'Chosen by the King'

  Sharing the song, I listened to over and over this morning... Touch of Heaven - David Funk | Worship Night -   https://youtu.be/_fY3l9AKPa0 This morning as I was worshipping the Lord, I heard Him say, My children, I have opened the Heavens over you, your homes, and your families but many have not even noticed. For Heaven is even now touching Earth, but you won't experience it unless you open your hearts to receive it. You must look beyond the natural and into the spirit realm to see it. For just as Jacob ran and had no idea that he was running right into Me. So, you have been running in distress of situations and circumstances that have risen around you and in your world, but I say to you this day that you have been running toward Me all along. Come to Me and I will give you rest ( Matthew 11:28 ). In that place of rest, you too will realize that you have come to a ladder between Heaven and Earth where I will show you My glory and you too will have your eyes opened to see the Ang

John 5:5-6 AMPC   5  There was a certain man there who had suffered with a deep-seated   and   lingering disorder for thirty-eight years. 6  When Jesus noticed him lying there [helpless], knowing that he had already been a long time in that condition, He said to him,  Do you want to become well?  [Are you really in earnest about getting well?] For this blog post, I will pretty much be staying in  Matthew,  but I felt to start this article with the man waiting at the pool of Bethesda because of the tragedy of his life and his belief system that kept him bound. He was born  paralyzed  and laid there for 38 years trying to get himself to the water because it was believed that an angel (although no one ever sees this angel) troubles the waters and if you get to the middle of the  pool,  you will be healed. Read his story in John 5 because his paralyzed legs kept him from getting into the water. W e can  only  imagine those  with  a different illness entirely who had the ability to walk jus