Listen with your heart

Father, I'm praying for (name one or more) and others in my circle of family and friends who need You to lead them through the decisions they're making...

Help them to live in dependence on You, as dependent sheep in the flock of their shepherd, willing to follow You and not be led astray. Help them to keep their eyes on Jesus, to listen for Him, to hear and recognize His voice. (Psalm 77:20; Isaiah 53:6; Hebrews 12:2a; John 10:3–4)

May they listen with their hearts and hear You say, "This is the way, walk in it." Guide them in Your truth; teach, counsel, and watch over them. When it seems like they're walking in the darkness and have no light, help them trust in You and Your name, confident that You'll lead them along paths they haven't seen before. (Isaiah 30:21; Psalm 25:5a; 32:8; Isaiah 50:10b; 42:16)

Lead and guide them for the sake of Your name. May they know their lives are in Your hands. Direct their steps and clear the way for them. (Psalm 31:3, 14–15a; Proverbs 20:24a; Psalm 18:36)

May the Spirit of truth lead them and teach them all things. Guide them in the way of wisdom and lead them according to Your will. ( John 14:16-17; Romans 8:14; John 16:13; 1 John 2:27; Proverbs 4:11)

Keep them from wrong choices.

Mark 13

“But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, 25. And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken. 26. And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory. 27. And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven”

[Mark 13:24-27].

The only essential difference in this group of verses and those of Matthew 24 is that the expression “from the uttermost part of the earth” is left out of Matthew’s account.

“Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near: 29. So ye in like manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass, know that it is nigh, even at the doors. 30. Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done. 31. Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away”

[Mark 13:28:31].

At the mouth of two or three witnesses, everything is to be established, even to the point of the death penalty.



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But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established” [Mat. 18:16].

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This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established

” [2 Cor. 13:1].

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Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three witnesses”

[1 Tim. 5:19].

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He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses

” [Heb. 10:28].



It did not take a jury of twelve of the criminal’s peers to put one to death.

We now have two witnesses. Matthew and Mark agree. Yahshua used the word “ye” when referring to the apostles to whom He was speaking almost 2,000 years ago. “They” would see the things of which were being spoken.

Then in v-30, Mark repeats what Matthew 24:34 says.



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Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done.

This generation, not some future generation would see all these things accomplished.


The two witnesses said that the things that happened in Matthew 24 and the same things that happened in Mark 13 would happen in the contemporary generation in which Yahshua lived biologically in the flesh. It was all done by 70 AD. See the more extensive notes on Matthew 24:32-34.

Two witnesses told of the exact timing – in the first century before all of those living at the time of Yahshua had died. Therefore the timing was “established” by Yahweh. Do we dare disregard the words of Yahweh, His Son and the “other” two witnesses? Four witnesses should be enough. Is it not time that we quit putting the fulfillment of these chapters into our time or a future time when God witnessed against such? [CONTINUED TOMORROW]

Please Father,

Prayer for the Chronically Ill


O Lord, through the passion of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, I beseech Thee to watch over and guide all those who suffer from chronic illness. Grant to us the courage to face our situations so that others may see Your perpetual light shining through us, as a beacon of strength that overcomes setbacks, and reaffirms Your Precious Love for ALL the sheep among Your flock. We are all Your children in spite of our physical situation, and Your Loving Son shepherds those of us who believe. Grant us the spiritual and mental strength to endure so that we may live in Your Divine Shadow. In the name of Jesus Christ, King of Kings, please hear and bless this prayer O Heavenly Father. Amen

ATONEMENT PRAYER

A HEBREW SAGE MIGHT SAY. . ."Fear the LORD and the king. Do not join with the rebellious, for disaster and destruction comes sudden from those two that are given to change; who knows the doom and calamity they can bring?" [Proverbs/Mishle 24. 21 – 22 Tanakh, Kethuvim] ...the perfect proverb for political candidates, it comes with warning for those subject to "change"!


ATONEMENT PRAYER FOR THE NEW YEAR
O LORD, open my lips, and my mouth shall declare YOUR praises. YOU are blessed, O LORD our GOD and GOD of our fathers, GOD of Avraham, GOD of Isaac, and GOD of Jacob, the great, mighty and revered GOD, the MOST HIGH GOD, WHO bestows lovingkindness, and possesses all things, who remembers the pious deeds of the patriarchs, and in love will bring the REDEEMER to their children’s children for YOUR NAME’S sake.

Remember us unto life, O KING, WHO delights in life, and inscribe us in the BOOK OF LIFE, for YOUR OWN sake, O LIVING GOD. O KING, HELPER, SAVIOUR & SHIELD. Blessed are YOU, O LORD, the SHIELD of Avraham. YOU, O LORD, are mighty forever; YOU quicken the dead, YOU are mighty to save.

YOU sustain the living with lovingkindness, quicken the dead with great mercy, support the falling, heal the sick, loose the bound, and keep YOUR faithfulness to them that sleep in the dust. Who is like YOU, LORD of mighty acts, and who resembles YOU, O KING, WHO kills and quickens, and causes salvation to spring forth?

Who is like YOU, FATHER OF MERCY, WHO in mercy remembers YOUR creatures unto life? Yes, faithful are YOU to quicken the dead. Blessed are YOU, O LORD, WHO quickens the dead. YOU are holy and YOUR NAME is "HOLY" and holy beings praise YOU daily. . . Selah