Archive for the ‘Truth’ Category

Arise And Shine

Saturday, August 16th, 2025

We are to arise and shine!

It is written by The Holy Spirit in Isaiah chapter 60:

1 Arise, shine; For your light has come! And the glory of the LORD is risen upon you.

2 For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, And deep darkness the people; But the LORD will arise over you, And His glory will be seen upon you.

HE didn’t say, “Arise and reflect.”  His Light is within us.  We don’t need any more prophetic Words than this.  Throughout Scripture, we are instructed to act in righteousness and Holiness.  We should be looking for opportunities to produce righteous acts.

The Holy Spirit is given to us to make us into the Image of Christ to the world.  Let there be no excuses keeping you from exercising this reality in your life.  If you don’t know what it means to let your light shine, then figure it out.  Now is the time!  Don’t sit there ignorantly when HE has given us The Resource Manual what instructs us on how to live life!

In Isaiah chapter 61:

10 I will sing and greatly rejoice in YAHWEH! My whole being vibrates with shouts of joy in my God! For He has dressed me with salvation and wrapped me in the robe of his righteousness! I appear like a bridegroom on his wedding day, decked out with a beautiful sash, or like a radiant bride adorned with sparkling jewels.

The Beloved Disciple recorded by The Holy Spirit in Revelation chapter 19:

7 Let us be glad and rejoice and give Him glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready.”

8 And to her it was granted to be arrayed in fine linen, clean and bright, for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.

We are to be clothed in righteous acts!  It is shifting from a self-serving lifestyle into a servanthood lifestyle where we live aware, we have all the resources of Heaven needed to be effective in our serving of humanity.  FATHER makes our righteous acts supernaturally effective, no matter how small an act is.

The Old Testament reveals what GOD can do.  In the Valley of Dry Bones, GOD caused the dry bones to live and restore an army. (Eze 37) He caused water to come out of a rock.  The list goes on.

In the New Testament, GOD reveals what one person can do who was righteously related to GOD.  The Book of Acts testifies of the righteous acts of the saints.  Once The Holy Spirit came and dwelt in them, they walked with power and authority… their lights shined.

It is written by The Holy Spirit in Hebrews chapter 1:

1 Throughout our history God has spoken to our ancestors by his prophets in many different ways. The revelation HE gave them was only a fragment at a time, building one Truth upon another.

2 But to us living in these last days, God now speaks to us openly in the language of a Son, the appointed Heir of everything, for through Him God created the panorama of all things and all time.

3 The Son is the dazzling radiance of God’s splendor, the exact expression of God’s True Nature—His mirror image! He holds the universe together and expands it by the mighty power of His spoken Word. He accomplished for us the complete cleansing of sins, and then took His seat on the highest Throne at the Right Hand of the majestic One.

Jesus radiated light from THE FATHER.  When Jesus took on flesh, it was to illustrate to us what could be possible in our own walk.  He took on humanity and walked as the son of man, not as the Son of GOD.

There are two qualifiers that enable a person to step into the unlimited realm of GOD HIMSELF where we are fully yielded and surrendered that HE can use us as HE used HIS Son Jesus.  We are to not only surrender but also obey The Holy Spirit when He tells us to act.

Luke recorded what Peter spoke by The Holy Spirit in Acts chapter 5:

29 But Peter and the other apostles answered and said: “We ought to obey God rather than men.

30 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus whom you murdered by hanging on a tree.

31 Him God has exalted to His Right Hand to be Prince and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.

32 And we are His witnesses to these things, and so also is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey Him.”

Walk in surrender and obedience and your light will shine!

The Resources Of Heaven

Friday, August 15th, 2025

The resources of Heaven are found within us!

Generally speaking, we have been unaware of The Holy Spirit’s mission to empower us to bring forth the Kingdom of GOD to the earth.  We need to understand the significance of GOD putting The Holy Spirit in us.  We must no longer allow this Truth to remain dormant in our lives.  GOD entrusted us with The Holy Spirit so let us honor Our Heavenly Father by surrendering to The Holy Spirit in every aspect of our daily walk.  Isn’t this a true form of genuine worship… honoring The Holy Spirit’s mission?

