Good Morning Thursday.......
Father thank You for this NEW day. Please continue to fill our HEARTS & MINDS with Your LOVE & TRUTH, and TRANSFORM our ordinary day into an extraordinary day. Shine Your Light in us, through us, and over us. May we make a difference in this world, for Your Glory and Purposes TODAY! - The Doctor Will See You Now There are quite a few things that can turn someone from the direction of being a believer, but maybe none more than hypocrisy. There are many objections by others "in the world," but this one seems to "take the cake." How many times have you heard: "Christians are just a bunch of hypocrites and I don't want to be a part of it?" The Truth? They are right. The Church is chock full of hypocrites. But think about this: What better place for a hypocrite to be than church? Our Savior didn't come for the righteous, but sinners. A sinner, or a hypocrite, has to be able to find a place to "get better" and what better place than spending time with The Body of Christ. The Church should be somewhat of an "intensive care unit," or ICU, for sinners who recognize they need help and are ready to repent. Heck, even if they aren't ready to repent, being around The Body of Christ may change that, especially when they "see" The Light of The World. Hypocrite or just plain old sinner, around The Church is the best place to be for recovery. I have mentioned this before, but many times I have heard, "I am gonna get myself right and then I will start going to church?" That's silly. It is the equivalent of saying "I am going to get really strong and bowed up and then I will start going to the gym." It just doesn't make sense. May we all be encouraged to, instead of listening to anyone blaming Yeshua, Jesus Christ, for the shortcomings of any of His followers, challenging those same people to put Yeshua, Jesus Christ Our Savior, to the test in God's Word. Challenge them to find even one hint of hypocrisy in Him. They will not find it present. If they but look in scripture, they will find The Most Genuine, Honest, Non contradicting, Wisest, Most Intelligent, and Loving Person Who Has Ever Lived. We as believers have "Battle Tools" for anyone who would question what Bible Believing Christians are following and none are more powerful than The Way, The Truth, and The Life, Our Savior, The Epitome of Righteousness. May we all point people in His direction no matter the objections of "the world." El Shaddai's (God Almighty's) Infinite, Eternal, and Perfect Word: “For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin.” Hebrews 4:15 “So when they continued asking Him, He raised Himself up and said to them, “He who is without sin among you, let him throw a stone at her first.” John 8:7 “For there is not a just man on earth who does good And does not sin.” Ecclesiastes 7:20 “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and The Truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He Is Faithful and Just To Forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His Word is not in us.” I John 1:8-10 “And their scribes and the Pharisees complained against His Disciples, saying, “Why do You eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?” Jesus answered and said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.” Luke 5:30-32 “Jesus said to him, “I am The Way, The Truth, and The Life. No one comes to The Father except through ME.” John 14:6 “The Name of The LORD (YHWH) Is A Strong Tower; The righteous run to it and are safe.” Proverbs 18:10 “The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have Divine Power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. And we will be ready to punish every act of disobedience, once your obedience is complete.” 2 Corinthians 10:4-6 “For The Word of God Is Living and Active, and sharper than any Two-Edged Sword, piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart.” Hebrews 4:12 “He had in His right hand seven stars, out of His mouth went a Sharp Two-Edged Sword, and His Countenance was like the sun shining in its strength.” Revelation 1:16 “For if you forgive men their trespasses, your Heavenly Father will also forgive you.” Matthew 6:14 “Therefore be imitators of God as Dear Children.” Ephesians 5:1
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Good Morning Wednesday...
Thank You Father for the blessing of this NEW day. Please continue to fill our HEARTS & MINDS with Your TRUTH & LOVE so we stay focused on YOUR WISDOM TODAY! -Some Light And Life For Your Day Good Morning Tuesday...
