Thou art the Lord who slept in the stern of the boat in all Your humanity, but then You spoke and calmed the sea in all Your deity. You demonstrated Your power over nature, as Your previous miracles showed power over disease and demons. You are the Lord who encourages me to turn to You in all the storms of life, knowing that, my boat can never sink when You are at the helm. Praise to Your Holy name.

You are the God-man who healed the woman with an issue of blood. She touched the border of Your garment and immediately she was healed. You gave her a public blessing for acknowledging You as her Savior. You flooded her soul with full assurance of faith and salvation.    

You raised Jairus’ daughter from the dead. You have the power over demons, disease and death –freely God but yet fully man. 

 

You are the God-man who fed the five thousand. You had compassion for the people. They were wondering around without a spiritual guide, hungry and defenseless.  You began to teach them and as the day wore on You realized they had nothing to eat. You took five loaves and two fish and fed five thousand and had leftovers. This pictures how You would give Yourself to be the bread of life for a starving world. Your body would be broken so others might have eternal life.

We are to never doubt Your power to supply our needs. If You were able to feed five thousand with five loaves and two fish, You certainly can provide for Your trusting servant under any circumstance.  You blessed and broke the loves and fish, for unblessed by You they would never have availed. Unbroken, they would have been utterly insufficient. The reason I am not more freely given to men is that I am not properly broken. O, break me Lord so I can freely give of myself to Thee and to Yours. Your plan for us is to feed Your sheep!

 

The fragments that were left demonstrate that You are a bountiful giver. Praise to Your holy name.

 

You are the God-man who walks on the sea. You not only provide us sustenance, but for our safety as well. As You were praying on the mountain, You saw Your disciples rowing hard against a contrary wind. You went to their assistance, walking on the sea. As you spoke reassurance to them and boarded the boat, the wind ceased immediately. Even today, Father, we see Your miracles and yet we doubt. Nothing is impossible with You. We should never be surprised when You miraculously heal a loved one or friend. Our lack of faith  produces a hardened heart and dullness of spiritual perception. Help our unbelief, my Father.

We the Church should see this miracle as a picture of this present age and its close. Jesus on the mountain represents Christ in His present ministry in heaven, interceding for us, His people. His disciples represent us, buffeted by the storms and trials of life. You will soon return for Your own,  to deliver us safely to the heavenly shore.

 

You are the God-man who healed the people of Gennesaret. Wherever You went, people carried needy cases to You on mats. Market places became improvised hospitals. They wanted only to get close enough to touch the hem of Your garment. And all who touched You were made well. That’s true for today, if we would only have faith enough to touch the hem of Your garment, we would be healed, physically, mentally and spiritually.

 

You are the God-man who healed the Gentile woman because of her faith. You tested her faith and she was faithful. As a Gentile, she had no claim on You or Your benefits and she acknowledge that fact. Her faith was remarkable and You rewarded her instantly by healing her daughter.

You are the God-man who healed the deaf-mute. This pictured a sinner deaf to Your voice and therefore unable to speak to others about You. You took the man aside privately and put Your fingers in his ears, and You spat and touched his tongue, thus by a sort of sign language, telling the man that You were about to open his ears and unloose his tongue. You next looked up to heaven indicating Your power came from the Father. Your sigh, expressed Your grief over the suffering, which sin had brought on mankind. Then, You said, “Ephphatha” be opened!  The man obtained normal hearing and speech immediately. You make both the deaf to hear and the mute to speak.

You are the God-man who healed the blind man at Bethsaida. This is the only healing in Your Scriptures that took place in stages!

You are the God-man who was transfigured on the Mount of Transfiguration. You allowed Peter, James and John to see Your Kingdom in power. You were transfigured--a dazzling splendor radiated from Your person-even Your clothes were shinning whiter than any bleach could make them. This represents that during Your first advent, Your glory was veiled. You came in humiliation, a Man of Sorrows,  and acquainted with grief. But! You will return in glory. You  will visibly be  the King of kings and Lord of lords.

 Elijah and Moses represent the O.T. saints and the law; saints who had died, and those who had been translated. You were the central Person-You must have pre-eminence. You are the glory of Immanuel's land. The cloud was the shekinah glory cloud, which stayed in the Holy of Holies in the Tabernacle Temple in O.T. times; the visible expression of Your presence. The voice was Your Father’s voice, acknowledging You as Christ, His Beloved Son.

When the cloud was lifted, Your disciples saw no one, but You. It pictured the unique glorious and pre-eminent place You would have when the kingdom comes in power, and what You would have in the heart of Your followers.

You are the God-man who healed the demon-possessed boy. A father came to You and asked You to heal his son who was possessed with a mute-spirit.  The demon dashed the child to the ground and made him grind his teeth and foam at the mouth. The disciples were unable to set him free so the man came to You.   With a heart-rending cry, from years of desperation, the father asked You to do something, if You could. You told him that it was not a question of Your ability to heal, but of the fathers’ ability to believe. Faith in You is always rewarded. No case is too difficult for You. The father, replied, “Lord, I believe; help my unbelief!”  Yet even today we want to believe, yet find ourselves filled with doubt. We have this inward, unreasonable contradiction that we seem to fight it in vain. You ordered the unclean spirit to leave the child.

