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Do not be unequally yoked
You may believe the people you hang out with are good friends and trust worthy but we cannot trust our feelings. Rather, we must rely only on the Word of God taken by faith. God’s rewards for us are directly related to obeying His Word, not to how we feel or think about it.
Too many people today are unequally yoked with unbelievers. Partnering with unbelievers is like inviting a thief into your life to ravish your soul.
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Do Not; There are Snakes in Your Midst
(#038 from Suffer Well Devotional Series©)
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“Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness?” (2 Corinthians 6:14)
What do you make of this beloved? It certainly seems harsh. Nevertheless, do My commands come with options? Do you have flexibility when I say, “Do not?” Does My “do not” mean: “Only once in a while, do not? Only on weekends, do not? Only on Sabbaths and Holy days, do not? Only if you feel like it, do not?”
My will is to protect you and to ensure your increase (Psalm 115:14). My promise is that if you abide in My words you will bear much fruit, which is the only way My disciples can be recognized (John 15:7-9). The harmony I desire for your life will yield an abundance of real fruit, the type filled with sweet juice, which can only be found in Me (Hosea 14:8). What you will harvest if you follow your own plans will be like hollow plastic, a cheap imitation fruit.
The risk you face when you fellowship with darkness, if you partner with one who does not bear My seal, is that My light in you becomes dimmed. Do not be deceived: “Evil company corrupts good habits.” (1 Corinthians 15:33) There are realms other than the one you are accustomed to that make up the true reality; and you can be easily deceived because you have become comfortable discerning only what you can see. If you had a glimpse of the principalities that war for your soul, then you would better understand why I Am adamant when I say “Do not!” For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.(Ephesians 6:12)
Trust Me My child; it is not open for discussion. The path to life is very narrow (Matthew 7:14). Partnering with unbelievers is like inviting a thief into your life to ravish your soul. And “The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.” (John 10:10)
It needs to be made perfectly clear to you that My Son was always able to differentiate between the souls who were redeemed to hear His voice, and the ones He would need to expose as snakes in your midst; light and darkness beloved. Cultivate His wisdom and you too shall know!
Are You Worthy of Yeshua?
Worthy of Me
(#037 from Suffer Well Devotional Series©)
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“Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword. For I have come to ‘set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law’; and ‘a man’s enemies will be those of his own household.’ He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who does not take his torture stake and follow after Me is not worthy of Me. He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it. (Matthew 10:34-39)
Why do My children so often only emphasize the scriptures that seem to say that My grace is for everyone? Why do you choose to ignore the reality that My torture stake is the line in the sand between those who are Mine and those not worthy of Me? Why do you insist on imposing your desire for others over My will for them? Doesn’t it take the loss of your life to find the life I have for you? Why do you continue to reason and hope that I would ever do anything other than what I said I would do? Will I change My very own words (Malachi 3:6); am I double minded in some way (Numbers 23:19)? He who I say is worthy is; and he who I claim is dishonorable is! So, what of the one who does not pick up his torture stake and lose his own life for Me?
You see My child, I Am not concerned, as you are, that all men are at peace with Me. I remain at peace regardless of what others think. I must, however, insist that you stop limiting My Words to only those that make you feel good, the ones that fit neatly into your comfort zone. It is the sum of My word that is truth, loved one (John 17:17). My peace I leave with My children (John 14:27); My sword, that I reserve for My adversaries (Psalm 37:14-15).
I will not bear the haughty soul,
Who amends My holy Word.
To add to it or take away (Deut. 12:32),
Is the height of the absurd.
Your cups, and bracelets, and bumper stickers,
To the masses you market Me.
Yet no one comes unless I call (Jn. 6:44),
For them only was the tree.
Precept upon precept and line upon line, (Is. 28:13),
My verses never lie.
If I meant for “all” to be saved,
Then how could some deny (John 18:9)?
I will not excuse your ultimatum,
That My Word must fit your style.
If you are My sheep you’ll hear My voice,
What all others hear is vile (1 Cor. 1:18).
I know it seems like this is cruel,
How could this ever be?
But you are the sheep whom I’ve redeemed,
So leave the wolves to Me.
