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CHARACTERISTICS OF YAHWEH’S KIND OF LOVE (4): IS NOT BOASTFUL

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Tuesday FEBRUARY 7, 2023

CHARACTERISTICS OF YAHWEH’S KIND OF LOVE (4): IS NOT BOASTFUL

… love never is envious nor boils over with jealousy, is not boastful or vainglorious, …
I Corinthians 13:4 (AMP)

Love is not boastful. To be boastful is to take delight in our own accomplishments or positions and flaunt the fact that other people have not accomplished them. This second part is crucial, there is nothing wrong with recognising who we are and what we have done. We’re not asking people to pretend they are something they are not, or pretend they have not accomplished what they have accomplished. We’re talking about flaunting that in the face of those who have not accomplished that and regarding them as inferior because of it. In fact that is the key, its not about your accomplishments, its about seeing those accomplishments as making you more important than everyone else. Being boastful is arrogating to yourself the glory of your accomplishments. It is thinking and talking as though it was all by your power that you are where you are and have accomplished what you have accomplished. Love is not boastful. Yahweh-kind of love recognises that there is nothing in anyone apart from Yahweh. The Yahweh-kind of Love recognises that it is all by the power and help of the Lord that anything has been accomplished at all.

CHARACTERISTICS OF YAHWEH’S KIND OF LOVE (3): IS NOT ENVIOUS

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Monday FEBRUARY 6, 2023

CHARACTERISTICS OF YAHWEH’S KIND OF LOVE (3): IS NOT ENVIOUS

…love never is envious nor boils over with jealousy, …
I Corinthians 13:4 (AMP)

First Corinthians 13 offers one of the Bible’s richest expositions regarding love. Verse 4 notes that love “does not envy.” So, selfish jealousy is at odds with Yahweh’s type of love. Some Bible versions rendered ‘love is never envious’ in our text as ‘it is not envious’ (NET), ‘it does not envy’ (NIV), ‘love does not envy’ (NKJV), ‘is not jealous’ (ERV), ‘charity envieth not’ (KJV), etc. The Greek word translated “envy” is ‘zeloo’ which means “to burn with zeal, to have warmth of feeling for or against, to affect, covet (earnestly), (have) desire, (move with) envy, be jealous over, (be) zealous(-ly affect).” Literally, the sense is “to be heated or to boil over with envy, hatred, or anger.” In the context of 1 Corinthians 13, the idea is that love does not focus on personal desires. It is not eager to increase possessions. Yahweh’s type of love is selfless, not selfish. Envy is when you want what someone else has and you resent them for having it. Spurgeon says it this way “There is a spirit, resident in the natural man, the human nature of man, which is always inclined toward hate and envy, always wanting to get somewhat from other men, and always grieved if other men seem to be or to have more than the person himself has.”

CHARACTERISTICS OF YAHWEH’S KIND OF LOVE (2): IS KIND

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Sunday FEBRUARY 5, 2023

CHARACTERISTICS OF YAHWEH’S KIND OF LOVE (2): IS KIND

… love is kind and thoughtful, …
I Corinthians 13:4 (AMP)

The second attribute of the Yahweh-kind of love is kindness. What is it to be kind? The phrase “is kind” in I Corinthians 13:4 is the Greek word chrēsteuomai, from the root word chrēstos, which E. W. Bullinger’s Critical Lexicon and Concordance to the English and Greek New Testament defines as “good, gentle, benevolent…actively beneficent in spite of ingratitude.” Both “benevolent” and “beneficent” describe someone who does good. To be kind is to do good unto others, even if they don’t show appreciation for our gestures. The Yahweh-kind of love is always the answer to the odds of human demeanour. That definition of chresteuomai says ‘actively beneficent in spite of ingratitude’.

