PJP2 PROLOG - 161212 - PROLOG Focus: Matthew 11:25-30........SEEKERS 2 Psalm 86:12 (ESV/emphasis added/jaj)...."I Give Thanks To You, O Lord my God, With my Whole Heart, And I Will Glorify Your Name Forever.".... PJP2 PROLOG POST - 161212 - SEEKERS 2 - Matthew 11:25-30 (ESV/emphasis added/jaj)...."At That Time Jesus Declared, “I Thank You, Father, Lord Of Heaven and earth, That You Have Hidden These Things From the wise and understanding And Revealed Them To little children; Yes, Father, For Such Was Your Gracious Will. ALL Things Have Been Handed Over To Me By My Father, And no one Knows The Son Except The Father, And no one Knows The Father Except The Son And anyone to whom The Son Chooses To Reveal Him. COME To ME, all who labor and are heavy laden, And I Will Give you REST. Take MY YOKE Upon you, And Learn From Me, For I AM Gentle And Lowly In Heart, And you Will Find REST For your Souls. For MY Yoke Is Easy, And MY Burden Is LIGHT.'".... Oh how I ponder how Herod The Great, IF he had Opened his wicked heart to The WORD of God's TRUTH, how would that have potentially changed man's history? IF Herod 1, or Rome, or any ruler, leader, potentate, president, prince, or person-in-charge would simply HEAR our Lord Jesus, and Come to Believe/Accept/Surrender his own Heart and Soul to The ONE TRUE KING of kings, what a difference this would have made and make still today in our world. BUT, as we are all aware of man's history on our globe - this has not been the case. Wasn't then, during our Lord Jesus' First Advent....Don't expect there to be a Massive Conversion to His WAY until His Second Advent..... So, during these Days of Celebrating His First Advent - do we lose HOPE? Well, can't speak for you, Crew....BUT....I can speak for me.... Romans 1:16-17 (ESV/emphasis added/jaj)...."For I am NOT ashamed Of The GOSPEL, For It Is The Power Of God For Salvation to everyone who BELIEVES, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For In It The Righteousness Of God Is Revealed From FAITH For FAITH, As It Is Written, 'The Righteous Shall LIVE By FAITH.'”.... Thus, Team, I would Share His WORD of HOPE, LOVE and GRACE for us, as Revealed By God The Father Sending His SON, His ONLY SON, our Lord Jesus Christ, To Pave His WAY for our Redemption and Reconciliation to A Right Relationship with God The Father. Oh, and By-The-Way, God The Father SEALED/GUARANTEED His Plan of Redemption for us BY His Giving us His Holy Spirit as His Stamp and Seal on our Hearts. In conclusion of today's PJP2 PROLOG POST 161212, may I Offer Up a Paraphrase of Prayer and Praise from His Holy Spirit's Inspired WORD as Recorded by the author of Hebrews (13:20-21 - ESV/emphasis added/jaj)....O Lord Jesus, Holy Spirit, Father God, Now May You, O Lord, The One God Of True Peace; You, O Father God, Who Brought Again From The Dead, your Son, our Lord Jesus; Our Great Eternal Shepherd Of Your sheep, O Lord; By His Own Blood, Shed Upon His Cross, For us, To Seal Your Eternal Covenant of GRACE - Please Lord, Equip us, Your Household of HOPE, With Everything GOOD That we May Do and Accomplish Your Will in our Lives and on this earth. Father God, Holy Spirit, Lord Jesus, May You Ever Be, Working In, Around and Through us That Which Is Pleasing In Your Sight. O Lord, Through Your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, To Whom Be Glory Forever And Ever, we Lift Up our Prayers and Praise....Amen and Amen....jaj