Kingdom Impact

What are we doing here? Why are we doing it, and why are we here? These are questions that for some of us come to mind often. For others of us, perhaps not so much. These are certainly worth asking, and I suggest, trying to find the answers. Mostly, we are to walk out our lives, experiencing our Father’s world, as He directed from the beginning.

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.

Secondly, we are here to help others, especially those that are trying to follow after the Father.

Galatians 6:9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
10 As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.

This would be a good way to describe having kingdom impact. And it would be a good way to live.

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 trespasses and transgressions, and help us all to forgive those that have trespassed or transgressed against us. Wipe away all the thoughts and memories of evil done to us or by us, gently but completely. Replace these with thoughts and memories of only You. Deliver us from the evil here. And for all the good of life that has been taken or held back in any way, restore one hundredfold, and the more besides. Rise up, my Father and my King, and come to our aid while it is called 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.

Making A Commitment

It is easy in life to try to just move through it. Maybe we have had experiences that “taught” us to not become involved in other people’s lives. Maybe we are just trying to hold on ourselves. Or maybe times are so good that we are just enjoying the moments, one after the other. Whatever the reason, there are times when we are faced with a need on our part or the part of another that requires someone to make a commitment to action. It is in those moments that the future is truly shaped, for even inaction is an action. There are many scriptures that could be used here to address this point, but there is one that expresses it very well.

Joshua 24:14 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.
16 And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the Lord, to serve other gods;
17 For the Lord our God, he it is that brought us up and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and which did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we went, and among all the people through whom we passed:
18 And the Lord drave out from before us all the people, even the Amorites which dwelt in the land: therefore will we also serve the Lord; for he is our God.
19 And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the Lord: for he is an holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins.
20 If ye forsake the Lord, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you good.
21 And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve the Lord.
22 And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen you the Lord, to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses.
23 Now therefore put away, said he, the strange gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto the Lord God of Israel.
24 And the people said unto Joshua, The Lord our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey.
25 So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.
26 And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took a great stone, and set it up there under an oak, that was by the sanctuary of the Lord.

Ultimately, the action our Father is always calling us to take is to serve Him, and leave behind those things, those gods, which we served in days past.

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 trespasses and transgressions, and help us to forgive those that have trespassed or transgressed against us. Heal us from the inside out. 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. We assk all these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.

Begin Somewhere

So many times in my own life as I look at how much there can be to work on in a certain area, I can become overwhelmed. That is true for many of us. We can get “stopped” in making progress toward a goal. We can become overwhelmed, regardless of the task. Interestingly enough, these tasks can be different for different people. What overwhelms one person gets another person fired up to do something. Let me give an example. I enjoy doing dishes because I like developing systems for doing things quickly, and then using those systems. My wife does not do things this way, so it takes her longer and she does not prefer to do them. But it is exactly the same task. What is the difference? The way we each view the task is the only difference. And we can start that with an attitude that helps us. And we can start that attitude by what comes out of our mouth.

Romans 10:4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.
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.

What Paul is saying is that with faith we say things out of our mouth and then get to live them. The last word in verse nine is the Greek work meaning wholeness or completeness. It is not just referring to someday in the sweet by and by. It is referring to right now and the ability to be healed and blessed in every way. Praise God!

Toady, let’s begin somewhere by speaking positively, saying what our Messiah would say.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are our King! Praise the name Yahuah! Let Your will be here 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 and transgressed against us. Restore our health and freedom on the inside. Restore our health and freedom on the outside. Rise up, my King, and deliver us from the evil here. 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.

Creative Thinking

Humans have the ability to think in pictures and in words. When we are “day dreaming” we are often observing a moment as if it were a movie playing in our heads. We can also be thinking in sentences or conversations. This morning as I consider this ability, I have to ask myself why this is so. This is the way our Father has created us to be. Scriptures say we are made in His image.

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.

Here in the Hebrew the word image means something that looks the same. The word for likeness here can mean appearance but also means similar in nature or acts like something else. Given that our Father is a creative being, it seems reasonable to assume that this trait of thinking in pictures and words comes to us from Him. If this is true, then it would seem this capability must be tied to our purpose of dominion. It would likely also apply to acting out the instructions we were given.

Genesis 1:27 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.

It also leads to the admonition we have been given to renewing our minds.

Romans 12:2 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.

When we are born again we are renewed. But here he is already speaking to believers. It appears that there is a process for us to go through as believers that changes us into a person that can test something to see what is the good, acceptable, and perfect will of God. It seems that one of the reasons we do this is to become a living sacrifice to our Father. The message from this part of the letter to the Romans seems to be that we are here by God’s grace and the righteousness of faith that comes from confessing our sin and believing in Yeshuah (Jesus) as the One that can save us. This requires believing that God is, and that He rewards those that seek Him. This is the definition of the word faith.

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.

And we receive this faith by words/speech that is heard.

Romans 10:17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

If we read this in context, it appears that this word that we hear comes from our own mouths. Let us therefore control and renew our minds with our own speaking.

