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Wednesday, April 25, 2018
Sunday, April 15, 2018
Once in a Lifetime
Matthew 6:34 “Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.”
There are so many things that happen to us. I often wonder will today be a once in a lifetime day or will today pass by without recognition or remembrance? Will this day live on in your memory or be one that you will try to forget. Each day that we wake up we are given another chance to make this a day that we will never forget. Are you living your life to the fullest? Doing the most you can do to serve in the Father's Kingdom? Are you using the tools that you have on hand to build your portion?
Hebrews 3:7Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice, 8Harden, not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness: 9When your fathers tempted me, proved me and saw my works forty years.
So many times we get caught up in our routine, or in a rut that we forget that we apart of the bigger picture. That what we are doing matters, and that today might be the last chance you get to fulfill your mission. As you go about your day look for opportunities, if nothing else to glorify the father and thank him for the opportunity that he has given you to live each day.
2 Peter 3: 11Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, 12Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? 13Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. 14Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.
Wednesday, March 21, 2018
A time and a season
This too shall pass. Friendships, jobs, opportunities, circumstances. They all change over time. The word says for everything there is a time and a season. As humans we are averse to change. We like predictable, planned, easy. But the only way to change yourself is to challenge yourself. Quite often people or circumstances came into our lives for a season, to teach us a vital lesson. Have you learned the lesson? Are you growing or have you allowed yourself to become stagnate?
2 Esdras 8:41
For as the husbandman soweth much seed upon the ground, and planteth many trees, and yet the thing that is sown good in his season
cometh not up, neither doth all that is planted take root: even so is
it of them that are sown in the world; they shall not all be saved.
As spring has just begun, the entire earth is changing. Pushing of the old darkness and stretching forth into new life. Have you begun to put off old ways and learned more discipline and faithfulness?
Psalms 1:1Blessed is
the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in
the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. 2But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. 3And
he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth
forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and
whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
Galatians 6: 7Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. 8For
he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he
that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. 9And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Habakkuk 2:3For the vision is
yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie:
though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not
tarry. 4Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.
As we enter this New Year and new season of feasts it is important to study and know what day and hour we are in. Prepare your temples(bodies) minds, and spirits that you may bring a sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving, righteously to the King and show yourself a workman for the kingdom.
Exodus 13:3And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand the LORD brought you out from this place: there shall no leavened bread be eaten.4 This day came ye out in the month Abib.5 And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in this month.6 Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the LORD.7 Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days; and there shall no leavened bread be seen with thee, neither shall there be leaven seen with thee in all thy quarters.8 And thou shalt shew thy son in that day, saying, This is done because of that which the LORD did unto me when I came forth out of Egypt.9 And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the LORD'S law may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath the LORD brought thee out of Egypt.10 Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in his season from year to year.
Leviticus 23:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my feasts.3 Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings.4 These are the feasts of the LORD, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons.Tuesday, March 20, 2018
Armour
1 Thessalonians 5:8“ But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for a helmet, the hope of salvation.”
Ephesians 6:11 Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
Truth-Psalms 119:142Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.
Psalms 119:151Thou art near, O LORD; and all thy commandments are truth.
John 17:17Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
John 8:31-32
Righteousness-Deuteronomy 6:25 And it shall be our righteousness if we observe to do all these commandments
before the LORD our God, as he hath commanded us.
Psalms 119:172 My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness.
Peace-Isaiah 26:3 “Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.”
Faith-Ecclesiasticus 25:12 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of his love: and faith is the beginning of cleaving unto him.
Hebrews 11:1 “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”
Salvation-Philippians 2:12 “Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.”
Psalms 144:10It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword. 2 Thessalonians 2:13 But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:
Isaiah 25:9 And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation. Revelation 12:10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
Sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God-
2 Corinthians 6:7 By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,(- Was a tool to be an approved servant 2 Cor 6:4-10)
Romans 13:12The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us, therefore, cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.
Further study from KJVersiononline
"Is employed in the English Bible to denote military equipment," both offensive and defensive. "(1.) The offensive weapons were different at different periods "of history. The "rod of iron" (Ps. 2:9) is supposed to mean a" "mace or crowbar, an instrument of great power when used by a" "strong arm. The "maul" (Prov. 25:18; cognate Hebrew word" "rendered " battle-ax" in Jer. 51:20, and "slaughter weapon" in" "Ezek. 9:2) was a war-hammer or martel. The "sword" is the usual" "translation of herebyOf the defensive armour a chief place is assigned to the shield or buckler. There were the great shield or target (the "tzinnah), for the protection of the whole person (Gen. 15:1; Ps." "47:9; 1 Sam. 17:7; Prov. 30:5), and the buckler (Heb. mageen) or" "small shield (1 Kings 10:17; Ezek. 26:8). In Ps. 91:4 "buckler" is properly a roundel appropriated to archers or slingers. The "helmet (Ezek. 27:10; 1 Sam. 17:38), a covering for the head; the" "coat of mail or corselet (1 Sam. 17:5), or habergeon (Neh." "4;16), harness or breat-plate (Rev. 9:9), for the covering of" the back and breast and both upper arms (Isa. 59:17; Eph. 6:14). "The cuirass and corselet, composed of leather or quilted cloth," "were also for the covering of the body. Greaves, for the" "covering of the legs, were worn in the time of David (1 Sam." 17:6). Reference is made by Paul (Eph. 6:14-17) to the panoply "of a Roman soldier. The shield here is the thureon, a door-like" "oblong shield above all, i.e., covering the whole person, not" "the small round shield. There is no armour for the back, but" only for the front.
