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  • BE WILLING TO BE LED

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    Monday December 5, 2022

    BE WILLING TO BE LED

    O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:Isaiah 48:18 (KJV)

    Yahweh made man a free moral being. This means that you are free to make your choice in life. Even though Yahweh desires that nobody ends up in hell but He leaves each individual to make a choice of where he/she spends eternity. Even though Yahweh wants all to worship him, he still leaves each individual to make a choice whom to serve; this is why so many are serving Satan today. One thing with Yahweh is that He never violates man’s decisions especially as it concerns his/her life. It is Satan that forces and coerces. That is how to identify a Satanic religion. That religion that forces people against their will to belong or die is surely Satanic. Yahweh always present a choice to you and urges you to choose life. But He never forces you to choice life, you are very free to choose death (see Deuteronomy 30:15, 19; Joshua 24:15). What Elohim is saying today is that “I want to lead you but I cannot force myself on you. You must make the choice for divine direction and be willing for Me to lead you.”

    If you are ever going to enjoy divine direction, you must make that choice to be led. You must prioritize divine direction and Yahweh’s opinion in whatever that concerns you. This attitude makes you to consult Yahweh on every decision and matter that may crop up in your life. This willingness is a critical requirement to evoke divine response to you. Matthew 5:6 says, ‘Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.’ There is an assurance that if you approach the throne of grace with willingness to be led, that you shall be satisfied. That willingness makes you discard every other opinion and even what you already know just to access Yahweh’s opinion. Elohim sees that thirst in your heart and responds to you according to His Word.

    What is it that drives this willingness? It is the knowledge that it is only the Will of Yahweh that cannot be hindered that drives that willingness. Also the knowledge of the limitedness of man in knowing and handling the affairs of life. You know that every man here on earth was made. No one made the world. Everyone was born into this world, therefore, you cannot know the world more than the one that created it. Claiming to do so is utter foolishness or even a sign of insanity. This explains why it is only the wise that seek Yahweh’s opinion because they know their utter helplessness without His help which is released while you are driving along His Will for your life. If you are not yearning for divine direction, it may be because you are grossly ignorant of your own helplessness in confronting the forces that will confront you on your race on earth. What do you have to confront the gates of hell without Yahushua HaMashiach in your life? That is why we yearn and go for divine direction because if Yahweh be for you, nothing and no one can be against you (see Romans 8:31).

    REMEMBER: Your willingness to be led is vital to accessing Yahweh’s leading.

    CONFESSION: I hail from Yahweh and my life is defined by the Word of Yahweh. I am thirsty to be led in all my ways, that is why I seek Yahweh the way I do because I understand that without Him I am utterly helpless. I am being led both by the written Word and by the Holy Spirit. Halleluyah!

    PROPHETIC RELEASE: May the understanding of your helplessness overtake you today and drive you into the waiting arms of your heavenly Father in the name of Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!

    FURTHER READING:
    Isaiah 1:19; Deuteronomy 32:10-19

    ONE YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN: Read the bible in one year from Old and New Testaments, Psalms and Proverbs.
    Hosea 1:1-3:5; 1 John 5:1-21; Psalm 124:1-8; Proverbs 29:5-8

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  • BE INSTRUCTION MINDED

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    Sunday December 4, 2022

    BE INSTRUCTION MINDED

    Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.
    Proverbs 4:13 [KJV]

    There are a lot of believers in HaMashiach that are only blessing minded. They are the Amen crew of believers; receiving blessings and echoing Amen and that ends it for them. But Yahweh has designed life to function on principles. There is a principle Yahweh established in Genesis 8:22: While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease. It is the principle of Seedtime and harvest. Science decoded it and calls it the principle of cause and effect. This means that if harvest is your objective, then you must not ignore seedtime. This means that no matter how you shout Amen to a prophetic declaration, if that your Amen was the only action you took, you maybe heading to frustration if the outcome requires other input. For instance, until you give, you cannot receive. Giving is the seed that is required to be planted for the harvest of blessings to result. Luke 6:38 says, ‘Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.’ It is what you gave that a good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over is returned into your bosom. This is a principle of seedtime and harvest and it has no respect to whether you are born again or not. If you take this principle no matter who you are and diligently apply it, you will without fail, end at the supposed outcome.

