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Let us fully and complete honor

Let us fully and completely honor Our Lord Jesus Christ on this day of celebration.  One such way to honor Our Lord is to take communion.  Let us never treat communion as a casual event, a duty, or obligation for it is truly a Holy event meant to exalt His Blood and Its power in our lives.

Because we are in covenant, we must be careful to treat communion with the greatest respect and honor.  Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in 1 Corinthians chapter 11:

26 Whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you are retelling the story, proclaiming our Lord’s death until he comes. 27 For this reason, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in the wrong spirit will be guilty of dishonoring the body and blood of the Lord. 28 So let each individual first evaluate his own attitude and only then eat the bread and drink the cup. 29 For continually eating and drinking with a wrong spirit will bring judgment upon yourself by not recognizing the body. 30 This insensitivity is why many of you are weak, chronically ill, and some even dying.

Paul issued a serious warning to those who take communion lightly.  There are many who don’t appreciate “the fear of THE LORD” unless they have been in life-threatening situations.  Take my advice and don’t wait until a situation of this nature arises before you submit to “the fear of THE LORD”.  Don’t haphazardly take communion as though it is a duty or obligation… it is a privilege and honor.

The Blood completely forgives and washes away.

Our covenant with FATHER provides us a backstop when our strength is used up and our weakness is all we have left.  We have reached a point where our own faculties are insufficient to deal with a situation whether it is spiritual, physical, emotional, or financial.  Paul further wrote in 2 Corinthians chapter 12:

10 So I’m not defeated by my weakness, but delighted! For when I feel my weakness and endure mistreatment—when I’m surrounded with troubles on every side and face persecution because of my love for Christ—I am made yet stronger. For my weakness becomes a portal to God’s power.

Those things we are holding on to and withholding from FATHER’S use are worthless in comparison to FATHER’S provision.  Fear, uncertainty, and doubt hold people back from walking in the fullness of the Covenant.

“We must demolish every deceptive fantasy that opposes GOD and break through every arrogant attitude that is raised up in defiance of the true knowledge of HIM. We must capture, like prisoners of war, every thought and insist that it bow in obedience to the Anointed One. “

Once we have the revelation of the power contained in The Covenant with Our Heavenly Father through the Blood of Our Lord Christ Jesus, we will fully embrace our Holiness and the ability to walk in that power granted to us through Christ!  Remember, don’t be afraid. Your loving Father joyously gives you his Kingdom realm with all its promises!

I purpose to walk in a state of repentance daily.

Jesus spoke in Luke 17:

17 Then He said to the disciples, “It is impossible that no offenses should come,

but woe to him through whom they do come! 2 It would be better for him if a

millstone were hung around his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, than that he

should offend one of these little ones. 3 Take heed to yourselves. If your brother

sins against you, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him. 4 And if he sins

against you seven times in a day, and seven times in a day returns to you, saying, ‘I repent,’ you shall forgive him.” NKJV

The Holy Spirit wants to give us direction and correction so that we maintain the correct path moment by moment.  If I walk in a repentant state, then I only need minor corrections.  However if I become insensitive to The Holy Spirit because I have misdirected my focus, then major correction will come forth and is usually accompanied by some pain and/or dis-comfort.  This misguided state can occur because we start seeking knowledge rather than revelation.  I speak from past experience of requiring major corrections but thankfully FATHER’S Love prevailed in my life.

If false teachers were not an issue, The Holy Spirit would not have led Paul to write in Titus chapter 1:

10 There are many wayward people, smooth talkers, and deceivers—especially the converts from Judaism. 11 They must be silenced because they are disrupting entire families with their corrupt teachings, all for their dishonest greed. 12 A certain one of them, one of their own prophets,[m] said, “Those Cretans are nothing but liars, worthless beasts, and lazy gluttons.” 13 He certainly knew what he was talking about! For this reason, correct them thoroughly so that their lives will line up with the truths of our faith. 14 Instruct them not to pay any attention to Jewish myths or follow the teachings of those who reject the truth.

