#Psalm 79:1

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Psalm 79:1 The Enemy Is Infiltrating

O God, the nations have come into Your inheritance; Your holy temple they have defiled; they have laid Jerusalem in heaps. Psalm 79:1 In battles between two nations, there is often one that rises above the other. The enemy will sometimes be able to infiltrate the nation and cause destruction in order to break down the nation and win the battle. Once the enemy is inside the borders of another…

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Babylon Destroyed Jerusalem

Psalm 79:1-4. O God, the heathen are come into Thine inheritance; Thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps. The dead bodies of Thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of Thy saints unto the beasts of the earth. Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them. We are become a…

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“✨ Answered prayer: exuberant Praise”

“I give you thanks, O LORD, with my whole heart.” —Psalm 138:1 (ESV)

“When David gave thanks, he used everything in him: “I give You thanks, O LORD, with my whole heart” (Psalm 138:1). David’s life exemplified exuberant praise and worship of the LORD.

Psalm 138 gives us a glimpse into why David was so exuberant about the LORD. He excitedly praised God because “On the day I called, You answered me; my strength of soul You increased” (138:3). David’s fellowship with God was so intimate, God knew that the moment He answered David’s prayer, David would give Him praise.

The first Christmas was a time of many answered prayers. Just imagine how many people—Simeon, Zechariah, Anna, Elizabeth, Mary, and countless others—had prayed for the coming of the Messiah, saying “next year in Jerusalem,” “maybe this year will be the year?” Now their prayers were answered.

And, just like David in Psalm 138, they gave exuberant praise to God. It was almost beyond description as Mary recited her Magnificat (Luke 1:46–56), Zechariah prophesied (1:67–79), Simeon gave his praise (2:29–32), and the very angels cried out saying, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom He is pleased!” (2:14). Not only was God faithful but, imagine, “God was pleased!”

The people had been praying for this very event for thousands of years. Wonder, amazement, and awe are words that cannot fully express the coming of the Messiah. But if we didn’t try to use words to describe it, the very rocks would cry out (19:40).

This Christmas, what answers to prayer have you had that lead you to praise God with exuberance the way David did in Psalm 138? Not only did God keep His word in the first coming, but He is coming again to take us to heaven where there will be no more tears, pain, sickness, cancer, or depression, and we will see our loved ones again.

To quote a hymn from the past, “When we all get to heaven, what a day of rejoicing that will be. When we all see Jesus, we’ll sing and shout the victory.”

—Dr. Rodney H. Orr (Dallas Theological Seminary)

From: “The Spiritual Encourager” (FB)

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Praise of God's Law pt 10

73. Your hands have made me and fashioned me; give me discernment that I may learn your commands (So God created people in his own image; God patterned them after himself; Male and female he created them. Genesis1:27 NLT)

(Can a mortal be more righteous than God? Can a man be purer than his maker? Job 4:17 NIV)

("Indeed, I know that this is true, how can a mortal be righteous before God? Job9:2 NIV)

(For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin. Romans 3:20 ESV)

74. Those who fear you shall see me and be glad, because I hope in your word. (My soul makes it's boast in the Lord; let the humble hear and be glad. Psalms 34:2 ESV)

(Let them boast in this alone: that they truly know me and understand that I am the Lord who is just and righteous, who's love is unfailing and that I delight in these things. I, the Lord have spoken! Jeremiah 9:24 NLT)

(Therefor as it is written: "Let him who boasts boast in the Lord." 1st Corinthians 1:31 NIV)

(But far be it from me to boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. Galatians 6:14 ESV)

75. I know, O Lord your ordinances are just, and, in your faithfulness, you have afflicted me. (The statutes you have laid down are righteous; they are fully trustworthy. Psalms 119:138 NIV)

(The law of the Lord is perfect, REVIVING THE SOUL; the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple. Psalms 19:7 ESV)

76. May your unfailing love be my comfort according to your promise to your servant. (Turn, O Lord and deliver me; save me because of your unfailing love. Psalms 6:4 NIV)

