Isaiah 55:6, 10-12
Seek the LORD while he may be found; call on Him while He is near.

As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it
without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it
yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, so is my word that goes
out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish
what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it. You will go out
in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into
song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.

The Lord is sending forth His word
Let my teaching fall like rain and my words descend like dew, like
showers on new grass, like abundant rain on tender plants. --Deut 32:2
Seed for the sower and bread for the eater
Seek the LORD, keep your mind stayed on Him
Receive His words, treasure His commandments in your heart
... that they may be ready on your lips --Prov 22:17-18
Trust in the LORD for ever, for the LORD, the LORD, is the Rock eternal.
--Isa 26:4

You will then go out in joy and be led forth in peace.
A peace, established and ordained by the Lord.
Dominion and awe belong to Him Who establishes peace in His heights.
--Job 25:2

Rejoice in the Lord, come before Him with thanksgiving in prayer
Let His praise, His words be ever ready on your lips
Let the peace of God which passes all understanding
... guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus
Let His peace be established to show forth His praise!

All you have made will praise you, O LORD; your saints will extol you.
--Ps 145:10
O Lord, open my lips, that my mouth may declare Your praise.
--Ps 51:15


Philippians 4:4-7
Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness
be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but
in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your
requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all
understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Isaiah 26:12
LORD, You will *establish peace for us, for You have also done all our
works in us.

From http://net.bible.org/verse.php?book=Isa&chapter=26&verse=12

*establish - shaphath [08239]
Definition:     1) to set, place, put, ordain

Nehemiah 6:9-12
9For all of them were trying to frighten us, thinking, "They will become
discouraged with the work and it will not be done." But now, O God,
strengthen my hands.

10When I entered the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah, son of
Mehetabel, who was confined at home, he said, "Let us meet together in
the house of God, within the temple, and let us close the doors of the
temple, for they are coming to kill you, and they are coming to kill you at
night."

11But I said, "Should a man like me flee? And could one such as I
go into
the temple to save his life? I will not go in."

12Then I perceived that surely God had not sent him, but he uttered his
prophecy against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.


Has the Lord given you a seemingly impossible task to do? Or called you
to become something which seems out of your reach? Does the enemy
think you will give up?

Nehemiah set out to do what many thought was impossible.The enemy
was taunting and mocking him and his people, trying to discourage and
frighten them into giving up.

Today if you are becoming discouraged with the task at hand, or there
are promises from the Lord which seem to be left unfulfilled, remember
Nehemiah. Refuse to listen to the enemy taunts and turn immediately to
the Lord in prayer.

Believe that the Lord equips those He calls
Believe that nothing is impossible for the Lord
Refuse to go into hiding
Pray for the Lord to strengthen you hands to do His work
Trust that He will provide all that is needed; The Lord is faithful
Trust that He will not abandon the work of His hands!


Psalm 138:7-8
Though I walk in the midst of trouble, You will revive me; You will stretch
forth Your hand against the wrath of my enemies, and Your right hand
will save me. The LORD will fulfil His purpose for me; Your love, O LORD,
endures for ever—do not abandon the works of Your hands.

The Lord first used this to encourage me a few years ago when I knew he was calling me to do something that was beyond me. I was crying out to Him that it was too hard and I wasn't strong enough ... The Lord answered me with Nehemiah and told me to ask for strength. :) I needed to be reminded that it wasn't by my hand or strength that the 'wall was being built'. Somehow there was so much comfort released when I prayed Nehemiah's prayer. And still is ... Be encouraged and strengthen in the Lord today!

Jeremiah 17:8
He will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by
the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green.
It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit.

Fear not
Do not be afraid of the coming heat or drought
You are planted by the stream
You are planted by the Lord's hand
The water from His sanctuary is ever flowing and will never run dry --Ezek 47:12
A river whose streams make glad the city of God,
... the holy place where the Most High dwells. --Ps 46:4
Those planted in the house of the LORD, flourish in the courts of our God. --Ps 92:13
Their leaves are always green and they never fail to bear fruit.

