SENIOR LADY: VISITORS IN MY GARDEN!

 

I was glancing over my container garden recently.

I noticed movement behind my potting soil. 

Four pairs of shiny eyes were looking at me. 

A feral cat had delivered four kittens in my 

garden. The mother cat  was gone. Her four

 kittens were left behind my bags of potting

 soil. They were purring soft meows. Although

 they were sweet and cute, I was not happy 

to see them. All I could envision was the havoc

 they could do to my garden. I really thought my 

chasing away the backyard feral cats was working.

My Mom befriended two feral cats 6 months ago.

One cat  is tortoise shell and the other one is a 

orange tabby. I would scold them if they came

 near my garden. I hadn't seen any cats in my 

garden until yesterday.  I left to run errands.

This was the scene I saw when I returned home:

I called my Mom outside, so she would see

could see my distress. She was overjoyed.

I explained to her how my garden would 

be ruined. I also mentioned that some 

female cats bear kittens every two months!

It seemed like that cat was nursing her

kittens all day! I let her stay in the garden.

Only because I hoped the forecasted storm 

would cause her to move the kittens to the

 backyard. The cat and her kittens were

still in my garden! I needed to harvest

vegetables and herbs. I chased her out 

of my garden. I took a gloved hand and

scooted these kittens out of my garden.

Apparently the cat came and got her

kittens. They were not where I placed 

them. I installed tall poles at the entrance

 to my garden. I hope this addition will

prevent future visits from cats and kittens

 in my garden. I would hate to call the

Animal Control Center about the feral

cats and kittens. This may eventually be

my only solution. I already know my Mom 

would not like that!

LORD YOU ARE PRAYER, PART 2

 

MESSIAH:

DANIEL 9:25-26

[25]“Know therefore and understand, That from the going forth of the command To restore and build Jerusalem Until Messiah the Prince, There shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks...

[26]“And after the sixty-two weeks Messiah shall be cut off, but not for Himself; And the people of the prince who is to come Shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. 

John 4:25

The woman said to Him, “I know that Messiah is coming” (who is called Christ). “When He comes, He will tell us all things.”

NAZARENE:

Matthew 2:23

And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, “He shall be called a Nazarene.”

Matthew 26:71

And when he( Peter) had gone out to the gateway, another girl saw him and said to those who were there, “This fellow also was with Jesus of Nazareth.”

OMNIPOTENT ( ALL POWERFUL):

Revelation 19:6

And I heard, as it were, the voice of a great multitude, as the sound of many waters and as the sound of mighty thunderings, saying, “Alleluia! For the Lord God Omnipotent reigns!

OMNIPRESENT ( EVERYWHERE):

Psalms 139:7-8

[7]Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence?

[8]If I ascend into heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there.

Jeremiah 23:23-24

[23]“Am I a God near at hand,” says the Lord, “And not a God afar off?

[24]Can anyone hide himself in secret places, So I shall not see him?” says the Lord; “Do I not fill heaven and earth?” says the Lord.

OMNISCIENT ( ALL KNOWING):

Psalms 139:1-2,4,6

[1]O Lord, You have searched me and known me.

[2]You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off.

[4]For there is not a word on my tongue, But behold, 

O Lord, You know it altogether.

[6]Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is high, 

I cannot attain it.

1 John 3:20

For if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.

PRINCE OF PEACE:

Isaiah 9:6

For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Philippians 4:7

And the Peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Meditate on These Things

QUIETEN SPIRITS, TROUBLED SOULS:

John 14:1,16-17

[1]“Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me.

[16]And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever—

[17]the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you.

John 12:27,32,46

[27]“Now My soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? But for this purpose I came to this hour.

[32]And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all peoples to Myself.”

[46]I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in Me should not abide in darkness.

RABBONI (TEACHER):

John 20:15-16

[15]Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?” She, supposing Him to be the gardener, said to Him, “Sir, if You have carried Him away, tell me where You have laid Him, and I will take Him away.”

[16]Jesus said to her, “Mary!” She turned and said to Him, “Rabboni!” (which is to say, Teacher).

TODAY'S PRAISE SONG:

WHAT A BEAUTIFUL NAME, HILLSONG

https://youtu.be/nQWFzMvCfLE?feature=shared

SHEPHERDS ARE VALUABLE! PART #1

 

SHEPHERDESS:

RACHEL

Genesis 29:6-9

[6]So he said to them, “Is he well?” And they said, “He is well. And look, his daughter Rachel is coming with the sheep.”

[7]Then he said, “Look, it is still high day; it is not time for the cattle to be gathered together. Water the sheep, and go and feed them. ”

[8]But they said, “We cannot until all the flocks are gathered together, and they have rolled the stone from the well’s mouth; then we water the sheep.”

