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Date: 10/02/2020 Friday
Soul Vibes and Starters
(YouTube.Com)
https://youtu.be/g0GQp-vTqOw “Fear Not” @Kristine DiMarco
https://youtu.be/OjxwryxSrIY “I AM No Victim” @Kristine DiMarco
https://youtu.be/KUYClC6vqKk “I’m Sorry” @TobyMac
https://youtu.be/tJfBfJHacMQ “Show Me The Way” @Peter Frampton
https://youtu.be/9PugD11k3JU “Rescue” @Lauren Daigle
https://youtu.be/Tkxfkq64FNU “Lead Me” @The Jackson Southernaires-Topic
Bible Verse of the Day (Biblegateway.com) Meditation
Opportunities (Biblegateway.com): (NIV -New International Version,
NKJV-New King James Version, AMP -Amplified Version, TBT-The Passion
Translation)
Who To Fear?
Proverbs 29:25 (TLB) The Living Bible 25 Fear
of man is a dangerous trap, but to trust in God means safety.
Proverbs 29:25 (MSG) The Message 25 The
fear of human opinion disables;
trusting in God protects you from that.
Proverbs 29:25 (ICB) International Children’s Bible 25 Being
afraid of people can get you into trouble.
But if you trust the Lord, you will be safe.
Proverbs 29:25 (AMP) The Amplified Bible
25 The fear
of man brings a snare, But whoever trusts
in and puts his confidence in the Lord will
be exalted and safe. against
you because of [your association with] Me. 12 Be
glad and exceedingly joyful, for your reward in heaven is
great [absolutely inexhaustible]; for in this same way they
persecuted the prophets who were before you.
Restoration Promised
Jeremiah 33
(AMP) The Amplified Bible
33 Then
the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the second time, while he was
still confined in the court of the guard, saying, 2 “Thus
says the Lord who made the earth, the Lord who
formed it to establish it—the Lord is His name, 3 ‘Call
to Me and I will answer you, and tell you [and even show you] great and mighty
things, [things which have been confined and hidden], which you do not
know and understand and cannot
distinguish.’ 4 For thus says the Lord, the
God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city and the houses of the kings
of Judah which are torn down to make a defense against the
siege ramps and against the sword, 5 ‘While they
(the besieged Jews) are coming to fight against the Chaldeans and to fill the
houses with the dead bodies of men whom I have slain in My anger and in My
wrath, for I have hidden My face [in disgust] from this city because of all
their wickedness. 6 Behold, [in the restored
Jerusalem] I will bring to it health and healing, and I will heal them; and I
will reveal to them an abundance of peace (prosperity, security, stability) and
truth. 7 I will restore the fortunes of Judah and
the fortunes of Israel and will rebuild them as they were at first. 8 I
will cleanse them from all their wickedness (guilt) by which they have sinned
against Me, and I will pardon (forgive) all their sins by which they rebelled
against Me. 9 Jerusalem will be to Me a name of
joy, praise and glory before all the nations of the earth which will hear of
all the good that I do for it, and they shall fear and tremble because of all
the good and all the peace (prosperity, security, stability) that I provide for
it.’
10 “Thus
says the Lord, ‘Yet again there will be heard in this place of which you
say, “It is a [desolate] waste, without man and without animal”—even in the
cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem that are desolate, without man
and without inhabitant and without animal— 11 the
[sound of the] voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the
bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the [song-filled] voice of those who
say,
“Give praise and thanks
to the Lord of hosts,
For the Lord is good; For His [steadfast] lovingkindness (mercy)
endures forever”;
and
of those who bring a thank offering into the house of the Lord.
For I will restore the fortunes of the land as they were at first,’ says
the Lord.
12 “Thus
says the Lord of hosts, ‘There will again be in this desolate
place—[a place] without man or animal—and in all its cities, pastures for
shepherds who rest their flocks. 13 In the cities
of the hill country, in the cities of the lowland, in the cities of the South
(the Negev), in the land of Benjamin, in the places around Jerusalem and in the
cities of Judah, the flocks will again pass under the hand of the one who
counts them,’ says the Lord.
