Truth Brings Peace

When I say that truth brings peace, I do not mean the dove with the olive branch. Truth is a sword, and it brings destruction to the enemy of our souls. Paul spoke of this in his letter to the Ephesians.

Ephesians 6:And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

Interestingly most people believe that the word “word” here means the bible. That is incorrect. The word here in the Greek for “word” is the word “rhema” and it means “utterance” or something we speak with our mouth. We fight with what we say.

We can either slay the enemy or accidentally cut ourselves with our our own mouth.

Choose.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You are King. We praise the name Yahuah! Let all see Your kingdom in the earth. send us Your overwhelming provision today. Forgive us our sins. Heal us. We bless the name Yahuah (Lord). Deliver us from those that would steal from us what You have provided. In Yeshua’s (Jesus) name we ask these things. Amen.

Our Help Is Always There

Last night I woke up in the middle of the night under a spiritual attack from the enemy. Immediately I began to pray and cry out to Yahuah for help. It only lasted maybe fifteen to twenty minutes before going away. the interesting part was the moment I cried out it was as if there was a barrier between me and the enemy. God immediately came to my aid. I could tell the enemy was still there trying to attack me, but I could also tell that he was prevented from succeeding. It was the first time I had this experience. It was as if I was engulfed in the Father, like He was all around me. These are trying days. We have to be willing to cry out for the creation that our Father made. He wants to restore it.

I cannot stop thinking about the scriptures that call for believers to love, and now weep for, Jerusalem. And while I do not want to add to the scriptures, I believe that Yahuah (Lord) is saddened for all His creation. We have, as a people, strayed from His commands and His ways. Our hearts are not toward Him.

Ezekiel 16:14 And thy renown went forth among the heathen for thy beauty: for it was perfect through my comeliness, which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord God.
15 But thou didst trust in thine own beauty, and playedst the harlot because of thy renown, and pouredst out thy fornications on every one that passed by; his it was.
16 And of thy garments thou didst take, and deckedst thy high places with divers colours, and playedst the harlot thereupon: the like things shall not come, neither shall it be so.
17 Thou hast also taken thy fair jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given thee, and madest to thyself images of men, and didst commit whoredom with them,
18 And tookest thy broidered garments, and coveredst them: and thou hast set mine oil and mine incense before them.

Ezekiel was saying to Jerusalem that they had gone after many other Gods. He names the countries around her that she had “committed whoredoms” meaning she worshiped their Gods. It has become clear to me that worshipping something other than Yahuah can happen easily because it can begin so subtly. It can be as simple as something in our minds that we do not fight against. Eventually we are led away from our Messiah Yeshua (Jesus) even though we did not mean to go.

Today let us focus on our Father, for He will always forgive us and fight for us when we call.

Prayer
Father, we exalt you. You alone are King. We are saddened for the land. We need Your kingdom. Praise Your name, Yahuah! Send us today Your overwhelming provision. We bless Your name Yahuah! Forgive us for walking different paths. Help us get back to You. Heal us and deliver us from the evil around us. We ask these things, and ask for peace and deliverance for Jerusalem, in Yeshua’s (Jesus’) name. Amen.

How We Move Forward

We are called as believers to “do the right thing” in life. When we are faced with challenges, then we are given the opportunity to respond to those challenges based on the truth before us. That truth is provided to us through the scriptures. If we elect to follow that truth, then we will find ourselves in God’s paths of righteousness When He judges, we will be found to be with Him, and the rest that is shaken will have no effect on us. Those that end up on another path, either by choice or by accident, may have new choices to choose to be on the right path. These are the choices set before us in life.

Deuteronomy 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:
20 That thou mayest love the Lord thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.

This is the very thing that Moses was speaking about. We need to make sure that we move forward with diligence and with integrity. We have a limited amount of time on this earth. If we call out to Yahuah, He will answer us and make things right in our lives. It may not be the easy choice up front, but it will be the right choice long term.

I love Yahuah. It is moments like these that help me to see what a loving Father He really is. He is always willing to help us when we try. Alone we are weak vessels. Alone we will fail. Even in this life if we succeed but have not surrendered all to our Father and called upon the name of Yeshua the Son, then we will be ultimately lost. At the end of time, we will either serve God, or we will not exist.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. Today I have a greater need for Your kingdom in my life. I am saddened at the conditions here. So many call evil good and good evil. We need You. The land needs You. Please send us today Your abundant provision. Forgive us our sins. Help us to Your paths of righteousness. We need to be on those paths to make things right. Help us to learn Your ways above all others. With You we can make our way through life. Without You we cannot. Father there are so many evils in this world. How do we make it through uncontaminated? We grew up in this surrounding and are trained to see things in a certain light. I am overwhelmed when I think of what I don’t know that I may not know. This is Your creation Father. Please do not turn away. Please send Your angels to deliver us. Help us. Heal us. Open the eyes of those that do not see. We ask all these things in the name of Yeshua (Jesus). Amen.

