Pull Together

There have been a number of films that depict the game learned in grade school named “Tug-O-War” where two groups square off and pull on a rope in opposite directions. Some of them are quite hilarious actually. In my recollection, there are some where a “captain” collars “Pull!” at appropriate moments. My point in all of this is that the teams members must pull not only in the same direction, but with a unison of a coordinated effort. That is also what we need as believers. We need that coordinated effort to be all that YAH has a desire for us to become. We are together with Him. He washes us with His rhema, His word.

Ephesians 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
26 that he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
27 that he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.

Let’s all pull together.

Prayer
Father, I exalt You. You alone are my 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 us. Deliver me from the evil here. Deliver me from the evil plans that mankind has for me. Keep me from temptations, O YAH. I want to sing to You, and make melodies to You, O my King. We love You. I love You. Please bring Your shalom here into this place. Thank You for the many blessings which You have provided me. I want to help this earth YAH, but am not always certain of the path to go down. I ask all these things of You Father King in the name YAH Yeshuah HaMashiach. Amen.

Progress Not Perfection

Some fried of mine are known for saying this often. It is a good phrase for me to remember when I get down on myself for being less than a perfect human being. The fact that I can stop to even consider this point is amazing to me. There once was a time when I was subject to the Overwhelm. You know, that space where when you wake up something in your mind is telling you that you have failed, you are failing, and you will fail? IT IS NOT TRUE! That is the enemy working at you with old programming in you from the past. We are meant to keep moving forward toward becoming better people even while in the midst of doing poorly. We cannot allow ourselves to not quickly repent and move on.

James 5:16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
17 Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.
18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.

Turn to YAHUAH, seek forgiveness. That is why Yeshuah came and died and rose again, that we might always have forgiveness and the ability to enter into the presence of our Father King, Yahuah. Today let’s turn away from any darkness in our lives and turn to Him.

Prayer
Father, I exalt You. You alone are my King. Praise the name YAH! Praise the name YAHUAH! Let Your kingdom come here and let Your will be done here, 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. Thank You Father for Your amazing gifts to me. Keep me from temptations that beset me from Your ways. I ask all these things of You Father Ling in the name YAH Yeshuah HaMashiach. Amen.

Comfort In The Wind

It is curious to me how certain things can be so comforting to me, or can bring such comfort to me. The first thing I thought about was the wind. Probably I was really thinking of a gentle breeze. With the warmer weather we are experiencing these days, those gentle summer breezes are sooooooo welcome, right? And if we can catch the smell of Lillies, or hyacinth, or some other wonderful flower in that breeze, all the better. And all of that comes to us from YAH. It is good to know that He cares so much for us that He even thinks to add the little things of comfort.

Isaiah 40:1 Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
2 Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the LORD’s hand double for all her sins.
3 The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
4 Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain:
5 and the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.

Be comforted today.

Prayer
Father, I exalt You. You are my King. 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 us. Deliver me from the evil here, and the evil plans men have for me. Keep me from temptations, YAH. You are my King. I need You now. This is Your place, and the power and glory are Yours. We ask all these things of You Father King in the name YAH Yeshuah HaMashiach. Amen.

Sabbath Freedom

The first thought that came to my mind this morning as I thought about the Sabbath was freedom. I find that quite interesting. It is interesting to me because there tens to be a fairly legalistic approach to life on the Sabbath by those that keep it, or so is my experience. but like all things, perhaps there is something to this that YAH wants me to see. I can see one freedom immediately. Freedom from the bondage of this reality if we can adhere to the teachings of YAH, one of which is the Sabbath. Thinking of the Red Sea, I remember what Moses said to the people regarding their pursuers the Egyptians.

Exodus 14:13 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. 14The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.

So YAH drowned what was considered to be the strength of the Egyptians, namely their army, covering them and their chariots and horses with water. And that was after He got them on the sea bed and made the wheels fall of the chariots.

