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Today 4 Years Divorced, My Feelings and Message

Today 4 Years Divorced, My Feelings and Message

Peace and faith

Hold Tight Till I Bless You

(#223 from Suffer Well Devotional Series©)

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Yahweh will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace. (Exodus 14:14)

Whose battle do you think will be most difficult? Will I have trouble defeating your foes? Is My Right Arm not long enough to protect you? When My servant Mosheh (Moses) told you to, “hold your peace,” did you understand the magnitude of his words?

You see My loved one, holding your peace oftentimes means fighting to keep it. My battle is already won, but your fight is to keep your peace by trusting that My word will be fulfilled in your life. You can only lose your peace if you lose sight of Me. You cry out to Me for more faith, but you must follow the pattern I’ve put in place to build your faith. What pattern? Have I not written that, “Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by My word?” (Romans 10:17) You need to focus on what is required of you and leave the rest to Me. If you want the faith to believe all I say, then go into My word and get all the faith you need. Would you prefer it another way? Do you believe that your way is better than Mine?

Listen to Me My precious one. Listen to My still small voice. When I tell you something, you can bet your life on it. You can bet your eternity on the idea that My word is your vehicle to a greater faith because I have made it so. All you need to do to hold your peace is to stay rooted and grounded in love (Ephesians 3:17). And love is perfected in those who keep My word (1 John 2:5). I Am love! My Son is love! My Spirit is love!

So, you can hold your peace by increasing your faith by knowing My word, and I will handle all of your battles; I promise. Now, will you make Me a promise? Will you promise to hold your peace? Will you increase your faith by searching My word? In addition to peace, your great reward will include closer communion with Me, the Creator of peace in your conscience.

To our loved readers: Yahweh’s words are a gift; take from them freely and grow. Hold your peace by fighting to keep it as did Ya’aqob (Jacob) when he wrestled with the Almighty (Genesis 32:24-30). Exercise spiritual tenacity like he did when he held on like a pit bull till he was blessed. “I will not let You go unless You bless me!” (Genesis 32:26) Yes,”The Kingdom of Heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force.” (Matthew 11:12) The Kingdom is only established with such dogged vehemence.

Ya’aqob gripped tight with a “spiritual violence” and would not let go till all was accomplished. And for persevering he was rewarded with his new identity, the one who prevails with the Almighty. “Your name shall no longer be called Ya’aqob [the supplanted conscience], but Israyl [the conscience that strives with and for Yahweh]; for you have struggled with the Mighty One and with men, and have prevailed.” (Genesis 32:28)

Fight to keep the peace and embrace your new identity; you are one who prevails with the Mighty One!

Shine Brightly for Christ

How will I know?

(#222 from Suffer Well Devotional Series©)

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“Abba?”

Yes child?

“How will I know when righteousness has rooted itself within me?”

Did you speak what was pleasant and edifying today? (Ephesians 4:29)

“Yes Father.”

Have you turned away from the thoughts that bribe you, and the trickery that would have once compelled you? (Exodus 23:8)

“Yes Father.”

Have you continued to reject profitable things which come from compromising your beliefs? (Proverbs 16:8)

“Yes Father.”

Have you closed your mouth to slander and your ears to gossip? (Proverbs 20:19)

“Yes Father.”

Did you covenant that your eyes would turn from looking upon that which is evil? (Habakkuk 1:13)

“Yes Father.”

Have you reminded yourself that I alone fill your soul? (John 6:35)

“Yes Father.”

If you have truly done these things, then there is evidence that righteousness has been rooted in you. You shall surely dwell in lofty security and have inaccessible cliffs as your stronghold. Your food shall be supplied and your drink assured. These are the things I have in store for My righteous ones (Matthew 6:33).

Remember your strong desire for My righteousness today and hold onto it with all your might; even unto death. If you just do this one thing, I shall do the rest.

