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Prophets Of Surrender

The Humble Servants Of Yahweh The Humble Servants Of Yahweh Throughout the Bible, we see many of the Heavenly Father’s prophets walking in deep humility and obedience. Their devotion to the Lord is so sincere and powerful that it often stirs a healthy envy within us. Not jealousy, but a longing to walk with God the way they did. As disciples, we desire that same level of surrender, submission, and closeness with the Lord. And this is because we desire to see the effects that these disciples would see in the Old Testament. When the Heavenly Father walked with His disciples and called them to deliver a message, whether to His holy people or to another town, he stayed close to them. Every assignment came with his presence. When he sent them, he went with them and guided them with his presence and living word. When we look at the prophet Abraham, we see a man who obeyed the Heavenly Father with complete trust. Abraham left his hometown and his father’s house to go into the wilderness simply because The Heavenly Father called him. His obedience positioned him for the promise. After Abraham surrendered and followed Yahweh’s instruction, the Lord promised him a son, a gift from the Heavenly Father to Abraham and Sarah. This promise was not just a blessing, but a testimony of what happens when we walk in faith and obedience before the Lord. As Abraham continued his walk with the Lord over the years, he obeyed the Heavenly Father with consistency and humility. Because of his submission, the Lord blessed him abundantly, granting him great wealth, honor, and the long‑awaited child of promise. Yahweh elevated Abraham to such a degree that even kings felt threatened by his presence in their land. We also can’t forget that Abraham actually encountered the Heavenly Father face‑to‑face. When he welcomed Him and two of His angels into his camp, fed them, and spoke with them. This moment shows the depth of Abraham’s relationship with Yahweh that one builds on obedience, reverence, and intimate fellowship. When the Heavenly Father prepared to bring judgment upon Sodom, He first visited Abraham, because Lot was living in that city. Abraham walked closely with the Lord, witnessing miracles and mighty works that shaped his life. That faithfulness didn’t end with him; it overflowed into the generations that followed. Another prophet who followed the Lord and witnessed extraordinary works was the prophet Elijah. Elijah was deeply submitted to the Heavenly Father, and because of his obedience, he saw wonders in his lifetime that revealed God’s power and authority. His faith was so strong that he was able to call down fire from heaven to confront Jezebel’s false prophets, those who were misleading the Lord’s holy people. Jezebel deceived the Lord’s people by accusing an innocent man of transgressing against God. Her lies stirred the people to stone him, all because she wanted to give her husband, King Ahab, the man’s plot of land. This woman was so wicked that she cunningly used the Lord‘s own laws against the Lord’s innocent people by twisting them as a daughter as Satan would by using deception, manipulation, and false witness to achieve her desires.When the Lord sent Elijah to deliver his message to the holy people and to confront Jezebel and her prophets who were misleading the Lord’s holy people, Elijah did just as the Lord wanted by glorifying the Lord in the holy peoples eyes. Elijah walked in such deep submission to the Heavenly Father that the power of God flowed through him in extraordinary ways. He could run faster than chariots. He could call down fire from heaven. He could pray and stop the rain, and pray again to release it. Elijah also had the privilege of receiving an audience with the Heavenly Father Himself. He knew the Lord’s voice so clearly that he could distinguish it from every other voice. He received food from angels to strengthen him for the journey ahead, showing how intimately the Father cared for him and equipped him. Elijah was a servant fully submitted to Yahweh, and because of that surrender, he witnessed wonders that revealed God’s glory. He not only walked with the Lord, he poured into the next generation of disciples, passing on the mantle and preparing others to continue the work of the Kingdom. This next profit is someone who is rarely even talked about, and his name is Enoch, and this prophet is known for being taken up into the heavens by the Heavenly Father. There’s only a few sentences in the Bible that refers to Enoch walking with the Heavenly Father so closely “that he was not”. Because of this, there’s so many people who will say today that they want to walk so closely with The Heavenly Father that they want to be a “was not too.” The prophet Enoch also dealt with giants during his time. Enoch did not fight the giants or anything like that but they were around because of the angels that mixed with human women and they created giants on the earth. He was given visions and insight of the world that Yahweh has created beyond what we know, and deep understanding about things that people would love to be able to have knowledge about. Enoch walked with The Heavenly Father and in his books he wrote about his encounter with the Lord, and the unbelievable things that he had seen that was going on in the Heavenly Kingdom. And if you ever have time, you should read those books. All three of these profits walked so closely with the Lord that they had an effect on the world around them and they had a encounter with The Heavenly Father that people would love to have as followers of Christ, or if they would give the Lord a chance. We can learn how much can we give to the heavenly father to surrender ourselves to the Lord to obey