You can tell how much somebody trusts you by what they entrust to you!

The Holy Spirit is given to us to make us into the Image of Christ to the world.  Paul expounded on this Truth and wrote by The Holy Spirit in Romans chapter 8:

28 And we know that all things work together for good to those who Love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.

29 For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the Image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren.

30 Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified.

What is the purpose of being conformed to the Image of His Son?  You and I have an assignment to bring forth the Kingdom of Heaven to earth, not in our own power, but by the power of The Holy Spirit.  It’s more than just singing songs on a Sunday night.  It’s more than just attending church when the doors are open.  It’s more than just reading topics to gain spiritual understanding.  We are to walk in His power and authority to minister to mankind.

To the degree you surrender to The Holy Spirit determines the degree of power and authority you walk in! 

Jesus spoke in John chapter 15:

26 “But when the Helper comes, Whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of Truth Who proceeds from the Father, He will testify of Me.

27 And you also will bear witness, because you have been with Me from the beginning.

As we walk in this Truth, the environment around us will react.

It was prophesied by The Holy Spirit in Isaiah chapter 60:

1 “Rise up in splendor and be radiant, for your light has dawned, and YAHWEH’s glory now streams from you!

2 Look carefully! Darkness blankets the earth, and thick clouds covers the nations, but YAHWEH arises upon you and the brightness of His glory appears over you!

3 Nations will be attracted to your radiant light (understanding and revelation) and kings to the sunrise-glory of your new day.

4 Lift up your eyes higher! Look all around you and believe, for your sons are returning from far away and your daughters are being tenderly carried home. Watch as they all gather together, eager to come back to you!”

Paul reveals the Divine Intent of THE FATHER in Ephesians chapter 5:

27 All that He does in us is designed to make us a mature church for His pleasure, until we become a source of praise to Him—glorious and radiant, beautiful and Holy, without fault or flaw.

The prophecy given to us in the Book of Isaiah is to be fulfilled in the last days.  Jesus affirmed this when He spoke in John chapter 8:

12 Then Jesus said, “I am light to the world, and those who embrace Me will experience life-giving light, and they will never walk in darkness.”

And He also spoke concerning our ministry in Matthew chapter 5:

14 “You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden.

15 Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house.

16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in Heaven.

All our words and works are intended to glorify GOD.  As we fully surrender to The Holy Spirit, our lights will shine before men and they will be attracted to this light and darkness will flee from our midst.  The Holy Spirit is THE essential Resource to cause our light to shine.

Guiding Us Into All Truth

Thursday, August 14th, 2025

The Holy Spirit indwells in us to make us like Jesus!

The Holy Spirit’s primary job is to make us like Jesus in all areas; He directs us, He leads us, He empowers us.  Without the power of The Holy Spirit, our credibility is in question.

The Beloved Disciple recorded by The Holy Spirit what Jesus spoke in John chapter 7:

37 On the last day, that great day of the feast (The Feast of Tabernacles), Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink.

38 He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.”

39 But this He spoke concerning the Spirit, whom those believing in Him would receive; for the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.

Why was The Holy Spirit not yet given to us?  He was not given to us before Jesus was glorified because He would have made us like Jesus before He was headed to the cross as the Son of man.  Once Jesus was resurrected, ascended, and glorified, The Holy Spirit would then indwell in us so that we would ultimately walk in His glory.

And Jesus spoke in John chapter 16:

5 “But now I go away to Him who sent Me, and none of you asks Me, ‘Where are You going?’

6 But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart.

7 Nevertheless I tell you the Truth. It is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I depart, I will send Him to you.

Jesus understood the necessity to only send The Holy Spirit after He was glorified.  By doing this, we could fully walk in His glory, being full of The Holy Spirit and power.  What impact will He have on the world?  Jesus continues:

8 And when He has come, He will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:

9 of sin, because they do not believe in Me;

10 of righteousness, because I go to My Father and you see Me no more;

11 of judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.

12 “I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.

13 However, when He, the Spirit of Truth, has come, He will guide you into all Truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come.