 

You are the God-man who healed blind Bartimaeus. Bartimaeus recognized and addressed You as Lord and as the Son of David. It’s ironical that the nation of Israel was blind to Your presence as their Messiah, but yet a blind Jew had true spiritual insight!

 

You are the God-man who willingly gave up Deity of heaven to come to earth as a lowly man of dust to become a scapegoat on the Cross of Calvary, to die for our sins, a man who knew no sin.

 

You are the God-man who made a new covenant. You instituted what we now call the Lord’s Supper or Communion. Its meaning is beautiful beyond words; You took the bread; broke it; meaning You took humanity upon Your self as You were about to be broken for us on the Cross. You gave Yourself for us. The bread signified Your body given, the cup of wine, represents Your blood, that would be shed.

By Your blood, You ratified the New Covenant. For You, there would be no more festive joy until Your return to earth to set up Your kingdom.

You are the God-man who suffered the Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane. You prostrated Your self on the ground and prayed to the Father, that if it were possible, the hour might pass from You. “Abba Father, all things are possible for You; take this cup away from Me; nevertheless, not what I will, but what You will.” We noticed that You addressed God as Your beloved Father, whom all things are possible.   You, my Father could find no other righteous basis upon which You could save ungodly sinners. The silence in heaven indicated that there was no other way. Your Holy Son must bleed so that sinners might be freed from sin.

You are the God-man who endured hell, pain, ridicule, mans sins and the worst pain of all, separation from the Father. God the Father could not look upon sin so He turned His back on You. You, the Son who knew no sin, took upon Yourself the sins of the whole world so that we sinners could have everlasting life with You in heaven. God forsook You, because of His holiness, He disassociated Himself from sin. You identified Yourself with our sins and were paying the penalty in full.

You breathed Your last-but not until You asked the Father to not hold this against us-for we know not what we did! It is finished! You gave up Your Spirit unto the Father.

 

You were buried in a borrowed grave, wrapped in linen, and put in a new tomb as prophesied in the O.T. The door was sealed with a coin shaped stone.

 

But love leaps over mountains of difficulties to reach objects of its affection. Three days later early on a Sunday morning a group of women found Your tomb empty! You were alive! Raised from the dead! Hallelujah! Upon entering Your tomb, the women saw an angel who quickly dispelled their fears with the announcement that You had resin! The tomb was empty! The Angel commissioned them to go tell Your disciples and Peter that You would meet them in Galilee.

Forty days after Your resurrection, You were received up into heaven and are seated at the right hand of the Father, the place of honor, and of power.

You entrusted us with the Great Commission-Our task is to reach every person with the gospel.  The promise signs being fulfilled. Mark 16:15-18 “ And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. And these signs shall follow those who believe; In my name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; they will take serpents and if they drink anything deadly it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick and they will recover.”  After You spoke those words, You were received up to heaven and sat down at the right hand of the Father. You are forever interceding in prayer for me and for Your people.

You also left instructions for Your disciples and followers to not depart from Jerusalem but to wait for the Promise of the Father, which He said, You have heard from Me; for John truly baptized with water, but You shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit of promise. (Luke 24:29-John 14-16, 17, 26; 15:26)Acts 1  “But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit had come upon You and You shall be witnesses to me in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” (Acts 2:1-4—Luke 24:49-24:48)

When the Day of Pentecost had freely come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing might wind and filled the whole house where they were sitting. Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire and one sat upon each of them; and they were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance.” Acts 2:1-4

 

You, as wholly God sent Your Holy Spirit to indwell every believer to be empowered to do Your will in all things. We are sealed with Your Spirit when we ask You into our hearts, to be our Savior, Master and Lord. Then we were commanded to be filled daily.  Confess our sins; repent asking the Holy Spirit to be our Guide; our teacher; our friend. Surrender Spirit,  Soul and Body to His authority. He will empower us to walk in Your will; empower us to pray and when we do not know how to pray, He will pray for us in words that we cannot understand.

Written by VSD_G  5/19/01

Believer’s Bible Commentary

Welcome to Praying God's Word With Susie

7/13/02

“Why, O Lord, do you stand far off? Why do you hide Yourself in times of trouble”? Psalms 1O:P1

Father, these are the same question that are asked today, we are no different than King David. I too have cried out; “Where are You, Lord, why are You not near; why do You not reveal Yourself and heal me, or answer my questions”.

 

And as I reflected over my question, God spoke to me: " Do not be afraid; for I have come in order to test you, and in order that the fear of Me may remain with you, so that you may not sin." (Exodus 20:20)

 

Return and repent and I will no longer look upon you in my anger, declares the Lord; I will no longer be angry forever-Only acknowledge your iniquity; that you have transgressed against Me, the Lord Your God. You have not obeyed My voice -return -then I will give you shepherds after My own heart, who will feed you on knowledge and understanding.