(Turn to me and be gracious to me for I am lonely and afflicted. Psalms 25:16 NIV)

(Answer me, O Lord for your steadfast love is good; according to your abundant mercy, turn to me. Psalms 69:16 ESV)

(Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you, Psalms 63:3 ESV)

77. Let your compassion come to me that I may live, for your law is my delight. (So, teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom. Return, O Lord! How long? have pity on your servants! Psalms 90:12-13 ESV)

(We can make our plans, but the Lord determines our steps. Proverbs 16:9 NLT)

(Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them. Psalms 139:16 ESV)

78. Let the proud be put to shame for oppressing me unjustly; I will meditate on your precepts. (Make me understand the way of your precepts and I will meditate on your wonderous works. Psalms 119:27 ESV)

(Sing to him sing praise to him tell of all his wonderful acts. Psalms 105:2 NIV)

79. Let those turn to me who fear you and acknowledge your decrees. (I am your servant; give me discernment that I may understand your statutes. Psalms 119:125 NIV)

(O Lord, I am your servant; I am your servant, the son of your maidservant. you have loosed my bonds. Psalms 116:16 ESV)

(Look down and have mercy on me. Give me strength to your servant; yes, save me for I am your servant. Psalms 86:16 NLT)

80. Let my heart be perfect in your statutes, that I be not put to shame. (Let your heart therefor be wholly true to the Lord our God, walking in his statutes and keeping his commandments as at this day. 1st Kings 8:61 ESV)

(Now, O Lord please remember how I have walked before you in faithfulness and with a whole heart and have done what is good in your sight." and Hezekiah wept bitterly. 2nd Kings 20:3 ESV)

(Please remember what you told your servant Moses: If you sin, I will scatter you among the nations. Nehemiah 1:8 NLT)

(Thus, Hezekiah did throughout all Judah, and he did what was good and right and faithful before the Lord his God. 2nd Chronicles 31:20 ESV)

Psalms 119:73-80: The New American Bible

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9-17-2024 | Bible App Their Verse of the Day | Philippians 4:6

‘Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.’ Philippians 4:6

#Bible - Verse of the Day | Psalm 56:3

‘When I am afraid, I put my trust in You.’ Psalm 56:3

Bible App | Luke 1:68-79

Zechariah’s Song 🎵

‘“Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, because He has visited and redeemed His people. He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David, as He spoke through His holy prophets, those of ages past, salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us, to show mercy to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant, the oath He swore to our father Abraham, to grant us deliverance from hostile hands, that we may serve Him without fear, in holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our lives. And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for Him, to give to His people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins, because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the Dawn will visit us from on high, to shine on those who live in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace.”’ ‭‭Luke‬ ‭1‬:‭68‬-‭79‬

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Living His Word

The steadfast love of the LORD's never ceases, His mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning great is thy faithfulness. "The LORD is my portion," says my soul, "therefore I will hope in Him." — Lamentations 3:22-24

As one surveys the landscape of life and all its troubles, sufferings, and challenges, we know there is always hope for the believer—"the LORD is my portion." The Lord is always the source of hope.

In our passage, describing the Lord as "my portion" may be a reference to a time past in Canaan when the land was portioned out among the different tribes. It was there that Aaron and the priestly tribe of the Levites were given no land, but instead, the Lord said, "I am your portion and your inheritance among the people of Israel" (Numbers 18:20). It is a picture of a special and personal relationship with God since the priests were set apart in service to Him. It is the same kind of relationship with God that inspired the Psalmist to proclaim through a crisis that "God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever" (Psalm 73:26)!

A personal relationship with God, made possible by the redemption that comes through Christ, is the foundation of faith and the essence of hope. Such divine hope exists by knowing the true character of God. Our passage comes from a time past, but faith brings it into an experience with God that can be had in the present. God's character—yesterday, today, and forever—is that of steadfast love, promising the faithful His constant presence and His unchanging love.