To our loved readers: In your search for righteousness, we wanted to remind you that the most important thing is to know Yahweh (an intimate, scriptural knowing). The righteousness that draws Him near is a righteousness that is only achieved through the life of Yahshua the Messiah in you (Galatians 2:20). It was never, nor will it ever be your own righteousness (Romans 10:1-4; Philippians 3:9), but a righteousness imputed to you (Romans 3:21-22). It is a gift loved one.

Of course, as Shaul taught us, there is also a type of righteousness that you are responsible to achieve. “Therefore, my loved one, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation [mental well-being] with fear and trembling.” (Philippians 2:12) Your righteousness (the non-imputed type) is a righteousness of obedience. But, this righteousness does not create intimacy with Yahweh or draw Him any closer to you; it is a byproduct of the intimacy established with Yahweh through the life of His Son. In other words, you are not redeemed by good works, as if the “self” could accomplish anything good, but for good works, those prompted and empowered by the Spirit alone (Ephesians 2:8-10).

“So you mean to tell me that the very thing that brings Him near to me today, and thus fulfills my every desire, is a righteousness that He gifted to me through His son?” This is exactly what we want you to acknowledge. And as you contemplate this, never settle with your own vetting of an internal issue. Never lean on your own understanding (Proverbs 3:5). Look for the truth within. Meditate on this day and night (Psalm 1:2). And then cry out for it so you may be sure it is His truth. After that, listen for His still small voice!

Integrity

Integrity

(#221 from Suffer Well Devotional Series©)

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Integrity is the courage to stand behind an idea that emanates from the mind of Yahweh. But, you might be thinking, “Who has known the mind of Yahweh…?” [answer] But we have the mind of the Messiah. (1 Corinthians 2:16) Of course, to know His mind, you first must be able to hear His still small voice, and this does not come without effort. Remember, it is a: “still” [only speaking to the quieted mind] “small” [causing you to put forth effort] “voice” [the will of Yahweh within you]. Having integrity in all things is really just saying that you have the mind of Yahweh on all matters. It is recognizing His principles as they repeat over and over in noticeable patterns.

Like love, peace and joy, the idea of integrity is only defined by the Creator of the principle, the Creator of all commanded patterns. If our Father is perfection, then integrity is a portion of the pattern that leads to Him. Integrity must then be an integral part of any idea that emanates from the mind of His created ones. An idea that truly emanates from the eternal “I Am” incorporates every single principle (command) into the idea. Integrity sifts an idea like silver which is purified seven times, only to illuminate any piece of the idea that does not conform to all of the Creator’s principles, or in other words, His mind. Integrity removes all dross and then stands firmly no matter what comes against it.

Integrity understands that it is bound to face vast opposition, and therefore it expects to suffer; but it also expects to stand in the suffering. In a fallen world, any standard that espouses absolute integrity will be attacked from all sides. The natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of the Almighty, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. (1 Corinthians 2:14)

No doubt, integrity will stand as surely as its Creator stands; and it will inspire all of its enemies to wreak havoc on the spiritual idea. Because the carnal mind is enmity against the Mighty One; for it is not subject to the law of the Almighty, nor indeed can be. (Romans 8:7) At the same time, integrity exposes any part of your “self” that is not yet uprooted.

Integrity: the courage to stand behind (endure the suffering of) an idea that emanates from the mind of Yahweh. It is the state of being whole and undivided from Yahweh. Integrity is unity, coherence, cohesion, and togetherness.

“The integrity of the upright will guide them, but the perversity of the transgressors will destroy them.” (Proverbs 11:3)

Receive, Cry out, and Search!

“If, then!”

(#219 from Suffer Well Devotional Series©)

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If you commune with My still small voice… (1 Kings 19:12)

Proverbs 2

· You will understand the fear of Yahweh;

· You will understand what is right and just;

· Wisdom will enter your heart;

· Knowledge will be pleasant to your soul;

· Discretion will guard you;

· Understanding will save you from the ways of the wicked;

· Understanding will save you from the immoral woman;

· You will walk in the ways of righteousness and goodness;

· You will live in the land and remain in it;

· The wicked will be cut off from the earth;

· The treacherous will be uprooted from the earth.

