We Have Hope

In this world, we have hope. There is always a clear path to what our Father has in store for us. It may seem at any given moment like there are many troubles in front of us, yet we can choose to press on for what we have been called to do in our life. The feeling of comfort in these moments is really based on what we choose to believe is important or choose to focus on as what “should” be. If we are willing to let go of that and call out to our Father for His will, we will see His deliverance.

Matthew 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

Today, we can find our way to the kingdom in this earth. We can be forgiving of those that have tried to harm us. We can treasure our time with our Father. We can live with Him though we are here. To do so we must focus on Him and call out to Him for His will in our lives.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are our King. Bless the name Yahuah! Let Your will be done among us. Send us now Your abundant provision. Forgive us our trespasses, and help us all to forgive those that have trespassed against us. Cleanse our hearts and minds. Restore all that is good that has been taken or held back from Your people in any way. Deliver us Father. How shall it be said that Your people are the ones that fail? Rise up, my King, and deliver today. We ask all these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.

We Have Comfort

Today I thought of the subject of comfort. We can tend to think that we should not look for comfort, and in the sense that we are looking for “an easy life” or one where we are more interested in taking it easy than in promoting God’s kingdom, comfort is not so good. However, it is clear that we are to be comforted by the Holy Spirit because our Messiah specifically told us so.

John 14:16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
18 I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.
19 Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.

We see that we are to receive the Holy Spirit, and that we will be comforted when Jesus comes to us. From this we know that comfort from Him is a good thing. What He said just before this is also a source of comfort to us.

John 14:12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
14 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.
15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.

If we believe on Yeshuah (Jesus) as Yahuah (Lord), then we will love HIm and keep His commandments. ANd anything we ask in His name, He will do it.

That is a great comfort, indeed!

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are our King! Bless the name Yahuah (Lord)! Let Your kingdom be here as it is in the heavens. Send us today Your overwhelming blessing and provision such that they overflow to those around us. Forgive us our transgressions, and help us all to forgive those that have transgressed against us. Cleanse our hearts and minds, that we remember the bad no more. Restore right relationships among us. Restore unto Your people one hundredfold all that has been taken or held back in any way from Your people of that which is good. WE ask all these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus).

Redirection

This morning as I consider our walk with our Father, it seems it is many times about redirection. We walk along, then maybe we drift to something we should not drift to in thoughts often and sometimes in our actions. But then, the Spirit has us consider His ways. We are redirected to return to His path.

John 14:26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

When we confess that we have transgressed, that is the first response to the awareness provided by the Spirit. Our Father never lets us down. He always is there, ready to help us find our way home.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are King! Praise the name Yahuah! Let Your will be done among us. Send us now Your provision that we might seem a blessing to those with whom we interact. Forgive us our trespasses, and help us all to forgive those that have trespassed against us. Cleanse and heal our hearts and minds. Deliver us from the evil here. Restore unto Your people all good things that have 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.

Really Good News

God is on our side. I could stop there, but as I meditate this morning on our Father and all He has done for just me and my family, I feel blessed above imagining. For many, certainly for me, it can be easy to be swayed away from the simplicity of this truth. But I know that we can count on our Father, always, at all times, to be working for our good.

Romans 8:25 But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.
26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
27 And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

In the challenging moments it is tempting to struggle. But if we “let go and lete God” and admit we are powerless of ourselves to change anything, we can be at peace. We can overcome the challenges that face us, usually in our minds, struggling for belief. And He will help us there as well.

Mark 9:23 Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.
24 And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.
25 When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him.
26 And the spirit cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him: and he was as one dead; insomuch that many said, He is dead.
27 But Jesus took him by the hand, and lifted him up; and he arose.
28 And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, Why could not we cast him out?
29 And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.

Today, let us rejoice in the good news.

Nahun 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 rejoice and be thankful to our Father, for He is on our side!

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are our King! Praise the name Yahuah! Let Your will be manifest among us here as it is in the heavens. Send us today Your overwhelming provision. Forgive us our transgressions, and help us all to forgive those that have transgressed against us. Restore unto Your people all good things – relationships, prosperity in goods and spirit, healing – that have been taken from us or held back in any way, and the more besides. Let it be said this day, O King, that You alone rose up and did these things. We ask all these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.

Sincere Thankfulness

Blessed are You Yahuah (Lord), King of the universe! Many times I have said these words as a way of saying thank you to our Father. As I examine myself in the saying of these words, I want to pause, to think about all I have to be thankful for to our Father. How many times do we reply thanks to someone as almost an expected courtesy, without thinking? For me, I would say that is frequent. Today, as I meditate on scripture and think of all I have to be thankful to our Father for now, it makes me want to be deeply sincere in my heart. For me, that takes a moment to meditate on what He has done.

Psalms 107:1 O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
2 Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy;
3 And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south.south: Heb. sea
4 They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.
5 Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.
6 Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.
7 And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.
8 Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
9 For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.

Today let us meditate on Yahuah”s (Lord’s) goodness. Let us give thanks to Him that has saved us, and everyday delivers us from our enemies, destroying their every work. Blessed be God, King of the universe!

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are our King! Praise the name Yahuah! Father, let Your will be in this earth! Give us today Your overwhelming provision. Forgive us our transgressions, and help us all to forgive those that have transgressed against us. Let us live in peace and unity together. Restore unto Your people all good things – prospering every work of our hands for good – all that has been taken or held back in any way from Your people. We ask all these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.

Placing The Heart

The heart is a challenging subject in scriptures, or can be. Even in non-religious literature from the scientific community, we here that emotion can be felt in the chest or stomach area (solar plexus). There is an area within us that is moved by strong feelings. We often speak from this area without thinking.

