Mercy Renewed

It can be really hard to watch the news these days. There is so much negativity. People accuse each other of horrible things. Countries have atrocities happen within their borders. As I think on these things one thing seems clear to me. We all need mercy, from our Father and from each other. Good news. He gives it new everyday.

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.

This leaves us with a question. How do we get to the place where we can learn to forgive and be forgiven? I think a part of that answer at least is to be focused on Yahuah (Lord) and not on ourselves.

Lamentations 3:24 The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
25 The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
26 It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.

If we really seek change, then we must seek Yahuah.

Psaslms 55:17 Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.
18 He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me: for there were many with me.
19 God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.

Let us all earnestly seek the ability to forgive.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are our King. Praise the name YAH. Let Your will be done here and let Your kingdom come here. Send us now Your overwhelming provision that it might overflow to those around us. Forgive us our trespasses and transgressions, and help us all to forgive those that have trespassed or transgressed against us. Wipe away all thoughts of evil done to us or by us. Wash our hearts and minds, and though they were red as scarlet, they will be white as snow. Deliver us from the evil here. Send in quickly the $424,523,962.53 that it might move Your kingdom forward in a mighty way. Restore unto Your people one thousandfold, and thousands of thousands, all the good that has been taken or held back in any way. Whether it be lands, relationships, monies, gold, silver, or precious jewels, return in this abundance, Father, that all men might know it is You that has done this. We ask all these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). We ask all these things of Your, Father, in Your name YAH. We ask all these things in the name YAH Yeshuah. Amen.

Endurance Matters

All believers in their lifetimes are on a journey, in a race, moving toward something. The challenge is, it lasts as long as we do. It is a lifetime event, not a moment in time event. Scriptures tell us in many places to stay the course and not give up.

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

1 Corinthians 9:24 Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.

Mark 13:13 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

As we can see, there is much said to encourage us to not give up, and to finish. In this life, we need to finish out our walk with our Father.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You are our King. Praise the name YAH! Let Your will be done here as it is in heaven, and let Your kingdom be here. Send us now 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 from the inside out. Deliver us from the evil here. Send in the $424,523,962.53 that Your kingdom might go forward. We ask all these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). We ask all these things of You, Father, in Your name YAH. We ask all these things in the name of YAH Yeshuah. Amen.

Good Day For A Scripture

Some days are better to just provide my readers with a scripture. This day has been such a day.

Psalms 34:13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
14 Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
15 The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.
16 The face of the Lord is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
17 The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.
18 The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the Lord delivereth him out of them all.
20 He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.
21 Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.
22 The Lord redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You are our King. Praise the name YAH! Let Your will be done in the earth as it is in heaven, and let Your kingdom be here. Send us now Your overwhelming provision. Forgive us our trespasses and transgressions. Help us all to forgive those that have trespassed against us. Deliver us from the evil here. Restore unto Your people one thousandfold all that is good that has been taken or held back from Your people, and the more besides. Send in now the $424,523,962.53 to promote Your kingdom. We ask all these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). We ask all these things of You, Father, in Your name, YAH. We ask all these things in the name of YAH Yeshuah. Amen.

Hearts, Eyes, And Ears

Yesterday as I was reading scripture I had a thought about blessings and curses that are stated there. Today I continued to investigate these scriptures. When Moses was leading the people to the physical promised land, he pronounced the blessings and the curses of the second covenant with the children of Israel.

Deuteronomy 29:1 These are the words of the covenant, which the Lord commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, beside the covenant which he made with them in Horeb.
2 And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Ye have seen all that the Lord did before your eyes in the land of Egypt unto Pharaoh, and unto all his servants, and unto all his land;
3 The great temptations which thine eyes have seen, the signs, and those great miracles:
4 Yet the Lord hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.

Until this morning, I did not realize that this was a second covenant. It is so much fun to read the scriptures! Our Father will reveal himself to us when we take time to pursue Him. The interesting thing I saw which I am beginning to try to understand is that our Messiah did this same thing as He was ushering in the kingdom based upon His coming sacrifice.

Matthew 4:23 And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.
24 And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatic, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.
25 And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judaea, and from beyond Jordan.

Matthew 5:1 And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him:
2 And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying,
3 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven…

This teaching continues through two chapters.

Matthew 7:28 And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine:
29 For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.

