Attitude, Attitude, Attitude

There is a saying in real estate when you are trying to make a decision about what house to purchase. The phrase is Location, Location, Location. Considering that phrase this morning, I was thinking about how grateful I am that our Father always provides a way for us to go. For me at times, the challenge is my own mindset and attitude. This is when I thought about this area of my life in terms of “spiritual real estate” and came up with a new phrase. Attitude, attitude, attitude. It really controls much of what we see by controlling how we see it.

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.

We have the option of controlling what we see and experience by transfoming our minds. The more I considered this point the more thankful I became. We have the ultimate ability to stay and track by renewing our minds and being thankful everyday for all that our Father has done for us.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You are our King, and we long to be in Your kingdom. Thank you for all You have done Father. We praise Your name Yahuah! Send us today Your overwhelming blessing of provision. Forgive us for our sins. Heal our hearts, for we are hurting. Deliver us from the works of the enemy. Come quickly. We ask all these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.

Song Fighters

There are times and days when there is much to be done and little time to do it. In those days, the spiritual battle still rages. Sometimes stronger. In those times, I try to find a single scripture to meditate on and to say out loud to myself to help me win those battles. This is one of those days. This is one of those scriptures.

Ephesians 5:19 Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
20 Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
21 Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.

Today, I must remind myself to sing to my Father, and I will let Him defeat my enemies.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are King. Let us live in Your kingdom. We bless the name Yahuah. Send us today the provision we need. Forgive us our sins. Heal us inside. Deliver us from the thief that is stealing away all You have provided. Crush those works. Come to our aid, my King! We ask these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.

Building Peace

Today there have been many challenges. As I think of building up the body today, there is one scripture that immediately came to mind. It is a short scripture, and it is one of the chants that the children of Israel would repeat on there journey to Jerusalem three times a year to keep the Feasts.

Psalms 133
A Song of degrees of David.
1 Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
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 blessing is life for evermore.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You, our King. Praise the name Yahuah! Send us now Your overwhelming provision. Forgive us our sins. Heal us and deliver us. Please do not forget us, Father, for we need You now more than ever. We ask these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.

Making Our Way through

We just had the only the third snow of the season, and we are more than half through winter. Not that snow is bad; it is just that so many people seem to have bad car accidents during this weather. It seems like every year we hit these “hard times” of travel and weather and we just find ourselves longing for spring. Perhaps that is why our Father made this season. He wanted us to long for the time when the season changed and the grass grows and the flowers bloom. It teaches us about longing for something, like the coming of Messiah, and that eventually, that which is longed for comes.

Isaiah 64:1 Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,
2 As when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence!
3 When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence.
4 For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.
5 Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved.

Titus 2:13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

We can know that as sure as there will be a spring, ou Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus) is on Hi way back to us. We will see Him again… soon!

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You are our King. We long for the return! Praise the name Yahuah! Send us today Your overwhelming provision. Forgive us our sins. Heal us up from the inside. Deliver us from all of the evil that comes to steal from us and has stolen from us. Restore unto us one hundred times one hundred fold, and hundreds of hundreds. We ask these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.

We Can Reach Our Goal

An often quoted phrase says that it is insanity to repeat the same efforts and expect different results. For the most part, that is true. For example, if we want a different life we need to do different things and take in different information, because thoughts precede actions. Prayers can help with both thoughts and actions. There is a case for doing the same things and expecting different results. Here things get a little gray. If we ask our Father for something, and we continue to ask Him for this something in prayer, we can expect to receive it.

John 15:7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.

Here Yeshuah (Jesus) tells us that we need to tarry with Him and have His words tarry with us. When we are in that state we know that we will have what we ask.

John 16:23 And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you.
24 Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.

Here Yeshuah (Jesus) tells us that after His resurrection we can ask the Father anything in His (Jeshua’s) name, and the Father will give it to us. For the jewish culture of the times, a name meant several things. It may have had something to do with who you would become, or the situation at the time of your birth, or how you were at the time of your birth, etc. In can also refer to a position. We are to ask the Father as if we are Yeshuah (Jesus), which is to ask in His name. When we do this the Father gives it to us, whatever we ask.

Let us be comforted then in this, that our Messiah has overcome this world, and we can ask our Father for anything in our Messiah Yeshuah’a (Jesus’) name, and our Father will give it to us. This is a pattern we should repeat, and we should eagerly expect the result, regardless of how often we have asked Him.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are our King. You alone are our Most High. We praise the name Yahuah! Send us Your overwhelming provision toady Father. Forgive us our sins. Heal us up inside, and deliver us from the evils in this world. Deliver us from the thief and destroyer, our enemy. So much has been stolen from us Father. We cry out to You for Your people are oppressed, at times without even knowing. Tear down the walls of oppression. Destroy the works of our enemy. Restore unto Your people one hundred fold, and hundreds of hundreds what has been taken from them. Come quickly, my King! Rise up and do these things, we implore you. We ask all these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.