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The Lies Of Satan

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The Lies Of Satan Satan’s Lies vs God’s Truth “Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and I am here. I came not of my own accord, but he sent me. Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot bear to hear my word. You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies. But because I tell the truth, you do not believe me. Which one of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me? Whoever is of God hears the words of God. The reason why you do not hear them is that you are not of God.””John‬ ‭8‬:‭42‬-‭47‬ ‭ESV‬‬ During Yahusha’s 3½‑year ministry, He often encountered the Pharisees, who constantly challenged Him for not following their strict interpretation of the law of Moses. In one of these confrontations, Yahusha told them plainly that they did not belong to the heavenly Father. Instead, He said they belonged to the one whose works they did. Their actions, blocked people from the path of salvation, rejecting truth, and resisting Yahweh’s purpose, revealed that their true father was Satan. This truth enraged the Pharisees, because they believed their prayers, worship, and adherence to Moses’ laws made them righteous before Yahweh’s eyes. Yet Yahusha exposed that their deeds told a different story. Through this encounter, our Lord and Savior was teaching that the way we live, the choices we make, and the deeds we practice reveal whether we belong to the Lord or to the devil. Hearing our Lord and Savior say these things to the Pharisees can be a little scary. Because it’s not a question that’s just for them, but it’s also a question for us to ask ourselves as followers of Christ. How much more do we allow Satan’s words and his lies to get into our lives and change our perspective on our father. What is it that we should be doing for the Lord in this time and in this hour. It is extremely important for us to pray and stay in supplication and asking the Lord what is it that we should be doing? How can we help? How can we surrender? and how much more do we need to learn? Satan is known as the father of lies, meanings that he has children and they do what it is that their father does, and it also means that he produced more like himself. For Satan to lie to someone is to miss lead them, to miss guide them, to take them out of alignment with the Lord, and to lead them to destruction. When we are away from the Lord, we are losing our covering that he has for us to protect us from lies deception and falsehood of the enemies. “We do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places., Ephesians 6:12”

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Prayer In The Book Of Psalms

