Family Unity

1 Timothy 5:8

Anyone who does not provide for their relatives, and especially for their own household, has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
Ephesians 6:1-4
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother”—which is the first commandment with a promise— “so that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth.”
   Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.

Genesis 2:24

That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.

1 Timothy 3:4

He must manage his own family well and see that his children obey him, and he must do so in a manner worthy of full respect.

Psalm 127:1

Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the guards stand watch in vain.

Leviticus 19:17-18

“‘Do not hate a fellow Israelite in your heart. Rebuke your neighbor frankly so you will not share in their guilt.
   “‘Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against anyone among your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord.

1 John 4:7

Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.

Ephesians 3:14-15

For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name.

Thoughts

1

I put the Scriptures above all the saying of the fathers, angels, men and devils!  Here I take my stand. - Martin Luther

2

Dear God, Be good to me.  The sea is so wide, and my boat is so small. - The Breton Fisherman’s Prayer

3

When you concern yourself only with Jesus’ opinion of you, life suddenly becomes far less complicated, emptied of fears and regrets, and filled up with honesty and love. - Christine Dallman

4

Because I know the Who I don’t have to fear the what even though I don’t understand the Why. – Unknown

5

Attitudes to live by …
Compliment three people every day.
Watch a sunrise at least once a year.
Be the first to say hello.
Live beneath your means.
Be kinder than necessary.
Keep your promises.
Treat everyone like you would want to be treated.
Never give up on anybody; miracles happen!
Never deprive someone of hope; it may be all they have.
Pray not for things, but for wisdom and courage.
Be tough-minded, but tenderhearted.
Learn to show cheerfulness, even when you don’t feel like it.
Remember that overnight success usually takes about 15 years.
Never waste an opportunity to tell someone you love them.
- Unknown

6

In Rome many people maintain the custom of throwing something out the window on New Year’s Eve.  What a relief to get rid of every old resentment, every old fear, old prejudices, old notions, old ways of doing things. - Norman Vincent Peale

Names of God -186 – (65 -71)

65 - King all over the earth

Zechariah 14:9

And the Lord shall be King over all the earth.

 In that day it shall be—“The Lord is one,” And His name one.

66 – Lamb in the midst of the Throne

Revelation 7:17

For the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne will shepherd them and lead them to living fountains of waters. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”

67 – Lamb of God

John 1:29

The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

68 – Lamb slain

Revelation 5:12

Saying with a loud voice:

 “Worthy is the Lamb who was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom,

 And strength and honor and glory and blessing!”

69 – Lamb without Blemish

1 Peter 1:19

But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.

70 – Life Giving Spirit

1 Corinthians 15:45

And so it is written, “The first man Adam became a living being.” The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.

71 – Light of the World

John 8:12

Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.”

WHOEVER Includes YOU

“For God so loved the world He gave His only Son that whoever believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.  John 3:16”

Whoever!  A word that is God’s wonderful word of welcome.

I so hope you will too.  Not ‘yes’ to the worldly desires but to God. 

However. 

Whenever.

 Wherever. 

Whoever includes you forever

Our God is Able

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Our God is Able

1. He is Able to bring everything under His control – Phil. 3:20b-21 –

2. He is Able to help those who are tempted – Heb. 2:18

3. He is Able to do immeasurably more than all - we ask or imagine – Eph. 3:20

4. He is Able to make all grace abound in us – 2 Cor. 9:8

5. He is Able to make us stand – Rom. 14:4

6. He is Able to Save – Hebrews 7:25

6 - HE IS ABLE TO SAVE US – Hebrews 7:25

Rebirth and Renewal 

Rid yourselves of all the offenses you have committed, and get a new heart and a new spirit... Repent and live! - Ezekiel 18:31-32

God reminds us to turn away from our own self-seeking ways. He calls us to turn to him with a willingness to obey his will. If we refuse, we must know that we are walking the road that leads to death. God longs to do the work of rebirth and renewal, but he asks us to turn from our destructive ways and offer our hearts to him to be made new by his Holy Spirit.