We see here that perhaps He was expanding on the understanding of what Moses had said, and was also pronouncing blessings and curses. So what does this mean? The entire answer to that question is something that is still unclear to me. What is clear is that Jesus (Yeshuah) preached the gospel of the kingdom when He was with us. The result was the miraculous. Moses told us that there was a way to follow our Father. It was through saying what He said, hearing it, and living inside it. Jesus (Yeshuah) said the same thing, that if we will turn and follow Him, we will be like our Father and change the world with our speaking, hearing, thinking, and actions.

May Yahuah (Lord) give us all hearts to perceive, eyes to see, and ears to hear, that we might be saved by the blood of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus), and transform this world.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are our King! Praise the name YAH! Let Your kingdom be here with us. Let Your will be done here as it is in heaven. Send us now while it is called today Your overwhelming provision. Forgive us our trespasses and transgressions, and help us all to forgive those that have trespassed against us. Thank You for cleansing our hearts and minds, that we might only have thoughts and memories of You and Your love toward us. Heal us. Deliver us. We cry out to You, O King, let Your kingdom dispel the darkness in great power. Bring in the $424,523,962.53, and direct it to Your kingdom. Restore unto Your people one thousandfold all that has been taken or held back in any way of that which is good, and the more besides. Move our hearts together. Redeem our lands, homes, finances, and more. We ask all these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). We ask all these things of You, Father, in Your name YAH! We ask all these things in the name YAH Yeshuah. Amen.

Changing For The Good

Our Father created everything! This morning as I look out into my back yard, I can see His handiwork. It is truly a beautiful sight to see. We serve a God who knows all things and created all things. Interestingly enough He created us to be like Him.

Genesis 1:26 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.

As near as I can discern, we have a similar appearance to God. He gave us rulership here. And apparently this universe that He created operates the same way that it was created, by thoughts leading to speaking leading to manifestation here. This patter was set by our Father, and this is the very thing that Moses said and Paul quoted.

Romans 10:5 For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them.
6 But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above:)
7 Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.)
8 But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;
9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

And our Messiah lived it, and when questioned repeated what Moses said.

Mark 11:21 And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him, Master, behold, the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away.
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.

And the source of this power is our Father, YAH, who has always told us how to be and how to use this power. He told it to Joshua in a very emotional time.

Joshua 1:6 Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give them.
7 Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.
8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
9 Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.

So perhaps we are only just now learning the message that was from the beginning. We are to subdue this earth. People will be drawn to us if we have the love of the Father with His kindness. If we do, we will be able to do the works our Messiah did when He proclaimed the good news (gospel) of God. The kingdom is near and the King, YAH, is on our side.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You are our King. Praise and bless the name YAH! Father, let Your kingdom come here, and let Your will be done here as it is in heaven. Send us now Your overwhelming provision. Let us be a source of provision in testimony to You. Forgive us our trespasses and transgressions, and help us all to forgive those that have trespassed or transgressed against us. Wipe away all thoughts and memories of the evil done to us or by us. In their place let there be only thoughts and memories of You and Your love toward us. Heal our heats. Heal our minds. Give us strength to say what you say, and then to hear and do it. Deliver us from the evil here. Restore one thousandfold unto Your people all that has been taken or held back in any way, and the more besides of the physical things and the non-physical things. Help us to unity. Send in the $424,523,962.53. Show us a sign for good, that all men might know that You alone have done these things. Help us to be in Your image and likeness as You intended. We ask all these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). We ask all these things of You, Father, in Your name YAH! We ask int he name above all names, YAH Yeshuah! Amen.

Be Not Afraid

Many times in scripture we are encouraged to not be afraid, or to fear not. There are some that say it matches the number of days in the Gregorian calendar. Although the actual number appears to be smaller, the point is, it is there and in important places. Sometimes it takes the positive form of encouraging us to have courage, the opposite of fear. When Joshua was left alone to lead his nation, after the death of Moses, YAH said it to him.

Joshua 1:1 Now after the death of Moses the servant of the Lord it came to pass, that the Lord spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ minister, saying,
2 Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the children of Israel.
3 Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you, as I said unto Moses.
4 From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast.
5 There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
6 Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give them.
7 Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.
8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
9 Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.

In this verse YAH did both. He told Joshua to have courage, and He told Joshua to not be afraid. Each of us has our own personal walk with our Father. In mine, I sense Him encouraging me to do great works, to have courage, and to not be afraid. Likely it is true for each of us.