Luke 6:45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.

At this point Yeshuah (Jesus) was saying that when we speak against our brother yet say we follow Him, both things cannot be true. Jesus was saying we need to focus on our heart, on getting our heart right with Him, that we would say and do what He said and did. The idea of the heart being placed comes from the idea of what we value.

Matthew 6:21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

We must learn to treasure the right things. We can make conscious choices, and in so doing place our hearts in the right place.

Matthew 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Our Father has given us the power to do this. It is that very power that allows us to gain forgiveness through repentance.

Romans 10:6 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.

Our Father has also given us the means to get our hearts right, or into the right place. We do that by using our mouth in specific ways.

Ephesians 5:19 Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;

In this letter to the Ephesians, Paul is telling us this very thing. In fact, He tells us that this is what our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus) was doing when He was here and doing now in the heavens.

Ephesians 5:26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,

In the Greek, the word translated “word” here is actually the Greek word rhema, which means utterance. So we can move our heart and cleanse it with our speaking, or make it bad with our speaking. And we know the heart is important because it is powerful in prayer.

James 5:8 Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

To sum up, let’s work on our hearts, placing them in the heavens with a focus on the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and our prayers will set people and us free.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are our King. Praise the name Yahuah! Let Your kingdom and will be done here just as it is in the heavens. Give us today, this very day, Your overwhelming provision. Forgive us our trespasses of Your Law, and help us all to forgive those that have trespassed against us. Deliver us from the evil here. Cleanse our hearts and our minds. Restore one hundredfold all the prosperity that has been taken or held back in any way from Your people, and the more besides. Rise up now, my King, and push back our enemies. Restore Your blessing to Your people. We ask all these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.

Building From The Ground Up

There are many different beliefs among believers. While we have the common ground of the Messiah, there are many areas where the ground is not so common. Sometimes the disagreements result in conflict. This should not be. Scriptures plainly say we should be united.

Psalms 133
A Song of degrees of David.
1 Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!together…: Heb. even together
2 It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron’s beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments;
3 As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.

The challenge is in getting past our differences. But if we adhere to the basics that our Father has given us, we start from love and from forgiveness.

Mark 12:29 And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:
30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.
31 And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

And as to forgiveness…

Mark 11:24 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, let us build upon the greatest commands, and forgive one another, that our Father will forgive us, hear our cries, and come to our rescue.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are our King. Bless the name Yahuah! Let Your kingdom come and will be done on this earth among us. Send us now Your overwhelming provision. Forgive us our transgressions, and help us all to forgive those that have transgressed against us. Cleanse our hearts and minds. Help us to be in unity. Deliver us from the evil here. Restore unto Your people all good that has been taken or held back in any way, and the more besides. Help us Father, for we are but human. We ask all these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus).

Meant To Be

Often we here the phrase, “it was just meant to be.” To this I reply, maybe. We are blessed above all people. Our Father loves us, and has the power to do something about it. He wants good things for us.

Dueteronomy 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:
2 And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God.
3 Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.
4 Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.
5Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store.
6 Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out.
7 The Lord shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways.
8 The Lord shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
9 The Lord shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, and walk in his ways.
10 And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the Lord; and they shall be afraid of thee.
11 And the Lord shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers to give thee.
12 The Lord shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.
13 And the Lord shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the Lord thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them:

It really comes down to choosing. We have to choose life.

Dueteronomy 30:19 I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:

And even more good news, if we stray away, all we have to do is return, cry out to God for His mercy, and He will restore us.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You are our King! Praise the name Yahuah! Father, let Your will be done among us. Send today Your overwhelming provision. Forgive us our transgressions, and help us all to forgive those that have transgressed against us. cleanse and heal our hearts and minds. Though the wounds may be deep, heal them as if we were never wounded. You have by Your grace given us so many promises. For Your mercy’s sake, we ask that You restore all good things that have been taken or held back from us in any way, and the more besides. Deliver us from the evil that kills, steals, and destroys. We need You to rise up, my King. Deliver and restore Your people. We ask all these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.

Loving Others

Today in America we honor Mothers everywhere. This is as it should be. Here is a scripture that tells us how important it is to honor our moms.

Exodus 20:12 Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

Honoring our parents comes with a blessing. Perhaps you have not thought to reach out to your mom. Whether she is near or far, today you can reach here without a phone call. Here is a link to a free e-card for Mother’s Day.

http://www.123greetings.com/events/mothers_day

Today, let’s remember Mom for all the good things.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You are our King! Praise the name Yahuah! Let Your will be done in this earth. Send us today Your overwhelming blessing. Forgive us our transgressions and help us to forgive those that have transgressed against us. Heal our hearts and minds. Deliver us from the evil here. Bless Mothers everywhere. Restore all the good things that have been taken or held back in any way from Your people, and the more besides. We ask all these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.

Learning His Ways

Learning implies that there is something we do not already know. If this learning is about a way of life, then it also implies that as a result of learning we will change/modify our way of life. That is a part of what the Sabbath does for us as believers. We learn about our Father and His ways.

Psalms 103:6 The Lord executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.
7 He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel.
8 The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.

On this Sabbath day, our prayer is to be like Moses and learn to know Yahuah’s (Lord’s) ways.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You are our King! Praise the name Yahuah! Let Your will be done in this earth. Send us now Your overwhelming provision, pressed down, shaken together, and running over. Forgive us our transgressions, and help us all to forgive those that have transgressed against us. Cleanse and heal our hearts and minds. Restore all good things that have been taken, delayed, or in any way constrained from Your people, and the more besides as in the day of the first Exodus. Let us be Your lights in the earth. We ask all these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.