Today, I choose to think of the freedom provided by YAH in His patterns of resonance in the earth.

Prayer
Father, I exalt You. You alone are King. You are my King. I praise the name YAHUAH. 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 overwhelming provision that I might overflow to those in need. 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 evil pans that men have for me. Keep me from the temptations that would lead me from You. This is Your kingdom and power and the glory is all Yours. Show Yourself strong on my behalf O King. Let there be a flood of prosperity and shalom and healing power overflow me. I ask all these things of You Father King in the name YAH Yeshuah HaMashiach. Amen.

The Day Comes To Press In

Everyone of us has a calling to do something for YAH. That is my belief. Some callings are similar, and some are quite different from one another. That does not change the value of your particular calling. All are needed to make the body of believers grow and act as YAH’s representative to the earth.

1 Corinthians 12:12 For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.
13 For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
14 For the body is not one member, but many.
15 If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
16 And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
17 If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling?
18 But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him.
19 And if they were all one member, where were the body? 20But now are they many members, yet but one body. 21 And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.
22 Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary:
23 and those members of the body, which we think to be less honourable, upon these we bestow more abundant honour; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness.
24 For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked:
25 that there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another.
26 And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.
27 Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.

No matter Your calling, and no matter my calling, we all must press in to serve our King, and to promote His kingdom in this earth. That is how we shall see the return of our Messiah King!

Prayer
Father, I exalt You. You alone are my King. To me, You are everything, and I love You. I ask You now to show us how to let Your kingdom come here and Your will be done here 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. Show me favor YAH. Set me in the high places with the princes and let me declare Your ways. Keep me from temptations, YAH. Let Your kingdom and power and glory shine. Show Yourself strong on my behalf. We ask all these things of You Father King in the name YAH Yeshuah HaMashiach. Amen.

Walking In YAH’s Earth, Thankful

Going for a walk when thinking of writing this was very helpful. It is amazing how good life seems to get when I focus on what I can be thankful for to YAH in my life! It also helps me to remember that He is on my side and reality must obey the commands of God. No exceptions. Here is a great verse that I like to read (and sing as best I can) when I want to be reminded of thankfulness towards YAH on my walks.

Psalms 27:1 The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?
The LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
2 When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh,
They stumbled and fell.
3 Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear:
Though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.
4 One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after;
That I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life,
To behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.
5 For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion:
In the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.
6 And now shall mine head be lifted up,
Above mine enemies round about me:
Therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy;
I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD.

Prayer
Father, I exalt You. You are my King. Praise the name YAHUAH! Let Your kingdom come here and 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 hear, and the evil plans men have for me. Restore my soul, restore my heart, and help me on my way, that I might learn and follow more perfectly Your way. Keep me from temptation. The kingdom and power and glory are Yours. Show Yourself strong on my behalf O King. I ask all these things of You Father King in the name YAH Yeshuah HaMashiach. Amen.

Weapons Armed For Believers

We have a unique scenario as believers. We have the ultimate weapons. They are the ultimate weapons in spiritual warfare because they are backed by YAH.

Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

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.

And then we know that what we utter comes to pass.

Luke 1:37 For with God nothing shall be impossible.
38 And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.

We are given the charge to bring the Father’s will in heaven, like the words of Gabriel the angel, to be done on earth. We are here to agree with YAH out loud and walk it out.

Prayer
Father, I exalt You. You alone are King. Praise the name YAH! Praise the name YAHUAH! Let Your kingdom come and let Your will be done on earth as it is in heave. Send me now Your provision. Forgive me my trespasses and transgressions, and help me to forgive those that have trespassed or transgressed against us, or against me. Deliver me from the evil here, and the evil plans men have for me. Destroy their plans that they may be seen by me no more. Thank You for blessing the works of my hands. Thank You for manifesting the fruits of my labor. Protect my gardens O YAH. Protect my fields O YAH. Grant me overwhelming previously unseen undeniable favor with men and kings and You, Father. I ask all these things of You Father King in the name YAH Yeshuah HaMashiach. Amen.