15 It’s true that all is pure to those who have pure hearts, but to the corrupt unbelievers nothing is pure. Their minds and consciences are defiled. 16 They claim to know God, but by their actions they deny him. They are disgusting, disobedient, and disqualified from doing anything good.

I can attest that I have been deceived by smooth talking teachers who promoted intense learning but without any truly discernable fruit.  Paul warned us by The Holy Spirit in 2 Timothy, chapter 3:

1 But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: 2 For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, 4 traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5 having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away! 6 For of this sort are those who creep into households and make captives of gullible women loaded down with sins, led away by various lusts, 7 always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the Truth.

It is so critical that we inspect the fruit of those who claim to walk in Godliness and have a personal, unique, and prophetic relationship with FATHER.  Many have prophesied in the past yet their prophecies fell by the wayside or they attempted to assign some remote and subtle event as confirmation.  We must be cautious in embracing those having a form of godliness but denying its power.

Rev 2:1-7

2 “To the angel of the church of Ephesus write,

‘These things says He who holds the seven stars in His right hand, who walks in the

midst of the seven golden lampstands: 2 “I know your works, your labor, your

patience, and that you cannot bear those who are evil. And you have tested those

who say they are apostles and are not, and have found them liars; 3 and you have

persevered and have patience, and have labored for My name’s sake and have not

become weary. 4 Nevertheless I have this against you, that you have left your first love. 5 Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent and do the first works, or else I will come to you quickly and remove your lampstand from its

place — unless you repent. 6 But this you have, that you hate the deeds of the

Nicolaitans, which I also hate.

7 “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him

who overcomes I will give to eat from the tree of life, which is in the midst of the

Paradise of God.”‘ NKJV

If your walk has lost its passion, repent for you have left your first Love.  You have forgotten what is truly life-changing.  If you have lost your Fear of THE LORD, repent.  If your relationship with Our Lord Jesus Christ has become casual and lost its passion, I say again, repent. Life is all about Agape Love and It is passionate!

It is written by The Holy Spirit in Psalm 27:

11 Teach me Your way, O Lord,

And lead me in a smooth path, because of my enemies.

And in Psalm 119:

35 Make me walk in the path of Your commandments,

For I delight in it.

105 Your word is a lamp to my feet

And a light to my path.

106 I have sworn and confirmed

That I will keep Your righteous judgments.

Additionally, the Holy Spirit wrote in Proverbs 4:

25 Let your eyes look straight ahead,

And your eyelids look right before you.

26 Ponder the path of your feet,

And let all your ways be established.

27 Do not turn to the right or the left;

Remove your foot from evil.

There is no question that FATHER has a specific path for each of us to take.  If we deviate from this path, we must repent in order to return to this path of righteousness.  Each of us has angels assigned to assist us in staying on our designated path and we should expect the supernatural to occur as we walk out our calling from this designated path.  If we are not producing good fruit, something is wrong and we must repent and turn away from whatever is hindering our fruitfulness.  The Holy Spirit will reveal this issue if we truly seek out the Truth of our situation and ask FATHER to remove the blindness in our eyes.

In Mark chapter 6, Jesus spoke to the disciples:

7 And He called the twelve to Himself, and began to send them out two by two,

and gave them power over unclean spirits. 8 He commanded them to take nothing

for the journey except a staff — no bag, no bread, no copper in their money belts

— 9 but to wear sandals, and not to put on two tunics.

10 Also He said to them, “In whatever place you enter a house, stay there till you

depart from that place. 11 And whoever will not receive you nor hear you, when

you depart from there, shake off the dust under your feet as a testimony against

them. Assuredly, I say to you, it will be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah

in the day of judgment than for that city!”

12 So they went out and preached that people should repent. 13 And they cast out many demons, and anointed with oil many who were sick, and healed them.

