Go, Be A Blessing

Genesis 12:1-3

"NOW [in Haran] the Lord said to Abram, Go for yourself [for your own advantage] away from your country, from your relatives and your father’s house, to the land that I will show you.

And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you [with abundant increase of favors] and make your name famous and distinguished, and you will be a blessing [dispensing good to others].

And I will bless those who bless you [who confer prosperity or happiness upon you]and curse him who curses or uses insolent language toward you; in you will all the families and kindred of the earth be blessed [and by you they will bless themselves]."

Now, here is the scoop... Terah, Abram's daddy was a Cladeian who worshipped the sun god Nemrod. He was in the land of Ur, as a priest to this sun god. Stuff happened in the history books that said, like the Word here does in chapter 11, that made Terah have to get out town quick... He grabs Abram, his daughter, Abram's wife and his grandson Lot.... And leaves... He was suppose to go to Cannaan and dominate that territory, but settled for Haran. While living there, The Lord tells Abram to come out, leave and finish the trip He asked that blood line to do... He was requiring Abram to give up his family religion and to become a "Hebrew," which means "Server of One God.." If he would, All Families of the earth would be blessed, and could bless theirselves by joining up with him, in serving The One True God...

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Giant Holy Nation Taking Form

Daniel 5:20-30

"But when his heart was lifted up and his mind and spirit were hardened so that he dealt proudly, he was deposed from his kingly throne and his glory was taken from him; He was driven from among men, and his heart or mind was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses. He was fed with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of the heavens until he learned and knew that the Most High God rules in the kingdom of men and that He appoints and sets over it whomever He will.

And you his son, O Belshazzar, has not humbled your heart and mind, though you knew all this [knew it and were defiant].

And you have lifted yourself up against the Lord of heaven, and the vessels of His house have been brought before you, and you and your lords, your wives, and your concubines have drunk wine from them; and you have praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see or hear or know; but the God in Whose hand your breath is and Whose are all your ways you have not honored and glorified [but have dishonored and disgraced].

Then was the part of the hand sent from the presence of [the Most High God], and this writing was inscribed.

And this is theinscription that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN—numbered, numbered, weighed, divisions.

This is the interpretation of the matter: MENE, God has numbered the days of your kingship and brought them to an end;

TEKEL, You are weighed in the balances and are found wanting;

PERES, Your kingdom and your kingship are divided and given to the Medes and Persians. [Foretold in Isa. 21:2, 5, 9.]

Then Belshazzar commanded, and Daniel was clothed with purple and a chain of gold put about his neck, and a proclamation was made concerning him that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.

During that night Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans was slain,"

This a story unfolding in our times as well as it did in Daniel's. Tommy Hicks wrote a prophecy that is now coming to past.

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Not a Creature Stirs Without His Eye, "On It."

Hebrews 4:13

"And not a creature exists that is concealed from His sight, but all things are open and exposed, naked and defenseless to the eyes of Him with Whom we have to do."

"With Him we have to do..." What a lovely thought... All our enemies crusted, and we just sit and watch how He does it...

When some call me to pray, I say: "I am on it..." Then let His Heart be in my heart as "The Heart of The Matter..."

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"What You Say"

2 Samuel 22:37-43

"You have enlarged my steps under me, so that my feet have not slipped.

I have pursued my enemies and destroyed them; and I did not turn back until they were consumed.

I consumed them and thrust them through, so that they did not arise; they fell at my feet.

For You girded me with strength for the battle; those who rose up against me You subdued under me.

You have made my enemies turn their backs to me, that I might cut off those who hate me.

They looked, but there was none to save—even to the Lord, but He did not answer them.

Then I beat them small as the dust of the earth; I crushed them as the mire of the street and scattered them abroad."

This sounds like I am ready for a fight...

The man of God talking here was saying what was... What Is... What will always be for those who Believe in all Jesus Did, Will Do... And Forever Said He Will Be in me...

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How To Act Like You Know Jesus

Titus 2:7-10

"And show your own self in all respects to be a pattern and a model of good deeds and works, teaching what is unadulterated, showing gravity [having the strictest regard for truth and purity of motive], with dignity and seriousness.

