Good Morning Tuesday (Counting of The Omer Day 43)
Father thank You for this NEW DAY. Help Us to REMEMBER You and All That You Have Done. In YESHUA, JESUS CHRIST's Name we pray. Amen.
Do you REMEMBER when you first heard about Jesus Christ? Do you REMEMBER the first time you went to church? Do you REMEMBER your baptism? Do you REMEMBER a special moment in your Life when you were absolutely sure God's Hand was guiding it? Do you REMEMBER the first time you heard the story about David and Goliath? Do you REMEMBER the image of that scene in your mind? Do you REMEMBER when you first started to question the reality in which you live? Do you REMEMBER all of The Commandments by heart? Do you REMEMBER the first time you deliberately did what your parents asked you not to? Do you REMEMBER the last time you truly felt Love? Do you REMEMBER what it was like to be a child? Do you REMEMBER how things use to be? Do you REMEMBER when things were so much more simple? Do you REMEMBER what made you Truly Believe in Yeshua, Jesus Christ...The One True Hero? Do you REMEMBER when people said you were crazy for believing in God? Do you REMEMBER what you were doing on the last 3 Biblical Holy Festivals? Do you REMEMBER how often you use to pray? Do you REMEMBER when you said you would stop procrastinating? Do you REMEMBER when you read your Bible everyday? Do you REMEMBER when Jesus seemed weird? Do you REMEMBER what it is like to be really thirsty? Do you REMEMBER the last time you thought about going on an adventure? Do you REMEMBER that Kind Word someone said to you recently? Do you REMEMBER the last Kind Word you said? Do You REMEMBER? REMEMBER is a Powerful Word. Let’s break it down into its two parts: Re•member Member: meaning: "a constituent piece of a complex structure." (Re): meaning: a prefix added at the beginning of a word meaning “again” or “again and again” to indicate repetition, or with the meaning “back” or “backward” to indicate withdrawal or backward motion: regenerate; refurbish; retype" So, REMEMBER means: To Regenerate An Important Member. Astonishing! When God or us, one of His servants, helps someone to REMEMBER Our Father and Our Savior, He/we are regenerating an important member! What has members? A body. What members of what body are we regenerating? The Body of Christ! 🔥🙌 REMEMBER is an astonishingly important word in The Bible. The word “ REMEMBER” is used more than 148 times in the KJV translation of The Bible alone, and many more in some others. REMEMBER is intrinsically connected with repentance, returning to Our Father, following Our Savior, and cherishing how The Most High God, Our Father, changed our lives. Today, let's take a look at the first 8 times "REMEMBER" shows up in the king james version of The Bible. As we take a look at these verses today, may we REMEMBER Our Father Who Is In Heaven and Our King and Savior, Yeshua, Jesus Christ. He Found You. He Set You Free. He Loves You. Do you REMEMBER?... He Does. “Remember” In The Word of Yahweh, The Most High, Our Father (By Book): Gen 9:15 - “and I will REMEMBER My Covenant which is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh. Gen 9:16 - “The rainbow shall be in the cloud, and I will look on it to REMEMBER the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.” Gen 40:14 - “But REMEMBER me when it is well with you, and please show kindness to me; make mention of me to Pharaoh, and get me out of this house. Gen 40:23 - Yet the chief butler did not REMEMBER Joseph, but forgot him. Gen 41:9 - Then the chief butler spoke to Pharaoh, saying: “I REMEMBER my faults this day.” Exo 13:3 - And Moses said to the people: “REMEMBER this day in which you went out of Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by Strength of Hand The LORD (YHWH, Yahweh) brought you out of this place. No leavened bread shall be eaten. Exo 20:8 - “REMEMBER The Sabbath Day, to keep it holy. Exo 32:13 - “ REMEMBER Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, Your servants, to whom You swore by Your Own Self, and said to them, ‘I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven; and all this land that I have spoken of I give to your descendants, and they shall inherit it forever.' Prayer: Dear Father God, please help us to REMEMBER our relationship with You. Help us to REMEMBER who You Are, what You Do, and where we are going. Father, we know we change, but we know You Don't. Help remind us. Help rejuvenate us. Help bring us closer to You with each step in this Life, each breath that we take, each good work of Yours we do, and each Life that we encounter. Bring us back to You Dear Heavenly Father... For we know this is the only place we truly prosper. We Love You. We Thank You. We Praise You. Bless Your Holy Name. In Yeshua, Jesus Christ Name we pray to be Rejuvenated Members of Your Body. Amen.
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Good Morning Sunday (Counting of The Omer Day 42)...