I am going to send My messenger and he will clear the way before Me. My messenger will be like a refiner’s fire and like a fullers’ soap and he will sit as a smelter and purifier of silver and he will purify you and refine you like gold and silver in righteousness. You will then be pleasing to Me as in the days of old and in the former years. I will draw near to you, for I, the Lord do not change -return to Me and I will return to you, says the Lord.

I will rebuke the devourer for you so that he will not destroy the fruits I have instilled in you. You shall be blessed, for you are a delight to Me. Fear Me and esteem My Name, for if you fear My Name the brightness of righteousness will rise up with healing in its wings; and you will go forth and skip about like a calf from its stall.

Child, have faith, I will quicken My Word, and I will show you clearly what My will is in your situation. And once you understand My will, you will then be able to walk in faith. I will teach you experientially of My faithfulness. I will allow impossible situations to come upon you, and then I am going to meet your need and demonstrate My faithfulness and My ability to provide for your needs.

I Am going to lift back a cover of my veil over your eyes and of your understanding and you will get a glimpse of my glory; I will give you a glimpse of My power — I will teach you to know Me and to walk in My ways. I will allow you to experience Me, and your faith will then not be limited to head knowledge. You will know deep down in your heart that I am faithful and dependable.

I will rise you up to understand My intent and understand My will and I will work through you in great power. Have faith, my child.

My will has been incorporated into you — the things I have been putting into your heart are the things I want you to do. I have been cleaning you out. Do not trust your own flesh but walk in that which I have been creating. Do not hesitate to come to Me when you have difficultly with decisions.

I am the way and I will teach you what is needed when you come to Me. If you will allow Me to walk more fully in you, then you will have the desire of your heart.

Sit still the next time you come to Me and I will show you what it is you have been crying out for. I desire to show you Who I Am in My fullness. Trust is what I ask of you today. Trust in Me, the Creator of all things and ruler of all the darkness that tries to resemble Me.

Fear not child, you are called and anointed to walk upon all doubt that has a place in this world because of man.

I come to you this day and say, Come —You have been given the authority to tread upon scorpions. I woo you! Come to Me!

Shalom, Sweet Child.

7/13/02 ~ This word was given to me by the Holy Spirit who told me to read Exodus 20:20, Jeremiah and Romans 11 and more. He put these words into my Spirit to be shared by all who reads them.

Yes, He was speaking to me, but He impressed upon me that many needed to hear this message. So therefore I am being obedient. Susie

Jesus Is Lord

My Father, I admit my own helplessness. I confess my utter dependence upon Your Son, My Master-I declare His Lordship in faith over me. I surrender spirit~ soul~ and body to His authority and guidance. “At the name of Jesus every knee shall bow, …every tongue shall confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God, the Father.” (Philippians 2:10-11)

 

Father God, I believe that You exist and that You love me and want to meet my needs. My believing brings trust into my heart. Faith is openness and awareness towards You and all Your benefits. Expectancy opens my life to You and puts me in a position to receive salvation, joy, health, financial supply, and peace of mind.

 

Father what adjustments are You asking me to make? I want to align myself to Your will. I want to know the satisfaction of knowing I am a faithful and obedient servant to my Master.  Father, I’ve learned to trust You though the battles of life. Continue our pilgrimage together, our journey, so I may continue to have a deeper level of trust in You. Develop my character to match bigger test, and then with the greater test, will come a greater love for You and knowledge of Your ways. I want to be ready for Your next revelation.

 

Father, I pray that as I walk with Jesus daily, my witness of the changes taking place in me will be a testimony of Christ in me.

 

 

 

 

 

 

MY CHILD: I will lead you by an inward witness. Learn to follow that inward witness in all areas of your life. You will be successful in all that you do. Go forth, my child, in the power and might of the Holy Spirit. Be that living epistle that others will read. Be not conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. When you do that, you will think what God thinks. You will fellowship with the Father and You will bring Me pleasure, for that is why you were created-to bring Me pleasure.

 

As you walk more and more in My light, life and love; you will become more and more conformed to My image. For this is what you were predestined to be My daughter, a joint heir with Jesus Christ, My Son, who is led by the Holy Spirit.  Shalom, the Father.

 

I have peace like a river; yes I have peace like a river flowing through my veins. My Lord and my Master, Your peace is enveloping me this present moment! Your peace is around me, flooding every cell, every organ, every nerve in my body and You are with me.

 

Right now my Father, I cast all my cares and burdens upon You and Your Word says, I was not created to carry unnecessary burdens, I was created for Your pleasure. I was created to fellowship with You!   Oh, how I long to sit and talk with You, my Shepherd—I rejoice that I have eyes to see and a mind that comprehends. I rejoice that I have fingers that are able to hold this pen and write the prayers that You give to me! I praise Your holy name! I rejoice that I can praise You and the enemy is stilled! Hallelujah! Praise to Your glorious name.

 

 

I thank You, my Father that Your Son gave His life for me. He took all my sin, sickness and disease upon Himself so that I would not have to pay the price. The price is paid in full. Your Son bought and paid for me with His precious blood. His light shines through me and dispels the darkness around me! Hallelujah! I thank You, that You love me with an everlasting love that no one can take away!

Written by VSD-G