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Prayer In The Book Of Psalms “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever.” Psalm‬ ‭23‬:‭1‬-‭6‬ ‭ESV‬‬ The book of Psalms is one of the most versatile books that you could possibly ever read. It is a book of poetry, a book of songs, a book of worship, and a book of spiritual warfare. It has lamentations of the people created by the writers, and praise and honor for the Lord! When I first began to read Psalms, the Lord actually brought me to particular passages that were about spiritual warfare. So, my first introduction and interaction to Psalms was when I first had to deal with spiritual warfare. Before then I have never read the book of Psalms, nor did I know any of the verses. But when our Heavenly Father introduced me to the book of Psalms, it was a game changer in my walk with the Lord. Psalms are a deep pouring out of pain and frustration during the writers’ lives, and especially during times of happiness, joy, and praise! Most people refer to the book of Psalms as a collection of poetic works and full of songs. But it also is a warrior book teaching beginners and even advanced people on how to pray, and approach The Most High Yahweh in prayer boldly. Psalms is the book that brings to life healing, restoration, and peace during times of conflict and even uncertainty. Understand that Psalms are written by not only King David, but also other disciples, such as The Sons of Korah, Asaph, Solomon, and even Moses. The Psalms are a deep calling out and praise for our Lord Yahweh! “Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers. The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives away. Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous; for the Lord knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.” ‭‭Psalm‬ ‭1‬:‭1‬-‭6‬ ‭ESV‬‬ When you take the time to really dive deep into the depths of Psalms, one of the first things that should pop out to you is prayer, and the power of prayer. If you are ever struggling with prayer and how to even begin to seek the Lord, then looking into the written works of King David will get your prayers with The Most High Yahweh going. King David was known as a man after Yahweh’s own heart, and he was also a passionate harp player. King David went through a lot of trials and tribulations where people tried to take his life including King Saul. So King David has been through a lot of situations in his lifetime, and this is what made him become so passionate in his prayers and writings that he made to our Heavenly Father. So when you actually read King Davis prayers you will begin to notice a pattern in his prayers: First he loves to talk about how wonderful, all powerful, and mighty the Heavenly Father is. He calls on the Lord asking him to not to forget him and giving the Lord all glory and praise, or declaring the Lord over his situation. Second King David will talk about what situation he is going through and what the enemy is doing to him that is giving him so much strife. Third King David will ask the Lord to save him from his situation and declare the Lord victorious by bringing up the the Almighty power of Yahweh. And then, of course, at the end of David’s message, he will say that he will begin to give the Lord all glory and praise for everything. If you need more information on how to pray, then studying the book of Psalms and reading the love, passion, surrender, and lamentations that is written from King David will move not only you but mountains too. “I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence. He will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and buckler.” Psalm‬ ‭91‬:‭2‬-‭4‬ ‭ESV‬‬ The power of prayer is so important that it allows us to be able to communicate to our Heavenly Father, and petition him for situations that we are going through. Prayer is so important that is even a part of the holy armor. Most people only mention the six pieces of armor, which is the helmet of salvation, the breast plate of righteousness, the belt of truth, the shield of faith, the shoes of peace, and the sword of the spirit. and people actually forget about two other elements of the holy armor, and that is the power of prayer and the ability to speak boldly. Prayer is so important that even during the book of

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Romans 5: 17-19

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Romans 5: 17-19 By One We Fell, By Another We Are Risen! “For if by one man’s offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ. Therefore, as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life. For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.” Romans 5:17-19 KJVFor by one we fell, but by another, we are risen! This is so important to our walk with The Heavenly Father that we are able to be risen again by one who is our Lord and Savior, Yahushua. That we are able to take hold of the covenant, thanks to our Lord, who has died for our sins and rose to sit at the right hand of our Elohim. When Adam and Eve had fallen from grace with The Heavenly Father and they lost their covering, they took the rest of humanity that came after them with them. This brought in sin to humanity and separation from our Heavenly Father for the rest of the generations after. The first sin in the world was when Cain killed Abel, and this introduced sin into the world after Eden. This caused for the next generations after to have sin close to them in a way where it affects them so much it keeps them from making a connection with their Elohim. There are only two kingdoms out there, and that is, the kingdom of heaven which is life, and the kingdom of darkness which is death, and we are in a battle for our souls. The question is which kingdom are you a part of? Which kingdom do you surrender to? Do you align with life, or do you align with death? Because there are only two kingdoms and you are only with God or you are a person who is with the devil. All of us who are believers walk in Christ and the road becomes very narrow and narrow and narrower than ever before. The Heavenly Father is weaving it down to where people are having to choose either the ways of the world, which is the ways of evil and darkness or the ways of our Heavenly Father, which is seeking first the kingdom of heaven and then all these other things that we desire and need will be given to us. “The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: He leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. Psalm 23:1-3 KJV We need to realize that every time that we step out of our house we are in a spiritual battle, we are in a war and this enemy is trying to take us out. By taking out the people we love, by taking out ourselves and by taking out our connection with Yahweh, our God! Our Elohim, our Lord of Spirits! And even the enemy will dwindle your connection with the Lord in the way that you think about him. The Lord confronted me about my own thought process one time and it was about a topic that a lot of us women are confronted with all the time in the world. He asked me inside my heart, why do I think so negatively in the way that I do because those thoughts are decay. What I learned was that our thoughts can separate us from The Heavenly Father, and they can be thoughts that comes from darkness or from the heavenly kingdom.We need to realize that we are surrounded by a kingdom of darkness that will distract us with every little thing that it’s got to try and pull us away from righteousness. We have to start realizing that we are being played here, were being tricked out of our salvation, our live and souls forever. Our lives that we have here on earth are but a vapor, but the enemy is trying to take the one after this, the everlasting life in the presence of The Heavenly Father. When our Lord Yahushua died on the cross, he died for all of our sins so that we would be washed clean by the blood of the lamb. His sacrifice took away all of our transgressions so that we would be made new before our heavenly father. And when he rose after three days and went up to heaven to ascend to The Father, we were all risen with him in Christ. Although we may have fallen into a world of sin that was cut off from The Heavenly Father because of the fall of Adam, we are now grafted back into redemption and everlasting life because of the sacrifice of our Lord and Savior Yahushua Hamashiach. If you enjoyed this writing then perhaps you will enjoy the podcast video of this blog post: By One We Fell, By Another We Are Risen! If you are interested, please click the link and enjoy the video, stay tuned for the next episode. Video link: By One We Fell, By Another We Are Risen! or you can watch the video below https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHLDIJZWdwQ

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Keeping Your Eyes On The Father

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Keeping Your Eyes On The Father Trust The Lord! In the book of Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego came against a really difficult decision. To either obey the world‘s king Nebuchadnezzar and bow down to his false god, or to obey their one and only true Elohim. Who has always been there for them and has liberated them whenever trouble came their way. Because of Nebuchadnezzar’s threat to worship the false god or die, these three boys faced a challenge that tried to take their faith and take away their lives at the same time. But they knew something that the others did not. While everyone else worshiped false idols and had ill placed hope in things that would not provide for them, they new they had the one true living God with them. They had on their side the one true Lord of Spirits who would backed them up through everything, Yahweh! They were willing to risk their lives to stand in their faith and belief in The Heavenly Father, and in the end these three boys were saved from a fiery pit that they were thrown into by Nebuchadnezzar’s men. And after Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego where thrown into the fire pit, Nebuchadnezzar saw four in the fire instead of three! Because the Lord was in the fire with them! So they were never alone through the challenge that they were going through, but instead the Lord was with them in the fire. When we keep our eyes on the heavenly father strongholds break mountains move things that we have been struggling with begins to just fall away and melt away. This is something that happened to me whenever an evil tried to come against me and try to take my mind into a negative space. The Lord has been working on me to think positively and to remove negative thinking because it counters what he’s trying to do and it actually encourages the kingdom of darkness to be more in your life and you’ll get more of that instead of the Lord’s righteous ways. So I noticed that my thought process was in a downward negative spiral and I cast it out. I said no this is not how I’m going to think, this is how I’m gonna think. I’m gonna bring in the kingdom of heaven into my thought process, love, kindness, generosity, caring, love of your neighbors and even the assembly. Keeping our eyes on The Heavenly Father calls down all of the blessings and gifts from the heavenly kingdom that he already has lined up for us, and this also brings his righteousness into our lives. Shadrack Meshach in the Bendigo are not the only ones who had to keep their eyes on the heavenly father to get out of their fiery pit. But also Peter, who was one of the 12 disciples also had to keep his eyes on Yahoo Shia when he was in the storm so that he would not drown. When Peter was in the storm out at sea with the other 12 disciples in the boat, he told the Lord to call him out there to the water and he would go out there, and he did, and he kept his eyes on Yahoo the entire time. But when he took his eyes off of him and began to look at the storm that was all around him, raging and crashing against the boat and hearing all of that destruction and waves in that loudness, and that roar from the waves, he began to fall in sync and he had to call for the heavenly father to come and get him and of course the Lord saved him. We must keep our eyes on the heavenly father and not on the storm. If you enjoyed this writing then perhaps you will enjoy the podcast video of this blog post: Keeping Your Eyes On The Father. If you are interested, please click the link and enjoy the video, stay tuned for the next episode. Video link: Keeping Your Eyes On The Father or you can watch the video below https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4dV7nWY5RE

