LIFE COMES FORTH AFTER BLOOD IS SHED

How many of you that are women reading this have ever thought about your monthly shedding of blood? Or a man who is married to a women that sheds blood every month.
Did you ever think of the physical implications of the FACT; if you do not shed blood you cannot get pregnant?  If blood is not shed LIFE cannot be produced.  A child cannot be conceived or be physically born without the shedding of blood.  The mother is the ONE that sheds the blood both times; before conception and at the time of birth. 
There is a FACT that remains; LIFE cannot be produced without blood.  Why is it so hard to believe that in the Spirit?  It is the same way. 
FACT; the BLOOD that Yeshua shed was so that spiritual LIFE could be conceived inside of us and then birthed out of us.  As the Blood came/shed from the Mother so the Blood came/shed from Yeshua.  The physical blood came the ONE/MOTHER who nurtures the LIFE that is produced.  In the same way Yeshua is the ONE who nurtures the SPIRITUAL LIFE that is produced in us and then out from us.  
Yeshua says, "I have come that you might have LIFE and LIFE more abundantly."  "Blessed are those who have not seen, yet believe." 
My point today is; LIFE in the physical or LIFE in the Spirit cannot be produced except the shedding of blood takes place. This event must happen for LIFE to happen!  May this LIFE be produced in ALL of us this New Year.


Jn. 19:34
Instead, one of the soldiers pierced Jesus’ side with a spear, bringing a sudden flow of blood and water. 

Jn. 3:3-5
³ Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.”
 ⁴ “How can someone be born when they are old?” Nicodemus asked. “Surely they cannot enter a second time into their mother’s womb to be born!”
 ⁵ Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit. ⁶ Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit. ⁷ You should not be surprised at my saying, ‘You  must be born again.’ ⁸ The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”

THE MESSIAH BRINGS LIFE TO YOU TODAY

  We never repulsed Yeshua and we never will repulse HIM.  Yeshua can from the purity of heaven, into a world of uncleanness. He choose and according to the will of the Father came into (like a Doctor goes to the sick), the world of sickness to bring life and life more abundantly. We speak to those things that are not in our lives as though they are.  We speak the LIFE of Messiah over our family and friends, loving and honoring even when this gift is not given to us.  We must be people of LIFE.  We are people of Messiah, who brought the gift of LIFE to the world.  The baby born to bring freedom from captivity.  The Messiah came to set the captives Free. Once we were captive and without HOPE.  Now, we have HOPE and we have Freedom, and we have JOY.  The JOY of the LORD is your strength and your song, His has become your Salvation, your Yeshua.  Yes, Yeshua in Hebrew means SALVATION!

The Old Covenant speaks of this Messiah, who He would be and who would birth Him.  These scriptures were very well known at the time Yeshua was born, and the Jewish people were looking for the Messiah.  Daniel spoke of the exact year Messiah would be born.  

Isaiah 61 says The Spirit of the Lord GOD [is] upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to [them that are] bound;
          To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;
      To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.

Isaiah 9:6-7 says the Messiah will be born as a child.
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace, (Szar Shalom).
          Of the increase of [his] government and peace [there shall be] no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.
Here are some prophecies from the
Isaiah 7:14 says Messiah will be born of a Virgin.
Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel, (God with us).

WHAT IS THE BREAKER ANOINTING ?

When the Israelites passed through the Red Sea on dry ground; Adonai broke through before them.  
When King David went out to Battle; the Lord said to him,"When you see me marching in the tops of the Balsam trees, you will know that I(Adonai) has gone out in front of you." To Break through the enemy armies with the armies of the Lord.  Did you know child of God, Adonai goes out before you to scatter your enemies, daily.

Micah 2:13 says, the Messiah will have a breaking forth anointing upon Him.

 The Breaker [the Messiah] will go up before them. They will break through, pass in through the gate and go out through it, and their King will pass on before them, the Lord at their head.
The Messiah also breaks through the walls that the enemy has blinded us to or that have been built in our lives.  Sometimes these walls are things that we hide behind because we have fears that we do not understand.  Remember, perfect LOVE(Yeshua), casts out fear.  There is NO fear in love.  Adonai has not given you the Spirit of fear, but of love, power and a sound mind. 

Perez, means to break forth.  Perez was the son of Judah.  Judah means PRAISE.  That is why Judah goes first, because PRAISE causes a breaking forth and a breaking free. 

When you feel down, Praise, it wall cause the Lord to break through whatever issue is at hand.  Put praise music on in your home and sing.  It does not matter if your voice is not perfect-IT IS PERFECT TO GOD.  Praising God will lift your heart to the place of JOY.  And where there is JOY, there, your strength lies. 
Praise breaks the yokes that have laden us down and sets us free.
Ps. 149 says this,
⁵ Let the saints be joyful in glory;--(Yes, you are a saint)
         Let them sing aloud on their beds.
 ⁶ Let the high praises of God be in their mouth,
         And a two-edged sword in their hand, (Word of God)
⁸ To bind their kings with chains, (the enemy)
         And their nobles with fetters of iron;
 ⁹ To execute on them the written judgment—
         This honor have all His saints.
          Praise the LORD!

Praising God with your mouth will cause Holy Spirit to break through your issue.  Thus, causing you to also BREAK FORTH into VICTORY.  The ONE who fights your battles, your Victor has gone out in front of you.  You ARE VICTORIOUS!  

Be bold, be strong, for the Lord your God is with you!

Be bold, be strong, for the Lord your God is with you!

MERCIFUL and GRACIOUS

<sup>What a merciful, compassionate, and gracious Yeshua we have.  He remembers our sins no more.  When Yeshua said, "it is finished," He meant it, no more guilt, no more condemnation, because the pure sinless Lamb of God was slain for us. Yeshua was not an animal,  Yeshua was the seed of YHVH, who impregnated Mary(Miriam).  Fulfilling the scripture in Isaiah where "A Virgin Shall Give Birth."

Hebrews 10 says, (written to the Hebrews),


12</sup>For I will be merciful and gracious toward their sins and I will remember their deeds of unrighteousness no more.
    ¹³When God speaks of a new [covenant or agreement], He makes the first one obsolete (out of use). And what is obsolete (out of use and annulled because of age) is ripe for disappearance and to be dispensed with altogether.
Yeshua castes our sins as far as the east is from the west. 
So, dear friend, why are you remembering and hanging onto the things the blood has already washed away.  Yeshua, increase our Faith!  Increase our Belief! Yeshua never said increase your obedience.  Yeshua says increase your Faith!
Yeshua, help our unbelief.

THE NEW WINE=GRACE

You CANNOT put new wine in old wine skin, the wine-skin will burst and the new wine will be LOST.    Both the vessel and what it contained will be destroyed.  The new wine is GRACE and the wineskin is the vessel that holds the wine(YOU and ME).

The old wine is the Law and the vessel is (People who lived under the Law and those today who do not walk in the Spirit of Grace).   Praise Yeshua for shedding His Blood-THE GIFT OF GRACE.

Luke 5 says,

[37] And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the new wine will burst the skins, the wine will run out and the wineskins will be ruined. [38] No, new wine must be poured into new wineskins. [39] And no one after drinking old wine wants the new, for he says, 'The old is better.' "   Yeahua came offering new wine to ALL the world.  The Pharisees did not want the new wine that Yeshua was offering them, they loved there tradition and the rules and regulations more than the Grace they saw Yeshua gave.  God`s mercy has always triumphed over judgment.  If we look through Yeshua`s eyes, He helps us to see clearly that His Blood covers ALL.  

Why are we not, as people of God covering others with this GRACE?  Let us walk filled with the Spirit of Grace (Holy Spirit).

 

DOUBLE JEOPARDY

Do you know what DOUBLE JEOPARDY is? It is illegal to be tried for the same crime twice.  If someone else is found guilty on your behalf, it is impossible for you to be charged also.  Wow! Yeshua is the ONE who paid the price-the free gift of GRACE(undeserved favor), given to us for our crimes. Even though we were the one that committed the crime-by Yeshua`s Blood- we  are covered completely. We can never be tried again for something Yeshua paid the price for.

