More Mortar

In laying bricks, it is important not to run out of the mortar. This can be a challenge if the one trying to lay the brick is faster than the one supplying the mortar. This can be true in our own lives as well. We are both the layer of our bricks and the supplier of our mortar. How then shall we supply the mortar? Through our mouths.

Colossians 3:16 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.

This is the mortar that will build the days of our lives into the monument of the truth that we received from our Father.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You are the King. Bless the name Yahuah! Send us now Your provision we desperately need. Forgive us our sins. Heal up our minds. Deliver us from the evil that is stealing from us. Restore unto us one hundred times one hundredfold. We ask these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.

Building Means Change

When we move forward in life in our Messiah, we will grow into a better understanding of Him and who we are to be. This growth is good. In a previous writing I noted a scripture that talked about how this leads to peace for His people while here on the earth. That same scripture applies to change and building ourselves up in Him.

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.

Here I would suggest that we are a part of the all men being referred to here. We pray for ourselves and others to change and grow.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are King. We need You and Your kingdom in our lives. Praise the name of Yahuah! Send us now Your overwhelming provision. We need Your healing power to heal our hearts and minds. We need Your mighty deliverance from the thief that steals and destroys. We ask that restore unto Your people one hundred times one hundredfold. We ask these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.

Keep Building

If we will be relentless in building ourselves up, we will become the person our Father wants us to become. It is unlikely that it will happen overnight. It is building, which means there is an order and a progression to it. It takes time.

Isaiah 28:9 Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts.
10 For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:

If we let God, He will build us up over time.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are King. Praise the name Yahuah! Send us now Your overwhelming provision. Forgive us for our sins. Heal us up, and deliver us. We ask these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.

Build Up

Sometimes when I take my car in to be worked on by the automotive tech, I hear them use the phrase, “build up”, that has a certain negative connotation to it. It usually refers to the deterioration of a clean condition over time where some contaminant accumulates – builds up – until it causes a non-compliance in the ability to perform. thinking about this today, I was thinking how we can be like that as well. Actually we are supposed to “build up” ourselves and others in the Messiah over time.

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

This is a good thing. We need to add good things to one another over time. We need to build one another up in the Messiah.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You are our King. We need Your kingdom. Praise the name Yahuah! Send us now your overwhelming provision. Forgive us our sins. Heal us up inside. Deliver us from the evil that steals from us. Restore unto Your people one hundred times one hundredfold, and hundreds of hundreds. We ask all these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.

Things Develop

We have a certain way that we hope our lives turn out. Often, things turn out differently. It is not that we do not have the ability to see these possibilities. It is just that we have different ones in mind. It is these times that our Father steps forward and makes changes. He is trying to mold us and make us into the more perfect likeness of Him that we are meant to become. We struggle because we become impatient. But as a loving Father, it is He, not us, that perfects His work in us.

Philippians 1:6 Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:

So how then is this message and different than the many other times people have said it. Perhaps that is the real point hear. Things develop over time in our lives. There comes that perfect “Ah – ha!” moment and we get it. This is meant certainly for me today, I believe there will be others that this snaps into place for in a special way today.

Glory to God!

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You are our King. Bless the name Yahuah! Send today Your overwhelming provision. Forgive us our sins. Heal up our hearts. Deliver us from the thief that steals and restore one hundred times one hundredfold that which has been taken from Your people. Let the restoration begin in a mighty way this week, like a mighty rushing wind, like an outpouring of abundant reign! We ask these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.

Build From The Inside

We are called as believers to build ourselves and each other up. The most important building we do is from the inside.

Romans 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

If we build up our minds first, then we can build the rest. Everything begins first in our minds. Today, let’s renew our minds!

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. Hail to the King! Bless the name of Yahuah. Send us now Your overwhelming provision. Heal us and deliver us. In Yeshuah’s (Jesus’) name. Amen.

Getting The Mind Right

As believers we are faced with a reality everyday. There is one God. We are not Him. That said, we will fall short of being perfect, although we strive to be. What can we do, as believers, to move in the direction of perfection, the direction of doing things right more often than we do today? One thing that helps is getting our mind right. Perhaps you are thinking that getting our mind right is more easily said than done. Well, it is work, but it is doable. We know this from scriptures, we know that we need not fear the inability to control our thoughts.

1 Timothy 1:6 Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.
7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

The next comes to us from both Paul and Moses (Paul quoted Moses).

Dueteronomy 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 interrupt the thoughts in our mind by with the words coming out of our mouth. If we will speak the truth of the scriptures to ourselves, then those truths will become our thoughts.

It may not seem easy, but with the help of our Father, we can get our mind right.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are King. We love Your kingdom and rule. Bless the name Yahuah! Send us today Your overwhelming blessing of provision such that we cannot contain it. Forgive us our sins. Heal us up inside. Deliver us from the thief that has stolen from us and continues to steal. Remove the scales from our eyes that we might see clearly how we are slaves, and take action to be free. We ask these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.

See What We Look To See

Currently when we look around us, we see a world. That world may appear good or bad to us. Whatever the state, if we want it to change, it is up to us to make that change happen. But that can seem like a daunting task. There are so many things around us committed to making our world not change. How do we overcome these things? With the same plan that has been laid out from the beginning. Moses was the first to state it more clearly.

Dueteronomy 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 change it by repeating what God says, over and over again.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are King. Bless the name Yahuah! Send us today Your overwhelming provision! Forgive us our sins. Heal up our hearts and spirits, that we might serve You in gladness. deliver us from the one that is and has stolen from us. Restore unto us one hundred times one hundred fold, and hundreds of hundreds. We ask these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.

Holding On, Holding Up

Mostly we are a people that love to serve our God, and our fellow believer. Sometimes, however, we may find it is a struggle to lay down our our desires and pride to help our fellow man. We are human, and with humanity comes sin. But there may be a middle ground where we can move to if we cannot be actively helping someone. It would not be a place where you would want to stay because chances are, you would slip and fall to a place where you actively turn away from helping another person. This is a place in between. A place where we do no harm.

1 Chronicles 4:10 And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.

If we cannot do good at the moment, then we should pray that we do no harm while we are working toward the ability to do good to our neighbors. Our Father will here us, and help us.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You are King. Praise the name Yahuah! Send us Your overwhelming provision. Heal us. Deliver us from the thief. We ask these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.

Check The Gauge

We all become aware of the need for physical food in our life. We know it is time to “fuel up” because we become hungry. Just like we need physical fuel in the form of food, we also need spiritual fuel for our spiritual life. But what is that fuel, and how do we know when it is time for us to “fuel up” spiritually? There are many answers for this, and likely they differ for different people. One of the ways we know is if we find ourselves in fear or dread. That is like our spiritual gauge. But then how do we “fuel up” to overcome those things? One of those ways is through prayer. Me can see that our Messiah used this method often.

Matthew14:22 And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent the multitudes away.
23 And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone.
24 But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary.
25 And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea.

He often prayed before significant events, like walking on the water here and calming the sea. He also prayed before he was crucified. It is one way that we can “fuel up” to prepare ourselves for the race.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You are our King. We praise the name Yahuah and long for the raign of Your kingdom here! Send us today Your overwhelming provision. Forgive us our sins. Help our unbelief. Heal us up completely. Deliver us from the thief. Restore unto Your people one hundred times one hundred fold, and hundreds of hundreds of hundreds. We ask these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.