with Herod’s followers.^[a] Then they sent some men to trick Jesus into saying something wrong. ¹⁴They went to him and said, “Teacher, we know that you are honest. You treat everyone with the same respect, no matter who they are. And you teach the truth about what God wants people to do. Tell us, should we pay taxes to the Emperor or not?”

¹⁵Jesus knew what they were up to, and he said, “Why are you trying to test me? Show me a coin!”

¹⁶They brought him a silver coin, and he asked, “Whose picture and name are on it?”

“The Emperor’s,” they answered.

¹⁷Then Jesus told them, “Give the Emperor what belongs to him and give God what belongs to God.” The men were amazed at Jesus.

Isaiah 63

But his people remembered
what had happened
    during the time of Moses.^[d]
Didn’t the Lord^[e] bring them
and their leaders
    safely through the sea?
Didn’t he^[f] give them
    his Holy Spirit?
¹²The glorious power of the Lord
    marched beside Moses.
The Lord will be praised forever
    for dividing the sea.

Where Is the Refuge in Which Heaven Can Dwell?

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Father’s Prayer for Discernment

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2 Chronicles 7

13If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people; 14If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

Richard: Now is the time to beseech God and pray sincerely. We need to pray for President Trump. We need to pray for this world, as we are in perilous times.

Isaiah 13

8And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.

9Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.

10For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine. Continue reading “Father’s Prayer for Discernment”