    As a son of Yahweh, you must be instruction conscious, because your life and abundance is tied to it. Our opening text specifically says that instruction is your life. That is to say without instruction, you have no life, you will end at the abode of death and destruction. What instruction is to a pilot is what instruction is to a believer in HaMashiach. Aeroplanes are flown on instructions not on opinions. Bishop David Oyedepo says, “We walk by common sense, we run by principles but we fly by instruction. You don’t train a child to walk, a child learns how to walk by common sense, An athlete runs by standards or principle of the pitch, but a pilot flies a plane by instructions or commands.” If you ever desire to soar on wings in life and destiny, you must be an instruction minded believer, you must be excited at commands. Until you take commands excitedly from Yahweh, you cannot be in command on earth. Rather than claim the blessing, find out what to do to command the blessing upon you, then do it excitedly and you would not need to beg to be blessed.

    You should be asking yourself now, “what must I do to end up at so so place in my walk with Yahushua HaMashiach?” “Lord, what are you saying to me to do for 2023?” Selah!

    REMEMBER: Take fast hold of instruction for she is your life.

    CONFESSION: I am a product of the Word of Yahweh therefore, I am conscious that therein lies my life, future and development. I am instruction-minded because I am an eagle Believer. Glory be the Father!

    PROPHETIC RELEASE: Everything that rebels and scoffs instruction in you dies now in the name of Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!

    FURTHER READING:
    Job 33:14-18; Proverbs 5:11-13

    ONE YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN: Read the bible in one year from Old and New Testaments, Psalms and Proverbs.
    Daniel 11:36-12:13; 1 John 4:1-21; Psalm 123:1-4; Proverbs 29:2-4

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  • WISDOM FACILITATES ROBUST ENVIABLE CAREER/BUSINESS

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    Tuesday November 29, 2022

    WISDOM FACILITATES ROBUST ENVIABLE CAREER/BUSINESS

    Have you seen a man who is expert in his business? he will take his place before kings; his place will not be among low persons.
    Proverbs 22:29 (BBE)

    Wisdom wants to make you an expert in any area of your calling in life. If it is not excellence, divine wisdom is not involved. Divine wisdom drives you to focus on your career or business, develop goals, short and long term goals and begin to apply yourself to the demands of diligence in order to make the most of your time. We are going to outline wisdom steps to take to emerge an expert in your career or business that will make you attract kings and nobles around the world. Remember that kings are ordained to come to the brightness of your raising (see Isaiah 60:3). The operation of wisdom puts governments under pressure to consult you because they cannot deny your effects by the excellence that exudes from you. What are the wisdom steps?

    1. Focus: Proverbs 4:24 (BBE) says, ‘Keep your eyes on what is in front of you, looking straight before you.’ Be a person of a single eye. Focus on your career and don’t be distracted. You are a person of excellence and there is glory in what you are doing if only you will apply yourself to task. You maybe the first to make it lucrative. Don’t follow the multitude to run from one career or business to another. Focus on what is in your hand. There can be no excellence without focus.
    2. Set Goals. Luke 14:28 (KJV) says, ‘For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?’ Setting goals is the process of counting the cost. What does it take to be at this point in my career in the next five years? What does it take to be this size of net worth in the next five years in this business? Set short-term and long-term goals. There can be no pursuit without clear cut goals with timelines.
    3. Plan. Having set your short-term and long-term goals, develop workable plans on how to achieve the goals. Planning involves setting up processes with time tags to activities. It was Benjamin Franklin, the father of time management who said ‘Failing to plan is planning to fail’. Without workable plans, your goals may just end up unfulfilled because planning is the pathway to the goal fulfilment.
    4. Pursue. This is where applying yourself in focus comes into play again. Pursue your goal through careful implementation of your plans. Make adjustments where necessary but pursue and don’t be deterred when you encounter failure or something that didn’t work according to plan. Always be flexible to re-plan and keep pursuing. Consistency is the key. Whatever works, keep working it.
    5. Connect your goal to kingdom interest to commit God’s partnership. This is the winning ticket for us in the kingdom. Every other thing stated above can be applied by an unbeliever but this point is what makes us different and secures divine backing which makes us wonders on earth (see Matthew 6:33).