Fear not
Spread out your root, open wide to the waters, deeply drink
Allow His dew to cover you, to saturate and refresh you in the night
Be anointed with fresh oil --Ps 92:10
An oak of righteousness, a planting of the LORD
... for the display of His splendor. --Isa 61:3
To proclaim the Lord's lovingkindness in the morning
.. And His faithfulness by night. --Ps 92:2
His glory shines with the brightness of dawn
His dew rests on you and shines as brilliant as a diamond in the light of the rising Son.

Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine.
--Isa 43:1


Isaiah 61:10-11
I delight greatly in the LORD;
... my soul rejoices in my God.
... For he has clothed me with garments of salvation
... and arrayed me in a robe of righteousness,
... as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest,
... and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
For as the soil makes the sprout come up
... and a garden causes seeds to grow,
... so the Sovereign LORD will make righteousness and praise
... spring up before all nations.


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Job 29:19-20
My root is *spread out to the waters, and the dew lies all night on my branch.
My glory is ever **fresh within me, and my bow is renewed in my hand.

From http://net.bible.org/bible.php?book=Job&chapter=29

*spread - pathach [06605]
1) to open
1a) (Qal) to open
1b) (Niphal) to be opened, be let loose, be thrown open

a primitive root; to open wide (literally or figuratively);
specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve:-appear, break
forth, draw (out), let go free, (en-)grave(-n), loose (self),
(be, be set) open(-ing), put off, ungird, unstop, have vent.

**fresh - chadash [02319]
1) new, new thing, fresh

Titus 3:4-7
4But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, 5He saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of His mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, 6whom He poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior, 7so that, having been justified by His grace, we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life.
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The king's wrath is as terrifying as the roaring of a lion,
but his favor is as [refreshing as] dew upon the grass.
Proverbs 19:12

Song 5:2
"I was asleep but my heart was awake. A voice! My beloved was
knocking: ‘Open to me, my sister, my darling, My dove, my perfect one!
For my head is drenched with dew, My locks with the damp of the
night.’

Rev 2:17
"He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
To him who overcomes I will give some of the hidden manna to eat. And
I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written which
no one knows except him who receives it ."’

Hang on -- hold fast
Dew comes in the night to sustain ...
... until the Son rises.

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Mark 4
37And a great windstorm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so
that it was already filling. 38 But He was in the stern, asleep on a pillow.
And they awoke Him and said to Him, "Teacher, do You not care that we
are perishing?"
39 Then He arose and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, "Peace, be
still!" And the wind ceased and there was a great calm. 40 But He said to
them, "Why are you so fearful? How is it that you have no faith?" 41 And
they feared exceedingly, and said to one another, "Who can this be, that
even the wind and the sea obey Him!"

Are you in the midst of a raging storm? Is your faith growing dim as your
boat fills with water?

Take heart and
Cry out to the one who speaks 'Peace'!
To the One who calms the raging sea.
Cry aloud to the One who lifts your head
To the Rock who grounds your feet. --Ps 40:2
Cry out

Rise up, O LORD, and save me
Rise up, O LORD, let Your peace surround me

For You, O LORD, are a shield about me, My glory
You ground my feet and lift my head.

Victory comes from you, O LORD, may Your favor rest upon me.
Hide me, let Your songs of deliverance surround me.


Psalm 3:3
NASB But You, O LORD, are a shield about me, My glory, and the One
who lifts my head.
MSG But you, GOD, shield me on all sides; You ground my feet, you lift
my head high.

Psalm 3:4
AMP With my voice I cry to the Lord, and He hears and answers me out of
His holy hill. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!

Psalm 32:7
You are my hiding place; You shall preserve me from trouble; You shall
surround me with songs of deliverance.

Hosea 6:3
Let us acknowledge the LORD;
...       let us press on to acknowledge Him.
...       As surely as the sun rises,
...       He will appear;
...       He will come to us like the winter rains,
...       like the spring rains that water the earth.

Exodus 25:30
You shall set the shewbread on the table before Me at all times.