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The Book of Genesis

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The Book of Genesis The Book of Genesis Summary “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.” Genesis‬ ‭1‬:‭1‬-‭3‬ ‭KJV‬‬ Introduction The book of Genesis focuses on the beginning of creation and how our Heavenly Father started everything. When reading Genesis we pay close attention on how The Heavenly Father intended for creation to be, and we really follow what the Lord is doing with his people. We break down Genesis into five sections: Adam and Eve, Noah and the ark, Abraham‘s story, Jacob and Israel, and Joseph’s dreams. These are the five sections that really describe what is going on in the book of Genesis, and reveals the beginning of Yahweh’s work with creation. “And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.” Genesis‬ ‭2‬:‭7‬-‭9‬ ‭KJV‬‬ Adam and Eve When Yahweh created Adam from the dust of the ground he intended for him to be made in his likeness “And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness…- Genesis 1: 26″ after he did this, he put Adam into the garden of Eden to tend to the garden and keep it. he also gave him the animals to be head ship over. Soon after Eve was created for Adam by the Lord, Most High Yahweh. they were both placed in the garden of Eden to live and dwell there. They were given only one rule “not to eat from the tree of good and evil.” Unfortunately, as we all know, Adam and Eve were both tricked into eating from the tree that they were forbidden to eat from. This act of disobedience caused a fall for Adam and Eve that could only be healed by The Heavenly Father himself. Adam and Eve were both cast out out of the garden of Eden, where they had an easier life of living, and overseeing the Lord‘s creations. To being sent to where we reside now, and Losing the holy covering that Adam and Eve carried at first. This leads us to the next story of Noah and the Ark. Noah And The Ark During the time of Noah was a time of peak rebellion from the Lord‘s creations to the heavenly father. The rebellion was coming from not only the Lord’s human creations, but also from some angels and this also created giants upon the Earth. This is a time where human beings have created their own gods made by their own hands, and they worship them. This has caused them to forget their own one and only true Elohim, and to not look forward to their redemption with him. when the Lord looked at the Earth and saw that everything had fallen apart, he made the decision that he was going to destroy all of creation, but he found one to have favor upon, and that was Noah and his family. Noah obeyed with the Lord had instructed him to do and created what we all know as the Ark that carried him, his family, and the animals to safety. during the time that Noah was building the art, he also went out and warned people about the coming flood. But people did not listen to him in fact, they did not even believe that what he was talking about would even happen. So when the floods came and the door was shut, all those people who chose not to believe were locked out this leads us to our next topic of Abraham‘s journey. Abraham’s Journey When we look at Abraham we are inspired to look at the relationship between Abraham and ABBA father. The Lord had called Abraham friend because he was someone who would listen to the Lord’s every word and trust in him. Anything that he told him to do, Abraham would do with out hesitation. when Abraham was instructed by the Lord to leave his father‘s home and to go out into the wilderness, that he was going to bless him with not only with an incredible nation, but also with his own son. Although Abraham did leave and trusted the Lord in where all he was supposed to go, sometimes he doubted or wondered how something was going to come to pass. Abraham and Sarah wondered how the Lord was going to give them a son in their old age. But Abraham trusted the Lord so much that he also took his wife, Sarah, and servants out on this journey with the Lord. Even his nephew Lot went with him, but at some point they had to separate. As Abraham continued on with his journey in The Heavenly Father, he stayed true, and in the faith with the Lord, and trusted that everything the Lord have promised would come to pass. After he had Isaac, he took Isaac all the way up to the top of the mountain, where they were going to sacrifice him to the Lord, and Abraham trusted that the Lord would still fulfill his promise that Isaac would be the child that many nations would come from. Of course, we all know that the Lord did not take Isaac’s life, but instead promised that he would send his own son to take the place of his people. As time went on, Isaac grew

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Trust!