And let your instruction be sound and fit and wise and wholesome, vigorous andirrefutable and above censure, so that the opponent may be put to shame, finding nothing discrediting or evil to say about us.

[Tell] bond servants to be submissive to their masters, to be pleasing and give satisfaction in every way. [Warn them] not to talk back or contradict,

Nor to steal by taking things of small value, but to prove themselves truly loyal and entirely reliable and faithful throughout, so that in everything they may be an ornament and do credit to the teaching [which is] from and about God our Savior."

It is hard to think of early Believer's had bond servants. They were slave owners. Titus the Pastor of this group was getting from his pastor a letter telling how to act. Because they now know Jesus, they are to teach themselves how to act like they know Jesus... Teaching their bond servants how to show respect.... Jesus has taught us how The Father Is, and He Walked The Talk...

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Just Full of Myself

Micah 6:12-14

"For [the city’s] rich men are full of violence; her inhabitants have spoken lies and their tongues are deceitful in their mouths.

Therefore I have also smitten you with a deadly wound and made you sick, laying you desolate, waste, and deserted because of your sins.

You shall eat but not be satisfied, and your emptiness and hunger shall remain in you; you shall carry away [goods and those you love] but fail to save them, and those you do deliver I will give to the sword."

Micah was having the same problems as we are experiencing now, rich people full of themselves, and telling lies, just to hear themselves talk. They are empty, and their words are empty... They can only carry so far,  but then fail, and then the few that thought they could help, something comes and destroy's it...

I look at this to get advise from Micah of what not to do... 

I will not give myself over to a haughty spirit...

I will gladly Ask Jesus What He Wants, 

And, I will bow my knee and Say; "You Are Lord, and You Are my Lord."

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Still Standing

Hebrews 11:17

"By faith Abraham, when he was put to the test [while the testing of his faith was still in progress],had already brought Isaac for an offering; he who had gladly received and welcomed [God’s] promises was ready to sacrifice his only son,"

Staying in faith, while things are progressing...

Last night I was at my High School Reunion. They chose to combine several classes together because so few of us after 40-50 years has gone by. But it was exciting, yet mind tangling. You could seem to recognize someone yet very slightly. Then out of the fog there is an old friend! 

The author of this letter was saying that about Abraham, he hung in there through out the possess of faith with the facts he had...

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He Made Known His Way, and Acts

Psalms 103:5-7

"Who satisfies your mouth [your necessity and desire at your personal age and situation] with good so that your youth, renewed, is like the eagle’s [strong, overcoming, soaring]!

The Lord executes righteousness and justice [not for me only, but] for all who are oppressed.

He made known His ways [of righteousness and justice] to Moses, His acts to the children of Israel."

I have seen The Lord many times, and have heard Him Speak to me in an audible Voice twice. Once He spoke to me When I was in Bible School, Jesus Academy, I had a big fight with Maher and Mike Henderson over a TV in the Gem. They were eating the evening meal, then going out to the Gem and watching TV till 12 Midnight. I went into a rage about two weeks of this and broke the TV. Mike worked at a store so he bought a small TV he kept in his trailer. They went in there and I was not invited...

Then one night I ask if I could join them, and as I sat down The Lord's Voice said; " Can't you trust Me for this too."

My life in Christ was never the same again.

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Be Ashamed Be Very Ashamed

Jude 1:7-14

"[The wicked are sentenced to suffer] just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the adjacent towns—which likewise gave themselves over to impurity and indulged in unnatural vice and sensual perversity—are laid out [in plain sight] as an exhibit of perpetual punishment [to warn] of everlasting fire.

Nevertheless in like manner, these dreamers also corrupt the body, scorn and reject authority and government, and revile and libel and scoff at [heavenly] glories (the glorious ones).

But when [even] the archangel Michael, contending with the devil, judicially argued (disputed) about the body of Moses, he dared not [presume to] bring an abusive condemnation against him, but [simply] said, The Lord rebuke you!