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 heavens. 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. Deliver us from the evil here. Father, this is Your kingdom, and it will take Your power to have it glorify You for ever and ever. We need You to come in Your power today Father. Restore all that has been taken or held back in any way from Your people, and that one hundredfold. We ask all these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.

In The Rain, In The Reign

Walking with the Father is an amazing experience – we call it life. We are meant to have an amazing experience, and amazing life. Our Messiah told us this.

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.

We can have a tendency to try to live our lives from our perspective, and then it can be stressful. If we can learn to live our lives from our Father’s perspective, we can have (and SEE that we have) an abundant life.

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 or transgressed against us. Heal us inside and out. Deliver us from the evil here. Send us the restored prosperity taken from us. We ask all these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.

Always Life

There have certainly been for me in times past occasions when I thought that considering God our Father as Healer and Provider was “a bit much” or “pushing it” somehow. There was a box called “salvation” that addressed only our “someday in the sweet by and by” spirit. It is unclear to me where exactly that came to me from, but I know now that it was not from our Father. The main evidence for this is creation itself. We are not spirits only, but physical beings meant to overcome – and rule – in this physical world!

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.

From the beginning we were given a job. That job has not changed. There was no death and decay at that time. There was life with no lack of any kind. It was the perfect kingdom. When Jesus healed people, He told them that the kingdom of God had come to them.

Matthew 10:7 And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.
8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.

We see here that restoration to a complete physical person is what the kingdom brings about. We have been given this kingdom, which is a restoration of the kingdom from the days of the garden. Of course our Father wants to take care of our physical being.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are King! Praise the name Yahuah! Let Your will be done here as it is in heaven. Send today Your overwhelming provision. Forgive us our trespasses and transgressions. Help us all to forgive those that have trespasses and transgressed against us. Heal us from the inside. Heal our hesrat and minds, removing all thoughts or memories of evil we have done or evil done to us. In this void place only Your love and Your Spirit, with joy. Restore to Your people all that has been taken or held back in any way, multiplied one hundredfold, and the more besides. Show us a sign for good, Father, that all men might know that You alone are God. We ask all these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.

Doing Our Best

None of us are perfect. We will always make mistakes. But that does not mean we should not try to be perfect. In fact our Messiah tells us to be perfect in one way.

Matthew 5:44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
46 For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?
47 And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?
48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.

We see here that the perfection we are to try to be is to love everyone, even those that treat us badly. One reason for this is they are also a reflection, an image, of our Father because He created them as well as us. And equally important is what it make us – more like our Father who loved us all so much that He sent His Son to die for us all.

We will all sin, which is transgression of the Law.

1 John 3:2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
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.

What is important is that we return to our Father, that we repent from evil and to our Father, and He will forgive and wash away our sin.

1 John 1:7 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.

Our life with the Father is a walk here on earth, not a destination. The destination is in the future. A walk is a journey. On that walk we need to continually seek Him, being quick to repent from evil to Him. In this we receive from our Father all good gifts, an abundant life.

James 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
18 Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

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.

Let us therefore work toward loving all men, that we might be more like our Father, Yahuah (Lord).

Prayer
Father we exalt You. You alone are our King! Praise the name Yahuah! Let Your will, Yahuah, be done here among us as it is in heaven. 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. Clease from our hearts and minds all thoughts and memories of evil, iniquity, and transgression such that no remnant of them remain. Heal us with Your loving touch, filling these voids with thoughts and memories of only You. Restore right relationships among us. Renew our bodies and make us whole. Deliver us from the evil here and in the air. Restore all that has been taken or held back in any way, and that one hyndredfold, that all men might know that You alone are our Elohim. We ask all these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.

Making A Difference, Making A Change

What we experience in life comes from one source ultimately, and that one source is God. He created everything, therefore He is ultimately behind all that happens. That being said, our choices matter. There is a clear path He wants us to follow. That path will lead to life everlasting with Him. However, there are other paths we can take that are not His path that He has set for us. These other paths lead us away from Him. Pretty much everything we do is done by choice. We are free to make our own choices. These choices are made, moment by moment. Each choice either keeps us on His path, or moves us away from His path. Enough wrong choices and we begin to lose our way, the way toward Him, our Father. But He is always there, waiting for us to make a choice to return. And when we choose to return, He receives us with open arms, not regarding our bad choices.

Luke 15:11 And he said, A certain man had two sons:
12 And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living.
13 And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.
14 And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.
15 And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
16 And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.
17 And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!
18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,
19 And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.
20 And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
21 And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.
22 But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet:
23 And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry:
24 For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.
25 Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing.
26 And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant.
27 And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.
28 And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and entreated him.
29 And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:
30 But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.
31 And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine.
32 It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.

The story of the prodigal son is a great one to show us that our Father rejoices when we turn to Him. He does not remember the wrongs one we confess and repent. He does not keep a record of the wrongs we have done.

Psalms 130:3 If thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?
4 But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.
5 I wait for the Lord, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.