The Kingdom of Yahweh, a First Look
The Kingdom of Yahweh, a First Look
(#036 from Suffer Well Devotional Series©)
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“All of creation eagerly waits for the manifestation of the sons of the Mighty One [Yahweh].” (Romans 8:19)
Throughout the years we have asked many individuals and groups this vital question; “What is the Kingdom of Yahweh?” We have heard every answer imaginable, yet none seem to be unified as a whole. This simple disagreement among the Body of the Messiah is enough to prove we need to have an earnest expectation, as it is what the Spirit in us requires for completion, unity if you will.
If there was ever a Word that held the blueprint to fulfill all of your personal dreams, while at the same time satisfies the righteous requirements necessary to bring honor to the King, then this is it: “Seek first [only] the Kingdom of the Mighty One [Yahweh] and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.” (Matthew 6:33) This command encompasses the entirety of what the Spirit in us longs to do, “Seek only!” And it promises the King’s provision of “All these things!” for humans who demonstrate they know and trust Yahweh, by seeking only Him.
Can you fathom the idea that if you actually spent your time seeking Yahweh, to know Him and adore Him alone, then far beyond the capabilities of any earthly father (provider), He will provide everything that has been appointed to you? “Appointed?” That’s correct; He has predetermined blessings and provision for those who actually follow the pattern of seeking and asking. And if even an ordinary earthly father knows how to give good gifts to his children, how much more does your Father in Heaven? (Matthew 7:9-11; Luke 11:11-13)
To know Him and to love Him and His will more than anything else in existence is the way, the truth, and the life for those brave enough to live it. To know His mind is to know the Kingdom within you. And to accept also that it is by His power alone, and not by your own strength that you can come to this place of “seeking first,” furthers the beauty even more. Meditate on the majesty of Yahweh; “I seek Him by His power, and then I am blessed for doing what only He and His Son could enable me to do.” Stop and think loved one; consider that magnitude of His Sovereignty! Only then will you start to understand His Kingdom, the Kingdom within.
And this Good News of the Kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness unto all nations; and then the end will come. (Matthew 24:14)
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Do You Follow and Obey God?
What?
(#035 from Suffer Well Devotional Series©)
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Congregation member 1: We shouldn’t argue!
Congregation member 2: Of course not and we won’t; let’s be like the Bereans in Acts 17 and figure out the truth.
Congregation member 1: Well, I feel like it’s an argument.
Congregation member 2: Not at all. What can I do to make sure you don’t feel that way and still continue this discussion? You know there can only be one answer, so we can’t both be right, and perhaps we are both wrong. But, let’s find out so we can both honor Yahweh, in all we say, do and believe. Does that sound okay?
Congregation member 1: Nope! I’m not going to fight with you about this.
Congregation member 2: I agree! So how can I assure you that a fight is the furthest thing from my mind, and that I have nothing but love and admiration for you?
Congregation member 1: Jesus is love and that’s all that matters.
Congregation member 2: I agree, Yahweh is love, and therefore His Son Yahshua is love, and obedience to Them is what proves our love. And that’s why we, if we are brothers, should be able talk about such things. I would like us to make sure we are following His ways as commanded. If one or both of us is incorrect, then we can change by seeking His word and making sure, together, that we are on the right path. Doesn’t Proverbs 27 encourage us to sharpen one another? It says, “As iron sharpens iron, so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.” (v. 17)
Congregation member 1: Yes it does; but I’m still not going to debate this with you. Jesus is love and that’s all that matters. That’s what my pastor preaches all the time.
Congregation member 2: Hmmm, so much for being a Berean.
“Then the brethren immediately sent Shaul and Silas away by night to Berea. When they arrived, they went into the synagogue of the Yehudim. These were more fair-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so.” (Acts 17:10-11)
Brothers and sisters in the faith are called to inspire each other to search the Scriptures daily to find out if what they are being taught is true. Do you?
Deny Yourself – Today – Suffer Well
Today
(#034 from Suffer Well Devotional Series©)
Today
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“Today, if you will hear His voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.” (Hebrews 3:15)
This will help you beloved. Yahweh has already told you that the unredeemed “carnal mind” will always be at enmity with His Divine mind (Romans 8:7). “So, if the carnal mind will never perceive His mind, how can I rejoice?” you might ask. Within this brilliant question, which can only be generated from a renewed mind, is the key to understanding the answer. It is not by your own intellectual understanding, nor by human might that you can rejoice. The carnal mind can’t ever rejoice. However, as the redeemed of Yahweh, you do not have to identify with the carnal mind any longer.
