Good Morning Monday...
Dear Father, thank You for this NEW day. Guide us as we make this day's JOURNEY. LIFT us as we fall. Show us Your LOVE, and HELP us to show Your Love to others. IN YESHUA, JESUS CHRIST’S NAME we pray. AMEN! A Big THANK YOU to berean.org, and our Brother, Charles Whitaker, for today’s devotion.
“And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon, and this man was just and devout, waiting for The Consolation of Israel, and The Holy Spirit was upon him.” Luke 2:25 “For my eyes have seen Your Salvation Which You have prepared before the face of all peoples, A Light to bring revelation to The Gentiles, And The Glory of Your People Israel." Luke 2:30-32 “Now there was one, Anna, a prophetess, The Daughter of Phanuel, of The Tribe of Asher. She was of a great age, and had lived with a husband seven years from her virginity; and this woman was a widow of about eighty-four years, who did not depart from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day. And coming in that instant she gave thanks to The LORD (YHVH, Yahweh), and spoke of Him to all those who looked for redemption in Jerusalem.” Luke 2:36-38 How were Simeon and Annaable to recognize The Messiah three decades before His first witness actually began? Luke provides the answer. He shows us that, in aggregate, the people of this group displayed the following characteristics: 1. They had God's Spirit. As a result, they were able to understand "the deep things of God. . . . No one knows the things of God except [by] The Spirit of God" (I Corinthians 2:10-11). When He promised The Spirit to His disciples, Christ called it The Spirit of Truth [which] . . . will guide you into all Truth; for [it] will not speak on [its] own authority, but whatever [it] hears [it] will speak; and [it] will tell you things to come. (John 16:13) The Spirit taught Simeon and Anna, just as it taught the apostles—just as it teaches us today. 2. They heard God's Word. Anna "did not depart from The Temple . . . night and day." She often heard the reading of God's Word, which Christ defined as Truth (John 17:17). That Word "is profitable for . . . instruction in righteousness" (II Timothy 3:16). The Devout received frequent instruction from God's Word. 3. They talked with others of like mind. Simeon was not alone; neither was Anna. Luke 2:38 says Anna "spoke of [Christ] to all those who looked for redemption in Jerusalem." An unspecified number of other people also waited for The Messiah! They fellowshipped with those who were "just and devout, waiting for the Consolation of Israel" (verse 25). 4. They fasted often. Notice the plural: Anna "served God with fastings" (Luke 2:37). These were not the fastings of vanity (see Matthew 6:16-18), but she fasted in service to God. A result of proper fasting is knowledge (see Daniel 9:1-22; 10:1-21). Surely, Anna's frequent fastings contributed to her ability to recognize The Messiah. 5. They prayed regularly. Again, notice the plural, "prayers" (Luke 2:37). Many hours of prayer lay behind Anna's recognition of her Messiah. Solomon writes in Proverbs 2:3-5, "If you cry out for discernment, and lift up your voice for understanding, . . . then you will . . . find The Knowledge of God." Solomon should know. God greatly increased his knowledge and wisdom as a result of his prayer (II Chronicles 1:10). 6. The Devout made the right connections. As a result of hearing God's Word, they were aware of The Seventy-Weeks Prophecy (Daniel 9:20-27). They realized that it was about 69 prophetic weeks since the rebuilding of Jerusalem, and The Messiah's coming was imminent. That is what Luke 2:26 tells us: God's Spirit revealed to Simeon that he would not die before seeing The Messiah. 7. The Devout saw the Day approaching and did not forsake the assembling of themselves together (Hebrews 10:25). They understood the value of Christian fellowship. The prophet wrote of them and their sort through the ages: "Then those who feared The LORD (YHVH, Yahweh) spoke to one another, and The LORD (YHVH, Yahweh) listened and heard them" (Malachi 3:16). Discussing God's Word in frequent fellowship, with humble fastings and prayers, The Devout received understanding from God. Thus, they recognized their Messiah while the superstitious and the proud did not. Praying for each of you to have a wonderful Yeshua-Filled week. Grace and Peace to each and every one of you on the other side of this screen!
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Good Morning Sunday...