, which properly means "poniard." The real" "sword, as well as the dirk-sword (which was always" "double-edged), was also used (1 Sam. 17:39; 2 Sam. 20:8; 1 Kings" 20:11). (2.)
An officer selected by kings and generals because of his "bravery, not only to bear their armour, but also to stand by" them in the time of danger. They were the adjutants of our modern armies (Judg. 9:54; 1 Sam. 14:7; 16:21; 31:6).
Sunday, March 18, 2018
Last Days
Genesis 7:23And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.
Luke 17:26-27And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe
entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
Are we in the last days you may ask?? The word says we are.
Acts 2:14-2014But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words: 15For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day. 16But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel; 17And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: 18And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy: 19And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:
2 Peter 3:10-13 - But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. (Read More...)
Destruction is coming!
Isaiah 66: 14And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like an herb: and the hand of the LORD shall be known toward his servants, and his indignation toward his enemies. 15For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire. 16For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many.
Matthew 24:21For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. 22And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
People won't believe. They will say people have been saying this for hundreds of years. Why should I get serious now??
2 Peter 3:3 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,4 And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.5 For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:6 Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
1 John 2:15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
Ezekiel 14:12The word of the LORD came again to me, saying, 13Son of man, when the land sinneth against me by trespassing grievously, then will I stretch out mine hand upon it, and will break thestaff of the bread thereof, and will send famine upon it, and will cut off man and beast from it: and they spoil it, so that it be desolate, that no man may pass through because of the beasts: 16Though these three men were in 14Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord GOD. 15If I cause noisome beasts to pass through the la it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters; they only shall be delivered, but the land shall be desolate.Hebrews 11:7By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.
How are you preparing? Are you becoming more disciplined or less?? Are you behaving as one who has been warned or as a scoffer?? Are you prepard to ENDURE??
Matthew 24:13 - But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
Ephesians 5:16 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
Thursday, March 15, 2018
Do You take it personally?
Do you take it personally when someone speaks ill of the Father or
His word? When someone is breaking a commandment? When someone Glorifies the enemy?? You should. If your perspective is correct. Are you working to have a part in the Kingdom? That means you will have some sort of pride or ownership when you make it. That also means when someone is speaking or acting against it that they are your enemy. Sin equals death. (Romans 6:23) Are you working for death or the kingdom of eternal life? Are you your own enemy?
Scripture says flesh will not see God and live. (EX33:20) This was a principle they knew in the old testament. That's why they were afraid when they knew they had been in the presence of a messenger from The Most High. Genesis 32:30, (Judges 13:22) (Judges6:20-22)
1 Corinthians 15:50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh, and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
1 Corinthians 1:29That no flesh should glory in his presence.
Flesh is corrupted. Fallen. Evil. Are you feeding your spirit and making it stronger or are you indulging your flesh and giving the wickedness within strength over your spirit??
Mark 14:38Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak.
John 3:6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
John 6:63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
Your choices and words daily mean all the difference.
Romans 6:19 I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.
Galatians 5:19-21 | View whole chapter Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,20Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, 21Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
Romans 8:3-5For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh, but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.
Romans 8:8-9 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
Romans 8:12-14Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfill the lusts thereof.
2 Corinthians 7:1 Having, therefore, these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. Galatians 5:16-17 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. 1 Peter 2:11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
Galatians 5:24 And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
Galatians 6:8 For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption, but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
1 John 2:15-17 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. 17And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
His word? When someone is breaking a commandment? When someone Glorifies the enemy?? You should. If your perspective is correct. Are you working to have a part in the Kingdom? That means you will have some sort of pride or ownership when you make it. That also means when someone is speaking or acting against it that they are your enemy. Sin equals death. (Romans 6:23) Are you working for death or the kingdom of eternal life? Are you your own enemy?
