Good Morning Thursday...
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! - A Servant’s Wisdom & The Source Part 6 Wisdom: “He is no fool who gives that which he cannot keep, to gain what he cannot lose.” - Jim Elliot The Source AKA The Word This Wisdom Came From: “Then He spoke a parable to them, saying: “The ground of a certain rich man yielded plentifully. And he thought within himself, saying, ‘What shall I do, since I have no room to store my crops?’ So he said, ‘I will do this: I will pull down my barns and build greater, and there I will store all my crops and my goods. And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years; take your ease; eat, drink, and be merry.” ’ But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul will be required of you; then whose will those things be which you have provided?’ “So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.” Luke 12:16-21 NKJV “For 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.” Luke 18:25 NKJV “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.” Matthew 6:19-20 NKJV “He must increase, but I must decrease. He who comes from above is above all; he who is of the earth is earthly and speaks of the earth. He who comes from heaven is above all.” John 3:30-31 NKJV Prayer: Dear Father God, Abba, Thank You for waking us up and revealing to us, Your Children, The Truth. There is none like You O’ Father, none so Faithful, Loving, Kind, Merciful, and Holy. Help us to know what is most important Father, You. Father, please remind us continually and help us to know how to put You first. So often Father this world easily distracts us with other things that do not matter, thank you for showing us what matters through Your Son and in Your Word. Help us to understand Your Instruction, Your Wisdom, and all the ways You want us to prosper as we journey through this temporary life and move towards Your Eternal Life. Without You we have nothing. With You we have everything. Show us Your Ways Father... Show us Your Love. May We Bless You with Our Mouths, May we Love You with our thoughts, May we Glorify You with our actions, May We Rely On Your Promise, and put You First. Thank You Father... for everything. In Our King and Savior’s Name Yeshua, Jesus Christ, we pray these things to You Abba. Amen
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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. In Yeshua, Jesus Christ’s Name we pray. Amen. - Following The Leader... There Is Only ONE.☝️ Today, let’s 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 Our Friend 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! As we rise to meet this new day, please let us be filled with Your Spirit. Wherever we go, LET US SPREAD LOVE, JOY, PEACE, GOODNESS, and FAITHFULNESS. Let us desire to become more like You and to worship You IN ALL WE DO. Help us desire these things so much more than the sin that entices us. In Yeshua, Jesus Christ's Name we pray. Amen. Thank you to our late Brother, John W. Ritenbaugh, and berean.org for today's devotion/study. "Now the Bereans were more noble-minded than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if these teachings were true." Acts 17:11 - Digging Deeper: Spirit (A Berean Breakdown) (21) From that time Jesus began to show to His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised the third day. (22) Then Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him, saying, "Far be it from You, Lord; this shall not happen to You!" (23) But He turned and said to Peter, "Get behind Me, Satan! You are an offense to Me, for you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men." Matthew 16:21-23 Like Peter, we could be motivated to believe or disbelieve something, accept or reject something, say something or keep silent, depending on the circumstance. Additionally, we may have no reaction at all at the moment of communication, but the thought is stored and available for later use or supplementation. It is entirely possible for a person to go through his entire life as a pawn of Satan and never know it. This situation reflects a usage of what the Bible's writers term "spirit." Spirit is the English translation of the Hebrew ruach (Strong's #7304), in the Old Testament and the Greek pneuma (Strong's #5141) in the New. It can literally mean "a current of air," "breath," "blast," or "breeze." However, when used figuratively, it indicates "vital principle," "disposition," "the rational soul," etc., or an invisible super-being such as God, Christ, an angel, or a demon. Whether used literally, as with "wind" or "breath," or figuratively, as indicating God, angel, or demon, it describes something that is invisible and immaterial and at the same time powerful, even a thing of considerable power. The foremost elements of spirit, then, are invisibility, immateriality, and power. E.W. Bullinger remarks in Appendix 9 of the Companion Bible: The meaning of the word is to be deduced only from its usage. The one root idea running through all of the passages is invisible force. . . . [I]n whatever sense it is used, [it] always represents that which is invisible except by its manifestations. He also shows that ruach is used in nine different ways in the Old Testament, while pneuma is used fourteen different ways in the New Testament. In John 6:63, Jesus says, "It is the Spirit [which] gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life." Here is a clear example of the figurative use of "spirit." Words are the symbols used for communication; they are received into our minds through sight, as when reading, or sound, as when hearing. But once in the mind, nothing material is packed into our brain. Words - and thus the concepts they carry with them - are spirit because they are immaterial, invisible, and of considerable power, depending on how we use them. Thus, we can receive "spirit" in the form of words or concepts from a spirit being. In this case, it is in reality "thought transference" because no sound is heard through our ears. Just because one is close to Christ does not eliminate the prospect that a demon will communicate with and through him. As seen in Matthew 16:22-23, Peter did the speaking, but Jesus spoke directly to Satan, naming him as the source of Peter's outburst against God's will that Jesus should suffer and die. Without Peter's recognizing it, he permitted himself to be a conduit for Satan's will. The disciple's "good" intention was against God's will, and Jesus thus judged it to be evil. Good Morning Monday....