Praise God!!

SPIRIT OF LACK

Today, I speak over all those who have financial needs.  If Abba Father can feed a million Israelites on their desert journey, how much more will He be able to give/feed you spiritual and physical  manna in the desert of our lives. 
Oh, you of little Faith.
If God so clothed the glass of the field which is here today and tomorrow is gone, how much more will He financially provide for you. 
The Abba is your provider.
One reason so much poverty is seen, is that there is a Spirit of LACK upon the people of God instead of the Spirit of PROVISION.  See the ABBA is the God of more than enough, and the God that sees and  provides.  Provision is not you keeping up with the Jones.  Provision is giving you what you need.  There is the part about the desires of your heart that God wants to fulfill also, in accordance to His will.  Also, having a ATTITUDE of GRATITUDE  is also essential to receiving provision from the Lord.
Did you ever wonder what Abba would have given the Israelites if they would not have complained, but asked for His favor, and had an attitude of gratitude, and fervently prayed for Abba`s intervention?  WOW!  To think that He gave them manna from a complaining spirit.  He loved them then and He loves us now that much.
Do you think it is possible He would have opened the flood gates of heaven and poured out many different foods.  Well, I am only trying to get us to think of how BIG a God we have.  He is our SUPPLY, He is our BREATH of LIFE.  He is all we need.  He is more AWESOME than we know.
Walk in provision.
Think with Thanksgiving.
Speak with gratitude.
Amen

Not that I speak in respect to lack, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content in it. Phillipians 4:11

You want something but don't get it. You kill and covet, but you cannot have what you want. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask God.
You ask, and don't receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it for your pleasures. James 4:2-3

Ask, and you will receive, seek and you will find, knock and the door will be opened to you.
 

WHO IS THE SPIRIT OF GRACE?

Speaking of when the Messiah would come Zech. 12:10 says;
“And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication. They will look on me, the one they have pierced, and they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for him as one grieves for a firstborn son.

GRACE in Hebrew is Chen, which means favor and acceptance. 

The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Grace (favor and acceptance) toward us the way we are.  Then, as we yield our lives to Holy Spirit, Holy Spirit brings change to our lives.  Changing us into His image.

As in the story of Queen Esther,  Esther asked Haggai(the King`s eunuch to tell her what she should do to become acceptable to the the King.  Esther said she would do whatever the servant told her.  Esther was in total submission to Haggai, the servant of the King.  This servant represents Holy Spirit.  When we submit our lives to Holy Spirit, we will say, “Whatever you say, I will do.”
Our obedience will then come from hearing Holy Spirit, NOT from obligation or to humanly gain God`s acceptance or approval.   The Spirit of Grace (favor and acceptance) is only available through the Blood Sacrifice of Yeshua.  Yeshua did it.  We did NOT.  Yeshua`s Covenant is based on Him, it is not based upon us.  We could not keep the covenant  perfectly, Yeshua DID!  We can always expect perfection from Jesus, but we should never expect perfection from our fellow man/woman. 

 John 1:17 says,
For the law was given through Moses; grace, (favor, and acceptance), and truth came through Jesus Christ.  The Truth of Messiah will never be separated from favor, acceptance, life, honor, respect, belief, blessing and faith.

Ps. 45:2 says,
You are the most excellent of men and your lips have been anointed with grace (favor, and acceptance), since God has blessed you forever.
This is speaking of the Messiah, anointed with Grace (favor and acceptance).

Acts 4:33 says,
And with great power the apostles gave witness to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And great grace (favor, and acceptance), was upon them all.

Act 20:24 says, I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.

Acts 20:32 says, I commend you to God and to the word of His grace,

The Spirit of Grace is offered to us, by the Blood Covenant that Yeshua sacrificed on our behalf.  Will we accept it or will we still try to get the Father to accept us based upon our own works of righteousness?  May our lives be found in Messiah, MESSIAH IN US THE HOPE OF GLORY.

WHY DO WE GO BACK TO TAKING THE CREDIT?

OPEN MY EYES-OPEN MY EARS-OPEN MY HEART TO RECIEVE FROM YOU LORD REMOVE VEILS, MELT WAX, MAKE MY HEART TENDER TO YOU HOLY SPIRIT. 

It is pride when we take credit for something that Yeshua did for us.  Yeshua is the only one who gets the credit.  That`s why the Word says our righteousness is as filthy rags.  Yet why do we still wrap ourselves with those filthy rags.  Somehow our human nature just likes to get the credit for something.

When someone is redeemed it means that someone paid a PRICE for you. You did nothing and you cannot do anything to make yourself good enough to keep your redemption.  Either you are REDEEMED or you are NOT REDEEMED.  Does a piece of clothing that you bought at Kohls this week boast as it sits in your closet of what it did to get you to buy it?  Or did it give you a reason to buy(pay price) it?
No, you desired it and so you paid for it.  This is a little like what Yeshua has done, only were made in His image and His desire is to be in relationship with us.  He desires for us to know Him as He knows us.

Do we believe and have Faith in what Yeshua has done for us or do we have more FAITH in what we have done for Him?  Meaning, the things that we think make us pretty good to God(our righteous acts).  Or humanly we say, "I measure up."

The moment you allowed Yeshua to take over your live, you received SALVATION, you became as righteous as you will ever be.  Righteousness comes from Him and Yeshua does not half enter into your heart.  In Salvation Messiah is IN you the Hope of Glory.  THEN, WE ARE CHANGED FROM GLORY TO GLORY IN MESSIAH.  We go from Revelation to Revelation in Messiah.
Let us give our King the credit today, for what He died for.  Let us give Him all the Glory due Him. 

THE PERFECT COVENANT OF MESSIAH

OPEN MY EYES-OPEN MY EARS-OPEN MY HEART TO RECIEVE FROM YOU LORD REMOVE VEILS, MELT WAX, MAKE MY HEART TENDER TO YOU HOLY SPIRIT.

Their seems to be a question amongst believers today about the blood of the everlasting Covenant.  The new covenant  that the Father would make with the House of Israel,  when He would send His Son(Jer. 31:31).  This Son`s death would cause the believer to have Holy Spirit(the Mark of God-Ezek. 9, and Ephes 1) to be written upon our hearts and upon our minds-it says we will all know the Lord, from the least to the greatest(Jer. 31:34).  The written Law was fulfilled in Messiah.  Messiah(Christ), now has a BLOOD, EVERLASTING COVENANT with every one of us.  Praise God!
Do you go back to your A B Cs when you read and write now as a mature, grown adult?  No, I do not even think of my A B Cs when I read.  It was my foundation, so I would know how to read.  The same is with the Law, it taught me right and wrong.  But now the Law has been fulfilled in Messiah.  Messiah`s blood has made a New EverLasting Covenant that CANNOT be Destroyed.  Yeshua took back the Keys of Authority.  The enemy was destroyed in the Authority of the Blood Shed by Messiah.  Do we believe it, like the thief that died with Yeshua(Jesus)?

Hebrew 13:20-21 states,
Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant.  Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom [be] glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Here is the Greek interpretation of the Blood Everlasting Covenant.

BLOOD - EVERLASTING - COVENANT

Blood = hai ma = seat of life-=(today`s heme(blood) groups are derived today.)

Everlasting =  aiōnios
1) without beginning and end, that which always has been and always will be
2) without beginning

3) without end, never to cease, everlasting

Covenant = diathēkē
1) a disposition, arrangement, of any sort, which one wishes to be valid, the last disposition which one makes of his earthly possessions after his death, a testament or will(Yeshua`s death inaugurated the New Covenant-think about this; when a new president is inaugurated, does the old president still have authority?)

2) a compact, a covenant, a testament

a) God's covenant with Noah, etc.

*He has made you PERFECT through His blood!
Not of us-lest we could boast.  It is a GIFT without PRICE!
 