Father thank You for this NEW and WONDERFUL day. Thank You for revealing Your MYSTERIES to Your Son, Your Prophets, and us, Your Children. We thank You for ALLOWING us to enhance our WISDOM and UNDERSTANDING as we study Your Word AND GREAT REVELATION. Speak to us TODAY Father. Bless You and Your Holy Name. In Yeshua, Jesus Christ’s Name we pray. Amen! - The Word of God and Picture Verses To Start Your Week Right. The Word of The King of The Universe Aka The Word of Life: Good Morning Happy Monday (Counting of The Omer Day 42)... FATHER thank you for this NEW DAY, please continue to break us of old self and TRANSFORM us by the renewing of our MINDS so I can experience You LOVING / perfect will for us. In YESHUA, JESUS CHRIST’s Name we pray. Amen! A big THANK YOU to Brother Larry Good for sharing today’s devotion, and Brother Craig Groeshel for letting Our Father in Heaven use him to write it. Yahweh Yeshua Bless you Brothers! 😎👑🙌👊⚔️ - When You Question and Believe Endurance is not just the ability to bear a hard thing, but to turn it into glory. —William Barclay, Scottish minister I don’t know what you’re going through or what you’ve already survived. But I do know this: our God is a good God who Loves us enough to sacrifice His Precious Son, The Greatest Gift He Could Give us, just so we can know Him, just so we can glorify Him on earth, just so we can spend eternity with Him in heaven. He loves us that much. We’re able to Love Him—or anyone else—only because He first loved us. When hard things happen, and the best you can manage is to want to believe, that’s enough. Don’t stop wanting to believe. Allow that spark of hope to grow by trusting that God is right there beside you. Pray and ask God to help you overcome your unbelief. Like Habakkuk, ask your questions and then be prepared to listen to God’s response. My prayer is that you would grow to have that Habakkuk kind of faith we see in chapter 3. But here’s the deal: you can’t have a chapter 3 type of faith until you’ve had a chapter 1 type of question and a chapter 2 kind of waiting. Because God often does more spiritually in the valley than He does on the mountaintop. I don’t have all the answers to your questions. But after Loving God and serving Christ for more than twenty-nine years now, here’s what I can say: I’ve walked with Jesus for enough yesterdays to trust Him with all my tomorrows. Do you want to grow closer to God? Do you want that intimacy with Him more than you want a comfortable, easygoing, problem-free life? Then never stop wanting to believe. You can have hope in the dark. Because as you grow to know God, He will reveal even more of His Love, His Faithfulness, His Grace. And over time you will realize, believe, and embrace that even when Life is difficult, God Is still Good. Today’s Verses AKA Fuel For The Soul: “The revelation which Habakkuk the prophet saw. Yahweh, how long will I cry, and You will not hear? I cry out to you “Violence!” and will You not save?” Habakkuk 1:1-2 WEB “I will stand at my watch, and set myself on the ramparts, and will look out to see what He will say to me, and what I will answer concerning my complaint.” Habakkuk 2:1 WEB “For though the fig tree doesn’t flourish, nor fruit be in the vines; the labor of the olive fails, the fields yield no food; the flocks are cut off from the fold, and there is no herd in the stalls: yet I will rejoice in Yahweh. I will be joyful in the God of my salvation! Yahweh, the Lord, is my strength. He makes my feet like deer’s feet, and enables me to go in high places. For the music director, on my stringed instruments.” Habakkuk 3:17-19 WEB “We love Him, because He first Loved us.” 1 John 4:19 WEB “Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. Let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach; and it will be given to him. But let him ask in faith, without any doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven by the wind and tossed. For let that man not think that he will receive anything from the Lord. He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways. But let the brother in humble circumstances glory in his high position; and the rich, in that he is made humble, because like the flower in the grass, he will pass away. For the sun arises with the scorching wind, and withers the grass, and the flower in it falls, and the beauty of its appearance perishes. So also will the rich man fade away in his pursuits. Blessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.” James 1:2-12 WEB Pray: God, I believe You’re Good, and I’m ready to keep growing closer and closer to You. I’m in this for the long haul. Amen. Good Morning Sunday (Counting of The Omer Day 41)...