Repentance is to turn off the road leading to destruction and onto the road that leads to the Father's house, the place of life.

The Book of Moses

Mark 12:26

Now about the dead rising—have you not read in the Book of Moses, in the account of the burning bush, how God said to him, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’?

The Book of Isaiah

Luke 3:4

As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet:

 “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him.

Luke 4:17-18

And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling it, he found the place where it is written:
“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free,

The Book of Psalms

Luke 20:42

Himself declares in the Book of Psalms: “‘The Lord said to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand

Acts 1:20

“For,” said Peter, “it is written in the Book of Psalms: “‘May his place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in it,’ and, “‘May another take his place of leadership.’

The Book of the Prophets

Acts 7:42

But God turned away from them and gave them over to the worship of the sun, moon and stars. This agrees with what is written in the book of the prophets:

“‘Did you bring me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, people of Israel?

The Word is like Fire

Jeremiah 23:29

“Is not my word like fire,” declares the Lord, “and like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces?

The Word is like a Lamp

Psalm 119:105

Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.

The Word is like Milk

1 Peter 2:2

Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,

The Word is like a Rod

Revelation 11:1-2

I was given a reed like a measuring rod and was told, “Go and measure the temple of God and the altar, with its worshipers. But exclude the outer court; do not measure it, because it has been given to the Gentiles. They will trample on the holy city for 42 months.

The Word is like a Seed

1 Peter 1:23

For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.

Luke 8:11

“This is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God.

James 1:18

He chose to give us birth through the word of truth that we might be a kind of first fruits of all he created.

The Word is like a Hammer

Jeremiah 23:29

“Is not my word like fire,” declares the Lord, “and like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces?

Darkness

Darkness

1. Darkness does not hide one from the eyes of God

Psalms 139:11-2

I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me,”
Even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you.

2. God will make manifest the hidden things of darkness

1 Corinthians 4:5

Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of the heart. At that time each will receive their praise from God.

3. What has been said in darkness will be heard in light

Luke 12:3

What you have said in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the roofs.

Constant Watch

The LORD will keep you from all harm - he will watch over your life; the LORD will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore. — Psalm 121:7-8

One of my hardest challenges as a parent knows that I can't ultimately protect my children from some hurts and heartbreaks. Some of that pain is necessary to help them mature and grow. Some of it is just the agonizing result of living in a fallen world.

But, we can be fully confident that if we share the Lord with them, if they give their lives to his will, nothing can steal them from his ultimate victory, care, and reunion with us and with him.

Knowing how we love them, imagine how much the Father loves us and longs to bring us to that place of safety in his house! Until we get home, isn't it comforting to know that he is watching over us and those we love, now and forevermore?

Names of God -186 – (58 – 64)

58 – Jehovah Shalom – The Lord of Our Peace

Judges 6:24

So Gideon built an altar to the Lord there and called it The Lord Is Peace. To this day it stands in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

59 – Jehovah Shammah – The Lord is There

Ezekiel 48:35

The distance all around will be 18,000 cubits.

  “And the name of the city from that time on will be: the Lord is there.

60 – Jehovah Tsidkenu – The Lord Our Righteousness

Jeremiah 23:6

In his days Judah will be saved and Israel will live in safety. This is the name by which he will be called: The Lord Our Righteous Savior.

61 – Jesus Christ the Righteous

1 John 2:1

My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate with the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One

62 – Judge of the Living and the Dead

Acts 10:42

He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one whom God appointed as judge of the living and the dead.

63 – King in His Beauty

Isaiah 33:17

Your eyes will see the king in his beauty and view a land that stretches afar.

64 – King of Kings

Revelation 17:4

The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and was glittering with gold, precious stones and pearls. She held a golden cup in her hand, filled with abominable things and the filth of her adulteries.