FATHER thank You for this NEW DAY. We ask that you cover us with YOUR MIGHTY HAND. Let us understand YOUR MIGHTY WILL, so that we may see YOUR INFINITE GLORY. We ask this in YOUR PERFECT SON YESHUA, JESUS CHRIST's Name. AMEN! - He Is... (Part 35) Our Father Is God. He Wants Us To Know Who He Is. He Shows His Character, Wisdom, Omnipotence, Power, Mercy, Justice, Omniscience, and Glory All Through His Word... Just For Us. His Greatest Gift...He Sent His Son So We Could Get To Know Him Better. He Let Him Be Sacrificed So We Would Know How Much He Loves Us. He Is A King. He Is The Creator. He Is Our Reason For Being. Today, let's go through The Bible and see just who He Says He Is. When He Tells Us Who He Is we can grow, understand Him more clearly, draw closer, and try to imitate Him and His Perfect Character better. As we go through Scripture, searching out His Character and Names, Be encouraged and let Him Speak to you. Listen to The God of All Creation, Our Heavenly Father, talk to you and tell you exactly what He Wants To Do For you. Let's jump right in and listen to Him Tell Us Who...HE IS. “But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that HE IS, and that HE IS a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.” Hebrews 11:6 Our Father's Nature Never Changes. HE IS, WAS, AND WILL ALWAYS BE. He Is Who He Is. That's what He Told Moses. I Am Who I Am. That's what His Name means, YAHWEH, I Am Who I Am. His Name Means...HE IS! He Has Come! He Is... Yeshua, Jesus, Salvation “And she shall give birth to a Son, and you shall call His Name יהושע (YESHUA, JESUS, SALVATION) for HE SHALL SAVE HIS PEOPLE FROM THEIR SINS.” Mattithyahu (Matthew) 1:21 TS2009 “And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His Name JESUS, for HE WILL SAVE HIS PEOPLE FROM THEIR SINS.” Matthew 1:21 NKJV He Is… Crowned With Glory And Honor; “But we see JESUS, who was made a little lower than the angels, now CROWNED WITH GLORY AND HONOR because He suffered death, so that by The Grace of God He might taste death for everyone.” Hebrews 2:9 BSB He Is... The Tempted; “Having then a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, YESHUA (JESUS), THE SON OF GOD, let’s hold tightly to our confession. For we don’t have a high priest who can’t be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, but ONE WHO HAS BEEN IN ALL POINTS TEMPTED LIKE WE ARE, yet without sin.” Hebrews 4:14-15 WMB He Is... The Merciful, The Faithful; “For surely He is not concerned with angels, but He is concerned with the descendants of Abraham. Therefore He was obligated to be made like His brothers in all respects, in order that He could become A MERCIFUL AND FAITHFUL HIGH PRIEST IN THE THINGS RELATED TO GOD, IN ORDER TO MAKE ATONEMENT FOR THE SINS OF THE PEOPLE. For in that which He Himself suffered when He was tempted, He is able to help those who are tempted.” Hebrews 2:16-18 LEB He Is... Holy, Harmless, Undefiled, The Separate, Higher Than The Heavens; “But He, because HE CONTINUES FOREVER, HAS AN UNCHANGEABLE PRIESTHOOD. Therefore HE IS ALSO ABLE TO SAVE TO THE UTTERMOST THOSE WHO COME TO GOD THROUGH HIM, since HE ALWAYS LIVES to make intercession for them. For such A HIGH PRIEST was fitting for us, WHO IS HOLY, HARMLESS, UNDEFILED, SEPARATE FROM SINNERS, and HAS BECOME HIGHER THAN THE HEAVENS;” Hebrews 7:24-26 NKJV He Is... The Perfect, The Author of Eternal Salvation ; “Having been MADE PERFECT, HE BECAME TO all of THOSE WHO OBEY HIM THE AUTHOR OF ETERNAL SALVATION,” Hebrews 5:9 WEB He Is... Our Helper; “So then, we can say with confidence, “THE LORD IS MY HELPER, I will not be afraid. What will man do to me?” Hebrews 13:6 LEB To Be Continued... God Bless each and every one of you on the other side of this screen. May each and everyone of you have have a He Is..., Yeshua, Life-Filled Day! Good Morning Sabbath...