Father thank You for this NEW and WONDERFUL day. Thank You for revealing Your MYSTERIES to Your Son, Your Prophets, and us, Your Children. We thank You for ALLOWING us to enhance our WISDOM and UNDERSTANDING as we study Your Word AND GREAT REVELATION. Speak to us TODAY Father. Bless You and Your Holy Name. In Yeshua, Jesus Christ’s Name we pray. Amen! - The Word of God and Picture Verses To Start Your Week Right. The Word of The King of The Universe Aka The Word of Life: 1.) “Because of the privilege and authority God has given me, I give each of you this warning: Don’t think you are better than you really are. Be honest in your evaluation of yourselves, measuring yourselves by the faith God has given us.” Romans 12:3 NLT 2.) “Don’t use foul or abusive language. Let everything you say be good and helpful, so that your words will be an encouragement to those who hear them.” Ephesians 4:29 NLT 3.) “There is salvation in no one else! God has given no other name under heaven by which we must be saved.” Acts of the Apostles 4:12 NLT 4.) “Each of these living beings had six wings, and their wings were covered all over with eyes, inside and out. Day after day and night after night they keep on saying, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, THE ALMIGHTY— THE ONE who ALWAYS was, who is, and who is still to come.” Revelation 4:8 NLT 5.) “This is a trustworthy saying, and everyone should accept it: “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners”—and I am the worst of them all.” 1 Timothy 1:15 NLT 6.) “No one is holy like The LORD (YHWH, Yahweh)! There is no one besides You; there is no Rock like our God.” 1 Samuel 2:2 NLT 7.) “Trust in The LORD (YHWH, Yahweh ) and DO GOOD. Then you will LIVE SAFELY in the land and prosper. TAKE DELIGHT IN The LORD (YHWH, Yahweh), and He will give you your heart’s desires. Commit everything you do to The LORD (YHWH, Yahweh). TRUST HIM, and HE WILL HELP YOU. He will make your innocence radiate like the dawn, and the justice of your cause will shine like the noonday sun.” Psalms 37:3-6 NLT 8.) “But everyone who calls on The Name of The LORD (YHWH, Yahweh ) will be saved, for some on Mount Zion in Jerusalem will escape, just as The LORD (YHWH, Yahweh) has said. These will be among the survivors whom The LORD (YHWH, Yahweh) has called.” Joel 2:32 NLT 9.) “We know how much God Loves us, and we have put our trust in His Love. GOD IS LOVE, and all who LIVE IN LOVE LIVE IN GOD, and GOD LIVES in them.” 1 John 4:16 NLT Good Morning Sabbath (Counting of The Omer Day 40)...
Father thank You for this new day. Thank You for the air that fills our lungs. Thank You for giving us rest and rejuvenation. We ask forgiveness for our trespasses against You, and we ask for help forgiving others who have trespassed against us. Creat in us a clean heart Dear Father. In Yeshua, Jesus Christ's Name. Amen. - A Gift From God Almighty Himself: Spontaneous, Enjoyable, Rest. “Come with Me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.” (Mark 6:31) We can all easily agree that rest has a strong physical property to it. We have taken a look at the spiritual aspect of rest before, so today let’s take a little time to look at the physical aspect of rest. In the verse above from Mark 6:31 we see Yeshua (Jesus) taking His disciples away for a spontaneous Sabbath. Our Savior knew the demands being placed on His Chosen were wearing them out not just spiritually, but physically. Yeshua (Jesus) was ensuring that the many demands being laid on them could be escaped for a while, until they were rested, filled, and prepared to return to The Life of Service they had chosen. With that said, it is important to think about rest today in the physical aspect, but we definitely don't want to confuse it with just doing nothing. Physical rest, while sometimes might be just relaxing and doing nothing, it also can merely be approaching an activity or day in a different and new way. It is a proven Biblical, scientific, and medical fact that rest performed, as Biblically defined, has much medical value and cannot be ignored. What happens if we do not physically rest? That's right, we burn out. In the Biblical pattern of "a day," "morning and evening (Genesis 1:5)," and our weekly cycle, Our Father and Jesus built into Life a physical rest that was to be the normal, acceptable path to recovering our strength and spirit. It is a regular, repeating pattern, but that doesn't mean the activities we do are always the same. Our Good God knew we all needed a change of pace sometimes. We have to reduce the busyness, stress, and anxiety created from the world we live in. Yeshua, Jesus Christ, understood this better than anyone and sought not only to show His Disciples this, but also us... That's why it is in His Word. Rest shouldn't always be about just stopping everything and doing nothing, although sometimes this is needed as well, but rather doing things in a new way, at a completely different pace. This kind of rest is where we aren't governed by a clock, schedules, or any other anxiety invoking world tool, but rather by enjoyment. I still recall the first Sabbaths celebrated with my church family. It was new, a change, and the rest I received there, because of Our Father and my Brothers and Sisters that shared His Love, was amazing! I left there each week filled with rest, and the hours upon hours we spent there went by in the blink of an eye. The True Blessing and Gift From God is that this still happens each time! What do we do there? We physically rest and study