Exodus 34:6….

Years ago, I was part of a group of women who wrote the Bible studies for the Women’s Bible study groups…there were several of us bringing different giftings to the table…one wrote the material, then the rest of us studied it, helped revise, and learned immensely through it together…those times were faith building and so precious…

Exodus 34:6 was one Bible study…what amazing promises…

Exodus 34: 6 The Lord passed before him and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness….

Merciful….

Nehemiah 9:19 you in your great mercies did not forsake them in the wilderness. The pillar of cloud to lead them in the way did not depart from them by day, nor the pillar of fire by night to light for them the way by which they should go. 20 You gave your good Spirit to instruct them and did not withhold your manna from their mouth and gave them water for their thirst. 21 Forty years you sustained them in the wilderness, and they lacked nothing. Their clothes did not wear out and their feet did not swell.

 Daniel 9:9 To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against him

Gracious….

2 Chronicles 30:9b For the Lord your God is gracious and merciful and will not turn away his face from you, if you return to him.”

Psalm 86: 15 But you, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious,

    slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.

Slow to anger…

Numbers 14:18 ‘The Lord is slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, forgiving iniquity and transgression, but he will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, to the third and the fourth generation.’ 19 Please pardon the iniquity of this people, according to the greatness of your steadfast love, just as you have forgiven this people, from Egypt until now.”

Steadfast love….

Joel 2: 13     and rend your hearts and not your garments.”

Return to the Lord your God,

    for he is gracious and merciful,

slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love;

    and he relents over disaster.

Daniel 9:4 I prayed to the Lord my God and made confession, saying, “O Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments,

Faithfulness…

1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

These attributes…merciful, gracious, slow to anger, steadfast love, faithfulness are just a few of God’s attributes….and we find them again in 

Galatians 5: 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.

Characteristics which God wants to grow in us…transforming us into his Image…as we are made in His image….how He delights in our transformation….

Thank YOU…

I’d do it again…

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5237PbQHsg&pp=ygUiaSdkIGRvIGl0IGFnYWluIGFuZHJldyByaXBwIGx5cmljcw%3D%3D&ra=m

 Giving season…

I have written about Mission Aviation fellowship over the several years…one of the organizations that our family supports….

But, I would like to hear from others who they feel worthy of giving to in this season of giving…

Who do you support, outside of your church? If you do…we all are encouraged to give and those whose gifting is giving, to give generously….

Plus,  we are urged to be cheerfully giving, not grudgingly….

We have the opportunity to give to  be a part of those whom God uses to provide for others…

And, it is not about us…it is to bring glory to God…

Exodus 35: 5 Take from among you a contribution to the Lord. Whoever is of a generous heart, let him bring the Lord's contribution: gold, silver, and bronze; 6 blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen; goats' hair, 7 tanned rams' skins, and goatskins; acacia wood, 8 oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense, 9 and onyx stones and stones for setting, for the ephod and for the breastpiece.

Psalm 112: 5 It is well with the man who deals generously and lends;

    who conducts his affairs with justice.

 Proverbs 19: 17 Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the Lord,

    and he will repay him for his deed.

2 Corinthians 9: 9 As it is written,

“He has distributed freely, he has given to the poor;
    his righteousness endures forever.”

10 He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness. 11 You will be enriched in every way to be generous in every way, which through us will produce thanksgiving to God. 12 For the ministry of this service is not only supplying the needs of the saints but is also overflowing in many thanksgivings to God.

1 Timothy 6: 17 As for the rich in this present age, charge them not to be haughty, nor to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy.18 They are to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share, 19 thus storing up treasure for themselves as a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is truly life.

Colossians 3: 17 And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

So, who, besides your local body, do you suggest as a giving opportunity? I hope to get lots of responses…

Thank YOU, 

Thank you for giving to the Lord….