14 He will glorify Me, for He will take of what is Mine and declare it to you.

15 All things that the Father has are Mine. Therefore I said that He will take of Mine and declare it to you.

In other Words, when the Truth-giving Spirit comes, He will unveil the reality of every Truth within you and me. He won’t speak on His own, but only what He hears from the Father, and He will reveal prophetically to you and me what is to come. 

Do you want to know the future?  Submit, surrender, and listen to The Holy Spirit, not men.  Do you want to walk in the same manner as Jesus?  Fully surrender to The Holy Spirit.

Whenever we worry and become anxious, we are being drawn into a faith in the inferior.  The enemy is trying to lessen our awareness of significance of Who resides inside of us.

This indicates that we are not fully conscious of and led by The Holy Spirit… we have not fully surrendered to Him.  It is time for us to realize and walk in the potential inside of us.

Psalm 91

Tuesday, August 12th, 2025

I suggest you Pray Psalm 91 daily!

Psalm 91: (personalized)

1 I dwell in the shelter of the Most High Will remain secure and rest in the shadow of the Almighty [Whose power no enemy can withstand].

2 I will say of the LORD, “He is my refuge and my fortress, My God, in whom I trust [with great confidence, and on whom I rely]!”

3 For He will save me from the trap of the fowler, And from the deadly pestilence. 4 He will cover me and completely protect me with His pinions, And under His wings I will find refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and a wall.

5 I will not be afraid of the terror of night, Nor of the arrow that flies by day,

 6 Nor of the pestilence that stalks in darkness, Nor of the destruction (sudden death) that lays waste at noon.

7 A thousand may fall at my side And ten thousand at my right hand, But danger will not come near me.

8 I will only [be a spectator as I] look on with my eyes And witness the [Divine] repayment of the wicked [as I watch safely from the shelter of the Most High].

9 Because I have made the LORD, [Who is] my refuge, Even the Most High, my dwelling place,

10 No evil will befall me, Nor will any plague come near my tent.

11 For He will command His angels in regard to me, To protect and defend and guard me in all my ways [of obedience and service].

12 They will lift me up in their hands, So that I do not [even] strike my foot against a stone.

13 I will tread upon the lion and cobra; The young lion and the serpent I will trample underfoot.

14 “Because I set my Love on HIM, therefore HE will save me; HE will set me [securely] on High, because I know HIS Name [I confidently trust and rely on HIM, knowing HE will never abandon me, no, never].

15 I will call upon HIM, and HE will answer me; HE will be with me in trouble; HE will rescue me and honor me.

16 With a long life HE will satisfy me And HE will let me see HIS salvation.”

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Is Illegitimate

Monday, August 11th, 2025

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is an illegitimate attempt to replace The Holy Spirit!

With over 50 years of Information Technology (IT) experience, I have seen technology evolve from a righteous to an unrighteous transformation.  Back in the early 1970’s, I headed up a centralized database project for the largest bank in Oklahoma.  To my knowledge, no other bank in the U.S. had such a project.  The intent was to tie all aspects of a customer’s relationship into one database: checking accounts, savings, credit cards, loans, etc.  The expectation was to develop customer profitability analysis so that the primary officer assigned to the account could see potential and issues for a particular customer.

In the late 1970’s, IBM developed an integrated relational database for their midrange systems, making it easier for programmers to become more productive in software development, reducing coding time.  I developed software on that platform and had a successful business.  My clients were able to further analyze their customers for profitability.  This resulted in a greater storage requirement for customer history, hence larger databases.  You could say that this was a simplified artificial intelligence database.

What about now?  Those in power want a national, ultimately global database for all transactions of individuals.  With this information, they can analyze you and me for our orientations, tendencies, behavior, etc.  To what extent?  They want to control and exert power as needed based on their perspective of what is best for them.

Our Heavenly Father is all knowing.  HE is not limited to the soulish and physical actions of people.  HE knows their thoughts and intent.

Luke recorded by The Holy Spirit in Luke chapter 12:

4 “Listen, my beloved friends, don’t fear those who may want to take your life but can do nothing more. It’s true that they may kill your body, but they have no power over your soul.