our Bibles. It is restful and enjoyable. A change of pace can be an amazing gift from God Almighty… Our Father. I would suggest to anyone that every now and then, you just have to "mix it up" a little. Maybe it is having a bite to eat that is already prepared, when normally you cook each night. Maybe it is having your coffee that you normally drink at home over at a Brother or Sister’s house. Maybe it is a visit to the park, a picnic, or just a slow, enjoyable stroll through nature. All of these examples probably mean a little effort, but they may just make a big difference. Changing up our regular routines and practices with a conscientious focus on rest can definitely restore us if we are feeling bogged down. Referring back to the beginning verse, Mark 6:31, the verse says "because so many people were coming and going that they didn't even have time to eat." No time to eat!... now that is busy. Haven’t all of us worked so hard we missed eating before? Our Savior saw this with His Disciples, And Us, and knew it was time to rest. Maybe it is time for us to rest as well... and maybe it doesn't look like what we would normally think of as rest. Late breakfast instead of early breakfast, prayer at the river instead of in our rooms, a walk in the morning instead of the daily news, calling a Brother or Sister we know is struggling instead of our normally scheduled movie time, or maybe a quiet, restful meal and Bible Study with other Brothers and Sisters. This week, may we all try to be intentional and spontaneous about our rest. Who knows?... we may just enjoy it more than we could have realized. I have a strong feeling the disciples had a restful blast with Jesus that day when they retreated for a Sabbath Rest and... Our Father gives us the opportunity to do the same. If we do intentionally try this spontaneous rest, it can rejuvenate our spirits, minds, and Purpose In Christ. The purpose and reason for this spontaneous rest is to save you, not the world. It is the same reason Our Father made The Sabbath... for Time With Him, other Brothers and Sisters, rest, and rejuvenation. I pray you accept His Rest today. Besides, doesn't a healthy, well rested, and rejuvenated you, give us as believers, the ability, energy, and Fire of God to better help this quickly falling world we are trying to help save? Remember, we can't show The Light of Yeshua, Jesus Christ, if we are too tired to speak the gospel or serve our neighbors. We must always Shine His Light and be very careful that our Shining Light... doesn’t become just a tired flicker. After all, we must remember, this physical, spontaneous, and enjoyable rest... is A GIFT FROM GOD ALMIGHTY HIMSELF! :-) Let's pray on this... Dear Father, You Are So Wise and Intelligent. You know us better than anyone, and you knew we needed rest from the beginning. Thank you for giving us Your Sabbath. Thank you for showing us in Your Word and Through Jesus Christ the lessons You Teach Us in Your Gospel about rest. Father, help us to realize our rest is In You. Lead us to something new and spontaneous where we can rest and enjoy the moment. We ask you to be there with us in this spontaneous rest and these enjoyable moments, because we know that With You, All Our Moments Are More Enjoyable. Thank You for Being a Kind, Loving, Merciful, and Teaching Father. We Love You So Much. We Thank You, We Praise You, We Bless You, and We Pray all these things in The Name Above All Names, Yeshua, Jesus Christ Our Lord and Savior. Amen. “Then one of the Pharisees asked Him to eat with him. And He went to the Pharisee’s house, and sat down to eat. And behold, a woman in the city who was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at the table in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster flask of fragrant oil, and stood at His feet behind Him weeping; and she began to wash His feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head; and she kissed His feet and anointed them with the fragrant oil. Now when the Pharisee who had invited Him saw this, he spoke to himself, saying, “This Man, if He were a prophet, would know who and what manner of woman this is who is touching Him, for she is a sinner.” And Jesus answered and said to him, “Simon, I have something to say to you.” So he said, “Teacher, say it.” “There was a certain creditor who had two debtors. One owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. And when they had nothing with which to repay, he freely forgave them both. Tell Me, therefore, which of them will love him more?” Simon answered and said, “I suppose the one whom he forgave more.” And He said to him, “You have rightly judged.” Then He turned to the woman and said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I entered your house; you gave Me no water for My feet, but she has washed My feet with her tears and wiped them with the hair of her head. You gave Me no kiss, but this woman has not ceased to kiss My feet since the time I came in. You did not anoint My head with oil, but this woman has anointed My feet with fragrant oil. Therefore I say to you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. But to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little.” Then He said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.” And those who sat at the table with Him began to say to themselves, “Who is this who even forgives sins?” Then He said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you. Go in peace.” Luke 7:36-50 Good Morning Friday (Counting of The Omer Day 39)......