The Davidic Kingdom
14 ‘Behold,
the days are coming,’ says the Lord, ‘when I will fulfill the good
word and promise which I have made regarding the house of
Israel and the house of Judah. 15 In those days and
at that time I will cause a righteous Branch of David to spring forth; and He
(the Messiah) shall execute justice and righteousness on the earth. 16 In
those days Judah will be saved and [the people of] Jerusalem will live in
safety; and this is the name by which she will be called:
the Lord Our Righteousness (Justice).’ 17 For
thus says the Lord, ‘David shall never lack a man (descendant) to sit on
the throne of the house of Israel; 18 and the
Levitical priests shall never lack a man (descendant) to offer burnt offerings
before Me and to burn grain offerings and to prepare sacrifices all day long.’”
19 The
word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying, 20 “Thus
says the Lord, ‘If you can break My covenant for the day and My covenant
for the night, so that day and night do not take place at their appointed
times, 21 then My covenant may also be broken with
David My servant so that he will not have a son to reign on his throne, and [My
covenant may also be broken] with the Levitical priests, My ministers. 22 As
the host of [the stars of] heaven cannot be counted and the sand of the sea
cannot be measured, so I will multiply the descendants of David My servant and
the Levites who minister to Me.’”
23 And
the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying, 24 “Have
you not noticed what this people have spoken, saying, ‘The two families [Israel
the northern kingdom, and Judah the southern kingdom] which
the Lord chose, He has rejected’? Thus they despise My [chosen]
people, no longer are they [considered] as a nation in their sight. 25 Thus
says the Lord, ‘If My covenant with day and night does not stand, and if I
have not established the fixed patterns of heaven and earth, [the whole order
of nature,] 26 then I would [also] reject the
descendants of Jacob and David My servant, not taking from his descendants
rulers over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. But I will restore
their fortunes, and will have mercy on them.’”
Jeremiah 33
(ICB) International Children’s Bible
The Promise of God 33 Now Jeremiah was still locked up in the courtyard of the
guards. And the Lord spoke his word to him a second time: 2 “The
Lord made the earth. He made it, and he keeps it safe. The Lord is his name.
This is what the Lord says: 3 ‘Judah, pray to me, and I will answer you. I will tell you
important secrets. You have never heard these things before.’ 4 The
Lord is the God of Israel. He says these things about the houses in Jerusalem
and the royal palaces of Judah. They have been torn down to be used against the
attack by the Babylonian army. 5 The Lord says, ‘Some
people will come to fight against the Babylonians. They will fill these houses
with dead bodies. I killed those people in my hot anger. I have turned away
from this city because of all the evil its people have done.
6 “‘But
then I will bring health and heal the people there. I will let them enjoy peace
and safety. 7 I will make good things happen to
Judah and Israel again. I will make them strong as in the past. 8 They
sinned against me. But I will wash away that sin. They did evil and turned away
from me, but I will forgive them. 9 Then Jerusalem
will be a wonderful place! People who live there will be happy. And people from
all nations will praise it. This will happen because they will hear about the
good things I am doing there. They will be surprised and shocked at the good
things and peace I will bring to Jerusalem.’
10 “You
are saying, ‘Our country is an empty desert. There are no people or animals
living there.’ It is now quiet in the streets of Jerusalem and in the towns of
Judah. There are no people or animals there either. But it will be noisy there
soon! 11 There will be sounds of joy and gladness.
There will be the happy sounds of brides and bridegrooms. There will be the
sounds of people bringing their offerings to the Temple of the Lord. Their
offerings will be to show thanks to the Lord. They will say,
‘Praise the Lord of heaven’s
armies!
The Lord is good!
His love continues forever!’
They
will say this because I will again do good things for Judah. It will be as in
the beginning,” says the Lord.
12 This
is what the Lord of heaven’s armies says: “This place is empty now. There are
no people or animals living here. But there will be shepherds in all the towns
of Judah. And there will be pastures where they let their flocks of sheep
rest. 13 Shepherds will again count their sheep as
the sheep walk in front of them. People will be counting their sheep all around
the country. They will count them in the mountains and in the western mountain
slopes. They will count them in southern Judah and the land of Benjamin. They
will count them around Jerusalem and the other towns of Judah!”
