Moving On

In life we come to all kinds of opportunities to show forth the love of our Father. If you are like me, sometimes you will, and sometimes you will not. The good news is, we just need to move on and move forward. If we will just keep moving, our Father will make up the difference for us.

Matthew 19:26 But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.

Let’s remember to keep moving on, trusting in our Father to help us.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You are our King. Praise the name Yahuah! You alone are worthy of our praises. Let us be light to a dying world. Send us now Your overwhelming abundant provision. Forgive us our sins. Restore unto Your people health and wellness. Restore unto Your people prosperity, returning one hundred times one hundred times one hundredfold all that has been taken or held back in any way from them, and more. We ask all these things in the name of Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.

Preparing For Winter

Scriptures speak of the need for preparation. There is a preparation for winter.

Proverbs 24:27 Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.

Just like there is a preparation for the winter months that we might have food, there is a preparation for the hearts and minds as well.

2 Timothy 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

There are seasons in our walk with the Father. We need to remember to prepare when we can before the tough times arrive. When we prepare ahead of time, we are far more able to withstand the tough times when they occur.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You are King! Bless the name Yahuah! Let Your will reign among us here. Send Your overwhelming abundant provision. Forgive us our sins. Restore unto Your people their hearts and minds. Deliver us from evil. Restore unto Your people one hundred times one hundred times one hundredfold the prosperity that has been take or held back in any way, and more than that. We ask all these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.

Marching On

We face today some of those same challenges faced by the nation of Israel many years ago. There was a time during when the people were ruled over in what some would call an oppressive manner. Actually, there were several times this was true, according to scripture.

Nehemiah 9:36 Behold, we are servants this day, and for the land that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we are servants in it:
37 And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.

Our challenge can be as simple as realizing we have made mistakes, asking for forgiveness, and doing all we can to move toward our Father’s way of life, His commandments and statutes for living.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You are our King! Praise the name Yahuah! Lord, let us be Your light in this dark place. Illuminate us that we might illuminate others. Send us Your overwhelming provision now such that it overflows to those around us. Forgive us our sins. Heal our hearts, and create clean ones in us. Deliver us from evil. Restore unto Your people one hundred times one hundred times one hundredfold that which has been taken or held back. We ask all these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.

From The Swirl

Today when I woke up I saw some more headlines from what we Americans are calling the presidential race. Since I do not watch much television, when I do see something I see it from a heightened awareness perspective. It is almost like seeing something for the first time. In that light, the sights on TV seem anything but presidential. Rather, they almost make me feel as if our country is being flushed and we are observing it from above or spinning in the water looking up – from the swirl. It is in these times that scriptures ring true.

Nehemiah 9:32 Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, since the time of the kings of Assyria unto this day.
33 Howbeit thou art just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast done right, but we have done wickedly:
34 Neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept thy law, nor hearkened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies, wherewith thou didst testify against them.
35 For they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great goodness that thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land which thou gavest before them, neither turned they from their wicked works.
36 Behold, we are servants this day, and for the land that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we are servants in it:
37 And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.

Let us return to our Father that He would be merciful and return to us.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You are our King! Praise the name Yahuah! Let us be Your lights in this dark place. Send us now Your overwhelming provision. Forgive us our sins. Heal our hearts and minds. Restore unto Your people all that has been taken or held back in any way one hundred times one hundred times one hundredfold. We ask all these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.

Going The Distance

Those lines from the Rocky movie were really moving for many people. I know that they were for me. Sometimes I remember them and apply them to the work at hand, namely, promoting the kingdom of God. We can go and go and go, but then sometimes we hit a wall or something doesn’t go right. What do we do? Do we quit? Give up? Or are we willing to go the distance? It is clear from scriptures that they encourage us to go the distance.

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.

So, we need to persevere. When times get tough, we have to be tougher than the times.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You are King! Praise the name Yahuah! Help us to promote Your kingdom in this earth. Send us now Your overwhelming provision. Forgive us our sins. Heal up that which is broken within us. Deliver us from the evil that is round about us. Restore unto Your people one hundred times one hundred times one hundredfold that which has been taken, held back, or in any way restricted from your people. We ask all these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.

What Day Is It?

Asking that question of anyone here in America would most likely bring about an answer based on the day of the week or the date, and an inquisitive look. If I ask this question here in writing, most likely I am not looking for that obvious of an answer. One might ask why does it matter? That answer is simple, but in answering we will generate additional questions to answer. What is a day and how do we know? A day is defined in the bible. Specifically it is a cycle of darkness to light.

Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

Notice there was a heaven and earth, but now specific form to the earth. In fact as we continue to read we will see that the whole earth was covered with water. And God’s Spirit moved freely on the water. Then He creates light. He likes it, but somehow He has a plan to have the light and the darkness not be the same thing. We started with darkness, light is created, then divided away from the darkness. Darkness, then light, was the pattern established. We know from what follows that there was some sort of cycle to this because He repeats the phrase “evening and the morning of the second day”, “evening and the morning of the third day”, and so on. So a day begins with darkness and goes into the light. This pattern should remind us of creation, and of course of the Creator. To do otherwise chips away at our remembrance of the first day of creation. This light and darkness cycle continued through day three. The darkness light cycle were accomplished without the sun and the moon.

