Good Morning Monday…
FATHER, THANK YOU that in Your Anointed Son, we are chosen, set-apart (holy) and genuinely loved. When we are tempted to measure our lives according to the world's standards or our foolish comparisons, HELP US to recognize the enemy’s lies, refuse his temptations, avoid his snares, and RELY ON YOUR BEAUTIFUL TRUTH ABOUT WHO WE ARE instead,… SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF THE ONE TRUE AND LIVING GOD ALMIGHTY! IN YESHUA, JESUS CHRIST’s NAME we pray. AMEN! - A Servant’s Wisdom and The Source Part 48 Wisdom: “No man ever sank under the burden of the day. It is when tomorrow’s burden is added to the burden of today that the weight is more than a man can bear.” - Macdonald The Source AKA The Word This Wisdom Came From: “So do not worry or be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will have worries and anxieties of its own. Sufficient for each day is its own trouble.” Matthew 6:34 AMPC “Give us this day our daily bread.” Matthew 6:11 BSB “And יהוה (Yahweh) said to Mosheh (Moses), “See, I Am raining bread from the heavens for you. And the people shall go out and gather a day’s portion every day, in order to try them, whether they walk in My Torah (Law, Instructions) or not.” Shemoth (Exodus) 16:4 TS2009 “He told them: “Take nothing for the journey—no staff, no bag, no bread, no money, no extra shirt.” Luke 9:3 NIV “But clothe yourself with The LORD Jesus Christ (The Messiah), and make no provision for [indulging] the flesh [put a stop to thinking about the evil cravings of your physical nature] to [gratify its] desires (lusts).” Romans 13:14 AMPC “For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.” I Timothy 6:7 NKJV “Just as he came from his mother’s womb naked, he will depart just as he came; he will take nothing with him for his toil.” Ecclesiastes 5:15 LEB “Do not take advantage of a hired worker who is poor and needy, whether that worker is a fellow Israelite or a foreigner residing in one of your towns. Pay them their wages each day before sunset, because they are poor and are counting on it. Otherwise they may cry to The LORD (YHVH, Yahweh) against you, and you will be guilty of sin.” Deuteronomy 24:14-15 NIV Prayer: Dear Father God, Thank You for Your Love. Thank You for The Truth and Your Everlasting Word of Teaching. Thank You for always being there for us, for listening to us, Your children. Thank You for never putting on us more than we can bear. Thank You for reminding us to take one day at a time and that each day has enough troubles of its own. Bless You for Your Mercy, Kindness, and Love. Bless You for Your Mighty Word and revealing to us The Way we should go. There is none so Wise, Faithful, Loving, Kind, Merciful, and Holy like You Father. Help us to take Your Word which is ever before us, and plant it in our hearts and minds. Help us to believe Your Word for our protection, safety, PEACE of mind, and for Wisdom of Life. Show any of us Father, who don’t know how to live one day at a time how to do so, and to be content. Finally Father, help us to put Your Word into practice daily and to draw closer to You, so that You may make us a Holy People, full of Your Wonderful Word and full of Your Wonderful Love. Let us never stop working towards Your Goal, and Father help us to produce Good Fruit. Help us to understand all the ways You want us to prosper as we journey through the temporary and move towards The Eternal. Show us Your Ways Father... May We Bless You with Our Mouths, May we Glorify You with our thoughts, May we Love You with our actions, and May We Always Rely On Your Constant Love and Faithfulness In Your Word, for We Know You Are True. Thank You Father... for everything. Thank You Yeshua. In Our King Yeshua’s Name, Jesus Christ, we pray these things to You Father. Amen! “For The Word of The Lord (YHVH, Yahweh) is right; and all His Work is done in faithfulness.” Psalm 33:4 AMPC “Listen to counsel, receive instruction, and accept correction, That you may be wise in the time to come.” Proverbs 19:20 AMP “But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it, and how from infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.” 2 Timothy 3:14-17 NIV Please leave any questions, comments, insights, Biblical Nuggets, encouragement, or thoughts in the comments below.
