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Think it twice
Think it twice
(#175 from Suffer Well Devotional Series©)
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“For look, I Am beginning to bring evil upon the city which is called by My Name, and should you be entirely unpunished? You are not going unpunished, for I Am calling for a sword on all the inhabitants of the earth,” declares Yahweh of hosts. (Jeremiah 25:29)
Woe to you who call Me “The Lord of Hosts,” in place of Yahweh of hosts, you who cry for help from your enemies. Do I need to remind you of My patterns before you heap judgment upon yourselves, before its time? Have I not told you that judgment begins in My house? Judgment begins with My people, My people named Israyl. Sit silent and consider your ways before you act. Are you not calling judgment upon yourself by scorning your enemy? Have I not told you to pray for those who persecute you? (Matthew 5:44) I need to remind you that when you call down for My wrath, My wrath will come. Yes loved one, it will come right to your doorstep and reveal all that is in your heart (mind). Why must you provoke My long suffering? Why do I perceive a broken child in you, yet you stand in firm defiance towards all whom might oppress you?
Humility child! Think before you pray. Think while you pray. How can the Spirit I placed in you defy My patterns? It is not possible. It cannot be. Are you so pure in your own mind that you use such harsh measures? Can you no longer relate to a consciousness that would consider sin? It is you child who will be corrected while you call down vengeance upon another.
Oh, loved one, do not misunderstand, sinlessness is the call for My perfected ones. I do strongly desire that you arrive at this place. A thought for you to consider: can one who possesses all power have any enemies who can do any harm to them? Though one may deem himself an enemy, can they have any effect on the perfected one? Think child, and ponder. Humble yourself. Many times, a man’s only enemy comes from within. Yes, judgment begins with My people. Perhaps you might offer the mercy that you will soon long for?
“For the time has come when judgment [sifting using Yahweh’s standards] must begin in the House [Temple in your conscience] of the Almighty [Yahweh], and if first with us [the redeemed minds], what will be the end of those [unredeemed minds] who do not obey the good message [perfected mind patterns] of the Mighty One [Yahweh]?” (1 Peter 4:17)
Me in you
Me in you
(#173 from Suffer Well Devotional Series©)
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Listen to Me loved one. How could I not see only but the best in you? Do you realize it is My Spirit in you that I connect with? It is the Me in you that I call out to. When we fellowship, it is My very own Spirit that is in fellowship. And now, it is no longer only My Spirit but your Spirit! Those who have ears to hear, let them hear what the Spirit is saying (Revelation 2:7, 2:29, 3:22)! Think of it as Me connecting with Me within you, and you are now able to enjoy the benefits, unless, of course, you do not hear this. Only then the righteous will shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear! (Matthew 13:43)
It might make sense if you stop to realize that I do all of this for My Covenant’s sake. Like My words teach you in Deuteronomy 7, I Am a Covenant keeper. I will finish My covenanted plans for your life. I Am the author and finisher of your faith (Hebrews 12:2). Of course, I enjoin you to participate, for My Covenant guarantees good fruit with your participation, and bad fruit if not. It is when you participate that I release My gifts called joy and peace. When you lack these things, and therefore suffer, it is only because you fail to participate in the work being done. Non-participation would be as if a wonderful party was going on all around you, yet you choose to sit in in the corner alone and sulk. Everything around tell you, “Get involved, have fun,” yet you decide to stay in the same isolated place.
My words of encouragement, the reason I speak life and peace over you, are because My Son permitted it to be so. I accepted His sacrifice once and for all. What He did for you enables Me to ensure My Covenant with you. I have sealed My Spirit inside of you, and this is what is continually made to grow in you. Yes, I will continue to advance inside of you, with or without you, but beware of resistance; it can be very painful for you. I implore you to get out of the chair and come from the corner and join the party. Don’t you know by now that the party goes on into eternity? Get up! Dance, rejoice, and enjoy! I Am inside of you and I demand that you give Me glory. You can expect all of My precious gifts after that.
I have so many gifts for you My child. Rejoice, I say rejoice!
