Delivery Trucking

Today as I thought about what to write, the title of this post just flashed into my mind. It seems clear to me in many ways that as believers, we are like a delivery service. We read and hear the scriptures, and then by what we say and do, we “deliver the goods.” We deliver what we believe by what we say and do. It is this system that our Father placed in front of us from the very beginning.

Deuteronomy 30:9 And the Lord thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good: for the Lord will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers:
10 If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law, and if thou turn unto the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.
11 For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off.
12 It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?
13 Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?
14 But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.

We can have the power to do what our Father has asked us to do. One of those things is to promote His kingdom.

Deuteronomy 8:18 But thou shalt remember the Lord thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You are our King. Praise the name Yahuah! Send us today Your overwhelming provision. Forgive us our sins. Heal our hearts and minds. Remind us to speak what You speak, and then do what we hear. Deliver us from the thief. Restore unto Your people one hundred times one hundredfold. Come quickly to restore Your people. We ask these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.

Little Signs

This morning, just now, as I was beginning to write, I was pondering what to say. For me and a few people I know, there is are a few weeks ahead of significant effort and change. When change comes, it can be challenging to change with it. We are people that like doing things the way we do them. Add to that the fact that our enemy tries to prevent any change for the good. As I thought about how all this might go, I was struggling with also knowing we all are human, and we will make mistakes. I was getting a little nervous about how we might move forward and what might happen. Inside I began calling out to our Father. Right at that moment, on this a bit gloomy day in a string of gloomy days, the bright sun popped through the clouds, and illuminated the bright green forest behind my house. It made me happy, so beautiful, and I knew our Father was hearing my prayers. It was then that I knew all would be well. And now it has happened again, a second, confirming sign that He is listening.

Genesis 1:14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.

Today, as you look to your future prayerfully, listen for our Father to speak, look for Him to show you that He hears You. He gives us all little signs.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are King. We praise the name Yahuah! Send us today Your overwhelming provision. Forgive us our sins, Heal us up from the inside. Deliver us from the thief that steals and destroys. So much evil has come to get in the way of Your kingdom Yahuah. Rise up Father. Come for Your people now. Show us a sign for good that all might know that You alone are our King, that You alone have done it. We ask all these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.

Mother’s Day 2016

Today we celebrate a day dedicated to moms everywhere. We are thankful for all they have done for us. For some there may have been struggles, but in the end our heavenly Father will make up any shortcomings between us and our moms. Without them, none of us would be here. It is important that we recognize their contribution, and say thank you.

Proverbs 31:10 Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.
11 The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.
12 She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.
13 She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.
14 She is like the merchants’ ships; she bringeth her food from afar.
15 She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.
16 She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
17 She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.
18 She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not out by night.
19 She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff.
20 She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.
21 She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet.
22 She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple.
23 Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.
24 She maketh fine linen, and selleth it; and delivereth girdles unto the merchant.
25 Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.
26 She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.
27 She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.
28 Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.

Thank you, moms, for all you have done for us.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are our King. Help Your people today, Father. Praise the name Yahuah! Send us now Your overwhelming provision. Forgive us our sins. Heal up our hearts and minds. Deliver us from the thief. Restore unto Your people one hundred times one hundredfold. We ask all these things in the name of the Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.

Say It Is So

Our world is filled with hustle and bustle. We have many things to do to keep us busy. In the midst of all that, we can become so busy that things start to get a little crazy and our of whack. If we are not careful, when that happens the next thing can be to feel overwhelmed. Even if we let things go that far, it is not too late. We can cry out to our Father, and together we can change it.

Psalms 18:1 I will love thee, O Lord, my strength.
2 The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
3 I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
4 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
5 The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.
6 In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.

First we cry to our Father Yahuah (Lord). He hears us from His temple. We are His temple. He hears from within us when we call to Him. If we will speak what He speaks, scriptures, then we will have the power to get back on track.

Deuteronomy 30:9 And the Lord thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good: for the Lord will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers:
10 If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law, and if thou turn unto the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.
11 For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off.
12 It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?
13 Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?
14 But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.

This is our very present help in a time of trouble, a time when the hustle and bustle gets to be too much.

Today, let’s call upon Yahuah, and speak scriptures to ourselves. Watch how He shows up to chase away the enemies and raise us up!

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You are the only true King. We praise the name Yahuah! Send us today Your overwhelming provision that we might have food, clothing, shelter, and no debt. Forgive us our sins. Heal up our hearts and our minds. Help us to overcome the overwhelm. Deliver us from the thief that steals and destroys. Restore unto Your people one hundred times one hundredfold. We ask these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.

There Is Hope

One of the things in our walk with the Messiah that comforts many is hope.As I thought about this hope this morning, I wondered if it was the same hope that is in the scriptures.

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

Here in Hebrews this word means “eager expectation” or the thing we actually want and actually expect. In the Old Testament I found a number of different words translated as “hope” and that was very interesting. I think the comfort some of us have is really a sense that something is unlikely, but we wish it were true. It is the reverse of what we want that we actually believe will happen. There is one of the words that means this in the OT, the word is “yaash” and actually is despair. For many that hope, they are in despair, and therefore are believing that what they want is NOT going to happen. There are several other words in the Hebrew that refer to the expectation of something to happen, or the thing itself that is desired. This is where we need to focus out lives and our thoughts. We can be certain that there is a way to move from despair to believing that something will come to pass. This is the role of faith.

