Standing Matters

In the moment when it is time to face the challenge in the eye, it is important to stand. Someone sent me a message this morning to ask about the joy I have in YAH. Without thinking about it, that is really what is happening for me each day. I take a moment to spend time with YAH. Perhaps more than a moment, right? At any rate, we stand together, YAH and I, and look at the world. When we do, we can see that there is work to be done. I am both a part of what needs to be worked upon and a part of what actually does the work. I am thus engaged with my Father, and I deliberately push away the cares of this life in those moments. When I do that, it makes it possible for me to have the joy of knowing He loves me. And that is really the greatest weapon that I have.

Nehemiah 8:1 And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded to Israel.
2 And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month.
3 And he read therein before the street that was before the water gate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law.
4 And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana, Zechariah, and Meshullam.
5 And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people; (for he was above all the people;) and when he opened it, all the people stood up:
6 and Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshipped the LORD with their faces to the ground.
7 Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people stood in their place.
8 So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.
9 And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.
10 Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.

Stand.

Prayer
Father, I exalt You. You alone are my King. You alone are King. Praise the name YAH! Praise the name YAHUAH! Let Your kingdom come here, and let Your will be done here, on earth as it is in heaven. Send me now Your provision. Forgive me my trespasses and transgressions, and help me to forgive those that have trespassed or transgressed against me. Deliver me from the evil here. Deliver me from the plans for evil that men have for me. Keep me from temptations YAH. Send in now the great healing power and provisions that You have shown to me. I ask all these things of You my YAH and my King, in the name YAH Yeshuah HaMashiach. Amen.

Building In The Dark

Really, I am just like everyone else. I try to understand what all is happening in the world. I try to determine what YAH wants me to be doing in response to what is happening in this world. I want to be following Him in a way that serves Him well. So here I am, trying to build in the dark. What do I mean?

It is my understanding of scriptures that I am responsible for helping my fellow believers. Scriptures tell us to build one another up.

16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
17 And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.

We do this without regard for what is going on around us. We do this in logical speaking (here, “word”) and in actions (here, “deed”). It must be that these things somehow fit into YAH’s plan to have the earth for himself again. That must be true I suspect. I find myself having to force my mind to focus on YAH and away from the things around me to make this all happen. In essence, I have to “go dark” to the inputs of the world to make this all happen. But since I know it is YAH’s will for my life, I know what I must do to make it happen.

May YAH be exalted and glorified forever!

Prayer
Father, I exalt You. You alone are King. Praise the name YAH! Praise the name YAHUAH! Let Your kingdom come here, and let Your will be done here, on earth as it is in heaven. Send me now Your provision. Forgive me my trespasses and transgressions, and help me to forgive those that have trespassed or transgressed against me. Deliver me from the evil here, and the evil plans men have for me. I love You YAH. I love You YAH. Keep me from temptations. Help me with my heart, Father. I need You. Send in quickly the healing, prosperity and shalom that You have promised me, O King. I love You . I love You. I love You. I ask all these things of You, my YAH and my King, in the name YAH Yeshuah HaMashiach. Amen.

Here We Are

Forme Ihave to regularly remind myself that I’m right here, at this moment in time. It is important for me to understand that I have tasty in this moment and bring “the future” to me, to this reality. Sorry if that sounds too “out there” for today. It is clear that we are in for a new season, or maybe some interesting changes. We must stay strong in YAH! I speak for me alone, but I encourage you to speak for yourselves. Fear not!

Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
30 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

Praise the name YAHUAH!

Prayer
Father, I exalt You. You alone are King. Praise the name YAH! Let Your kingdom come here, and let Your will be done here, on earth as it is in heave. Send me now Your provision. Let the healing and food and prosperity overflow YAH. Forgive me my trespasses and transgressions, and help me to forgive those that have trespassed or transgressed against me. Keep me from temptations YAH. Deliver me from the evil here, and the evil plans men have for me. Turn the hearts Father. Turn them now. I love You YAH! I love You! Let me be more like You. I love You. I ask all these things of You Father King in the name YAH Yeshuah HaMashiach. Amen.

Faith In YAH

What we need in times like these is faith in YAH. I have both said this many times and heard it many times recently. It is true. It is true in part because it is always true. It is faith that makes it possible for us to believe in repentance, in forgiveness, and in life everlasting, starting here. Starting now. You have the opportunity, and I have the opportunity to believe. It is important to our very existence.

Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. 2 For by it the elders obtained a good report.
3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
4 By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.
5 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

Prayer
Father, I exalt You. You alone are King. Praise the name YAH! Praise the name YAH! Let Your kingdom come here, and let Your will be done here, on earth as it is in heaven. Send me now Your provision. Forgive me my trespasses and transgressions, and help me to forgive those that have trespassed or transgressed against me YAH. Keep me from temptations here. Deliver me from the evil here and the evil plans men have for me. Save this nation, YAH, and deliver us from those that oppress the poor. Send in quickly YAH the blessings You have promised O my King. I love You so much. I love You. I ask all these things of You Father King in the name YAH Yeshuah HaMashiach. Amen.

Family Time

Family time is important. There is our blood, our biological family. Then there is our spiritual family. On a Sabbath, I like to remember how important it is for us to spend time with them. They need us and our input in life. May we never forget that.

Leviticus 23:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my feasts.
3 Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are King! Praise the name YAHUAH! Praise the name YAH! Let Your kingdom come here, and let Your will be done here, on earth as it is in heaven. Send me now Your provision. Forgive me my trespasses and transgressions, and help me to forgive those that have trespassed or transgressed against me. Keep me from temptations YAH. Deliver me from the evil here and confound the plans for evil that men have for me. I Leo You, YAH. I love You. I ask all these things of You Father King in the name YAH Yeshuah HaMashiach. Amen.

YAH Prevails

In the end, YAH prevails over all the evil in this earth. He always wins because even if we perish, we are immediately with YAH. We can make a difference in the lives of those around us because our Father has chosen to give us the power to overcome darkness. In fact, the battle is already completed. What we do is not a battle so much as a wrestling match to force the enemy to release his grip. Like many, I struggle with this concept. The way I end the struggle is to remember I am in control of my mind and its thoughts. When the battle rages, I just cry out to YAH.

Genesis 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

We are repeaters.

Prayer
Father, I exalt You. You alone are King. You alone are King. Praise the name YAH! Praise the name YAHUAH! You are my King! Let Your kingdom come here, and let Your will be done here, on earth as it is in heaven. Send me now Your provision. Forgive me my trespasses and transgressions, and help me to forgive those that have trespassed or transgressed against me. Keep me from temptations, YAH.. You are my King! You alone are my King! Deliver me from the evil here and the evil plans men have for me. I love You. I love You. I love You YAH! I call the silver coins here. I call the gold bars here. I call the back account overflowing in control. I call these things in the name YAH Yeshuah HaMashiach. Amen.

Thankful For Listening

Each day, if I will just take a moment to reflect, it is easy for me to see how YAH has always heard me when I cry out to Him. It is such an honor for me to have Him listen to me when I speak. It makes me feel as if I exist, I guess, is one way to put it. There is something built into humans that wants us to be responded to in some way. I believe it is like a mirror that needs to reflect. In the garden we lost sight of what to reflect, and we stopped only reflecting YAH. Prior to that, we did not know we could reflect anything else. Then it was out of control. Now we know, thanks to the Law, that we have this power to reflect and we cannot control it by ourselves. That is where Yeshuah came into play. He cleared away a path free of the noise so that it is now possible to once again truly reflect the Father. That is the journey we all are on today. And that is why we long for our Father to hear us. It establishes that connection that we need to know we can reflect Him so perfectly.

Genesis 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

Prayer
Father, I exalt You. You alone are King. Praise the name YAH! Let Your kingdom come here, and let Your will be done here, on earth as it sin heaven. Send me now Your provision. Forgive me my trespasses and transgressions, and help me to forgive those that have trespassed or transgressed against me YAH. I want to be like You. Keep me from temptations, YAH. Deliver me from the evil here, and the evil plans men have for me. Turn the hearts of the leaders that rule over my situation YAH. I want to be Your servant Father, and Your son. I love You Dad. You are my King! I praise the name YAHUAH! Let the property flow YAH! I ask all these things of You Father King in the name YAH Yeshuah HaMashiach. Amen.

The King Is Alive!

Sometimes the best way to battle the enemy of our souls is to sing and shout aloud the truth – THE KING IS ALIVE! Today I just want to remember that and share it with as many people as I can. We are already the winners!