Thank You Father for this new day! Please continue to fill our HEARTS and MINDS with Your TRUTH & LOVE, so we may ENJOY Your blessings, and be a blessing, TODAY! - The Great Revelation: Unfolding Eternity Today (8) As a people, the human race, we are easily distracted. Distraction can lead us in the wrong direction, stall us in our "walk," and even make us complacent. The enemy always wants to distract us, especially if we are learning discipline and faith from God's Word. Our Father, Being The Kind Father He Is, Reveals Himself At Just The Right Time So We Can Understand and Discern Our Distractions. How awesome is it to think that The Greatest Mind In All Eternity Loves You And Thinks About You Constantly? Pretty humbling. Our Father Wants Us To See Through His Eyes And Compels Us To Change Our Priorities, Lifestyle,... And Distractions. Have you noticed opportunities to Grow In Christ and share Him with others "opening up" lately? Have you noticed new people He is bringing into your life? Have you noticed an Awareness that is growing and "opening up" doors to share Yeshua, Jesus Christ and The Gospel? Congratulations! These doors are opening because of obedience to Our Father's Plan and as we are becoming more disciplined, we have a greater capacity to Love! Can I get a witness? Yes! Here's Three: Revelation 3:19 in four different Translations: “As for me, I rebuke and discipline everyone I love; so exert yourselves, and turn from your sins!” Revelation of Yeshua to Yochanan (Revelation) 3:19 CJB “I correct and discipline everyone I love. Take this seriously, and change the way you think and act.” Revelation 3:19 GW “As many as I love, I reprove and discipline. So be ardent and repent.” Ḥazon (Revelation) 3:19 TS2009 “As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.” Revelation 3:19 KJV Proverbs 3:11-13: “Do not despise the discipline of Yahweh, my child. Do not be weary of his reproof because whomever Yahweh will love, he will rebuke, as a father delights in his son.” Proverbs 3:11-12 LEB Proverbs 13:24: “He who spares his rod hates his son, But he who loves him disciplines him promptly.” Proverbs 13:24 NKJV The first three chapters in The Book of Revelation has been Our Savior Speaking, through The Apostle John, to "The Seven Churches In Asia." He has lifted up, rebuked, and disciplined each one accordingly so far. Today, let's take a look at what The King, Yeshua, Jesus Christ, had to say to The Church In Philadelphia: ““And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write, ‘These things says He who is holy, He who is true, “He who has the key of David, He who opens and no one shuts, and shuts and no one opens”: “I know your works. See, I have set before you an open door, and no one can shut it; for you have a little strength, have kept My word, and have not denied My name. Indeed I will make those of the synagogue of Satan, who say they are Jews and are not, but lie—indeed I will make them come and worship before your feet, and to know that I have loved you. Because you have kept My command to persevere, I also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth. Behold, I am coming quickly! Hold fast what you have, that no one may take your crown. He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God, and he shall go out no more. I will write on him the name of My God and the name of the city of My God, the New Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God. And I will write on him My new name. “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.” ’” Revelation 3:7-13 NKJV Wow! That's quite the endorsement! "I know your works. See, I have set before you an open door, and no one can shut it; for you have a little strength, have kept My Word, and have not denied My Name." Don't we all want to hear the words that our Brothers and Sisters from The Church of Philadelphia were written?! The Church of Philadelphia had undergone many, many attacks from hostile, unbelieving, and "satanic jews." Though they dealt with much persecution, they stayed faithful to Our Father and Our Savior. It would have been easy to get "distracted" with all the venom and hate being spewed at them and it would have been easy to just give up...But The Church didn't. Because they didn't, Yeshua (Jesus) told them He was giving them an open door to witness to the world. He could have told The Church, "Just take a break," but He didn't. He told our Brothers and Sisters to "hold fast what you have, that no one may take your crown." Being faithful to Our Father and Our Savior has major perks! Yeshua (Jesus) says they have crowns, all their enemies will worship at their feet (pretty sure this means they will be priest administering proper worship of The Most High God ), and that He Will Write His Name On Them! Our Savior Goes On To Say He Will Make Them Pillars of New Jerusalem (The Most Amazing Place Ever!) and Save Them From The Hour Of Trail. How much of a relief would it be to know you were gonna get to skip "that day" which is coming upon the whole world?! Now, think about this: He also says "Behold, I Am Coming Quickly!" Yeshua, Jesus Christ Our Savior, was telling this Church, just as He Is Telling Us, The Church Today, opportunity for Life is an open door for us... All we have to do is walk through It. Stand strong, hold fast to faith in God Almighty, and though times may get tough and we may be tired, we still have to be the ones to "walk" through the door. Jesus can open and close that door, but if we resolve to "hold fast"... He will make sure no one EVER throws us out or shuts it on us! How do we make it through the trials and persevere? Four words... His Grace IS Sufficient! Our Father and Savior have placed before each and every one of us an open door. May we all, choose to not only walk through that door, but also submit in Faithfulness to what Our Father has entrusted us! Are we being faithful today with what He Has Entrust Us? Prayer: Father, we pray for Your Bountiful Grace! Please give us strength to persevere in Faith and walk through the open doors you are placing in our lives. Help us not to get distracted Father and no matter what we may have to go through... Help Us To Never Give Up Your Name. Help us to seize the opportunities You Give Us. We ask this in The Name of Your Son, The Lion of The Tribe of Judah, Yeshua, Jesus Christ The King... Amein! “For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height— to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.” Ephesians 3:14-19 NKJV Good Morning Monday...