Yes loved one, all of these things are promises; they are absolute guarantees. They are already done. Do you perceive? Do you want what is freely yours? I said these things are already done. So then, what is the key that opens the door so you can walk through to these promises? “If!”

1) If you receive My words and treasure My commands, and turn your ear to wisdom and apply your heart to understanding;

2) If you cry out for discernment and lift up your voice for understanding;

3) If you search for wisdom and understanding as if silver, and search for them as hidden treasures.

I ask these three things of you; and then all I have promised is yours. Receive, cry out, and search! My patterns will not change and their beauty is in their simplicity. It is an if—then pattern loved one. If you do what is commanded, then all that is promised is already yours. Test Me child; know Me.

So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; it shall not return to Me void, but it shall accomplish what I please, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it. (Isaiah 55:11) If you, then I loved one. The “then” is a guarantee; the only question is, “If?”

Trust Yahweh

If Moses could, then who else?

(#218 from Suffer Well Devotional Series©)

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And they provoked wrath at the waters of Meribah [strife, controversy], and Moses suffered on account of them; because they rebelled against His Spirit, and he spoke rashly with his lips. (Psalm 106:32-33)

Do you believe your secret things are personal, hidden from plain sight? How easily you forget My decrees, the patterns in which I operate. Have you not heard; have you not read? Moses, My priest, My chosen ruler, was unable to cross over into the land promised to him (Numbers 20:7-13), and ultimately to you (1 Corinthians 10:1-4). How convenient it was for My children to blame Moses for striking the rock twice, in his own personal anger, instead of speaking to it as commanded. How quaint to rest it all on his shoulders, this momentary sinful act. Listen to Me child; it was you who provoked My servant, it was you who pulled him to his fleshly edge, just as it was you who nailed Yahshua to the stake! Consider this; were you a sinner because Adam sinned, or were you a sinner because you would have done what Adam did? I purposely use “were you a sinner” in place of “are you a sinner” assuming you have adopted your true identity in Messiah.

Quiet now, and listen to Me. Do not say in your heart, “I was not there; I was not even alive at the time.” No, you were not, but should I call to account the many ways you provoked Me this year alone; or this week; or this very day? For the obstinate ones, let Me help you. Has your complaining ever caused another to lose peace? Has your discontent ever bothered someone else? This is why I have called you to rejoice no matter what your circumstances might be. You need to rejoice, not only to remain obedient for your own personal peace, but for others as well. I hold you responsible for the joy and peace of others.

Are you still resisting? Freely My Son has given, and yet you hold back, not willing to die to your own personal desires. “What desires,” you ask? Naming one should suffice. The desire to simply not obey Me and do all that I say. Perhaps you remember how I often called My people “stiff necked!” I still do.

All of creation is eagerly waiting for a people who live what they preach (Romans 8:19). You boast of My might and My glory. Yet, your boasting is only a “form” of righteousness because your behavior is as if I Am powerless (2 Timothy 3:5). I Am waiting to reveal those who trust My every word, and therefore, find the fullness of life. These infectious ones are the literal manifestation of what My Word calls “the sons of Yahweh,” and they will transform people by their very presence (Again Romans 8:19). It is an infectious power that will draw people to you, just like My Son. Take responsibility for your own peace and joy, and in doing so, become responsible for the joy and peace of others. You never know who you are keeping from the Promised Land; you never know who you might bless.

Hearing from Yahweh

In the Silence

(#217 from Suffer Well Devotional Series©)

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It is in the silence that You speak. It is in the whispers, not in the strong wind, not in the earthquake, nor in the fire, but in a still small voice that You commune with us (1 Kings 19:12).

