Prayer – Holy Spirit, You are amazing, awesome and astounding. You have anointed countless people throughout the ages…including Jesus. May Your Spirit rest within the hearts of those who read this that they would be drawn to You—Father, Son and Holy Spirit—that they would believe in Jesus as their Lord and Savior. Heal our hearts. Comfort those who mourn.
The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is upon me, for the
LORD has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to comfort
the brokenhearted and to proclaim that captives will be released and prisoners
will be freed. He has sent me to tell those who mourn that the time of the
LORD's favor has come, and with it, the day of God's anger against their
enemies. Isaiah 61:1-2
Meditate. Comfort the broken hearted.
This Old Testament declaration of the Spirit of the Lord was on the prophet Isaiah for the purpose of assisting the "poor" in spirit, including the broken hearted and imprisoned. The Good News to the poor is God's Love for mankind. That was message of freedom—love—that Isaiah preached...and that Jesus not only proclaimed but provided by dying on the cross for our sins. The true love. Think about that. Thinking is a keystone to our spiritual freedom—to taking control of our spiritual development—and to relationships with other people and with God: the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
The Spirit of the Lord was on the Lord Jesus
Christ! At the beginning of His ministry in the synagogue in Nazareth, He read
this text from Isaiah 61, as recorded in Luke 4. He stopped reading after… to
proclaim the year of the LORD's favor, since that was what He came to
do…the vengeance part comes later with His second coming. Jesus was
so focused and obedient. He did just what the Father told Him to do.
So Jesus said, "When you lift up the Son of Man, then
you will know that I am He, and I do nothing on My own initiative, but I speak
these things as the Father taught Me. And He who sent Me is with Me; He has not
left Me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to
Him." John 8:28-29. .JPG)
Mt. Rainier, Washington State
Bring Good News to those who hike it...
...or even just see it.
Peace and Salvation
Jesus spoke whatever the Father told Him to
do…and did what was pleasing to His Father. Do we do that?
Verse of Salvation ~ How beautiful on the mountains are
the feet of the messenger who brings good news, the good news of peace and
salvation, the news that the God of Israel reigns! Isaiah 52:7
Comfort those who mourn
—especially
our precious Marie & Nikki
…as well as family and friends
of our dear Rick who has gone to be with Jesus.
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