Good Morning Monday.......
Father thank You for this NEW day. We ask that you OPEN our HEARTS and MINDS to YOUR infinite GRACE, WISDOM, and PEACE, so WE may SERVE You in the manner most PLEASING to YOU. In Your Mighty Son Yeshua, Jesus Christ's name we pray. Amen. - Forgive Them. They Know Not What They Do. “Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do.” And they divided His garments and cast lots.” Luke 23:34 NKJV In this verse we see Our Savior doing something that comes very unnatural to us as human beings... He is forgiving His persecutors. Not only is He forgiving His persecutors, but He is also asking Our Father to forgive them as they are in the act of persecuting Him. We have all experienced persecution, but I would venture to say that not all of us have prayed for our persecutors, especially while they were being mean to us. This is a show of the true strength of The Son of God. Yeshua, Our Messiah, has great power. We all know that He cured the sick, made the blind see, and made the lame and crippled to walk again... but we never saw Him use His Supernatural Power to hurt anyone. Let's take a moment to think about this: The Most Powerful Man who ever walked the face of the earth, when persecuted, never used His Power, and instead asked Our Father to forgive them, because why? "They do not know what they do." As we go through our day, let us meditate on the discipline it took Jesus to have His Heart prepared to forgive, even in the face of death, and even while His persecutors actively abused Him. May we strive to be forgiving even in the face of adversity or persecution. While we all may be closer in action most times to the people that were persecuting Christ rather than Christ Himself, WE CAN CHANGE...BECAUSE... "All Things Are Possible Through Christ Who Strengthens (Philippians 4:13)." While this may be a very difficult thing to do. While this may be the "advanced course" Jesus Christ was trying to teach us on forgiveness. While we may be angry and tired of someone's persecution... It doesn't change the fact that we are suppose to Follow Christ and Walk As He Walked. We never know what someone is going through, how they may have been abused, what kind of spirit is controlling them, or how much the world has broken them down. We must remember that when people are acting mean, unforgiving, and nasty...they do not understand what they are really doing. If they did, they wouldn't be doing it. Being a light is sometimes difficult, but I have seen hearts of stone become hearts of flesh when someone humbled themselves and showed their persecutors kindness instead of retaliation. May we all, Through The Power of Yeshua, Jesus Christ, go out and Be a Light to this dark world. Let us try and understand the forgiveness and Love that Yeshua showed His persecutors as He Gave Himself Over For Us. Not only did Christ die and rise for us, but He also died and rose for His and our persecutors. This is the ultimate example of "turning the other cheek (Matt 5:39), "loving your neighbor as yourself (Matt 5:43)," and loving God Our Father with "all our heart, mind, and strength. (Matt 22:37)" May we all glean from this powerful teaching and try with all our being to be More Like The King of Kings, The Prince of Peace, The Light of the whole world. Prayer: Dear Kind and Loving Father, we come to You today and ask for revelation. Please help us to understand how we can have this kind of discipline that seems so hard to have, and the Wisdom to apply it. We know You are doing a good thing in us and we know we are to be more like Your Son and to apply the teachings You Gave Us. Help us to understand Your Forgiveness, Your Love, how to Love Our Neighbor as ourselves, how to turn the other cheek, and most importantly how to love You with All Our Mind, with All Our Heart, and with All Our Strength. We ask these things in The Name of Your Son, who Followed You Perfectly and Gave His Life For Us, Yeshua, Jesus Christ. Amen.
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Will Thomas
7/29/2019 07:40:53
Powerful words of Truth Achi! This is another confirmation as to what Abba Yah was speaking to me all weekend in the mountains.... Love covers all, believes all, expects all, Endures all..... Love keeps No Record of wrong! Love has to be Infinite as we see His Infinite Love at the cross. His own people betrayed Him, then the Romans carried out the execution of Yeshua! Romans 5:8! May we have eyes that see as He sees, and hearts that are fully circumcized in His Love! Shalom Achi!
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Achi
7/30/2019 09:46:11
Amein! ???
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Brother Will
8/1/2019 13:00:44
Amein! Shalom Achi!
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