5 The one you must fear is God, for HE has both the power to take your life and the authority to cast your soul into hell. Yes, the only One you need to fear is God. 6-7 “What is the value of your soul to God? Could your worth be defined by any amount of money? God doesn’t abandon or forget even the small sparrow he has made. How then could he forget or abandon you? What about the seemingly minor issues of your life? Do they matter to God? Of course they do! So you never need to worry, for you are more valuable to God than anything else in this world.

The Holy Spirit is our Source to direct our paths, not AI.  HE is the genuine Source of Intelligence, not AI.

There is a major force behind the development of data centers to accommodate the requirements of AI.  Billions of dollars are being spent to build major data centers around the U.S. and elsewhere.  These data centers will require a tremendous amount of electricity.  It’s all about power and greed.

FATHER is fully aware of the path of those in power.  Don’t worry but instead expect HIM to deliver you and me from the wiles of the adversary.  HE has done it in the past and HE will do it again now!

Allow The Holy Spirit to lead and guide you, not AI.

When Thoughts Become Strongholds

Sunday, August 10th, 2025

Illegitimate thoughts build strongholds!

We are to guard our minds through what we see, hear, and speak.  When we focus our thoughts on worldly, sensual things, we begin to build strongholds.  An illegitimate thought that the enemy has suggested over my life, is like a stone.  As I dwell and meditate on such a thought, I create more stones and ultimately build a habitation for the enemy to dwell unrecognized.

We know that we can do nothing without HIM.  Our problem is that we learned to do nothing with HIM.

Luke recorded by The Holy Spirit in Acts chapter 10:

38 how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, Who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him.

When GOD is with someone, the impossible is expected to bow.  The renewed mind is a huge part of this journey.

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Ephesians 6:

10 Now my beloved ones, I have saved these most important Truths for last: Be supernaturally infused with strength through your life-union with the Lord Jesus. Stand victorious with the force of His explosive power flowing in and through you. 11 Put on God’s complete set of armor provided for us, so that you will be protected as you fight against the evil strategies of the accuser!

12 Your hand-to-hand combat is not with human beings, but with the highest principalities and authorities operating in rebellion under the heavenly realms. For they are a powerful class of demon-gods and evil spirits that hold this dark world in bondage.

13 Because of this, you must wear all the armor that God provides so you’re protected as you confront the slanderer, for you are destined for all things and will rise victorious.

14 Put on Truth as a belt to strengthen you to stand in triumph. Put on Holiness as the protective armor that covers your heart.

15 Stand on your feet alert, then you’ll always be ready to share the blessings of peace.

16 In every battle, take faith as your wrap-around shield, for it is able to extinguish the blazing arrows coming at you from the evil one!

17-18 Embrace the power of salvation’s full deliverance, like a helmet to protect your thoughts from lies. And take the mighty razor-sharp Spirit-sword of the spoken Word of God. Pray passionately in the Spirit, as you constantly intercede with every form of prayer at all times. Pray the blessings of God upon all His believers.

Our faith is intended to extinguish the evil strategies sent by the adversary.  The sword of THE SPIRIT digs out and removes the lies.  We cast down those lies with The Word of GOD just as Jesus did when confronted by the devil in the wilderness.  It is vital that we recognize the Truth that replaces the lies of the devil.

Truth is not to be glanced at in a daily reading, but to be dwelt on, memorized if necessary, so that we can adequately extinguish the lies and “half-truths” confronting us.

The lies always war against our identity in Christ.  They will focus on our old man of the past and try to convince us that we unable or unworthy to walk in Christ.  They will challenge and try to undermine revelation given specifically to our individual callings.

What we think and what we determine has an effect on the outcome of what GOD desires for us.

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Romans chapter 12:

1 Beloved friends, what should be our proper response to God’s marvelous mercies? To surrender yourselves to God to be His Sacred, living sacrifices. And live in Holiness, experiencing all that delights His Heart. For this becomes your genuine expression of worship.