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Trust! There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear For I know the plans I have for you declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. Jeremiah 29: 11 Trusting in our Heavenly Father is the one of the most important things that we could ever do in our walk in Christ. Trust in our Lord is one of the foundations of which we stand on in following him. One thing that the Lord taught me in the beginning of my walk was to correct my stance and my posture on how I approached him. And it was about how I trusted him. I had such a difficult time trusting in my walk in Christ that it showed in how I spoke to people, in my finances, and how I viewed everyone else around me. The Heavenly Father could see it plain as day in the way that I spoke with him, and I wouldn’t come to him for any help with my situations, and I had an attitude. We don’t even realize how much of our attitude really comes across and shows the Lord how much we really trust him. When I think about Abraham and Lot’s story, I can really see how much Abraham surrendered fully to the Lord. That he trusted him and believed in him that the Lord would deliver on all of his promises, and that he would fulfill what he was going to do for him. Lot on the other hand, who is Abraham‘s nephew, did not trust in Yahweh. It is not that he didn’t know who The Heavenly Father was, it’s just that he did not trust or have a connection with the most high Yahweh. When we show trust and we give our Heavenly Father all of our trust, we are showing him that we believe in him. We are showing him that we know that he is going to come through with what he promised us. So we are willing to go forth and do our part without even being given anything just yet because we have trust in him, we have faith in him. We know he’s going to deliver on what it is that he said he was going to do, but more than that, we trust that the Lord is going to be there for us throughout it all. That he’s never going to abandon us, and that he’s never going to leave us. That’s what Abraham understood about our Lord, even when Isaac’s life was on the line. Meaning when the Lord asked Abraham to deliver up Isaac as a living sacrifice, Abraham trusted in the Lord that he would deliver his son back to him. Abraham knew that The Heavenly Father was going to bring back Isaac, because the promise went through Isaac not through Ishmael. So how much do we actually trust in our Lord like Abraham? Our heavenly father is going to deliver on anything that he says to us. We have to give him our all so that we can understand how faithful he truly is. Guidance!

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Guidance!

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Guidance! The Lord establishes your steps. “The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps.” this is a verse from proverbs 16:9 and it is a really great wisdom book that has clear instructions on how to be very wise with the decisions that you make in life. Especially when you’re following The Heavenly Father. It talks about how people will make their plans, but how the Lord is the one who guides you in the path that you should actually go. Guidance is very similar to surrender and obedience, and I have talked about each of these if you are interesting to read about them. When you allow our Lord to guide your footsteps he begins to take you in to places that you would never have been able to get to on your own. And actually I do believe that it’s Yahushua who guide your footsteps because the Lord Yahweh gave him to us, and us to him, and so he is over us. But guidance is so important to our walk with Yahweh because the whole entire world is under the Lord‘s feet. The world is a footstool to The Heavenly Father. And when we are guided by the Lord, everything is under his power, and the world is something that he has created. Now the dysfunction in his world comes from man’s disobedience, but everything is under the Lord’s power. When we go against The Heavenly Fathers will and we do things on our own, that is when we find out that he is still in control. We will end up going where he wants us to go not where we want to go. For a lot of us who are followers in Christ this can be really wonderful, because we love The Heavenly Father. We want him guide us in everything righteous and true and we want to know what he has for us at the end of our walk, or at the beginning, or just enjoying the journey on its own. Guidance actually may seem like as if it is opinionated, or as if it’s not a full requirement. But it’s not a suggestive quality, it actually is the exact same thing as surrendering. With guidance, you have to give up your own desires. You have to give up your own ways in life. You have to look towards The Heavenly Father and seek first the heavenly kingdom, and then all other things will be given to you. When it comes to surrendering and obedience, its very obvious that your will be giving up something when you see those words. But guidance makes you think that you can have is an option, like as if you don’t have to choose to follow the Lord. Like as if you can be with the Lord, and do your own thing at the same time. Make me to know your ways, O Lord; teach me your paths. Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all the day long. Psalm 25:4-5 ES SURRENDER! Trust!