Perhaps with more experience, perhaps with knowledge of what to listen for, I would hear You. I’ve sat alone in silence for many days and nights. Oh, how I have longed for the whispers of my Maker; anything will do. Whisper to me Abba, even just my name; I need my own testimony. The desire burns within me to know Your whispers; I cannot exist without hearing them. My heart assures me that I will learn the sound of Your voice. I yearn to speak in the language of our love, our relationship, and our journey together. I have exhausted everything the world can offer and none of it brings life; nothing can satisfy. I know there is only one True Source; “Power belongs to the Mighty One.” (Psalm 62:11)

Father, I understand that it is You who even empowers a man to pray. And I know Your word says that I can only love You because You first loved me (1 John 4:19). I praise You for orchestrating the love song in my heart; and the music of my soul which now delights in You. Your wooing Spirit sets all things in order. Now, may I ask You to take me even further? I am wise enough to know that You are already speaking and that it is I who must hear. Will You teach me something special, something intimate? Here is my desire Father: please give me ears to hear and NEVER miss Your voice; give me a language of love, filled with wisdom; and give me comfort the moment You speak, confidence that it is You!

I desire nothing else. Your voice is all that is left, all that is needed; the world has nothing to offer. Continue to speak to me Daddy; I will not cease to listen in the silence. You say, “Be still and know that I Am the Almighty.” (Psalm 46:10) Yahweh, I am still.

What The Bible Says about Karma and Reincarnation

Job 35:2-8

(#214 from Suffer Well Devotional Series©)

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Highlighting verse 8: “Your wrong is for a man like yourself, and your righteousness for a son of man.”

    Brace yourself and answer a few questions for Me.  Do I need you to stop sinning for My benefit?  Is your righteousness going to make Me more Holy?  Can you perceive why I ask these questions?  Of course it is for your benefit alone that sinlessness and righteousness envelope your life.  Is it not true that you are being brought to My level once all things are perfected?  So you see, the entire scope of My word is your guide to become like Me and forever live with Me.  My presence has nothing flawed near it.  Can sin crouch at My doorstep? Must I master it? It is you who must! (Genesis 4:7)

    The reason I illuminate these things is so that you do not lose heart (mental stamina for righteousness) when affliction visits your doorstep.  Had you come willingly it would not be so.  That’s right My child; your rejection of anything I desire of you is really your rejection of My presence.  It is for your benefit that your punishment comes, and it is for you that there are rewards for obedience.  Would I tempt you to righteousness?  Of course I will!  It is the only way for My stiff-necked ones.  What I Am saying here inspires many reactions, many “attitudes” so to speak.  I see them all!  Some of you think that My longsuffering means I turn My eyes away from your sins.  Would you really want Me to leave you in such a sad state?  Others of you behave as if your sacrifice and obedience makes Me better in some fashion.  No, I will not entertain this frivolity either.

    It is for you My child.  All of it is for your benefit: the life, the commands, the consequences, the blessings, and the resurrection, all of it.  It is all so that you will become suitable to stand in My presence forever.  Yes dear one, the painful valleys come; the times when I must force you to change.  But remember always, I force you because I love you; and because I love you, I benefit you in every way.  I promise to complete the work I started in you (Philippians 1:6).

    So, if it is all for you, then what is the benefit for Me?  It is the perfected child, which is why I sent My Son; this is where My glory resides.

     Do you think this is right?  Do you say, “My righteousness is more than that of the Almighty?”  For you say, “Of what use is it to you?  What do I gain more than if I had sinned?” Let me answer you and your friends with you.  Look at the heavens, and see.  And consider the clouds which are higher than you.  If you sin, what would you do against Him?  If your transgressions are increased, what would you do to Him?  If you are righteous, what do you give Him?  Or what does He receive from your hand?  Your wrong is for a man like yourself, and your righteousness for a son of man. (Job 35:2-8)

Life to Death to True Life

Life to Death to True Life

(#213 from Suffer Well Devotional Series©)

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Let this mind be in you which was also in the Messiah Yahshua, who, being in the form [spiritual likeness] of the Mighty One did not regard equality with the Mighty One a matter to be grasped, but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bondservant, and came to be in the likeness of men. And having been found in fashion as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient unto death, even the death of a stake. (Philippians 2:5-8)

Obedience: following orders, commands, and instructions.