2 Stop imitating the ideals and opinions of the culture around you, but be inwardly transformed by the Holy Spirit through a total reformation of how you think. This will empower you to discern God’s will as you live a beautiful life, satisfying and perfect in His Eyes.

3 God has given me grace to speak a warning about pride. I would ask each of you to be emptied of self-promotion and not create a false image of your importance. Instead, honestly assess your worth by using your God-given faith as the standard of measurement, and then you will see your true value with an appropriate self-esteem.

The adversary wants you to set your affections on the world, especially money and pride.  As we surrender to GOD, our Love will only be directed toward HIM and there will be no strongholds in our life.

Worship HIM In Spirit and Truth

Saturday, August 9th, 2025

We become like what or who we worship!

When we worship GOD in Spirit and Truth, we will receive new understanding.  FATHER gives to those who surrender to HIM.  Why?  Because HE knew that HE could trust them with greater insight, power, and authority.

The Beloved Disciple recorded by The Holy Spirit in John chapter 4:

5 So Jesus came to a city of Samaria which is called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.

6 Now Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied from His journey, sat thus by the well. It was about the sixth hour.

7 A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.”

8 For His disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.

9 Then the woman of Samaria said to Him, “How is it that You, being a Jew, ask a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans. 10 Jesus answered and said to her, “If you knew the gift of God, and Who it is Who says to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him, and He would have given you Living Water.”

11 The woman said to Him, “Sir, You have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. Where then do You get that Living Water?

12 Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank from it himself, as well as his sons and his livestock?”

13 Jesus answered and said to her, “Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again, 14 but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the Water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of Water springing up into Everlasting Life.”

We were designed to walk with the fountain of The Holy Spirit flooding us with endless Life.

15 The woman said to Him, “Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come here to draw.”

16 Jesus said to her, “Go, call your husband, and come here.”

17 The woman answered and said, “I have no husband.” Jesus said to her, “You have well said, ‘I have no husband,’

18 for you have had five husbands, and the one whom you now have is not your husband; in that you spoke truly.”

19 The woman said to Him, “Sir, I perceive that You are a prophet.

20 Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, and you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where one ought to worship.”

21 Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe Me, the hour is coming when you will neither on this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, worship the Father.

22 You worship what you do not know; we know what we worship, for salvation is of the Jews.

23 But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in Spirit and Truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him.

24 God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in Spirit and Truth.”

A true worshipper is one who surrenders his or her life to THE FATHER and ministers to HIM out of Love for Who He is and what He has done.  He first Loved us and now we have this Truth revealed to our hearts.  Those who have this revelation have an overwhelming tenderness to GOD.  What they see as important is different than that of those who are focused on the inferior.  Judas Iscariot was in that group as we saw in yesterday’s writing concerning Mary’s act of worship.

When Jesus came, He provided us the privilege to come face to face with Our Heavenly Father and worship HIM in full surrender.  We have the opportunity to exist in HIS manifested Presence and live.  HIS manifested Presence will overtake all our issues and resolve them in the appropriate manner.  We are to pursue full surrender and worship HIM in Spirit and Truth!

FATHER created us with the capacity to Love and worship HIM; it is our choice of what path we pursue.  Something happens in the adoration of Who HE is.  Our priorities begin to align with HIS and what was once important, is no longer.  Our Love for HIM leads to worship!

Living Beyond The Ordinary

Wednesday, August 6th, 2025

We are not to walk in the ordinary!

In the Old Testament, the severity of sin was emphasized.  If a sacrifice had a blemish, it was not acceptable.  If you encountered a leper, you were unclean until you went through a ritual of cleansing. (Leviticus 13)

However, in the New Testament, things changed.

Jesus spoke in Matthew chapter10:

5 These twelve Jesus sent out and commanded them, saying: “Do not go into the way of the Gentiles, and do not enter a city of the Samaritans.

6 But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

7 And as you go, preach, saying, ‘The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.’

8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons. Freely you have received, freely give.

Jesus instructed the disciples to touch the lepers, and they would become clean, the opposite instructions of the Old Testament.  The presence of the righteousness of GOD is greater than the condition of leprosy, disease, sickness, and death.  Sin cannot persist or endure in a Holy environment.  The tables have turned and is revealing more of what GOD intended in the first place.