[9]Now while he was still speaking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess.

ZIPPORAH & HER SISTERS 

Exodus 2:15-17,19,21

[15]When Pharaoh heard of this matter, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh and dwelt in the land of Midian; and he sat down by a well.

[16]Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters. And they came and drew water, and they filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.

[17]Then the shepherds came and drove them away; but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.

[19]And they said, “An Egyptian delivered us from the hand of the shepherds, and he also drew enough water for us and watered the flock.”

[21]Then Moses was content to live with the man, and he gave Zipporah his daughter to Moses.

TODAY'S PRAISE SONG:

SHEPHERD: NASHVILLE LIFE MUSIC

https://youtu.be/b0iu2aPEKpQ?feature=shared

LORD YOU ARE PRAYER!! PART 1

Note: 

There are an infinite names for the Lord. 

These are the names He gave me to use

 when I pray!

(ALPHABETICAL ORDER A-L)

Adonai (LORD mentioned 400 times): 

Psalms 97:5

Beloved Begotten Son:

 John 3:16

Bright Morning Star: 

Revelation 22:16

Christ (Passion of  Christ; 4 Gospel Accounts)

Matthew 27:35, Mark 15:24, Luke 23:33, John 19:23

David ( Son of David):

 Matthew 21: 9

Emmanuel/ Immanuel ( God with us): 

Isaiah 7:14, Matthew 1:23

Father: 

Matthew 6:9, John 14: 2

God ( God of Hosts):

1 Samuel 1:11

Hosanna  ( In The Highest; Save Us Now):

Matthew 21:9, Mark 11:9-10, John 12:13

I AM ( SELF-EXIST):

Exodus 3:14, John 8:58

Jesus:

Matthew 1:16, 21, 25

Jehovah ( Hebrew God) ( Jehovah Jireh):

Genesis 22:14

King of Kings:

1 Timothy 6:15: Revelation 17:14, Revelation 19:16

Lord of Lords:

Deuteronomy 10:17; Psalm136:3

TODAY'S PRAISE SONG:

MORE PRECIOUS THAN SILVER: LYNN DESHAZO

https://youtu.be/DKmlrlzTHXY?feature=shared

 

MEMORIAL DAY!

 

SOME DWELLERS IN THE WILDERNESS! #1

HAGAR

[7]Now the Angel of the Lord found her ( HAGAR) by a spring of water in the WILDERNESS, by the spring on the way to Shur.

[10]Then the Angel of the Lord said to her, “I will multiply your descendants exceedingly, so that they shall not be counted for multitude.”

Genesis 16:7,10

Genesis 21:13-14

[13]Yet I will also make a nation of the son of the bondwoman, because he (Ishmael)is your seed.”

[14]So Abraham rose early in the morning, and took bread and a skin of water; and putting it on her shoulder, he gave it and the boy to Hagar, and sent her away. Then she departed and wandered in the Wilderness of Beersheba.

ISHMAEL 

Genesis 21:7,13-14, 20-21

[7]She also said, “Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? For I have borne him a son in his old age.” Hagar and Ishmael Depart

[13]Yet I will also make a nation of the son of the bondwoman, because he is your seed.”

[14]So Abraham rose early in the morning, and took bread and a skin of water; and putting it on her shoulder, he gave it and the boy to Hagar, and sent her away. Then she departed and wandered in the Wilderness of Beersheba.

[20]So God was with the lad (Ishmael); and he grew and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer

[21]He dwelt in the Wilderness of Paran; and his mother took a wife for him from the land of Egypt. A Covenant with Abimelech.

ISRAELITES 

Exodus 3:15, 18

[15]Moreover God said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel: ‘The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you. This is My name forever, and this is My memorial to all generations.’

[18]Then they will heed your voice; and you shall come, you and the elders of Israel, to the king of Egypt; and you shall say to him, ‘The Lord God of the Hebrews has met with us; and now, please, let us go three days’ journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God.’

Exodus 14:3,10-12,29,31

[3]For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, ‘They are bewildered by the land; the wilderness has closed them in.’

[10]And when Pharaoh drew near, the children of Israel lifted their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians marched after them. So they were very afraid, and the children of Israel cried out to the Lord.

[11]Then they said to Moses, “Because there were no graves in Egypt, have you taken us away to die in the wilderness? Why have you so dealt with us, to bring us up out of Egypt?

[12]Is this not the word that we told you in Egypt, saying, ‘Let us alone that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than that we should die in the wilderness.”

[29]But the children of Israel had walked on dry land in the midst of the sea, and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.

[31]Thus Israel saw the great work which the Lord had done in Egypt; so the people feared the Lord, and believed the Lord and His servant Moses.

RESURRECTION & PROPHECY FULFILLMENT!