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! - The Psalms (Part 2) Among the many offices that David filled while here on this earth, remember David is a “picture” of Jesus, one was prophet. A prophet is an individual whom God Our Father communicates His Purposes, 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 showing up on the scene (in the flesh) it becomes clearly apparent that only God Our Father could have this fulfillment 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, 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 to us 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 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! Had a great conversation with a Brother yesterday after our Sabbath Bible Study that started with defining Biblical slavery, and ended up with a talk about money. Took the day off from writing yesterday on Sabbath and it only seems fitting to share this devotion after that conversation. God willing, we will continue with the new Psalms series tomorrow. Have a wonderful day everyone and have a great God-Blessed week. Shalom! :-) “He who trusts in his riches will fall, But the righteous will flourish like foliage.” Proverbs 11:28 “The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, And like a high wall in his own esteem. Before destruction the heart of a man is haughty, And before honor is humility.” Proverbs 18:11-12 - 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. 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! - The 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. Shabbat Shalom, Happy Sabbath, and may God Bless each and everyone of you on the other side of this screen. 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 Friday...
FATHER thank You for MAKING this NEW day. We ask that you OPEN our HEARTS and MINDS to the infinite TRUTH, GRACE, WISDOM, KNOWLEDGE, and MERCY SUPPLIED to us in YOUR WORD, OUR ALMIGHTY GOD. In YESHUA, JESUS CHRIST's Holy Name we pray, Amen. Good morning Brothers and Sisters. Tomorrow we will begin a new series, but today, by special request, we will revisit one of the first devotions to ever be published under Servant of Yeshua 7. My prayer is that it is as uplifting, informative, and encouraging as it was when it was first written. God Bless each and everyone of you on the other side of this screen, your families, and all those who are in your prayers. Love you all very much. May the Grace and Peace of God Our Father In Heaven and Our King and Savior Yeshua, Jesus Christ, be upon you all. Have a wonderful weekend and stay warm out there. Sincerely, Servant of Yeshua 7 - Today We Learn God's Word... And A Little Hebrew (Act Now, Limited Time Only!) *The English Transliteration From Hebrew will be in Parentheses. The words will be: 1.)God =Yahweh (YHWH) 2.)Salvation = Yeshua 3.)Holy Spirit = Ruach Ha'Kodesh 1st A Simple Bible Reading that will only take 19.99 seconds! Love it or Your Money Back!...Guaranteed!!! “knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation, for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God (YHWH or Yahweh) spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit (Ruach Ha'Kodesh).” II Peter 1:20-21 NKJV Here is a passage that teaches, when we read Scripture, what we are reading does not merely come from a man,...but also from God (Yahweh). The Almighty Creator. Wouldn't it be an easy thing for Him to make sure His Book was written correctly? Obvious answer, right? The Bible is the writing of many different men. But it is also far more than that. Yes, men spoke. They spoke with their own language and style, but Peter mentions two other dimensions of their speaking. First, they spoke from God (Yahweh). What they have to say is not merely from their own limited perspective. They are not the origin of The Truth they speak of; they are the vessel and mouth pieces for God (Yahweh) . The Salvation (Yeshua) and Truth they speak of is God's Truth. Their Meaning is God's Meaning. Second, not only is what they spoke from God (Yahweh), but how they spoke it is controlled by the Holy Spirit (Ruach Ha'Kodesh). Men, moved by the Holy Spirit (Ruach Ha'Kodesh), spoke from God. God did not simply reveal The Truth (we know who The Truth is 😃🙌) to the writers of Scripture and then depart in hopes that they might communicate it accurately. Peter says that in the very communicating of it they were carried by the Holy Spirit (Ruach Ha'Kodesh). The making of The Bible was not left to merely human skills of communication; God's Salvation The Holy Spirit (Yahweh Yeshua Ruach Ha'Kodesh) carried the process to completion. But That's Not All!!! Amazingly enough, if you take our Hebrew study words for today and put them in the order, the same