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-3BJrG79IA

 Solo flight …2…

I did make my solo flight…

I went to Tucson for a Mission Aviation Fellowship conference…flying down Thursday, coming home Sunday…meeting one of my daughters there…

I have gone to these several times, a yearly get together to be pampered, encouraged about what this international organization group does to share the gospel to people groups around the world…those who are literally at the ends of the earth…flying their planes into remote areas for medical help, food supplies, teachers, even boxes of Operation Christmas Child boxes for the children, etc…

Their mission is to teach the love of Jesus by the things they do and say…

But, the meetings are more than this to me…hearing their stories gets my mindset out of my three bedroom home and sets it on things above…good things are happening around the world for Jesus, for the good of the world, for the good of mankind…

It makes me think of what the Word says in Philippians 4:

8 Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. 9 What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me—practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you.

Not only that , Paul told the people in various churches to pray for one another, to encourage one another, to bear with one another…and that wasn’t just the neighbor next door but also for those far away as well…and they sent gifts to those far away, too.

I met so many people who are searching out ways to serve others…to be proactive in being a part of God’s kingdom in unique ways….whether here in the states or around the world…a MAF plane takes off every 16 minutes somewhere in the world to help others….

(A side bonus/blessing for me personally was being prayed for these last few years from all over the world…as well as praying for others in their places around the world…who can say no to that?)

Thank YOU, God for the ways you work in this world…you provide ways to reach everyone with your redemptive story…

Reach the world….

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JsQZQvsSe0

https://maf.org

 

Star gazing…

One evening of this conference was spent out under the stars…gazing at the universe… a young man brought out his HUGE telescope, a big screen, computers…and various other equipment…he would turn his telescope at various bodies in the sky, enlarge and show us a multitude of details…colors,  forms, shapes, , their neighbors, sizes..etc…what an amazing sight…

He talked in quadra  millions of miles, not just the neighbor next door…and they haven’t even gotten to the end, the sizes and number or whole galaxies..

When you try to think how big God is, he is beyond our comprehension…think about how many names he has to come up with as they re all named..

He is big enough for the uinverse, but yet HE knows us by name as well…our salvation, redemption is important to him…we are important to Him…he create us after His image for fellowship…our creation outweighs the stars….he wanted to commune with us…

It boggles the mind…the stars add melody, beauty to our lives, but He adds life…

Thank YOU..

Genesis 1:16 And God made the two great lights—the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night—and the stars.

Genesis 15:5 And he brought him outside and said, “Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your offspring be.”

Job22:12 “Is not God high in the heavens?

    See the highest stars, how lofty they are!

Try to th8nk Psalm 8:3 When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers,

    the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,

Psalm 147:4 He determines the number of the stars;

    he gives to all of them their names.

He’s everything to me…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMVmJjbjh0w

 Comfort verses…

Forget about what’s happened; don’t keep going over old history. Be alert, be present. I’m about to do something brand-new. It’s bursting out! Don’t you see it? (Isaiah 43:18-19a MSG)

Hope delayed makes the heart sick; longing fulfilled is a tree of life (Proverbs 13:12 CEB).

Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting (Psalm 139:23-24 NIV).

But I cry to you for help, Lord; in the morning my prayer comes before you (Psalm 88:13 NIV).

Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom (Psalm 90:12 NIV). 

I have blotted out, like a thick cloud, your transgressions, and like a cloud, your sins. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you (Isaiah 44:22 NKJV).

Though he may stumble, he will not fall, for the Lord upholds him with his hand (Psalm 37:24 NIV). 

Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us (Hebrews 12:1 ESV).

Whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God (1 Corinthians 10:31 NIV).

Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things (Colossians 3:2 NIV).

So we do not give up. Our body gets weak, but our heart gets new strength day after day (2 Corinthians 4:16 WE).

You see, his faith and his actions worked together. His actions made his faith complete (James 2:22 NLT).

Thank YOU…

Psalm 88 song…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGf7GwzPKJo

 Hate….

When I awakened this am, I didn’t really want to watch the news…

There has been so much name calling, disrespect, hatred generated by the elections..it is hard to watch…and it only seems to be getting worse over time…hatred for cultures, countries, governments, our fellow citizens….

The word “hate” is used over 150 times in the Word…hatred toward one another for one reason or another, and what God hates…

What does God hate….