But these men revile (scoff and sneer at) anything they do not happen to be acquainted with and do not understand; and whatever they do understand physically [that which they know by mere instinct], like irrational beasts—by these they corrupt themselves and are destroyed (perish).

Woe to them! For they have run riotously in the way of Cain, and have abandoned themselves for the sake of gain [it offers them, following] the error of Balaam, and have perished in rebellion [like that] of Korah!

These are hidden reefs (elements of danger) in your love feasts, where they boldly feast sumptuously [carousing together in your midst], without scruples providing for themselves [alone]. They are clouds without water, swept along by the winds; trees, without fruit at the late autumn gathering time—twice (doubly) dead, [lifeless and] plucked up by the roots;

Wild waves of the sea, flinging up the foam of their own shame and disgrace; wandering stars, for whom the gloom of eternal darkness has been reserved forever.

It was of these people, moreover, that Enoch in the seventh [generation] from Adam prophesied when he said, Behold, the Lord comes with His myriads of holy ones (ten thousands of His saints)"

Jude is letting the bad guys have it! These, he is preaching at are people saved and unsaved. He told them God left Sodom and the cities around it as an open visual for a perpetual reminder of how He feels and what Is His Will... Dealing with "The Bad Guys."

He said "Be Ashame, Be very Ashamed."

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To Those Of You Who Meet

Philemon 1:1-5

​"PAUL, A prisoner [for the sake] of Christ Jesus (the Messiah), and our brother Timothy, to Philemon our dearly beloved sharer with us in our work,

And to Apphia our sister and Archippus our fellow soldier [in the Christian warfare], and to the church [assembly that meets] in your house:

Grace (spiritual blessing and favor) be to all of you and [heart] peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah).

I give thanks to my God for you always when I mention you in my prayers,

Because I continue to hear of your love and of your loyal faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and [which you show] toward all the saints (God’s consecrated people)."

Here is a Lord Bless you letter... I would want to get one of these from any Believer, especially one like Paul. Here he is in prison, getting news about their love and loyal faith in Jesus... They are being talked about!

Being loyal to speak about Jesus, and live His Life even in those days was mammoth in faith and trust...

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We Need More

Joshua 17:12-18

"Yet the sons of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities, but the Canaanites persisted in dwelling in that land.

When the Israelites became strong, they put the Canaanites to forced labor but did not utterly drive them out.

The tribe of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying, Why have you given [us] but one lot and one portion as an inheritance when [we] are a great [abundant] people, for until now the Lord has blessed [us]?

Joshua replied, If you are a great people, get up to the forest and clear ground for yourselves in the land of the Perizzites and the Rephaim, since the Ephraim hill country is too narrow for you.

The Josephites said, The hill country is not enough for us, and all the Canaanites who dwell in the valley have iron chariots, both those in Beth-shean and its villages and in the Valley of Jezreel.

And Joshua said to the house of Joseph, to Ephraim and to Manasseh, You are a great and numerous people and have great power; you shall not have only one lot

But the hill country shall be yours; though it is a forest, you shall clear and possess it to its farthest borders; for you shall drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots and are strong."

The sons of Joseph, Ephraim and Manasseh wanted more land because The Lord has blessed them. The people of Joseph went to Josuha and complained, saying give us more inheritance. Josuha, who has The Spirit on him said, go clear the woods and take that. They said we can't the Cannaanites are there with great weapons of mass destruction... (Heard that one lately?) lives there... Josuha said, "You are a great and strong people and you will take that land from them and clear it, and live there!" So be It!

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God Is A Promise Keeper

Jeremiah 33:13-21

"In the cities of the hill country, in the cities of the lowland, in the cities of the South (the Negeb), in the land of Benjamin, in the places around Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah shall flocks pass again under the hands of him who counts them, says the Lord.

Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will fulfill the good promise I have made to the house of Israel and the house of Judah.

In those days and at that time will I cause a righteous Branch [the Messiah] to grow up to David; and He shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.