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Good Morning Sunday…
Dear FATHER GOD, we believe we exist only because of You and we want to THANK YOU FOR THE GIFT OF LIFE. It isn’t always the way we think it should be, but Life is amazing and it all comes from You. YOU HAVE BLESSED US WITH wonderful people and things in our lives, particularly YOUR SON AND YOUR SALVATION. We are eternally grateful for everything You’ve provided for us. WITH much THANKSGIVING from Your Sons and Daughters WE PRAY IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF YOUR SALVATION AND OUR MESSIAH YESHUA, JESUS CHRIST. Amen! - Abide, Be Pruned, And Be More Fruitful We can all be fruitful, BUT... not every part of our branch produces fruit. What happens to the part of our branch that does not produce good fruit, the dead parts? Well, The Bible tells us that that Our Father prunes them. Let's take a look: “I am The True Vine, and My Father is The Vinedresser. Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit.” John 15:1-2 So Our Father takes away every branch that does not produce fruit, but look at what he says next: "every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit." Now that is pretty exciting. This means that if we are producing fruit in our lives, but still have things not helping us or holding back from producing more fruit...He will prune us to be more fruitful! Anger, lust, divisiveness, depression, worry, vain ambitions, unforgiveness, and things of this sort in our lives should be, and can be, cut away from us by Our Father In Heaven. All we have to do is "remain in Yeshua" and produce good fruit! We all have some diseased leaves on our branch whether we would like to admit it or not. The key is to abide in Christ The King and make our best effort to produce good fruit for, not just ourselves, but firstly for Our Father and Savior, then our families, friends, co-workers, and all those around us. Producing fruit is the same as "Being A Light." If we do this, Our Father Is Faithful to cut the bad parts of our lives off. Then we can bear more fruit. Remember, we cannot produce good fruit without Him. Let's take a look: “Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in The Vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me. “I Am The Vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.” John 15:4-5 There we have it. Abide in The King. Remain in Yeshua, Jesus Christ Our Savior, produce good fruit, which we must remain in Him to do, and Our Kind and Loving Father will prune the dead things in our lives. Again, then we can produce more fruit. No one wants a fruitless tree in their yard, but when it produces sweet, juicy fruit, The Owner (Vinedresser), Our Heavenly Father, Is Happy. May we all strive to make God Our Father, The Vinedresser, and Our King, Yeshua, Jesus Christ, The True Vine, happy by producing good fruit. As we do this, may we all allow Our God And King to cut away from us those things that are not worthy of His Kingdom. These things we ask you God Our Father in The Name Above All Names, Yeshua, Jesus Christ Our King. Amen. Extra Fuel For The Soul: “If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples. “As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My Love. If you keep My Commandments, you will abide in My Love, just as I have kept My Father’s Commandments and abide in His Love. “These things I have spoken to you, that My Joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full. This is My Commandment, that you Love one another as I have loved you.” John 15:7-12 “Lead me in Your Truth and teach me, For You are The God of My Salvation; On You I wait all the day. Remember, O LORD (YHWH, Yahweh), Your tender mercies and Your lovingkindnesses, For they are from of old. Do not remember the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions; According to Your mercy remember me, For Your goodness’ sake, O LORD (YHWH, Yahweh).” Psalms 25:5-7 “But He, because He continues forever, has an unchangeable priesthood. Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them. For such a High Priest was fitting for us, who is Holy, Harmless, Undefiled, Separate from sinners, and has become Higher Than The Heavens; who does not need daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the people’s, for this He did once for all when He offered up Himself.” Hebrews 7:24-27 “And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart. Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all, especially to those who are of the household of faith.” Galatians 6:9-10 “You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles? Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. Therefore by their fruits you will know them.” Matthew 7:16-17, 20 Please leave any questions, comments, insights, Biblical Nuggets, encouragement, or thoughts in the comments below. Good Morning Sabbath...
Thank you Father for loving us so much and the blessing of this NEW Sabbath Day. Please continue to fill our HEARTS AND MINDS with your TRUTH AND LOVE so we stay FOCUSED, HUMBLE, and SUBMISSIVE so that we may EXPERIENCE your TRUE CONTENTMENT TODAY! IN YESHUA, JESUA CHRIST’s Name we pray. AMEN! A big thank you to Brother Larry Good for today’s devotion. May Our Father and Savior bless you mightily for all your humble service, and for always drawing close to Our Father and Messiah. - True Contentment Is… Humility & Submission Most of us have a hard time modeling the attitudes of submission and humility. These attitudes are essential to spiritual growth because they show a willingness to be guided by God Our Father. Satan’s pride— and our adoption of it—is opposed to God Our Father’s plan for godly living. And as many of us know from experience, the way of pride and selfishness leads only to confusion and strife. True contentment comes only when we submit our lives to God Our Father and that means following His Son and His plan. As we admit our failures and humbly seek to do El Shaddai’s, God Almighty’s, will, we find ourselves drawing close to Him. As we draw close to Our Father, He will renew our spiritual lives. Happy Sabbath and Shabbat Shalom Everyone! May El Shaddai, God Almighty Bless You All… MIGHTILY! :-) The Word of God: “Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.” James 4:7-8 “This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live” Deuteronomy 30:19 “May The God of Hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” Romans 15:13 “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to his purpose.” Romans 8:28 Please leave any questions, comments, insights, Biblical Nuggets, encouragement, or thoughts in the comments below. Good Morning Preparation Day Friday...