Father Thank You for Your REST. Thank You for Your SABBATH DAY. Please Father, SIMPLY give us PEACE. In YESHUA HA’MASHIACH, JESUS CHRIST The Messiah's Name we pray. AMEN. - The Word of God… Simply The Best There is something to be said about "simplicity." In The Book of Acts this is what God's Word says about those who were worshipping Our Father in Truth and Spirit.: “So continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of heart,” Acts 2:46 As we can see, "keeping things simple" can be a Blessing. It can go hand in hand with gladness, fellowship, and it is easy to be in "one accord" when we have "simplicity of heart.". With that thought in mind, let's keep it "simple" today. What is it that Our Father and Savior requires of us? Simple: “He has shown you, O man, what is good; And what does The LORD (YHWH, Yahweh) require of you But to do justly, To love mercy, And to walk humbly with your God?” Micah 6:8 Here are four more “Simple” verses for your day: “The entrance of Your words gives light; It gives understanding to the simple.” Psalms 119:130 “Yahweh watches over the simple. I was brought low, but he gave me victory.” Psalms 116:6 “Remember The Sabbath (seventh) day to keep it holy (set apart, dedicated to God). Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but The Seventh Day is a Sabbath [a day of rest dedicated] to The LORD (YHWH, Yahweh) your God;” Exodus 20:8-10a “But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;” 1 Corinthians 1:27 God Bless My Brothers and Sisters. May you all have a GREAT FATHER Simply YESHUA-FILLED Sabbath Day! Good Morning Friday...
Father, please help us to SHOW GRACE to others today. Let our words BE KIND and our actions BE HELPFUL. Please help us to not respond selfishly instead, allow us to RESPOND WITH LOVE. IN YESHUA, JESUS CHRIST’s Name we pray. AMEN! - A Servant’s Wisdom and The Source Part 29 Wisdom: “Real difficulties can be overcome; it is only the imaginary ones that are unconquerable.” ~ Theodore Vail The Source AKA The Word This Wisdom Came From: “So He said to the Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My Word, you are truly My disciples. Then you will know The Truth, and The Truth will set you free.”” John 8:31-32 BSB “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think on these things. Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me, put it into practice. And The God of Peace will be with you.” Philippians 4:6-9 BSB “Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin. A slave is not a permanent member of the family, but a son belongs to it forever. So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.” John 8:34-36 BSB “Jesus answered, “I am The Way and The Truth and The Life. No one comes to The Father except through Me.” John 14:6 BSB “For though we walk in the flesh, we don’t wage war according to the flesh; for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the throwing down of strongholds, throwing down imaginations and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Messiah,” 2 Corinthians 10:3-5 WMB “For the time will come when they will not listen to the sound doctrine, but having itching ears, will heap up for themselves teachers after their own lusts, and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn away to fables. But you be sober in all things, suffer hardship, do the work of an evangelist, and fulfill your ministry.” 2 Timothy 4:3-5 WMB “Be careful that you don’t let anyone rob you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the elemental spirits of the world, and not after Messiah.” Colossians 2:8 WMB “From infancy, you have known the holy Scriptures which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Messiah Yeshua. Every Scripture is God-Breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, that each person who belongs to God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.” 2 Timothy 3:15-17 WMB Prayer: Dear Father God, Thank You for Your Word, Your Love, and for The Immense Gift of being able to know Truth. Thank You for never lying to us, ever. Thank You for never filling us with vain imaginations, but with The Truth that we can stand on and live out. Father help us to understand Your Word even more, and help us to Live it, being an example to others. Thank You for hearing us, teaching us, and helping us to know The Truth and reality of Your Promises. Abba, may you put it in our hearts to help others come to The Truth, The Knowledge of You, to cast out vain imagination created by this world, and to share The Immense Love You have shown us through Your Son Yeshua Ha’Mashiach, Jesus Christ Our Savior. Give us the words to wake others up from their false realities, to plant them in Truth, to have them know that You hear us, to give them the assurance that You teach us, and then let them plant Your Truth and teachings in others. Let us not trust in our own understanding, but let us trust in You and Your All Encompassing Plan of Redemption, our True Calling and Reality. Bless you Father. Bless You Yeshua. Thank You for The Truth, Your Everlasting Word of Teaching, and for being Our Rock and Horn of Salvation. May We Bless You with Our Mouths, May we Glorify You with our thoughts, May we Love You with our actions, and May We Always Rely In The Constant Precision, Faithfulness, and Love In Your Word, for We Know You Are True. Thank You Father... for everything. In Our King Yeshua’s Name, Jesus Christ, we pray these things to You Father. Amen! “For The Word of The Lord (YHVH, Yahweh) is right; and all His Work is done in faithfulness.” Psalm 33:4 AMPC “Listen to counsel, receive instruction, and accept correction, That you may be wise in the time to come.” Proverbs 19:20 AMP “But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it, and how from infancy you have known The Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for Salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is God-Breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.” 2 Timothy 3:14-17 NIV Good Morning Thursday...