Proverbs 6:16 There are six things that the Lord hates,

    seven that are an abomination to him:

17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue,

    and hands that shed innocent blood,

18 a heart that devises wicked plans,

    feet that make haste to run to evil,

19 a false witness who breathes out lies,

    and one who sows discord among brothers.

And this is exactly who we live among…

The Brightest light is God…and realizing that He is the Blessed Controller of all…He is victorious and has been through time and into time eternal…

Those who oppose Him, will not reign anywhere forever…

2 Corinthians 9: 8 And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.

Galatians 5: 19 Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, 20 idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, 21 envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. 

22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. 

Psalm 37: 1 Fret not yourself because of evildoers;
    be not envious of wrongdoers!
2 For they will soon fade like the grass
    and wither like the green herb.

3 Trust in the Lord, and do good;
    dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness.
4 Delight yourself in the Lord,
    and he will give you the desires of your heart.

5 Commit your way to the Lord;
    trust in him, and he will act.
6 He will bring forth your righteousness as the light,
    and your justice as the noonday.

7 Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him;
    fret not yourself over the one who prospers in his way,
    over the man who carries out evil devices!

8 Refrain from anger, and forsake wrath!
    Fret not yourself; it tends only to evil.

Thank YOU…

Victory in Jesus…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPlsOPDQr_g

 Cheerful giving…

Exodus 12: 33 The Egyptians were urgent with the people to send them out of the land in haste. For they said, “We shall all be dead.” 34 So the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading bowls being bound up in their cloaks on their shoulders. 35 The people of Israel had also done as Moses told them, for they had asked the Egyptians for silver and gold jewelry and for clothing. 36 And the Lord had given the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they let them have what they asked. Thus they plundered the Egyptians.; 

Exodus 25: 25 The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Speak to the people of Israel, that they take for me a contribution. From every man whose heart moves him you shall receive the contribution for me. 3 And this is the contribution that you shall receive from them: gold, silver, and bronze, 4 blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen, goats' hair, 5 tanned rams' skins, goatskins, acacia wood, 6 oil for the lamps, spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense, 7 onyx stones, and stones for setting, for the ephod and for the breastpiece.

Exodus 36: 5 and said to Moses, “The people bring much more than enough for doing the work that the Lord has commanded us to do.” 6 So Moses gave command, and word was proclaimed throughout the camp, “Let no man or woman do anything more for the contribution for the sanctuary.” So the people were restrained from bringing, 7 for the material they had was sufficient to do all the work, and more.

2Corinthians 9: 7 Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. 8 And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work. …11 You will be enriched in every way to be generous in every way, which through us will produce thanksgiving to God.

Romans 12:4 For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, 5 so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. 6 Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith; 7 if service, in our serving; the one who teaches, in his teaching; 8 the one who exhorts, in his exhortation; the one who contributes, in generosity; the one who leads, with zeal; the one who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness.

Thank YOU….

Thank you…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lVzeS5i8WQ

 

Solo flight….

I am making my first solo flight this week to go to a conference in Tucson…when I look back on the last three years, I would never have thought I would do this again…it used to be no big deal to fly somewhere, travel, go on a cruise, visit family…etc…now I am not as strong, needing plenty of rest, watching every step, but, am hoping to do this…

When I look back over those same years, there were thousands of prayers, cards and calls of encouragement, visits from friends and family…an excessive amount of doctor visits, etc…God was there all the time…I was afraid, I admit it, I did have peace as well…

Now trying an old/new adventure and I will have family at the other end of my flight to help me through…and there is anxiety, I admit…but will move forward as I can…

Don’t we all do this…go through the “what ifs”, the questions…then land right back with Jesus as our guide, the Holy Spirit speaking counsel to our hearts…

Thank YOU…

Psalm 56: 3 When I am afraid,

    I put my trust in you.

Psalm 94: 19 When the cares of my heart are many,

    your consolations cheer my soul.

Psalm 27: 8 You have said, “Seek my face.”

My heart says to you,

    “Your face, Lord, do I seek.”