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 and The Source Part 38 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 “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 (Counting of The Omer Day 38)…
Thank You Father for the blessing of this NEW day. Please continue to fill our HEARTS & MINDS with Your TRUTH & LOVE so we stay focused on YOUR WISDOM TODAY! In YESHUA, JESUS CHRIST'S Name we pray. Amen! - Revisiting An Old Friend… Again - Soulja of God - Ever Wonder Why You Are So Strange? We as Christians should all feel very strongly about repentance. We must understand that without it, there can be no reconciliation, and we always want to be reconciling with Our Father... King of All. To repent in the Hebrew term, Tshuva, means to “turn back or return” (To YHWH Yeshua). During my own process of Tshuva, or repentence, I decided to revisit my first “Reborn” moments in Life. My New, More Abundant Life, that is. It wasn’t long before I ran across an Old Friend, Soulja of God. This is a Brother who can always get “The Troops” “Fired Up.” The following transcript is from one of a series of videos produced by Soulja of God. The link to the video of today’s transcript will be available in the conclusion of today’s devotion. I pray it lights a Fire in everyone who reads it or watches the video... For Our Father Is A Consuming Fire (Hebrews 12:29), and I believe He Is Ready for us to be “Lit”... Continually (Leviticus 24:2). We are all facing a deceitful enemy, in fact... when he lies, he speaks his native tongue (John 8:44). We all need Holy Armor (Ephesians 6:11-20), Holy Brothers & Sisters In Christ (Deut 7:6), and Holy Moses do we need Fortitude (John 16:33). The kind of Fortitude that only comes by “Being Still” (Exodus 14:14, Zechariah 2:13, Psalms 46:10) and allowing Our Master-Creator-Brother-Father-Best Friend-Confidant-King Yeshua Ha’Mashiach, Jesus Christ, to “Do Work” (John 10:37). May Yahweh Yeshua Ha’Mashiach Bless Each And Every One of you on the other side of this screen... and May Each and Every One of You Experience... His Love and His Fire. 🔥 Transcript From Soulja of God’s Video: Ever Wonder Why You Are So Strange? You are a generation called to be reformers. You are... a reforming generation. You are here because God Has Marked you. You are here because you want to be a Difference Maker. There is something inside your DNA that can’t accept status quo, “business as usual” - things as they are. You will never fit in the box marked “normal.” Deep in your heart you know you are called to change things... To “ROCK the boat.” You Love God, but hate religion. When you Draw Close To Him it only makes you hungry for more... you have “God Cravings.” You crave His Presents, but loathe the average church service. You refuse to let the world around you shape or define you. When you dream it is about... The Impossible. When you see pain you know you are called to heal it. When you face adversity you don’t fear... because you measure it against Your God. You are dangerous to evil, to satan, because your life is not your own. To Live Is Christ, To Die Is Gain. You wonder why you’re so strange... so different. When others want to party, you want to pray. When they laugh, you weep. When they dance, you mourn. You will never fit in the typical societal niche, because you are a REFORMER. You don’t live for fame. You would never lower your goal to being rich and famous. You’re An Abraham. You’re A Joshua. You’re An Esther. You Are... A David. Bullets don’t scare you... Mediocrity scares you... Indifference scares you. Losing your life doesn’t scare you, wasting it does. You’ve already died... so you are... FREE. ~ Soulja of God Video link: https://youtu.be/uO4I1d0nc7E Good Morning Wednesday... (Counting of The Omer Day 37)
Father thank You for this AMAZING DAY. Please fill us with Your Spirit and help us to be a LIGHT. Help us to stand firm and be courageous, for You. Endow us with Your PEACE and WISDOM, so we may bring LIFE to this world. In YESHUA, JESUS CHRIST Name we pray. Amen! A big thank you to Brother Pat Higgins and berean.org for todays devotion. - Berean Brimstone: The Sin of The Cowardly - Revelation 21:8 “But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.” Revelation 21:8 Because we live in times that are increasingly uncertain and perilous, fear is a reality all will face at some time. A sobering consideration is that fear appears in a list in Revelation 21:8 describing those who will be cast into the Lake of Fire: "But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death" (emphasis ours throughout). As bad as murderers, the sexually immoral, and sorcerers are, note that God puts first, at the head of the line, the cowardly and unbelieving. The Bible in Basic English renders these first few words as, "But those who are full of fear and without faith. . . ." Why are fear and lack of faith such preeminent sins in God's eyes? Before answering that question, let us first establish that fear and a lack of faith are sins. Notice Nehemiah 6:10-14: Afterward I came to