God's mercies show His compassion toward His people which never ends. "Because of our God's merciful compassion, the dawn from on high will visit us to shine on those who live in darkness and the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace" (Luke 1:78-79). And He is faithful. It is God's faithfulness in which we can rest with hope; it is a faithfulness that never fails. When Moses received the Ten Commandments the Lord spoke to him saying, "The Lord, the Lord God, is a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger and abounding in faithful love and truth" (Exodus 34:6).

Love, mercy, and faithfulness are characteristics of God that are available and new every morning. No matter your sins of yesterday, the trouble, the suffering, the challenges today, God is there for us each and every day. Sometimes it is a blessed do-over that comes with a new day. Other days one is given a fresh anointing, power, strength, and courage to get through something hard. And for those who believe, each day is an opportunity to walk in a fresh, personal, loving relationship with God. He is all we need, and He is our portion forever fulfilled in Christ Jesus. Christ is the aroma and assurance of God's steadfast love, mercy, and faithfulness. His death and resurrection took the relationship with God from the past into the present, where He is with you every day.

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2nd December >> Mass Readings (GB)

Monday, First Week of Advent (C)

(Liturgical Colour: Violet. Year: C(I))

(The new Lectionary is here)

First Reading Isaiah 2:1-5 The Lord gathers all nations together into the eternal peace of the Kingdom of God.

The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.

It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established as the highest of the mountains, and shall be lifted up above the hills; and all the nations shall flow to it, and many peoples shall come, and say:

‘Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob, that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths.’ For out of Sion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. He shall judge between the nations, and shall decide disputes for many peoples; and they shall beat their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruning-hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

O house of Jacob, come, let us walk in the light of the LORD.

The Word of the Lord

R/ Thanks be to God.

Responsorial Psalm Ps 122(121):1-2. 3-4a. 8-9. ℟ cf. 1

R/ Let us go rejoicing to the house of the LORD.

I rejoiced when they said to me, ‘Let us go to the house of the LORD.’ And now our feet are standing within your gates, O Jerusalem.

R/ Let us go rejoicing to the house of the LORD.

Jerusalem is built as a city bonded as one together. It is there that the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD.

R/ Let us go rejoicing to the house of the LORD.

For the sake of my family and friends, let me say, ‘Peace upon you.’ For the sake of the house of the LORD, our God, I will seek good things for you.

R/ Let us go rejoicing to the house of the LORD.

Gospel Acclamation Cf. Psalm 80(79):4

Alleluia, alleluia. Come and set us free, O Lord our God; let your face shine forth, and we shall be saved. Alleluia.

Gospel Matthew 8:5-11 ‘Many will come from east and west to the kingdom of heaven.’

At that time: When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came forward to him, appealing to him, ‘Lord, my servant is lying paralysed at home, suffering terribly.’ And he said to him, ‘I will come and heal him.’ But the centurion replied, ‘Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof, but only say the word, and my servant will be healed. For I too am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. And I say to one, “Go”, and he goes, and to another, “Come”, and he comes, and to my servant, “Do this”, and he does it.’ When Jesus heard this, he marvelled and said to those who followed him, ‘Truly, I tell you, with no one in Israel have I found such faith. I tell you, many will come from east and west and recline at table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.’

The Gospel of the Lord

R/ Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

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Psalms chapter 79

1 (A Psalm of Asaph.) O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.

2 The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth.

3 Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them.

4 We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.

5 How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?

6 Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.

7 For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place.

8 O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low.

9 Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name's sake.

10 Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God? let him be known among the heathen in our sight by the revenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed.

