Plug And Play

Today as I was thinking about the way we build things in our spiritual life, it occurred to me there are similarities to how we build our technology. With technology, we try to make all things compatible with the various operating systems of the day. In that way we can create various configurations to meet a specific purpose. We know the purpose, so we try to build the right configuration in the correct sequence. We call it Plug-and-Play in the technological world, and we can use that approach in our walk with the Father. We have to have an idea of what we are building toward.

Joshua 24:15 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.

It appears that we are moving toward our households serving Yahuah (Lord). There are many good blessings/results when we do that.

Joshua 1:7 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.

It appears that the pieces are our Father’s commandments, His way of being. So, we need to know how to put them together.

Joshua 1:8 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.

Finally, we need to know at least some of the sequence, at least the beginning of the sequence.

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

So, there is a method of Plug-and-Play for our walk. Look to what we want to build, speak the scriptures, start with the kingdom of God and His righteousness. Our Father will continue to make the rest come to pass for us.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are our King! We love You. Let us be Your light in a dark world. Send us now Your overwhelmingly abundant provision. Forgive us our sins, just as we forgive those that have done wrong by us. Heal up our hearts and minds. Deliver us from the evil that is here and impending. Restore unto Your people one hundred times one hundred times one hundredfold that which has been taken or held back in any way from Your people, and much more besides, greater than in the days of the Exodus. We ask all of these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.

Signs And Blessings

We have indications all around us at times of the goodness of our heavenly Father. The person that called as you thought about them. The unexpected and highly needed funds in the mail. The sudden appearance of something you thought was lost. Our Father watches over us at all times, and we can count on His many blessings. Like little signs that He is still thinking of us.

Psalms 121 – A Song of degrees.
1 I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
2 My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth.
3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.
5 The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand.
6 The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
7 The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.
8 The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.

Be encouraged, He is watching over us.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are King! Bless the name Yahuah! Let us shine Your light Father. Send us now Your overwhelming provision. Forgive us our sins. Heal our hearts and minds. Restore unto Your people one hundred times one hundred times one hundredfold that which has been taken or held back in any way. We need You today, O King! Rise up, and deliver us from the evil that has stolen so much. Open our eyes to see You more. We ask all these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.

Knowing The Creator

If we can find the time, we have opportunity to personally meet with the One that created the entire universe. Just meditate on that for a minute and let it sink in. As students we spend thousands of dollars for a college education, often delivered by someone still getting their own advanced degree. They are not that far ahead of us on the journey to understand the very subject they are trying to teach us. We can learn from the ultimate Master about any subject. The cost is just a little higher though. It costs us everything… it costs us, us.

Matthew 6:31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Today, let’s spend that time with the Master and Creator.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are our King! Praise the name Yahuah! Let there be light from You in us that we can shine in this earth. Send us today Your overwhelming provision. Forgive us our sins. Heal our hearts and minds. Restore unto Your people one hundred times one hundred times one hundredfold all that has been taken or held back in any way, and more besides. Give us the power to get wealth to promote Your covenant. We ask all these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.

Rest and Revelation

When we rest in the Father on the Sabbath, we have opportunity for Him to teach us what we might otherwise overlook. I saw many things like that in the teachings today. Our Father is revealing Himself more everyday, especially in these times. Today we saw that it is likely that there was always a spring festival that we now call Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread. If this is accurate, and it appears that it is, what does that say about what might have always been? Is it possible that once there was a fall that there was a slightly different portrayal of what was always in place? I do not have the answer, but I do know that our Father is continuing to reveal Himself to us.

Isaiah 28:9 Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts.
10 For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:

It would appear a part of the purpose of our existence is to learn. We are to learn our Father’s ways. We are to emulate our Messiah, as He emulated the Father.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You are King! Bless the name Yahuah! Let us be Your lights. Send us now Your provision. Forgive us our sins. Restore our hearts and minds. Deliver us from evil. Bless us more than the fathers before us. We ask all these things in the name of our Messiah Yashuah (Jesus). Amen.

Taking Back The Mind

For some time now I have been in my prayer times spending time praying for the body of believers that our minds might be cleansed and healed. Last night in several dreams I observed or was in vehicles that were on the edge of cliffs, about to go over the edge. These were the types of dreams where I could interact with them in some way. One in particular was with me in the driver’s seat in my jeep. I pulled into a parking space between two cars parked at the edge of the cliff. They were parked back safely from the edge, but as I pulled in noticed something about the car juat as I applied the brakes. It was like the tires were just slightly past the edge. It occurred to me that when I put the car in Park, it would roll that little bit from the slack of the gears, and the car would go over. As I considered what to do, I realized that even if I put it in Reverse to get away from the edge, that same slack would allow the car to go over. Then I realized if I left my foot on the brake, shifted into Reverse, and applied the gas gradually and very slowly release the brake, the slack would be taken up and the car would only back up. I did that, and backed safely away from the edge, then parked. The other primary image I remember is that of a semi-truck trailer teetering over the edge. As I thought negative thoughts, it went farther over. Then, as I thought positive thoughts, it moved back onto the ledge. Two things became clear to me from this group of dream-visions, and it aligns with scripture. We are in the driver’s seat of our own lives, and can help others, but we must take action. Our thinking place a key role in our success at not going over the edge.

Romans 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
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.

Here we see our mind needs to be renewed, and when it is, the rest of us will be transformed as well. That renewal of the mind comes in several ways. It comes from our meditating on the scriptures, speaking them out loud to ourselves, and considering them in our minds.