Father Thank You for another BLESSED DAY. Thank You for Your ETERNAL PROMISES. Thank You for giving us so many reasons to REJOICE IN the HOPE that is Your Son YESHUA, JESUS CHRIST. Praise You and Bless You in Yeshua, Jesus Christ Name. Amen! - Connecting The Jots - God’s Beloved Is Revealed! Part 1 This devotion is dedicated to The One And Only Yeshua, Jesus Christ The King. Bless Our Father For His Infinite Wisdom Which Is Manifest In Our Savior. He Is The One Who Connects All The Jots...Period. I heard a saying the other day that just blew me away. It was so simple, profound, and Truthful that it was absolutely seared into my mind from the time I heard it. It goes something like this: The New Testament Is In The Old Concealed; The Old Testament Is In The New Revealed. What a profound,Truthful statement made with an amazing, short, succinct sentence! Today, let’s put this “pearl of wisdom” to the test and see how Our Father and Savior...Connect The Jots. Parallel Verses From The Old Concealed and The New Revealed (Matthew and The Prophets): 1:) “So all this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying: “Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,” which is translated, “God with us.” Matthew 1:22-23 “Then he said, “Hear now, O house of David! Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will you weary my God also? Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel. Curds and honey He shall eat, that He may know to refuse the evil and choose the good.” Isaiah 7:13-15 2.) “So they said to him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for thus it is written by the prophet: ‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, Are not the least among the rulers of Judah; For out of you shall come a Ruler Who will shepherd My people Israel." Matthew 2:5-6 ““But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Though you are little among the thousands of Judah, Yet out of you shall come forth to Me The One to be Ruler in Israel, Whose goings forth are from of old, From everlasting.” Therefore He shall give them up, Until the time that she who is in labor has given birth; Then the remnant of His brethren Shall return to the children of Israel. And He shall stand and feed His flock In the strength of the LORD, In the majesty of the name of the LORD His God; And they shall abide, For now He shall be great To the ends of the earth; And this One shall be peace. When the Assyrian comes into our land, And when he treads in our palaces, Then we will raise against him Seven shepherds and eight princely men.” Micah 5:2-5 3.) “When he arose, he took the young Child and His mother by night and departed for Egypt, and was there until the death of Herod, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, “Out of Egypt I called My Son.”” Matthew 2:14-15 “When Israel was a child, I loved him, And out of Egypt I called My son.” Hosea 11:1 4.) “Then was fulfilled what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying: “A voice was heard in Ramah, Lamentation, weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, Refusing to be comforted, Because they are no more.”” Matthew 2:17-18 “Thus says the LORD: “A voice was heard in Ramah, Lamentation and bitter weeping, Rachel weeping for her children, Refusing to be comforted for her children, Because they are no more.” Thus says the LORD: “Refrain your voice from weeping, And your eyes from tears; For your work shall be rewarded, says the LORD, And they shall come back from the land of the enemy. There is hope in your future, says the LORD, That your children shall come back to their own border.” Jeremiah 31:15-17 Our Father Is AMAZING. Bless Him, Praise Him, and Let Him Connect The Jots For You! “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking beautiful pearls, who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had and bought it. “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a dragnet that was cast into the sea and gathered some of every kind, which, when it was full, they drew to shore; and they sat down and gathered the good into vessels, but threw the bad away. So it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come forth, separate the wicked from among the just, and cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth.” Jesus said to them, “Have you understood all these things?” They said to Him, “Yes, Lord.” Matthew 13:45-51 Good Morning Sunday...
Father Thank You for this NEW DAY. Thank You for each NEW BREATH You Give Us. We ask You for DISCERNMENT with the things we may not be “seeing,” so that we may grow closer to You. Help us to have COMPLETE LIVES, showing Your Glory. We ask these things IN YESHUA, JESUS CHRIST’s Name. Amein! - Mo Money, Mo Problems We all want to be happy, right? Of course, but what makes us happy? It may sound strange but many people have trouble placing exactly what makes them happy. Stranger than that is the fact that some people think certain things make their lives happier, when in fact those very things bring misery, heartbreak, absentmindedness, resent, and strife. One of those very things?... Money. Think about this: What amount of money could you attain that will bring you happiness? Would millions make you happy, or are you content with just a raise at work? While it may be hard to believe, no amount of money can bring contentment, peace, love, or happiness. The natural order that Our Father Has Created just doesn’t work that way. I have been blessed to travel all over and one thing that always struck me was this: The richest (monetarily) people I ever met were also the most miserable people I ever met. Not coincidentally, the most