My Son Yahshua was obedient. He obeyed Me when I told Him to, “Go die.” I marvel at your limited perception of this act of obedience. Was the only price He paid His life, His physical life? Was that the great sacrifice which became the propitiation of your sins? No loved one. It was that He would be forever different, His position altered; and He knew it! He stepped out of Heaven knowing He could never again return the same, never! Yet, His reply was poetically simple; “Yes Father.”

I watch you daily in your praise of His act. I hear you in your weekly gatherings. Such wonder and awe you ascribe to Him. When He whispers in My right ear about you, may I tell you what He says? “How come so many of them miss it Father? They sing about Me; they worship Me; yet they don’t really know Me or the full price I paid. They know ‘things’ about Me, but they do not really know Me.” My answer to Him, “They have yet to escape their fear, anxiety, and pride; in one word, their idolatry.”

Idolatry: preferring your own beliefs over what Yahweh says about anything and everything.

Have I not spoken the very same words to you? “Go die My son, My daughter, My bride.” The hour has come; the pattern will be fulfilled. I ordered His death so that you would die as well. The religious love to proclaim how they are “new creations” without explaining why. The purpose and pattern are all right here: Romans 6:1-13. [And this is for you to read right now!]

From life: life to see your destructive ways, to see your transgressions.

To death: death to everything you have been made alive to see (your destructive ways and transgressions).

To true life: the new creation, the Spirit being which is both male and female. You were made alive to die and then to live. This is the pattern and there is no way around it.

Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into the Messiah Yahshua were baptized into His death? We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death in order that, just as the Messiah was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life. For if we have been united with Him in a death like His, we will certainly also be united with Him in a resurrection like His. For we know that our old self was crucified with Him so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin—because anyone who has died has been set free from sin. (Romans 6:3-7)

Reckon yourselves to be dead to sin, but alive to Yahweh! Yes, life to death to true life.

Mark it well

Mark it Well

(#206 from Suffer Well Devotional Series©)

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This is what happens when you forget about the patterns and blueprints for life (consciousness) I have given you. This is how it feels when you abandon My Covenant, forsaking My Law. So now that your misfortunes have reproved you and your afflictions rebuked you, will you turn back to Me?

How bad is it? How bitter is the feeling of the void that exists between us? Child, it is you who left, not Me. It is you who decided to go your own way. Mark it well, the feeling you feel this very moment (thoughts other than completeness in Me): “Bitterness?” “Hopelessness?” “Fear?” “Resentment?” “Doubt?” “Pride?” Have I created these in you? Do I destroy those whom My Son saved?

Your solution is in My word loved one. I have made it so that only one thing cures all ailments of the mind; there is only one antidote to the five-sense world. And that is. . .awe! Yes, a reverent awe of Me! If you had given Me proper position in your life–Me first, Me second, Me third, and Me last, then you would have already learned that your battles belong to Me. Have I not declared, “Seek Me first!” (Matthew 6:33) Do not seek things from Me; rather, seek Me! Either I Am the very thing that will fill every desire of your heart (center of intellect), or I Am insufficient and you need more than Me. It is good for you to wrestle with this reality loved one, for when you emerge from the battle, you will be free! Do you understand this pattern yet? I give joy, peace, love and more to those who follow the blueprint.

“Bitterness?” “Hopelessness?” “Fear?” “Resentment?” “Doubt?” “Pride?” Every manifestation of mind strife is also a pattern I’ve created. But, they are not intended for wallowing in by those who bear My mark, the mark of the redeemed. For those who claim I do not exist, all of these mindsets of bondage, and internal feelings of turmoil and discord, shall follow them into eternity. But for you, these “feelings” act as guardians! They are guardians given to you as a measure of My love, because the death contained in their emotional energy drives you back to the chief pattern; Awe!

Listen to words spoken to you through Jeremiah the Prophet: “Your wickedness will punish you; your backsliding will rebuke you. Consider then and realize how evil and bitter it is for you when you have forsaken Yahweh your Mighty One and have no awe of Me, declares Yahweh, Yahweh Almighty.” (Jeremiah 2:19)

Mark it well and remember My child. With each and every thought that enters into your mind’s eye, mark it well and remember!