The word perfect=katartizō

1) to render, i.e. to fit, sound, complete

a) to mend (what has been broken or rent), to repair

1) to complete

b) to fit out, equip, put in order, arrange, adjust

1) to fit or frame for one's self, prepare

c) ethically: to strengthen, perfect, complete, make one what he ought to be


So today, do you know the ONE who paid the price for you?  Do you communicate and speak with the Holy Spirit?  Are you in RELATIONSHIP with the ONE who gives you LIFE, spiritually?
Draw near to Him, and He will draw near to you.
Abide in Him and He will abide in you.
You are connected to the ONE who is perfect.  His blood runs through your veins, making you perfect, changing you into His image, day-by-day.

CHAMBER OF HEWN STONE

The place where Yeshua was condemned by the Sanhedrin was in a place called The Chamber of Hewn Stone or Promenade of the High Priest.  In the same place years earlier Abraham had offered his Son Isaac on Mt. Moriah.  This area was where the Sanhedrin would meet to conduct their affairs and pass judgments.

Now the Temple was destroyed by Titus in 70 A.D.  In year 30 A.D. was the year of Yeshua`s crucifixion. When Yeshua died their was a great earthquake causing the Temple floor to crack by the enormous Lintel that held the curtain in front of the HOLY of HOLIES.

Matt. 27:45-52 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.  And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?   And some of them stood there, when they heard it, said, This man calleth Elijah.  And straightway one of them ran, and took a sponge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.   And the rest said, Let be; let us see whether Elijah cometh to save him.  And Jesus cried again with a loud voice, and yielded up his spirit.  And behold, the veil of the temple was rent in two from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake; and the rocks were rent;  and the tombs were opened; and many bodies of the saints that had fallen asleep were raised;  and coming forth out of the tombs after his resurrection they entered into the holy city and appeared unto many. Now the centurion, and they that were with him watching Jesus, when they saw the earthquake, and the things that were done, feared exceedingly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.
   
According to Jewish history there was a huge lintel of stone weighing 30 tons and 30 feet in length sitting above the Veil, in front of the Holy Place.   When the earth quaked at Yeshua`s death this stone lintel fell upon the curtain in front of the Holy Place, splintering the curtain(veil) from top to bottom.  Thus cracking the very foundation of the Temple, causing The Chamber of Hewn Stone, which was 40 yards away from the entrance to the Holy Place, to be unsafe.  The Sanhedrin abandoned this place in 30 A.D.
The Talmud says, “Forty years before the destruction of the Temple, the Sanhedrin was BANISHED (from the Chamber of Hewn Stone) and sat in the trading station (on the Temple Mount)” - (Shabbat 15a).
This beautiful promenade of the High Priest (Chamber of Hewn Stone), was never used in Condemning anyone ever again.  Yeshua`s took all of are condemnation when He stood condemned, though He was innocent.  Physically ,the Father saw to it that His precious Son`s blood was not shed in vain.  The physical Temple had become unsafe thus unihabitable, because the earthly structure was uninhabited.  Literally Yeshua`s body(symbolic of the Temple) was nailed to the cross.  His Spirit(had to leave His torn physical body/temple) to enter the Heavenly Tabernacle where His blood was placed (as a COVERING), once for ALL TIME and ALL MANKIND, upon the Mercy Seat in the Throne Room before the Father. Blood is physically very sticky and very hard to remove once it has dried.  It stains whatever it is placed upon. 

There is therefore NOW, NO CONDEMNATION to those who are in Christ Jesus to those who walk not after the flesh but after the Spirit.
When the Law against adultery was thrown at the woman.  Yeshua said, “Neither do I condemn you, go and sin no more.”
Col. 2:14-15
14 having canceled the charge of our legal indebtedness, which stood against us and condemned us; he has taken it away, nailing it to the cross. 15 And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.

HALLELUJAH!!

THE FATHER SENT HIS FAVORITE/BELOVED SON

This well in Shechem is also the place that the Father Jacob sent His FAVORITE SON Joseph to see how his brothers were faring.   Joseph was the beloved son of His Father.  Genesis 37:3-4 says, now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he [was] the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colors.  And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.
Here is the account:
 Gen. 37:12-17 And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem.   And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed [the flock] in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here [am I].   And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.    And a certain man found him, and, behold, [he was] wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?   And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed [their flocks].  And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan.

This well of Shechem was in a well watered, fertile valley.  This well was where even today very pure water is found.  Joseph(the beloved Son), arrived in Shechem (*meaning in Hebrew-back or part that holds the shoulder together-see below), at the Well that His Father had dug, Joseph did not find His brothers.  Joseph did not know where they had gone.  Joseph stumbled upon a man who said his brothers were seen in Dothan(meaning in Hebrew- two wells).

Jacob is a type or parallel  of God the Father, and Joseph is a type or parallel  of Yeshua.  The brothers are a type or parallel of the Jewish people.  When the Father asked the Son to go to His brethren, He surrendered and said “HERE AM I.” The Word says that Yeshua, was submissive, even unto death. (Phil. 2:8) The Father sent his Son to His brethren, to the place of  pure water that the Father had dug/provided.  The Father thought this was where Yeshua would find His brothers(drinking from the WATER of LIFE).  As Yeshua came for His Jewish brethren, many of them would not receive Him.  Yeshua wept over Jerusalem.  He said, He wished to have gathered them, as a mother hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but they were not willing.(Matt. 23:37)   Many had veils upon their eyes so that Salvation, and a people(the Gentiles), not beloved or called God`s people could be saved. (Rom. 9:25) 

Joseph`s coat of many colors is symbolic of the Messiah being the Savior for ALL the nations of the world.

Could it be that Dothan`s 2 wells are symbolic of people who love the Lord and the world?  Could it be people who are double dipping? Are we drinking pure and polluted water?  We are to be people in the world but not of the world.  Lets make sure we are ONLY drinking of the well of Shechem.   The 1 well with pure and living water.  “Come out and be separate, touch not the unclean thing.”





*The body member on which a load is borne, Job 31:36
The government will be upon His shoulders, like a load that is born, Isaiah 9:5
I will lay the key of David upon his shoulder, I will give it to Him to bear, Isaiah 22:22
Serve God with one mind, a metaphor taken from burden or yoke, Zeph. 3:9
The member on which blows were afflicted, Isaiah 9:3

DRINKING FROM A BROKEN CISTERN?

What is a cistern? 
A cistern is a reservoir that holds water, that can be consumed in times of dryness.  A cistern is a place where rain water is collected and channeled to a cistern for the times of drought.  In Israel, it did not rain regularly, sometimes for months at a time.  The water supply in the cistern was what sustained the people during the drought.  A typical cistern was mostly or completely underground with a roof to prevent evaporation.  Many times it was a natural ROCK cavity or man-made with cement or plaster, creating a holding area.  The cistern could not have any cracks of broken cement or plaster areas, as this would allow the water to  seep out and be lost.  The people of Jeremiah`s time were having problems because the cisterns that they dug for themselves were broken and the water was lost in a spiritual sense.
It says Jeremiah 2:13,
"For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, The fountain of living waters, To hew for themselves cisterns, Broken cisterns That can hold no water.