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’s Name. Amen! - What Are The Prophets Saying? (Nahum) There are so many times I have found myself discouraged, confused, or frustrated, and wasn't sure where to turn in The Bible and find an answer to my woes. Almost without exception, wherever I turned in The Word to find my answer, whether I started in The Gospel or Genesis, I usually ended up at The Prophets. The prophets have not only a wealth of prophecy, amazing stories of triumph, encouragement, and wonderful messages for us all as a Christian Family, but they also contain a wealth of messages for each and everyone of us personally. This is literally The Almighty Father Speaking To Us! Just as Jesus Himself Spoke, so too did The Prophets Speak His Word.🔥 Our Father and Yeshua, Jesus Christ, so loved us that He never stopped sending loyal servants, again and again, to give all of us together, and individually, messages, over and over. Remember the Parable of the Vineyard Owner (Matt 21:33-46)? The Master sent His Servants, which the people beat or killed (Prophets), then The Master Sends His Son (Yeshua, Jesus) thinking the people renting his land will be more amiable... they weren't. In fact, they killed Him thinking that they would receive "the inheritance." Does this story sound familiar or what?! Our Savior Was, Is, and Always Will Be The Smartest Person Of All Time. For this reason...these parables, and The Word of God Spoken Through The Prophets, should be carefully studied. Within this Ancient Wise Parable that Yeshua Spoke, we find The Prophets of God ( The Servants) came before He (The Master) Sent His Son. With that in mind, let us take a look today at what Nahum The Elkoshite, A Prophet of Yahweh (YHWH or God), God Himself, and Our Savior, were trying to relay to "all of us" and "each of us" in today's Scriptures. Prayer: Dear Heavenly Father, we humbly come before you today to receive Your Word and Your Message. As we read passages from Your Servant Nahum, please open our hearts and minds to what you are trying to tell us as a group, and what you are saying to us individually. You are Mighty Father and we know You Have Sent To Us, In Your Word, Messages of Encouragement, Discipline, Reconciliation, Salvation, and Love for Your Children. We thank You! Let us come before You today as Your Children and enjoy Our Daily Bread With You, Abba. We Love You And Praise You Father. In Yeshua, Jesus Christ’s Mighty Name We Pray. Amen! The Word of God: The Book of Nahum, A Prophet of God Almighty, Yahweh, and The Savior of The World, Yeshua Jesus Christ: “The oracle concerning Nineveh— The Scroll of The Vision of Nahum The Elkoshite: Yahweh is a jealous God and avenging; Yahweh is avenging and full of wrath. Yahweh takes vengeance against His enemies; He rages against His adversaries. Yahweh is slow to anger but great in power; He will certainly not allow the guilty to go unpunished. He marches in storm wind and in gale; storm clouds are the dust of His Feet.” Nahum 1:1-3 LEB “Yahweh Is Good—a refuge in the day of distress; He knows those who take refuge in Him. But with a rushing torrent He will bring Nineveh to an end; He will chase His enemies into darkness.” Nahum 1:7-8 LEB “Yahweh has commanded concerning you: “No more descendants will bear your name. Out of the house of your gods, will I cut off the engraved image and the molten image. I will make your grave, for you are vile.” Behold, on the mountains The Feet of Him Who Brings Good News (Gospel), who publishes peace! Keep your feasts, Judah! Perform your vows, for the wicked one will no more pass through you. He is utterly cut off.” Nahum 1:14-15 WEB “He who dashes in pieces has come up against you. Keep the fortress! Watch The Way! Strengthen your waist! Fortify your power mightily! For Yahweh restores the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel; for the destroyers have destroyed them, and ruined their vine branches.” Nahum 2:1-2 WEB “Woe to the bloody city! It is all full of lies and robbery. Its victim never departs. The noise of a whip And the noise of rattling wheels, Of galloping horses, Of clattering chariots! Horsemen charge with bright sword and glittering spear. There is a multitude of slain, A great number of bodies, Countless corpses— They stumble over the corpses— Because of the multitude of harlotries of the seductive harlot, The mistress of sorceries, Who sells nations through her harlotries, And families through her sorceries.” Nahum 3:1-4 NKJV “Behold, I AM against you,” says The LORD (YHWH, Yahweh) of Hosts; “I will lift your skirts over your face, I will show the nations your nakedness, And the kingdoms your shame. I will cast abominable filth upon you, Make you vile, And make you a spectacle.” Nahum 3:5-6 NKJV “Your shepherds are slumbering, king of Ashur. Your leaders are asleep. Your people are scattered all over the mountains, with no one to round them up. Your wound cannot be healed. Your injury is fatal. Everyone hearing the news about you claps his hands in joy over you. For who has not been overwhelmed by your relentless cruelty?” Nachum (Nam) 3:18-19 CJB Good Morning Wesnesday...