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SURRENDER!

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SURRENDER! it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me The writing of SURRENDER!, is actually a video that have come out on my podcast: Bible Study Ministries. If you enjoyed this writing then perhaps you will enjoy the video of this blog post. If you are interested, please click the link and enjoy the video stay tuned for the second episode. Video link: Joseph’s Dreams 2 I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Romans 12: 1-2 Surrender is one of the most fulfilling things that you can do in your walk with our Lord Yahushua, our Lord and savior Jesus Christ. There’s so much that we don’t understand about surrender, and what it actually does for us as followers of Christ. Surrendering to the Heavenly Father can really open righteous doors and a way of life that you never knew existed. Surrendering is not giving up like how the world sees it, it’s actually gaining whenever you are surrendering to The Heavenly Father. You are actually gaining more when you give up your own way, and you begin to walk in the way that the Lord has already paved for you. This allows you to walk with Yahweh in a complete way. Where your experience in the world is not false victory but being truly free, whole, and complete in The Heavenly Father. Thanks to our Lord Yahweh, we have references of true surrender. When we look at the holy Bible and we pay close attention to the Lord‘s holy people. We’ll see that they walked with him in a different way than others did who where in the world. Where they were so surrendered the Lord began to take affect in their lives in a way that we would’ve never dreamed possible. But there are key people in the Bible, who knew about this secret of surrender in what doors it opened from the heavenly Kingdom. “Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.” 1 Peter‬ ‭5‬:‭6‬-‭8‬ ‭NIV‬‬ Someone who really saw the secrets of surrender and the effects in their life, and even struggled with it in the beginning was Moses. When we look at Moses and how he first started walking with The Heavenly Father, he did not want to be called. Actually Moses tried to tell the Lord “forgive me, my Lord, would you please call someone else?” He even angered The Heavenly Father because he was so doubtful in himself in going to deliver the holy people from Egypt. But when Moses surrendered to The Heavenly father and obeyed what the Lord asked of him to do, he began to see the Lord‘s power move in his life. And because he was surrendered an obedient, thousands of the Lord’s people were able to leave Egypt. And see miracles that they would’ve never have seen if it wasn’t for being surrendered to our Lord Yahweh. Moses was able to walk up to the Pharaoh and tell him to let the Lord‘s people go, so already we’re seeing the confidence in Moses elevating. Then every single time the Pharaoh ignored the Lord Yahweh’s request a disaster would hit Egypt. Calamities, frogs, locus, they’re drinking water in the river would turn to blood. These are just a few things that would happen when the Lord was able to move through Moses, because Moses had his staff that he would always use to make things happen. And the staff was a gift from the Lord himself. And the wonders didn’t stop there, once the holy people left Egypt and they were in the wilderness. The Lord still kept giving them, blessings upon blessings upon blessings. But the Lord has also shown what happens when you do not surrender. When the holy people kept looking back at Egypt, and they kept desiring the leaks, the Garlic, the comfort despite the fact that they were being mistreated there was nothing that the Lord could do. But the Lord still continued on with his plans with the next generation when it comes to the holy people, he worked through the children. When you are surrendered to The Heavenly Father, he can do much miracles through you, and he still does this today. The Lord is raising people from the dead that we’ve never heard of because the news doesn’t report it. The Lord is healing peoples sicknesses and illnesses, and he’s actually even keeping us with the very breath that are in our bodies. So we can always ask ourselves today what more can we surrender to the Lord Yahweh, and how much more can we ask The Heavenly Father to help us in surrendering? The writing of SURRENDER! It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me, is actually a video that have come out on my podcast: THE MESSAGE. If you enjoyed this writing then perhaps you will enjoy the video of this blog post. If you are interested, please click the link and enjoy the video stay tuned for the second episode. Video link:SURRENDER! It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. OBEDIENCE? Guidance!