____________________________________________________________ Shewbread
From http://net.bible.org/dictionary.php?word=shewbread

Show bread literally "bread of the Presence", "bread of the face" or "faces." Shew-bread was unleavened bread placed upon a table which stood in the sanctuary together with the seven-branched candlestick and the altar of incense. Every Sabbath twelve newly baked loaves, representing the twelve tribes of Israel, were put on it in two rows, six in each, and sprinkled with incense, where they remained till the following Sabbath. Then they were replaced by twelve new ones, the incense was burned, and they were eaten by the priests in the holy place, out of which they might not be removed, The title "bread of the face" seems to indicate that bread through which God is seen, that is, with the participation of which the seeing of God is bound up, or through the participation of which man attains the sight of God whence it follows that we have not to think of bread merely as such as the means of nourishing the bodily life, but as spiritual food as a means of appropriating and retaining that life which consists In seeing the face of God.

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The Bread of His presence, His face(s)
The Bread thru which God is seen!

2 Corinthians 4:6
For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.

The glory of God is seen in the face of Christ.

From: The Trumpet & Small Straws - By Bill & Marsha Burns - October 6, 2008 ... Come, My children, and receive that which I am presenting to you in these days. Strengthen your tent stakes, and establish a tabernacle of My presence in your life. Come with faith and joy and peace. The treasure that I have laid up for you is now being uncovered as you use your faith to receive. The great I AM IS The first, the last, unchanging, ever- present Freedom and liberty Peace and joy In His presence fullness of joy and life At HIs right hand pleasures forevermore. --Ps 16:11 Come with expectant waiting Behold Him - Bellieve Believe and see the Lord's favor in the land of the living --Ps 27:13 Eagerly wait to be filled Abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit His glory, His joy and peace The Son revealed, unveiled, uncovered with ever increasing glory Faces SHINE! 2 Corinthians 3:17-18 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit. Isaiah 41:4 AMP Who has prepared and done this, calling forth and guiding the destinies of the generations [of the nations] from the beginning? I, the Lord--the first [existing before history began] and with the last [an ever-present, unchanging God]--I am He. Romans 15:13 Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

As we come with expectant waiting
Before the throne of grace to seek His face
The Bread of His presence
As we behold the glory of God in the face of Christ
We are transformed with ever increasing glory
And our faces shine revealing the face of Christ to the world!

{He makes} wine that makes man’s heart glad, so that he may make his
face glisten{shine} with oil, and food{bread} which sustains man’s heart.
--Ps 104:15


John 17
Jesus Prays for All Believers

20"My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe
in me through their message, 21that all of them may be one, Father, just
as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world
may believe that you have sent me. 22I have given them the glory that
you gave me, that they may be one as we are one: 23I in them and you in
me. May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that you
sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me. 24"Father, I
want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my
glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the
creation of the world. 25"Righteous Father, though the world does
not know you, I know you, and they know that you have sent me. 26I have
made you known to them, and will continue to make you known in order
that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in
them."

The table is prepared! Come!

Psalm 23:5-6
You prepare a table before me
...       in the presence of my enemies.
...       You anoint my head with oil;
...       my cup overflows.
Surely goodness and love will follow me
...       all the days of my life,
...       and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.

Isaiah 50:4
The Sovereign LORD has given me an instructed tongue, to know the word
that sustains the weary. He wakens me morning by morning, wakens my
ear to listen like one being taught.

Incline your ear to the Lord
Morning by morning new mercy is given
New manna from heaven rains down
Seed for the sower, bread for the eater --Isa 55:10
He who has ears to hear, let him hear. --Mk 4:23

Listen and know the word that sustains the weary
Like apples of gold
A word aptly spoken
Brings joy and sustains the weary.

Let us not neglect our meeting together
Let us keep one another strong in faith
Let us encourage one another - all the more as we see the Day drawing
near.

Hold fast to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful!
--Heb 10:23

Incline your ear
He who has ears to hear, let him hear. --Mk 4:23
Morning by morning
Apples of gold received
To speak in due season with joy!

Proverbs 15:23
A man finds joy in giving an apt reply—and how good is a timely word {a
word spoken in due season}!