Father thank You for this NEW DAY. As You Walk with us today, please keep us focused on The NEW LIFE You have given us in Your NEW COVENANT. Please continue to fill OUR NEW HEARTS & NEW MINDS with YOUR NEW SONG, YOUR EVERLASTING PEACE, and straighten The NEW PATHS You put before us. IN YESHUA, JESUS CHRIST's Glorious Name. Amen. - THE NEW… Part 4 (A NEW Song) There has been no shortage of long days this last couple years, right? It has been a particularly strange, traumatic, and weary couple of years. During exceptionally hard times in this life, how is a follower of The King of Kings, Yeshua (Jesus), supposed to keep going? When fear among nonbelievers, and many believers, has risen to an all time high, when despair fills this world, what are we to do? One word: REMEMBER. Not the old, washed up, same lies that we used to believe from this world, but The NEW, Wonderful, and Amazingly Good things that God Our Father has done for us. Go over all the times God has made NEW in your Life. Think about them, meditate on them, enjoy them knowing you have a Father In Heaven who Loves and remembers you… constantly. Talk with someone about these NEW experiences. The word “remember“ shows up in The Bible 240 times, so not only did Our Father believe it was important enough to include 240 times, but it is an absolutely essential part of making it through the tough days, weeks, months, years, or seasons in this Life. Tribulations will be common for believers in this fallen earthly world, so it is of the utmost importance to… REMEMBER. The next thing that is essential for a follower of God Our Father and Yeshua is waiting or patience. While this one can be pretty tough, it is an essential, learned, and godly discipline. If you need to hear about the perils of not having this discipline, just go read about king Saul in The Book of Kings. Saul’s impatience had him striped of his kingship, not to mention he had an evil spirit put on him (1Samuel 16:14). This discipline can be a tough one though, especially in seasons that seem to drag on or move particularly slow. But guess what? Our Father, God, promises to show up, and REMEMBER, He Never Lies, it is impossible (Hebrews 6:18). Now, He may not show up on our schedule or in a way we thought about, but He shows up. REMEMBER… He promises us He will ALWAYS be with us, He will never leave us, and absolutely nothing can separate us from His Love… Nothing. Let’s take a look at what Yeshua Himself told us, and also what Paul has to say about this Amazing Love of God’s: “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 WMB “For I AM PERSUADED THAT NEITHER DEATH, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, NOR ANY OTHER CREATED THING WILL BE ABLE TO SEPARATE US FROM GOD’s LOVE which is IN MESSIAH YESHUA (Jesus) Our LORD” Romans 8:38-39 WMB Finally, God’s children make it through the tough times in this life with a NEW Song. This “NEW Song” isn’t necessarily one that is written and performed, though sometimes it does manifest that way, but rather something that is given to us by Our Father and Savior in Heaven Himself. The Bread of Life, God’s Word tells us: “Then He put a NEW Song in my mouth, a praise to our God. Many will see and fear, and will trust Yahweh.” Psalms 40:3 LEB So those who patiently wait on Our Father, who trust in Him, who have faith that He will deliver us, will get a NEW Song, delivered by Him. Spiritually speaking, this means NEW dispositions, NEW outlooks on Life, and a NEW acknowledgment of who our God Our Father is, and what He is doing for us. As we all know too well, this world is filled with songs, lyrics, and dispositions that are recycled, cliche, chaotic, confusing, washed up, despicable, unloving, selfish, mad, and worthless. The song of this world, particularly now, is just, well… wrong. Unfortunately, this world’s song can be awfully easy to sing, because we have all heard it so many times. Also unfortunately, it is usually played at a horribly loud volume, which can make it invade our thoughts. But we as believers must “ we take every thought captive.” Let’s take a look: “because the weapons we use to wage war are not worldly. On the contrary, they have God’s Power for demolishing strongholds. We demolish arguments and every arrogance that raises itself up against the knowledge of God; we take every thought captive and make it obey the Messiah.” 2 Corinthians (2 Co) 10:4-5 CJB If we but, spiritually armored up, push the mute button on the song of this world, stop and hear Our Father In Heaven’s Voice, and Remember the amazingness, goodness, faithfulness, and Lovingkindness of Our God and Father In Heaven… He will give us a NEW Song to turn the volume up on. And make no mistake, His Song is a chartbuster. A NEW Song that will make you want to dance like David (2 Samuel 6:14). A NEW Song means: NEW joy, a NEW sense of amazement, and a NEW appreciation. Others will “hear” this NEW Song, and who knows… maybe that’s where The King begins someone else’s NEW Song. Let The Creator of Heaven and Earth use your NEW Song to bring Light, Hope, and Love to someone else in this dark world. We have a NEW Song Brothers and Sisters… now let’s SING IT! 🙌 Need a little help getting started? Here, let David help: The NEW Song Word To REMEMBER: “I waited patiently for Yahweh, And He inclined to me and heard my cry for help. And so He brought me up from the roaring pit, from the miry clay. And He put my feet upon A Rock; He made my steps steady. Then He put a NEW Song in my mouth, a praise to our God. Many will see and fear, and will trust Yahweh. Blessed is the man who makes Yahweh his trust and does not turn to the proud and to those who fall away to a lie. Many things, O Yahweh my God, you have done— your wonderful deeds and your thoughts toward us. There is none to compare with You. If I tried to proclaim and tell of them, they would be too numerous to count. A sacrifice and offering You do not desire. My ears you have opened. Burnt offering and sin offering You have not demanded. Then I said, “Look, I come. In the scroll of The Book it is written concerning me: ‘I delight to do Your Will, O my God, and Your Law (Torah, Instruction) is deep within me.’ ” I have brought good tidings of righteousness in The Great Congregation. Look, I have not shut my lips. O Yahweh, You surely know that. Your Righteousness I have not hidden in the midst of my heart. I have spoken of Your Faithfulness and Your Salvation (Yeshua). I have not concealed Your Loyal Love or Your Faithfulness from The Great Congregation. As for You, O Yahweh, do not withhold Your Mercies from me. Let Your Loyal Love and Your Faithfulness continually preserve me. For evils without number have encompassed me. My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart fails me. Be pleased, O Yahweh, to deliver me. O Yahweh, hurry to help me. Let them be shamed and abashed altogether who seek to take away my Life. Let them be repulsed and humiliated who desire my harm. Let them be appalled because of their shame, those who say to me, “Aha! Aha!” Let them rejoice and be glad in You, all those who seek You. Let them say continually, “Yahweh Is Great!” —those who Love Your Salvation (Yeshua). But I am poor and needy. Let my LORD (Master) consider me. You are My Help and My Deliverer. O my God, do not delay.” Psalms 40:1-17 LEB “David danced before The LORD (YHWH, Yahweh) with all his might; and David was clothed in a linen ephod.” 2 Samuel 6:14 WMB Please leave any questions, comments, insights, Biblical Nuggets, encouragement, or thoughts in the comments below. Good Morning Thursday...