You Are Worth The Bricks

It has been true for me at times that I become concerned or afraid or doubtful of my future. But this morning as I was considering life I realized that there is this parade of thoughts being passed in front of me and I get to choose which ones to ponder. In thinking about Mary’s encounter with the angel, it can make me wish YAH would send one to me. But I believe we all have had supernatural events at one time or another in our lives. These events are brought about by messengers. In essence they are the same as that encounter that Mary had. We can agree with them and not the circumstances (remember, Mary was a virgin) that make what was told to us seem impossible. I am saying all of this to say, you are worth the time, the bricks and mortar to be built up in YAH. And He is always there to help us cross the finish line. He is with You.

Deuteronomy 31:6 Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.

Prayer
Father, I exalt You. I exalt You. You alone are my King, YAH. Praise the name YAHUAH! Let Your kingdom come here, and let Your will be done here, on this 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. Restore my soul. Shower me with pros[perity and shalom this day. I love You. I want to sing to You and play music for You. I ask all these things of You Father King in the name YAH Yeshuah HaMashiach. Amen.

Speak It

Today, rather, this morning I just knew I had to take some action. It can be scary to do these things because we want to know with certainty that everything is secure. At least, that tends to be the way that I work. What I have discovered is this is not always the case. But that is really just a perception. We think and operate from a given perception. That is what we believe to be true. But what if that is not exactly accurate?

What if that perception is true because we say it is and believe it is? What if the operational principle is that what we say is what is actually possible? Let’s check the scriptures.

Luke 1:37 For with God nothing shall be impossible.
38 And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.

This is a famous verse that many have heard and quote often. In this story Mary was told she would conceive the man that would be the Messiah. She wanted to know how since she was a virgin. She did not doubt, it just was not according to what she knew. When the angel explained, he told her with God nothing is impossible. We will come back to that shortly. Then Mary said let it be as he had said. But that is not exactly what was said.

The word both the angel and Mary used in the scripture is rhema which means utterance. A more literal translation would be “With God no utterance about anything is impossible” to which Mary replied “Let it be according to your utterance.” Let’s go back then with this context and look at our situation. Knowing that we need to speak and have the understanding that what we speak frames our reality, we can then move forward from there. We must hold the picture within the declared frame. This is true reality.

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 this 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. Give me abundant favor YAH! Lay forth the path O King. Let if overflow with shalom and rapheka and yireh. I ask all these things of You Father King in the name YAH Yeshuah HaMashiach. Amen.

Still Happy Today

We can be a people that are either happy, sad, or just uncaring. The latter state is really unfortunate – no feelings or emotions. As a people we need the opportunity to be emotional. I do not mean in an uncontrollable way. We need to be able to feel things, because it is these passions that give us our drive in our prayers. We need to be driven in a way with our emotions to power our belief in YAH. He is always there to reach out to us and do good on our behalf. We need only be people that believe. But that belief is powered by an emotion, a drive, for YAH, just as it was with David.

Psalms 28:6 Blessed be the LORD,
Because he hath heard the voice of my supplications.
7 The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped:
Therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.
8 The LORD is their strength,
And he is the saving strength of his anointed.
9 Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance:
Feed them also, and lift them up for ever.

Prayer
Father, I exalt You. O YAH I exalt You. It is good to be in Your presence, O YAH! Praise the name YAHUAH! 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. I love You. Deliver me from the evil here, O my King. Let me not be ashamed. Raise me from the dunghill and set me with the princes O King. But only if You give me Your words to speak, and I know You will. Help me to be able to sing to You a sweet and precious sound that all men might know that You alone have done this thing and that You alone are my Elohim and King. It is time. Now is the time. Now is the time. I ask all these things of You Father King in the name YAH Yeshuah HaMashiach. Amen.