Father Thank You for this NEW DAY. We have GRATEFUL HEARTS for all You Do. Thank You for the extraordinary gifts in our lives and the EXTRAORDINARY LOVE you share with us in YOUR WORD FATHER. Lead us away from false prophets, strengthen us to endure trials, and lead us toward YOUR NARROW GATE. In praise, we pray in YESHUA, JESUS CHRIST's Name. Amen! - Amazing Psalms (Part 3) Have you ever felt like a failure? We all have, right? We have all had our struggles, personal conflicts, rejections, hard, unsuccessful work, and many other things that fight against our Christian Confidence. We want to be “Lights,” Flames of God Almighty (El Shaddai), but when we don’t feel good about ourselves, we can feel more like a flicker. Inevitably, we will all venture through a season when we don’t feel “sufficient” to be the people Our Father has called us to be. Inevitably we will all, at some point, feel like a failure, a reject, or just plain old insignificant. It is extremely important for us as believers in El Elyon (The God Most High) and Yeshua, Jesus Christ, in these moments, to hear The Beautiful Voice of Our Father In Heaven. Other voices, such as the enemy’s, will try to kick us while we are down and magnify the problem. This is why we discipline ourselves to always stay focused on The Truth AKA God’s Word, and if or when we have these moments... they are short lived. One of The Greatest Truths in God’s Word is how He tells us who we are, and how He feels about us. Psalm 139 is a wonderful place for us to hear this Truth. He tells us: 1.) I Know You 139:1-6 2.) I Am With You Always 139:7-12 3.) I Mindfully & Wonderfully Made You 139:13-16 4.) I Have A Plan For You 139:16-18 The point is this: You Matter To God Our Father More Than You Could Ever Even Imagine. Through His Servant David, Our Father wanted us to know just how important we are to Him. In Psalm 139 David penned some of the most beautiful and eternal Truth about who we are, and what El Elyon (The Most High God), Our Father, wanted us to know. Next time you are feeling insufficient, down, like a failure, or you are questioning yourself, turn to Psalm 139 and just read how much The God Of All Creation Loves You. Make no mistake, He Is Speaking To You. Hear His Voice, Know That You Matter Very Much To Him, and realize that You Are Precious To The One Who Created You... Before You Were Even Knit Together In Your Mother’s Womb! The Amazing Psalm 139: “Yahweh, You have searched me, and You know me. You know my sitting down and my rising up. You perceive my thoughts from afar. You search out my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word on my tongue, but, behold, Yahweh, You know it altogether. You hem me in behind and before. You laid Your Hand on me. This knowledge is beyond me. It’s lofty. I can’t attain it. Where could I go from Your Spirit? Or where could I flee from Your Presence? If I ascend up into heaven, You are there. If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there! If I take the wings of the dawn, and settle in the uttermost parts of the sea; Even there Your Hand will lead me, and Your Right Hand will hold me. If I say, “Surely the darkness will overwhelm me; the light around me will be night”; even the darkness doesn’t hide from You, but the night shines as the day. The darkness is like light to You. For You formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother’s womb. I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. My soul knows that very well. My frame wasn’t hidden from You, when I was made in secret, woven together in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my body. In Your Book they were all written, the days that were ordained for me, when as yet there were none of them. How precious to me are Your Thoughts, God! How vast is their sum! If I would count them, they are more in number than the sand. When I wake up, I am still with You. If only You, God, would kill the wicked. Get away from me, you bloodthirsty men! For they speak against You wickedly. Your enemies take Your Name in vain. Yahweh, don’t I hate those who hate You? Am I not grieved with those who rise up against You? I hate them with perfect hatred. They have become my enemies. Search me, God, and know my heart. Try me, and know my thoughts. See if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in The Everlasting Way.” Psalms 139:1-24 WEB Good Morning Tuesday...