NKJV

Repentance leads to fruitfulness both for the recipient and the one ministering to the recipient.  All walls and hindrances to the anointing are removed and the Kingdom of Heaven comes forth in the lives of those who have repented.  Their repentance leads them to the Divine path meant for them to follow resulting in the expansion of the Kingdom of GOD on earth.

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit to Titus in chapter 1:

15 It’s true that all is pure to those who have pure hearts, but to the corrupt unbelievers nothing is pure. Their minds and consciences are defiled. 16 They claim to know God, but by their actions they deny him. They are disgusting, disobedient, and disqualified from doing anything good.

If we are in need of repentance, we are disqualified from doing anything good and producing good fruit in the area requiring repentance.  As we become more sensitive to The Holy Spirit, we will become quicker to repent and reestablish our walk of righteousness in all areas.  To quote Paul in 1 Corinthians chapter 15, “I die daily”.  We are not to be deceived and misled, we reap what we sow and if our seeds are found to be unrighteous in any manner, we must repent.

Do not worry!  Do not be afraid.

You and I have chosen to serve GOD thus we walk in the light.  Others have chosen to walk in darkness and they are against us for they are the enemies of Christ.  This is the reality of where we are at.  We must trust in our covenant with FATHER and HE will lead and guide us through the current chaos by keeping us on our designated GOD-ordained path.

It is written by The Holy Spirit in 2 Samuel, chapter 22:

29 ​​“For You are my lamp, O LORD;

​​The LORD shall enlighten my darkness.

You and I are meant to run to the light which dissipates fear, uncertainty, and doubt.

30 ​​For by You I can run against a troop (In your strength I can crush an army);

​​By my God I can leap over a wall (with my God I can scale any wall).

Is there anything restricting you?  FATHER will empower you to scale any wall hindering your walk.  I am to yield to The Holy Spirit, walk in Agape Love, and believe HIS Word.  You are meant to do the same.

31 ​​As for God, His way is perfect;

​​The word of the LORD is proven;

​​He is a shield to all who trust in Him.​

HIS chosen way for you is perfect!  HE chose your path before HE formed you in the womb and HE is lighting that path so there will be no darkness or uncertainty.

32 ​​“For who is God, except the LORD?

​​And who is a rock, except our God?

33 ​​God is my strength and power,

​​And He makes my way perfect.

34 ​​He makes my feet like the feet of deer,

​​And sets me on my high places.

FATHER wants us to ascend to a higher revelation in all areas of our life and walk in that higher level of revelation.

35 ​​He teaches my hands to make war,

​​So that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

FATHER is strengthening you and me to make war with the adversary and his minions.  We are being prepared to discern the spiritual as we deal with the physical so that we will make appropriate moves and speak according to The Holy Spirit in all situations.  Fear will not be found among us.​

36 ​​“You have also given me the shield of Your victorious salvation;

​​Your gentleness has made me great.

37 ​​You enlarged my path under me;

​​So my feet did not slip.​

There are no restrictions to those of us who are embracing this path FATHER has us on.  We will not slip or fall away but we will be surefooted in every step we take.

38 ​​“I have pursued my enemies and destroyed them;

​​Neither did I turn back again till they were destroyed.”

FATHER expects nothing less than the best of us.  HE has appointed us for this time to fulfill HIS Divine Intent on earth.  HE has been training us to pursue our enemies and conquer every one of them.  The harvest is at hand and no attempt to isolate us from each other will prevent the harvest from going forth.

We are being trained to enforce the Absolute Truth on earth.  In Psalm 139, The Holy Spirit revealed to each of us:

16 You saw who you created me to be before I became me!

Before I’d ever seen the light of day, the number of days you

planned for me were already recorded in your book.

FATHER planned for you to read this today and it is not by chance or coincidence that you are reading these words given by The Holy Spirit for your preparation and training.   We are to do everything in Love and come into complete unity.  Each of us is accepting what was written in our individual books written in Heaven.