Father thank You for this NEW DAY. As You Walk with us today, please keep us focused on The NEW LIFE You have given us in Your NEW COVENANT. Please continue to fill OUR NEW HEARTS & NEW MINDS with YOUR EVERLASTING PEACE and straighten The NEW PATHS You put before us. IN YESHUA, JESUS CHRIST's Glorious Name. Amen. - THE NEW… Part 3 (A New Covenant) A New Covenant Covenant (n.) - A binding agreement; a compact (a formal agreement or contract between two or more parties). When Our Father In Heaven, hollowed be His Name, made this earth and all living things that dwelled in it, He declared that it was “very good” (Genesis 1:31). All things seamlessly worked together, symbiotically, just as they were made to do. Can you even imagine the beginning? No sin, nothing wasted, no thing out of place, just… well, paradise. That’s how God’s Word describes it, in fact, if one does a word study on “garden,” paradise will soon pop up (thanks Brother Brandon). Also, if one does a word study on “Eden,” you will find in Hebrew it means “delight.” So, Our Father created a NEW “delightful paradise” and everything worked exactly as it was supposed to, exactly as He created it to. It truly must have been breathtakingly gorgeous. Indeed, it was perfect, just like Our Father and Savior, but only for a while. What happened? With one word… man. Our Great (to the 70th power) Grandma and Grandpa choose to trust someone other than Our Father, someone whose native language is lies. Genesis chapter 3 describes the scene. This NEW, glorious, delightful paradise went from “very good” to contaminated and cursed, and all because Adam and Eve didn’t obey. At this point Our Father could have abandoned them, washed His Hands, and been done, but… He Is Just Too Good For That. Rather, Our Father chose to give a lesson. What kind of lesson? A Love Lesson. Our Father, The Creator of Heaven and Earth, decided He would make a Covenant of Love with a nation of people He would lead. The people He would chose would be a peculiar people. He would be their God and they would be His People. In this covenant, God would guarantee His People: protection, guidance, wisdom, and His most powerful and favorite tool… Love. In return this nation would Love, be obedient, and follow only Him. God chose this nation to reveal Himself to, and these people would in turn share Him and The Truth with the entire world. God had a plan from The Beginning to fix “the curse” that Adam (Man) had subjected the earth to. The Covenant that God made with this nation was Amazing, Beautiful, and the most Awesome thing that had happened since the beginning of creation, that is until the children of Adam decided to disobey again, and again, and again, and again, and… well, you get the point. Now not surprisingly God Our Father, He held up His end of the covenant, even when this nation was continually unfaithful, committing spiritual adultery over and over. Though they were unfaithful, God never was. Despite all their rebellion, unfaithfulness, and cheating, The King of Heaven and Earth never left them and He never forgot them. While His People seemed to forget The Covenant they had made with Him, seemingly overnight, over and over, He never forgot or abandoned them. Just as at the beginning, God had every right to abandon, wash His Hands, and be done with this people, and all people for that matter, for they had committed unspeakable evil. Again, He chose something different, something better. This time He would make a NEW Covenant with all people of the earth, and all nations. He would not void His previous covenant, but He would supersede it with a better one. So God Did. Because it was apparent that humanity could not be trusted, His NEW Covenant of Love would be better because He would guarantee it with perfection, because He would come to fulfill it Himself. The NEW Covenant would be one with all of humanity, with anyone that would make a choice to believe He would fix the wrongs humanity had created. In this NEW Covenant, He would come to humanity Himself, as one of them, He would “tabernacle (dwell) among them”(John 1:14), and fix the curse that had been placed on humanity through man’s rebellion and evil. How would He fix it? In The Most Amazing and Miraculous Way ever known to anyone, He, The King Himself, would take the curse of humanity upon Himself. All the rebellion, all the ignorance, all the consequences of humanities evil actions which produced the curses in the first place, God would bear all these curses upon Himself. In fact, He would allow Himself to suffer our consequences, making a way, The Only Way that things could possibly be fixed. With His Amazing, Incredible, Selfless, and Loving Sacrifice, God would then usher in a NEW stage where our cursed humanity and the severed relationship with Him could be fixed. He Created a NEW Covenant, a repaired relationship, and showed us Himself what loyalty looks like. Through this NEW era and NEW relationship, He created a people who would, once and for all time, finally be humble, faithful, and loyal to The King of All Creation. HALLELUYAH! He Has Created a NEW Covenant, and… HE … IS… RISEN!!! 🔥 At The Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot), we celebrate the arrival of God Himself in the form of Our King and Savior Yeshua Ha’Mashiach, Jesus Christ. He came to us, and He did what we could not… He Fully Obeyed. At The Feast of Passover and The Feast of Firstfruits, we celebrate His Death and His Resurrection. But… with every single day, with every failure of ours, with every struggle we have, and triumph we are given, we should be celebrating God Almighty’s, Our Father’s, NEW Covenant. A covenant that we get to enjoy ONLY BECAUSE YESHUA, JESUS CHRIST, THE SON OF GOD, EMMANUEL, GOD WITH US, DIED FOR US. The promise that is The NEW Covenant, is a promise that Our King and Savior Loves, rescues, and redeems us. Our part? Be His Children, Love Him, Trust Him, and Obey Him as our Powerful King, Messiah, Savior, and God…as He originally intended. As our days in this world get more uncertain, may we take comfort, rest, protection, hope, and encouragement in what Our God and King has made NEW, His NEW Covenant. May we remember this NEW Covenant each and everyday, and truly commit to Living it faithfully, after all… God Himself Has Done ALL The Heavy Lifting. NEW Covenant… it just sounds so good, right? Thank You and Bless You YESHUA! Godly Questions To Ponder On: How has God Our Father been faithful to you in your Life? How have you endeavored to be faithful to your Creator and Father In Heaven? Are