PROPHECY:

Deuteronomy 21:23

His body shall not remain overnight on the tree, but you shall surely bury Him that day, so that you do not defile the land which the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance; for he who is hanged is accursed of God.

FULFILLMENT:

Galatians 3:10,13

[10]For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse; for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all things which are written in the book of the law, to do them.”

[13]Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”),

PROPHECY:

Psalms 22:18

They divide My garments among them, And for My clothing they cast lots.

FULFILLMENT:

Matthew 27:35

[35]Then they crucified Him, and divided His garments, casting lots, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet: “They divided My garments among them, And for My clothing they cast lots.”

John 19:23-24

[23]Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took His garments and made four parts, to each soldier a part, and also the tunic. Now the tunic was without seam, woven from the top in one piece.

[24]They said therefore among themselves, “Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be,” that the Scripture might be fulfilled which says: “They divided My garments among them, And for My clothing they cast lots.” Therefore the soldiers did these things. Behold Your Mother.

PROPHECY:

Psalms 34:20

He guards all his bones; Not one of them is broken.

FULFILLED:

John 19:33

But when they came to Jesus and saw that He was already dead, they did not break His legs.

PROPHECY:

Isaiah 53: 5

But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed.

FULFILLMENT:

1 Peter 2:24

[24]who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness—by whose stripes you were healed.

PROPHECY:

Isiah 53:7

He was oppressed and He was afflicted, Yet He opened not His mouth; He was led as a lamb to the slaughter, And as a sheep before its shearers is silent, So He opened not His mouth.

FULFILLMENT:

Matthew 27:12

And while He was being accused by the chief priests and elders, He answered nothing.

PROPHECY:

Zechariah 11:13

And the Lord said to me, “Throw it to the potter”—that princely price they set on me. So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them into the house of the Lord for the potter.

FULFILLMENT:

Matthew 27:1,9

Then was fulfilled what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying, “And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the value of Him who was priced, whom they of the children of Israel priced.

PROPHECY:

Zechariah 12:9-10

[9]It shall be in that day that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem. Mourning for the Pierced One

[10]“And I will pour on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace and supplication; then they will look on Me whom they pierced...

FULFILLMENT:

John 19:34, 37

[34]But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out.

[37]And again another Scripture says, “They shall look on Him whom they pierced.” Jesus Buried in Joseph’s Tomb.

PROPHECY:

Psalms 22:1

My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me? Why are You so far from helping Me, And from the words of My groaning?

FULFILLMENT: 

Matthew 27:46

And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” that is, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”

PROPHECY:

Psalms 69:21

They also gave me gall for my food, And for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

FULFILLMENT:

Matthew 27:34

They gave Him sour wine mingled with gall to drink. But when He had tasted it, He would not drink.

John 19:28-29

[28]After this, Jesus, knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, said, “I thirst!”

[29]Now a vessel full of sour wine was sitting there; and they filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on hyssop, and put it to His mouth.

TODAY'S PRAISE SONG:

AT THE CROSS, HILLSONG

https://youtu.be/icmHBODALrQ?feature=shared

 

PALM SUNDAY!

 

PALM SUNDAY PULPIT FLORAL DECOR!

Matthew 21:1, 4, 8, 9

[1]Now when they drew near Jerusalem, and came to Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,

[4]All this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying:

[8]And a very great multitude spread their clothes on the road; others cut down branches from the trees and spread them on the road.

[9]Then the multitudes who went before and those who followed cried out, saying: “Hosanna to the Son of David! ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’ Hosanna in the highest!”

TODAY'S PRAISE SONG:

https://youtu.be/NoM0AT8fBvs?feature=shared

BIBLICAL COLORS: GREEN, #2

GREEN HERBS:

Genesis 1:30

Also, to every beast of the earth, to every bird of the air, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have given every GREEN HERB for food”; and it was so.

Genesis 9:3

Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. I have given you all things, even as the GREEN HERBS

2 Kings 19:26

Therefore, their inhabitants had little power; They were dismayed and confounded; They were as the grass of the field And the GREEN HERB, As the grass on the housetops, And grain blighted before it is grown.

Psalms 37:2

For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, And wither as the GREEN HERB.

Isaiah 37:27

Therefore, their inhabitants had little power; They were dismayed and confounded; They were as the grass of the field And the GREEN HERB, As the grass on the housetops And grain blighted before it is grown.

TODAY'S PRAISE SONG:

POINT OF GRACE: GOD'S GREEN EARTH:

https://youtu.be/cwGC3i4s9Bc?feature=shared

BIBLICAL COLORS: GREEN

TREES/ WOOD:

Genesis 30:37

Now Jacob took for himself rods of Green poplar and of the almond and chestnut trees...