Yeshua(even pre-incarnate Messiah) was/is the ROCK where the water was/is held.  In Hebrews it states that Yeshua was the ROCK that followed the Israelites in the desert and the Rock from which the water flowed when they had NO water.  It was the ROCK that Moses hit and water gushed out of.  (Wow, do you think Moses symbolically hit Yeshua in disobedience, and was included in the reason Moses was prevented from entering the Promised Land?)  In Yeshua, the water will not drain out and will always be available if we keep our priority in Him. If we create idols(other priorities above Yeshua), that is called a cistern that we hew/form for ourselves.  Of course it will not hold living water as it is human-made and will leak out.
Yeshua said to the woman at the well, “I will give you living water so that you will never thirst.”
Here is the account from John 4;
10 Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.”
 11 “Sir,” the woman said, “you have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where can you get this living water? 12 Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did also his sons and his livestock?”
 13 Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, 14 but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”
Interesting historical Fact.  This very well in Sychar or Shechem was the Well that Jacob dug when he needed fresh, pure water.  God does nothing by chance. There were 20 other springs,  around this area, but they were not good water.  So Jacob dug this very well for fresh, pure water.  This was also the place Sychar or Shechem where Jacob had made his family and business partners bury their idols under the oak trees.  It was at this very place earlier in history where a reconsecration and recommitment had been made to follow the One true God and Father.
So today; do we have 20 other springs gushing around us with water that is not the Living water?  What idols am I bowing down to?  What are we worshiping? Are we consecrated and committed, (at the well with living water or the cistern that is not broken),  to the ONE(Yeshua) who gives Living Water so that we will never thirst? Are we drinking daily of His fountain so we will not be thirsty?  He says also, “all my fountains are in you.”  Jeremiah 17:13 that disaster has come upon the land because they forsook the Lord, the Fountain of Living waters.
Just as in Jacob`s life, there may be many springs that are gushing around you, but they do not taste so good.  Please, do not settle for these springs that taste bad, but dig deep till you find the ONE spring of LIVING WATER so that you will never thirst.  Are you dry because you have been satisfied with water that is just OK? So the desire for water just is not there?  Ask Yeshua now to restore the desire for Living Water.

Jeremiah 17
8For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters that spreads out its roots by the river; and it shall not see and fear when heat comes; but its leaf shall be green. It shall not be anxious and full of care in the year of drought, nor shall it cease yielding fruit.

ASK FOR WISDOM

What is it that you lack today, whether it be physical healing, spiritual revelation, or financial provision.  The action on our part is ASK GOD.  He is the Father who gives, when we ask, without judgment of what we ask.
James 1:5 says,
But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him.

Now it is true that if we ask for our own selfish desires, that we may not get an answer until we surrender our desires to what is according to the Father`s will for our life.
James 4:3 says,
You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures.

It is also true that the Lord longs to give us the desires of our hearts.  But those desires have to be according to God`s will and surrendered, even if they are good.
     Then, there are the choices that we have not made in life.  Choices that will take us out of what we think of as normal and going on to that new thing in our lives.  We may wonder why we are doing the same thing that our grandparents and parents did. 
God says to you, “behold I will do a new thing, now it will spring forth, will you not be aware of it?  I will even make a roadway in the wilderness.  Rivers in the  desert, I will do something new.”   If this is you, choose to step out in faith  today.  Make a conscious choice to step out of what is normal in your family line, to something NEW.  God made you to be an individual, he made you to fulfill a specific plan in His Master plan.  If you do not know what that plan or purpose is today, ask.  He will give you wisdom, and will reveal that plan to you.  It is His promise to you.

Jeremiah 29:11-13 says,
'For I know the plans that I have for you,' declares the LORD, 'plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope.
 'Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.
 'You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.



But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, unwavering, without hypocrisy.

YOM KIPPUR`S MESSAGE

 Messiah was AFFLICTED for us, so we would NOT have to be afflicted. RIGHTEOUSNESS and HOLINESS, HAS been FULLY MET in MESSIAH. Hallelujah!!!!
Have you ever read this beautiful scripture that reports how the Messiah would come and ATONE for the Jew and then equally for the Gentile (all people).


Here is the message;

Isaiah 53

 ¹WHO HAS believed (trusted in, relied upon, and clung to) our message [of that which was revealed to us]? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been disclosed?    ²For [the Servant of God] grew up before Him like a tender plant, and like a root out of dry ground; He has no form or comeliness [royal, kingly pomp], that we should look at Him, and no beauty that we should desire Him.
    ³He was despised and rejected and forsaken by men, a Man of sorrows and pains, and acquainted with grief and sickness; and like One from Whom men hide their faces He was despised, and we did not appreciate His worth or have any esteem for Him.
    ⁴Surely He has borne our griefs (sicknesses, weaknesses, and distresses) and carried our sorrows and pains [of punishment], yet we [ignorantly] considered Him stricken, smitten, and afflicted by God [as if with leprosy].
    ⁵But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our guilt and iniquities; the chastisement [needful to obtain] peace and well-being for us was upon Him, and with the stripes [that wounded] Him we are healed and made whole.
    ⁶All we like sheep have gone astray, we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord has made to light upon Him the guilt and iniquity of us all.
    ⁷He was oppressed, [yet when] He was afflicted, He was submissive and opened not His mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so He opened not His mouth.
    ⁸By oppression and judgment He was taken away; and as for His generation, who among them considered that He was cut off out of the land of the living [stricken to His death] for the transgression of my [Isaiah's] people, to whom the stroke was due?
    ⁹And they assigned Him a grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in His death, although He had done no violence, neither was any deceit in His mouth.
    ¹⁰Yet it was the will of the Lord to bruise Him; He has put Him to grief and made Him sick. When You and He make His life an offering for sin [and He has risen from the dead, in time to come], He shall see His [spiritual] offspring, He shall prolong His days, and the will and pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in His hand.
    ¹¹He shall see [the fruit] of the travail of His soul and be satisfied; by His knowledge of Himself [which He possesses and imparts to others] shall My [uncompromisingly] righteous One, My Servant, justify many and make many righteous (upright and in right standing with God), for He shall bear their iniquities and their guilt [with the consequences, says the Lord].
    ¹²Therefore will I divide Him a portion with the great [kings and rulers], and He shall divide the spoil with the mighty, because He poured out His life unto death, and [He let Himself] be regarded as a criminal and be numbered with the transgressors; yet He bore [and took away] the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors (the rebellious).

Messiah says, you are qualified because I (atoned), did the Work. No man was ALLOWED to work when Yeshua was on the tree dying. That is why the darkness covered the earth for 6 hours (6 represents the # for man). In those days they did not have electricity, when it was dark it was dark, and you could not do anything. This then is what/how we are qualified. Trust in the UNMERITED Favor of Messiah today.   It is not with long flowery prayers - it is relationship.

THE GOOD SHEPHERD

Yeshua says In John 10, “I AM the good shepherd.”  My sheep know my voice and to the voice of a stranger my sheep will not  listen.  When I (Yeshua) call, my sheep will gather into the sheepfold where they will be safe and warm and provision is abundant.  The sheepfold can be likened  to a Fortress (a tower), that all who run to it are safe. 
The enemy tries to make holes in the wall of the fortress/sheepfold of Yeshua.  Sometimes even breaking down parts of the wall.  We as people of LIFE are to be there ready for just such an occurrence.  We are to stand for LIFE, stand in the GAP that has been broken down and help repair the wall.  We are to be acting as agents of Redemption.  Doing the same as Yeshua does to help rebuild what ever has been torn apart in people`s lives.  Yeshua also says that whoever does not gather, SCATTERS.  We are to be doing the work that Yeshua did.  This is helping people to enter the safety of the sheepfold, not turning them away.

Yeshua`s first public sermon was Isaiah 61.  Verse 4, speaks of the Spirit rebuilding or repairing the ancient ruins and bringing restoration to our lives.  Even restoring the places that have been devastated for generations. 
Here is the passage;
They will rebuild the ancient ruins
   and restore the places long devastated;
they will renew the ruined cities
   that have been devastated for generations. 

Maybe you can think of sins in your family that your Grandpa or Grandma did and then your Mom or Dad did and now you are doing the same thing.  It could be attitude, an action or a reaction that you do not seem to have control over in your life.  You could even think that this thing is a thorn in your side.  I am hear to tell you that it is not something you have to live with for the rest of your life.  No, it can be repaired and restored by the blood of Yeshua.  This is the meaning of Redemption.  You were bought, the price is the BLOOD of the Lamb that was paid for you. 
If you think you have a thorn in your side today,  ask Yeshua to remove it by His blood.  A thorn is something that when it is not pulled out will cause infection and an oozing at the sight.  It may never truly heal do to the continued irritation.  This term is often used when we just cannot get victory in a certain area of our lives.  We do NOT need to have a thorn in our side.  God`s desire is that we walk free of all things that encumber us.  Whom the Son sets free is free indeed.  It is for the SAKE of freedom that you have been set free.