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Do We Have Obedience?

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Do We Have Obedience? What does the Bible say about obedience? “Don’t you know that when you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey—whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness?” ‭‭Romans‬ ‭6‬:‭16‬ ‭NIV‬‬ Obedience to the heavenly father is greater than gold itself, he actually says that “obedience is greater than sacrifice” 1 Samuel 15: 22. For a lot of us this is really hard, and I mean all of us. There’s not a single person on this planet who does not struggle with obedience even in the smallest factor. But obedience in The Heavenly Father is so vital and is so important to our walk, that it shows how much we as his followers and disciples surrender to him. But it doesn’t mean that we wont still have struggle with obedience in The Heavenly Father. In the Bible, the word talks about obedience as who it is that you obey and surrender to has a huge impact on you. If you happen to obey wickedness and darkness you’ll find yourself on the opposite end of The Heavenly Father, who you surrender to is who you end up obeying. When you surrender to something and it’s not from the heavenly kingdom, you are actually in darkness. This is very detrimental to our walk because we’ll find ourselves in a situation where we think we’re doing right, but we’re actually doing wrong. For example, if a person is a giver, people don’t realize you can actually have two different types of giver spirits. One is a giver from the heavenly kingdom where they give out of love compassion and a really do not expect anything in return, not even a thank you sometimes. A person who has a giver spirit from the world, they give but they do expect a thank you every time and actually might get a little hurt and a little insulted if they don’t receive that thank you and self praise. The difference is when someone do something for you in the world the thank you goes to the person, when someone does something in honor of the Lord the thank you goes up to the Lord. This is because when we as Christians and Believers in Christ give something to some one else in need there is an understanding of, what we have to give comes from The Lord not us as the followers. Surrendering to The Heavenly Father is more about surrendering yourself, surrendering your body, surrendering your attention, and who it is that you surrender everything to. “But Samuel replied: “Does the Lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the Lord? To obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams.” 1 Samuel‬ ‭15‬:‭22‬ ‭NIV‬‬ Jonah was a profit of the Lord, who was sent by The Heavenly Father to Nineveh to give a prophetic word to them of a warning. That if they did not turn their ways around and turn from their wicked ways, he was going to overthrow Nineveh. And Jonah decided out of nowhere that he was going to run away from the presence of God. He was going to go off in disobedience in The Heavenly Father and not go to Neva and give that prophetic word to them. Obedience in our heavenly father is so important when we obey him and we are given a task to do. It’s important to do it because Jonah running away from what he was supposed to do was supposed to help a town full of people. Jonah did not want to go and save those people because he felt like as if they didn’t deserve it he thought that they deserve to be destroyed. But very often we do not understand how important it is that a person is saved over trying to just destroy them. That doesn’t mean that there are not consequences for a person sin. But when you know what can happen to a person if they are separated from Yahweh, you would not be so willing to not go and tell them the prophetic word. When people do not receive the Lord‘s word inside of them and they don’t receive that message that takes them from 0 to 100, they live in perpetual sin continuously without the understanding of what it is that they’re supposed to change from. The word is a double edge sword, not only does it cut down what is attacking, but it cuts down what is in the yields heart also. People also end up in hell when they live in sin, and it is not a vacation. Hell is a place where they torture you and humiliate you over and over and over again. It’s a really horrible place and it’s not something that I would want for my worst enemy. I would rather my enemy to learn from their mistakes, hear the word be changed and become a brother or sister in Christ. The writing of: Do We Have Obedience?, is actually a video that have come out from my podcast: Bible Study Ministries. If you enjoyed this writing then perhaps you will enjoy the video of this blog post. If you are interested, please click the link and enjoy the video stay tuned for the second episode. Video link: Do We Have Obedience? Joseph’s Dreams 2 SURRENDER!

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