Gradual Change

This morning I am feeling the impact of recently beginning to exercise. It is an interesting experience. There have been a few times in my life when I have taken opportunity to try to improve my overall conditioning, and actually stayed with it for a while. Mostly, it falls away quickly, giving way to “really important stuff”. So I have set aside the slower process of improving my physical conditioning over time. There is a parable this process reminds me of that our Messiah told.

Matthew 13:18 Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.
19 When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.
20 But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;
21 Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.
22 He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.
23 But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

Today, as I ponder these things, I pray that each of cry out to the Father to understand, that we might bring forth fruit one hundredfold, now in this time.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are our King! Praise the name Yah! Let Your will be done here as it is in heaven. Send us today Your overwhelming provision. Forgive us our transgressions and trespasses, and help us all to forgive those that have transgressed or trespassed against us. Wipe away completely all thoughts or memories of evil done to us or by us, and replace these with thoughts and memories of only You. Heal us with the oil of the Holy Spirit, that we might hear and understand. Restore one hundredfold unto Your people all that is good that has been taken or held back in any way, and the more besides. Let there be a great spiritual awakening, Father. Let it begin today. We ask all these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). We ask all these things in the name of Yah. Amen.

Tired Hands Keep Stacking

For those that have worked in the building trades, the end of the shift at the end of the week has good and not so good in it. We are weary. We ache. But there is a sense of accomplishment as we close a rough-in of what will one day be a safe home for someone. Though we are tired, we smile, and keep building.

Galatians 6:9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

It feels good to be tired and to build, knowing that our Father will use what we build for others.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are our King! Praise the name Yahuah. Let Your will be done here as it is heaven. Send us now Your overwhelming provision. Forgive us our trespasses and transgressions, and help us to forgive all those that have transgressed or trespassed against us. Wipe away all the thoughts or memories of evil done to us or done by us. Replace them with only thoughts and memories of You. Deliver us from the evil here. Restore all the good that has been taken or held back in any way from Your people one hundredfold, and the more besides. We ask all these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.

Active Speaking

Thinking about how it is that we go about building one another up in the Messiah, one thing became clear to me. One way for sure that we do this is by the words coming out of our mouths. We can build up or we can tear down with the words that we say. This has been said and heard often. I would also suggest that the words that we sing have importance as well.

Ephesians 5:19 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;

Many songs I hear on the radio do not have the impact of building people up. Often they are about destruction.

Today, let everything that proceeds out of our mouths for this one day be positive, building someone up. We each hear everything that comes out of our own mouth, so we are impacted by what we say. In building others up, we build ourselves up as well.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You are our King! Praise the name Yahuah! Let Your will be done here with and among us as it is in heaven. Send us today Your overwhelming provision. Forgive us our trespasses and transgressions, and help us all to forgive those that have trespassed or transgressed against us. Heal up our hearts and minds. Wipe away every thought or memory of evil that we have done or that has been done to us, and replace these with thoughts and memories of only You. Let us all rejoice together in love for one another and the unity of peace. Deliver us from the evil that is here. Restore unto Your people one hundredfold all that has been taken or held back in any way that is positive from Your people, and the more besides. Rise up, my King, and let the whole world see what You alone have done. We ask all these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.

Miracles Build Faith

In the last month at my house many miracles have been happening. In the last week or so the pace has increased. I will list them here, and then explain why. The black raspberries went from green to ripe in two days, and this was two weeks before everyone else. They were in exceptional abundance. My vision has been healed and is clearing up. Peppers appeared on my favorite pepper plant overnight after we kept the Passover. The garden of flowers appeared. A cucumber appeared overnight six or so inches long through a hole in the chicken wire three feet in the air. A 15 foot fruit tree appeared one day. Another fruit tree that has been here for years suddenly had fruit for the first time. Another fruit tree15 feet tall appeared overnight. Blackberries appeared and grew in huge clusters with the vine hanging down from a tree, then more groupings of them appeared.

These are just the beginning, I believe, to what our Father wants to do. Interestingly enough, no one from any of the churches I attend has expressed interest in seeing these things. I have invited people to come here for healing, to just sit in the garden or near it, but no one has taken me up on it.