The Good Branch 14 The Lord says, “The time is coming when I will do the things I
promised. I made a special promise to the people of Israel and Judah.
15 In those days and at
that time,
I
will make a righteous branch sprout from David’s family.
He
will do what is fair and right in the land.
16 At this time Judah
will be saved.
The
people of Jerusalem will live in safety.
The
branch will be named:
The
Lord Does What Is Right.”
17 This is what the Lord
says: “Someone from David’s family will always sit on the throne. And he will
rule the family of Israel. 18 And there will always be priests from the family of Levi. Those
priests will always stand before me. And they will offer burnt offerings and
grain offerings. And they will offer sacrifices to me.”
19 The Lord spoke his
word to Jeremiah. 20 “This is what the Lord says: I have an agreement with day and
night. I agreed that they will continue forever. Day and night will always come
at the right times. If you could change that agreement, 21 you
could also change my agreement with David and Levi. Only then would descendants
from my servant David not be the kings on their thrones. And only then would
the family of Levi not be priests serving me in the Temple. 22 But
I will give many descendants to my servant David. And I will give them to the
family group of Levi who serve me in the Temple. They will be as many as the
stars in the sky that no one can count. And they will be as many as the grains
of sand on the seashore that no one can count.”
23 The Lord spoke his
word to Jeremiah: 24 “Jeremiah, have you heard what the people are saying? They are saying:
‘The Lord turned away from the two families of Israel and Judah. He chose those
people. But now he doesn’t think of them as a nation anymore!’”
25 This is what the Lord
says: “If I had not made my agreement with day and night, and if I had not made
the laws for the sky and earth, 26 only then might I turn away from Jacob’s descendants. And only
then I might not let the descendants of David my servant rule over the
descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. And I will be kind to those people. I
will cause good things to happen to them again.”
Inspirational Thoughts:
“Stop trying to make
everyone happy. You aren’t chocolate” @TobyMac#SPEAKLIFE
Daily Journal/Thoughts/ Prayers (my perspectives and/or feelings):
Thank you, Jesus, for another day
Father God hear all who are truly repent and turn to you.
May all who know you learn what it truly means to follow and dive into what
you want us to be, want us to do.
So often we barely get past the first layer; all with beyond good
intentions yet not enough to keep us from making messes of what you never
intended.
Lord we need your rescue from this dark world, but more so from ourselves.
Please come and show us the way.
Lord I know for myself I can get twisted with anxiety of things I cannot
make happen or control, other times I do not have enough commonsense
fear. But one thing is for sure I believe in you and with great love and
need fear you most of all.
Just the thought of losing the blessing of you holding me; I quickly
remember what nothing truly is.
May I never forget who I am in you. May I work smarter to reach your
will and goals. Not my own.
Yet how intertwined they can be.
If only I held as much love and admiration for my own being as you do for
each and every creation you have blessed in this world.
Half the time I forget just what my worth is, allowing what should not be
to consume what I have been given.
Lead Me Jesus! Please lead me and all I am connected, have been
connected, will be connected. You will for life, love and ever after; not
our own.
No matter if we go back in time with our thoughts or work for tomorrows
that are not promised. We are your children and Lord I am your daughter
of the most high.
May your love flow through these veins in your will, guidance, and
protection.
May the forever I dream be blessed and matched by what you allow not what I
think I know or do not know.
May the souls I genuinely care for be blessed and awakened
Father. Awake the souls for more that what this world has us
chasing. That everlasting pure agape love and
forgiveness. Giving all, we are to be our best self for
all that is good.
Remove greed, condemnation, brokenness, and the will to hurt or harm anyone
even unintentionally. May we forgive and feel your blessing to
truly know we are forgiven and made for so much more that what we have missed
or done.
Thank you for this day to get up, breathe in, look around, hear, see,
touch, and feel from the inside out.
May I learn to not allow feelings to get to me.
Keep me plugged in to do what serves productive meaningful day to day
needs.