Joshua 1:7 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.

One thing that came to me from these dreams and months of prayers is how much there is that is being put forward in our minds. When our minds go in a negative direction, we can use this same principle to push back and get control over the images in our head. We need to place positive images in our heads from scriptures, from our Father’s dreams and visions, and even from those tasks we feel called by the Father to perform, like our work here.

Let’s begin today to speak scriptures out loud to ourselves, changing the images in our heads to match what He has in store for us, and pray those images into being as well.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are King! Praise the name Yahuah! Help us transform into being the people You need as lights in this world. Send us today Your overwhelming abundant provision, such that we cannot contain it. Forgive us our sins. Help us to renew our minds and hearts, and heal us. Deliver us from the evil that is here. Restore unto your people one hundred times one hundred times one hundredfold all that has been taken or held back in any way, and more besides, as it says in Your scriptures. Rise up, O King, and come to the strong aide of Your people yet today. We ask all these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.

Just A Quick Thank You

Today, as I was considering what to write, I was again reminded of just how much our Father has done for us. What came to mind was to say a quick thank you and read a verse.

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;

Thank You, Father. Bless Your people today, and the work of their hands.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are King. Praise the name Yahuah! Let us be cleansed and be Your lights in this earth. Send us now Your overwhelming abundant provision such that we cannot contain it. Forgive us our sins. Heal our hearts and minds, and deliver us from the evil here. Restore unto Your people one hundred times one hundred times one hundredfold all that has been taken or held back in any way, and more besides. We ask all these things in the name of our Messiah Yehsuah (Jesus). Amen.

Fighting On The Inside

Some of the greatest spiritual warfare we will ever fight is on the inside of us. We must learn from those that have gone before us that this battle is one of many, and likely it will be with us till the end. This was true in the time of the prophets, just as it was in the time of Paul, and today.

Romans 7:9 For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.
20 Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
21 I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.
22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
23 But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.

James likewise agrees.

James 5:16 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.
17 Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.
18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.

Like the men and women of the bible, we are human. We will fail to follow our Father at all times. But if we turn back to Him, He will raise us up. That is perhaps the most important spiritual warfare any of us will ever do.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You are our King! Bless the name Yahuah! Let us learn to be Your lights here, Father. Send us today Your overwhelming abundant provision. Forgive us our sins. Cleanse and heal our hearts and minds. Destroy the works of those that perpetrate evil on Your people Father. Restore unto Your people more than on the fathers that came our in the Exodus, and do so quickly. We ask all these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.

Building Takes Communication

Recently a friend told me of a situation where he works with someone and is having difficulties. As he relayed the situation to me, one thing seemed clear. There is a problem with their communications. Perhaps a bigger issue is what is happening in the mean time. Whether there is good or bad communication, there is always some form of building going on. It might be the destruction, or partial destruction, of something built together, replaced by walls. When this happens, it is sad. One of the reasons it is sad is the restoring of the old relationships can take even more time.

1 Thessalonians 5:8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.
9 For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
10 Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
11 Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.

Let’s keep communications open and honest. Let’s keep communication going, that we might build that which is good.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are King! Praise the name Yahuah! Let us be Your lights here. Send us Your overwhelming provision. Forgive us our sins. Heal our hearts and minds. Restore unto Your people one hundred times one hundred times one hundredfold that which has been taken or held back in any way, and more besides.

We Can, We Can, We Can!

It is important as believers to approach all that comes our way with a positive attitude. By positive attitude, I mean an attitude focused on our Father as our creator and provider and defender and healer… When we face the challenges in life, we have been well trained by the world and its media to freak out. But we need not do that because we have the very source of all life itself on our side. And not so much as on our side, but actually creating a path for us to follow, a way to go, and the means to go that way. Where does that begin?

Dueteronomy 30:6 And the Lord thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.
7 And the Lord thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies, and on them that hate thee, which persecuted thee.
8 And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the Lord, and do all his commandments which I command thee this day.
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.

We can help ourselves by speaking what the scriptures say. If we will just say and do what the Father says and does, then we will be living in that space where the blessings exist. This is what our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus) did.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are King! Bless the name Yahuah! Let us lead people to Your lighted path. Send us today Your overwhelming abundant blessing of provision. Forgive us our sins. Heal and cleanse our hearts and minds. Restore unto Your people one hundred times one hundred times one hundredfold all that has been taken or held back in any way, and more besides, mor than those that fled Egypt. We ask all these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.

Very Present Help

We have such an magnificent Father that created everything, it is only quite logical that He would be there for us in times of need. It is ever so comforting to have that knowledge, and to experience Him watching over us at all times. This becomes especially true when there is a perceived problem in our lives. We know we can count on Him.

Psalms 42:1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
2 Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;
3 Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.
4 There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.
5 God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.

If we will give ourselves to our Father, and turn to Him and His ways, we will find the comfort we all long for each day.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You are our King! Praise the name Yahuah! Let us shine the light of Your Torah, Your will, in this earth. Send us today Your overwhelming abundant provision. Forgive us our sins. Cleanse our hearts and minds, and heal them. Restore unto Your people one hundred times one hundred times one hundredfold that which has been taken or held back in any way from Your people, and more besides. Rise up now, O King, and help us to develop strong wisdom and understanding, and inherit substance today, and fill our treasuries today. We ask all these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.