joyful, happy, and peaceful people I ever met were the poorest. That’s right. The millionaires, and even billionaires, I met while working in “the biz” were some of the most unhealthy, spiteful, vindictive, and down right evil people I ever met, while the people I met on mission trips with no roofs on their house were the happiest. The difference? The rich acted as their own gods, having enough money to convince themselves of anything, while the poor had The Fullness of The One True and Living God residing with them. The rich took care of their own problems, or so they thought, with a check, while the poor completely depended on God Our Father in Faith and Love. One of the richest men who ever lived was once asked: “How many millions of dollars would it take for you to be satisfied?” His reply: “The next one.” There may be no more clear example of how a rich and godless person’s brain works. Money takes preeminence over all else and what are they left with? Some cotton pieces of paper that really aren’t worth the paper they are printed on. Greed and the pursuit of money creates an unsatisfied hunger inside of us, and it can never be satisfied. The example above is clear evidence. Just do a search for former lottery winners and take a look at how many of them are “happy”... almost none. The stories I have read and seen end with most of them saying: “Winning the lottery is the worst thing that ever happened to me.” They end up penny-less, with no friends, and the weight of the world on their shoulders. Yeshua, Jesus Christ, Our Savior told us that we cannot serve money, or mammon, and God Our Father. That may be a tough pill to swallow, but it is The Truth. If it is a tough pill to swallow, you may want to say a prayer and ask Our Father to show you The Truth. Maybe some will ask: “Can’t we serve both and be fine?” The answer is no. Our Savior teaches us that if we decide to choose money over Him, we will end up slaves to not only our money, but our possessions as well. Serving one ends in “spinning our wheels” and serving The ONE ends in Freedom, Fulfillment, and Life. May we all choose The One Who Holds Eternal Life. May we all choose The One Who Can Fully Meet Our Needs. And, May we all choose The One Who Can Give Us Riches Far Beyond What We Can Possess Or Even Imagine. May We All Choose The God Of All Creation and His Son The Savior Of The Whole World. Father, we ask this in The Name of Your Most Precious Gift To All Mankind, Your Son and Our Savior, Yeshua, Jesus Christ. Amen!!! The Richness of Christ, The Word of God: “The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness! “No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon. “Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?” Matthew 6:22-27 “Remember Lot’s wife.” Luke 17:32 “Wisdom is found on the lips of him who has understanding, But a rod is for the back of him who is devoid of understanding. Wise people store up knowledge, But the mouth of the foolish is near destruction. The rich man’s wealth is his strong city; The destruction of the poor is their poverty. The labor of the righteous leads to life, The wages of the wicked to sin. He who keeps instruction is in the way of life, But he who refuses correction goes astray.” Proverbs 10:13-17 “The rich man is wise in his own eyes, But the poor who has understanding searches him out.” Proverbs 28:11 “Then Jesus looked around and said to His disciples, “How hard it is for those who have riches to enter the kingdom of God!” And the disciples were astonished at His words. But Jesus answered again and said to them, “Children, how hard it is for those who trust in riches to enter the kingdom of God! It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.” And they were greatly astonished, saying among themselves, “Who then can be saved?” But Jesus looked at them and said, “With men it is impossible, but not with God; for with God all things are possible.” Then Peter began to say to Him, “See, we have left all and followed You.” So Jesus answered and said, “Assuredly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands, for My sake and the gospel’s, who shall not receive a hundredfold now in this time—houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions—and in the age to come, eternal life. But many who are first will be last, and the last first.” Mark 10:23-31 “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” Matthew 6:19-21 “But Peter said to him, “Your money perish with you, because you thought that the gift of God could be purchased with money!” Acts 8:20 Good Morning Sabbath...
Father Thank You for this NEW Day. Thank You for Your REVELATION. Thank You for Your Gift of Life, which IS OURS in Your Son Yeshua, Jesus Christ. We praise You, we worship You, and we pray to You in Yeshua, Jesus Christ’s Name. AMEIN! - The Great Revelation: Unfolding Eternity Today (7) The Message that Our Savior gives us in The Book of Revelation is the same as The Message He is giving The Seven Churches. His message is full of correction, conviction, and also full of encouragement and Love. When The Apostle John wrote these letters towards the end of his life we don’t know if he knew how relevant it would be today, but we do know Yeshua, Jesus Christ Our Savior Did. Yesterday we looked into His Message to The Church of Ephesus. Today, let’s take a look at what Our Savior Had To Say To The Church of Sardis. We will start in Revelation 3:1-6: “And to the angel of the church in Sardis write, ‘These things says He who has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars: “I know your works, that you have a name that you are alive, but you are dead.” Revelation 3:1 The Church of