Thank you for here and now, all the yesterdays and any tomorrow’s I may be
blessed.
Restore us Lord, each and every soul who seeks you, as we deserve
nothing, yet we need you beyond anything that will ever be.
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Date: 10/01/2020 Thursday
Soul Vibes and Starters
(YouTube.Com)
https://youtu.be/CGUKwWPpoG4 “Unstoppable God” @Sanctus Real
https://youtu.be/j25JqWgjDF4 “I Know” @Big Daddy Weave
https://youtu.be/zfLcdBuB7NY “Here Again” @Elevation Worship
https://youtu.be/_sSpCVNkfKY “Big House” @Audio Adrenaline
Bible Verse of the Day (Biblegateway.com) Meditation
Opportunities (Biblegateway.com): (NIV -New International Version,
NKJV-New King James Version, AMP -Amplified Version, TBT-The Passion
Translation)
Do Not Lose Heart,
Give Up; But Be Grateful
Matthew 5:11-12 (TLB) The Living Bible 11 “When you are reviled
and persecuted and lied about because you are my followers—wonderful! 12 Be happy about it! Be very glad! for
a tremendous reward awaits you up in heaven. And remember, the
ancient prophets were persecuted too.
Matthew 5:11-12 (MSG) The Message 11-12 “Not only
that—count yourselves blessed every time people put you down or throw you out
or speak lies about you to discredit me. What it means is that the truth is too
close for comfort and they are uncomfortable. You can be glad when that
happens—give a cheer, even!—for though they don’t like it, I do!
And all heaven applauds. And know that you are in good company. My prophets and
witnesses have always gotten into this kind of trouble.
Matthew 5:11-12 (ICB) International Children’s Bible 11 “People will
say bad things about you and hurt you. They will lie and say all kinds of evil
things about you because you follow me. But when they do these things to you,
you are happy. 12 Rejoice and be glad. You have a
great reward waiting for you in heaven. People did the same evil things to the
prophets who lived before you.
Matthew 5:11-12 (AMP) The Amplified Bible
11 “Blessed [morally
courageous and spiritually alive with life-joy in God’s goodness] are you
when people insult you and persecute you, and falsely say all
kinds of evil things against you because of [your association
with] Me. 12 Be glad and exceedingly joyful,
for your reward in heaven is great [absolutely inexhaustible]; for in
this same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
Inspirational Thoughts:
One of my favorites
“Perhaps the
butterfly is proof that you can go through a great deal of darkness yet become
something beautiful” @TobyMac#SPEAKLIFE
Daily Journal/Thoughts/ Prayers (my perspectives and/or feelings):
Thank you, Jesus, for another day
Another cool and this morning calm start to the day.
As I am reminded there will be many who cast judgement in this world, but
you Father are the one that holds the gavel and truly make us acknowledge who
we were, who we are and who we can be.
Why do we wait until it is too late to find ourselves, to
believe in you Lord, to seek all that is good?
We find ourselves far too often waiting to long and missing out on life
filled with abundant peace and joy; or beating ourselves
up. Even you were tempted Jesus. You know
exactly what it is like to suffer in human form and be tempted (Hebrews
4:15). However, you trusted your father God of all the
universe.
Yet we chase, and trust in all that is temporary of this world first and
cry out later as things break us or leave us drowning in the sea of sharks and
darkness. That is if we do not cross over and become the many chess masters of
this universe that feed like those sharks.
Even the good souls that do not truly know you who if they take a good look
into their own being perhaps they too find themselves as an over generalizer, a
judge, a personalizer, or a magnifier in all that comes their way.
No, I did not make those labels up; we in the world of specialist and smart
educated folks have labels and names for everyone and everything!
The Overgeneralizer – You turn one event into a pattern
(This always happens to me)
The Judge – You judge yourself. (I should have)
The Personalizer – You take blame/credit for events you
had little to do with. (I should have stopped it.)
The Magnifier – You exaggerate small things. (She ruined
the whole thing for me.)
@Content Choose Your Attitude @HealthyPathways
What is that motivation (Just because it is a bad day does not make it a
bad life?) @#SpeakLife
We need not just ignore things but we need not become consumed.