11 Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die;

12 And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.

13 So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks for ever: we will shew forth thy praise to all generations.

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This time each year my old seminary professor Marcus holds Psalmtember, which is what it says on the tin: a batch of 30 psalms, one for each day of September, each with a prompt to inspire art. (I’ll share the prompt list below the readmore if anyone’s interested! Also, if you search #Psalmtember2024 on FB you can see what folks have created so far)

The above piece is one of my fave drawing’s he’s made — what a fantastic way to bring the verse’s image to life ☀️

ID: The Psalmtember2024 chart. Pasting below as text —

Sep 1: Ps 61 CRY

Sep 2: Ps 62 TOTTERING

Sep 3: Ps 63 THIRST

Sep 4: Ps 64 ARROW

Sep 5: Ps 65 WAVES

Sep 6: Ps 66 SPACIOUS

Sep 7: Ps 67 SHINE

Sep 8: Ps 68 FLOCK

Sep 9: Ps 69 SINKING

Sep 10: Ps 70 HASTE

Sep 11: Ps 71 WOMB

Sep 12: Ps 72 SUN

Sep 13: Ps 73 NECKLACE

Sep 14: Ps 74 BROKE

Sep 15: Ps 75 FOAMING

Sep 16: Ps 76 ROUSED

Sep 17: Ps 77 WHIRLWIND

Sep 18: Ps 78 ANCESTORS

Sep 19: Ps 79 POUR

Sep 20: Ps 80 BRANCHES

Sep 21: Ps 81 MOON

Sep 22: Ps 82 SHAKEN

Sep 23: Ps 83 CHAFF

Sep 24: Ps 84 NEST

Sep 25: Ps 85 KISS

Sep 26: Ps 86 HEART

Sep 27: Ps 87 DANCERS

Sep 28: Ps 88 DEEP

Sep 29: Ps 89 ANOINTED

Sep 30: Ps 90 DREAM

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Psalms chapter 79 verses 1-13 Holy Bible KJV

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August 20, 2023

August 20, 2023

Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Isaiah 56: 1, 6-7

God’s words in Isaiah convey an outreach to all people including, foreigners.

Psalm 67

The Psalmists shares the same inclusive message from God.

Romans 11: 13-15, 29-32

Paul demonstrates inclusivity as he writes to the Romans.

Matthew 15: 23-28

Jesus eventually choses an inclusive gesture.

Any one of us who knew our immigrant grandparents can tell stories of the hard times they faced when they emigrated to this nation.  Prejudice existed based on their nationality and culture, and often surfaced because of their religious beliefs.  Roman Catholics faced such problems in the 19th century.  People often find it difficult to accept differences in culture, food, and customs.  Some believe their way is a superior one and others may have fear replacement or scarcity of resources when claims for help are being addressed.  Many of us can attest to this reality when we look at the numbers of cultural churches that were established in our community. They assisted folks in their transition to this nation’s culture. Inclusivity and the embrace of the “other” is a human issue.  And our Scripture readings this weekend address the same thing.

Long before the birth of Christ, the ancient Prophet Isaiah realized that the “Lord would bring foreigners who will join themselves to the Lord.”  The religious leaders did expect the foreigners to abide by the Jewish laws and customs but the acceptance of the “other” into the community is remarkable.

In the Letter to the Romans, Paul appears to have already accepted the “others,” the Gentiles, into the Christian community.  At the same time Paul reaffirms Israel’s special place in the eyes of God. He writes, “For the gifts and the call of God are irrevocable.”

Perhaps Paul is aware of the story Matthew shares with us today when Jesus tells the Canaanite woman requesting his help, “I was sent to only to the lost sheep of Israel.”  But her persistence on behalf of her daughter eventually has Jesus saying to her, “O woman great is your faith” and her daughter was healed.

Let us turn to a recent book by Amy-Jill Levine, a Jewish scholar who teaches the New Testament.  Her credentials help us explore the relationship between Jesus, Jews, and non-Jews as we experience them in this Gospel.  Just as an aside, when one finishes Matthew’s Gospel, we find Jesus commissioning the disciples to go out to all the nations.  Matthew now expresses a more inclusive message.  This reality causes me to remember a statement in Luke.  Jesus, after being lost in the Temple, returns home and Luke tells us that “…Jesus increased in wisdom and in years.”  Perhaps this reality was at play in this Gospel.  But during his ministry it seems Jesus is coming to grips with his ministry that is reaching more people and is expanding his horizons.