Thank you Father for this NEW DAY! Today,“(we will) trust in You Father with all (our) hearts and lean not on (our) own understanding; in all (our) ways (we will) acknowledge (You), and (You) shall direct (our) paths” (Proverbs 3:5-6). May we choose to follow Our Father and Savior in Faith today! In Yeshua, Jesus Christ's Name. Amen! - Amazing Psalms (Part 2) Among the many offices that David filled while here on this earth, remember David is a “picture” of Jesus, one office was prophet. A prophet is an individual whom God Our Father communicates His Purposes and give unique understanding in His Word, His Thoughts, His Will, and the future events that shall come to pass. Did you know that Psalms is the one of the two most quoted books in The New Testament? With over 400 quotes and at least 300 allusions to prophecies concerning our Messiah, Yahushua, Yeshua Ha’Mashiach, or as most all of us learned His Name, Jesus Christ. That is quite amazing when we think about it, and even more amazing, most, if not all, have been fulfilled. When we stop to think about these prophecies being written over a thousand years before Our King and Savior even showed up on the scene (in the flesh) it becomes clearly apparent that only God Our Father could have willed this fulfillment to come true. Many places in The New Testament we are told, that it was indeed Our Father’s Ruach Ha’Kodesh (The Holy Breath of God), or Holy Spirit, that wrote these prophecies through His servants. It was not thought up by a human mind, and indeed when we begin to study these prophecies, it is clear that this would be entirely impossible for man alone. Think about it, how could David have written this amazing piece of prophecy about Our Saving King a thousand years before He Came to fulfill it. He couldn’t, but with the help of Our Father, His Holy Spirit, and Jesus Christ, better known collectively as God, all things are possible (Mark 10:27). 2, 22, or 222 in The Bible signifies The Love of God for us, His Children. The Bible itself is in fact a Love Letter from God to us. He has never left us to wonder if He would defend, keep, watch over, and guide us along The Way. Our Father’s Promises have always been contained for us in His Word, and are replete from cover to cover. Today we look at Psalm 22. David wrote about Our Savior a thousand years before His birth. David, through God Almighty (El Shaddai), describes Our Saviors attitude, sufferings, feelings, and pain during a period when the capital punishment of crucifixion did not even exist yet. This is prophecy at it clearest. Our Father Loved David, and using him, He gave us one of the most clearly understood, most magnificent pieces of His Love Letter so that we could truly know how much He Loves Us, thinks about us, and so that we could be sure of what He has accomplished for us. Today as we read Psalm 22, let us meditate on what God Put His Son Through, what He Went Through... for us. Let us meditate on the magnitude of Love it takes for a Father to allow for A Son to go through these things. Finally, let us meditate on how much He Loves Us to let us know the things that are to come so we can be sure, safe, at peace, and comforted no matter what we may be going through. God Loved David immensely, from God’s Word this much is clear. God was very interested in every part of David’s Life. One final thing for us to think about as we read through Our Father’s Word to us this morning is this: He Is Just As Interested In Each And Everyone of Our Lives As He Was David’s. That’s Humbling. What God Almighty, Our Father In Heaven, Has Foretold From Long Ago And Promised To Each And Every One Of Us... It Shall Certainly Come To Pass! The Word of The One True And Living God Almighty, To Us, His Children Whom He Loves With An Everlasting Love: Psalm 22 “My God, my God why have you forsaken Me? Why are you far from helping Me, far from the words of my groaning? O my God, I call by day and You do not answer, and by night but I have no rest. Yet You are Holy, Enthroned on the praises of Israel. Our ancestors trusted You; they trusted and You delivered them. They cried to You and were saved; they trusted You and were not ashamed. But I Am A Worm and not a man, scorned by humankind and despised by people. All who see Me mock Me. They open wide their lips; they shake the head, saying: “He trusts Yahweh. Let Him rescue Him. Let Him deliver Him because He delights in Him.” Yet you took Me from the belly; You made Me trust while on My mother’s breasts. On You I was cast from the womb. From My mother’s belly You have been My God. Do not be far from Me because trouble is near; because there is no helper. Many bulls have encircled Me; mighty bulls of Bashan have surrounded Me. They open their mouth against Me like a lion tearing and roaring. I Am poured out like water, and all My bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax; it is melted within Me. My strength is dry like a potsherd, and My tongue is sticking to My jaws; and you have placed Me in the dust of death. Because dogs have surrounded Me; a gang of evildoers has encircled Me. Like the lion they are at My Hands and My Feet. I can count all My Bones; they gaze, they look at Me. They divide My garments among them, and for My clothing they cast lots. But you, O Yahweh, do not remain distant. O My Help, hasten to help Me. Rescue My Life from the sword, My only Life from the power of the dogs. Save Me from the mouth of the lion, and from the horns of the wild oxen answer Me. I will tell Your Name to My Brothers; inside the assembly I will praise You. You who revere Yahweh, praise Him! Glorify Him, all you seed of Jacob, and be in awe of Him, all you seed of Israel, because He has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted, and has not hid His Face from Him; but He listened to Him when he cried for help. From You is My Praise. In the great assembly, I will pay My vows before those who revere Him. The afflicted will eat and will be satisfied. Those who seek Him will praise Yahweh. May Your heart live forever. All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to Yahweh. All the families of the nations will worship before You. Because the kingship belongs to Yahweh, and He rules over the nations. All the healthy ones of the earth will eat and worship. Before Him all of those descending into the dust will kneel, even he who cannot keep his soul alive. Descendants will serve Him. Regarding The LORD, it will be told to the next generation. They will come and tell His Saving Deeds to a people yet to be born, that He Has Done It.” Psalms 22:1-31 LEB Good Morning Monday...