    There is absolutely nothing that can hinder you when you walk in divine wisdom concerning your career or business. Shalom!

    REMEMBER: Wisdom makes you an envy in your career/business.

    CONFESSION: I am the righteousness of Yahweh in Yahushua HaMashiach. Excellence is my lifestyle. I produce excellence in the work of my hands. I am an expert in what I do and kings are flowing to the brightness of my raising. Halleluyah!!!

    PROPHETIC RELEASE: As this month ends tomorrow, I decree that there shall be no carry-over of November’s blessings to December. I decree that within the remaining hours that you enter practically into all that the Lord has released for you this month in the name of Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!

    FURTHER READING:
    II Chronicles 27:6

    ONE YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN: Read the bible in one year from Old and New Testaments, Psalms and Proverbs.
    Daniel 6:1-28; 2 Peter 3:1-18; Psalm 119:129-152; Proverbs 28:21-22

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  • WISDOM FACILITATES ROBUST GLORIOUS MARITAL LIFE (B)

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    Monday November 28, 2022

    WISDOM FACILITATES ROBUST GLORIOUS MARITAL LIFE (B)

    Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.
    Colossians 3:19 (KJV)

    The husband has a responsibility to love his wife as HaMashiach loved the Church. Our opening text states, “and be not bitter against them” meaning that the wife has the capacity not just to annoy her husband but to behave in such a way that will embitter the man. To be bitter means to express severe grief or regret about something. It means marked by strong resentment or cynicism. The husband must know that the wife could behave in ways that could bring strong resentment in his heart towards her and from the beginning make the room to love her in spite. The Church is not close to being perfect but HaMashiach still loves the Church and gave Himself for her. Husband remember that loving your wife has a yardstick and it is a very high one. It is as HaMashiach loves the church and gave himself for her. Loving your wife is something you must be intentional, dedicated and consistent about. She does not need to be perfect to deserve your love. The Church was lost when HaMashiach died for her. It was that sacrifice of love that brought us into relationship with Yahweh. It is loving your wife that will bring out the angel and comforter in her alive. Put showing love to your wife in your budget. Be intentional about it. Your open heavens amongst others depends on your wife’s disposition towards you.

    1 Peter 3:7 says that husband should dwell with your wife according to knowledge. Knowledge here means that the husband is to know his wife in all the departments of her life in order to be able to read the mood of his wife per time and act according to that knowledge. You know when your wife is tired and needs rest and you help her get the needed rest and rejuvenate herself. You know when your wife is moody and needs succour, you try to bring her to smiles and joy. You know when your wife is happy and you don’t puncture that mood. When you don’t act towards your wife according to knowledge, you become the enemy of your own destiny because your prayers will be hindered. Loving your wife is just for your own good.

    Fathers, provoke not your children to wrath. I see a situation in my generation where fathers have abdicated their responsibility of training their children. It is the responsibility of the father to teach the family, the word of God. Train the children. Give instruction before you apply discipline. The word of God is for doctrine, reproof, correction and instruction in righteousness. If you as a father don’t have time for the Word of God, how can you teach it? We have absent fathers that only come in to try to discipline on what is not done well while they have not taken time to give instructions and training. When you do that, you are provoking the child to wrath and the end result is going to be rebellion. You don’t want to have that situation, would you?

    REMEMBER: Wisdom instructs the husband to love his wife to enjoy marital bliss.

    CONFESSION: As HaMashiach is, so am I. I love my spouse and respond in understanding to my family. Thank You Lord!

    PROPHETIC RELEASE: I decree that your family shall begin to experience bliss from this day in the name of Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!