Scripture says flesh will not see God and live. (EX33:20) This was a principle they knew in the old testament. That's why they were afraid when they knew they had been in the presence of a messenger from The Most High. Genesis 32:30, (Judges 13:22) (Judges6:20-22)
1 Corinthians 15:50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh, and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
1 Corinthians 1:29That no flesh should glory in his presence.
Flesh is corrupted. Fallen. Evil. Are you feeding your spirit and making it stronger or are you indulging your flesh and giving the wickedness within strength over your spirit??
Mark 14:38Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak.
John 3:6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
John 6:63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.

Your choices and words daily mean all the difference.
Romans 6:19 I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.
Ecclesiastes 5:6“Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?”
Romans 7:5For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.Galatians 5:19-21 | View whole chapter Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,20Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, 21Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
Romans 8:3-5For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh, but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.
Romans 8:8-9 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
Romans 8:12-14Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfill the lusts thereof.
2 Corinthians 7:1 Having, therefore, these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. Galatians 5:16-17 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. 1 Peter 2:11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
Galatians 5:24 And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
Galatians 6:8 For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption, but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
1 John 2:15-17 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. 17And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
Tuesday, March 6, 2018
Proving
When someone comes to you and tells you something that seems unbelievable most peoples reaction is PROVE IT! Wanting to be successful in this life takes work. You must prove your dedication through your actions. If you are in this walk, you have told The Father that you long to be a part of His kingdom and inherit eternal life. He is not going to allow just anyone into His kingdom. He will allow various trials to come into your life to prove you to see just how serious you are.Many times these tests will come through people and situations that begin looking honest and simple but possess a moment where you will have to decide what will your response be. will you choose life or death?? Holiness or sin? Eternal life or Damnation? Good or evil?
Judges 3:1 Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to prove Israel by them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan;
Judges 3:4 And they were to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would hearken unto the commandments of the LORD, which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.
Psalms 17:3Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
Psalms 26:2 Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.
Psalms 66:10 For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.
There is an old saying, "Actions speak louder than words." It is true we are no longer under the obligation to trade an animals life for our own. Knowing that Christ died to give you an opportunity to do better and be more, are you proving yourself??
Romans 12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Wednesday, February 28, 2018
Frustration

Are you being transformed? Are you everyday walking one step closer to your destiny? Transforming your mind, your body, your soul, and your spirit, into the person that you are to become?Are you focused, ready, determined to meet with that point in time that The Most High sent you here to fulfill? Have you become the person he sent you here to become?
Romans 12:1-2 - I beseech you, therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, [which is] your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God
Ecclesiastes 3:1 - To every [thing there is] a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
2 Corinthians 5:17 - Therefore if any man [be] in Christ, [he is] a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
Hebrews 12:1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset [us], and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of [our] faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.3 For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
4 Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.
4 Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.
2 Corinthians 4:16 For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perishes, yet the inward [man] is renewed day by day.17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding [and] eternal weight of glory;18 While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen [are] temporal; but the things which are not seen [are] eternal.
Galatians 6:9 - And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Philippians 1:6 “Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Yashaya Christ:”
Saturday, February 17, 2018
PURIM2018 February 20th sundown to 22 ~Enoch calender
A time to Remeber the Most Highs Deliverance! ~ We must study to show ourselves approved! The Most High moved for his people during this time in history and will move again. Be strong and of good courage and KNOW that no matter the plots that the enemy has against you personally or against Yasharala as a nation He WILL NOT PREVAIL! We must be in obedience to the Laws, Statues, and Commandments that The Father has given us. Keep His ways and walk according to his paths and you will be able to stand confidently having no fear for your life knowing it is in the Hands of the Most High. Much Love Yasharala
Esther 9:15-29 Declaration
of Purim
Esther 9:15 For the Jews that were in Shushan gathered
themselves together on the
fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred men at
Shushan; but on the prey they laid not their hand.16 But the other Jews that
were in the king's provinces gathered themselves together, and stood for their
lives, and had rest from their enemies, and slew of their foes seventy and five
thousand, but they laid not their hands on the prey,17 On the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the
fourteenth day of the same rested they, and made it a day of feasting and
gladness.18But the Jews that were at Shushan assembled together on the
thirteenth day thereof, and on the fourteenth thereof; and on the fifteenth day
of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.19
Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled towns, made the
fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and feasting, and a good
day, and of sending portions one to another.20 And Mordecai wrote these things,
and sent letters unto all the Jews that were in all the provinces of the king
Ahasuerus, both nigh and far,21 To stablish this among them, that they should keep the fourteenth day of
the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly,22 As the days
wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto
them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should
make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and
gifts to the poor.23 And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as
Mordecai had written unto them;24 Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the
Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy
them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;25
But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked
device, which he devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and
that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.26 Wherefore they called
these days Purim after the name of Pur. Therefore for all the words of this
letter, and of that which they had seen concerning this matter, and which had
come unto them,27 The Jews ordained, and took upon them, and upon their seed,
and upon all such as joined themselves unto them, so as it should not fail,
that they would keep these two days according to their writing, and according
to their appointed time every year;28 And that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every
generation, every family, every province, and every city; and that these days
of Purim should not fail from among the Jews, nor the memorial of them perish
from their seed.29 Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and
Mordecai the Jew, wrote with all authority, to confirm this second letter of
Purim.