The Holy Spirit further revealed in Psalm 16:

11 You will show me the path of life;

In Your presence is fullness of joy;

At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

FATHER’S presence is on the path of life we are ordained to follow.  Where else would any of us want to be?  Let us each embrace HIS path and prepare to harvest.

Ps 18:

35 You have also given me the shield of Your salvation;

Your right hand has held me up,

Your gentleness has made me great.

36 You enlarged my path under me,

So my feet did not slip.

Written by Tom Ledbetter:

The Preparation of The Heart and The Approaching Passover

As we approach the coming Passover we are entering into a New Day where the Lord will be summoning many out of the plague of Egyptian Mindsets. Yes there is a New Age upon us and we’re stepping into where the Lord is to lead many into new kingdom territory that’s been contended for years from the place of prayer. During this passover there is a fiery preparation of hearts that are choosing to sit and rest around Him as the Sacrificial Lamb of God that has been slain. These that gather around the Passover Lamb in this kairos moment are learning to shut down the noise of this world and specifically the accuser of the brethren as they shut themselves into an inward place of self-examination before the Coming King.

Beloved, there is a call to repent being sounded throughout the Nations. The Spirit is longing to draw many into His Goodness that can only come by walking thru the Door of Repentance that chooses to place their full trust in God and quit leaning on men. Beloved, there is a great revealing of His Glory to come and yet there is also a great exposing of the wickedness that has been rooting in men’s hearts that has led us to self-righteousness, lies, devising wicked plans, false witness and the sowing of discord amongst the brethren. All of these things the Lord states His utter hatred in Proverbs 6 and states His plan of action in Revelation 2:16 where he says Repent or I will make war against you with the Sword of My Mouth.

Beloved, It’s time to search our hearts and get right with Our God as we fall upon His Goodness & Mercy and break up our fallow ground. Beloved, the Father of Lights is searching the earth and is looking for The Faithful Ones that have chosen to mark their homes with the Blood which is the very Agreement of His Word. The pressure is building all around us and causing what’s inside of out hearts to be revealed as every foundation will be laid bare. Beloved, can we not see that the utter defiance of His Ways and disobedience to His Voice has led many astray into the slavery of men’s opinions and the valleys of self-preservation yet He’s calling us to a Higher Standard.

Beloved, may we hear His Voice in this hour as we flee from every work of darkness and place our trust fully in Him. Beloved, it’s time to rend our hearts and not our soiled garments of unbelief and self-righteousness. Yes there’s a remnant of those that will move into trainability and submission to His Truth while there will also be many that chose to rebel in their hearts and thus relying more on the flesh and traditions of men rather than turn to One that has the power to cleanse and heal them.

Beloved, He is Here as Refiner, Builder and The All Consuming Fire. May we be ready as He is Passing Over us in ways that we cannot even fathom so we can follow His Headship as He leads us out of the gates of Egypt. It’s time to ask Him to search us and know us and see if there be any wicked way within me. (Note that it starts with the person looking in the mirror)

May we be found Faithful and Find the Door of Repentance.

In Him,

Habakkuk 1:5

“Look among the nations! Observe! Be astonished! Wonder! Because I am doing something in your days– You would not believe if you were told.

Hebrews 3:7-15

Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says:

“Today, if you will hear His voice,

Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion,

In the day of trial in the wilderness,

Where your fathers tested Me, tried Me,

And saw My works forty years.

Therefore I was angry with that generation,

And said, ‘They always go astray in their heart,

And they have not known My ways.’

So I swore in My wrath,

‘They shall not enter My rest.’ ”

Beware, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God; but exhort one another daily, while it is called “Today,” lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. For we have become partakers of Christ if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end, while it is said:

“Today, if you will hear His voice,

Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.”

The highest point of deception is when you don’t know you are deceived. This is why it is imperative that we be led by The Holy Spirit.

We have been warned!

Isaiah wrote by The Holy Spirit in chapter 35:

​8 ​​A highway shall be there, and a road,

​​And it shall be called the Highway of Holiness.