Today, I intercede for all who read these words that your lives would be free of thorns, and sins that may easily encumber you.  That you walk in freedom today because the Lamb of God(YESHUA)paid the price for you.  That you will stand in the gap and be a builder of the wall, and not one who tears down, in Yeshua`s Name. 
 

FORGIVEN MUCH?

There is a famous woman in the Word who came to Yeshua.   She wept as she  washed His feet with the hair of her head and poured an expensive perfume on His feet.  She is known as the "sinner woman".  Yeshua accepts her offering and tells her that her sins are forgiven.  She broke many Levitical laws by touching this man Yeshua.  It is interesting how Yeshua never tells her she  has broken a law.  Why?  Yeshua came to bring something much greater.  Grace is much greater than the law.  Sin cannot stop GRACE, no matter how hard it tries, GRACE will always win.  The law showed us where we had failed, but GRACE forgives, delivers and sets free.   GRACE is GREATER!  See, this woman was only conscious of Yeshua, and that she needed Him.  She was not conscious of the law that said, "a woman should not touch a man in public that was not her husband."  Again, this woman was ONLY conscious of Yeshua.  Yeshua not only accepted her offering of tears and perfume but He offered forgiveness which she accepted readily.  She knew that Yeshua would not DISQUALIFY her.
Today some of us have disqualified ourselves by going back and comparing our lives to the law.  Yeshua has never disqualified anyone.  Yeshua says, "the person who has been forgiven much, loves much."  This means that when we truly grasp hold of the Hand of Grace that has been offered to us, we will LOVE Yeshua much.  It will cause intimacy to be born within us, with our King.


Here is the story.
Luke 7
³⁶One of the Pharisees asked Jesus to dine with him, and He went into the Pharisee's house and reclined at table.
    ³⁷And behold, a woman of the town who was ^[o]an especially wicked sinner, when she learned that He was reclining at table in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster flask of ointment (perfume).
    ³⁸And standing behind Him at His feet weeping, she began to wet His feet with [her] tears; and she wiped them with the hair of her head and kissed His feet [affectionately] and anointed them with the ointment (perfume).
    ³⁹Now when the Pharisee who had invited Him saw it, he said to himself, If this Man were a prophet, He would surely know who and what sort of woman this is who is touching Him--for she is a notorious sinner (a social outcast, devoted to sin).
    ⁴⁰And Jesus, replying, said to him, Simon, I have something to say to you. And he answered, Teacher, say it.
    ⁴¹A certain lender of money [at interest] had two debtors: one owed him five hundred denarii, and the other fifty.
    ⁴²When they had no means of paying, he freely forgave them both. Now which of them will love him more?
    ⁴³Simon answered, The one, I take it, for whom he forgave and cancelled more. And Jesus said to him, You have decided correctly.
    ⁴⁴Then turning toward the woman, He said to Simon, Do you see this woman? When I came into your house, you gave Me no water for My feet, but she has wet My feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair.
    ⁴⁵You gave Me no kiss, but she from the moment I came in has not ceased [^[p]intermittently] to kiss My feet tenderly and caressingly.
    ⁴⁶You did not anoint My head with ^[q][cheap, ordinary] oil, but she has anointed My feet with ^[r][costly, rare] perfume.
    ⁴⁷Therefore I tell you, her sins, many [as they are], are forgiven her--because she has loved much. But he who is forgiven little loves little.
    ⁴⁸And He said to her, Your sins are forgiven!
    ⁴⁹Then those who were at table with Him began to say among themselves, Who is this Who even forgives sins?
    ⁵⁰But Jesus said to the woman, Your faith has saved you; go (enter) ^[s]into peace [^[t]in freedom from all the distresses that are experienced as the result of sin]. (Amplified)

Yes, this Yeshua does forgive sins.  There is no LIMIT to His GRACE and it is for ALL people.
"There is nothing wrong with God, 
There is nothing wrong with His Word,
Now through His blood there is nothing wrong with you."
(Joseph Prince)
Do not make Messiah of no effect in your life.  His blood is a free gift.  He died for you before you were born.  Receive Him today!

SOLOMON`S PRAYER

We must go back to the great prayers of the Word of God and use them in our own lives. This is a time to ask for God`s mercy in our lives.  Our country is on the verge of great judgment.  It is not different than any other nation in history that abandoned the Creator of the universe to serve their own purposes.  If we forget His name, He will make sure that we know it when all hell breaks loose in the world or in our own lives.  God does discipline those that He loves.  Just like a parent will discipline the child that is loved.


Here is Solomon`s prayer from 1 Kings 8
    ²²Then Solomon stood [in the court] before the Lord's burnt offering altar in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven
    ²³And he said, O Lord, the God of Israel, there is no God like You in heaven above or on earth beneath, keeping covenant and showing mercy and loving-kindness to Your servants who walk before You with all their heart.
    ²⁴You have kept what You promised Your servant David my father. You also spoke with Your mouth and have fulfilled it with Your hand, as it is this day.
    ²⁵Therefore now, O Lord, the God of Israel, keep with Your servant David my father what You promised him when You said, There shall not fail you a man before Me to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your children take heed to their way, that they walk before Me as you have done.
    ²⁶Now, O God of Israel, let Your word which You spoke to Your servant David my father be confirmed [by experience].
    ²⁷But will God indeed dwell with men on the earth? Behold, the heavens and heaven of heavens [in its most extended compass] cannot contain You; how much less this house that I have built?
    ²⁸Yet graciously consider the prayer and supplication of Your servant, O Lord my God, to hearken to the [loud] cry and prayer which he prays before You today,
    ²⁹That Your eyes may be open toward this house night and day, toward the place of which You have said, My Name [and the token of My presence] shall be there, that You may hearken to the prayer which Your servant shall make in [or facing toward] this place.
    ³⁰Hearken to the prayer of Your servant and of Your people Israel when they pray in or toward this place. Hear in heaven, Your dwelling place, and when You hear, forgive.
    ³¹Whenever a man sins against his neighbor and is made to take an oath and comes and swears the oath before Your altar in this house,
    ³²Then hear in heaven and do and judge Your servants, condemning the wicked by bringing his guilt upon his own head and justifying the [uncompromisingly] righteous by rewarding him according to his righteousness (his uprightness, right standing with God).
    ³³When Your people Israel are struck down before the enemy because they have sinned against You, and they turn again to You, confess Your ^[b]name (Your revelation of Yourself), and pray, beseeching You in this house,
    ³⁴Then hear in heaven and forgive the sin of Your people Israel and return them to the land You gave to their fathers.
    ³⁵When heaven is shut up and no rain falls because they have sinned against You, if they pray in [or toward] this place and confess Your name (Your revelation of Yourself) and turn from their sin when You afflict them,
    ³⁶Then hear in heaven and forgive the sin of Your servants, Your people Israel, when You teach them the good way in which they should walk. And give rain upon Your land which You have given to Your people as an inheritance.
    ³⁷If there is famine in the land or pestilence, blight, mildew, locust, or caterpillar, if their enemy besieges them in the land of their cities, whatever plague, whatever sickness there is,
    ³⁸Whatever prayer or supplication is made by any or all of Your people Israel--each man knowing the affliction of his own heart, and spreading forth his hands toward this house [and its pledge of Your presence]--
    ³⁹Then hear in heaven, Your dwelling place, and forgive and act and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart You know, for You and You only know the hearts of all the children of men,
    ⁴⁰That they may fear and revere You all the days that they live in the land which You gave to our fathers.
    ⁴¹Moreover, concerning a stranger who is not of Your people Israel but comes from a far country for the sake of Your name [and Your active Presence]--
    ⁴²For they will hear of Your great name (Your revelation of Yourself), Your strong hand, and outstretched arm--when he shall pray in [or toward] this house,
    ⁴³Hear in heaven, Your dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger asks of You, so that all peoples of the earth may know Your name [and ^[c]Your revelation of Your presence] and fear and revere You, as do Your people Israel, and may know and comprehend that this house which I have built is called by Your Name [and contains the token of Your presence].
    ⁴⁴If Your people go out to battle against their enemy, wherever You shall send them, and shall pray to the Lord toward the city which You have chosen and the house that I have built for Your Name [and Your revelation of Yourself],
    ⁴⁵Then hear in heaven their prayer and supplication, and defend their cause and maintain their right.
    ⁴⁶If they sin against You--for there is no man who does not sin--and You are angry with them and deliver them to the enemy, so that they are carried away captive to the enemy's land, far or near;
    ⁴⁷Yet if they think and consider in the land where they were carried captive, and repent and make supplication to You there, saying, We have sinned and have done perversely and wickedly;
    ⁴⁸If they repent and turn to You with all their mind and with all their heart in the land of their enemies who took them captive, and pray to You toward their land which You gave to their fathers, the city which You have chosen, and the house which I have built for Your Name;
    ⁴⁹Then hear their prayer and their supplication in heaven, Your dwelling place, and defend their cause and maintain their right.
    ⁵⁰And forgive Your people, who have sinned against You, and all their transgressions against You, and grant them compassion before those who took them captive, that they may have pity and be merciful to them;
    ⁵¹For they are Your people and Your heritage, which You brought out of Egypt, from the midst of the iron furnace.
    ⁵²Let Your eyes be open to the supplication of Your servant and of Your people Israel, to hearken to them in all for which they call to You.
    ⁵³For You separated them from among all the peoples of the earth to be Your heritage, as You declared through Moses Your servant when You brought our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord God.
    ⁵⁴When Solomon finished offering all this prayer and supplication to the Lord, he arose from before the Lord's altar, where he had knelt with hands stretched toward heaven.
    ⁵⁵And he stood and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice,

