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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

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

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!

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!

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!

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!