Proverbs 25:11
Like apples of gold in settings of silver is a word spoken in right
circumstances.

Romans 8:19-23
19The creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be
revealed. 20For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own
choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope 21that the
creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought
into the glorious freedom of the children of God.

22We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of
childbirth right up to the present time. 23Not only so, but we ourselves,
who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for
our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.

All creation groans, in eager expectation
Hear the cries!
A cry of deliverance
A cry for liberty, for the freedom of the Spirit
A cry for the glory of the LORD to be fully revealed
Reflected in unveiled faces

The cry of an orphan for full adoption

Hear the cry, the cry of your heart

'Abba Father!'

The cry of the Son, Jesus Christ
'Abba Father! Everything is possible for you. Take this cup from me. Yet
not what I will, but what you will'

Hear the cry, the cry of your heart
From your heart, the Spirit cries

'Abba Father!'

Let the heart cries rise, see His glory fully revealed.

Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is
freedom. And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord's glory, are
being transformed into His likeness with ever-increasing glory, which
comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
--2 Cor 3:17-18

I will not leave You as orphans; I will come to You. --Jn 14:18





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Mark 14:32-36
32They went to a place called Gethsemane, and Jesus said to his disciples,
"Sit here while I pray." 33He took Peter, James and John along with him,
and he began to be deeply distressed and troubled. 34"My soul is
overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death," he said to them. "Stay
here and keep watch."
35Going a little farther, he fell to the ground and prayed that if possible
the hour might pass from him. 36"Abba, Father," he said, "everything is
possible for you. Take this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you
will".

Galatians 4:1-7
1What I am saying is that as long as the heir is a child, he is no different
from a slave, although he owns the whole estate. 2He is subject to
guardians and trustees until the time set by his father. 3So also, when we
were children, we were in slavery under the basic principles of the world.
4But when the time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman,
born under law, 5to redeem those under law, that we might receive the
full rights of sons. 6Because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son
into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, "Abba, Father." 7So you are no
longer a slave, but a son; and since you are a son, God has made you also
an heir.


Hear the cry, the cry of your heart
'Abba Father!'

The cry of an orphan for full adoption
The cry to remain

Remain in Me and My words remain in you.

Remain, continue, dwell
... be held and kept, continually
... enduring to the last
Abide

Let the dew of His presence rest upon the green leaves of your heart

He will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by
the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green.
It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit.
--Jer 17:8

Dew new every morning caught in the light of the rising sun
A brilliant diamond sparkling in the light of the Son
Shining ever brighter till the full light of day. --Prov 4:18


Abide!
Shine!

I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy
may be complete. --Jn 15:11

Gayle wrote: ,,was looking at diamonds in my ring this morning & noticed how they glistened in the 'light'! YES ABBA FATHER, "CHRIST JESUS in me, my hope of GLORY".

Malachi 3:16-17
Then those who feared the LORD spoke to one another, and the LORD
gave attention and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written
before Him for those who fear the LORD and who esteem His name. "They
shall be Mine," says the LORD of hosts, "On the day that I make them My
jewels{treasured possession}. And I will spare them as a man spares his
own son who serves him."


Gayle ...

:)

His jewels glisten in HIs light! His brilliant light.

He is like the light of morning at sunrise on a cloudless morning, like
the brightness{clear shining} after rain that brings the grass from the
earth. --2 Sam 23:4

Wherever His jewels go His brilliant light shines
Oh the joy for the upright in heart
Joy unspeakable
Dancing along their pathway strewn with light.

Oh how His jewels rejoice
Rejoice greatly with joy inexpressible and full of glory.

Abide!
As a precious jewel!
Remain and REJOICE!
SHINE!


Psalm 97:11 AMP
Light is sown for the [uncompromisingly] righteous and strewn along
their pathway, and joy for the upright in heart [the irrepressible joy which
comes from consciousness of His favor and protection].

1 Peter 1:8
Though you have not seen Him, you love Him, and though you do not
see Him now, but believe in Him, you greatly rejoice with joy
inexpressible and full of glory.