As we walk in obedience to The Holy Spirit, we represent the Kingdom of God on the earth.  We walk in the supernatural that overtakes the natural and causes positive change to occur.  There is no sickness in Heaven and there should be no sickness on earth as the Kingdom of God expands and overtakes the earth. 

As Image bearers, we live to reveal THE FATHER here on earth.  If we walk under the Lordship of Jesus Christ, there is no distortion of the Image we bear.  Sin distorts.  When there is no distortion or blindness, we are able to hear and respond to FATHER appropriately.

Jesus spoke in John chapter 12:

27 “Even though I am torn within, and My Soul is in turmoil, I will not ask the Father to rescue Me from this hour of trial. For I have come to fulfill My purpose—to offer Myself to God.

28 So, Father, bring glory to Your Name!” Then suddenly a booming Voice was heard from the sky, “I have glorified My Name! And I will glorify It through You again!”

29 The audible Voice of God startled the crowd standing nearby. Some thought It was only thunder, yet others said, “An angel just spoke to Him!”

30 Then Jesus told them, “The Voice you heard was not for My benefit, but for yours—to help you believe.

31 From this moment on, everything in this world is about to change, for the ruler of this dark world will be overthrown.

32 And I will do this when I am lifted up off the ground and when I draw the hearts of people to gather them to Me.”

33 He said this to indicate that He would die by being lifted up on the cross.

The condition of the people’s hearts determined how they heard the audible Voice of GOD.  Some attributed the Voice to something natural.  Some thought it was supernatural but not for them.  FATHER spoke in a way that could be heard by everyone.  When you clearly hear and understand what FATHER says, it brings forth increased knowledge that translates to increased responsibility.

James wrote by The Holy Spirit in James chapter 1:

22 But be doers of the Word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

23 For if anyone is a hearer of the Word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror;

24 for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.

25 But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does.

If you don’t want to live in the ordinary, be a doer of The Word whether your read It or hear It from The Holy Spirit… without any distortion.

Experiencing Great Joy

Monday, August 4th, 2025

As you successfully navigate through trials, you will experience great joy!

Trials will test who is Lord over your life.

James wrote by The Holy Spirit in James chapter 1:

2 My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials,

When it seems as though you are facing nothing but difficulties, see it as an invaluable opportunity to experience the greatest joy that you can have!  Nobody looks forward to difficulties, but when deliverance comes, we are overjoyed, knowing that GOD intervened on our behalf.

3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience.

4 But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.

For our faith to grow, it must be tested and that requires patience.  Society has become extremely impatient in all areas of their life.  People who are waiting in line at the grocery store are now irritated when my wife pays with cash rather than a credit card.  They are generally in a hurry to go nowhere but they want to get there soon.

5 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.

When we are in the midst of a trial, the one thing we need is Wisdom and with it comes understanding.

6 But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind.

7 For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord;

8 he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

When a trial comes, it reveals whether you are truly walking in the Lordship of Jesus Christ or whether you are looking for other temporary solutions to the problem.

Are you fully committed to absolute triumph and victory over your trial?  Both Wisdom and faith are essential parts of being able to take this journey that GOD has invited us into, this awkward journey to die to the flesh.

To go through this narrow door of counting it joy when I am facing things that I don’t like, I didn’t ask for, I didn’t sign up for… this isn’t according to what was promised.  I’ve fasted, I’ve prayed, I had done all these things and still there seems to be no yielding of these circumstances.  But going through the door where I can actually, genuinely celebrate with joy, the goodness of GOD and HIS faithfulness, in that moment, somehow the enemy becomes disarmed.  He can no longer impact my soul.  That which he used against me no longer works.

Why?  I have given myself to the Lordship of Jesus.

I love the concept of the tithe.  One reason I love it is because it says it is to go into the storehouse.  It’s not directed by the giver.  It’s a true test of Lordship.

