Build, My Friend, Build!

The thing about life with our Father is that it keeps moving. We have our commitments and we must complete on them. But we just keep building, and we get there. Time is one of those things we have to use to build. We must learn about the pattern nature of it to succeed at using it. But we keep it going. Always build, and use prayer.

Colossians 3:15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.
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.

Prayer
Father, I exalt You. You alone are King. 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. I love You and I trust You YAH! Deliver me from the evil here. Keep me in Your ways, and away from temptations. I love You. I love You. This is Your place and power and glory. Please show Yourself strong on my behalf O King. I ask all these things of You Father King in the name YAH Yeshuah HaMashiach. Amen.

Hook A Brother Up

This is a phrase used today to ask a friend to help in some way. Personally, I like how it sounds. Mostly I think I like the use of the term brother. It makes me think of the way. that I would like to feel about the fellowship of the believers. I am just not certain that I do in fact feel that way. Mostly I feel as though we are on our guard around pretty much everyone. Should it be that way? I do not know the answer to that either. I do know the picture that some scriptures provide, and it sounds very good to me.

Psalms 133:1 Behold, how good and how pleasant it is
For brethren to dwell together in unity!
2 It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard,
Even Aaron’s beard: That went down to the skirts of his garments;
3 As the dew of Hermon,
And as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion:
For there the LORD commanded the blessing,
Even life for evermore.

Perhaps one day we shall see it…

Prayer
Father, I exalt You. You alone are my 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. Deliver me from the evil plans that men have for me. Keep me in Your ways, my King. Keep me in Your ways. This is Your place and power and glory. I ask all these things of You Father King, in the name YAH Yesuah HaMashiach. Amen.

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.

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.

Overwatered Garden

Last year was not a great year for me with my garden. The previous year I had mulched it with wood chips because I had heard that chip gardens were a good thing. Last year I overwatered my gardens to the point there was an soggy area around the raised beds. The end result was disease and poor crop production. Committed to not repeat last year, I had a new strategy.

I embarked (pun intended) on this new approach by removing the old wood mulch. Had to sift through a lot of dirt, and it took about two days. I carefully constructed climbers for the tomatoes and planted the plants. Intending to water them for two hours, last night at about 7PM I turned on the soaker hoses. This morning at 6:30, I awoke abruptly remembering that the soakers were still on. Interestingly enough, what previously would have been a flooded and potentially ruined garden was spared by the angels and YAH, and is only a well watered garden.

Isaiah 58:9 Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;
10 and if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noon day:
11 and the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.

Isaiah speaks of taking on the burdens of others through fasting, and with the right heart. When we do that, He is watching over us. We will not be a flooded unproductive disease ridden vessel. We will be that well watered garden, and He watches over us.

Prayer
Father, we 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 us now Your provision. Forgive us our trespasses and transgressions, and help us all to forgive those that have trespassed or transgressed against us. And Father, I exalt You. You alone are my King. Praise the name YAH. I Praise Your name YAHUAH, and I love You. Forgive me my transgressions and trespasses YAH, and help me to forgive those that have trespassed or transgressed against me. Please send me overwhelming provision, YAH, that I might overflow to those around me. I want to overflow to those around me. Deliver me completely and in an overwhelming way from the evil men have planned for me. Keep me from temptations, YAH. Only You can do these things because the kingdom, the power, and the glory are all Yours. I love You. I ask all these things of You Father King in the name YAH Yeshuah HaMashiach. Amen.

Pillars, Walls, And Doors

Thinking about the body of believers compared to a building is a something often done. A reference I hear often is “We are the church” when the idea of building buildings comes in to play. Paul also referenced this concept.

1 Corinthians 3:10 According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.
11 For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
12 Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;
13 every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is.
14 If any man’s work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.
15 If any man’s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.

If we are a building, what part of the build are we or can we become? A Pillar that provides the building support from the foundation up? A Wall that keeps people apart? Or a Door to the inner court into the presence of Joshua HaMashiach? Who do you want to be?

These are good thoughts and questions to ponder.