Sardis had a big problem. The King, Our Savior, tells them: “I know your deeds. You have a reputation of being alive, but you’re dead.” Whoa! That’s hardcore. Right? Well, as I am sure we have all found out at some point, it is a great tragedy when a church has a public image that far exceeds its Truth. How is a church to be alive? With The Word of God of course! The Church that Lives is The Church that submits to The Authority of The Word of God and is zealous about obeying The Creator of All Things, God Our Father. This submission for The Church that Lives includes prayer and complete allowance for The Holy Spirt, in Hebrew The Ruach Ha’Kodesh, to move freely. Ruach Ha’Kodesh literally translates as The Breath of God. The Church that Lives is The Church that is open to The Breath of God moving freely, and when this happens... Our Father’s Holy Spirit Will Convict The Church. This is where conversion and Life are given. Now, let’s take a look at the next few verses in Chapter 3 of The Book of Revelation: “Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die, for I have not found your works perfect before God. Remember therefore how you have received and heard; hold fast and repent. Therefore if you will not watch, I will come upon you as a thief, and you will not know what hour I will come upon you.” Revelation 3:2-3 Is there any hope for a “dead” church? Our Savior sure seems to be affirming yes with His Word. He tells those in Sardis: “Hey! You! You Better Pull It Together!” He tells them to “Strengthen the things which remain” and to “remember therefore how you have received and heard; HOLD FAST and REPENT.” For someone, in this case a church, to repent, or come alive, they first must realize where they have gone wrong, or which actions they are committing for Our Savior to say they are “dead.” They first must be conscious of their “deadness.” Once a realization of where a church or person "went wrong” is made conscious, then we must follow the path Our Savior has given us to restore “Life.” They must “Strengthen the things which remain, remember therefore how they have received and heard,” then “hold fast and repent.” In other words, hold on to the things you have learned from God Almighty And Be Changed By Them. It is distinctly clear this Word is for us today as well. We have many Brothers, Sisters, and entire church congregations that need to be awakened from a spiritual sleep. They must be reminded of The Gospel that we have received and run back to Him for their Lives. They must take The Truth that we all know when we first “Awake,” turning to God Our Father and receiving Salvation, Yeshua, Jesus Christ. We all must guard, protect, and “Be Transformed” by Our Savior, God’s Living Word. We must all pay close attention to what Emmense Love Was Shown To Us In The Sacrifice of Our Savior, Our Best Friend, Our King, and The Son of The Most High. “Therefore He says: “Awake, you who sleep, Arise from the dead, And Christ will give you light.” See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil.” Ephesians 5:14-16 Prayer: Yeshua, Thank You For Your Sacrifice For Us. Father, Bless You Forevermore! Thank You for Our Best Friend! Thank You For Not Letting Us Go! Please Father and Yeshua help us to return to You if we have gone astray in any way. Reinforce us, so we may be strong in Your Truth. Help us to rejoice and relish in Your Amazingly Good News, Your Gospel. Thank You. We Love You. In Yeshua, Jesus Christ's Mighty Name we pray. Amen! “Oh, taste and see that The LORD Is Good; Blessed is the man who trusts in Him!” Psalms 34:8 “Taste and see that YAHWEH Is Good; Blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him.” Psalms 34:8 “And to the angel of the church in Sardis write, ‘These things says He who has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars: “I know your works, that you have a name that you are alive, but you are dead. Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die, for I have not found your works perfect before God. Remember therefore how you have received and heard; hold fast and repent. Therefore if you will not watch, I will come upon you as a thief, and you will not know what hour I will come upon you. You have a few names even in Sardis who have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with Me in white, for they are worthy. He who overcomes shall be clothed in white garments, and I will not blot out his name from the Book of Life; but I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels. “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.” Revelation 3:1-6 “Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good; Blessed is the man who trusts in Him! Oh, fear the LORD, you His saints! There is no want to those who fear Him. The young lions lack and suffer hunger; But those who seek the LORD shall not lack any good thing. Come, you children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD. Who is the man who desires life, And loves many days, that he may see good? Keep your tongue from evil, And your lips from speaking deceit. Depart from evil and do good; Seek peace and pursue it. The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, And His ears are open to their cry. The face of the LORD is against those who do evil, To cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears, And delivers them out of all their troubles. The LORD is near to those who have a broken heart, And saves such as have a contrite spirit. Many are the afflictions of the righteous, But the LORD delivers him out of them all.” Psalms 34:8-19 “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.” Romans 12:1-2 Good Morning Friday.......