DANIEL`s PRAYER

 DANIEL 9
17Now therefore, O our God, listen to and heed the prayer of Your servant [a][Daniel] and his supplications, and for Your own sake cause Your face to shine upon Your sanctuary which is desolate.
    18O my God, incline Your ear and hear; open Your eyes and look at our desolations and the city which is called by Your name; for we do not present our supplications before You for our own righteousness and justice, but for Your great mercy and loving-kindness.
    19O Lord, hear! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, give heed and act! Do not delay, for Your own sake, O my God, because Your city and Your people are called by Your name.





Oh Lord, revive your people.  We humble ourselves and pray and seek your face, and turn from our sinful ways.  We repent and ask you to heal our nation, heal our land.  Oh Lord, have mercy upon us.
We need your mercy Abba. We ask for your mercy to triumph over judgment.

LIFE BY THE SPIRIT

What was the first thing you did when you were born into this world?  What was the thing you HAD to do?
You took a breath, you inspired, RIGHT? Yes, we all received something or we would not be in this world today.
If we had to receive something to enter the physical life, then we must also receive something spiritually to enter the spiritual life.  

Yeshua spoke to a man named Nicodemus.  I will call him Nic.  Nic came to Yeshua by night to ask how one enters the path of eternal life.  Yeshua told Nic that he must be "born again."  Nic says, How can I enter my Mother`s womb again and we born a second time?  Now what Yeshua meant was a spiritual birth.  A birth of the Spirit.  Now all of us as babies were born of water and of much blood, physically, from our Mother`s womb.  In the same way when Yeshua died on the tree, much blood and water poured out of Him literally.  According to history, Yeshua`s death happened early because of Congestive Heart Failure.  Thus, when His side was pierced, blood and water poured out.  This is the reason that Yeshua said to Nic, "you must be born again."  Life by the Spirit gives us eternal life.
Today we must receive LIFE by the Spirit,  before we can offer this LIFE it to others.  Even then, each person must individually receive that breath of LIFE from the Spirit; just as each person must receive a breath of physical life when entering the physical world.
Many focus on the scripture that speaks on, "it is more blessed to give than to receive."  Yes, this is true, BUT ONE CANNOT GIVE SOMETHING THAT THEY HAVE NOT FIRST POSSESSED.  Think about anything in life, compassion, love, caring, love, joy, peace, long suffering,  gentleness, meekness, temperance; one must receive before one can give to others.  
Today, think of every aspect of your life.  Am I frustrated in my walk because I am trying to give from a place that I have not been filled in?  
This is the reason it is so important to walk FILLED every day.  Filled with what you may ask?  Filled with the Spirit.  This means that the Spirit is IN CONTROL of your life.  Not you in control of the Spirit.  Too many of us try to control the Spirit and this gives rise to great frustration and confusion in our lives, because we have reverted back to walking according to the flesh.
James speaks of the Spirit envies intensely over our flesh to be in control, and the flesh over the Spirit.
This battle inside of us is a struggle for all.
The question, will I yield to my  flesh or surrender to SPIRIT?

AWAKEN, AWAKEN, AWAKEN

Holy Spirit is calling all who will hear to AWAKEN out of the slumber of our lives.  He is coming on the clouds with power and great glory and every eye will see YESHUA.
Yes, some scoff and say, “people have been saying this for 1000s of years yet look at us, we are still here.”
Well, Israel was not a nation for 2000 years and Israel is God`s time clock.  Matthew 24 speaks of-when you see the fig tree blossom(Israel becoming a nation), then you will know that my coming is near, it is at the door.  It was a prophesied miracle in 1948 when Israel AGAIN became a nation. This is repeated in every gospel.  We are at a time in history that has never been before. Yeshua said, the harvest fields are ripe and ready for HARVEST. 
 
 Do we have the LOVE and compassion of the KING-Yeshua upon us like a covering?
Do we have the wedding garment of white upon us?  Yeshua is coming for His BRIDE dressed in white, (meaning spiritually cleansed and purified of the heart.)
The Father has provided the wedding garment--we must choose to put it on or we will not be allowed into the marriage festival. The door will be shut and we will be locked out without the proper attire.  This wedding garment is slippery, because the blood is slippery.  Grace is received on account of Yeshua blood shed for us. When we walk in the Spirit of GRACE nothing can stick to our garment.  The sins, cares and worries of this life are under our feet because of Holy Spirit (the Spirit of Grace).

Lord, cause our minds to be opened to your GRACE today.  The compassion and love that you show to us - may we show to others.  For you are coming and we want to be AWAKENED to the complete knowing of who you are.  Thank you that your mercy TRIUMPHS over JUDGMENT.
In Yeshua,
Amen.

IN A TRADITIONAL JEWISH WEDDING THE FATHER OF THE GROOM WAS THE ONE WHO PROVIDED THE WEDDING GARMENTS FOR ALL WHO ATTENDED THE EVENT.  ONE WAS OFFERED THE WEDDING GARB, (PROVIDED BY THE FATHER OF THE GROOM), UPON ENTERING THE DOOR.  ONE COULD CHOSE TO PUT ON THE GARMENT OR NOT.  IF ONE CHOSE NOT, THEN THE GUEST COULD NOT ENTER OR BE A PART OF THE WEDDING CELEBRATION.

SPIRITUALLY-
FATHER OF GROOM = GOD THE FATHER
GROOM = YESHUA/JESUS
GARMENT = BLOOD OF JESUS SHED TO MAKE ATONEMENT (COVERING) FOR SIN
BRIDE = ALL WHO HAVE SPIRITUALLY PUT ON THIS GARMENT
WEDDING = CONSUMMATION OF KNOWING YESHUA(SPIRITUALLY)

THIS IS THE CONTEXT OF THE MATTHEW 22 PARABLE.
HERE IS THE ACCOUNT;
Matthew 22
The Parable of the Wedding Banquet
 1 Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying: 2 “The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son. 3 He sent his servants to those who had been invited to the banquet to tell them to come, but they refused to come.
   4 “Then he sent some more servants and said, ‘Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my dinner: My oxen and fattened cattle have been butchered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.’
   5 “But they paid no attention and went off—one to his field, another to his business. 6 The rest seized his servants, mistreated them and killed them. 7 The king was enraged. He sent his army and destroyed those murderers and burned their city.
   8 “Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited did not deserve to come. 9 So go to the street corners and invite to the banquet anyone you find.’ 10 So the servants went out into the streets and gathered all the people they could find, the bad as well as the good, and the wedding hall was filled with guests.
   11 “But when the king came in to see the guests, he noticed a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes. 12 He asked, ‘How did you get in here without wedding clothes, friend?’ The man was speechless.
   13 “Then the king told the attendants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
   14 “For many are invited, but few are chosen.”
REMEMBER-EVERYONE IS INVITED-WHOSOEVER WILL-WE IN TURN MUST PUT ON THE WEDDING ATTIRE. LET US NOT BE FOUND SPEECHLESS.
LORD, COVER US TODAY WITH YOU WEDDING ATTIRE.