you in covenant with God Your Father and Savior? How do you live that out? The NEW Life and NEW Covenant Word: “BEHOLD, THE DAYS ARE COMING, says The LORD (Yahweh), when I WILL MAKE A NEW COVENANT WITH THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL AND WITH THE HOUSE OF JUDAH — not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, though I was a husband to them, says The LORD (Yahweh). But THIS IS THE COVENANT THAT I WILL MAKE WITH THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL AFTER THOSE DAYS, says The LORD (Yahweh): I will put My Law (Torah) in their minds, and write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. No more shall every man teach his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, ‘Know The LORD (Yahweh),’ for they all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says The LORD (Yahweh). For I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more.” Jeremiah 31:31-34 “In the same manner He also took the cup after supper, saying, “THIS CUP IS THE NEW COVENANT IN MY BLOOD. THIS DO, as often as you drink it, IN REMEMBRANCE OF ME.” I Corinthians 11:25 “Indeed He says, ‘It is too small a thing that You should be My Servant To raise up the tribes of Jacob, And to restore the preserved ones of Israel; I will also give You as a Light to the Gentiles, That You should be My Salvation (Yeshua) to the ends of the earth.’ ” Isaiah 49:6 “So then FAITH COMES BY hearing, and hearing by THE WORD OF GOD.” Romans 10:17 BONUS BREAD: Joshua Aaron - NEW Covenant: https://youtu.be/QhHGzTCouQA Please leave any questions, comments, insights, Biblical Nuggets, encouragement, or thoughts in the comments below. Good Morning Wednesday...
Father thank You for this NEW DAY. As You Walk with us today, please keep us focused on The NEW LIFE You have given us. Please continue to fill OUR NEW HEARTS & NEW MINDS with YOUR EVERLASTING PEACE and straighten The NEW PATHS You put before us. IN YESHUA, JESUS CHRIST's Glorious Name. Amen. - THE NEW… Part 2 One thing we can all be assured of when we experience The New Life that Yeshua (Jesus) offers us: Things will not stay the same. It is an absolute fact that our New Life, from Our Father and Savior in heaven, will make a change in us that not only changes our thoughts and beliefs, but also changes the landscape of the people we interact with, the places we go, and the things we do. Why? Because we are New People. We will go New places, where we meet New people, and do New things. Some changes will happen immediately and some may not happen immediately, but “New” will indeed be present. “But NEW wine must be put into NEW wineskins, and both are preserved.” Luke 5:38 NKJV To be a Child of God, surrendered to Yeshua (Jesus), filled with The Ruach Ha’Kodesh (The Holy Spirit), and experiencing God’s New Life for you, you absolutely 100% cannot stay the same… it is impossible. “For if what is passing away was glorious, what remains is much more glorious.” II Corinthians 3:11 NKJV When we read through The Gospels it is clear that each and every person who had an encounter with Yeshua (Jesus) was changed, transformed, and undeniably made New. Now, Yeshua (Jesus) is a gentleman. He never forces Himself on anyone who doesn’t want His help, but to those who do “call on Him” they experience a very natural, consequential, and Life-renewing change. These things are intrinsic of having a meeting with God, with being in His Presence, with establishing a relationship with The Most Powerful Being In The Existence Of… Well, Everything. Guess what? The very same thing is true each and everyday for each and every person who meets Him. When someone really has a “Coming To Jesus” encounter and decides to submit to His Perfection, it changes them and they experience New. Yeshua doesn’t force it, it is not generic, and it involves using the best about that person, amplifying it, and putting it to use for the good of all mankind. We all have unique gifts, talents, perspectives, and these are no accident. These are the attributes that God Our Father and Our Savior will use to, day by day, transform us “by the renewing of your mind. (Romans 12:2)” While one must deny many things from our old life and self, through the help and power of The Holy Spirit, many of our gifts, through the help and power of The Holy Spirit, will become amplified, and some gifts may be revealed for the first time. It’s exciting! Our Loving Father and Savior has very intentionally given each and everyone of us gifts, traits, strengths, and perspectives that He will use in The New Life of each and every follower of His. While many things will “pass away” from our old lives, it would be a mistake to think that Our Father and Savior wouldn’t use the best parts of us that He Created for good. It is a New Life. A Life of being who God created us to be, what He designed us for, and allowing Him to show us the fullness of His Love and Life. “And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that Good and Acceptable and Perfect Will of God.” Romans 12:2 NKJV Part by part, peice by peice, day by day, and little by little, we are made New People, New Beings, with New Purpose, with New and exciting things to accomplish for The Kingdom of God. But please keep in mind… there is only One Way to experience this New Life and be New People. One absolutely must take time to get to know our Savior, spend time with Him, research Him, read about Him in The Bible, talk to Him, and think about Him in our day to day lives. If we are doing these things, slowly but surely, we will begin to obey Him more and more. A consequence of more obedience, is more peace. With more peace comes better relationships, more understanding, and more New experiences. This New Life filled with peace and good works leads to becoming more like Yeshua (Jesus) in The Way we treat others, hear others, give to others, and walk with God. The old gets replaced with The New. As we head into this next year of amazing possibilities that Our Father and Savior has in store for us, we will experience New. How exciting is it to know that The Most Important Being In Existence is planning something New for us right now. Kind of amazing, right? May we all go into our New day today and ponder on what New things, New people, and New experiences Our King and Savior has for us today. “And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does The Will of God abides forever.” I John 2:17 NKJV Godly Questions To Ponder On: What are some New things in your Life that God is doing? Do you have New thoughts, New disciplines, New friends, or