Deuteronomy 12:2

You shall utterly destroy all the places where the nations which you shall dispossess served their gods, 

on the high mountains and on the hills and under every

 Green tree.

1 Kings 14:23

For they also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and wooden images on every high hill and under every Green tree.

 2 Kings 16:4

And he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every Green tree.

2 Chronicles 28:4

And he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every Green tree. 

Job 8:16

He grows GREEN in the sun, And his branches spread out in his garden.

Job 15:32

It will be accomplished before his time, And his branch will not be Green.

Psalms 37:35

I have seen the wicked in great power, And spreading himself like a native Green tree.

Isaiah 57:5

Inflaming yourselves with gods under every Green tree, Slaying the children in the valleys, Under the clefts of the rocks?

Jeremiah 2:20

...And you said, ‘I will not transgress,’ When on every high hill and under every Green tree You lay down, playing the harlot.

Hosea 14:8

“Ephraim shall say, ‘What have I to do anymore with idols?’ I have heard and observed him. I am like a Green cypress tree; Your fruit is found in Me.”

Luke 23:31

For if they do these things in the Green wood, what will be done in the dry?”

TODAY'S PRAISE SONG:

TREE OF LIFE: SHAWNA EDWARDS MUSIC:

https://youtu.be/onWySyWZPR0?feature=shared

 

BIBLICAL COLORS: PURPLE!

 

TABERNACLE 

"Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and PURPLE, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work shalt thou make them." 

Exodus 26:1 

SOLOMON'S HOUSE

1.  "Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where the LORD appeared unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite."

10.  "And in the most holy house he made two cherubims of image work, and overlaid them with gold."

14.  "And he made the vail of blue, and PURPLE, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubims thereon." 

2 Chronicles 3: 1, 10, 14

TYRUS' SHIP

3.  "And say unto Tyrus, O thou that art situate at the entry of the sea, which art a merchant of the people for many isles, Thus saith the Lord GOD; O Tyrus, thou hast said, I am of perfect beauty."

16.  "Syria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares of thy making: they occupied in thy fairs with emeralds, PURPLE, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate." 

Ezekiel 27: 3, 16

OFFERINGS 

2.  "Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of every man that giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering." 

4.  "And blue, and PURPLE, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair,"

Exodus 25: 2, 4

"And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a PURPLE cloth thereon:" 

Numbers 4:13 

SKILLS/JOBS

"And all the women that were wise hearted did spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, both of blue, and of  PURPLE, and of scarlet, and of fine linen." 

Exodus 35:25 

"And with him was Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a cunning workman, and an embroiderer in blue, and in  PURPLE , and in scarlet, and fine linen." 

Exodus 38:23 

7.  "Send me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in PURPLE, and crimson, and blue, and that can skill to grave with the cunning men that are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide."

14.  "The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in PURPLE, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any manner of graving, and to find out every device which shall be put to him, with thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord David thy father."

 2 Chronicles 2: 7, 14

"And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of PURPLE, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul." 

Acts 16:14

PRIESTS ' ATTIRE

"And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons." 

Exodus 28:1 

"And of the blue, and PURPLE, and scarlet, they made cloths of service, to do service in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron; as the LORD commanded Moses." 

Exodus 39:1

ROYAL ATTIRE 

KINGS OF MIDIAN 

"And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold; beside ornaments, and collars, and PURPLE raiment that was on the kings of Midian, and beside the chains that were about their camels' necks." 

Judges 8:26 

KING SOLOMON

"Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was established greatly." 

1 Kings 2:12 

9.  "King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon."

10.  "He (Solomon) made the pillars thereof of silver, the bottom thereof of gold, the covering of it of PURPLE...

Song of Solomon 3: 9, 10

QUEEN ESTHER 

"Where were white, green, and blue, hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and PURPLE to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black, marble." 

Esther 1:6

"And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti." 

Esther 2:17

"Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king's house...

Esther 5:1

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JESUS' CRUCIFIXION 

15.  "And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified." 

17.  "And they clothed him with PURPLE, and platted a crown of thorns, and put it about his head,"

20.  "And when they had mocked him (JESUS), they took off the PURPLE from him, and put his own clothes on him, and led him out to crucify him.

Mark 15:15, 17, 20

2.  "And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him (JESUS) a PURPLE robe," 

5.  "Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the PURPLE robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man!" 

John 19:2, 5

PROPHECY 

"And the woman was arrayed in PURPLE and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:"

 Revelation 17:4 

12.  "The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and PURPLE, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble," 

16.  "And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and PURPLE, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls

  

Revelation 18:12, 16 

TODAY'S PRAISE SONG:

NOBODY, CASTING CROWNS 

https://youtu.be/rOooelyA9Ws?feature=shared