Prayer
Father, I exalt You. You are my King. You alone are my King. I Praise Your 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. Let it overflow from me to those in need YAH. You are King. You are King. Forgive me my trespasses and transgressions, and help me to forgive those that have trespassed or transgressed against me. Deliver me today, YAH, from the evil plans men have for me. Give me favor, O King. I love You Yashuah. Thank You for Your gifts to me. Let Your kingdom and power flow, and let all see Your glory. Show Yourself strong on my behalf that all men might know that You alone are King. Praise the name YAH! I ask all these things of You Father King, in the name YAH Yeshuah HaMashiach. Amen.

Better Movement

For some reason, I prefer sunshine to cloudy. There is just something about the light – seeing it, feeling it hit my face – something that makes me feel better. Often I tell people that I am like the old dog that just finds a place on the floor where the sunlight shines in to the room and goes there to lay down an enjoy it. It is this same simple pleasure and joy that we have for the sun that we seek with our fellow believers. We really just want to be happy and feel good about being around them. It does not always work out that way, but we do get the opportunity to make a move towards that end. We want to be in unity.

Psalms 133. A Song of degrees of David.
1 Behold, how good and how pleasant it is
For brethren to dwell together in unity!
2 It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard,
Even Aaron’s beard: That went down to the skirts of his garments;
3 As the dew of Hermon,
And as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion:
For there the LORD commanded the blessing,
Even life for evermore.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are King. Praise the name YAH! Praise Your name YAH! Let Your kingdom come here, and let Your will be done here, on earth as it is in heaven. Send us now Your provision. Forgive us our trespasses and transgressions, and help us all to forgive those that have trespassed or transgressed against us. Deliver us from the evil here. Deliver me from the evil plans that men have for me. Create in me a clean, O YAH, and renew the Spirit within me. I love You YAH, though I may not always show it. You are my King. You are my King. Praise Your holy name YAHUAH! We ask all these things of You Father and King, in the name YAH Yeshuah HaMashiach. Amen.

The Choice To Build

These days it seems I find myself rather focused. I am focused on the concept of choice. Each of us makes many choices each day. One of those has an answer designed and given by our Father in heaven. It is the choice to build up those that are in the faith. This is something we are told we are to do.

1 Thessalonians 5:8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.
9 For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
10 who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
11 Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.

I choose to build.

Prayer
Father, I exalt You. You are my 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. Deliver me from the evil here. Deliver me from the plans for evil that man have for me. Keep me Yahuah, I need You. I ask all these things of You Father King, because this is Your place and You alone deserve the glory. I ask all these things of You Father King in the name YAH Yeshuah HaMashiach. Amen.

Loving My Brother

If we are to love our neighbor as ourself, then surely we are to also love our brothers that much. When our Messiah said these things to us, He was quoting something from Leviticus.

Leviticus 19:6 Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the LORD.
17 Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.
18 Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.

Loving our neighbor speaks to the words we speak and the feelings in our heart towards a person. We need to be in prayer for others and for ourselves. This is our true path to serving our King.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are King. Praise the name YAH! Let Your kingdom come here Father, Let Your will be done here, on earth as it is in heaven. Send us now Your provision. Forgive us our trespasses and transgressions, and help us all to forgive those that have trespassed or transgressed against us. Deliver me, my King, from the evil that men plan for me, and confound them. Keep me from temptations. Help me Father, to know each step to take on Your path. Keep me in Your ways YAH. Help me with my heart and make it clean again. I ask all these things of You Father King, in the name YAH Yeshuah HaMashiach. Amen.

Never Forget To Help

It is easy for me, and I suggest for most humans, to allow our thoughts to drift into the negative. We actually have to exert control to prevent this from happening. We cannot just let the day go by and hope what we think about and then focus our lives around will just be good stuff. We need to think of our fellow believers and purposely pursue YAH and His blessings for them.

Ephesians 5:15 See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
16 redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
17 Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.
18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
19 speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
20 giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
21 submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.

And we use our ability to cry out to YAH in song to prevail against the darkness.

Prayer
Father, we 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 us now Your provision. Forgive us our trespasses and transgressions, and help us all to forgive those that have trespassed or transgressed against us. Deliver us from the evil here. Restore unto Your people all that has been taken or held back in any way, and the more besides. Deliver me from the evil that men plan for me. Confound their plans. Help me to help those that put their trust in me. I need You. I need You. This is Your place. Keep me from temptations. I love You YAH. I ask all these things in the name YAH Yeshuah HaMashiach. Amen.