Father Thank You for this NEW DAY. Help us to be Your LIGHTs in this dark world. Help us to show the kindness, compassion, mercy, and LOVE that You Have Shown Us Through Your Son YESHUA, JESUS CHRIST. We ask this in His Name, The Name Above All Names, Yeshua, Jesus Christ Our Savior. Amen! - Amazing Psalms (Part 1) Imagine a clear, dry night 3000 years ago in desert of Israel. No city lights to obscure the sight of the sky, and a wide-eyed David looking up at the stars in amazement. David was obviously humbled by the scene he was seeing. We can imagine a look of wonder on his face as he stared at the glory of what Our Father made. If you have ever been away from town and city lights, deep in the country and looked up at the stars, then you know what an amazing and humbling sight the night sky can be. In this respect, David was no different than you and I, he stared in amazement. We can only imagine this was the scene when David was inspired to write Psalm 8. With the twinkle of the stars glistening in his eyes, David wondered how an Amazing Creator who set the moon and every star in its place, who created something so beautiful, vast, and incredible, took the time to individually care for him... and all His People. Now that is even more humbling than the sight itself. It is said that if you took all the sand on all the beaches around the world and counted each grain, the number of the stars would be more than those grains of sand on every beach in all the world, in fact, they say the number of stars is 10 times that amount... wow. Now, we don’t have really any way of knowing that is true, but what we do know is true, is that Our Father, Our God, Our King, and Our Savior... can do anything. Nothing is impossible for Him Who Created All Things. With merely His Word, all things He Spoke into existence. Another humbling thought. Our Father has given us dignity, honor, glory, and amazing sights to wonder at seeing. He gave into our hands all things through Yeshua, Jesus Christ. He gave us authority over all the earth, all the animals, and all the fish of the sea. He gave us the likeness of His Image. He allows us to reflect His Glory. And, He has placed Eternal Life in our hearts. To Our Father In Heaven, we mean so much, that He Sent His Only Son to die and redeem us. It is truly amazing to think about how much He Loves Us to do such a thing! As we read through Psalm 8 this morning, let the Wonder of God fill your mind and your heart. His Love is so great for us... His Love is so great for YOU. The God of all creation not only knew you would read this this morning, but also planned to be right there with you as you do. Now, fall into The Arms of Your Father, sit back, and wonder in amazement at His Word that He left for you to read, on this day, more than 3000 years ago. Have a Wonderful God Blessed week Brothers and Sisters! May each and everyone of you on the other side of this screen be filled with The Grace and Peace of Our Father In Heaven and Our Master and Messiah Yeshua, Jesus Christ, The King Above All Kings. Shalom! Psalm 8: “Yahweh, our LORD, how majestic is Your Name in all the earth, who put Your Splendor above the heavens. From the mouth of children and infants You have founded strength on account of Your enemies, to silence the enemy and the avenger. When I look at Your Heavens, the work of Your Fingers, the moon and the stars which You set in place— what is a human being that You think of him? and a child of humankind that You care for him? And You made him a little lower than heavenly beings, and with glory and with majesty You crowned him. You make him over the works of Your Hands; all things You have placed under his feet: sheep and cattle, all of them, and also the wild animals of the field, the birds of the sky and the fish of the sea, everything that passes along the paths of seas. Yahweh, our LORD, how majestic is Your Name in all of the earth!” Psalms 8:1-9 LEB Good Morning Sunday...