as our last sentence - Yahweh Yeshua Ruach Ha'Kodesh - the literal english translation means... ready for this?... I Am Salvation The Holy Breath of God. Wow! Sounds like One Being Doesn't It? Shema! But wait, There's More!!! Yeshua, which is the Hebrew word for Salvation and also Jesus's Name in His native tongue... That is the word written every single place in the ancient text where you find the word Salvation. So thousands of years before Jesus, Yeshua, even came to visit, they were saying His Name every time they spoke of The Salvation of God. The Yeshua of Yahweh. The Son of God. Amazingly enough Yeshua means “Yahweh Is Salvation” (See Picture Verses). Wow again!!! Since You Were One of The First 500 Readers, We Are About To Double Your Offer!!! Take Those 3 Hebrew Words, Which Are All 3 Names of God, and put Them in any order: Yahweh Yeshua Ruach Ha'Kodesh 1.) I Am Salvation The Holy Breath Of God! Ruach Ha'Kodesh Yahweh Yeshua 2.) The Holy Breath of God I Am Salvation! Yeshua Ruach Ha'Kodesh Yahweh 3.) Salvation The Holy Breath Of God, I Am! Yahweh Ruach Ha'Kodesh Yeshua 4.) I Am The Holy Breath of God, Salvation! Get God's Word Today!!! Bibles are standing by!!!! Father, Abba, God and King, Yahweh Yeshua, Thank You so very much for your Divine Ways of teaching us Your Infinite Glory. Today, let us ask for nothing, but instead give You only praise and honor which You so rightfully deserve. In Your Salvation's Name, Yeshua Ha'Mashiach, Jesus Christ's name we pray, Amen. Good Morning Thursday...
FATHER thank You for MAKING this NEW day. We ask that you OPEN our HEARTS and MINDS to the infinite TRUTH, GRACE, WISDOM, KNOWLEDGE, and MERCY SUPPLIED to us in YOUR WORD, OUR ALMIGHTY GOD. In YESHUA, JESUS CHRIST's Holy Name we pray, Amen. - I One And Only - I Am He Yahweh Yeshua Ha'Mashiach, God Our Father and His Son Jesus Christ Are ONE. Jesus said: “The Father and I are ONE.” John 10:30 Our Messiah Tells Us The Good Deeds Are From His Father: “Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good deeds from the Father. For which one of them are you going to stone me?” John 10:32 Yeshua, Jesus Christ, Repeats This Statement About Being ONE With Our Father Many Times. He Even Says It In Prayer To Our Father: “And the glory that you have given to me, I have given to them, in order that they may be one, just as we are ONE—” John 17:22 Those are just three of the many witnesses to Yeshua, Jesus Christ and Our Father being ONE. When we pray to Our Father, and in Yeshua, Jesus Christ Name, we are praying to ONE☝️, The God Of All Creation. Whether in The Original Covenant or The New Covenant, The Old Testament or The New Testament, The Evening or The Morning, we can be confident that Our Savior and Our Father, Who Are ONE, never change, never abandon us, and will never forsake us. If we only seek Him, cry out to Him, and follow Him, we will be guided in the right direction...The ONE direction that leads to Salvation (Yeshua/Jesus). If today you are questioning your beliefs, doubting your faith, or needing help, there is ONE place you can always find strength... in The ONE, The ONE Who Answers I AM HE. When you are down, when you are hurt, when you are struggling, or when you are in pain, turn to The ONE Who Can Help. In our time of testing we will inevitably ask "Who can help me?" Our Father and Our Messiah will answer with the exact same answer, The ONE will answer...I AM HE Can I Get A Witness?! Sure, here are six: “You are My witnesses, says The Lord (Yahweh), and My Servant Whom I Have Chosen, that you may Know Me, Believe Me and Remain Steadfast to Me, and Understand That I AM HE. Before Me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after Me. I, even I, am the Lord, and besides Me There Is No Savior. I have declared [the future] and have saved [the nation in times of danger], and I have shown [that I Am God]–when there was no strange and alien god among you; therefore you are My witnesses, says The Lord (Yahweh), that I Am God. Yes, from the time of the first existence of day and from this day forth I AM HE; and there is no one who can deliver out of My Hand. I will work, and who can hinder or reverse it?” Isaiah 43:10-13 “Listen to Me, O Jacob, and Israel, My called [ones]: I AM HE; I Am The First, I Also Am The Last.” Isaiah 48:12 “Now I tell you before it comes, that when it does come to pass, you may believe that I AM HE.” John 13:19 “They answered Him, “Jesus of Nazareth.” Jesus said to them, “I AM HE. ” And Judas, who betrayed Him, also stood with them. Now when He said to them, “I AM HE, ” they drew back and fell to the ground.” John 18:5-6 “Yeshua said to her, “I AM HE, THE ONE WHO SPEAKS TO YOU.” Yochanan (John) 4:26 “Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins; for if you do not believe that I AM HE, you will die in your sins.”” John 8:24 God Bless Brothers and Sisters. Have a Wonderful ONE-I AM HE-Filled Thursday! Shalom! Good Morning Wednesday...