​​The unclean shall not pass over it,

​​But it shall be for others.

​​Whoever walks the road,

​​Shall not go astray (a fool will not accidently find his way to this road, you cease to be a fool when you get on this Highway).

Once we repent and become qualified to walk on the Highway of Holiness, we should “therefore bear fruits worthy of repentance” (Matthew 3:8).  We must continue to turn away from our old ways and not “exit” the Highway and become lost.

We turn away from old ways and produce fruit for the Kingdom.  We transfer ownership to FATHER WHO is Holy and we become Holy ourselves.  We hand over our finances to HIM and HE begins to bless whatever we set our hand to on this earth.  The tithe affirms HIS ownership.

The world will try to get your attention and cause you to look away and redirect your focus to its ways causing to leave the Highway of Holiness.  Alternative paths will lead to destruction.

The entrance to the Highway of Holiness is narrow and people will not accidentally access this Highway.  Jesus spoke in Matthew chapter 7:

13 “Come to God through the narrow gate, because the wide gate and broad path is the way that leads to destruction—nearly everyone chooses that crowded road! 14 The narrow gate and the difficult way leads to eternal life—so few even find it!”

If something causes you to draw away from this Highway or path, repent and return you focus toward Jesus Who leads us on this Highway of Holiness.  To reiterate, Holiness is ownership thus we are fully submitted to be led by The Holy Spirit no matter what the world says or does.

On the day we celebrate as Palm Sunday, Jesus proceeded on the “Highway of Holiness” and Luke recorded by The Holy Spirit in chapter 19:

28 After saying all of this, Jesus headed straight for Jerusalem. 29 When He arrived at the stables of Annia near the Mount of Olives, He sent two of his disciples ahead, saying, 30 “When you enter the next village, you will find tethered there a donkey’s young colt that has never been ridden. Untie it and bring it to me. 31 And if anyone stops you and asks, ‘What are you doing?’ just tell them this: ‘It is needed for the Lord of All.’”

32 The two who were sent entered the village and found the colt exactly like Jesus had said. 33 While they were untying the colt, the owners approached them and asked, “What are you doing?”

34 The disciples replied, “We need this donkey for the Lord of All.”

35–36 They brought the colt to Jesus. Then they placed their prayer shawls on its back, and Jesus rode it as he descended the Mount of Olives toward Jerusalem. As He rode along, people spontaneously threw their prayer shawls on the path in front of Him like a carpet.

FATHER’S ownership of the colt superseded that of the man in the village and there was no debate or argument concerning ownership.  This Highway had prayer as its foundation with people being led to lay down their prayer shawls on the path.  Additionally, this path led Jesus to the crucifixion and represents us leading a crucified life as well.  Today commemorates  us putting “self” to death and acknowledging FATHER’S full and complete ownership.

And the people shouted over and over, “Highest praises to GOD for the One who comes as King in the name of the LORD! Heaven’s peace and glory from the highest realm now comes to us!”

Thank you for your tithes and joyful offerings supporting Servias Ministries.  My wife and I deem it an honor and privilege to tithe into Servias ourselves.  We fully comprehend the importance to help impoverished children which is where most if not all of the money we receive is distributed.  Our overhead is low and we pay no salaries because FATHER provides our needs through other means.

Jesus expressed His priority for the poor in the story of the rich young ruler.  In Matthew chapter 19, Jesus spoke:

21 Jesus said to him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in Heaven; and come, follow Me.”

22 But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions.

The young man failed to understand that giving his past wealth was an investment in his future wealth which would be much more precious and abundant.

Earlier in Matthew 19, Jesus corrected the disciples concerning children:

13 Then little children were brought to Him that He might put His hands on them and pray, but the disciples rebuked them. 14 But Jesus said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of heaven.” 15 And He laid His hands on them and departed from there.

Our assistance directed to impoverished children is a high priority as it is with Our Heavenly Father WHO directed HIS Son to speak concerning the poor and children in the above passages.