Peace…peace…

God of all my days..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYkZE8AogDE

 

 

Upholds…

No comments…just letting these words sink in…

Psalm 37:23 The steps of a man are established by the Lord,

    when he delights in his way;

24 though he fall, he shall not be cast headlong,

    for the Lord upholds his hand.

Isaiah 49: 16 Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands;

    your walls are continually before me.

Psalm 54: 4 Behold, God is my helper;

    the Lord is the upholder of my life.

Psalm 63: 8 My soul clings to you;

    your right hand upholds me.

Psalm 145: [The Lord is faithful in all his words

    and kind in all his works.]

14 The Lord upholds all who are falling

    and raises up all who are bowed down.

Hebrews 1: 3 He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,4 having become as much superior to angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent than theirs.

5 For to which of the angels did God ever say,

“You are my Son,
    today I have begotten you”?

Or again,

“I will be to him a father,
    and he shall be to me a son”?

6 And again, when he brings the firstborn into the world, he says,

“Let all God's angels worship him.”

7 Of the angels he says,

“He makes his angels winds,
    and his ministers a flame of fire.”

8 But of the Son he says,

“Your throne, O God, is forever and ever,
    the scepter of uprightness is the scepter of your kingdom.
9 You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness;
therefore God, your God, has anointed you
    with the oil of gladness beyond your companions.”

10 And,

“You, Lord, laid the foundation of the earth in the beginning,
    and the heavens are the work of your hands;
11 they will perish, but you remain;
    they will all wear out like a garment,
12 like a robe you will roll them up,
    like a garment they will be changed.
But you are the same,
    and your years will have no end.”

Thank YOU…

You uphold me…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTX9WJiYKdU

 Reformation Day…

Something else to celebrate….just think that we have the written Word, because of this event…God wrote his letter to each of us and we can hold it in our hands, our heart…give it to others, learn from it, be encouraged by it, be able to read and share of God’s salvation …

https://www.crosswalk.com/faith/spiritual-life/reasons-christians-should-celebrate-reformation-day.html?aps=87dbe57c95f8aaf799abcd0402e81a2173de59a0a968659e7eee66ca7f4d67ae&utm_content=711367_20261031_1496&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=lst_cw_crosswalk_daily_update_2&utm_source=newsletter&bt_ee=+8GYticI6fZocasFX2MtQxPtCLc7LTrpJTxbyXCaSIBN2Ng0lMQ89g/InJVwdu0O&bt_ts=1793441200126

“Halloween numbers show that “Boo!” is big business in America. Consumer spending on the holiday is expected to reach about $13.5 billion this year.” Epoch News…

This is so temporary…God’s Word is eternal….

https://www.christianity.com/wiki/holidays/what-is-reformation-day-christian-meaning.html

Thank YOU….

Psalm 119…

Word of God speak…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqsnGE3_dsg

Books of the Bible…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuNwryJeaaE

 Disheartened….

“Instead of being disheartened by the condition of the world, I wanted my followers to be lights shining in the darkness…..focus less on bemoaning evil and more on working to create something that is good.” Sarah Young, Jesus Always….

I don’t know about you, but I am getting tired of politics right now…I love our country, don’t get me wrong… but the back and forth of words and attitudes, the slinging of slurs and scoffing is tiresome….and for those who live in countries who don’t have the freedom we do to vote, I am sorry…I appreciate our freedoms, I just get tired of the words and backbiting…and the darkness it spurs…

Romans 12:21 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

Isaiah 5: 20 Woe to those who call evil good

    and good evil,

who put darkness for light

    and light for darkness,

who put bitter for sweet

    and sweet for bitter!.

Jeremiah 17: 9 The heart is deceitful above all things,

    and desperately sick;

    who can understand it?

John 13: 35 By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”

2 Chronicles 7:14 if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land. 15 Now my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayer that is made in this place.

I thank God who bestowed his goodness upon this land…please, Lord, help us to be the shining light, to love those around us, to stand for good… help us to follow You…

Thank YOU….