something else New about your Life right now? Is there a possibility that you are resisting something New that God has put into your Life? Why do you think that is? Is there something that you can do that will allow you to be more accepting and open to The New that God is doing in you? The New Life Word: “if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught by Him, as The Truth is in Jesus: that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, and be reNEWed in the spirit of your mind, and that you put on The NEW Man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.” Ephesians 4:21-24 NKJV “And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the reNEWing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.” Romans 12:2 NKJV “But NEW wine must be put into NEW wineskins, and both are preserved.” Luke 5:38 NKJV “For if what is passing away was glorious, what remains is much more glorious.” II Corinthians 3:11 NKJV “And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.” I John 2:17 NKJV “For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable. For as you were once disobedient to God, yet have now obtained mercy through their disobedience, even so these also have now been disobedient, that through the mercy shown you they also may obtain mercy.” Romans 11:29-31 NKJV Please leave any questions, comments, insights, Biblical Nuggets, encouragement, or thoughts in the comments below. Good Morning Terrific Tuesday…
ABBA, God of The Entire Universe, THANK YOU that You are the same yesterday, today, and forever. You have said that You will fight for us while we remain still, TRUSTING IN YOU alone. May WE SEE Your VICTORY in our lives. KEEP US MINDFUL that there is no power greater than You, and that when we cling to You and stay in Your Will … nothing standing against us can prosper. SHOW US YOUR FAVOR Father, soften our hearts, and LEAD US IN THE WAY. WE ASK these things IN YESHUA, JESUS CHRIST’S MIGHTY NAME. AMEN! - THE NEW… Part 1 Who doesn’t like new things, right? Whether it is new friends, gadgets, books, activities, tools, or any other new thing, it is nice to get new. Even if things get bought used, they are new to us and we Love them. There is something about newness that seems to make everyone happy. As awesome as new may be, as happy as it may make us, as excited as we may be, there is one thing about something new that we can all probably agree on… new doesn’t last very long. In today’s world it seems new lasts for less and less time. A blink of the eyes and the newness of things seems to be gone. Think about it, how often these days do we have to: Update, upgrade, install, redownload, or replace? These things are seemingly part of everyday life. Because the newness of things seems to last less and less these days, many get caught in the trap of chasing after new things day after day. Now think about this, the most important new thing you will ever receive is not something that you can install, upgrade, buy, trade, or sell. The amazing and awesome thing about this “new thing” is that it never stops being new. It never needs to be replaced, it never wears out, and it never leaves you. “What is the amazing new thing?!,” you may ask. Well, this amazing new thing is a New Life, and there is only one Source to receive this absolutely amazing, Life-changing, New Life. Yeshua Ha’Mashiach, Jesus Christ The King. Our Mighty King and Savior told us in no uncertain terms that our New Life all starts with a New Birth. Let’s take a look: “Yeshua answered, “Most certainly I tell you, unless one is born of water and Spirit, he can’t enter into God’s Kingdom.” Yochanan (John) 3:5 WMB Want to hear something about this New Life that is more amazing than any “new” thing you will ever receive? It is a gift and it is free. Our New Life is a 100% free gift offered to anyone, anywhere, at anytime who decides to turn to Yeshua, Jesus Christ, and put their trust and faith in Him. Here is the paradox of this New Life: It is a free gift, but it is costly. This New Life requires our surrender to The Creator of All Things, His Rule, and His Love each and everyday. It is free, costly, and The Most Amazing Thing Any Of Us Will Receive While On This Earth! None of us deserves a New Life, but because of Our King, Creator, Messiah, Savior, and His Kindness, Mercy, Long-suffering, and Love, He offers it to us despite our unworthiness. As we move on from the season of Our Father’s Holy Fall Festivals, which included The Birth of Our Mighty Savior in the flesh, and move towards the next year of amazing work Our Father is accomplishing, may none of us fail to recognize the most important new thing we will ever receive, NEW LIFE! A few questions to ponder on: Are you caught in the snare of chasing “new things?” What are some of those new things you are chasing after? Why? Where did your New Life with The King of Glory Yeshua Ha’Mashiach, Jesus Christ, begin? Think back on that. How did it feel? Who were you with? Are you celebrating your New Life each and every day? If not, why not? How are some ways you can do that today? The New Life Word: “We were buried therefore with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead through The Glory of The Father, so we also might walk in NEWNESS OF LIFE. For if we have become united with Him in the likeness of His death, we will also be part of His resurrection; knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be in bondage to sin. For he who has died has been freed from sin. But if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with Him; knowing that Christ, being raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no more has dominion over Him! For the death that He died, He died to sin one time; but The Life that He lives, He lives to God. Thus consider yourselves also to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord. Therefore don’t let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts. Also, do not present your members to sin as instruments of unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God, as alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.” Romans 6:4-13 WEB “Behold, I will do A NEW THING. It springs out now. Don’t you know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.” Isaiah 43:19 WEB “Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is A NEW CREATION. The old things have passed away. Behold, ALL THINGS have BECOME NEW.” 2 Corinthians 5:17 WEB Please leave any questions, comments, insights, Biblical Nuggets, encouragement, or thoughts in the comments below. Good Morning Monday...