    FURTHER READING:
    Ephesians 5:22-33

    ONE YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN: Read the bible in one year from Old and New Testaments, Psalms and Proverbs.
    Daniel 5:1-31; 2 Peter 2:1-22; Psalm 119:113-128; Proverbs 28:19-20

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  • WISDOM FACILITATES ROBUST GLORIOUS MARITAL LIFE (A)

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    Sunday November 27, 2022

    WISDOM FACILITATES ROBUST GLORIOUS MARITAL LIFE (A)

    18 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.  19 Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.
    Colossians 3:18-19  (KJV)

    Man is a creation of Adonai. It is also only Him that knows the best way that the man can function and fulfill purpose. That is why, it is wisdom to go to the manufacturer’s manual for man which is the Bible and find out the Wisdom steps to take to maximize his/her life. There are wisdom steps in the Word for every area of the man’s life including his marriage. Marriage is Yahweh’s initiative. He therefore, knows the best way to enjoy it. It is Wisdom to search out the keys the creator of marriage has made available for unlocking the treasures in the institution. It is important to note that the wisdom of Yahweh looks like foolishness with men. However, the foolishness of Yahweh if there is anything like that is wiser than men (see 1 Corinthians 1:25). No matter the school you attended and the resultant certificate that you parade, if you don’t humble yourself and subscribe to the wisdom of Yahweh concerning marriage, you will make a shipwreck of your marriage. The evidence of the foregoing statement is the divorce statistics the world over and looks like the number is more with the well read class. Education is not equal to wisdom. Divine Wisdom is a function of hearing and hearkening to the Word of Adonai. If you are too big to hear and obey the word of Yahweh – the Bible, you are too big for success in marriage. If you are too educated to humble yourself before the Word of Elohim, you are too educated to succeed in marriage. Truth is truth. There is no new generation truth. Truth is timeless and ageless.

    The position of the wife in the family is a spiritually sensitive and strategic one. Contrary to several years of teaching that the success of the family hangs on the head of the home who is the husband of the home, the Word actually teaches that the rise and fall of a home is almost 100% dependent on the wife of the home. In almost all the New Testament references about the family, the first person to be addressed is the wife. In Ephesians, Colossians and Peter that addressed the home, the wife was always the first person to be addressed. Proverbs 14:1 (KJV) says something striking, ‘Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands’ Proverbs 23:4 says that ‘Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:’ Every building is built by the operation of Wisdom. This is very critical. How does the wise woman build her house? Our text explains how: wives submit to your husbands as unto the Lord. This is not human-made postulation. This is Divine Wisdom for a successful marital life. No matter your estate in life, if you submit to this Wisdom, you will enjoy peace like river in your home, even if Satan is your husband. Did you notice it says that you should submit to your own husband as to the Lord? That is in the same measure that you would submit to the Lord Yahushua, is exactly the same measure that you should submit to your own husband. That is grave to me, just thinking about it.

    Did you notice that I said that even if Satan is your husband, that you would have peace at home? That is exactly what 1 Peter 3:1-6 was explaining. The Apostle Peter says that even if your husband does not obey the word meaning is not a Christian, he may be won by your chaste character which he will observe. The wife wields so much influence in her home that she literally holds the rise and fall of the home. May the Lord give every wife wisdom to walk by the Word. Shalom!

    We shall continue with the husband tomorrow…

    REMEMBER: Submitting to your husband in everything is the wisdom for marital bliss.

    CONFESSION: I am a woman/man of wisdom. I walk by the word of the Lord, pleasing him in all my ways. I submit to my husband as unto the Lord and I receive the fruit of heaven on earth marriage Thank You Lord!

    PROPHETIC RELEASE: As you work in this wisdom as a wife, I declare peace, love and rest in your home in the name of Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!