How firm a foundation…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lL1ZCyW8HJc

 

Beware and consider…. 

There are so many connections in the Word…reading in Exodus the other day…I found these verses…I was immediately drawn to Jesus and his last night…

Woe to be a wicked person…

Woe to be a liar…

Woe to those who take bribes…

Woe to have a crooked heart…

Woe to be a betrayer…

Not much good said about any of those…

Exodus 23: 23 “You shall not spread a false report. You shall not join hands with a wicked man to be a malicious witness. 2 You shall not fall in with the many to do evil, nor shall you bear witness in a lawsuit, siding with the many, so as to pervert justice….

6 “You shall not pervert the justice due to your poor in his lawsuit. 7 Keep far from a false charge, and do not kill the innocent and righteous, for I will not acquit the wicked. 8 And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.

Proverbs 6:19 a false witness who breathes out lies,

    and one who sows discord among brothers……

12 A worthless person, a wicked man,

    goes about with crooked speech,

13 winks with his eyes, signals with his feet,

    points with his finger,

14 with perverted heart devises evil,

    continually sowing discord;

15 therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly;

    in a moment he will be broken beyond healing.

Matthew 26: 14 Then one of the twelve, whose name was Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests 15 and said, “What will you give me if I deliver him over to you?” And they paid him thirty pieces of silver. 16 And from that moment he sought an opportunity to betray him.

Matthew 26:59 Now the chief priests and the whole council were seeking false testimony against Jesus that they might put him to death, 60 but they found none, though many false witnesses came forward. At last two came forward 61 and said, “This man said, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to rebuild it in three days.’” 62 And the high priest stood up and said, “Have you no answer to make? What is it that these men testify against you?” 63 But Jesus remained silent. And the high priest said to him, “I adjure you by the living God, tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God.” 64 Jesus said to him, “You have said so. But I tell you, from now on you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of Power and coming on the clouds of heaven.” 65 Then the high priest tore his robes and said, “He has uttered blasphemy. What further witnesses do we need? You have now heard his blasphemy.66 What is your judgment?” They answered, “He deserves death.” 67 Then they spit in his face and struck him. And some slapped him, 68 saying, “Prophesy to us, you Christ! Who is it that struck you?”

We are to…

Psalm 37: 1 Fret not yourself because of evildoers;
    be not envious of wrongdoers!
2 For they will soon fade like the grass
    and wither like the green herb.

3 Trust in the Lord, and do good;
    dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness.
4 Delight yourself in the Lord,
    and he will give you the desires of your heart.

5 Commit your way to the Lord;
    trust in him, and he will act.
6 He will bring forth your righteousness as the light,
    and your justice as the noonday.

7 Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him;
    fret not yourself over the one who prospers in his way,
    over the man who carries out evil devices!

Plus….

Psalm 37 song….

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvpXmh5hRWw

 Weight of the world… 

These verses struck me the other day as I was Listening through the last chapters of Exodus….

“Bear the judgment of the people of Israel on his heart before the Lord ….”

The responsibility, of that task as Aaron went before the Lord is heavy…as a person in the group of people whose judgment he was bearing, I would want to be as good as I could so that his burden was lighter…

Exodus:28:29 So Aaron shall bear the names of the sons of Israel in the breastpiece of judgment on his heart, when he goes into the Holy Place, to bring them to regular remembrance before the Lord. 30 And in the breastpiece of judgment you shall put the Urim and the Thummim, and they shall be on Aaron's heart, when he goes in before the Lord. Thus Aaron shall bear the judgment of the people of Israel on his heart before the Lord regularly.

When I think of the verse about sin, that we all have sinned, not just a few, but all…we did the same to Jesus…he took all of our judgement, everyone’s…the whole world…for all time…the weight is infinite…so heavy that only God could do it…no mortal could do it…it is hard to fathom in my finite mind….

What a God….what a Redeemer….

Thank YOU….

1Peter 2: 24a He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness.

Psalm 119: 66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge,

    for I believe in your commandments.

Romans 11: 33 Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!

