The Great Reward

Raising his eyes toward his disciples Jesus said: "Blessed are you who are poor, for the Kingdom of God is yours. Blessed are you who are now hungry, for you will be satisfied. Blessed are you who are now weeping, for you will laugh. Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude and insult you, and denounce your name as evil on account of the Son of Man. "Rejoice and leap for joy on that day! Behold, your reward will be great in heaven. For their ancestors treated the prophets in the same way. But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your consolation. But woe to you who are filled now, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will grieve and weep. Woe to you when all speak well of you, for their ancestors treated the false prophets in the same way

Consideration: Does Jesus want us to be poor, hungry, weeping, hated, excluded, insulted, denounced; no, he does not. He is telling us that if we endure all of these things on his account; if we are slandered and ridiculed because we profess our love for him; we should rejoice and leap for joy. He tells us, " Behold, your reward will be great in heaven." How many saints are enjoying their eternal reward because they were steadfast in their faith in our Lord, Jesus. How many?...Amen!

Prayer to God

Jesus departed to the mountain to pray, and he spent the night in prayer to God. When day came, he called his disciples to himself, and from them he chose Twelve, whom he also called Apostles: Simon, whom he named Peter, and his brother Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholeomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon who was called a Zealot, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor. And he came down with them and stood on a stretch of level ground. A great crowd of his disciples and a large number of the people from all of Judea and Jerusalem and the coastal region of Tyre and Sidon came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases; and even those who were tormented by unclean spirits were cured. Everyone in the crowd sought to touch him because power came forth from him and healed them all.

Consideration: After spending the night in prayer to his Father; Jesus chose his Twelve Apostles. We should learn from this action of our Lord. Our decisions must be made with faith that the Lord will send the Holy Spirit to inspire and enlighten us to make the proper decisions in life. Amen.

Stretch out your hand

On a certain sabbath Jesus went into the synagogue and taught, and there was a certain man there whose right hand was withered. The scribes and the Pharisees watched him closely to see if he would cure on the sabbath so that they might discover a reason to accuse him. But he realized their intentions and said to the man with the withered hand, "Come up and stand before us." And he rose and stood there. Then Jesus said to them, I ask you, is it lawful to do good on the sabbath rather than do evil, to save life rather than to destroy it?" Looking around at them all, he then said to him, "Stretch out your hand." He did so and his hand was restored. But they became enraged and discussed together what they might do to Jesus.

Consideration: if we have the opportunity to do good to help another person, we should always help the person. The Lord expects us to help those in need, regardless of the timing of the act. Jesus said, "Love one another as I have loved you." Jesus performed this act of love and compassion knowing that he would be ridiculed for it. We must learn from this beautiful action of or Lord. Amen.

Together in My Name

Jesus said to his disciples, "if your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have won over your brother. If he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, so that every fact may be established on the testimony of two or three witnesses. If he refuses to listen to them, tell the church. If he refuses to listen even to the church, then treat him as you would a Gentile or a tax collector. Amen, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. Again, amen, I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything for which they are to pray, it shall be granted to them by my heavenly Father. For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them."

Consideration: Jesus speaks very clearly about prayer and reconciliation. Making an effort to forgive one and other; and praying together in his name to his Father; telling us that the Lord will grant the request.

New Beginning

Brothers and sisters: You once were alienated and hostile in mind because of evil deeds: God has now reconciled you in the fleshly Body of Christ through his death, to present you holy, and without blemish, and irreproachable before him, provided that you persevere in the faith, firmly grounded, stable, and not shifting from the hope of the Gospel that you heard, which has been preached to every creature under heaven, of which I, Paul, am a minister.

Consideration: Paul, a minister of the Lord, Jesus; and the once persecutor of Jesus, speaks of redemption. We too, have turned our backs on the Lord, but have been washed anew in the blood of the Lamb. Today we are called to persevere through all of the turmoil and trials of this world; this is easier said than done. Put on the armor of faith in the Lord, and the freshness of a new beginning will transform your life, and those around you. Amen.

The Things God Has Prepared

 

You can't believe it, you can't dream it, no eye has seen it, it's waiting for real!

Not on the radio, any streaming show, AI would overload, if it was made known!

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It has never entered into the heart of man; no mind could ever imagine the plan; what is waiting for you; what is waiting for me; the things God has prepared for those who love Him in eternity...for those who love Him; it's waiting for real, believe!

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Open your heart, now is the time, put all passing things aside, for the real thing!

Turn off the tube, shut down the screens, the artificial mind-blowing fake realities!

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​It has never entered into the heart of man; no mind could ever imagine the plan; what is waiting for you; what is waiting for me; the things God has prepared for those who love Him in eternity...for those who love Him; it's waiting for real, believe!

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Eye has not seen, no ear has heard, nor has it entered into the heart of man...the things that God has prepared for those that love Him! 

Do you love Him? Is He your everything? Are you empty, lonely, searching for love...God has prepared a place for you!

The Old is Good

The scribes and the Pharisees said to Jesus, "The disciples of John the Baptist fast often and offer prayers, and the disciples of the Pharisees do the same; but yours eat and drink." Jesus answered them, "Can you make the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, then they will fast in those days." And he also told them a parable. "No one tears a piece from a new cloak to patch an old one. Otherwise, he will tear the new and the piece from it will not match the old cloak. Likewise, no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the new wine will burst the skins, and it will be spilled and the skins ruined. Rather, new wine must be poured into fresh wineskins. And no one who has been drinking old desires new, for he says, "The old is good."

Consideration: When everything in life is going well, and we are experiencing peace, negativity is the furthest thing from our minds. Then when we least expect it, difficulty of one form or another enters into our lives. We start to look at things in a different way; and there is only one place to turn for comfort...our Lord, Jesus. When Jesus carried his cross, it contained all the sinfulness of mankind; also, every pain, suffering, and difficulty we would endure in our lives. Sounds impossible to believe; yes, it does. Remember the words: "Be not afraid, I go before always, come follow me, and I will give you peace!" Amen.