In those days Judah shall be saved and Jerusalem shall dwell safely. And this is the name by which it will be called, The Lord is Our Righteousness (our Rightness, our Justice).

For thus says the Lord: David shall never fail [to have] a man [descendant] to sit on the throne of the house of Israel,

Nor shall the Levitical priests fail [to have] a man [descendant] to offer burnt offerings before Me and to burn cereal offerings and to make sacrifices continually (all day long).

And the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying,

Thus says the Lord: If you can break My covenant with the day, and My covenant with the night, so that there should not be day and night in their season,

Then can also My covenant be broken with David My servant, so that he shall not have a son to reign upon his throne, and [My league be broken also] with the Levitical priests, My ministers."

God Promised Israel and Judah that a man would always be on the throne of David, and the priest would be there out of Levi always. He said That if they could break off the day Day And Night, Then It, His Promise could be broken as well.... Well, Jesus Is The Promise!

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Your Day

Ezekiel  33:12

"And you, son of man, say to your people, The uprightness and justice of the [uncompromisingly] righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression; and as for the wicked lawlessness of the wicked lawless, he shall not fall because of it in the day that he turns from his wickedness, neither shall the rigidly upright and just be able to live because of his past righteousness in the day that he sins and misses the mark [in keeping in harmony and right standing with God]."

The Lord God was telling His prophet about what to teach at this day of God's People. He said " In your day, even if you were upright in your day, but turned wicked...rejecting The Truth... You will not be delivered...

For the wicked acting, if in your day, you turn and Believe in The Truth... You will be saved... Delivered from your day of wickedness...

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I Thank God

1 Corinthians 1:4-8

"I thank my God at all times for you because of the grace (the favor and spiritual blessing) of God which was bestowed on you in Christ Jesus,

[So] that in Him in every respect you were enriched, in full power and readiness of speech [to speak of your faith] and complete knowledge and illumination [to give you full insight into its meaning].

In this way [our] witnessing concerning Christ (the Messiah) was so confirmed and established and made sure in you

That you are not [consciously] falling behind or lacking in any special spiritual endowment or Christian grace [the reception of which is due to the power of divine grace operating in your souls by the Holy Spirit], while you wait and watch [constantly living in hope] for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and [His] being made visible to all.

And He will establish you to the end [keep you steadfast, give you strength, and guarantee your vindication; He will be your warrant against all accusation or indictment so that you will be] guiltless and irreproachable in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah)."

God has established our hearts in Him.

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Shield of His Salvation

2 Samuel 22:31-36

"As for God, His way is perfect; the word of the Lord is tried. He is a Shield to all those who trust and take refuge in Him.

For who is God but the Lord? And who is a Rock except our God?

God is my strong Fortress; He guides the blameless in His way and sets him free.

He makes my feet like the hinds’ [firm and able]; He sets me secure and confident upon the heights.

He trains my hands for war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

You have also given me the shield of Your salvation; and Your condescension and gentleness have made me great."

You have heard; "Trust In The Lord with All your HEART," well, you don't even know where that is... Where is the heart part, that you Forse to think... "Now you trust right now in Jesus!" Jesus, The Word says, knows where your heart is. And if you will believe that He Is God come In The Flesh, lived sin free, but was killed as a sinner for you, then He takes your heart, puts a Shield on it, and you then can "Run For It..." Into His Heart as a Secure Fortress!

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Grasping Everything Good About Jesus

Philemon 1:6

"[And I pray] that the participation in and sharing of your faith may produce and promote full recognition and appreciation and understanding and precise knowledge of every good [thing] that is ours in [our identification with] Christ Jesus [and unto His glory]."

Our Brother Paul was writing a letter to Philemon saying he would pray that he could grasp All things that come with Identification With Christ Jesus. Fully being aware that the Glory and respect in that position, brings "Blessed assurance," of no "Identinity Thief," taking your position and rewards...

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Don't Deny Jesus

2 Timothy 2:12

"If we endure, we shall also reign with Him. If we deny and disown and reject Him, He will also deny and disown and reject us."