    FURTHER READING:
    Ephesian 5:22-33

    ONE YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN: Read the bible in one year from Old and New Testaments, Psalms and Proverbs.
    Daniel 4:1-37; 2 Peter 1:1-21; Psalm 119:97-112; Proverbs 28:17-18

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  • WISDOM FACILITATES ROBUST SPIRITUAL LIFE

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    Saturday November 26, 2022

    WISDOM FACILITATES ROBUST SPIRITUAL LIFE

    Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
    Deuteronomy 4:6 (KJV)

    Wisdom is hearing the Word and doing it. That was what the Lord Yahushua said in Matthew 7:24, “Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:“ As long as you remain in the Word, you are going to continue to function in Wisdom. Your spiritual life begins at new birth; at the time your spirit-man is quickened by the Holy Spirit; at the point of surrender to the Lordship of Yahushua HaMashiach (Ephesians 2:1,5,6). Having come alive in HaMashiach, we have to walk in Wisdom to enjoy most successful relationship with Yahweh. The First thing about our lives as new creations is that the food of our recreated human spirit is the Word of Yahweh. 1 Peter 2:2 says, ‘As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:’ In John 6:63 (NET), the word says that ‘The Spirit is the one who gives life; human nature is of no help! The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.’ To grow and mature spiritually, you must be addicted to the Bible in reading, studying, meditating and practising same. You cannot outgrow this process as long as you are on this side of eternity. How long can one go without food before the body wears out? Same applies spiritually, if you starve your spirit of the Word, it will soon die and you would return back to sin.

    Another thing about our recreated human spirit is that it has to breathe to live and what breathing is to the human body is what prayer is to the recreated human spirit. II Thessalonians 5:17 says that we should pray without ceasing. Prayer is the air we breathe to stay alive spiritually. Luke 18:1 says that we ought always to pray and not to faint. Prayer is an “always” thing. Then to intensify your prayer, you need to add fasting to it. The Lord Yahushua says that there are some kind of situation that will not respond except fasting is added (see Matthew 17:21; Mark 9:29). It is important to note that prayer and fasting does not change Yahweh but it changes you. As you read the word in prayer and fasting, your faith grows to believe Yahweh for more and it is to us according to our faith (Matthew 9:29). Also don’t neglect praying in the Holy Spirit. Do that always!

    Another thing about our recreated human spirit is that it was created for fellowship not just with Yahweh but with the brethren. We are like wood, our impact is only possible when we come together. On the Day of Pentecost, the Holy Spirit lighted the Church not in their different houses but when they were gathered together (Acts 2:1) and to maintain that fire, remaining together is inevitable. No matter the fire you claim to carry, you will naturally go off when you isolate yourself from fellowship of brethren (see Hebrews 10:25). This is the wisdom so many lacked that has extinguished their spiritual lives and fire.

    Lastly for space, our recreated human spirit needs exercise to remain fit. What physical exercise is to the body is what godliness is to our recreated human spirit (see I Timothy 4:7-8). Godliness is the outworking of the gift of righteousness which you received at new birth. The day to day manifestation of that righteousness which results in reverence for Yahweh, peace and good works towards people.

    REMEMBER: It takes Wisdom to maintain your spiritual life.

    PRAYER: Dear Heavenly Father, I thank You for Your word to me today. I receive the grace to do all that is required to maintain my spiritual life in the name of Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!

    PROPHETIC RELEASE: Every indiscipline hindering your spiritual growth is cursed today in the name of Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!

    FURTHER READING:
    Joshua 1:8; Psalms 119:9-11

    ONE YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN: Read the bible in one year from Old and New Testaments, Psalms and Proverbs.
    Daniel 2:24-3:30; 1 Peter 4:7-5:14; Psalm 119:81-96; Proverbs 28:15-16

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  • IF IT IS THIS WISDOM THEN (7): IT IS WITHOUT HYPOCRISY

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    Friday November 25, 2022

    IF IT IS THIS WISDOM THEN (7): IT IS WITHOUT HYPOCRISY

    But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
    James 3:17 (KJV)

    This is the last characteristic of divine Wisdom that Brother James talked about. This Wisdom is without hypocrisy. In Greek, the words for hypocrisy and hypocrite have to do with someone playing a part, as if they were an actor on stage. They’re dissemblers, pretenders who simulate, feign, and pretend to be something they are not (Thayer’s dictionary, entries on G5273 and G5271). The opposite is what we find in wisdom — anupokritos (G505), something that is unfeigned, undisguised, sincere. Somehow, we’re all familiar with the problem of hypocrisy in the Church. For most of us, it’s something we’ve had close experience with. We’ve found ourselves disgusted with others who we identify as hypocrites and we may even have caught ourselves doing hypocritical things. The Bible tells us “wisdom is the principle thing, therefore get wisdom” (Prov. 4:7, KJV). Wisdom is something Yahweh has in abundance and which He is eager to share with those who ask for it (James 1:5). As we grow in wisdom we will become people who are sincere, authentic, and live without hypocrisy.