Empire of Dirt
Empire of Dirt
(#172 from Suffer Well Devotional Series©)
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“For what has a man profited if he gains the whole world, yet loses his own soul? For what will a man give in exchange for his soul?” (Matthew 16:26)
It’s not the effects of worldly profitability that brings the potential curse, but rather, the mind that seeks out worldly wisdom in order to gain the effects. Worldly wisdom is, and will always be, that which is scoffed at by the true sons and daughters. Yahweh Himself laughs at the folly of such an endeavor (Psalm 37:13).
You have begun to register a prevailing pattern into your conscience, one that keeps you on the narrow path. Within comes first and then without! “Everything is a thought first, and then the physical manifestation comes!” Your mind-life produces your physical world. It is the power to create, and yet, you must look at what you have created. If you were to ask, “Does my physical life and all of its possessions fill my soul?” you should be able to answer, “Why yes, of course!” Yahshua Himself would have said such. He knew that His earthy afflictions, and how He would handle them, were a sign of His mental position.
And so Yahshua has asked you, “What have you given in exchange for your life? What have you possessed (mentally grasped and held) within, and what has it produced without?” Life itself is the entirety of your conscious activity, and it was intended to be abundant at all times (John 10:10). Your life was meant to be abundant in the way of peace, joy, love, faith, power, praise, and the ability to transfer these into the minds of others. “You are My witnesses,” say’s Yahweh (Isaiah 43:10)! You are intended to reproduce Yahweh, through His Son, by His Ruach, into the consciousness of those around you. You are so much more than a fish on your bumper and a “WWJD” on your wrist.
Life is in the mind loved one, and these writers would be hard pressed to believe that you could actually say that your physical world proves that you have become completely engrossed in the life Yahweh intended for you. Yes, this is a judgment call, and it is one you should have already willingly embraced as your own personal litmus test, measuring your chief priorities of life. Set aside your empire of dirt and learn of the Kingdom of Yahweh. It is THE Kingdom of transformed minds!
New Wineskins
New Wineskins
(#171 from Suffer Well Devotional Series©)
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Throughout the 16 attributes of love, you have been reminded again and again that you cannot fail at any of them and still succeed at love. You have also been shown that there is NO SUCH THING as human love. All love is from Yahweh; all else is an imposter. Each of the devotions ended with the same verses from John: I give you a new commandment: that you should love one another… (John 13:34-35)
It’s time to unveil what is “new” about this new commandment to love! In a later letter, John sheds some revelation on this “new” thing.
1 John 2:3-8
Now by this we know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments. He who says, “I know Him,” and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoever keeps His word, truly the LOVE of Yahweh is PERFECTED IN HIM. By this we know that we are in Him. He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked.
Brethren, I write NO NEW COMMANDMENT to you, but an old commandment which you have had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which you heard from the beginning. [The Old commandment was the simple reminder that the LOVE of Yahweh is perfected in you when you obey Him]. Again, A NEW COMMANDMENT I write to you, which thing is true in Him and in you, because the darkness is passing away, and the true light is already shining. [The new commandment is that you COULD NEVER LOVE UNTIL YAHSHUA SHOWS YOU HOW! And more so, you cannot love until His Spirit invades your mind [heart] and roots out every last bit of you (self, ego)].
“What does that look like; when will that be?” you might ask.
· When the Messiah is formed in you (Galatians 4:19)
· The Messiah in you, the hope of glory (Colossians 1:27)
· When you have the Mind of the Messiah (1 Corinthians 2:16)
Loved one, we are approaching the season when the declaration of Isaiah the prophet will be fulfilled. It is happening in you even now! “I have made you hear NEW THINGS from this time, even HIDDEN THINGS, and you did not know them. THEY ARE CREATED NOW and not from the beginning; and before this day you have not heard them, lest you should say, ‘Of course I knew them.’” (Isaiah 48:6-7)
The culmination of this process is Galatians 2:20 when it is finally the Messiah who lives in you and not you who lives! No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch pulls away from the garment, and the tear is made worse. Nor do they put new wine into old wineskins, or else the wineskins break, the wine is spilled, and the wineskins are ruined. But they put new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved.” (Matthew 9:16-17)
Wine in the Hebrew means “vitality or spiritual essence;” and skin means “that which contains.” New wineskins means new vitality contained within! New love contained within! The Messiah formed in you; the hope of glory; the mind of the Messiah. All things will be made new loved one. All things made new!