Father, thank You for this NEW DAY. Please continue to FILL our HEARTS & MINDS WITH all that is YOU. Father, bless Your children, SO at every opportunity today YOU ARE SEEN, HEARD, AND FELT through us. Today Abba, please give us peace on this Day You Have Made. In Yeshua, Jesus Christ's Name. Amen! - He Is… (Remastered Part 4) Our Father Is God. He Wants Us To Know Who He Is. He Shows His Character, Wisdom, Omnipotence, Power, Mercy, Justice, Omniscience, and Glory All Through His Word... Just For Us. His Greatest Gift...He Sent His Son So We Could Get To Know Him Better. He Let Him Be Sacrificed So We Would Know How Much He Loves Us. He Is A King. He Is The Creator. He Is Our Reason For Being. Today, let's go through The Bible and see just who He Says He Is. When He Tells Us Who He Is we can grow, understand Him more clearly, draw closer, and try to imitate Him and His Perfect Character better. As we go through in Scripture searching out His Character and Names, I encourage you to let Him Speak to you. Listen to The God of All Creation, Our Heavenly Father, talk to you and tell you exactly what He Wants To Do For you. Let's jump right in and listen to Him Tell Us Who...HE IS. “But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that HE IS, and that HE IS a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.” Hebrews 11:6 Our Father's Nature Never Changes. HE IS, WAS, AND WILL ALWAYS BE. He Is Who He Is. That's what He Told Moses. I Am Who I Am. That's what His Name means, YAHWEH, I Am Who I Am. His Name Means...HE IS! He Has Come! He Is... Yeshua, Jesus, Salvation “And she shall give birth to a Son, and you shall call His Name יהושע (YESHUA, JESUS, SALVATION) for He shall save His people from their sins.” Mattithyahu (Matthew) 1:21 TS2009 “And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name JESUS, for HE WILL SAVE HIS PEOPLE FROM THEIR SINS.” Matthew 1:21 NKJV He Is... My Rock, My Strength, and My Redeemer; “Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be pleasing before You, O יהוה(YHWH,Yahweh, LORD, Jehova), My Rock and My Redeemer.” Tehillim (Psalms) 19:14 TS2009 “Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in Your Sight, O LORD, My Strength and My Redeemer.” Psalms 19:14 NKJV He Is... Crowned With A Crown Of Pure Gold...Forever, The Most Blessed Forever; “For You meet Him with the blessings of goodness; You set a crown of pure gold upon His Head. He asked life from You, and You gave it to Him— Length of days forever and ever. His Glory Is Great in Your Salvation; Honor and majesty You have placed upon Him. For You have made Him Most Blessed Forever; You have made Him exceedingly glad with Your Presence.” Psalms 21:3-6 NKJV He Is... The Forsaken, Despised, A Reproach Of Men, A Worm, And No Man; “But I am A Worm, and No Man; A Reproach Of Men, and Despised by the people.” Psalms 22:6 NKJV He Is... Yahweh Raah, Yahweh Shammah, Yahweh My Shepherd; “The LORD (YHWH) Is My Shepherd (Shammah); I shall not want.” Psalms 23:1 NKJV “Yahweh Is My Shepherd (Raah); I will not lack for anything.” Psalms 23:1 LEB He Is... The King Of Glory, My Restorer; “Who is The King of Glory? Yahweh of Hosts, He Is The King of Glory! Selah” Psalms 24:10 LEB “Who is [He then] this King of glory? The LORD of Hosts, He Is The King of Glory [who rules over all creation with His Heavenly Armies]. Selah.” PSALM 24:10 AMP “Lift up your heads, O you gates! And be lifted up, you everlasting doors! And The King of Glory Shall Come In. Who is this King of Glory? The LORD (Yahweh) Strong and Mighty, The LORD (Yahweh) Mighty in Battle. Lift up your heads, O you gates! Lift up, you everlasting doors! And The King of Glory Shall Come In. Who is this King of Glory? The LORD (Yahweh) of Hosts, He Is The King of Glory. Selah” Psalms 24:7-10 NKJV He Is... He Who Sitteth As King Forever; “The LORD (YHWH,Yahweh) sat enthroned at The Flood, And The LORD (YHWH,Yahweh) sits as King Forever.” Psalms 29:10 NKJV “Yahweh Sits Enthroned at the flood, and Yahweh Sits As King Forever.” Psalms 29:10 LEB “The LORD (YHWH,Yahweh) sitteth upon the flood; yea, The Lord Sitteth King For Ever.” Psalms 29:10 KJV He Is... A Stranger, An Alien; “I am become A Stranger unto my brethren, and An Alien unto my mother's children.” Psalms 69:8 KJV To Be Continued... May Our Father and Savior, The God of Peace, Bless You All! Have a wonderful Yahweh Shalom-King-Of-Glory-Filled Day! Good Morning Sunday...