BROKEN PIECES OF SURRENDER

 ALL THE BROKEN PIECES OF YOU LIFE WILL BE MADE INTO A NEW, BEAUTIFUL MOSAIC CALLED YOUR FUTURE.  THE ONLY THING THAT COULD STOP THIS BEAUTY -- IS IF WE DO NOT SURRENDER OUR HOPES, DESIRES, FEARS,(EVERY PART OF WHO WE ARE), TO THE KING.

HERE IS THE STORY OF THE MASTER POTTER.

A CLAY POT BECOMES CRACKED, THE POTTER PUTS THE POT BACK ONTO THE POTTERY WHEEL AND MENDS OR PATCHES THE CRACKED PLACES. THE POTTER PUTS THE POT BACK INTO USE.  THEN, COMES ALONG A POT THAT IS IN PIECES, ONE CANNOT TELL WHAT FUNCTION THIS POT WAS USED FOR IN THE PAST.  THE MASTER POTTER SMILES AND SAYS TO HIMSELF; I WILL NOW CREATE A NEW CREATION.  IT WILL BE A RARE BEAUTY TO BEHOLD.  THE WORD SAYS THAT HOLY SPIRIT IS LIKE THE MASTER POTTER AND WE ARE THE CLAY.

HOLY SPIRIT IS WAITING TILL WE SURRENDER TO MAKE A BEAUTIFUL MOSAIC OF THE BROKEN PARTS OF OUR LIVES.  I THINK HOLY SPIRIT MUST SMILE WHEN WE SURRENDER.  OUR SURRENDER, MAY EVEN MAKE HIM DANCE BECAUSE OF THE BEAUTY HE SEES IN OUR FUTURE. 

JEREMIAH 29 SAYS,

¹¹ For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. ¹² Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. ¹³ You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. ¹⁴ I will be found by you,” declares the LORD, “and will bring you back from captivity.

IF YOU ARE IN CAPTIVITY TODAY, HOLY SPIRIT IS ABLE TO CREATE SOMETHING NEW OUT OF YOU.  HE IS ABLE TO TAKE YOU TO A PLACE OF FREEDOM.  IF YOU ARE NOT SURRENDERED, I URGE YOU TO GIVE UP YOUR WILL TO HOLY SPIRIT.  EVEN IF YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE REASON.  HIS WAYS AND THOUGHTS ARE ABOVE OURS. 

LORD, 

I SPEAK YOUR LIFE AND YOUR WISDOM OVER EVERY READER TODAY.  GIVE THEM THAT HOPE AND FUTURE IN YOU.  PLEASE COVER THEM WITH YOUR BLOOD.  THE PRICE YOU PAID TO REDEEM US, TO PLACE US IN RIGHT STANDING WITH YOU NOW. TODAY, WE REPENT AND WE CHOOSE YOU. AMEN

BROKEN PIECES-RUINED LIVES-ARE WHY YOU DIED FOR US-YOUR TOUCH-IS WHAT I LONG FOR-YOU HAVE GIVEN LIFE TO ME. THANK YOU-THANK YOU

Ten Lepers Healed, One Gave Thanks

In Luke 17 Yeshua heals the 10 lepers and only one leper came back and thanked Yeshua.  Yeshua healed people even if He is not thanked.  He did not remove their healing, in their unthankful moment then and He does not operate that way today either.
He loves us in spite of our failings and short comings.  He loves us before we recognize things we need to grow and mature in.  His desire is to reveal to us His great love.  His love is not dependent upon anything we do or do not do.  His love is always there and at some point in our lives we recognize who He is and love Him back.  In the relationship of His love, we will recognize the areas of our lives that need  to change.  His mercy and compassion always TRIUMPHS OVER JUDGEMENT.  He is never harsh to His children(us).  Thus, we should never be harsh to each other.  Yeshua was/is the Son of God, but His mercy and compassion toward all people is what established His authority
 

Here is the story;
11As He went on His way to Jerusalem, it occurred that [Jesus] was passing [along the border] between Samaria and Galilee.
    12And as He was going into one village, He was met by ten lepers, who stood at a distance.
    13And they raised up their voices and called, Jesus, Master, take pity and have mercy on us!
    14And when He saw them, He said to them, Go [at once] and show yourselves to the priests. And as they went, they were cured and made clean.
    15Then one of them, upon seeing that he was cured, turned back, [c]recognizing and thanking and praising God with a loud voice;
    16And he fell prostrate at Jesus' feet, thanking Him [over and over]. And he was a Samaritan.
    17Then Jesus asked, Were not [all] ten cleansed? Where are the nine?
 18Was there no one found to return and to [d]recognize and give thanks and praise to God except this alien?
    19And He said to him, Get up and go on your way. Your faith (your trust and confidence that spring from your belief in God) has restored you to health.
 

Lord, 

may we give you thanks every day for your great love, compassion and all that you provide for us, in every way, every day.   May we choose to have an attitude of thanksgiving in every situation.  May we know you, as you have first loved us.  Thank you Lord for loving us first.
Amen

Earth`s Wisdom verses Heaven`s Wisdom

There are two types of Wisdom.  One Kind is from Earth and the other kind is from Heaven.

Earthly wisdom often causes us to be in competition with others. Competition will give room for envy and bitterness to spring up, like a tree, in our lives.  This includes the things that we do to promote our own interest and ambition in life.  Having ambition itself is a good thing.  But when we use it to push others down or out of our way so we can get ahead, CANNOT be BLESSED.  God`s favor comes to those who prefer others above ourselves.  This is also about honoring each other.  The Word says, honor your Father and Mother that it may go well with you in your life.  You will be BLESSED with long life when you honor your parents and family members, and those who are in your sphere of influence (like your bosses and coworkers, leaders of any kind in your life). 

In James 3, it speaks of the wisdom that comes from Heaven.  It is pure speaking and thinking toward others.  Let`s chose to place or consider others in a higher place than we place ourselves.  People who walk in Wisdom will be lovers of peace and one-another.  Peacemakers will also be people who walk in mercy, impartiality, and sincerity.

It is always evident when we speak to someone if they are listening to us.  We must sincerely love one another.  

Today, Lord I ask you for Heavenly Wisdom, that my heart would walk in purity toward those around me.  Help me to always prefer others above myself and that my ambition would be surrendered to you Lord.  Even the things I know you have called me to do, (my gifts and callings), they are good, But only when I lay them at your feet, Lord.  Lord, may I never operate in competition toward those around me.  Knowing that when I do compete, that LOVE will be lost.   Lord, teach me to walk in your Wisdom.  Pour out more and more of who you are upon me today, till I begin to look like YOU.

Amen!