34 “For who has known the mind of the Lord,
    or who has been his counselor?”

2 Corinthians 5: 10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.

Teach me your ways…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhasPQ6Lvos

 Comfort verses…#?

You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you (Isaiah 26:3 NIV).

He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth (Isaiah 53:7a NIV).

Jesus performed many other signs [miracles] in the presence of his disciples, which are not recorded in this book. But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name (John 20:30-31 NIV).

Heaven’s my throne, earth is my footstool. What sort of house could you build for me? What holiday spot reserve for me? I made all this! I own all this!” God’s Decree. “But there is something I’m looking for: a person simple and plain, reverently responsive to what I say” (Isaiah 66:2 MSG).

Then I will give you shepherds after my own heart, who will lead you with knowledge and understanding (Jeremiah 3:15 NIV).

Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:6-7 NIV

Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments, and his paths beyond tracing out! (Romans 11:33 NIV)

Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you (Luke 11:9 NIV).

If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you (John 15:7)

Thank YOU…

Still…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_n6dfB2Z-Ko

 

Mountains….

Part of yesterday, I was immersed in a collection of rocks…was thinking about Genesis 1, where the Word tells us of the separation of land from the waters…”dry land” …but it doesn’t say anything about the mountains thy must have appeared on that dry land…those descriptions don’t come until later…

Genesis 1: 9 And God said, “Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it was so. 10 God called the dry land Earth, and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.

There are over 150 references to mountains, both huge ones and small…we support a missionary in Nepal….those are big mountains!!!! As well as missionaries in the deserts…no mountains…

Deuteronomy 33: 15 with the finest produce of the ancient mountains

    and the abundance of the everlasting hills,

Psalm 95: 4 In his hand are the depths of the earth;

    the heights of the mountains are his also.

Psalm 104:8 The mountains rose, the valleys sank down

    to the place that you appointed for them.

9 You set a boundary that they may not pass,

    so that they might not again cover the earth.

Proverbs 8: 25 Before the mountains had been shaped,

    before the hills, I (wisdom) was brought forth,

Isaiah 54:10 For the mountains may depart

    and the hills be removed,

but my steadfast love shall not depart from you,

    and my covenant of peace shall not be removed,”

    says the Lord, who has compassion on you.

Amos 4:13 For behold, he who forms the mountains and creates the wind,

    and declares to man what is his thought,

who makes the morning darkness,

    and treads on the heights of the earth—

    the Lord, the God of hosts, is his name!

But mountains exist all over the world….whose heights seem to reach the sky and those which are small, rolling grain covered ones…all have their beauty…

After looking at a few of the rocks collected by one man, and our family’s history with rocks,  the creativity of God is so profound in just one area of creation…the colors, the uses, for formation, the types of rocks are so amazing…so precise…

With that same precision, He made us as well, beauty, Colors, types, uses, formation….so amazing….

Thank YOU….

Shout to the Lord…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=He8Is3vcgM8

 I will tell…

Psalm 9:1 I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart;

    I will recount all of your wonderful deeds.

2 I will be glad and exult in you;

    I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.

Reindeer people….



https://www.viewmongolia.com/reindeer-people-dukha-tribe-mongolia.html

Okay, we are going from airplanes going to ends of the earth to northern Mongolia where the reindeer people live…(the website is really interesting)…

Why, because the Gospel is going there with the Jesus Film  being shown with the YWAM teams from the capital of Ulaanbaatar…these teams have been showing it in the towns, now going to the ends of Mongolia…there was push in the 1990’s to show it all over the country..and the movie was even on public TV to show values and morals to the country just coming out of atheistic Communist rule.At that time, it was estimated that there were less than 10 Christians in the whole country…now, thirty years later, there are many Christians but a whole new generation…and better technology…

In the 1990’s, showing the movie involved a big reel to reel movie projector and electricity…Now a 5 lb. Digital Projector,solar powered, a flip up screen that people can watch on both sides.

My connection?

My husband went to Mongolia for the first push with the Jesus Film in the 1990’s…then one of my daughters went as well…my husband met the person who is showing it now (my husband passed away 14 years ago). I ate breakfast with the man who is showing it this week and heard his stories.

