This one was born in Zion… make no mistake this one is mine! A respected man will fight like none other for his family. Even so, the children of the Almighty One are protected. Our King came as a righteous Savior. When we respect His position as the Son of Man, Messiah brings rejoicing because He is greatly to be praised! – Teresa

 Zechariah 9: 9-13 (ESV)

9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!

    Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem!

Behold, your king is coming to you;

    righteous and having salvation is he,

humble and mounted on a donkey,

    on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

10 I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim

    and the war horse from Jerusalem;

and the battle bow shall be cut off,

    and he shall speak peace to the nations;

his rule shall be from sea to sea,

    and from the River[c] to the ends of the earth.

11 As for you also, because of the blood of my covenant with you,

    I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit.

12 Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope;

    today I declare that I will restore to you double.

13 For I have bent Judah as my bow;

    I have made Ephraim its arrow.

I will stir up your sons, O Zion,

    against your sons, O Greece,

    and wield you like a warrior’s sword.

Thanks for living among us as a child in the manger- Oh Lord of the universe! We join ourselves to you through faith in your supreme name. A name that is above all names. We are your people-people born again through receiving the gift you offer to all mankind- the gift of eternal life. – Teresa

Zechariah 2:10-13 (ESV)

10 The Lord says, “Shout and rejoice, O beautiful Jerusalem,[d] for I am coming to live among you. 11 Many nations will join themselves to the Lord on that day, and they, too, will be my people. I will live among you, and you will know that the Lord of Heaven’s Armies sent me to you. 12 The land of Judah will be the Lord’s special possession in the holy land, and he will once again choose Jerusalem to be his own city. 13 Be silent before the Lord, all humanity, for he is springing into action from his holy dwelling.”

When God wrote about the days formed for our existence, every one of them was included in his book. I love to journal and plan for the good things I feel led by God to do in the coming years. Knowing that God’s works are full of wonder, we can be inspired to live every day to its fullest-expectant to see what His will has already ordained for us. -Teresa

 Psalm 139: 13-18 (ESV)

13 For you formed my inward parts;

    you knitted me together in my mother’s womb.

14 I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.[a]

Wonderful are your works;

    my soul knows it very well.

15 My frame was not hidden from you,

when I was being made in secret,

    intricately woven in the depths of the earth.

16 Your eyes saw my unformed substance;

in your book were written, every one of them,

    the days that were formed for me,

    when as yet there was none of them.

17 How precious to me are your thoughts, O God!

    How vast is the sum of them!

18 If I would count them, they are more than the sand.

    I awake, and I am still with you.

When Todd Beamer led the offensive which overpowered terrorists on flight 93, he rallied the courage of everyone with two words. Amos, the prophet, gathered up his courage as well when the people were missing the heart of God (blinded by their sacred cows). He declared, “Let justice roll down like waters”…When we intentionally intervene with care for the children of the world, the courage of these righteous acts will be evident to all (read about Agape International Ministries with Don Brewster).- Teresa

Amos 5: 21-24 (ESV)

21 “I hate, I despise your feasts,    and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies.

22 Even though you offer me your burnt offerings and grain offerings,

    I will not accept them;

and the peace offerings of your fattened animals,

    I will not look upon them.

23 Take away from me the noise of your songs;

    to the melody of your harps I will not listen.

24 But let justice roll down like waters,

    and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.

Abiding in the teachings about Christ means the difference between religious thinking and religion that is pure and faultless- shown in our actions to care for  orphans and widows in their distress and to keep ourselves unspotted by the world system (see James 1). The difference between deception and authentic faith is abiding in Jesus Christ our Savior. Those who are deceived have run ahead conjuring ideas that amaze the masses. Remaining true to our Lord’s life and ministry, we are able to be part of both the Father’s will and the Son’s human touch. -Teresa

2 John 1:7-11 (ESV)

 7 For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh. Such a one is the deceiver and the antichrist. 8 Watch yourselves, so that you may not lose what we[a] have worked for, but may win a full reward. 9 Everyone who goes on ahead and does not abide in the teaching of Christ, does not have God. Whoever abides in the teaching has both the Father and the Son. 10 If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house or give him any greeting, 11 for whoever greets him takes part in his wicked works.