Levine in her book, “The Difficult Words of Jesus” shares that, “…thinking the Messianic age was beginning they (Jesus’ apostles) would not have the time to get to the Gentiles if they were to go to their own people first.” (79)  But Jesus could also look back into the Jew’s sacred scriptures and find examples of the prophets assisting non-Jews. 

But it is the woman, who in my mind, is a deciding factor in this story.  She understands the differences between the two cultures, and even after what looks like an insult, she presses on.  Levine writes, “She is the model for anyone, seeking aid for a child, who is told: you don’t have the right papers; you don’t have insurance; you don’t have money.” (96)

“Woman great is your faith! Let it be done for you as you wish.”  Jesus is a model for all of us as he steps outside his comfort zone and realizes the goodness and faith of the “other.”  “He grew in age and wisdom.”  May this Gospel story enlighten us to see the faith, the goodness, and the beauty in those so many call the “others.” 

Levine writes, “…Matthew recognizes that both Jewish and Gentile identities are important, and it gives us the model of not just recognizing, but even celebrating various forms of difference in our own settings.” (98)

Wouldn’t you love to meet this courageous fearless women who serves as a model for all of us?

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GoWHEN YOU SIT STILL AND THINK OF ALL THE THINGS THAT GOD HAS DONE FOR YOU, WHAT DO YOU COME UP WITH.........

READ THE LIST TO SEE HOW WONDERFUL AND FULL OF MERCY GOD IS GIVING US SO MUCH FOR US TO BE THANKFUL FOR. (click the below title)

20 Reasons You Must Give Thanks To God by  EVANGELIST JOSHUA OREKHIE      

Giving thanks is not what many people do often because when they look at their lives, they believe there is nothing worth thanking God for. They convince themselves that thanking God might be right for those He has showered His blessings on, but not right for them. 

They would claim that God knew He was yet to do anything for them, so thanking Him would embarrass Him!  This is not correct.  There is no one who does not have a reason to thank God. When we can’t think, we can’t give thanks. A thoughtful person will be a thankful person. Someone complaining that he has no shoes will thank God when he sees another person without a leg!

Often times, we are ungrateful for God’s kindnesses and manifold blessings in our lives. We are so concerned about what is yet to happen that we fail to see what has happened. We remember, so constantly, answers to prayers that are yet to manifest and we forget answers to prayers we’re already enjoying. How ungrateful we are! We regularly violate God’s instruction concerning giving thanks. 

Psalm 136                              For GOD mercy endures forever

Colossians 3:17                    For everything in word or deed

Hebrews 9:27-                       For Deliverance

Psalm 122:4                           For God’s greatness

Psalm 106:47                         For God save us

Psalm 106:1                           For God is Good

1 Thessalonians 5:18           For it is God's will

2 Corinthians 9:15                For God’s grace/gifts

2 Thessalonians 2:13-14      For God’s salvation/sanctification

Psalm 119:62                         For God’s righteous judgements

Luke 17:17-19                        For Gratefulness of his deeds

Psalm 92:1-2                          For praise and thanksgiving

Psalm 79:12-13                      For God’s avenges us

Psalm 46:1                             For God is our refuge and help

Psalm 105:1-2                        For God’s works proclaim his name

Colossians 1:12                     For an inheritance in God’s kingdom

1 Corinthians 15:57               For victory through Jesus Christ

1 Corinthians 4:7                   For what you have God gave

Luke 17:16                             For healings and miracles

2 Corinthians 8:16-20           For people God send to help

(The above is excerpts to read in entirety click on the above title)

CAN YOU COME UP WITH AT LEAST 20 REASON                                            TO GIVE THANKS TO GOD???

DID YOU KNOW THERE ARE MORE THAN 20 REASON NOT IN A LIFETIME BUT IN A DAY TO GIVE THANKS TO GOD.