Love’s Attributes (12) Love does not betray
Love’s Attributes (12)
(#166 from Suffer Well Devotional Series©)
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“Love does not betray!” (1 Corinthians 3:7)
Love does not betray, and therefore, Yahweh does not betray!
Betrayal, the twelfth pillar of love’s opposite, embodies the very deception that is at the root of “false” beliefs about love. How is that? Because to betray is to forsake love itself. You have learned to justify such behavior by erroneously categorizing love into individual types such as, friendly love, intimate love, and brotherly love. This is a delusion as there is only one love, and it is defined solely by its Creator, Yahweh! If you are willing to accept it, redefining love is really an attempt to justify watering down Yahweh’s love into some imposter like “human love” or “natural love”. Any diluted and cheapened version of love will always lead to failure.
How so?
Anything that claims to be love, yet fails at any of the sixteen pillars (attributes) of love is a sham. Your willingness to dilute love because of your unwillingness to accept Yahweh’s standard of love will only keep you from experiencing the purity of His love. This compromise is a delusion; and this delusion is the ultimate betrayal and is why betrayal itself embodies the great deception.
“What can you do to remedy this delusion?” You confess your rebellion to Yahweh, of course. “I am an imposter Yahweh. I’ve attempted to redefine love so it fits my standards and makes me ‘feel’ like I am doing what You desire.” Repentance will then release His love over you, so you can then give it away to others. Repentance is the path back to knowing His true love.
I give you a new commandment: that you should love one another. Just as I have loved you, so you too should love one another. By this shall all [men] know that you are My disciples, if you love one another [if you keep on showing love among yourselves]. (John 13:34-35)
Love’s Attributes (11) Love rejoices in the truth
Love’s Attributes (11)
(#165 from Suffer Well Devotional Series©)
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“Love rejoices in the truth!” (1 Corinthians 13:6)
Love rejoices in the truth, and therefore, Yahweh rejoices in the truth!
And Pilate, representing personal will, said to Yahshua, who represents mind salvation offered to men, “What is truth?” (John 18:38) Is this not the foremost question? For if it is knowing the truth that sets you free (John 8:32), then it is imperative you know it!
The Hebraic origin of truth describes this: stability, trustworthiness, certainty, to build, support, and foster. Truth takes us from the foundation (beginning phase of spiritual perception) to the mountaintop (exalted consciousness). This truth of Yahweh is a journey.
Yahshua is the example of a life lived in and by the truth. We also know that He was set free and set the standard for those who would also be given the chance to find this perfect freedom within. “Whomever the Son sets free is free indeed.” (John 8:36)
“And whoever does not carry his yoke [mind stake], and walk [in truth] after Me [the mind saver], cannot be My disciple.” (Luke 14:27) The “self” cannot comprehend Holy truth, and it is this personal will that must be nailed to the stake daily. The torture stake is the meeting place of the Spiritual and the carnal. We have been given the pattern; do not attempt to perceive truth with your own understanding (Proverbs 3:5). You must daily, hourly, and even moment by moment, eradicate any desire of the “self” that attempts to hinder the Truth.
“Not my will, but Your will” (Luke 22:42) is the pinnacle of truth, and therefore a Holy pillar of love.
I give you a new commandment: that you should love one another. Just as I have loved you, so you too should love one another. By this shall all [men] know that you are My disciples, if you love one another [if you keep on showing love among yourselves]. (John 13:34-35)
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Love’s Attributes (6) Love does not behave rudely
Love’s Attributes (6)
(#160 from Suffer Well Devotional Series©)
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“Love does not behave rudely!” (1 Corinthians 13:5)
Love does not behave rudely, and therefore, Yahweh is not rude!
Everything in Yahweh’s Kingdom repeats in patterns loved one, and therefore, in your life as well. Through these patterns we can deduce many things about what our minds are saying and what our thoughts really mean. If you tend to be thinking rude thoughts towards someone, you do not “love” them! If you claim otherwise, either you or Yahweh is a liar. And last we checked, “Yahweh is not a man, that He should lie.” (Numbers 23:19) If you are indeed having rude thoughts, what are they really saying?