How do you get there? The way is to decrease! Your “self” will always be at enmity with Yahweh as it (the unredeemed mind) always desires to increase its influence and domain. “Father, allow me to decrease and may it be Your Spirit that praises and rejoices in and through me.” This is the mindset that dominates the conscience of the truly redeemed.
A predominant blueprint throughout the scriptures from “In the beginning,” in Genesis 1:1, to, “So be it,” in Revelation 22:21, is the recognizable pattern within the repeated warning to “lose” oneself. He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life [carnal mind] for My sake will find it [the Divine mind]. (Matthew 10:39) For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world [carnal pleasure], and is himself [Divine mind potential] destroyed or lost? (Luke 9:25) Yet, for many, their proclamation that “I believe and therefore I rejoice,” comes across with a smug pride, as if there was anything good enough in them to inspire such a declaration. The arrogance simply screams “I.” To the contrary, it is only “Messiah in you” that can rejoice and be glad; any claim otherwise resounds of “self.”
Why then can the mind on its way to expressing its full redemption praise and rejoice? Because once the indwelling of the Spirit (Ruach) has commenced, the consciousness of sin (Hebrews 9:14) comes face-to-face with a competitor; it no longer has “unobstructed” rights to itself. This idea is further elaborated on in Romans 8:5-9; “For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Because the carnal mind is enmity against the Mighty One; for it is not subject to the law of the Mighty One, nor indeed can be. So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please the Mighty One. But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of the Mighty One dwells in you.”
This is the day Yahweh has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it. (Psalm 118:24) In other words, this is the day Yahweh has made; and only the redeemed can be glad in it.
Torah Portion BO Exodus 10:1-13:16
TORAH : EXODUS 10:1-13:16| PROPHETS : JEREMIAH 46:13-28| GOSPEL : JOHN 19:31-37
Know your enemy to defeat him
If you want to be part of Yahweh’s Army. To be on His side, you must choose HIM to be your leader. We make this choice by being obedient to His commands. When we are not following Him, we allow the devil to dwell inside it.
27 for anger give the devil a place. -Ephesians 4:27
The word “place” in Greek means a right or a room. If they have a right to indwell someone, they will refuse to leave. Sin justifies their right to refuse to leave.
Make the right choice, learn and follow Yahweh! In this video I explain more about this.
I See Grapes
(#033 from Suffer Well Devotional Series©)
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Read Deuteronomy 1:19-46: Israyl’s refusal to enter the land and the penalty for their rebellion! And now, a Divine mind perspective.
The land (thought plain) I promised you is good; but, you must go in and possess it (the gift of Divine consciousness). I know the Amorites (the propensity to exalt your “self”) and Anakites (the temptation to exalt the material world) in your life. And it is I (the Divine mind) who will defeat them both.
Fear not, and do not be so easily persuaded to be disobedient to what I have called you to do. Do not hesitate one more moment, for My anger is a consuming fire. Have I not already revealed that your weapons of warfare are not carnal but mighty in Me for pulling down strongholds (2 Corinthians 10:4)? Did I not demonstrate that your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in My power (1 Corinthians 2:5)? If I tell you to go, you must go immediately! I have prepared a place for you, a land flowing with milk (spiritual substance in thoughts) and honey (sweet thoughts).
I travel by the clouds of internal mystique and by the fire of Divine judgment, and I promise to protect you on your journey. No one can touch you apart from My will, as you are children of the Covenant (Divine mind offering), and My word is My faithfulness. I will not fail you; now do your part, and reveal Me to the world (fallen mind of man).
The Spiritual Battle
The highest calling we have in life from our Creator is to learn what love is and then to love the people who don’t deserve to be loved. In this video I explain why and how to do that.
Ephesians 6:12 We wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
Revelation 2:10 Don’t be afraid of what you are about to suffer. The devil will throw some of you into prison to test you. You will suffer for ten days. But if you remain faithful even when facing death, I will give you the crown of life.
Handed Over
(#032 from Suffer Well Devotional Series©)
“But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you or by a human court. In fact, I do not even judge myself. For I know of nothing against myself, yet I am not justified by this; but He who judges me is Yahweh. Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Master comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each one’s praise will come from the Mighty One.” (1 Corinthians 4:3-5)
How quickly you handed me over,
Not even one question asked.