I believe that we have fallen asleep as a body of believers. We need to wake up! Let all men cry out to our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus) and be saved – made whole.

1 Timothy 2:1 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;
2 For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;
4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.
5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are our King! Praise the name Yahuah! Let Your will be done here as it is in heaven. Send us Your overwhelming provision. Forgive us our trespasses and transgressions, and help us all to forgive those that have trespassed or transgressed against us. Heal us, body, soul, and spirit. Deliver us from evil. Restore unto Your people one hundredfold all that has been taken or held back in any way, and the more besides. Rise up, O King! Come to our aid now, and show all men that You alone are our Elohim. We ask all these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.

Check The Materials

Every human on the earth is building something. Each person is building their future. Believers have the added benefit of building from a new beginning. When we turn our lives over to the Messiah, we are born again and start afresh. What remains is checking out the materials we are using to build each day. These materials are renewed each day, by the mercy of the Father.

Lamentations 3:22 It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
23 They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.

If we will call upon our Father, we can build the next thing for the future, which is our day today.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are our King. Praise the name Yahuah! Let Your will be done in this earth as it is in the heaven. Send us today Your overwhelming provision. Forgive us our trespasses and transgressions, and help us all to forgive those that have trespassed and transgressed against us. Wipe away our thoughts and memories of the evil that we have done and that has been done to us, and replace them with thoughts of only You and Your joy. Heal us with Your oil. Restore right relationships between us. Restore all that has been taken or held back in any way, as in the first Exodus. We ask all these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.

True Independence

This day in the United States is a celebration of the Declaration of Independence. It is a statement that man is endowed with certain rights. Rights is an interesting word. One of these things that is true is we are free to choose God, or not. This was stated many years ago by a man of conviction.

Joshua 24:13 And I have given you a land for which ye did not labour, and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat.
14 Now therefore fear the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the Lord.
15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

This day, let us choose to serve Yahuah (Lord).

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are our King! Praise the name Yahuah! Let Your will be done here as it is in heaven. Send us now Your overwhelming provision. Forgive us our trespasses and transgressions, and help us all to forgive those that have trespassed and transgressed against us. Wipe away the evil and the pain and the hurts we have done to each other and to ourselves such that no thought or memory of them remains forever. Heal us with Your oil of gladness in those vacant places, replacing in them firmly grafted joy and thoughts and memories of only You. Let Your renewal begin with us. Restore right relationships and substance to Your people that has been taken or held back in any way, and that one hundredfold with the more besides. We declare this to be Your kingdom, by Your power and for Your glory. We ask all these petitions in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.

Building What We See

In the end we will build that which we see. By that I mean we are given the ability to envision different futures. Every physical reality first begins with a thought. Another way to think of it is that we as humans are transformerrs of resources – builders. We are given various capabilities as builders. Some some bulldoze to clear the land, pour concrete to lay foundations, some are plumbers to establish water flow and the carrying away of the wastes, some are electricians to supply power, and some are carpenters. We all are builders.

1 Thessalonians 5:11 Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.

And every building first begins as a thought from someone followed by directives to build.

Isaiah 46:10 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:

So we are a part of a much bigger picture. We are created in our Father’s image. We can also see and build, if we first believe.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are our King! Bless and praise the name Yahuah! Let Your will be done here as it is in heaven. Send us now Your miraculous provision. Let it overflow to those around us. Forgive us our trespasses and transgressions, and helps us all to forgive those that have trespassed or transgressed against us. Make whole our hearts and minds, without any blemish or even a trace of a blemish. IN place of the past let us have only thoughts and memories of You. Deliver us from the evil here. Restore that which has been lost or stolen or in any way delayed, and that one hundredfold, and the more besides. We ask all these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.

What The Father Is Building

As believers we are to be edifying ourselves and each other. We are to be building up ourselves and each other.

1 Thessalonians 5:11 Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.

To do this we can follow the example of our Messiah, doing what He saw the Father doing.

John 5:19 Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.
20 For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel.

Just as our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus) did only what He saw the Father doing, likewise we should do the same. It does take time for us to do this – time in prayer, seeking our Father, and what He would have us both do and say.