Father, please help us to SHOW GRACE to others today. Let our words BE KIND and our actions BE HELPFUL. Please help us to not respond selfishly instead, allow us to RESPOND WITH LOVE. IN YESHUA, JESUS CHRIST’S GLORIOUS AND MIGHTY NAME we ask these things Father. AMEN! - A Servant’s Wisdom and The Source Part 47 Wisdom: “It is very helpful to make a habit of offering, morning by morning, the troubles of the day just beginning to our Dear LORD, accepting His Will in all things, especially in all little personal trials and vexations.” - H.L. Lear The Source AKA The Word This Wisdom Came From: “Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve my life.” Psalms 138:7a NIV “But know that The LORD (YAHWEH) has set apart for Himself him who is godly; The LORD (YAHWEH) will hear when I call to Him.” Psalms 4:3 NKJV “Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.” Romans 12:12 ESV “For My yoke is easy to carry and My burden is light.” Matthew 11:30 LEB “And he will call out to Me, ‘You are My Father, My God, and The Rock of My Salvation.’” Psalms 89:26 NLT “casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.” I Peter 5:7 NKJV “I will answer them before they even call to Me. While they are still talking about their needs, I will go ahead and answer their prayers!” Isaiah 65:24 NLT Prayer: Dear Father God, Thank You for Your Love. Thank You for The Truth and Your Everlasting Word of Teaching. Thank You for always being there for us, for listening to us, Your children. You hear all our cries to You Father. Bless Your Holy Name. Bless You for Your Mercy, Kindness, and Love. Bless You for Your Mighty Word and revealing to us The Way we should go. There is none so Wise, faithful, Loving, kind, merciful, and Holy like You Father. Thank You for listening to our everyday vexations, and thank you for showing us Your Will. Help us to take Your Word which is ever before us and plant it in our hearts and minds. Help us to believe Your Word for our protection, safety, PEACE of mind, and for Wisdom. Show any of us Father, who don’t know how to speak with you, how to lay everyday burdens upon You, for You can bear all things. Finally Father, help us to put Your Word into practice and to draw closer to You, so that You may make us a Holy People, full of Your Wonderful Word and full of Your Wonderful Love. Let us never stop working towards Your Goal. Help us to understand all the ways You want us to prosper as we journey through the temporary and move towards The Eternal. Show us Your Ways Father... May We Bless You with Our Mouths, May we Glorify You with our thoughts, May we Love You with our actions, and May We Always Rely On Your Constant Love and Faithfulness In Your Word, for We Know You Are True. Thank You Father... for everything. In Our King Yeshua’s Name, Jesus Christ, we pray these things to You Father. Amen! “For The Word of The Lord (YHVH, Yahweh) is right; and all His Work is done in faithfulness.” Psalm 33:4 AMPC “Listen to counsel, receive instruction, and accept correction, That you may be wise in the time to come.” Proverbs 19:20 AMP “But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it, and how from infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.” 2 Timothy 3:14-17 NIV Good Morning Sabbath Peace...
Father Thank You for Your REST. Thank You for Your Day. Help us to “see” You in all things, the challenges and the triumphs. Please give us PEACE ON THIS Your SABBATH DAY. IN YESHUA Ha'Mashiach, JESUS CHRIST OUR MIGHTY MESSIAH AND LORD OF THE SABBATH’s Name we pray. AMEN. - From The Mouth Of Messiah… His Love Yeshua, Jesus Christ, was and is God Almighty. God spoke to us. The Creator of All Things came down and gave Himself over unto the worst possible treatment imaginable so we would know it was Him... so we could know how much He Loves us. Every word Our Savior spoke is important. Many times people will say, "He was talking to them back then, His disciples, the message is different for us because we are in the new covenant." This is not correct. Whether we believe that or not has profound implications for us in this life and the next. The Truth is He was speaking directly and personally to each and every one of us. Today, let's take a look at the first eighteen verses of John chapter 14. Let's look closely at what God Our Father and Savior had to say to us. What is it that He wanted each of us to know here? Where is He trying to lead us? God Almighty tells us in pretty clear language that we should particularly pay attention to every Word that comes from His mouth (Matthew 4:4), so we must “hear” His words and apply them to our lives accordingly. May we all get a renewed message when we read this passage today. May we all believe that God Our Father can and will do all that He says. May we all let The Word of The King settle inside us, bring us strength, joy, patience, kindness, and Peace. Hey everyone, He is building us mansions, He is preparing for a celebration, a wedding, a joyous feast that we are all invited to, can attend, and take part in. This Is Good News! May we all REJOICE knowing Our King has everything worked out and is throwing a party for us! Will you be attending? God Bless everybody and have a wonderful Father and Son-Enriched Sabbath Day! From The Mouth Of Messiah, God, The Word of The King: “Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. And where I go you know, and The Way you know.” Thomas said to Him, “Lord, we do not know where You are going, and how can we know the way?” Jesus said to him, “I am The Way, The Truth, and The Life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. “If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; and from now on you know Him and have seen Him.” Philip said to Him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is sufficient for us.” Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? Do you not believe that I Am in the Father, and the Father in Me? The words that I speak to you I do not speak on My own authority; but The Father who dwells in Me does the works. Believe Me that I Am in the Father and the Father in Me, or else believe Me for the sake of the works themselves. “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father. And whatever you ask in My Name, that I will do, that The Father may be glorified in The Son. If you ask anything in My Name, I will do it. “If you Love Me, keep My commandments. And I will pray The Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever— The Spirit of Truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you.” John 14:1-18 Please leave any questions, comments, insights, Biblical Nuggets, encouragement, or thoughts in the comments below. |
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