Psalm 107:1-43  (READ IN THE ENTIRETY)                                                          O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Psalm 86:12-14                                                                                                         I will praise You, O Lord my God, with all my heart, And I will glorify Your name forevermore. 13 For great is Your mercy toward me, And You have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol. (SHEOL = HELL)*F4T*

I Want To Say Thank You by Lisa Page Brook

Jesus I Love You by Norman Hutchins

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4/10/2023 DAB Transcript

Deuteronomy 34:1 - Joshua 2:24, Luke 13:22-14:6, Psalm 79:1-13, Proverbs 12:26

Today is the 10th day of April, welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I'm Brian, it’s great to be here with you today, as we move forward taking the next step together. And our next step actually leads us to the end of a book. We've been working through the Book of Deuteronomy for a while now. The last discourses of Moses and we have one short chapter left in the Book of Deuteronomy, which we’ll read today. And then we will transition into a new book, the Book of Joshua. And we will read the first couple of chapters of Joshua. And we’ll talk about Joshua when we get there, but let's dive in and read this final chapter of the Book of Deuteronomy which is chapter 34.

Introduction to the Book of Joshua:

Okay so, that concludes the book of Deuteronomy, which also means we have concluded the Torah or the Pentateuch, which are the first five books of the Bible. And if you're kind of checking off your days in the Daily Audio Bible app, then you'll get a badge that tells you, you have read through the Torah, that we have moved through the Torah this year. And as we did that, we said goodbye to Moses. And so, this is the moment we’ve finished the Torah, and we said goodbye to Moses. So, as we move forward, we’re moving forward into a new generation and a new era, a new part of the story. Almost since the beginning of the year, like all the way back into the Book of Genesis, we started this journey toward a Land of Promise. In fact, we were there when it was promised. We followed the children of Israel all the way through their slavery in Egypt. Their freedom, their wilderness journey, their first attempt when they sent spies into the land, their further wandering in the wilderness, all the way to this point. And now, we are at the point where they're ready again to cross the Jordan River into the Promised Land. And we'll see that as we begin the book of Joshua, God won't waste time affirming the promise to Joshua and Joshua won't waste time in preparing the people to do what they’ve come to do, which is cross the Jordan into the Promised Land. And at this point in the story, the children of Israel, it's been centuries and so this promise for this land, for this people, who are chosen by God to reveal Him to the nations, it is centuries old. So, it's like mythic at this point and they’re right at the threshold, about to cross in. And as they cross over the Jordan River into the Promised Land, they have to remember everything that they learned in the wilderness. Because it was the wilderness that changed their identity from slaves, to chosen ones. They learned who God was, then how to obey God and how to organize themselves in such a way that would reveal God to the neighboring nations around them. And now they have to go into this land with the absolute faith that they haven't had previously, that God will go before them and that He will give them the land. But we’ll see pretty quickly that they don’t just walk into the land and move in, they will have to contend for this promise, and they will have to be utterly dependent upon God to do it. They will have to collaborate in obedience to God. And in some cases, they will be collaborating with God against all the odds. And we’ll see God give instructions that seem counterintuitive, which happens in our lives, sometimes. They would need to be sensitive, and they would need to be obedient, just like we do. Nevertheless, we are about to cross the Jordan River with the children of Israel. Everyone is on the same page, and we will see a glorious era of the children of Israel as they cross into the Promised Land. Of course, we’ll also see that there are some hiccups along the way and some stumbles. This glorious era isn't the only era, there are other things that happen, and we’ll watch them move into the Promised Land and begin to slide away in the very ways that they were absolutely, very clearly warned not to walk. But we’ll get to that soon enough. Now, let's enjoy the journey as we begin, the Book of Joshua and we will read chapters 1 and 2, today.

Prayer:

Father, we thank You for Your word and this special day of completing the first five books in the Scriptures, the Torah, and moving into the Book of Joshua. We invite Your Holy Spirit to come, lead us into all truth, guide our steps, comfort us, correct us, lead us as Jesus was saying in the Gospels today, to the narrow door to God's kingdom, lead us on the narrow path that leads to life. We pray in the name of Jesus. Amen.