Fear not. YAH is with us to uphold and bless us in all we do. We need only meditate on His Law and His commandments day and night.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are our King! Praise the name YAH! Let Your will be done here, and let Your kingdom come here. Send us today Your overwhelming provision. Forgive us our trespasses and our transgressions, and help us all to forgive those that have trespassed or transgressed against us. Wipe away all thoughts or memories of evil done to us or by us. In their place let there be only thoughts and memories of You. Heal up our hearts and minds that Your words might always be on our lips. Deliver us from the evil here. We need You, King! Restore unto Your people one thousandfold all that is good that has been taken or held back in any way from Your people, and the more besides, of relationships, lands, buildings, possessions, monies, gold, silver, and precious jewels and metals. Bring in the $424,523,962.53 that Your kingdom might be mightily promoted. We ask all these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). We ask all these things in Your name, Father. We ask all these things in the name YAH! Amen.

Another Day, Another Victory

When we have opportunity, we have another chance for victory. Each day is like that. Each day is a chance to win. Each day is a chance for victory. Each day, we are the winners, in our Father. He wins for us.

Deuteronomy 28:1 And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:

Praise the name YAH!

Prayer
Father, we exalt You! You are the King! Let Your will be done here today, Father, 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. Wipe away our thoughts and memories of the evil done to us or by us. In their place let there be thoughts and memories of only You. Deliver us from the evil here. Heal us from the inside. We need You now and forever. Restore unto Your people one thousandfold 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). We ask all these things of Your, Father, in Your name YAH! Amen.

A Higher Calling

Yesterday in a conversation something came up for me that has happened many times. I heard someone talking about how so many people in a certain group or industry tell you what you want to hear, and then do something else. Then, that person proceeded to outline a plan to go back on their word to someone, in an effort to protect some people financially, or so that person thought. As I sat praying about this this morning, I realized that each of us is called to make a stand for what is right. That stand is not for others, that stand is for us. With that said, we are each called to a higher standard, a higher calling.

Ephesians 4:22 That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
23 And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;
24 And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
25 Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
26 Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
27 Neither give place to the devil.
28 Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
29 Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
32 And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.

Today, let us all try to each walk in that higher calling, and pray for one another.

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 now Your overwhelming provision. Forgive us our trespasses and transgressions, and help us all to forgive those that have trespassed or transgressed against us. Wipe away all thoughts or memories of things done to us or by us that were not good. In their place let there be only thoughts and memories of You. Heal us from the inside. Heal our bodies. Heal our hearts and minds. Deliver us from the evil here. Restore unto Your people one thousandfold all the good that has been taken or held back in any way, and the more besides. Increase Your people in lands, possessions, monies, jewels, gold silver, relationships, health, and influence. We ask all these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). We ask all these things in Your name, Father, in the name of YAH! Amen.

Days Filled With Love

Interestingly as I wrote this morning I hesitated to use this title, thinking it to be too predictable or corny. But as I tried to think of other words, it became obvious to me that love was the correct word. It is the point. I was going to entitle it with power, or warfare, or something more “spiritual” and yet, all of those brought thoughts of negative situations. And the one thing that I could think of that would overcome them all was simply, love.

Romans 12:12 Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;
13 Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.
14 Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.
15 Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.
16 Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.
17 Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.
18 If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.
19 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
20 Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.
21 Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.

We can see that Paul clearly understood that our Father is the one that watches over us. It is He that makes our path work, and not us.

Proverbs 25:21 If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:
22 For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord shall reward thee.

Today, let us walk with our head up, knowing that it is our Father that will reward us, and not a man.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are our King! Praise the name YAH! Let Your will be done in the earth as it is in heaven. Today, Father, send us Your overflowing provision such that we cannot contain it. Forgive us our trespasses and transgressions, and help us to forgive those that have trespassed or transgressed against us. Wipe away and wash clean all thoughts or memories of the evil done to us or by us, and replace them with thoughts and memories of only You. Deliver us from the evil here, and heal us both inside and out. Show us a sign for good. Restore unto Your people one thousandfold all the good that has been taken or held back in any way, and the more besides, weather finances, goods, relationships, land, or health. Restore all, Father. Arise now, O King! Reward Your people while it is called today. We ask all these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). We ask all these things in Your name, Father, the name of YAH! Amen.

Change We Can

For many people change can be a scary thing. Mostly this is because it is unknown, or deals with something unknown. However, if we are willing to face the unknown, trusting our Father to be on our side, great things can happen. Perhaps the greatest evidence of this is the transition from death to life.

John 3:15 That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

That is just one change available to us, the beginning change. The possibilities after that are almost limitless.

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.

Let us all commit to positive change.

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 now 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 and deliver us. Restore unto Your people one thousandfold all the good that has been taken or held back in any way. We ask all these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). We ask all these things of You, Father, in Your name YAH! Amen.