Perhaps directing all that is through you would work just fine if we allow the
communication and direction Jesus.
Who are we to you, with you, In you Jesus? May we please
see the love and worth you created us for. May all I am connected
see who they are truly meant to be and leave everything that belongs with you
at the foot of the cross?
Why do we not realize every single second given life that nothing can stop
you the one true unstoppable God, Jesus?
I know you are better than good Jesus; yet even as I cling to you the
worldly distractions and flesh filled desires trip me up then I wander off to
what truly is temporary. Nothing will be truth,
pure and always there as you have been and will be for this soul; or any who
seek you in the day to day they are given.
I Lord will never be anything much less enough without you. And
although I could probably fall into one of the many labels and categories on
any given day or even hour in a day.
It is you that matters when judgement calls. Even when it
hurts from those we thought would never say or do things or words to let us
down.
More so even when those we really wanted to be in our lives forever as they
balanced us, helped us shine, added laughter and harmony. Were
taken, left or just stop showing up.
Lord it is you that allows the air in our lungs, and all that goes with the
vessels to exist and be our best selves in and for reflection with you.
May all that I come to connect all that I am connected and all that I have
lost connection; come to you to collect the blessings awaiting.
The peace and love that has no space and time. That infinite
timeless deep forever love and ability to just know.
Even on our worse days, when we respond as the world responds and not as
you crated us for so much more to be. You Jesus will never leave
us. If we are not feeling you, it is because we have walked
away spiritually, mindfully. Allowing all that is temporal to
sneak in.
Forever connected as we journey this land through all the hills and valleys
into the eternal promise land.
Our hearts smile as our souls cry out; yet you the sustainer of all that
was predestined, was, will be and anything in our future. You
God alone allow us to choose. May we always seek all that you are
choosing life and harmony even in the storms.
For every being celebrating new lives blessed into this world; for ever
being feeling the tragic pains and loss of losing lives to this
world. For every broken heart, or every heart that has hardened
and so twisted they lose themselves. May we all find our
way to the foot of the cross Jesus and learn who and why you are.
Allowing you the Living God to fill us up and have life when everything
around us is death, dark and destructive.
May we come together in your kingdom, in unity praying harder, louder and
praising you yesterday, today and any tomorrow’s we are given.
May we never take love of any soul for granted, and never mean or do harm
in any way shape or form.
May we seek and live in humility and repentance for all that is truth and
everlasting.
May we stop the madness or setting ourselves up for anyone or anything in
this world that takes far more than it gives.
May I be forgiven for all I have unjustly turned away or held onto that
should have never been.
Be with your children Jesus. Heal and direct all our
thoughts, our steps to shine brightly in the world we are given as we wait for
our time to meet everlasting streets of gold to dance in my, in our Fathers
house.
Not every or any day is ever promised to be easy or
free. May we do the work for you Lord, ourselves first giving
all we have to give before laying our burdens on others. May
we give everything good, bad, happy, sad, easy or beyond anything we think we
can or should do.
May your will be the final destination and answer. May we learn
every step of the way.
May we never stop doing our best to shine and speak life into the moments
we are given.
We know this world has allot of misfortune, game players, drama seekers,
skilled life chess players.
May we always cling to you Jesus, no matter how or if ever we are impacted
by any. May we cling to you and never become anything more than what
reflects your beauty, your peace, your will.
Thank you for this day no matter where it takes me.
Thank you for all I have been given. All that has been taken. All that is
unknown.
No matter what role, label or spot I fall into and fill any second of any
day. May I and all that I am connected never forget we are precious
chosen children of the one true King. Christ
Jesus! Through and with you all things are
possible. All things are ever lasting and eternal. For
those who genuinely believe and walk with that moral God heart compass doing
their best to be everything you created us to be Father.
No matter what we have here it will ever compare to all that is awaiting in
your big house in eternity where will forever be free of pain, sorrow, fear,
heartache or all that breaks us in this temporal world.
Psalm
25:5
The Passion Translation
Escort
me along the way; take me by the hand and teach me. For you are the God of my
increasing salvation; I have wrapped my heart into yours!
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