Turn your back; write him off; trust deception;
Thinking otherwise is too much a task.
“If they have him, he must’ve done something,”
Your words like a noose on my heart.
My captors, they thrive on their scandal,
His blood drips, but they have no part.
They bank on my “brothers” to abandon,
Wicked whispers plead, “Please don’t defend.”
But, no greater love is this,
Than to “lay down one’s life for a friend.”
How quickly you handed me over,
I pray now with new eyes you will see.
They devise to seek, kill and destroy,
I refused to believe you’d agree.
Don’t accept, “He must’ve done something,”
Instead, seek all truth from the start.
There is no truth in my captors,
His blood drips, but they have no part.
I warned you to trust no man (Jeremiah 17:5). They even abandoned the Son of the Most High. And if man would persecute and abandon Him, they will do likewise to you (John 15:20). I, therefore, give you this key to the Kingdom; love them anyway (Matthew 5:43-44). How did My Son forgive His murderers, you and the others? It is simple, I and My Son are One (John 10:30), and I Am love (1 John 4:8)! This love requires nothing in return you see; in other words, it does not seek its own (1 Corinthians 13:5). It is My plan, to love the loveless. Who can resist that? And so you must also forgive those who persecute and abandon you, for you too have betrayed your brothers in this. You also have fallen short of the Divine standard, to love the loveless.
Because your love is possible only because I first loved you (1 John 4:19), there is an expectation that comes with this gift. I demand that My children to understand it. Here is My expectation; because it was a gift to you, you are expected to give it as a gift to others. Do not consider it from the perspective that you owe Me something; instead, consider it from the position of what you were made capable of. I merely want you to understand your own new heart, the heart that has been transformed. You see, your carnal heart, the heart that rejected and despised love, was removed.
My child, I took out your heart of stone (Ezekiel 36:26). All I ask in return is that you appreciate your new heart and use it as directed. Love the loveless; this is a key to My Kingdom. Someone might be willing to die for a righteous man, but for an enemy, only the King of Righteousness (Romans 5:7). And now that you have His heart, won’t you join Him?
Do you believe in Yeshua? Truly believe?
Define “Believe”
(#031 from Suffer Well Devotional Series©)
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Spirit man: Let’s read Romans 10:11 “For the scripture says, ‘Whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame.'”
Carnal man: But I see Yahweh’s people put to shame all the time.
Spirit man: As the scripture says: “Anyone who trusts in Him (Yahshua) will never be put to shame.”
Carnal man: I don’t get it. Maybe I should pray and seek wisdom.
Spirit man: “Yes, wisdom is in here; it is carried in His vessels. Please define “trust” for me.”
Carnal man: I can’t.
Spirit man: May I take over then?
Carnal man: I guess.
Spirit man: Thank you. To trust Yahshua, and therefore prove belief, is to leave behind your own agenda and defer to His and your Heavenly Father’s will at all times. This pattern of thinking always takes into account Proverbs 14:12; “There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death,” as well as Hebrews 11:1; “Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” You see, you must learn to believe in what you do not understand and cannot see; all the while trusting you will not be put to shame. In order to reach the fullness of what the Father and Son have planned for your life, you must step into the unknown like a child who knows his Father will catch him if he falls. Give in and let the work of the torture stake have its way in you. Either way, at some point you will have to step into the promise of Daniel 9:24; “Finish transgression and make an end of sins.” Start trusting now and receive today’s reward. Don’t delay; today may be all you have.
Carnal man: Can I just watch?
Spirit man: I expected no less.
A Bridge You Can Cross
The evidence of things not seen (Hebrews 11:1)
There are times in our lives when
Something happens which does not make sense.
“Why Father, why?”… We cry.
“I will drag you where you refuse to go, My child,” He answers.
“Lay down your burdens at My feet.
Although there appears to be no bridge,
Leap with faith across the span
And you will find your foot touches solid ground.
For I Am the Rock upon which sits the lighthouse.
The beacon in your heart sounding through the darkness,
Calling to your soul at the very times you cannot see the way,
When you are blind to victory you have in Me.
Oh My child, My ways are not yet your ways
For they are as high as the stars.
All that happens in your life is to glorify Me
Should you choose the truth.
For I Am the truth!
And the truth will set you free.
Free to cross even the bridge you cannot see.”