Hope In Loving One Another

Today I am continuing to think of a thought that has been on my mind frequently lately. Another brother discussed it with me yesterday. It seems clear that we need one another. There have been many times when the righteousness of God broke out, and the next thing that would happen is each person’s love for the others. It happened in the deliverance from Egypt.

Exodus 16:14 And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground.
15 And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the Lord hath given you to eat.
16 This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded, Gather of it every man according to his eating, an omer for every man, according to the number of your persons; take ye every man for them which are in his tents.
17 And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less.
18 And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating.

This happened again in the days of Yeshua (Jesus).

Luke 9:13 But he said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We have no more but five loaves and two fishes; except we should go and buy meat for all this people.
14 For they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down by fifties in a company.
15 And they did so, and made them all sit down.
16 Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them, and brake, and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude.
17 And they did eat, and were all filled: and there was taken up of fragments that remained to them twelve baskets.

And it happened after Yeshua (Jesus) died and rose again.

Acts 4:31 And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.
32 And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.
33 And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all.
34 Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold,
35 And laid them down at the apostles’ feet: and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need.

As I think of these things, I wonder what has happened to us in these times? If we love God and make that breakthrough to the truth, then the pattern says that next the love for one another follows naturally. Hmmm.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You are our King. Please send the kingdom here. We praise the name Yahuah (Lord). Send us now Your abundant provision that all our lack would disappear. Forgive us our sins. You alone can cleanse us. Heal up our hearts that we might truly love one another. Deliver us from the evil that is upon us. We cry out to You Yahuah (Lord), come and deliver us from the evil that would steal from us. Deliver our land from the evil that moves amongst us. Help us to see Your sadness for the land. We ask these things in Yeshua’s (Jesus’) name. Amen.

A Different Kind Of Day

For a Sabbath, today started very differently. We awoke to one crisis after another. It was challenging indeed. But we got past them and made it to fellowship to study and discuss scriptures. One thing we discussed was the question posed to Nicodemus by Yeshua (Jesus).

John 3:1 There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:
2 The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.
3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born?
5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
9 Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?
10 Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?

Yeshua’s (Jesus”) response was interesting. He expected a leader of the Jewish people to understand the idea of new birth. We had a great discussion about this point. From the Old Testament scriptures we should be able to present the need for the new birth. Without going into great detail, we talked about the promise in Jeremiah of the new covenant.

Jeremiah 31:31 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
32 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the Lord:
33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the Lord: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.

But in the Hebrew there are buried many places where the Father (Yahuah) and the Son (Yeshua) are foretold to be united and to be one. Since Yeshua (Jesus) was speaking to Jewish people, they would have known these scriptures. Here are a few where I have replaced the name of God, “Yahuah”, in place of the English mistranslated “LORD” and have replaced “Yeshua” for the English translated “salvation.”

Isaiah 12:2 Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the Yah (LORD) Yahuah (JEHOVAH) is my strength and my song; he also is become my Yeshua (salvation).

Jeremiah 3:23 Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the Yahuah (LORD) our God is the Yeshua (salvation) of Israel.

Psalms 118:14 Yah (The LORD) is my strength and song, and is become my Yeshua (salvation).

There are many more. Nicodemus should have known about the new covenant. Religious tradition blinded him from deeing His Messiah, standing right in front of him.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are worthy to be called King. We praise and worship You. We bless the name Yahuah (Lord). We need You and we need Your kingdom. Please send us today Your overwhelming provision. Forgive our sins. Heal us and deliver us from the evil that lies in wait to steal from us. We ask these things in Yeshua’s (Jesus’) name. Amen.

When The Herald Calls

In our world God has appointed people to speak out. Perhaps He has appointed everyone to speak out, but I do not know that. I do know that some are called to herald to the rest of creation the coming of certain activities in the earth. Before we think that these people are somehow special or other than human, we should look at what scriptures say about these people.

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.

Many have said that the position of prophet is somehow special in that the person in that position must be “super spiritual” or something. Scriptures tend to say otherwise. We see here in James that Elijah was human like all of us – a “man of like passions” – and yet miracles happened when he prayed. He had struggles in this life with his carnal or physical self. He faced these challenges like the rest of us, and wrestled with them. But he did not stop praying. He did not listen to any voices that told him he was worthless and that he might as well stop praying. Why? He believed in Yahuah (Lord) and that his God Yahuah (Lord) was the King over all.

Today, as we face challenges, let us not forget who we serve, Yahuah (Lord). He is the One True King over all.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are King. We praise and bless the name Yahuah. Let this earth receive Your kingdom now. Send us today Your overwhelming provision. Forgive us our sins. We need You. We need Your healing touch. We need Your deliverance from all that is around us that is evil that would steal from us what You alone have provided. We ask this now in the name of Messiah Yeshua (Jesus). Amen.