Father, may The TRUTH that You LOVE us and that You are FOR us fill us with JOY AND CONFIDENCE TODAY. Let this TRUTH sink deep into our hearts today. Let it SHAPE every area in our LIFE TODAY! In YESHUA, JESUS CHRIST’s Name we pray. Amen! - Begin Again... His Way Peter The Disciple was: hot headed, quick spoken, puffed up, and usually ready for a fight. Does this sound like anyone you know? Of course. We all know someone like this... it may even be us. Despite the bad wrap Peter gets, he was a real soldier for Christ, and quite possibly the chief of second chances. He is easy to relate to because we have all put our foot in our mouths before. While Peter may have sometimes spoken out of turn, or been a little too quick to act, Our Father and Savior recognized Peter’s good character traits and gave him wonderful opportunities to learn the right way, and in turn gave us wonderful opportunities to learn as well. I thank Our Father In Heaven Above for Peter and all his stories of second chances, which brings us to today’s story. In Luke 5 we find Yeshua, Jesus, preaching from a boat, Peter’s boat. Yeshua then told Peter to take Him fishing with him. It did not seem Peter really wanted to do this. The one day apostle did not seem too interested. We can only imagine that he was tired, in fact he had fished all night and caught nothing. He was doubtful, maybe discouraged, and his flesh was probably calling for a bed. Even though Peter showed reluctance, he took Jesus’s instruction and said, “at Your Word I will let down the net” (Luke 5:5). This is where Peter shined. He listened. The was one of the “Peter moments of Truth” in The Bible. By doing what Our Messiah asked, Peter was submitting that he would begin again, but this time Yeshua’s Way, God’s Way. What happened next? Peter caught so many fish it almost sank the boat! In fact, the second boat that was there had to come and help, and... they filled both if them. Here is Peter’s reaction: “When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord!” For he and all who were with him were astonished at the catch of fish which they had taken; and so also were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, “Do not be afraid. From now on you will catch men.” So when they had brought their boats to land, they forsook all and followed Him.” Luke 5:8-11 We aren’t so different than Peter you know. We all usually try our way first, but we as people have much less understanding most of the time than we like to admit. Peter, though reluctant, triumphed in this story because he listened, heard, and acted with Yeshua in the boat. May none of us miss our opportunity for a second chance because of failure and discouragement, or miss the opportunity altogether because of inaction. May we all make the choice to press on, even in the face of discouragement, tiredness, or having an empty belly. Remember, Our King, Messiah, Father, and God never, and I mean never, forgets us, His Children. We just have to remember to keep our eyes on Him, look up, and when things don’t go the way we think they should, or we fail, if we want surprisingly wonderful results, all we have to do is BEGIN AGAIN... HIS WAY. The Infallible, Astonishingly Successful, Undeniable Word of God Almighty: “So it was, as the multitude pressed about Him to hear the word of God, that He stood by the Lake of Gennesaret, and saw two boats standing by the lake; but the fishermen had gone from them and were washing their nets. Then He got into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, and asked him to put out a little from the land. And He sat down and taught the multitudes from the boat. When He had stopped speaking, He said to Simon, “Launch out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.” But Simon answered and said to Him, “Master, we have toiled all night and caught nothing; nevertheless at Your word I will let down the net.” And when they had done this, they caught a great number of fish, and their net was breaking. So they signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. And they came and filled both the boats, so that they began to sink. When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord!” For he and all who were with him were astonished at the catch of fish which they had taken; and so also were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, “Do not be afraid. From now on you will catch men.” So when they had brought their boats to land, they forsook all and followed Him.” Luke 5:1-11 Good Morning Tuesday...