    Avoiding hypocrisy is not as simple a matter as it may seem, even for mature Christians. For example, Paul speaks of a time when the Apostle Peter and “even Barnabas” were carried away by hypocrisy, along with other Jewish Christians (Gal. 2:11-14). We all need to be vigilant. James 5:12 (WEB) says, “But above all things, my brothers, don’t swear— not by heaven, or by the earth, or by any other oath; but let your “yes” be “yes”, and your “no”, “no”, so that you don’t fall into hypocrisy.” You’ve probably read translations of this verse where the last line reads “lest you fall under judgement,” but the Greek word here is hupokrisis (G5272). I think knowing James is talking about hypocrisy makes his “above all things” statement make more sense. There is a great need for us to live genuine, godly lives without dissembling, lying, double-standards, and pay-acting.

    The word used in James for “without hypocrisy” is used only five other times. In addition to wisdom being without hypocrisy, we’re also to love without hypocrisy (Rom. 12:9; 2 Cor. 6:6; 1 Pet. 1:22) and have faith without hypocrisy (1 Tim. 1:5; 2 Tim. 1:5). Sincere, unfeigned faith and love are core parts of a Christian life. As one of Yahweh’s most important character traits, love is foundational to having Godly wisdom. Faith and wisdom are also linked (Matt. 24:45; 2 Tim. 3:15). I Peter 2:1-3 says, “1 Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, 2 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: 3 If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.” We have all tasted the Lord’s grace and love if we’re in a relationship with Him. As such, we owe Him our whole hearts — not some outward, play-acted version of insincere faith.

    REMEMBER: The Wisdom from above is without hypocrisy.

    CONFESSION: I am a sincere, truthful, and dedicated friend. When I say that I love, I genuinely love. I don’t talk behind people’s backs. I don’t gossip. I don’t betray the friends Adonai has brought into my life. I function by Divine Wisdom. Halleluyah!!!

    PROPHETIC RELEASE: I release grace upon you now to be true to Yahweh, brethren and yourself and whatever is confronting you today as a challenge turns to testimony for you now in the name of Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!

    FURTHER READING:
    Romans 12:9; 2 Corinthians 6:6; 1 Peter 1:22

    ONE YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN: Read the bible in one year from Old and New Testaments, Psalms and Proverbs.
    Daniel 1:1-2:23; 1 Peter 3:8-4:6; Psalm 119:65-80; Proverbs 28:14

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  • IF IT IS THIS WISDOM THEN (6): IT IS WITHOUT PARTIALITY

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    Thursday November 24, 2022

    IF IT IS THIS WISDOM THEN (6): IT IS WITHOUT PARTIALITY

    But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, …
    James 3:17 (KJV)

    Acting without partiality is a hard thing to do, but it is a godly thing and therefore worth doing. Part of growing to have the “wisdom that is from above” involves setting aside our automatic human reactions to situations and replacing them with how Yahweh would react. Before we start looking at how we’re to be impartial, it’s important to note that Yahweh doesn’t show partiality regarding whom He blesses with wisdom. James writes, “if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.” If you meet the basic requirements — seek Elohim and ask in faith (see James 1:5-6) — then Elohim will give wisdom regardless of your age, background, ethnicity, status, ability, etc. He is not a “respecter of persons” who shows favouritism or twists His rules based on who someone is (see Deut. 10:17; 2 Chronicles 19:7; Acts 10:34). This is very grave when we consider what I Peter 1:15-17 says, “15 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation? 16 Because it is written, Be ye holy? for I am holy. 17 And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man’s work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:” You only endear yourself to the Lord when you work according His Word.