CHARACTERISTICS OF YAHWEH’S KIND OF LOVE (1): ENDURES LONG

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Saturday FEBRUARY 4, 2023

CHARACTERISTICS OF YAHWEH’S KIND OF LOVE (1): ENDURES LONG

Love endures with patience and serenity; …
I Corinthians 13:4 [AMP]

Beginning from this day, we shall be discussing the characteristics of the Yahweh-kind of love. These are the manifestations of the Yahweh-kind of love in the Believer. Love is the first fruit of the recreated human spirit. This is because every other fruit is an overflow of love. As wonderful as the gifts of the Spirit are, the Bible teaches that it’s the fruit of the spirit – “love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, [and] temperance” (Galatians 5:22-23) – that indicate a person is walking in the spirit and not the flesh. If you want to know whether you’re a spiritual person or not, look to see if you are walking in love. You simply can’t walk in the spirit or be a spiritual person without being ruled by love. The reason I single out love is because it is the foundation upon which all the other fruit rest. The others flow out of love. To find out just how important love is in the economy of Yahweh, read the first few verses of 1 Corinthians 13, “1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. 2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge? and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. 3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.” (verses 1-3).

YAHWEH KNEW YOU

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Friday FEBRUARY 3, 2023

YAHWEH KNEW YOU

“Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.”

Jeremiah 1:5 [KJV]

This is absolutely mind-blowing. You are not a biological accident the circumstances surrounding your birth notwithstanding. You are not a mistake that just happened. No matter what your parents or any other person have said, you are very much in the plan and agenda of your heavenly Father. The Hebrew translated ‘know’ in our opening verse means to have an intimate knowledge as deep as intercourse. It is knowing the hidden naked side and details of a person. That is to say that before you ever existed, YAHWEH knew you personally, intimately and holistically. That is the definition of love – intimacy that is a result of knowledge. Psalms 139 captured this knowledge of love in a most scintillating way. We shall take a few of them. Psalms 139:2-4 addressing Yahweh says, “2. You know when I sit down and when I get up. You know my thoughts from far away. 3. You know where I go and where I lie down. You know everything I do. 4. LORD, you know what I want to say, even before the words leave my mouth.” (ERV). We’re talking about the fact that Yahweh knew you intimately and that before you ever arrive in time. It is a knowing that springs from intimacy and love. He loves you out of knowledge. There’s nothing about you that is a surprise to Him.

THE GREATER LOVE

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Thursday FEBRUARY 2, 2023

THE GREATER LOVE

“Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.”
John 15:13 [KJV]

Greater love is a superior love. It is the surpassing love. It is love that pays the ultimate price. That is the love of Yahweh in full manifestation expressed in Yahushua. When Yahweh made man, in his love He gave him freedom of the will and placed him in the garden of plenty and abundance. However, man obeyed Satan and rebelled against Love. That brought negative consequences to man. Every evil around today is traceable to who man submitted to against his maker. People are always quick to remark, ”if Yahweh is love, why are there so much evil in the world?”. The answer is really simple. Evil in the world is all orchestrated by Satan courtesy of Adam and Eve. The dominion over the earth was given to Adam under the guidance of Yahweh. That guidance was the Word spoken to him. He was also given freedom to do as he please. He could swing his allegiance whithersoever he wishes. That is freedom. As you already know, he sold out to Satan by disobeying Yahweh. That transaction made Satan the god of this world from that day instead of Adam.

WHAT IS THE LORD SAYING FOR FEBRUARY 2023?

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Wednesday FEBRUARY 1, 2023

WHAT IS THE LORD SAYING FOR FEBRUARY 2023?

Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
I John 2:15 [KJV]

Welcome to the month of February in our year of the #DependableYahweh. We are already set this year for outstanding success having stayed almost all through January on the fasting and prayer mountain. It was such an intense month of prayer and fasting with the theme “I am empowered on the altar of fasting and prayer to serve the Dependable Yahweh.” We explored the fact that you are here to serve the interest of the Kingdom of Yahweh, otherwise, you would have been physically translated the very day that you got saved. He left you here so that you can be an instrument to bringing others out of the bondage of sin and Satan. We saw what fasting is and scriptural examples of fasting. We examined in depth what fasting offers and how to fast acceptably. There is acceptable fast and also unacceptable fast. We believe in all that you were transfigured as you prayed and more importantly empowered to serve Yahweh this year. We prayed intensely to receive the grace to serve Him as a lifestyle with proofs and we believe that the rest months of this year is already a walkover. Having been empowered, it is now time to prove our love for the Lord Yahushua HaMashiach by deploying ourselves full-time for the interest, increase and expansion of His kingdom.

THANKFUL FOR JANUARY 2023

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Tuesday January 31, 2023

THANKFUL FOR JANUARY 2023

Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;
Colossians 4:2 [KJV]

Thanksgiving is a universal application if there is going to be a response from Yahweh. In the first place, you cannot enter into Yahweh’s presence without thanksgiving. Psalms 100:4 says, ‘Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.’ No matter the urgency of your case, you cannot secure attention until you come into Yahweh’s presence and you cannot be admitted into that hollowed court without coming with an overflow of thanksgiving. This is the protocol of the Kingdom and our King Father. Learn to overflow with thanksgiving, it turns your heavenly Father on at your presence. And listen, until you thank Yahweh for the last, you do not qualify for the next. Until you thank Adonai for the seen, you cannot receive the coming or expected. Thanksgiving is one of the prayer protocols and living protocol in this kingdom. You must learn and perfect that act and make it your lifestyle.

ACCEPTABLE FAST (6): EXTEND MERCY TO YOUR RELATIONS

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Monday January 30, 2023

ACCEPTABLE FAST (6): EXTEND MERCY TO YOUR RELATIONS

Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?Isaiah 58:7 (KJV)

Fasting exposes one to see the vanity of this world and its possessions. It is easy to drift into a life of selfishness where nobody but you and yourself matters. You find that most times people are good to all but their own relations. They give to outsiders but when they get home, it is a different ball game. No wonder, Elohim is emphasizing that you are not to hide yourself from your own flesh. When you see needs in your family, don’t hide and pretend as though you are not seeing it. I Timothy 5:8 says, ‘But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.’ This is a very serious issue. Don’t turn your back on your own flesh and blood. Show mercy to your relations and ensure that they are not crying out to God for needs that you can meet. Know that Adonai placed you in their lives for you to be His extension to reaching them. That starts with ensuring that they have heard the gospel enough to make a decision whether to accept or reject the offer of salvation that Yahushua brought. So ensure that their spiritual needs are met. This is your first obligation as a believer. Acts 16:31 (NET) says, ‘They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, you and your household.”’ If you are saved, the next obligation for you is to ensure that your household comes to the saving knowledge of the Lord Yahushua.

ACCEPTABLE FAST (5): OUTREACH TO THE POOR

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Sunday January 29, 2023

ACCEPTABLE FAST (5): OUTREACH TO THE POOR

Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; Isaiah 58:7 (KJV)

This is one major difference between scriptural fast and religious fast. When it is just religious, it lacks human compassion but Adonai expects us to remember the poor and downtrodden when we fast. This is because the heart of Elohim is constantly yearning to address the inequality that the wickedness of both humans and the devil created to foster poverty on people and you are His extension to reaching these poor ones. For your fast to be acceptable, it has to incorporate the welfare of the poor. Adonai never created anyone poor. People become poor because of poor choices and the wickedness of other humans and the devil. Most people are poor because of circumstances that is totally out of their control and their situation displeases Elohim. Your prayers are fast-tracked if you can open up your bowels to reach out to the poor. Notice these aspects that the Word lists: feeding the poor, providing shelter and clothing. No matter how small it is, plan to provide food to the poor. In your own level, try to see how you can support struggling families to pay for their accommodation. Instead of burning your used cloths, try dry-cleaning them and package for people you consider yourself better than and these people are not hard to find in your present locality.