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And that's it for today, I'm Brian, I love you and I will be waiting for you here, tomorrow.

Prayer and Encouragements:

Hey DAB, this is my first-time calling in. I want to lift up Your Little Songbird who had ear surgery and complained of tinnitus in her ears. Sister that is very real thing. And I too have some ringing in my ears. I'm a musician and enjoy making music to God's glory. I ask that He would give you grace. Would He remind you any time your, you notice the ringing in your ears, remind you of His presence and His mercy. Lord, please remind Your Little Songbird that You were cursed for us, You are cursed and hung on a tree in our place. The chastisement that brought us peace was laid on You. We thank You for taking our sin upon Yourself. Thank You for Your abiding continued presence. Would You make it louder in our years than any other distraction in our world. In the name of Jesus. Amen.

Hey DAB family, this is Justin in Memphis. If you were listening in 2017, 18 you might remember Justin in Southern California that's, that's me now. I'm back. I haven’t been listening for several years. I started up again at the beginning of this year and glad to have this community back again. Please pray for me. My faith and my assurance has been on a downward slide ever since 2018. And lately I'm not really sure what I believe anymore, other than there’s a God who created me and loves me. I don't know about any other, anything else. I don’t know about Jesus. I don't know. I miss Jesus though. And so, just pray for me to find God again, to find truth, wherever that may be. But I can’t tell you have to pray but not pray that I come back to where I was, just that I find God's truths wherever He leads me to it. So, thanks for listening.

Hello, DAB, this is New Envisioned Growth out of New York. I am calling because I just heard Beloved. She gave herself a name, she just gave herself a name, Beloved and I love it, Beloved. And your prayer at the end, on things you were saying at the end just resonated with mine right now on how we, you know, just make mistakes that we put ourselves in and that we go to God, knowing full and well that we, you know, put ourselves there. In your case you were saying you don’t really want to go to the Father, I am shameless, and I am the one who’s like help me. Help. Knowing good and well that I put myself in there. And it reminds me of like, little babies when they get toys in their head and then they drop and then they cry. And we pick it up for them and they drop it and now it’s a game. It becomes a game now. But I am so grateful that God is not like us because we’ll stop playing that game after a while and we’ll figure a way to kind of make it work for us. Or we’ll just have the baby cry. Right, so, now my prayer, when I go to God is just to help me change me. Because when I look at the situations that I put myself in, it’ll be the same type of spirit or thing that I’m dealing with in a different form. So, I’m still going to God, even though I make the mistake myself, but now I’m just asking for direction for God to pinpoint the common denominator in me and what the things that I’m dealing with. And I just pray that you find yours. So, thanks Belove, love the name, love you guys. Have a great day. Bye.

Hey guys, my names Garrett. It’s been a while since I’ve called in. Having some issues in my life lately and could really use your prayers. I’m dealing with some alcoholism and depression and just relationships that have failed. So, I really need some prayers and I need the Lord back in my life. I feel really guilty and just wanna be back and proud of the life that I’m living. I really would appreciate some prayers from you guys. Thank you. God bless.

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Tuesday in Fourth Week of Advent - Mass in the Morning

Readings of Tuesday, December 24, 2024

Reading 1

2 SM 7:1-5, 8B-12, 14A, 16

When King David was settled in his palace, and the LORD had given him rest from his enemies on every side, he said to Nathan the prophet, "Here I am living in a house of cedar, while the ark of God dwells in a tent!"  Nathan answered the king, "Go, do whatever you have in mind, for the LORD is with you."  But that night the LORD spoke to Nathan and said: "Go, tell my servant David, 'Thus says the LORD: Should you build me a house to dwell in?