Tomorrow we will address what day it is even further.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are King. Praise the name Yahuah! Let us be Your people to establish Your covenant in the earth. Send us now Your overwhelming provision such that we cannot contain it and it overflows to those around us. Forgive us our sins. Heal us up on the inside and outside. Deliver us from the evil that is here to steal and destroy, and strike it down. Restore unto Your people one hundred times one hundredfold, and hundreds of hundreds of hundreds, that which has been taken, held back, or restricted in any way from us. Rise up yet this day, O King, and show us a sign for good that all men might know that You alone have done this. We ask all these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.

When We Pray

Since I was a small child, I have been taught to say something to God from time to time. This was referred to as prayer to me by my parents. Starting with rhymes, somewhere in grade school I believe, I began to talk about various things during prayer. I also remember much of my “prayer” being mental thinking towards God. At the same time, that mental thinking was often bombarded with negative thoughts. Growing older, I said more things out loud, and continued with the negative thoughts. In short, I struggled with prayer.

In recent years, I have continued to try to get to “the truth” and have come to realize that mostly I focused on what I believed, not on our Father Himself. That remains a struggle, however, at least a part of the time. I want to be able to think about Yahuah (Lord) all the time. I want to remember that this life is really just a vehicle, a means to an end, for us to be reunited with God, and to retake the earth. It seems to me, that prayer, (talking with the Father, saying out loud things He has said, considering actions and activities in light of scriptures and other things He says to us), is a key to living as we should live. It begins with remembering to speak right things, I believe.

Deuteronomy 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.

So to that end, I have been trying for some time to pray out loud, and repeat the scriptures out loud, often. If you have had a struggle, then you may want to try this approach.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are our King. We praise and thank You for all You have done for us. Bless the name Yahuah! Let us be Your people here, and let us do Your will here, that it may be here as it is in heaven. Send us now Your overwhelming provision that we cannot contain it. Forgive us our sins. Heal up our hearts and minds. Deliver us from the one that steals and destroys. Restore unto Your people that which has been taken or held back one hundred times one hundredfold, and hundreds of hundreds. We ask all these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.

We Are Processing

It is clearer to me every day that we are being processed, as in the refiner’s pot. We may be able to see this when we face those moments when we can be a living witness to the character and nature of God, or not. These are our processing moments when Yahuah gives us the opportunity to add another victory over sin and the flesh to our list of victories. It is the chance to get one more fleck of dross out of us.

Psalms 66:8 O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard:
9 Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved.
10 For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.

Silver is “tried” in the refining pot. Put under the stress of heat at that moment, the dross is boiled away.

Let us go through these moments and show the character and nature of God.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are King! Praise the name Yahuah! Let us be the kingdom preachers in this earth that change it. Send us today Your overwhelming abundant provision. Forgive us our sins. Heal us from the inside. Deliver us from the evil one. Restore unto Your people one hundred times one hundredfold that which has been taken or held back. We ask all these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.

We Have To Trust

There are times in life when we will become amazingly aware that we fall short of what our Father wants us to do and to be. In those moments it is possible to be self condemning to the point of destroying our self worth. But that was never a part of our Father’s plan. The problem with that thinking is it is just the other side of the coin that would say if I did good, it was on my own. In fact, that is the name of that coin – “I made myself by myself.” God is against that. He wants us to be humble enough to realize we are not only not as good as we should be, we also cannot “fix” that on our own.

2 Chronicles 7:14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

If we will be humble enough to realize we are not what we should be and we cannot get there without our Father, He will turn to us when we seek forgiveness, forgive our sins, and heal us up.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are King! Praise the name Yahuah! Send us now Your overwhelming provision such that we cannot contain it. Forgive us our sins. Restore unto Your people one hundred times one hundredfold that which has been taken or held back. Rise up and deliver Your people mightily. We ask these things in the name of our Messiah Yshuah (Jesus). Amen.

Hold On To Hope

There may be times in our lives when what goes on around us seems to be more than we can bear. But we know that our Father always gives us good. We know that we can trust Him to always be there for us. We know that He will heal us up, and our families. It can be challenging to go through, but we can go through it with prayer and reading of scriptures.

1 Corinthians 10:13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

These are the times when we need to hold on to the hope that was in us from the beginning. We can know that our Father loves us, and will see us through. He watches over us.

Psalms 91:1 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
2 I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.
4 He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
5 Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;

Let us call out to our Father today, and have Him restore our hope.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are our King. We praise the name Yahuah! We ask to be those that implement Your kingdom in the earth. We call out for Your mercy. Send us today Your overwhelming provision such that it overflows to those around us. Forgive us our sins, and show us mercy, washing them away. Heal us inside and out. Deliver us from the evil one that steals and destroys. Restore unto Your people one hundred times one hundredfold that which has been taken or held back. Come quickly and deliver us from the thief. Show us a sign for good. We ask all these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.