When To Be Thankful

We can easily see in the scriptures that many of the writers expressed thankfulness to Yahuah (Lord) throughout their walks with Him. Some of our favorite songs come from passages where the writer was offering up thanks to Him.

Psalms 100:1 Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands.
2 Serve the Lord with gladness: come before his presence with singing.
3 Know ye that the Lord he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.
5 For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.

We see here that David did as he encouraged others to do – be thankful as we begin to praise Him. But when should we thank Yahuah (Lord)? After we receive something? When we receive something? Before we receive something? There are several scriptures that give us guidance here.

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;

Here Paul tells to thank Him at all times – before, during, and after. Why might that make sense? Because we are expected to know that we have what we ask when we ask.

1 John 5:14 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:
15 And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.

So we are to believe that God hears us and responds. And we know that He knows what we need even before we ask.

Matthew 6:5 And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
8 Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.

Therefore we can and should thank Him at all times because we live inside of His love and answered prayer at all times. Praise and thank the name Yahuah!

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are our God and King! Your kingdom is the only one we seek. Bless and praise the name Yahuah! Send us today Your overwhelming provision so great that we cannot hold it! We love You! Forgive us our sins. Heal up our minds and hearts, and cleanse them and us from all unrighteousness. deliver us from the evil and wicked that would steal from us what You have already provided. You are our Deliverer; come with a strong hand and outstretched arm to deliver Your people this very day, all day, and smith the works of those that are stealing from Your people. We ask these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshua (Jesus). Amen.

Watching The Appearance

We ask for God to do things for us. I have to admit there have been times when I have asked Yahuah to do this or that and it was really just throwing up a wish. My desire was for the thing to happen, but inside it only existed in the plain of “wouldn’t it be nice” and not with any real expectation of it happening. In fact, I would say there were numerous times when I really doubted that it would happen, as if there was no way that God would ever do such a thing for me. But God is not like that at all. He looks for whom He can help.

2 Chronicles 16:9 For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him.

We have a Father. He is the single most real point of existence anywhere. He looks for those that love and trust Him. He encourages those of us that struggle with that and leads us to where we can trust Him. And then grants us those requests that line up with His commandments.

Mark 11:22 And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.
23 For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.
24 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
25 And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.
26 But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.

Today we can be thankful that our Father hears us, and that He wants to give us what we ask according to His will and commands.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You are King. We need Your kingdom here on this planet at this time. We bless the name Yahuah. Send us now Your overwhelming abundant blessing such that we cannot contain it and it overflows to those around us. Forgive us our sins. Heal our hearts and minds. Cleanse us from within. Deliver us from those that are even now stealing from us what You have provided. Come with a strong hand and outstretched arm, and come quickly. We ask these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah. Amen.

He Never Gives Up On Us

We search for the reasons to take certain actions in life, or to take other actions. We can struggle, stumble, or even scratch our head in unbelief. But when all is said and done, God is still there for us. He is still waiting for us to choose Him and His ways over our own. And the really great news is we can make that happen! We have the ability to move forward and make a difference. We have the ability follow Him. Not because of us, but because of Him. Our Father never gives up on us.

Psalms 40:1 I waited patiently for the Lord; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
2 He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.
3 And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the Lord.
4 Blessed is that man that maketh the Lord his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.

Today, I am so thankful that Yahuah (Lord) always hears and delivers us. Without Him we are nothing. With Him, we are unstoppable.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are our God and our King. We praise the name Yahuah! Send us today Your overwhelming blessing, and manifest it now in our presence, that all men might see and know that it was You that picked us from the miry clay and set us on our feet. We trust in You, and we need You to have this appear today. You alone are the deliverer of Your people. We need and ask for Your forgiveness. We need and ask for Your healing. Make our hearts bold for You. Come with a strong hand and outstreched arm to deliver us from those that are now stealing from Your people. Destroy their works before their very eyes and let those works come to nothing! Rise up King. Rise up and free Your people. We ask all these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.

Mercy Is Good

Today when we think of mercy many different images can come to mind. For some it might be the workings of missionary physicians helping the poor around the world. For some it might be kindness shown to prisoners of war. For others it could be the assistance from the government in times of need like national disaster. We as believers have a model of mercy from almost the beginning of time. God was merciful to mankind at the garden when we rebelled against God and believed the enemy more than we did what He had instructed. Instead of wiping man out and starting over, He gave us the opportunity to learn and grow.

Genesis 3:8 And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden.
9 And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?
10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.
11 And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
12 And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
13 And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
14 And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
20 And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.

Yahuah (Lord) would have been justified to kill us off and start over. But instead He chose to allow us to live and to learn from Him. We are all on that original journey, trying to learn His ways and walk in them. We are each successful to varying degrees and at different times. But there is good news. God is on our side. All we have to do is trust Him.

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.

Our God deals with us not according to who we are, but according to who He is.

Psalms 103:10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.
11 For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.

For that, we can be thankful.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are our God and our King. We need You and Your kingdom in our lives. You alone are worthy to be praised, and we praise the name Yahuah!. Send us today Your overwhelming provision, and let us bless others as well. Forgive us our sins. Heal our hearts and minds. Deliver us from the evil that steals from us and afflicts us. Destroy such evil in the earth on our behalf Father. Come quickly with a strong hand and outstretched arm to deliver Your people. In Yeshuah’s (Jesus’) name. Amen.

Knowing And Faith

Today as I was praying I asked the Father about how to achieve results in prayer. It was more personal than that just sounded. More like, how should I pray? There have been times recently where I just knew that something was to come to pass, or I was able to experience the reality in my mind of something that had not yet happened. It was then that I felt that Yahuah (Lord) was showing me something in particular. If I want a certain event to occur, and I have experienced that in the past, I can remember how it felt when it happened before. Then with that “feeling” of it becoming a reality in the past, I try to have that same feeling when I pray for it now. There seems to be some kind of substance to it when I pray like that. I believe it is faith.

Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
2 For by it the elders obtained a good report.
3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
4 By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.
5 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
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 have to have that substance of faith to trust in our Father. He will teach us if we ask.

I am trying this out now. And I am so thankful that God does not reject us when we try to work these things out. What a great Father!

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are our King. We praise the name Yahuah! Send us today Your overwhelming provision. Forgive us our sins. Heal us Father, for we are weak. Deliver us from those that are stealing from us what You have given. Deliver us with a strong hand. We ask these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.

Not In Charge

This morning amidst so many things going on I was asking our Father about our frailty as humans. As I thought about my own situation and prayed for forgiveness. I wondered why we seem to repeat doing our own thing so often and having to go Him for forgiveness everyday. Then I realized that maybe that is the point. We are to be constantly looking at our walk with the intent to be more like the Father. When we fail we need to be quick to turn to Him for forgiveness. Our Messiah died for all our sins, and wants us to talk to Him everyday. He died that we might have life.

John 10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

I am just so thankful that our Father, Yahuah (Lord), is not like me. He is perfect, even about forgiveness.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You are our King. We bless the name Yahuah! Send us Your overwhelming blessing today, so much that it may overflow to others. Forgive us out sins. Please help us to strengthen our wills to not repeat our mistakes. We need Your mercy and love. Heal up Your people today. Feed Your people today. Deliver Your people from those that would steal from them and grind their works to powder. We ask these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshua (Jesus). Amen.

Thankful Even In the Weary Times

So, there are those days when we have had much to do, and the next day must come very early. Today was such a day for me. As I began the day, I struggled with this fact, tired and weary. But I knew that Yahuah (Lord) is always with me, and I called out to Him to help me from the beginning. And so the day went, one interesting moment after another, one miracle after another, one blessed lesson after another. And in it I was shown a few times what the Father was doing, so I did it. It was a blessing. It would seem to me that we are to do this because it is what our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus) 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.

Stopping to think this through, it begins to get very interesting. If will spend the time with the Father, He will show us what He is doing, or so it seems to be the message. And if we then do what He is doing, we will see great and marvelous things as we experience His ways.

Psalms 103:7 He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel.

There is much to learn, and much to be thankful for in this life. Our Father, watches over us, and provides all the inspiration we need.

Thank You Father, for how could we go on except You make a way where there is none.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You are King. We are most blessed to have You as a Father, and we bless the name Yahuah! Reign here with Your kingdom. Send us now Your overwhelming blessing. Forgive us the many sins, and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Heal u and forgive us. Deliver us from the darkness that would steal our joy and provision that You alone have provided. We ask these things, in the name of Messiah Yeshua. Amen.

Hey, Dad, Thanks!

Today I did not get to my blog till the end of the day. It was a rather long one, or so it seemed. But as I grew tired toward the end of the day, I also thought about how God never sleeps. He just keeps going. He just keeps looking out for us, His people. He is our King, our Friend, and the One watching over us.

Hey, Dad, thanks!

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are our King. You alone are the Ruler of the universe. You alone make life worth living. Praise the name of Yahuah! Send us your overwhelming provision today. Forgive us our sins. Heal us a deliver us from the evil that wants to blot us out. In Yeshua’s name. Amen.

Thinking Straight

Challenges have a way of making us stop to think about who we are and who we want to be in our Messiah. We say we trust in Him and we want to trust in Him. But when the real hard times come, we are forced to think about life from the perspective of who He is and who we are. Will we believe, or not? Will we trust, or not? And if times get even harder, then what will our actions be? We have choices to make, and they involve us getting ourselves out in front of the emotions that pull on us and calling out to our Father, Yahuah of hosts. He always hears us and responds by taking care of us.

Psalms 103:1 Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.
2 Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:
3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;
4 Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;
5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
6 The Lord executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.

This is not only the source of a popular song, it is also a source for our believing in times of trouble. There is another good scripture with a similar message that I enjoy from the Psalms.

Psalms 113:1 Praise ye the Lord. Praise, O ye servants of the Lord, praise the name of the Lord.
2 Blessed be the name of the Lord from this time forth and for evermore.
3 From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the Lord’s name is to be praised.
4 The Lord is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens.
5 Who is like unto the Lord our God, who dwelleth on high,
6 Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth!
7 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;
8 That he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people.
9 He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the Lord.

This day I am very thankful to have a Father in heaven that watches over us in the manner that Yahuah does. He raises us up to set us with the princes of the people.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are our King. We long for Your reign upon the earth. We need You to be with us. Praise the name Yahuah! Send us today Your abundant provision, for You alone are our King. Forgive us our sin. Heal our hearts and minds that we make long for only You and think of only You. You are our only hope, our only joy, our only deliverer. Come with a strong hand and deliver us today. We ask these things in the name of Yeshua (Jesus). Amen.

Thankful For Mercy

When we have a different kind of day, we can be frustrated and go in one direction. Or we can pause, waiting on orders from headquarters, to see what Yahuah is doing. I am writing at the end of the day versus the beginning. My God has been so goood to me today. I just want to say thank You, Yahuah.

Psalms 47:1 O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.
2 For the Lord most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth.
3 He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet.
4 He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.
5 God is gone up with a shout, the Lord with the sound of a trumpet.
6 Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises.
7 For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding.
8 God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness.
9 The princes of the people are gathered together, even the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth belong unto God: he is greatly exalted.

Praise the name Yahuah!

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You are our king. Thank you for the day. Thank you for being King. Thank You for all you have done for us today. In Yeshua’s (Jesus’) name. Amen.