Vista from Klingman’s Dome Picture by Jerry Torres
Our Blog is Inspired by The Holy Spirit
Wednesday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Extraordinary Time
Jesus summoned the Twelve and gave them power and authority
over all demons and to cure diseases,
and he sent them to proclaim the Kingdom of God
and to heal the sick.
He said to them, “Take nothing for the journey,
neither walking stick, nor sack, nor food, nor money,
and let no one take a second tunic.
Whatever house you enter, stay there and leave from there.
And as for those who do not welcome you,
when you leave that town,
shake the dust from your feet in testimony against them.”
Then they set out and went from village to village
proclaiming the good news and curing diseases everywhere. Emphasis mine Luke 9:1-6
Today things are very different. People aren’t going from village to village proclaiming the good news and curing diseases,
Or
Maybe this is happening and we’re not aware of it.
The sad news recently was the assassination of Charlie Kirk, and not knowing anything about Charlie, we decided to go on youtube and learn about him.
Charlie was an Evangelical who had dedicated his life to bring people to Jesus. In fact, I read that he had over 1.7 million Instagram readers.
Charlie didn’t avoid meeting those who oppose Jesus and Christian teaching; he went right into the lion’s den, and encouraged a dialogue with those who were anti God and anti Bible.
We have also mentioned in prior blogs of healings going on all over the world.
None of it is reported because we are too interested in promoting satan.
At a talk in England Charlie stated he thought we should observe the Sabbath and my ears perked up.
No work on Saturday, Jewish belief, Sunday, the day we chose. The Holy Spirit whispered to me to shut off the computer and the phone (for anything but personal calls) and spend the day in prayer, and reading. I do watch football and golf on a Sunday afternoon, but no shopping or eating out (If I’m taking the day off why should someone else have to work?).
Chick-fil-A closes on Sunday and they have over 3,000 locations in the U.S. and Puerto Rico with over 200,000 Team members (Google). Gail and I were in an airport on a Sunday and yep, Chick-fil-A was closed.
Charlie made two startling comments in his talk.
First Comment: “People who take the Sabbath live longer.” I googled Do People who observe the Sabbath live a longer life? The Answer is: there is evidence suggesting that observance of the weekly Sabbath can contribute to a Longer and Healthier life.
Two studies were noted:
The First Study: Seventh-day Adventists: A 2005 National Geographic article highlighted the Seventh-day Adventist community in Loma Linda, California as one of the world’s “Blue Zones”—areas with a high percentage of centenarians. One of the factors identified was the practice of Sabbath observance. An earlier study found that Adventists, on average, lived 4 to 10 years longer than the average Californian.
The Second Study: Mortality rates in Israel: A study in Israel found that deaths among Jewish adults significantly decreased on the Sabbath (Shabbat) compared to other days of the week. This effect was not seen in non-Jewish people in Israel or Jewish children.
Second Comment : A FREE man/woman takes a day off, a SLAVE works seven days a week.
I reflected back on my life and I was definitely a slave to the business, and for a time to this blog and writing our books (until two or three years ago).
No more – now I take Sunday as a day of rest and after two or three years I, yes, I look forward to my day of rest.
I am FREE!
If you don’t believe satan is in your life, try practicing a Sabbath rest and you will find satan instantly trying to get you to break the Sabbath.
Get FREE and tell satan to “get behind you and ask the Holy Spirit to come back into your life.”
And
then maybe you will set out proclaiming the good news.
Prayer:
If you want to grow in Love, Joy, and Peace this is a result of growth in Patience, Kindness, Generosity, Faithfulness, Gentleness, and Self-Control.
Sidebar:
Richard Rohr wrote recently about power. We are most familiar with abusive power, but I didn’t realize that The Holy Spirit is described as dynamis which means power.
Jesus said to his disciples after the Ascension that they will receive the power when the Holy Spirit comes upon them. Acts 1:8
And
Living in sustained contact with The Holy Spirit allows us to become a true, humble, and confident power.
And
This leads to a well rounded person.
And
I also believe from personal experience a life filled with Love, Joy and Peace.
Easy!
At Last God Thoughts 2024 is available at Amazon, the Hardcover $52.95 (because it is double printed to
make the pictures pop) which is outrageous, and ebook my Favorite $5.99.
You may remember that the hardcover is the same cost as a paperback so we’re only offering the Hard cover.
As we said earlier, I prefer the ebook, Hannah, my Granddaughter encouraged me to use my phone to read books and I love it. I now have over 240 books on my phone, and I can read them any time, anywhere.
Picture:
I took this picture from a vista on the road to Klingman’s Dome, the highest point in the Smokey Mountain National Park, which on a clear day will give you a view of three states.
“Though the mountains fall away and the hills be shaken, My love shall never fall away from you.” Isaiah 54:10
Picture by Jerry Torres
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Email me if you want a copy of the prayers we discussed.
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