I just love to see the connections, generation to generation…God working in each one…I love the stories that are lived…there is good happening in the world…

Including some photos taken of the reindeer people …the YWAM people drove to end of the road and then still had 12 hours to get there…

Thank YOU…

Jesus loves the little children….

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzGnEcx37u4

 

From dinner to dedication….

When I used to teach, my goal was to help my students discover new truths …to see the light bulbs blink on when students caught the concept that I was teaching…to understand….and use that information to further explore…to observe what was going on around them…

My poor children, as we traveled or going down the road were always, hearing , “ oh look at that_____!”….

So, if you will bear with me…”look at that plane”….

I went to the dinner for MAF this weekend. Yesterday was a plane dedication…”dedication,you say” ….why dedicate a plane?”

When we dedicate our children to the Lord, we ask God to put his hand of blessing on their lives….we ask those around us to pray for them, to be good examples to them and we ask for prayer for us as parents to be the best we can…to help them grow to be the best they can be In whatever God has planned for them…

Dedicating a plane is similar…Ask God to put his hand of blessing on that plane…that it would carry out the mission that it was built for…help it have a long and safe life….that the pilots be safe, that the people it will serve will give God the glory for its help…

Matthew 28:19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

Thank YOU….

“MAKING DISCIPLES … AT THE ENDS OF THE EARTH

Each year, MAF provides aviation services to more than 400 mission agencies, churches, and humanitarian organizations around the world. Without MAF, some of these organizations would be unable to reach the people they serve. Through these partnerships, MAF connects isolated people with vital services and goods while sharing the love of Christ in a tangible way.

This is how we carry out our mission of serving together to bring help, hope, and healing through aviation.”https://maf.org/what-we-do/

“MAF is the world’s largest humanitarian air operator

Mission Aviation Fellowship is the world’s largest humanitarian air operator, flying medical supplies, doctors, and nurses to places no one else can reach and ensuring critical care gets to where it’s needed most.  Your donation means that together, we can bring help, hope and healing to isolated people in need.”https://maf-uk.org

https://idahonews.com/news/local/mission-aviation-fellowship-dedicates-new-airplane-bound-for-congo-charity-africa-drc-cessna-caravan

Send me….

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLYKMZE5XL0

 Seek out…

Have you ever been told, “you know you should be________?”

A teacher, a server, a giver, an encourager, a counselor, a researcher………

Over fifty yers ago, two young men were camping, discussing life around the campfire….one said to the other, “ you should be a pastor” to which he retorted, “you are a giver”….

Now these two barely had two dimes to rub together….seminary was out of site and giving was hard to do with a minimal amount of income, in fact no income at the time…but the ideas were planted….

Soon, seminary became available for the first….a job opened up for the second….God had provided both… and as they say, “ the rest is history….”

The first went on to be a pastor of many and even retired, still is…

The second went on to be a successful businessman with a focus on giving and left a legacy of giving to his family to steward in the years to come…

God worked mightily in the little and the large in these two men’s lives because they obeyed  His calling on their lives…they were not perfect and they had tough times, but God carried them through as well as their families….they took the gifts that God had given them and used them for His kingdom….

What gifts and talents has God bestowed on you….?   Use them faithfully….with enthusiasm, a worker in God’s kingdom….

Jeremiah 42: 20b For you sent me to the Lord your God, saying, ‘Pray for us to the Lord our God, and whatever the Lord our God says, declare to us and we will do it.’

I Corinthians 12: 4 Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; 5 and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord; 6 and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who empowers them all in everyone. 7 To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. 8 For to one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit, 9 to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit, 10 to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the ability to distinguish between spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. 11 All these are empowered by one and the same Spirit, who apportions to each one individually as he wills.

Romans 12:6 we have different gifts

according to the grace given to each of us. If your gift is prophesying, then prophesy in accordance with yourfnfaith;

7 if it is serving, then serve; if it is teaching, then teach;

8 if it is to encourage, then give encouragement; if it is giving, then give generously; if it is to lead,fn do it diligently; if it is to show mercy, do it cheerfully.