the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, who was a secret informer; and he said, "Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us close the doors of the temple, for they are coming to kill you; indeed, at night they will come to kill you." And I said, "Should such a man as I flee? And who is there such as I who would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in!" Then I perceived that God had not sent him at all, but that he pronounced this prophecy against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him. For this reason he was hired, that I should be afraid and act that way and sin, so that they might have cause for an evil report, that they might reproach me. My God, remember Tobiah and Sanballat, according to these their works, and the prophetess Noadiah and the rest of the prophets who would have made me afraid. Nehemiah labels fear as sin. Romans 14:23 says the same of unbelief: "But he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because he does not eat from faith; for whatever is not from faith is sin." A lack of faith is also sin. So, why are they at the beginning of the list in Revelation 21:8? And, of the two, why is fear first? The New Living Translation provides an answer to that question by rendering the verse's opening words as, "But cowards who turn away from me. . . ." In fear, cowards run from the battle, showing disloyalty to their sovereign. In the spiritual realm, they put their self-interest above everything, including God. Fear violates the first commandment by not giving God the preeminence it demands. It is not surprising, then, that the first sin listed is the one that so directly violates that first great commandment (Matthew 22:36-38). In his commentary on Revelation 21:8, James Burton Coffman notes, "But it is not of natural fear and timidity that John speaks; it is that cowardice which in the last resort chooses self and safety before Christ." He nails the core problem of fear—at the end, it can cause us to reject God in favor of self. Extra Fuel For The Soul: “Did I not command you? Be strong and courageous! Do not fear or be dismayed, for Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go.” Joshua 1:9 LEB “This is in keeping with The Word that I Promised in a covenant with you when you came out of Egypt, and My Spirit remains with you, so don’t be afraid!”” Haggai 2:5 CJB “Come, let us return to Yahweh; because it is He who has torn, and He will heal us; He has struck us down and will bind us up. He will revive us after two days; on the third day He will raise us up, that we may Live in His Presence. Let us know, let us press on to know Yahweh; His Rising is sure like the dawn. He will come like the showers to us, like the spring rain that waters the earth.” Hosea 6:1-3 LEB “But The LORD Is Faithful, who will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one.” 2 Thessalonians 3:3 LEB “Yeshua answered him, “You don’t understand yet what I Am doing, but in time you will understand.” John 13:7 CJB Good Morning Tuesday (Counting of The Omer Day 36) ...
Father thank You for this NEW DAY. Please continue to fill us with Your LOVE and COMPASSION as we go out into a fallen world. Let us be A LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS and use us to usher more BROTHERS AND SISTERS into Your Kingdom. IN YESHUA, JESUS CHRIST's Name. AMEN! - What Are The Prophets Saying? (The Prophet Amos) There are so many times I have found myself discouraged, confused, or frustrated and wasn't sure where to turn in The Bible to 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, messages of repentance, 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 every one of us personally. This is literally God 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 (Servants) came before He (The Master) Sent His Son. With that in mind, let us take a look today at what Amos, 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 Amos, 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 Left Us, In Your Word, Messages of Encouragement, Repentance, Discipline, Reconciliation, Salvation, and Love for Your Children. And 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 Mighty Name We Pray. Amen! The Word of God: The Book of Amos The Prophet of God: “If a trumpet is blown in a city, will not the people be afraid? If there is calamity in a city, will not The LORD (YHVH, Yahweh) have done it? Surely The LORD (YHVH, Yahweh) GOD does nothing, Unless He reveals His secret to His servants the prophets. A lion has roared! Who will not fear? The LORD (YHVH, Yahweh) GOD has spoken! Who can but prophesy?” Amos 3:6-8 “I overthrew some of you, As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, And you were like a firebrand plucked from the burning; Yet you have not returned to Me,” Says The LORD (YHVH, Yahweh). “Therefore thus will I do to you, O Israel; Because I will do this to you, Prepare to meet your God, O Israel!” Amos 4:11-12 “For behold, He who forms mountains, And creates the wind, Who declares to man what his thought