God Always Responds

Many people have asked questions if it is okay to ask God for something specific. Great question. My answer is, I think so, but there may be more parameters to consider. I have had God do miraculous things many times for me when I was in dire straits and made a specific request, and even with general requests. These days I have been asking Yahuah (Lord) that very question because as I get older, I am really trying to follow the path He lays before us, trying to get it right at the end. This I do know, when I ask for help in a spiritual battle, He has never said no. Just last night I woke up under a spiritual attack from the enemy with thoughts in my mind. As he tried to overwhelm me I cried out to Yahuah for help and sang praises to the name Yahuah. After a bit He responded with a vision of a building of some size with an open door. I was near the door standing next to an old pickup truck. out from the door flowed the glory of Yahuah in the form of a beautiful mist that covered the ground knee deep. It soon surrounded me and everything anywhere close. The attack was gone.

Psalms 24:1 The earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
2 For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? or who shall stand in his holy place?
4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
5 He shall receive the blessing from the Lord, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
6 This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.
7 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.

If we will thank Yahuah (Lord) and praise His name, He will defend us.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are King. Bless the name Yahuah! Let Your kingdom reign. Send us today overwhelming provision. Let not Your people be put to the streets and begging for bread. Forgive us our sins. Heal us and deliver us from the evil that would steal what You have provided. In Yeshua’s (Jesus’) name we ask these things. Amen.

Our Fight Made Easier

Today I had completely written out my thoughts for the day on our battle against our enemy. In an attempt to copy them to place elsewhere, I deleted them by accident. It must be that our Father Yahuah (Lord) was trying to teach something to just me about the battle that rages. For now, I will summarize those thoughts. If we try to fight the battles of life on our own, it will seem overwhelming. If we fight these battles by crying out to God, it becomes easier and He will rise to help us.

Psalms 144:1 Blessed be the Lord my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:
2 My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.

Here we see that we can prevail against those that would come against us. We can be the winner in this regard. We can overcome the enemy. When those voices come to tell us how we will fail, we can listen, or fight back. We fight back with the words of our mouth. We fight back and tell our enemy that we refuse to believe the lies. We choose to believe the truth that our Messiah Yeshua (Jesus) has already defeated him at the cross. We are the winners already!

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You are King. We need Your kingdom here. Send us today Your overwhelming provision. Forgive us our sins. Heal us and deliver us. Come quickly. We ask these things in the name of Yeshua (Jesus). Amen.

Trading The Old For The New

We believers are offered the deal of the century. When we were in a bad state and downtrodden, we were offered a brand new life for the old dilapidated one we owned. As I thought about the transaction, I wondered if there was a clear description of it in scripture. What I wanted to find was some passage that described how to move from where we were to where we wanted to be with the Father. We all know that it was the work of our Messiah Yeshua (Jesus) on the cross that bought us this new life. But how did we get to that point, and how do we move beyond that point? This morning I found a passage that describes this transition well.

Psalms 19:7 The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.
8 The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.
9 The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.
10 More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.

The law of Yahuah (Lord) is perfect. It converts the soul. This is the new covenant.

Hebrews 10:16 This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;
17 And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.

The passage from Psalms 19 actually records the events of turning to God from the perspective of the point of new birth looking backward. At the new birth the Law is written in our hearts and minds. That which testifies of God, like the signs and wonders He did for the children of Israel in Egypt and the desert make us wise enough to consider Him. When we hear about the Father and that through our Messiah we can have access to Him, our heart rejoices. Yahuah’s commandments enlighten our eyes to the need to change our lives. The reverent fear of Yahuah is clean, unlike the fears from darkness that make us feel like we need a shower. And God’s judgments bring truth and reorder things to being right and true. It is God’s Law that teaches us and brings us to the Messiah, just as this scripture describes.

Galatians 3:24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

What a wonderful trade we have been offered from the Father! He gives us the source of teaching that brings us to the Messiah, then He gives us Messiah Yeshua (Jesus), trading His life for ours. Indeed, we are a most blessed people.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You as the Most High. You alone are King. We thank You so much for saving us through the blood of Yeshua (Jesus) on the cross. How You were ever able to endure that, we do not know, but we are glad You did. We need Your kingdom here. We bless You, and we praise Your name Yahuah! Send us today Your overwhelming provision that we might not have the room to contain it, that it overflows to those around us. Forgive us our sins. Help us to get past temptations in this world. Open the eyes of people to Your grace and mercy in the Law. Let Your people see Your desire to dwell in Jerusalem. Help us to mourn for her, and for the evil that is done in this world amongst Your people. Heal our hearts, creating new ones in their place. Deliver us from the evil that would steal from us what You alone have provided. Come with a strong hand and outstretched arm and deliver Your people. We pray all these things in Yeshua’s (Jesus’) name. Amen.