The Holy Spirit was saying through Pastor Timmy... If you endure... You will reign with Jesus... 

If you deny Jesus, rejecting Him...

He with reject you, by disowning...

Don't do it... Jesus Is Glorious to Live in and with... Don't leave Earth without Him.

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Day of His Army

Joel 2:11

"And the Lord utters His voice before His army, for His host is very great, and [they are] strong and powerful who execute [God’s] word. For the day of the Lord is great and very terrible, and who can endure it?"

His host of angels, and us His People army, are very great! We are strong and powerful WHO execute His Word....

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Walking "Sure-Footed," More

Exodus 24:7

"Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read in the hearing of the people; and they said, All that the Lord has said we will do, and we will be obedient."

This Obedient Flower, popped up in my yard suddenly. My husband took a picture and sent it to me while I have been out of town working out how to walk out this new Way of His for me. I felt unsure... Awkward in the position of being very creative With The Creator! He wanted me and Him to do this next season of Refleshing of my soul together...

The Holy Spirit leads us into All Truth about "Who Jesus Is In You..."

Discovery is all things, all Hands on you, All His Heart into you... You see where I am surely walking.

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Jesus Christ, And Him Crucified

Isaiah 66:5

"Hear the word of the Lord, you who tremble at His word: Your brethren who hate you, who cast you out for My name’s sake, have said, Let the Lord be glorified, that we may see your joy! But it is they who shall be put to shame."

I use to say a lot when teaching, " I didn't die on the Cross for anyone..."

Meaning, I can't get anyone in or keep anyone out of heaven... Nor can I kick anyone in to hell. The Lord God made a statement of how He felt... Those of you who do love Me and My Word, and respect It... This is what is happening now to you... Your brethren...(those of your own House) who hate you ....Why! For Jesus Namesake... They are saying... Really, let us just see if you love Jesus... Let us just put the screws in tight, and Glorify God then...so you can be happy if you are suffering for Him... haHa...

Jesus Said... It will be them that will be put to open ashame...

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Contrite Heart

Isaiah 66:1-2

Isaiah 66

​"THUS SAYS the Lord: Heaven is My throne, and the earth is My footstool. What kind of house would you build for Me? And what kind can be My resting-place?

For all these things My hand has made, and so all these things have come into being [by and for Me], says the Lord. But this is the man to whom I will look and have regard: he who is humble and of a broken or wounded spirit, and who trembles at My word and reveres My commands."

Can I build a House big enough for Jesus to live in with me? Is there a tree big enough to build a chair for Jesus to sit at the dinner table with me? He made everything for Him to live comfortably in and with, before He created me. He wants my heart to be a clean comfortable place to live in... Opened up, pliable, continuing in His Way of Thinking, and lovIng to do so. That is what He calls broken and humble... Loyal. 

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How Dare You

Galatians 2:14

"But as soon as I saw that they were not straightforward and were not living up to the truth of the Gospel, I said to Cephas (Peter) before everybody present, If you, though born a Jew, can live [as you have been living] like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how do you dare now to urge and practically force the Gentiles to [comply with the ritual of Judaism and] live like Jews?"

Paul was telling Peter, "How dare You."

How dare you make gentile believer's live like you use to, as a Jewish, when you don't do it now, but live free in Christ. What's up with that?

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Clearing Out Mess Inside

Colossians 3:3-5

"For [as far as this world is concerned] you have died, and your [new, real] life is hidden with Christ in God.

When Christ, Who is our life, appears, then you also will appear with Him in [the splendor of His] glory.

So kill (deaden,deprive of power) the evil desire lurking in your members [those animal impulses and all that is earthly in you that is employed in sin]: sexual vice, impurity, sensual appetites, unholy desires, and all greed and covetousness, for that is idolatry (the deifying of self and other created things instead of God)."

When The Lord Jesus Christ, is your Lord, He hid us with His Life In God our Father. You are instructed by The Holy Spirit, how to as Christ Did, rid your mind and body of the life that is not Christ's Best. Filling up your insides with His glorious Life. My Life Is hid with Christ Jesus in Our Father God.

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