Father thank You for this AMAZING DAY. Please fill us with Your SPIRIT and help us to be a LIGHT. Help give us BOLDNESS IN THE WORD, Your Word, and in Your Way. Endow us with Your PEACE and WISDOM, so we may bring LIFE to this world. Abba, we submit to You, so that You may strengthen us to STAND FIRM. IN YESHUA, JESUS CHRIST Name we pray. Amen! - The Commander of The Angel Armies of Heaven Is Calling Us. Enlist Today! Good morning Brothers and Sisters. Our God is so aptly titled “LORD of Hosts” in The Holy Scriptures (1st Mention - 1 Samuel 1:3), or Yahweh of Hosts. The Word “LORD,” refers to Yahweh, The Self-Existent, Redemptive God of Heaven and Earth, Our Father. He is called by this name some 261 times in His Word. The word “Hosts” is translated from The Hebrew Word “Sabaoth,” meaning “Armies.” Yeshua, Jesus Christ, His Son and our Savior, before He came “in the flesh,” states that He is The Commander of this Army (Joshua 5:13-14). He states this again, less specifically, in John 18:36. We are in a Spiritual War My Brothers and Sisters. We must fight, but not with weapons of this world (2 Corinthians 10:3-6). We must be trained by God Almighty and His Word each and everyday. Below, you will find a rewritten statement of faith, a call to action, and a reminder of who we are and who we serve. The Commander of The Angel Armies of Heaven is enlisting now. This Army will be the last Army to ever exist. May The One True and Living God move your heart to join in this Everlasting Army. May He Bless you with the strength to Stand Firm in His Righteousness, and His Way until the end. Finally, may He Bless Each and Every One of You On The Other Side of This Screen With A Faithfulness and Commitment That Comes Only From His Spirit. The battlefield has been set, His Army Is Aligning In Place, and The Final Battle draws near. The only question that remains is… whose army will you join? Make the choice and the statement today… I Am A Soldier of YAH. “And the things that you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also. You therefore must endure hardship as A Good Soldier of Jesus Christ. No one engaged in warfare entangles himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please Him who enlisted him as a soldier.” II Timothy 2:2-4 I Am A Soldier of YAH: I am a soldier in The Army of my God. The Lord Yeshua Ha'Mashiach, Jesus Christ is my Commander. His Holy Scripture is my code of conduct. Faith, prayer, and The Word of God Almighty (El Shaddai) are my weapons of warfare. I have been taught by The Holy Spirit (Ruach Ha’Kodesh), trained by experience, tried by adversity, and tested by fire. I am a volunteer in this army, and I am enlisted for eternity. I will not get out, sell out, be talked out, or pushed out. My Commanding Officer has taught me how to be faithful, reliable, capable, and dependable. If my God needs me, I am there. I am a soldier. I am a Child of God, but I am no longer a baby. I do not need to be pampered, petted, primed up, pumped up, picked up, or pepped up. I am ready now and I am prepared. I am a soldier. No one has to call me, remind me, write me, visit me, entice me, or lure me. I am a soldier. I am not afraid of what man, or this world, can do to me. I am in place, saluting my King, obeying His orders, praising His Name, and building His kingdom! No one has to send me flowers, gifts, food, cards, candy, or give me handouts. I do not need to be cuddled, cradled, cared for, or catered to. I am committed. I cannot have my feelings hurt bad enough to turn me around. I cannot be discouraged enough to turn me aside. I cannot lose enough to cause me to quit. I am a soldier in The Army of God. When Jesus called me into this army, I had nothing. If I end up with nothing, I will still come out ahead. I will win because I follow The Way and The Instructions of The One True and Living God. I will win because my King and God has already won, and I stand with Him. I will stand with Him alone if everyone else flees. My God has and will continue to supply all of my need. I am more than a conqueror through Christ. I will always triumph, because He has triumphed. I can do all things through Christ. He has spoken and I believe. The devil cannot defeat me. People cannot disillusion me. Weather cannot weary me. Sickness cannot stop me. Battles cannot beat me. Money cannot buy me. Governments cannot silence me, and hell cannot handle me! I am a soldier. Even death cannot destroy me. For when my Commander calls me from this battlefield, He will promote me, and then allow me to serve with Him in His Mighty Presence. I am a soldier in HIS Army, and I’m marching claiming victory in The Name of The One Who Rules All Things. I will not give up. I will not turn around. I am a soldier of God Almighty, Ruler of Heaven and Earth, marching heaven-bound. HERE I STAND! “For God has not given us a spirit of cowardice, but of Power and Love and Self-Discipline.” 2 Timothy 1:7 Good Morning Sabbath...
Father Thank You for another BLESSED DAY. Thank You for Your Sabbath. 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’s Name. Amen! - The Sabbath Was Made For The Thirsty, Broken, & Hungry? Drink! Be Healed!… And Eat! Our Father and Our Savior never leave us with a reason to doubt, without a way to answer questions, without a way to defend ourselves, 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 know Jesus is the same Yesterday, Today, and Forever (Rev 1:8, Malachi 3:6, Hebrews 13:8). 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 that 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 Sabbath 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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