Episode 18 - The Moore Family

Hello, this is David here with the Moore family,

and they're going to read a couple of scriptures

to you here in a few minutes. But before that,

I want them to share their element that points

them to Christ. Hi, I'm Leland. And I'm Jaylee.

And one memory that makes Christmas really special

for us in particular is the fact that we got

engaged on Christmas nine years ago. Yes, we

got engaged in Montana. We were there for vacation

with my family and it was a lot of fun. It was

on the side of a mountain in the snow and I had

no idea. So it was a big surprise. Leland had

carried the ring with him for a really long time

and I still did not know. Hi, I'm Case and my

favorite thing to do on Christmas is go to the

park and walk through the lights. And now we're

going to share a few scripture readings with

you guys. I'm gonna be reading Zechariah 8, 1

through 17, the New American Standard Version.

Thus says the Lord of hosts old men and old women

will again sit in the streets of Jerusalem each

man with his staff in his hand because of age

and The streets of the city will be filled with

boys and girls playing in its streets Thus says

the Lord of hosts if it is too difficult in the

sight of the remnant of this people in those

days Will it also be too difficult in my sight

declares the Lord of hosts thus says the Lord

of hosts behold I am going to save my people

from the land of the east and from the land of

the west and I will bring them back and they

will live in the midst of Jerusalem and they

shall be my people and I will be their God in

truth and righteousness. Thus says the Lord of

hosts let your hands be strong you who are listening

in these days to these words from the mouth of

the prophets those who speak in the day that

the foundation of the house of the Lord of hosts

was laid to the end that the temple might be

built for before those days there was no wage

for man or any wage for animal and for him who

went out or came in there was no peace because

of his enemies and i said all men one against

another but now i will not treat the remnant

of this people as in the former days declares

the lord of hosts for there will be peace for

the seed The vine will yield its fruit, the land

will yield its produce, and the heavens will

give their due. And I will cause the remnant

of this people to inherit all of these things.

It will come about that just as you were a curse

among the nations, O house of Judah and house

of Israel, so I will save you that you may become

a blessing. Do not fear, let your hands be strong.

For thus says the Lord of hosts. Just as I have

purposed to do harm to you when your fathers

provoked me to wrath says Lord of hosts and I

have not relented So I have again purposed in

these days to do good to Jerusalem and to the

house of Judah Do not fear These are the things

which you should do speak truth to one another

Judge with truth and judgment for peace in your

gates Also, let none of you eyes evil in your

heart against another and do not love perjury

For all these are what I hate, declares the Lord.

Matthew 8, 14 through 17. When Jesus came into

Peter's house, he saw Peter's mother -in -law

laying in bed with a fever. He touched her hand,

and the fever left her. And she got up and began

to wait on him. Evening came many who were demon

possessed were brought to him and he drove out

the spirit with a word and healed all the sick

which this was to fulfill what was spoken through

the prophet Isaiah. He took up our infirmities

and bore our diseases. I'm reading Matthew 8,

28 through 34. Some distance from them, a large

herd of pigs was feeding. The demons begged Jesus,

if you drive us out, send us to the herd of pigs.

He said to them, go. So they came out and went

into the pigs. And the whole herd rushed down

the steep bank into the lake and died in the

water. Those tending the pigs ran off, went into

town and reported all of this, including what

had happened to the demon possessed men. Then

the whole town went out to meet Jesus. and when

they saw him, they pleaded with him to leave

their region.