A Second Victory on the
same days 2 Macc 15:8-36
2 Macc 15:8Wherefore he exhorted his people not to fear the
coming of the heathen against them, but to remember the help which in former
times they had received from heaven, and now to expect the victory and aid,
which should come unto them from the Almighty.9 And so comforting them out of
the law and the prophets, and withal putting them in mind of the battles that
they won afore, he made them more cheerful.10 And when he had stirred up their
minds, he gave them their charge, shewing them therewithall the falsehood of
the heathen, and the breach of oaths.11 Thus he armed every one of them, not so
much with defence of shields and spears, as with comfortable and good words:
and beside that, he told them a dream worthy to be believed, as if it had been
so indeed, which did not a little rejoice them.12 And this was his vision: That
Onias, who had been high priest, a virtuous and a good man, reverend in
conversation, gentle in condition, well spoken also, and exercised from a child
in all points of virtue, holding up his hands prayed for the whole body of the
Jews.13 This done, in like manner there appeared a man with gray hairs, and
exceeding glorious, who was of a wonderful and excellent majesty.14 Then Onias
answered, saying, This is a lover of the brethren, who prayeth much for the
people, and for the holy city, to wit, Jeremias the prophet of God.15 Whereupon
Jeremias holding forth his right hand gave to Judas a sword of gold, and in
giving it spake thus,16 Take this holy sword, a gift from God, with the which
thou shalt wound the adversaries.17 Thus being well comforted by the words of
Judas, which were very good, and able to stir them up to valour, and to
encourage the hearts of the young men, they determined not to pitch camp, but
courageously to set upon them, and manfully to try the matter by conflict,
because the city and the sanctuary and the temple were in danger.18 For the
care that they took for their wives, and their children, their brethren, and
folks, was in least account with them: but the greatest and principal fear was
for the holy temple.19 Also they that were in the city took not the least care,
being troubled for the conflict abroad.20 And now, when as all looked what
should be the trial, and the enemies were already come near, and the army was
set in array, and the beasts conveniently placed, and the horsemen set in
wings,
21 Maccabeus seeing the coming of the multitude, and the
divers preparations of armour, and the fierceness of the beasts, stretched out
his hands toward heaven, and called upon the Lord that worketh wonders, knowing
that victory cometh not by arms, but even as it seemeth good to him, he giveth
it to such as are worthy:22 Therefore in his prayer he said after this manner;
O Lord, thou didst send thine angel in the time of Ezekias king of Judea, and
didst slay in the host of Sennacherib an hundred fourscore and five thousand:23
Wherefore now also, O Lord of heaven, send a good angel before us for a fear
and dread unto them;24 And through the might of thine arm let those be stricken
with terror, that come against thy holy people to blaspheme. And he ended thus.
25 Then Nicanor and
they that were with him came forward with trumpets and songs.
26 But Judas and his
company encountered the enemies with invocation and prayer.
27 So that fighting
with their hands, and praying unto God with their hearts, they slew no less
than thirty and five thousand men: for through the appearance of God they were
greatly cheered.28 Now when the battle was done, returning again with joy, they
knew that Nicanor lay dead in his harness.29 Then they made a great shout and a
noise, praising the Almighty in their own language.30 And Judas, who was ever
the chief defender of the citizens both in body and mind, and who continued his
love toward his countrymen all his life, commanded to strike off Nicanor's
head, and his hand with his shoulder, and bring them to Jerusalem.31 So when he
was there, and called them of his nation together, and set the priests before
the altar, he sent for them that were of the tower,32 And shewed them vile
Nicanor's head, and the hand of that blasphemer, which with proud brags he had
stretched out against the holy temple of the Almighty.33 And when he had cut
out the tongue of that ungodly Nicanor, he commanded that they should give it
by pieces unto the fowls, and hang up the reward of his madness before the
temple.34 So every man praised toward the heaven the glorious Lord, saying,
Blessed be he that hath kept his own place undefiled.35 He hanged also Nicanor's
head upon the tower, an evident and manifest sign unto all of the help of the
Lord.36 And they ordained all with a common
decree in no case to let that day pass without solemnity, but to celebrate the
thirtieth day of the twelfth month, which in the Syrian tongue is called Adar,
the day before Mardocheus' day.
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