Father thank You for this NEW day. You have blessed us with another WONDERFUL day to see your WISDOM and TRUTH. May we use this day to show this dark and war-filled world Your Light and Glory TODAY!!! - The Great Revelation: Unfolding Eternity Today (6) As we move along in The Book of Revelation we see something interesting in Our Savior's Message to The Church of Ephesus. We see first that He commends them, but then He also calls them to repent. The Church was told that they needed to repent and return to their First Love. It seems that The Church there loved there accurate Bible Interpretations more than they loved Our Savior Yeshua, Jesus Christ...Our First Love. They became overly focused on "their" good works and lost sight of what was most important. Just observing them it seemed they were doing what they were supposed to, laboring for Our Savior's Name, proving false apostles as liars, hating evil deeds, being patient, enduring, and not growing weary in doing all these things. All these things mean nothing though without Our First Love, The Love of Christ, being front and center. Learning to do the right thing is excellent, but if done just because we are trained to do them and not for the Love of Christ... they are all for not. This is where Our Messiah's Message intersects with us today. The Message is as relevant today as it was 2,000 years ago and we should take note. This is where the timeless message of repentance is spoken and we are shown what is good and what is not. Here The Message is one of conviction, correction, and praise, as well as an invitation to repent and to return to Our God, Father, King, and Savior. While the messages are to the seven churches of Asia Minor, they are indeed to us as well. If we decide to start "doing the right things" just because we are told they are good and not out of Love for Yeshua, Jesus Christ, pretty soon we end up stale, without our "Fire," and cold. When we end up cold and not carrying The Love of Our Messiah with us, sooner or later we begin to focus on other things, things that may not be good for us. This is where compromise happens and we end up in a position completely disappointed in ourselves. It begins with us showing signs of growing colder, then we become apathetic, grow yet colder, start complaining, and before you know it we are just like our ancestors in the desert talking about how we miss the things this world has to offer. The Truth is this: The World Has Nothing To Offer Us If We Are Living In Christ, It's Not Even Comparable. We must be alert to the enemies tactics and not let these descriptions describe us, but if they do, don't be hopeless, for Our Hope is in "He Who Is In You" and He Is "Greater Than he who is in the world" (1John 4:4). Yeshua, Jesus Christ, Our Savior, Our Commander, is Our First and Greatest Love. Just as He did to The Church of Ephesus, He Calls Us Today To Repent and Return To Him. Are you in a place where you have grown cold? Has something taken more of your attention and Love than Jesus? Has a ministry given to you by Our Father or the praise of men seduced your attentions away from The One and Only? Repent and return to Your Savior Yeshua, Jesus Christ, and Your Heavenly Father. If we do this, do you know what happens? Our King Will Allow Us To Eat From The Tree Of Life and Drink From The River Of Living Water! That's Right, He Will Reward Us... And He Will Reward Us For Our Faithful Love In Ways We Cannot Even Imagine! HalleluYah! Prayer: Dear God, Our Father In Heaven, please show us if we have grown cold, complacent, or apathetic toward You. Please show us if we have idols that we have turned toward. Help us turn from these idols and come back to You... Our First and Greatest Love. Forgive us Father, if we have, for ever growing cold or allowing our hearts to become stoney again. Finally, please Father if our hearts have become stoney, replace them with a heart of flesh as You Tell Us In Your Word. We ask these things of You Father, Who Is THE ONE Who Guides All Things, THE CREATOR of All Things, in The Name of Your Mighty and Powerful Son Yeshua, Jesus Christ Our King. Amen. The Great Revelation, The Call To Return, The Word of God: “To the angel of the church of Ephesus write, ‘These things says He who holds the seven stars in His right hand, who walks in the midst of the seven golden lampstands: “I know your works, your labor, your patience, and that you cannot bear those who are evil. And you have tested those who say they are apostles and are not, and have found them liars; and you have persevered and have patience, and have labored for My name’s sake and have not become weary. Nevertheless I have this against you, that you have left your first love. Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent and do the first works, or else I will come to you quickly and remove your lampstand from its place—unless you repent. But this you have, that you hate the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate. “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give to eat from the tree of life, which is in the midst of the Paradise of God.” Revelation 2:1-7 “You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. They are of the world. Therefore they speak as of the world, and the world hears them. We are of God. He who knows God hears us; he who is not of God does not hear us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.” I John 4:4-6 “I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.” Ezekiel 36:26 “Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as being from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God,” II Corinthians 3:5 “But as it is written: “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.” I Corinthians 2:9 “while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal.” II Corinthians 4:18 “Now after John was put in prison, Jesus came to Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel.” Mark 1:14-15 Good Morning Thursday.....
Father thank You for this NEW day! Please continue to fill our HEARTS & MINDS in every aspect of life and TRANSFORM our ordinary lives into extraordinary journeys. A Big Thank You To Brother Larry Good For Supplying Today's Devotion. Thank You for always encouraging good habits, encouraging others, and encouraging me. God Bless You My Brother! Enjoying Life Begins With A Choice Although we don’t always have the power to change every unpleasant circumstance in our lives, we do have the power to change our outlook. Nobody enjoys a troubling or painful circumstance, but I’ve found if we look at it in a hopeful, faith-filled way, we can watch God work all things out for our good (Romans 8:28). Enjoying life begins with the thoughts you choose to think. Yes, it is that simple! No matter what is going on in your life today, if you will choose happy, hope-filled thoughts based on God’s Word, you will feel happier. Our thoughts are intricately connected to our feelings, so if we want to feel better, we need to think better. Think of the mind like the gas tank in your automobile. Your automobile will run well, or perhaps not even run at all, depending on what kind of fuel you put into it. In the same way, when you choose your thoughts carefully, your quality of life will improve in amazing ways! I used to be an extremely negative and critical person. My motto was, “If you don’t expect anything good to happen, then you won’t be disappointed when it doesn’t.” I thought I was protecting myself, but in reality, I was preventing myself from truly enjoying my life and God’s good plan for me. Romans 15:13 says, “May the God of your hope so fill you with all joy and peace in believing…” (AMP) When we choose to be positive and expect and believe God to do great things, it releases joy into our lives! Sure, there are some people who are born with a temperament that makes it easier for them to look on the bright side of life than others, but even they have to make choices about their thoughts and attitudes toward life. Be honest with yourself and think about what you have been mentally focusing on and how you have been feeling emotionally and even physically. I feel certain you will see a definite connection. Nothing good comes from thinking sour, critical, and negative thoughts, but something good always comes when we think according to God’s plan for our life. •“Today I have given you the choice between life and death, between blessings and curses. Now I call on heaven and earth to witness the choice you make. Oh, that you would choose life, so that you and your descendants might live! (Deuteronomy 30:19 NLT) Good Morning Wednesday...