Pierced Ears-Surrendered Just because You Love the Master

A piercing is opening something physically , or creating a hole in your body.  People have always done this through history.  In Exodus God speaks of a slave that loved their Master, wife and family, and did NOT want to be set free.  A Master who possibly treated them well, respecting them.  The servant would get a piercing from the Master at the doorpost of the Master`s house.
Here is the verse;
Exodus 21:6
5 But if the servant plainly says, ‘I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free,’ 6 then his master shall bring him to the judges. He shall also bring him to the door, or to the doorpost, and his master shall pierce his ear with an awl; and he shall serve him forever. (In Hebrew-pierce=ratsa`=to bore or open a hole)
Now spiritually, there is also a piercing.  In Psalms 40 David speaks of first, God opening his ears so he could hear Holy Spirit.  Then second, David speaks of the Messiah whose ear is opened (surrendered to Father God), coming to do what was written in the scroll of Him(the prophecy of the Messiah).  Yeshua had to surrender to the Father to pay the price for his Bride.  It costs Yeshua something, it costs Yeshua`s life.  He was the sacrifice.  Just as it costs every animal that ever died in sacrifice making atonement for sin.  It costs the animal`s life.  The Father wanted one sacrifice to be sufficient for all times.  That`s why He sent His only Son Yeshua to pay the price in FULL for ALL, for all Times.  Thus making Yeshua the greatest servant of ALL. 
Now on the Menorah, the higher light is called the Shamesh, or servant that lights the other candles.  This is very important, the Messiah was to be the Greatest Servant of All, yet is the ONE who is the Light of the World, the ONE who lights our light and makes us to shine.   He was a servant for life because He loved us and paid the surrender-Bride-Family-price of Exodus 21.
Here is the verse;  Psalms 40
6 Sacrifice and offering You did not desire;
         My ears You have opened. (in Hebrew-Open=Karah=to pierce)
         Burnt offering and sin offering You did not require.
 7 Then I said, “Behold, I come;
         In the scroll of the book it is written of me.
 8 I delight(surrender) to do Your will, O my God,
         And Your law is within my heart.”
Again Isaiah speaks of another example of the greatest servant of All.  Not only does the Lord awaken us and speak to us.  But again this speaks of the surrender of the Messiah who would be beaten, His beard pulled out, mocked and spit upon, for US.  He is the GREATEST SERVANT OF ALL.
Here are Isaiah`s words;
Isaiah 50
He wakens me morning by morning,
   wakens my ear to listen like one being instructed.
5 The Sovereign LORD has opened my ears; (in Hebrew opened=pathach=to engrave or throw open a doorway)  I have not been rebellious,
   I have not turned away.
6 I offered my back to those who beat me,
   my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard;
I did not hide my face
   from mocking and spitting.
7 Because the Sovereign LORD helps me,
   I will not be disgraced.
Therefore have I set my face like flint, (in surrender),
   and I know I will not be put to shame.
8 He who vindicates me is near.
   Who then will bring charges against me?

In the book to the Hebrews this is again repeated.
Here it is; Hebrews 10
4Because the blood of bulls and goats is powerless to take sins away.
    5Hence, when He [Christ] entered into the world, He said, Sacrifices and offerings You have not desired, but instead You have made ready a body for Me [to offer];
    6In burnt offerings and sin offerings You have taken no delight.
    7Then I said, Behold, here I am, coming to do Your will, O God--[to fulfill] what is written of Me in the volume of the Book.
16This is the agreement (testament, covenant) that I will set up and conclude with them after those days, says the Lord: I will imprint My laws upon their hearts, and I will inscribe them on their minds (on their inmost thoughts and understanding),
    17He then goes on to say, And their sins and their lawbreaking I will remember no more.
    18Now where there is absolute remission (forgiveness and cancellation of the penalty) of these [sins and lawbreaking], there is no longer any offering made to atone for sin.
    19Therefore, brethren, since we have full freedom and confidence to enter into the [Holy of] Holies [by the power and virtue] in the blood of Yeshua,
    20By this fresh (new) and living way which He initiated and dedicated and opened for us through the separating curtain (veil of the Holy of Holies), that is, through His flesh,
    21And since we have [such] a great and wonderful and noble Priest [Who rules] over the house of God,
    Dear friends, Yeshua is Salvation.  Yeshua surrendered His body as a sacrifice in the place of the animals to atone(cover over) our sin(missing the mark).  The perfect Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the whole world.  He is also the Doorway that we will walk through to get to eternal life.  Today, have you walked in your journey through the DOORWAY to eternal LIFE? It is Yeshua, he is Salvation, and he is Messiah of the world.  Every nation, culture, language and tongue are precious in His sight! You my friend are precious in His sight, and you are engraved upon the palms of His hands.

GOD`S PROMISES ARE ALWAYS "YES"

 Do you know that It is impossible for God to lie?  He keeps His word. His word is a VOW or PROMISE to us.  What He says and what He does are all the same.
He is the same yesterday, today and forever.  We are the ones that need to change into His likeness.  Our heavenly Father does not change.  For this very reason we have a refuge and hope in Him that is an anchor for our lives. (Heb. 6:18-19)
His Word that has been spoken will not return without a harvest in our lives - if we walk in obedience to it.  It is also the same with what we say with our mouths.  There will be a harvest.  We need to renew our minds by knowing the Word of God and hearing the voice of Spirit. 
If we walk according to the Flesh, there be a harvest of the Flesh.
If we walk according to the Spirit, (think and act upon those things which are pure, lovely, praise worthy, and virtuous), our harvest will be according to the Spirit.

Today the question is; do I keep my word and am I speaking and walking according to the Flesh or the Spirit?
God is transforming us into His image every day as we surrender our lives to Him.  Our Father is good  and always keeps His word.  Let us be people who keep our Word also. Maybe we should not be so quick to say YES to something we will not be able to follow through with.  Let your Yes be Yes, and your No be No.  Do not be swayed to say Yes, because of fearing what man may think.  I know how this works.  I have been plagued by this myself.  God has helped me to be able to say No - even to good things.  Priorities in our lives are so important.  Everyone will not always like you.  STAND UP AND BE WHO GOD MADE YOU TO BE-BUT MAKE SURE IT IS WITH GENTLENESS AND RESPECT TO ALL.
We can stand in confidence and know the God we serve always does what is best even when we do not understand it.
Ps. 13
5But I have trusted, leaned on, and been confident in Your mercy and loving-kindness; my heart shall rejoice and be in high spirits in Your salvation.
    6I will sing to the Lord, because He has dealt bountifully with me.

FAMINE FROM HEARING THE WORD OF THE LORD. WHY AM I DRY? HAVE I WORSHIPED?

 Amos speaks of a time in history where there would be a famine from hearing the Word of the Lord.  This famine would be greater than a lack of bread and water.
Here is the scripture Amos 8:11.
Behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord GOD,

      “ That I will send a famine on the land,
      Not a famine of bread,
      Nor a thirst for water,
      But of hearing the words of the LORD.
       12 They shall wander from sea to sea,
      And from north to east;
      They shall run to and fro, seeking the word of the LORD,

Hearing in hebrew is shaw-mah.  It means; to hearken, obey, publish, understand, diligently, sound, declare, discern, noise,  
perceive, tell,  and reported.

This is speaking of a time in history when the Word of God would be rare, and hearing the prophetic utterance of the Lord in your ear would be rare.  Why would this happen?  It happens because first, our ears are closed to Holy Spirit and second, we are not acting on what Holy Spirit is saying and our hearts become hardened.  When we do not act upon the promptings we get from Holy Spirit, we hear less and less.  This is like a disobedient child that dismisses what the parent is telling them.  True rebellion is having an ear that is TOTALY closed.  Similar to having a hard heart.
Third, we will not believe what is being said by Holy Spirit, is for us and we do not discern it to be Holy Spirit that is speaking to us.    Thus, we do not have the ability to discern or understand what is being said by Holy Spirit.  In the same way that rain softens the ground in the physical.  Famine and drought are present when there is no RAIN. When our hearts are hard(PRIDEFUL), it is a result of, NO RAIN of Holy Spirit in our lives. 
So the question is; how can I get the RAIN of Holy Spirit?  In Zech. 14:16 it says that the people that did not worship, would receive no RAIN.
So next question is; HAVE YOU WORSHIPED LATELY?
If I have FAMINE, hard ground, no rain; then I must not be WORSHIPING.  See, the problems of our lives will disappear when we begin to worship our King.
Today, am I worshiping my problems or am I worshiping my King?