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. - The Wedding of The Ages. RSVP Today! Speaking with a very close Brother In Yeshua last night, and for quite some time, he spoke about the Blessing of his marriage and how much it is helping him in his Walk With Christ. I was very quickly reminded of course of our marriage to The King of All Kings and The Wedding we will soon be attending one day. Thank you Brother Brandon for reminding me that we are preparing for The Wedding of The Lamb, and what a wedding it will be! 🔥 I have had the immense honor and pleasure of marrying a few different couples since my rebirth. It is an amazing sight to see how one person can make another so happy. To be there for good and bad, sickness and health, and all the in between is a beautiful thing. When we know we "have" someone it is a comforting feeling, and we don't have to worry about being alone. For us as believers, it is the same as a relationship with Our Savior and Messiah Yeshua, Jesus Christ. Our Father used the allegory of marriage and its literal application to show us not only how much He Loves Us, but also how much joy a relationship with Him can bring. He Is Our Provider, Protector, Redeemer, Savior, King, and He Is Our Husband. We are His Bride, and right now... He Is Preparing Us For Our Wedding. Think about the last wedding you attended. How was everyone's spirit or attitude? Extremely happy, right? Our Father is using the weddings here in our physical lives to give but a glimpse of our wedding that will come after this life. There will be a gathering, a union, vows, Love, a feast, a party, a celebration, and an eternal Life of happiness in The Only One Who Can Provide Joy, Peace, and Happiness Eternally. It will no doubt be the most amazing feast... ever. Getting excited yet? We have been told by Our Father Himself that we will receive mansions, eternal life, there will never be darkness, sickness, or crying ever again. We will be taught by Our Savior and King Himself, and we will have no enemies. There will be no affairs, no insults, no bickering, no resent, no lies, only peace, fulfillment, and happiness... forever. Happily ever after is a fairytale in this life, oh but the next! If you have made the choice to accept Yeshua Ha'Mashiach, Jesus Christ, as your Master, King, and Savior, you have already began preparation for this heavenly wedding and you should definitely be getting excited. One day we will go to attend the greatest marriage that has ever occurred, and Our Father will not be outdone when it comes to majesty, class, creativeness, and grand surprises that will bring us all eternal joy. Congratulations to all reading this that are currently preparing for this most amazing event! And to anyone reading this who may have not decided to accept Christ as God, King, and Savior yet, I would say... Please look into this. Find The Truth. Be Amazed. Get baptized. I promise if you seek you will find. If you ask you will receive. And if you knock, Yeshua, Jesus Christ Himself, will open the door. One thing I can promise (because God Our Father Promised it first) is that you will not be disappointed. And... I WANT TO SEE YOU AT THE WEDDING! RSVP Today! Prepare Yourself Everyone... Our Husband Is Coming!!! God Bless Each and Every One Of You on the other side of this screen and have a Great Yahweh Yeshua Blessed Day! Extra Fuel For The Soul aka The Word of God: “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.” 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 “Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything. Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.” Ephesians 5:21-27 “Let us be glad and rejoice and give Him glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready.” And to her it was granted to be arrayed in fine linen, clean and bright, for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints. Then he said to me, “Write: ‘Blessed are those who are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb!’ ” And he said to me, “These are the true sayings of God.” And I fell at his feet to worship him. But he said to me, “See that you do not do that! I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren who have the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.” Revelation 19:7-10 “Behold, I stand at the door and knock! If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, indeed I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.” Revelation 3:20 “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and it will be opened for you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.” Matthew 7:7-8 |
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