Father thank You for this new day. Thank You for giving us Brothers and Sisters to share in this wonderful journey back to You. Please use us to help the hurting, the sick, the fatherless, and the weak. Help us to show Your Love in this dark world, because we know Love covers a multitude of sins. - Follow The Leader. There Is Only ONE.☝️ Before we move on in The Book of Revelation let's take just a minute today to talk about leadership. Leadership is a subject there are literally hundreds of thousands and maybe even millions of books written about. Where do most of these books get it wrong? They go wrong when they teach that leadership comes from "within us." Most of these books teach that if we, by our own power, influence others, we will have them follow us correctly. Most "self-help" leadership books teach "by our own power" we can manipulate our situation, team, or a group to do what we say. While this may be true, we can manipulate others to do what we want, if we aren't ourselves following the right path...we can lead ourselves right into the enemies trap. So what is it we must do to be a good leader? Follow. Because God's Word tells us "no man is good (Mark 10:18)" and only God Himself Is Good, why would we want to follow any one else's instructions besides His. Our Father Gave Us A Perfect Example Of Leadership...In His Perfect Son. The world tells us "the leader" goes first, The Bible says the leader should put himself last. The world tells us that "leaders lead," The Bible tells us leaders follow. Let's get a couple witnesses from Our Perfect Leader on that: “Then He said to them all, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me.” Luke 9:23 “And He sat down, called the twelve, and said to them, “If anyone desires to be first, he shall be last of all and servant of all.” Mark 9:35 Our Savior Yeshua, Jesus Christ, gathered his disciples and what is the first command He gave them? ... "Follow Me." They all became leaders of the first century church and let Our Father and Savior work "through them" to change this world forever. 2000 years later and we still talk about their "Acts" in The Bible and they are still all relevant today as they were then. That's Amazing! How did they get this kind of amazing leadership? They followed...Jesus, Yeshua, The Prince of Peace, The Light of All People. Think about this: You are in unfamiliar territory and you don't know where you are going. You have to follow a friend to get where you are going. Since you don't truly know where you are or how to get where you are going, are you going to just drive off and try to get there by "your own power?" Of course not. We have to trust our friend to get where we are going. We have to accept our friends leadership otherwise we get lost. We don't start paying attention to random things and try to make it on our own... because we don't know where we are at. We must focus on them and follow or we will get lost. We also have to follow them closely. If we get ahead, we get lost. If we fall behind, we get lost. It is the same with Our Ultimate Friend, Our Savior and Messiah Yeshua, Jesus Christ. We must follow Him to get to the right place in order to lead others and this comes through self sacrifice, humility, and kindness. This is how Our Savior was a leader, and this is the perfect example we must follow. If we try to do it "by our own power" eventually we become prideful, haughty and we all know what happens when we get prideful. Let's take a look: “Pride goes before destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall.” Proverbs 16:18 All the great leaders in The Bible besides Yeshua, Jesus Christ, followed God when they were successful. Adam, Noah, Abraham, David, and many others were great men of God Almighty when following Him. But what happened when they followed their own intuitions? Adam fell, Noah got drunk, Abraham had a rebellious child, and David committed adultery. These are the things that end up happening when we lead by "our own power." We must accept we are a fallen people and need A Better Leader than ourselves. We have to trust Our Savior and High Priest to lead us where we really need to go, otherwise we are just following an inferior leader, whether that is ourselves or another person. We have to accept His Leadership. We must follow His Will before ours. If we but stay focused on His Leadership, His Path, His Direction, His Example, we will be in a much better position to lead others than any position we could ever find on our own. He Will Lead Us Where We Need To Go. A bonus to following Him...He Will Reveal To Each And Everyone One Of Us Our Own Special Life Purpose. Praise His Name! The Leadership of Our Savior, The Word of God: Yeshua, Jesus Christ Our Savior, made leaders by telling His People: “Then He said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.” Matthew 4:19 “My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.” John 10:27 “The following day Jesus wanted to go to Galilee, and He found Philip and said to him, “Follow Me.” John 1:43 “If anyone serves Me, let him follow Me; and where I am, there My servant will be also. If anyone serves Me, him My Father will honor.” John 12:26 Good Morning Tuesday....