There is such joy in living out obedience….

Thank YOU….

Gifts from God…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfLGfuINnG4

 Stories that glorify God…

Last night I attended a “gala” hosted by Mission Aviation Fellowship…we had a delicious meal followed by speakers telling of the impact MAF has had on their personal lives and those they have been in contact….

“Mission Aviation Fellowship is an Evangelical Christian organization that provides aviation, communications, and learning technology services to more than 1,000 Christian and humanitarian agencies, as well as thousands of isolated missionaries and indigenous villagers in the world's most remote areas. “ Wikipedia

Their headquarters is in Nampa, ID…so it is a privilege to visit their facilities every once in awhile, visit with the people there…see their new projects…attend the dedication of the planes as they head in the sky, wending their way to the ends of the earth to help others…

 We heard stories of a few of the exploits…it warms my heart to see the Word spread, people taken care in difficult and normal  circumstances…to see the smiles of, the cultures they are able to service, whether in mountainous areas, rainforests, islands etc…Lesotho, Papua, Mozambique to name a few…places that are dark changed to light…through the gospel of Jesus Christ….

Psalm 48: 10 As your name, O God,

    so your praise reaches to the ends of the earth.

Isaiah 52: 7 How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, “Your God reigns!”

Video..the ends of the earth…

https://flightvue.maf.org/tabs/home/videos/50823

Thank YOU…

People need the Lord…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_i93ysKZeR4

 

Third day…

There are over fifty references to “third day”…

One of them is in Exodus 19… when God talks to the Israelites about them being a treasure to Him…and then goes on about him coming down to them on the third day….

It was just a reminder agin about the resurrection…on third day Jesus showed himself, after the resurrection…

Both times it was about God’s glory…

 Exodus 19:5 Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession among all peoples, for all the earth is mine; 6 and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you shall speak to the people of Israel.”

Exodus 19: 11 and be ready for the third day. For on the third day the Lord will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people. 12 And you shall set limits for the people all around, saying, ‘Take care not to go up into the mountain or touch the edge of it. Whoever touches the mountain shall be put to death. 13 No hand shall touch him, but he shall be stoned or shot; whether beast or man, he shall not live.’ When the trumpet sounds a long blast, they shall come up to the mountain.” 14 So Moses went down from the mountain to the people and consecrated the people; and they washed their garments. 15 And he said to the people, “Be ready for the third day;do not go near a woman..

Matthew 16:21 From that time Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised.

Then Esther goes before the king to save her people…

Esther 5:1 On the third day Esther put on her royal robes and stood in the inner court of the palace, in front of the king’s hall. The king was sitting on his royal throne in the hall, facing the entrance.

Or Jonah saved pit of the great fish after three days…

And so many more…

“There are other passages of Scripture, however, that bear upon this subject, and in looking at them, one should remember the words of the great church historian, Philip Schaff, that “The Biblical symbolism of numbers is worthy of more serious attention than it has received in English theology” (in Lange’s Commentary on Matthew, p. 183). Is not the very first occurrence of the word in the Bible—and generally first occurrences of basic words in the Bible have great meaning—relevant to the subject, for it is on “the third day” (Gen 1:9-13) that biological life first appeared. Also in Genesis, in the story of Joseph, there is a release from prison on the third day (40:12, 13), and, actually, when Joseph’s brothers were released from prison after three days, Joseph said to them on the third day, “Do this and you will live” (42:17, 18). Notice how often this matter of life is vital in these three-day passages. The reference to Jonah’s experience in the belly of the great fish for a period of three days is well-known to all Bible students, because of our Lord’s reference to it (Jonah 1:17).”https://www.biblegateway.com/resources/encyclopedia-of-the-bible/Third-Day

I just found it interesting that so many “third days” there are from the beginning to the end of the Word…showing God’s glory over all, his use of time, his victory…God is a constant in our lives…He is always on time…His purpose…

Thank YOU… 

Three days of glory…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcGLOxFpo9E