If we can get ourselves motivated to move in that direction, we will see the things of God manifested in our lives and the lives of those around us.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. Bless the name Yahuah! You are our King! Let Your will be done among us here as it is in the heavens. Send us today Your overwhelming provision, Father, and manifest it among. Forgive us our trespasses and transgressions, and help us all to forgive those that have transgressed and trespassed against us. Restore right relationships among Your people Father. Thoroughly cleanse our hearts and minds, totally eliminating all memories and thoughts of the evil done here fully, as if it had not existed. Let these spaces be filled with Your love, joy, and peace. Let us all heal from the inside out. Raise up those with sickness and disease unto full and complete recovery. Renew Your people Father. Restore that which the locust has eaten to a flourishing greater than we can imagine. Restore the substance and prosperity of Your people one hundredfold all that has been taken or held back in any way. Help us, O King, help us Your children. Deliver us now. We ask all these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.

Words As Bricks

Each day we get to work with our Father to build the moment. Our past is behind us, unchangeable. Our future is yet to be written, from our perspective. We can participate in that building. In fact, we will participate in the building of it by our words and actions. This is foretold in scripture.

Isaiah 28:10 For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:

This is a principle in scripture, over and over again. What we say and do builds the moments that become our past, pointing us toward the future. It is important that we speak and do the things that the Father has in front of us. This is what our Messiah did.

John 5:19 Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.

John 12:49 For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.

We are meant to be like our Messiah, Yeshuah (Jesus). Let us speak and do the things that the Father does speak and do.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are our King! Praise the name Yahuah! Let Your will be done here among us. Send us today Your overwhelming provision such that it overflows to those around us. Forgive us our trespasses and transgressions, and help us all to forgive those that have trespassed and transgressed against us. Cleanse and purify our hearts and minds such that no thought or memory of past evil remains. Instead, in the new cleaned space, place thoughts of You and Your love toward us. Restore Your substance that You have declared is ours, delivering us from the evil that steals, kills, and destroys. Restore one hundredfold all that has been taken or held back in any way, and the more besides. We ask all these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.

Clearing The Ground

One thing all builders know about building a house is that the location, once selected, must be cleared. This sounds basic for sure. But in life, we may want to go on and do something substantial for our Father and for His kingdom. Certainly we are encouraged in scripture to do these things.

John 14:11 Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works’ sake.
12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
14 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.
15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.

We see here that our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus) clearly saw that we would do the things that He did and even greater things than He did. Therefore the desire to do great things for the Father is in line with scripture. This desire is a good thing, and is placed in us by the Father. But there are certain keys listed here to actually doing this. We have to believe on Jesus (Yeshuah), that He is in the Father and the Father in Him. If we ask anything in His name, He will do it that the Father receives the glory (not us). He repeats this. And He also says that if we love Him we will keep His commandments. We also know that all mankind, beings humans, has and will transgress the commandments (the Law).

1 John 3:3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
5 And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.

John was particularly admonishing us to love our fellow believers. This is a fundamental requirement, a clearing of the goound on which we build. Since we will struggle and fall, He has provided a way out that we can actually walk like He walked. That way out is to repent and turn from the sin, the transgressions, and receive forgiveness.

1 John 1:5 This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
6 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

Therefore, we need to clear the land to build on it, and that is the land of our heart. We clear it by getting to forgiveness. We clear the land by turning to our Father through the blood of His son, confessing to Him our sins that He might cleanse us from them. This is a process that we cannot do but in the present moment. We learn and repent from the past, we clear ground and build in the present, and we steadily move to becoming the finished work God is creating in us that will one day be finished in the future.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are our King. Praise the name Yahuah! Let Your will be done among us. Send us today Your overwhelming provision that it might overflow to others. Forgive us our trespasses and transgressions, and help us all to forgive those that have trespassed and transgressed against us. Help us to forgive completely, like You forgive. Heal our hearts and minds, cleansing them from all unrighteousness. Restore Your people Father. Restore right relationships. Restore prosperity and substance to Your people. Rise up today and restore in a mighty way that only You can, that all men might know that You alone are God and have done these things. We ask all these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.