Winds Of Change

This is the first day of 2016. Many of us are accustomed to making plans for a new and different year. This year, as it became the new year, I saw the 2016 show up for the first time. There was something very different about the image of the year, the actual numbers. It was as if our Father was telling me this will be a year of blessings and work. One of the very noteworthy things for me about this experience is I have never had it before in my life – ever. It is moments like this that tell me our Father is planning something special for me and for us. As I write this I know there will be some that say, this is the same thing I hear every year from people. Some will look at their circumstances and be discouraged. But there will be some that grab hold to it and believe, trusting God will change their life this year. That is me, and for those of you reading this that feel as I do, here are some scriptures that encourage me.

Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
2 For by it the elders obtained a good report.
3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
4 By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.
5 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
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.

If we can believe that the scriptures are true, almost closing our eyes and repeating over and over, “I do believe. I do believe!”, then it is possible for us to actually expect the good and not the evil. It is such belief that compels me forward at times. That understanding we obtain in those moments is the invisible “stuff”, the substance of real faith. If we will then not only believe in God, but trust that He is on our side and will take care of us, we will have those things we ask of Him. I plan to take some time today to get this into my own life. Let’s all make this year one in which the kingdom is made well known around the world!

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You are our King! We long for Your kingdom here. We long for Your presence. Praise the name Yahuah! Send us now, today, Your overwhelming blessing of provision. Forgive us our sins. Heal us up inside, and deliver us from the thief. Smote the works of evil, and restore unto Your people one hundred times one hundred fold, and hundreds of hundred, that we might spread the word of Your kingdom throughout the world. We ask these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.

Last For Now

On this day each year it is a custom to say good bye to the old and to welcome in the new. It is called New Year’s Eve, and it is both a time of rejoicing and a time of reflection. We are here at that point now. We rejoice that our Father has given us another year. And we look to the next year with hope, eager expectation, of creating something new and different. We hold on to our beliefs that we have been blessed to this point, and that we will be more blessed going forward. And for all these past, present, and future blessings, we are most thankful to our Father. Let us give thanks.

Psalms 128:1Blessed is every one that feareth the Lord; that walketh in his ways.
2For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.
3Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
4Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the Lord.
5The Lord shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.
6Yea, thou shalt see thy children’s children, and peace upon Israel.

We are indeed a blessed people. Let us give thanks to the Most High Yahuah!

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You are King forever! Yours is the only true kingdom. Bless the name Yahuah! Send us today Your overwhelming blessing. Forgive us our sins. Heal us from our past hurts. Deliver us from those that would steal and have stolen from us. We ask You to stand for Your people now. Break all chains of past bondage. Let us go fourth with new beginnings. Help us to stay on Your path. Show us Your ways. We ask all these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.

Fight With What We Have

There have been many times as I sat thinking about spiritual warfare that I thought about, no, I longed to have the results that I read about in the scriptures. I want to slay the giant with his own sword. I wanted to hold out a staff and have even the swimming pool get a dent in the middle. But those things were not for me at that time. Why? David replied to this when he fought the giant and prevailed.

1 Samuel 17:32 And David said to Saul, Let no man’s heart fail because of him; thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine.
33 And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him: for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.
34 And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father’s sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:
35 And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him.
36 Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.
37 David said moreover, The Lord that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and the Lord be with thee.

David was able over time, with the help of Yahuah (Lord), to be able to build up to fighting the giant. WE can too. We just need to fight where we are with what we have against whom God places in front of us. He is on our side, and the battle is His. As this sinks in, We will advance in what we can fight.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. you are our King. We praise the name Yahuah! Send us today Your overwhelming provision. Forgive us our sins. Heal us and deliver us, now that the end of year draws nigh. Deliver us before it ends. We ask all these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.

Building Is A Family Tradition

Our brother was a carpenter. Our Father could build anything and everything. Come to thnk of it, He did! It only stands to reason that we, too, would be builders. It is in our genes. In fact, we know that is true.

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.

So, we are made to be like our Father, who builds and built everything. Therefore, it is only logical that one of our tasks would be to build. And the scriptures teach us that we should build – “edify” – one another.

1 Thessalonians 5:11 Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.

And, how is this building accomplished?

Proverbs 24:3 Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:
4And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.

We see here not only how to build the house, but how to furnish it as well. Let us use these same “how-to’s” to build one another up.

Prayer
Father, we praise You. You alone are King. We love and appreciate You for who You are and all You have done for us. Praise the name Yahuah! We long for Your kingdom, Father. Send us know Your overwhelming provision. Forgive us for our sins. Heal us from the inside, and deliver us from the thief and destroyer. We are weak, my Father. We need Your touch. We need Your help. Come to us quickly. We ask all these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.