"'It was I who took you from the pasture and from the care of the flock to be commander of my people Israel.  I have been with you wherever you went, and I have destroyed all your enemies before you.  And I will make you famous like the great ones of the earth.  I will fix a place for my people Israel; I will plant them so that they may dwell in their place without further disturbance. Neither shall the wicked continue to afflict them as they did of old, since the time I first appointed judges over my people Israel. I will give you rest from all your enemies.  The LORD also reveals to you that he will establish a house for you.  And when your time comes and you rest with your ancestors, I will raise up your heir after you, sprung from your loins, and I will make his Kingdom firm. I will be a father to him, and he shall be a son to me. Your house and your Kingdom shall endure forever before me; your throne shall stand firm forever.'"

Responsorial Psalm

PS 89:2-3, 4-5, 27 AND 29

R./ For ever I will sing the goodness of the Lord.

The favors of the LORD I will sing forever; through all generations my mouth shall proclaim your faithfulness. For you have said, "My kindness is established forever"; in heaven you have confirmed your faithfulness. R./ For ever I will sing the goodness of the Lord.

"I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David my servant: Forever will I confirm your posterity and establish your throne for all generations." R./ For ever I will sing the goodness of the Lord.

"He shall say of me, 'You are my father, my God, the rock, my savior.' Forever I will maintain my kindness toward him, and my covenant with him stands firm." R./ For ever I will sing the goodness of the Lord.

Gospel

LK 1:67-79

Zechariah his father, filled with the Holy Spirit, prophesied, saying:

"Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel; for he has come to his people and set them free. He has raised up for us a mighty Savior, born of the house of his servant David. Through his prophets he promised of old that he would save us from our enemies, from the hands of all who hate us. He promised to show mercy to our fathers and to remember his holy covenant. This was the oath he swore to our father Abraham: to set us free from the hand of our enemies, free to worship him without fear, holy and righteous in his sight all the days of our life. You, my child, shall be called the prophet of the Most High, for you will go before the Lord to prepare his way, to give his people knowledge of salvation by the forgiveness of their sins. In the tender compassion of our God the dawn from on high shall break upon us, to shine on those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death, and to guide our feet into the way of peace."

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“We are ashamed because we have heard reproach. Shame has covered our faces, for strangers have come into the set-apart places of the House of יהוה.”

‭‭Yirmeyahu (Jeremiah)‬ ‭51‬:‭51‬ ‭TS2009‬‬

O Alahiym, the heathen are come into your inheritance; your holy Temple have they defiled; they have laid Yerushalayim on heaps. The dead bodies of your servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the heavens, the flesh of your chaciyd unto the beasts of the earth. Their blood have they shed like water round about Yerushalayim; and there was none to bury them. We are become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us. How long, Yahuah? will you be angry forever? shall your jealousy burn like fire? Pour out your wrath upon the heathen that have not known you, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon your name. TEHILLIYM (PSALMS) 79:1-6 את CEPHER

For they have devoured Ya`aqov, and laid waste his dwelling place. TEHILLIYM (PSALMS) 79:7 את CEPHER

The adversary has spread out his hand upon all her pleasant things: for she has seen that the heathen entered into her sanctuary, whom you did command that they should not enter into your assembly. QIYNAH (LAMENTATIONS) 1:10 את CEPHER

Then I heard one qodeshiy speaking, and another qodeshiy said unto that certain qodeshiy which spoke, How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot? DANIY'EL (DANIEL) 8:13 את CEPHER

And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily lifting up, and they shall place the abomination of desolation. DANIY'EL (DANIEL) 11:31 את CEPHER

When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniy'el the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso reads, let him understand:) MATTITHYAHU (MATTHEW) 24:15 את CEPHER

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9-29-2024 | Bible App Their Verse of the Day | ‭‭Galatians‬ ‭6‬:‭10‬

‘As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.’ Galatians‬ ‭6‬:‭10‬

#Bible - Verse of the Day | ‭‭Galatians‬ ‭5‬:‭22‬-‭23‬

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

Bible App | Psalms 55:1-2 | Yesterday’s Re-Reading 📖

‘Listen to my prayer, O God, and do not ignore my plea. Attend to me and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and distraught at the voice of the enemy, at the pressure of the wicked. For they release disaster upon me and revile me in their anger.’ ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭55‬:‭1‬-‭3‬