Hebrews 11:6 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.

We need to believe that our Father Yahuah exists, and that He is on our side.

We can feel comforted today, because there is an eager expectation (hope) for what we are lacking in our lives.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are our King. We praise the name Yahuah! Send us today Your overwhelming provision, and to those that are around us as well. Heal us up from the inside. Deliver us from the thief that steals and destroys. Restore unto Your people one hundred times one hundredfold. We ask these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.

Sunshine Warms The Heart

We can be a people that enjoy the sunshine as the spring finally begins to warm up. There is something about the sun that causes us as humans to feel better. I believe it has to do with how we receive sun light, but that is more speculation. It also has to do with the changing of the seasons. This changing of the seasons was set in forth from the beginning.

Genesis 1:14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.

We are made in God’s image.

Genesis 1:24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
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.
29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
30And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

We are like God in that we are an image, a replica, a reflection of Him. Within us is the same drive for the creation that our Father had. I suggest that this is a part of what responds when we have the sense of the changing seasons, especially spring.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You are our King. Let Your kingdom reign here with us. Praise the name Yahuah! Send us now Your overwhelming provision. Forgive us our sins. Heal us and deliver us from the hurts and the darkness. Restore unto Your people peace, and one hundred times one hundredfold that which has been taken from us. We ask these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.

It’s Off To Work We Go

This morning as my wife readied for work and I was able to sit at my computer to begin my day, I thought about how this is the first day of the week. It is the first day of yet another of the weekly adventures with our Father. I was thinking about the various business opportunities I have already lined up for the day, and am wondering what others our Father has in store. It is a great comfort to know that our Father is watching over us at all times.

Psalms 121:1 I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
2 My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth.
3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.
5 The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand.
6 The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
7 The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.
8 The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.

Our Father Yahuah (Lord) is always watching over us. He allows no evil to befall us. What a great comfort to know as we begin a week.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You are King. Praise the name Yahuah! You comfort us at all times. Let Your kingdom be with us. Send us now Your overwhelming provision. Forgive us our sins. Heal our hearts, minds, and bodies. Deliver us from the thief. Restore unto Your people one hundred times one hundredfold. We ask these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshua (Jesus). Amen.

Allowing Ourselves To Be Comforted

Today as I reviewed the flurry that has been the last few weeks, I find myself considering life’s possibilities. What exactly has transpired for my family and I, and for others we know is something worthy of consideration. I believe. We must find our way to the correct way of viewing our lives if we are to succeed in life. By that I mean we are in a battle for our thought life. We can give place to the thoughts that want us to constantly cast ourselves down. Or we can fight to see ourselves as our Father sees us.

John 1:12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

We have the power to be the sons of God. Yeshuah (Jesus) was the first born of many, and we can be a part of that many. We can be like Him. It is an ongoing work. It takes time. It takes perseverance. It takes the willingness to be humble enough to seek forgiveness and help when we fall. Yeshuah (Jesus) never lacked anything, and was able to provide for many. We can be like Him. We must call upon Him, and He will deliver us. We have the power in our hearts and minds and mouths to be the sons of God.

Deuteronomy 30:9 And the Lord thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good: for the Lord will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers:
10 If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law, and if thou turn unto the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.
11 For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off.
12 It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?
13 Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?
14 But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.

Let us be comforted by our own words, and comfort others.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are our King. We praise the name Yahuah! Send us now Your overwhelming provision. Forgive us our sins. Heal our hearts. Heal our minds. Deliver us, for only You can deliver us. Restore Your people that we may sit in the gate. Show us a sign for good that all men might know that You alone are God. We ask these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.

Living Will

For many, this title brings to mind the legal document that discusses how we want our end of life to turn out. It would also be good to think about the will it takes to live. For some people, this means nothing because they do not stop to think about life. They go through the motions and stack one day upon another. Life is “okay” for them. They get but with acceptable comfort. But there are those among us for whom life is a series of struggles and drudgery. For those people, often there is that moment of consideration of whether to move forward or not. At those moments it take the will to live. Think of those with debilitating diseases, perhaps in great pain during recovery from an accident, or some other struggle. Here is what we can do. We can pray for them, and offer some hope.

Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
12 Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.

Today, let’s remember those that may be hurting, and pray for their peace and hope.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You are the King of hope. We bless the name Yahuah. Send today Your overwhelming provision. Heal us and deliver us. Give those that are downtrodden reason for hope. Let them see Your light today. We ask these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.

Song In The Heart

Some days seem to rush by. We have so many things we want to accomplish, and yet, much gets by. In those times we can take comfort in knowing our Father has everything under His control. We can sing a song of gladness, and it will eventually lift us up.

Psalms 4:5 Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the Lord.
6 There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? Lord, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
7 Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased.
8 I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are King. Praise the name Yahuah. Send us Your overwhelming provision. We love and appreciate You. Forgive us our sins. Heal up our hearts and minds. Deliver us from the evil that is stealing from us. restore unto Your people one hundred times one hundredfold. We ask these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.