Father Thank You for this NEW Day. Please grant us TRUTH, WISDOM, DISCERNMENT, UNDERSTANDING, and KNOWLEDGE. Father we ask this so that we will not be conformed to this world, but TRANSFORMED by the renewing of our MINDS. In YESHUA, JESUS CHRIST'S Name. Amen. - Thirsty, Broke, Hungry? Drink! Our Father and Our Savior never leave us with a reason to doubt, without a way to answer questions, or without a way to discover The Truth. If we want The Truth, He Is Always There...we need only seek, ask, and knock at The Door (Matthew 7:7). It can be a very fun process discovering and searching out The Truth. In fact, it is exciting when we finally discover the pure connections between what Our Savior Yeshua, Jesus Christ, said in The New Testament and what He said in The Old Testament. We have recently been studying The Book of Revelation and we know Jesus is the same Yesterday, Today, and Forever (Rev 1:8). This is repeated throughout Scripture. Yeshua did say that "Abraham saw His Day and rejoiced in it (John 8:56), so we know our ancestors in the beginning of The Book knew Him. As we read today's passages see if you can make a connection. Our Father and Savior have a way of repeating things to make sure we "hear" Him. He likes to give plenty of "witnesses" to confirm The Truth. Do a word search using "repent" or "remember" if you need to see this in action. Today as we read focus on the connection with what Yahweh, God Our Father, and Yeshua, God The Son, are saying. Remember that Our Savior tells us in no uncertain terms, "I and The Father are ONE (John 10:30." If you have ever had a "thirst" for righteousness, if you have ever been "broken" in spirit, or if you have ever had a hunger for Truth, God Almighty Is Speaking To You. He Always Has The Same Message and He Never Contradicts Himself. Enjoy The Scriptures today. Quench your thirst, Receive The Free Gift, and Be Fed by Our Father and Our Savior. God Bless Everybody and have a wonderful Water, Bread, and Free Gift-Filled Day! The Word of The Eternal And Unchanging Creator of All Things: ““Ho! Everyone thirsty, come to the waters! And whoever has no money, come, buy and eat, and come, buy without money, wine and milk without price! Why do you weigh out moneys for what is not food, and your labor for what cannot satisfy? Listen carefully to me, and eat what is good, and let your soul take pleasure in rich food. Extend your ear, and come to me! Listen so that your soul may live, and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, the enduring proofs of the mercies shown to David. Look! I made him a witness to the peoples, a leader and a commander for the peoples. Look! You shall call a nation that you do not know, and a nation that does not know you shall run to you, because of Yahweh your God, and the holy one of Israel, for he has glorified you.” Seek Yahweh while he lets himself be found; call him while he is near. Let the wicked forsake his way, and the man of sin his thoughts. And let him return to Yahweh, that he may take pity on him, and to our God, for he will forgive manifold. “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, and your ways are not my ways,” declares Yahweh. “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so my ways are higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. For just as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and they do not return there except they have watered the earth thoroughly and cause it to bring forth and sprout, and give seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so shall be my word that goes out from my mouth. It shall not return to me without success, but shall accomplish what I desire and be successful in the thing for which I sent it. For you shall go out in joy, and you shall be led in peace. The mountains and the hills shall break forth before you, rejoicing and all the trees of the field shall clap hands. Instead of the thorn bush, the juniper shall go up; instead of the brier, the myrtle shall go up, and it shall serve as a memorial to Yahweh, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.”” Isaiah 55:1-13 LEB “Now on the last day of the feast—the great day—Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me, and let him drink, the one who believes in me. Just as the scripture said, ‘Out of his belly will flow rivers of living water.’ ”” John 7:37-38 LEB “And Yahweh will lead you continually, and satisfy your soul in a barren land, and he will strengthen your bones, and you shall be like a well-watered garden, and like a spring of water whose water does not fail.” Isaiah 58:11 LEB “And then on that day, living waters will flow out from Jerusalem, half of them to the eastern sea, and the other half to the western sea; it will happen both in the summer and in the winter.” Zechariah 14:8 LEB ““For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the source of living water, to hew out for themselves cisterns, cracked cisterns that can hold no water.” Jeremiah 2:13 LEB “because the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne will shepherd them and will lead them to springs of living waters, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”” Revelation 7:17 LEB “And it will happen on that day; the mountains will drip new wine, and the hills will flow with milk, and all the channels of Judah will flow with water. A spring from the house of Yahweh will come forth, and it will water the valley of Acacia Trees.” Joel 3:18 LEB “The one who has ears, let him hear!” Matthew 11:15 LEB |
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