Exodus 15:9 The enemy said,
I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil;
My lust shall be satisfied upon them;
I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
10 Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them:
They sank as lead in the mighty waters.
11 Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods?
Who is like thee, glorious in holiness,
Fearful in praises, doing wonders?
12 Thou stretchedst out thy right hand,
The earth swallowed them.
13 Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed:

Prayer
Father, I exalt You. You alone are my King! I praise the name YAH! I Praise the name YAH! Let Your kingdom come here, and let Your will be done here, on earth as it is in heaven. Send me now Your provision. Forgive me my trespasses and transgressions, and help me to forgive those that have trespassed or transgressed against me YAH. Keep me from the temptations here. Deliver me from evil and from the evil plans men have for me. Send in quickly the thousands of thousands YAH! I love You. I love You. I love You, YAH. I ask all these things of You Father King in the name YAH Yeshuah HaMashiach. Amen.

Love Our Father King

Trying to write the title here was more difficult than expected. It is easy for us as believers to think of YAH in an impersonal way, a third person not present. But the ruth is He is always present with us. He is always here. He is always ready to assist us in all we do. What we do, according to scriptures, is follow Him and His ways and possess the land. Ultimately, the whole earth belongs to YAH. As your brother in the bond of the Messiah, I want to encourage you today to always keep in mind that YAH is always with us. He is always present to assist us in whatever the challenge may be.

Deuteronomy 31:8 And the LORD, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed.

Be of good courage, brothers and sisters.

Prayer
Father, I exalt You. You alone are King. Praise the name YAH! Let Your kingdom come here, and let Your will be done here, on earth as it is in heaven. Send me now Your provision. Forgive me my trespasses and transgressions, and help me to forgive those that have trespassed or transgressed against me. I want to love Your people more like You. More like You, YAH, I want to be more like You. Keep me from temptations, YAH. Deliver me from the evil here, and from the evil plans men have for me. Confound their words. Turn the heart of the leader, and eliminate those of evil intent toward me YAH. I ask all these things of You Father King in the name YAH Yeshuah HaMashiach. Amen.

What Comes Next

Have you ever had the experience where you are entering into a time where where you are concerned (READ: afraid) that something bad is going your way? Then you pray and things seem to get worse. Then you find yourself crying out to YAH and being even more concerned. There may even be some questioning of what God is doing (READ: unbelief) and you become disheartened (READ: doubt). I have had that happen and even these days I have that opportunity. But, I think, how should it be for me? Then I think of the children of Israel. Sitting here where I get to see what came next, I question why they had doubt.

Exodus 14:10 And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they were sore afraid: and the children of Israel cried out unto the LORD.
11 And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt?
12 Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.
13 And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever.
14 The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
15 And the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward:
16 but lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea.
17 And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them: and I will get me honour upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.
18 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I have gotten me honour upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.
19 And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them:
20 and it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that the one came not near the other all the night. 21And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
22 And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.
23 And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the midst of the sea, even all Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.
24 And it came to pass,ch that in the morning watch the LORD looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians,
25 and took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily: so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the LORD fighteth for them against the Egyptians.
26 And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen.
27 And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.
28 And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them.

There are many lessons here. YAH told Moses to wait by the sea, to let the Egyptians catch up. This was after the many cries of the children of Israel in bondage. YAH always responds to those who cry out to Him from bondage. In this case, YAH decided to use this to not only prove the faith of the children of Israel, and to strengthen it, He was doing it to judge the Egyptians. Also, the “impossible” situation in fromt of them was not impossible at all. Moses made an act of faith, and within 24 hours the sea parted and the sea bed was dry. If you think about it, that means they descended then ascended to get out on the other side. We must walk forward in faith, even when it seems like we are walking into the depths, remember, YAH is with us. We will walk out on the other side, and our enemies will be drowned, never to be seen again.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are King. You alone are King. Praise the name YAH! Praise Your name YAHUAH! I love You. You alone are King. Let Your kingdom come here, and let Your will be done here, on earth as it is in heaven. Send me now Your provision. Forgive me my trespasses and transgressions, and help me to forgive those that have trespassed or transgressed against me YAH. I love You. I love You. Love You. Send me the prosperity and the power and the shalom promised for some time. Let it be so now, Father. Praise the name YAHUAH. I ask all these things of You Father King in the name YAH Yeshuah HaMashiach. Amen.