is, And makes the morning darkness, Who treads the high places of the earth— The LORD (YHVH, Yahweh) God of Hosts is His Name.” Amos 4:13 “For thus says The LORD (YHVH, Yahweh) to The House of Israel: “Seek Me and live; Seek The LORD (YHV , Yahweh) and live, Lest He break out like fire in The House of Joseph, And devour it, With no one to quench it in Bethel—” Amos 5:4, 6 “He made the Pleiades and Orion; He turns the shadow of death into morning And makes the day dark as night; He calls for the waters of the sea And pours them out on the face of the earth; The LORD (YHVH, Yahweh) is His Name.” Amos 5:8 “For I know your manifold transgressions And your mighty sins: Afflicting the just and taking bribes; Diverting the poor from justice at the gate. Therefore the prudent keep silent at that time, For it is an evil time. Seek good and not evil, That you may live; So The LORD (YHVH , Yahweh) God of Hosts will be with you, As you have spoken. Hate evil, Love good; Establish justice in the gate. It may be that The LORD (YHVH, Yahweh) God of Hosts Will be gracious to The Remnant of Joseph.” Amos 5:12-15 “Woe to you who desire The Day of The LORD (YHVH, Yahweh)! For what good is The Day of The LORD (YHVH, Yahweh) to you? It will be darkness, and not light. It will be as though a man fled from a lion, And a bear met him! Or as though he went into the house, Leaned his hand on the wall, And a serpent bit him! Is not The Day of The LORD (YHVH, Yahweh ) darkness, and not light? Is it not very dark, with no brightness in it?” Amos 5:18-20 “But let justice run down like water, And righteousness like a mighty stream.” Amos 5:24 “Thus The LORD (YHVH , Yahweh) GOD showed me: Behold, He formed locust swarms at the beginning of the late crop; indeed it was the late crop after the king’s mowings. And so it was, when they had finished eating the grass of the land, that I said: “O LORD (YHVH , Yahweh) GOD, forgive, I pray! Oh, that Jacob may stand, For he is small!” So The LORD (YHVH, Yahweh) relented concerning this. “It shall not be,” said The LORD (YHVH, Yahweh).” Amos 7:1-3 “Thus The LORD (YHVH , Yahweh) GOD showed me: Behold, The LORD (YHVH , Yahweh) GOD called for conflict by fire, and it consumed the great deep and devoured the territory. Then I said: “O LORD (YHVH , Yahweh) GOD, cease, I pray! Oh, that Jacob may stand, For he is small!” So The LORD (YHVH, Yahweh) relented concerning this. “This also shall not be,” said The LORD (YHVH , Yahweh) GOD.” Amos 7:4-6 Yahweh Yeshua Ha’Mashiach Bless You My Brother and Sisters! Have a wonderful Yeshua-Filled Tuesday! :-) Good Morning Monday... (Counting of The Omer Day 35)
Father thank You for this NEW DAY. We THANK YOU for continuing YOUR GOOD WORKS yesterday, today, and forevermore. May we continually thank You for Your Word and Your Salvation YESHUA, JESUS and being OUR GOD!!!
Let's take a look at Jeremiah 5:14: “Therefore thus says The LORD (YHVH, Yahweh) God of Hosts: “Because you speak this word, Behold, I will make My Words in your mouth FIRE, And this people wood, And it shall devour them.” Jeremiah 5:14 Here Our Father let's us know His Word Is FIRE. It is a concept that God's Word Is Hot. It's active, purifying, and will consume that which is in its way. It has the ability to burn away the bad and make us more like Our Messiah Yeshua, Jesus Christ. So, God's Word Is Fire, does that mean God Is Fire? Let's go to The Word: “For our God is a consuming fire.” Hebrews 12:29 “For The LORD (YHVH, Yahweh) thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.” Deuteronomy 4:24 Our Father, His Son, and His Life-Giving Breath are FIRE. Have you ever had "bad" thoughts you just couldn't shake on your own? Gotten stuck in certain thoughts you don't want? God's Word, if you turn to Him, will burn those thoughts away. His Word Will Vaporize All Those Unfulfilling Thoughts And Put Them Back Where They Need To Be... On Him. These are just a few of the many examples of God's Word Being Fire. Now, let's take a look at Hebrews: “For The Word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.” Hebrews 4:12 Here we see God's Word is also a Sword. God's Word Has The Ability To Cut Through The Nonsense And Get Right To The "Heart" Of Things. We may lose our tempers, grumble when we talk to friends, or "go-off" on certain subjects, but if someone brings up The Word of God, quickly we can get right to the problem... and the answer to that problem. What a wonderful gift Our Father has given us to always "cut through the nonsense" and get right to the problem. It is then we can let God show us how to fix that problem... with His Word guiding us. Finally, let's look at The Book of Jeremiah: “Is not my word like as a fire? saith The LORD (YHVH, Yahweh); and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?” Jeremiah 23:29 Here again we see Our Father's Word is like FIRE, but He also tells us His Word Is A HAMMER. When our hearts become hard and stoney from dealing with this world, that's when we experience this part of God's Word. God's Word Is A Hammer That Will Break The