    Part of becoming holy is learning to be like Yahweh, and one of the ways He operates is without showing favouritism. If we respect Him as Father, then we should know Him as impartial judge and respect Him by living in reverent fear. Interestingly, this sort of fear is called “the beginning of wisdom” (Ps. 111:10; Prov. 9:10, see also Prov. 15:33; Is. 33:6). Shortly before telling us the wisdom from above is “without partiality,” James gives us one example of what ungodly partiality looks like. James 2:1-4 says, “1 My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons. 2 For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment? 3 And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place? and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool: 4 Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts?” When we show partiality we separate, make distinction, discriminate, and prefer one thing or person over another. That’s what diakrino means (G1252, Thayer’s dictionary definition). In contrast, wisdom is adiakritos — without diakrino (G87). Wisdom does not practice favouritism, discriminate, or see distinctions. When we respect Yahweh, who is impartial, we begin to learn wisdom and become more and more like Him. To show partiality is to not “be holy as the Father is holy.” In contrast, to act impartially is to become more like Yahweh. Selah!

    REMEMBER: This Divine Wisdom is without partiality.

    PRAYER: Dear Heavenly Father, I thank You for your word to me today. I desire to function like you without partiality, so help me Father in the name of Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!

    PROPHETIC RELEASE: Receive the grace to live like Elohim in holiness in the name of Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!

    FURTHER READING:
    Acts 10:34-35; Leviticus 19:15; Deuteronomy 1:17

    ONE YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN: Read the bible in one year from Old and New Testaments, Psalms and Proverbs.
    Ezekiel 47:1-48:35; 1 Peter 2:11-3:7; Psalm 119:49-64; Proverbs 28:12-13

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  • IF IT IS THIS WISDOM THEN (5): IT IS FULL OF GOOD WORKS

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    Wednesday November 23, 2022

    IF IT IS THIS WISDOM THEN (5): IT IS FULL OF GOOD WORKS

    But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, …
    James 3:17 (KJV)

    Good works are simply actions that are good. Yahweh is the creator and definer of good. It is good to do everything He says is good. For example, the Bible tells us that Yahweh’s law is good and is given for our good: “Therefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy and just and good” (Romans 7:12). “Keep the commandments of the LORD and His statutes which I command you today for your good” (Deuteronomy 10:13). Yahweh is the creator and definer of good. It is good to do everything He says is good. For example, the Bible tells us that Yahweh’s law is good and is given for our good. Some examples the Bible gives of good works include keeping the commandments and giving to the poor (see Matthew 19:16-21); giving alms secretly (see Matthew 6:3-4); and even just giving someone a cup of cold water (see Matthew 10:42).

    Let us see more biblical examples of good works. In Matthew 25:34-36 Yahushua gives several specific examples in His parable of the sheep and goats: “Then the King will say to those on His right hand, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: for I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in; I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me.’”

    The book of Acts celebrates the good works of a woman who died in the early years of the Church. “At Joppa there was a certain disciple named Tabitha, which is translated Dorcas. This woman was full of good works and charitable deeds which she did. … And all the widows stood by him weeping, showing the tunics and garments which Dorcas had made while she was with them” (Acts 9:36, 39). Paul explained that Christians should not only stop doing bad things, but should do the opposite. In Ephesians 4:28 he wrote, “Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather let him labour, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something to give him who has need.” Before we are converted, our “old man” does the works of the flesh, but our “new man” should do good works, reflecting the fruit of the Spirit. Everything that we do that is good can be called a good work, so studying and applying passages like Galatians 5:22-23 and Colossians 3:12-14 can help us grow in good works.

    James even defined right religion in terms of good works. “Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world” (James 1:27). James 2:16 demonstrates the importance of filling people’s physical needs, such as for clothing and food. Good works are the evidence of living faith, as James pointed out (James 2:14-26). When this Wisdom from above is at work in your life, you will surely overflow in good works.

    REMEMBER: Good works is the manifestation of the Wisdom from above.

    CONFESSION: I am from above. I came with divine Wisdom making me overflow in good works everywhere I go. Halleluyah!