Instead, we see from the story, we receive a robe of righteousness, a ring fit for someone that is to be married, and the feet shod with the good news that the Father is on our side. The righteousness is as if we had always been with Him, keeping His commands. The ring is a signet of the kingdom. Then there are the shoes, which are King’s shoes to walk His path and declare we are His child. And the shoes are the keeping of the feasts that He has prepared for us.

Nahum 1:15 Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows: for the wicked shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off.

Today, let us all choose to walk His path, and to return when we are on different paths. He will receive us with open arms. We will keep a feast with Him.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are our King! Praise the name Yahuah! Let Your will be done here as it is in the heavens. 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. We need Your help to forgive. Cleanse our hearts and minds. Wipe away memories of the evil such that we are like You, and have not even the slightest thought of these from the past. Deliver us, and renew Your Spirit within us. Restore the joy of Yeshuah, our salvation. Then we will teach many Your ways. We ask this same blessing for all those that have trespassed against us, or that we have harmed in any way. Let us unite in the unity of family, Father, Your family. Restore seven fold all that the enemy has taken or held back in any way, and the more besides. Give us the power to get wealth, and greatly fan that flame, that those that see us know that You alone have done this. We ask all these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.

Never Give Up, No Matter What

As children of God, we are to receive many blessings from our Father. Life itself is one of them. Not just any kind of a life, but an abundant life.

John 10:7 Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.
8 All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
9 I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
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.

It is difficult to imagine at times that He would love us so much. Yet here we are, faced with unshakeable proof, that He blesses us. And, lest we should somehow get proud and boastful about all the good that comes our way, we need to remember the blessings are not because we are good (for we are not), but rather because our Father Yahuah (Lord) is eternally compassionate.

Daniel 9:18 O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.#which…: Heb. whereupon thy name is called
19 O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.
20 And whiles I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the Lord my God for the holy mountain of my God;
21 Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation.

Today, let’s remember to appreciate and openly thank our Father for all He has done, for what He is doing, and for for what He will do.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are our King! Praise the name Yahuah! Let Your will and power flow in this earth around us and for us, just as it does in the heavens. This is the day You have made Father. We will rejoice and be glad in it. Today, send us Your overwhelming provision such that it overflows to those around us, and send it with breakthrough angels. Forgive us our many trespasses and transgressions, and help us all to forgive those that have trespassed and transgressed against us. Help us Father to be more like You and less like us. We need You. Cleanse and heal us in all our inward parts. We need Your love. Restore the blessings of prosperity in our lives, both in spiritual matters and in physical substance, one hundredfold for all that has been taken or held back in any way. Bless the working of our hands as we labor to provide for the kingdom work. Protect and keep us. We ask all these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.

Help Is On The Way

One of the challenges that we as believers can face has to do with time. Or perhaps it is timing. We call out to our Father for His help in something, and we can become concerned if we do not see it manifested immediately. However, scripture shows us that help comes when we call out.

Daniel 10:5 Then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a certain man clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with fine gold of Uphaz:
6 His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour to polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude.
7 And I Daniel alone saw the vision: for the men that were with me saw not the vision; but a great quaking fell upon them, so that they fled to hide themselves.
8 Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me: for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength.
9 Yet heard I the voice of his words: and when I heard the voice of his words, then was I in a deep sleep on my face, and my face toward the ground.
10 And, behold, an hand touched me, which set me upon my knees and upon the palms of my hands.
11 And he said unto me, O Daniel, a man greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak unto thee, and stand upright: for unto thee am I now sent. And when he had spoken this word unto me, I stood trembling.
12 Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words.
13 But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia.

We see here that Daniel cried out to our Father for 21 days, but the angel was dispatched at the very first. This is in keeping with what happened with our Messiah as well.

Mark 11:12 And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry:
13 And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet.
14 And Jesus answered and said unto it, No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever. And his disciples heard it.
15 And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves;
16 And would not suffer that any man should carry any vessel through the temple.
17 And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves.
18 And the scribes and chief priests heard it, and sought how they might destroy him: for they feared him, because all the people was astonished at his doctrine.
19 And when even was come, he went out of the city.
20 And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots.
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.

Here we see that Jesus cursed the tree and it took a day to take effect. Notice He said it was the result of His prayers. When we pray, we can receive the faith, the belief, that God is helping us and that what we say will come to pass. It was so in this passage. In both cases, the one praying was or had been fasting. They sought forgiveness for the others around them. Jesus clearly had an attitude of forgiveness toward us all when He was on the cross.

Luke 23:34 Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.

So we see, if we will listen and pray, and believe that our Father hears us, help is on the way.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are King. Praise the name Yahuah! Bless Yahuah! Let Your will be done here among us. Send us today Your overwhelming provision. Forgive us our transgressions and our trespasses, and help us all to forgive those that have transgressed and trespassed against us. Cleanse and heal our hearts and minds, renew our life, repair our souls, that all men might know, You alone are God. Restore unto Your people prosperity of substance and wholeness greater than all that has been taken or held back in any way, and the more besides. Bless the work of our hands today that we might advance Your kingdom. We ask all these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.