Is this not the whole crux of the matter? What does your rudeness say to Yahweh? You would do well to decipher this and walk it out to its end. “If you think rude thoughts, who are you truly bothered with?” If you let the Spirit prevail in the declaration that “He must increase, but you must decrease” (John 3:30), you will always discover that all of your rude thoughts and “mind issues” are with Yahweh Himself. The carnal mind is always at enmity against Yahweh! (Romans 8:7) And do not be deceived loved one; rudeness is carnal! Yahweh is the Creator of every aspect of your conscious and subconscious mind. Please understand that acknowledging the truth of what He has told you about yourself is essential on your path to whole-mindedness! And whole-mindedness is your path to perfect love.
This sixth pillar of love needs much work; for as you claim to love, and yet have rude thoughts, you remain steeped in your carnal lies. And these lies are the worst kind because you are lying to yourself!
I give you a new commandment: that you should love one another. Just as I have loved you, so you too should love one another. By this shall all [men] know that you are My disciples, if you love one another [if you keep on showing love among yourselves]. (John 13:34-35)
Love’s Attributes (5) Love is not puffed up!
Love’s Attributes (5)
(#159 from Suffer Well Devotional Series©)
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“Love is not puffed up!” (1 Corinthians 13:4)
Love is not puffed up, and therefore, Yahweh is not puffed upped!
Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles! (Proverbs 24:17) This holy instruction summarizes well this fifth attribute of love. As the redeemed of Yahweh, we must always remember from where we came. “Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall. (Proverbs 16:18) It is only due to His love being shed abroad into our hearts (minds) and souls, as a gift from the Spirit (Romans 5:5), that we ourselves can stumble and NOT fall (Romans 11:11).
At love’s final attribute, all of the previous attributes are summed up as a whole. The continuing pattern that must be practiced with every thought is that one cannot fail at any of the sixteen attributes of love, and yet claim to love. You have been told to “Take every thought into captivity to the obedience of the Messiah” (2 Corinthians 10:5). And in this, every thought is accountable to love’s true standards. “Self” reliance, self-satisfaction, and self-aggrandizement all scream out, “Look what I did!” and all of these are puffed up failures.
Would it be too profound for you to acknowledge what He has told you throughout His written word; you are your own greatest idol and that the very thing you are being “saved” from is yourself, your pride?
Open your spiritual eyes loved one. See what is really going on.
I give you a new commandment: that you should love one another. Just as I have loved you, so you too should love one another. By this shall all [men] know that you are My disciples, if you love one another [if you keep on showing love among yourselves]. (John 13:34-35)
Love’s Attributes (4) Love is Not Boastful
Love’s Attributes (4)
(#158 from Suffer Well Devotional Series©)
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“Love is not boastful!” (1 Corinthians 13:4)
Love is not boastful, and therefore, Yahweh is not boastful!
Shaul urged Timothy to; “Teach no other doctrine,” (1Timothy 1:3) so, as with jealously, we find the need to define terms in order to hold to pure doctrine. “I am Yahweh and there is no other” (Exodus 20:3) should make His doctrine on boasting quite clear. When it comes to boasting, it is Yahweh who expects all the glory! Shaul says, “Of such a One I will boast; yet of myself I will not boast, except in my infirmities.” (2. Corinthians 12:5) And he also admits, “For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) nothing good dwells.” (Romans 7:18) And so, in this boasting on Him alone, we could only see beauty if He who claims all the glory saves us from our own depravity. If He was to boast, yet leave us in our fallen state, could this be described as perfect love? Of course not, and so we see that Yahweh alone is due His boasting.
As for us, the redeemed, love speaks to our carnal ways of boasting. And though all such boasting is horrid, there are the worse kinds of boasting. False humility (Colossians 2:18-23) and self-righteousness (Romans 10:3) are the worst of the ego’s ways of boasting. Pride and spirituality have no place in the same conscience chosen for salvation; for it is the contrite and humble mind that would never boast of its own importance.
If you are to be saved (a redeemed conscience, fully given over to Yahweh’s commands) by Him, then how could you ever have anything to do with such a grand design? It was by the death of One (Hebrews 2:14, Romans 5:15) that many men would be saved, and it is that death alone that opens His mind within man’s conscience. What credit can you take for this, other than the murder of the One who died for you? I will not boast!
I give you a new commandment: that you should love one another. Just as I have loved you, so you too should love one another. By this shall all [men] know that you are My disciples, if you love one another [if you keep on showing love among yourselves]. (John 13:34-35)