    PROPHETIC RELEASE: I decree that good works makes way for you this day for favour untold in the name of Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!

    FURTHER READING:
    Hebrews 13:21

    ONE YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN: Read the bible in one year from Old and New Testaments, Psalms and Proverbs.
    Ezekiel 45:13-46:24; 1 Peter 1:13-2:10; Psalm 119:33-48; Proverbs 28:11

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  • IF IT IS THIS WISDOM THEN (4): IT IS FULL OF MERCY

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    Tuesday November 22, 2022

    IF IT IS THIS WISDOM THEN (4): IT IS FULL OF MERCY

    But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy …
    James 3:17 (KJV)

    Mercy is defined as that aspect of Yahweh’s character in which He does not give people what they deserve. Mercy is a disposition to be kind and forgiving. It is the feeling that motivates compassion. It is the force that alleviates distress and shows great kindness towards the distressed. When you are full of mercy, you pity those who are afflicted and those who afflict and offend you. When you are full of mercy, your default response to those who hurt you is pity not vengeance. This means that vengeful, get-even spirit is not divine Wisdom but earthly, sensual and devilish wisdom. When you are full of mercy, you are patient with people’s quirks. There are just people that behave odd and oppose everything. When you are full of mercy, you exercise a lot of patience with people’s quirks. What person in your life has irritating quirks? How can you practice patience with that person this today and this week? Colossians 3:12 admonishes to ‘Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;’ The bowel is the inner most being of a person which is often considered by Hebrews as the seat of the tenderer affections, especially kindness, benevolence, and compassion. This is telling us that our mercy should flow from our innermost being and not a fake camouflage. That when you see someone in trouble, something should well up from your depth to show mercy to the person.

    Full of mercy means helping anyone around you who is hurting. Our world is full of people that are broken, battered and hurting. You don’t go about gossiping and killing them the more, instead you show them mercy by extending a helping hand. When you see someone drowning, do you help rescue or contribute to the person’s sinking? See who around you is obviously hurting—and then look for a way you can help this week. If you can’t find anybody, then you’re not paying attention. Look closer! Who in your life needs a second chance? How can you show that person mercy and compassion today and this week? Full of mercy means giving people a second chance. Yes they have blown it before, mercy says, try again. Quit reminding them of how they failed before, let mercy erase their past while giving them a clean slate to win. Full of mercy means doing good to those who are hurting. Whether it is sickness, or marital distress, or career challenges, full of mercy, lain over to do good and offer help. Maybe you’re suffering from an old wound that you have not been able to let go of. Choose to forgive and then turn it around for good. Who is that person in your life? Will you make a phone call or a visit this week?

    Full of mercy means being kind to those who offend you. Friend hear this, offence is a must (see Matthew 18:7). If you are going to achieve any worthwhile goal in your life, you are going to be offended in people and people are going to offend you, and some deliberately. Make up your mind for advance forgiveness for anyone that finally offends you. Look with pity on every offender. Moreover, we offend Yahweh everyday, so we have no choice but to be kind just as we have been shown kindness by the Father. How can you be intentional in showing kindness to those who offended you today and this week? Full of mercy means building bridges of love to the unpopular. What person first comes to mind when you think of an outcast? Who spends their lunch breaks eating alone or doesn’t seem to have friends at soccer games? What specific thing will you do this week to bridge the gap between you and that person with love? Go ahead and show mercy today and always, that is Divine Wisdom in operation.

    REMEMBER: The Wisdom from above is full of mercy.

    PRAYER: Dear Heavenly Father, I thank You for Your word to me today. I ask for grace to be full of mercy in my relationship with the people of this world in the name of Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!

    PROPHETIC RELEASE: As you function in mercy, you shall obtain mercy from the Lord in the name of Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!

    FURTHER READING:
    James 2:13; Jude 1:21

    ONE YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN: Read the bible in one year from Old and New Testaments, Psalms and Proverbs.
    Ezekiel 44:1-45:12; 1 Peter 1:1-12; Psalm 119:17-32; Proverbs 28:8-10

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