Jesus spoke in Luke chapter 20:

22 Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”

23 But He perceived their craftiness, and said to them, “Why do you test Me?

24 Show Me a denarius. Whose image and inscription does it have?” They answered and said, “Caesar’s.”

25 And He said to them, “Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.

26 But they could not catch Him in His words in the presence of the people. And they marveled at His answer and kept silent.

And it is written in Malachi chapter 3:

8 “Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed Me! But you say, ‘In what way have we robbed You?’ In tithes and offerings.

9 You are cursed with a curse, For you have robbed Me, Even this whole nation. 10 Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, That there may be food in My house, And try Me now in this,” Says the LORD of hosts, “If I will not open for you the windows of heaven And pour out for you such blessing That there will not be room enough to receive it.

This is the test of Lordship: tithes and offerings.  What is HIS food?

It is written by The Holy Spirit in Hebrews chapter 5:

12 For you should already be professors instructing others by now; but instead, you need to be taught from the beginning the basics of God’s prophetic oracles! You’re like children still needing milk and not yet ready to digest solid food.

13 For every spiritual infant who lives on milk is not yet pierced by the revelation of righteousness.

As you provide “food” in FATHER’S House, you will begin to receive revelation knowledge appropriate to your situation.  You will successfully navigate through the trial with Wisdom and faith resulting in great joy!

HE Designed Us

Sunday, August 3rd, 2025

You are designed to live in the manifested Presence of THE LORD!

We must not forget our place, our standing, before OUR LORD GOD ALMIGHTY.  It was HIS decision to allow us to stand before HIM in righteousness.

Moses recorded by The Holy Spirit in Genesis chapter 1:

27 So God created man in His Own Image; in the Image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

28 Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

HE designed you and me to be fruitful, subdue the earth, and have dominion over everything on the earth.  That mandate has not changed.  Legal authority was transferred by Adam for a time, but that authority was transferred back by the Precious Blood of Jesus.  We are to walk in the power and authority of The Blood of Jesus Christ.  When we take Holy Communion, we exalt His Blood (redemption) and Body (healing, health) in our daily lives, not to be forgotten.

David recorded by The Holy Spirit in Psalm chapter 23: 

6 So why would I fear the future? Only goodness and tender Love pursue me all the days of my life. Then afterward, when my life is through, I’ll return to Your glorious Presence to be forever with You!  TPT

Yes, FATHER designed us to live in HIS Glorious Presence both on earth and in Heaven.  One aspect of HIS Presence is to lead, guide, and protect.

Moses also recorded by The Holy Spirit in Exodus chapter 13:

21 And THE LORD went before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so as to go by day and night.

22 He did not take away the pillar of cloud by day or the pillar of fire by night from before the people.

What did the people lack while in HIS Presence?  Nothing!  They saw all that the LORD did before their eyes in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh and to all his servants and to all his land- the great trials which their eyes saw the signs, and those great wonders.  Their clothes did not wear out nor the sandals they wore on their feet.  After all the miracles, signs, and wonders, the people’s mindsets continued to be the issue.  They failed to give GOD control of their lives.  They had lived in surrender to Pharoah for generations but would not surrender to their Deliverer.

James wrote by The Holy Spirit in James chapter 4:

5 Does the Scripture mean nothing to you that says, “The Spirit that God breathed into our hearts is a jealous Lover Who intensely desires to have more and more of us”?

6 But He continues to pour out more and more grace upon us. For it says, “God resists you when you are proud but continually pours out grace when you are humble.”

7 So then, surrender to God. Stand up to the devil and resist him and he will flee in agony.

8 Move your heart closer and closer to God, and He will come even closer to you. But make sure you cleanse your life, you sinners, and keep your heart pure and stop doubting.

9 Feel the pain of your sin, be sorrowful and weep! Let your joking around be turned into mourning and your joy into deep humiliation.

10 Be willing to be made low before the Lord and He will exalt you!

The word humble means: having or showing a modest or low estimate of one’s own importance.  When we give GOD control of our lives, HE will properly exalt us, and we will be able to stand before HIM in righteousness.  Our mindsets will be in perfect alignment with HIS Divine Intent for our lives.