Stone On Our Hearts Into Pieces. Do you have bad thoughts that need to be burned out? Are you having a problem that you need to cut to the heart of? Have you acquired some stoney hardness on your heart because of this cruel and unforgiving world? May we all let God Our Father Do His Work in us through His Word. Whether we need bad thoughts burned up, we need to cut to the heart of a subject bothering us, or we need to smash the hardness of our heart to pieces... God Almighty's Word Is There. Let's end with God's Word Telling Us Himself That He Will Always Be There and a prayer. “teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you. Behold, I AM with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.” Matthew 28:20 He Is With Us Always Brothers and Sisters. How amazing is it that we have God's Salvation, Yeshua, Jesus Christ, God's Word with us always? Are you ready to let God's Word Do His Work In Your Life? Prayer: Father God, thank You for giving us the tools in Your Word to help us exit this world in right standing with You. Please help us to understand The True Power of Your Word. Make a hunger and a thirst inside us for You and Your Word so that we may eat and drink mightily from Your Word everyday. Finally Father, help us to burn away the bad, to cut to the heart of matters, and break away the hard pieces in our lives. We know that Your Results Are Good. Bless You Father. We Praise Your Name Forever. And in Your Word and Our King's Mighty Name, Yeshua Ha'Mashiach, Jesus Christ's Name We Pray. Amen! Looking for more FIRE? Check out this video: https://youtu.be/BVEGGDzi5q4 Good Morning Sunday (Counting of The Omer Day 34) ...
Father Thank You for another BLESSED DAY. Thank You for Your ETERNAL PROMISES. Thank You for giving us so many reasons to REJOICE IN the HOPE that is Your Son YESHUA, JESUS CHRIST. Praise You and Bless You in Yeshua, Jesus Christ Name. Amen! - What Are The Prophets Saying? (Zechariah) There are so many times I have found myself discouraged, confused, or frustrated and wasn't sure where to turn in The Bible to 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 (Servants) came before He (The Master) Sent His Son. With that in mind, let us take a look today at what Zechariah, 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 Zechariah, 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. And 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 Mighty Name We Pray. Amen! The Word of God: The Book of Zechariah The Prophet of God: “Yahweh was very angry with your ancestors. You must say to them: ‘Thus says Yahweh of hosts: “Return to Me,” declares Yahweh of Hosts, “and I will return to you,” says Yahweh of Hosts. Do not be like your ancestors, to whom the former prophets proclaimed, saying, ‘Thus says Yahweh of Hosts: “Return from your evil ways and your evil deeds!” ’ But they did not hear and they did not pay attention to Me,” declares Yahweh. Zechariah 1:2-4 LEB “Proclaim again, saying, ‘Thus says Yahweh of Hosts: “My cities shall again overflow from prosperity, and Yahweh will comfort Zion again, and He will choose Jerusalem again.” Zechariah 1:17 LEB “And he answered and said to me, “This is The Word of Yahweh to Zerubbabel, saying, ‘Not by strength and not by power, but only by My Spirit,’ says Yahweh of Hosts.” Zechariah 4:6 LEB “Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King is coming to you; He is just and having salvation, Lowly and riding on a donkey, A colt, the foal of a donkey.” Zechariah 9:9 NKJV “And I will pour on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace and supplication; then they will look on Me whom they pierced. Yes, they will mourn for Him as one mourns for His Only Son, and grieve for Him as one grieves for a Firstborn.” Zechariah 12:10 NKJV “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. And Yahweh will be King over all the earth; on that day Yahweh will be One and His Name One.” Zechariah 14:8-9 LEB “Return to the fortress, O prisoners of hope; today I Am declaring that I will repay you double. For I have bent Judah as my bow; I have set Ephraim as an arrow. I will set in motion your sons, O Zion, against your sons, O Javan. I will wield you like the sword of a warrior. Then Yahweh will appear over them, and His arrow will go forth like lightning; and my Lord Yahweh will blow the trumpet, and He shall go out in the storm winds of the south. Yahweh of Hosts will defend them, and they will devour and subdue the slingstones; they will drink, they will make noise like wine, and they will be full like the sacrificial basin, drenched like the corners of an altar. And Yahweh their God will save them on that day, as the flock of His people; for they are like the stones of a diadem, glittering on his land. For how Great is His Goodness, and how Great is His Beauty! Grain will make the young men thrive, and new wine the young women.” Zechariah 9:12-17 LEB Yahweh Yeshua Ha’Mashiach Bless You My Brother and Sisters! Have a wonderful Yeshua-Filled Week! :-) |
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