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December 17th, 2025ADONAI
December 16th, 2025The third Name revealed of FATHER is ADONAI!
It is written by The Holy Spirit in Genesis 15:
2 But Abram said, “Lord GOD (Adonai), what will You give me, seeing I go childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”
3 Then Abram said, “Look, You have given me no offspring; indeed one born in my house is my heir!”
4 And behold, the Word of the LORD came to him, saying, “This one shall not be your heir, but one who will come from your own body shall be your heir.”
5 Then He brought him outside and said, “Look now toward Heaven, and count the stars if you are able to number them.” And He said to him, “So shall your descendants be.”
6 And he believed in the LORD, and He accounted it to him for righteousness.
Elohim speaks of God’s greatness, might and power. Yahweh speaks of His intimacy, redemptive plan and desire to bring us into a personal relationship with Himself. Now we are introduced to this new Name, Adonai. This new Name for God is used around 300 times in the Old Testament. The King James Version translates it ‘Lord God.’ It is the equivalent title that is used of Jesus throughout the New Testament – ‘Lord.’
This Word ‘Lord’ means ‘Master’ or the One to Whom we must surrender our life. Have you given yourself to Adonai? Have you made Him Lord of your life by fully surrendering to HIM?
It is important that Abram addresses God as Adonai (Lord). In praying that prayer, he surrendered to the Lord. When he did, the miracle blessing of God was released into his life. Abram was childless. He longed for a son and heir. However, it was not until He made Adonai, Lord of his life that the miracle happened.
The devil is an aggressive attorney and is constantly looking for a legal loophole to be empowered by you. GOD is Just and HE is even Just with the devil.’ FATHER gave us authority on the earth, and we have the option to give that authority over our lives to the adversary. GOD will not stop this, HE is just!
‘Give no place to the devil.’
He is constantly trying to get you into unbelief, fear, resentment, negative speaking and doubting the promises of God. He knows that it is then, that he can legally rob you. It is not enough to know God as your redeemer (Yahweh), have you made
Him Lord (Adonai)?
When you make Jesus Lord, you open your life to the fullness of His
blessing. When He is Lord, you experience His protection, His provision,
His promotion, His prosperity and His peace. God did not covenant with Abram until he said Adonai and made Him Lord of his life. He had known Him before as Elohim. Then he encountered God as Yahweh. But he had to know Him as Adonai. When Abram said, ‘Adonai’ (Lord), God said, in effect, ‘Now I am going to give you your hearts desire and answer your prayers. Look towards the stars, there is
no limit to the blessing you are going to receive now that you’ve made Me
Adonai in your life.’
Jesus spoke in Matthew chapter 6:
33 But seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.
What things? Read the verse in its context. He was referring to food,
clothing and houses – material things. Notice Jesus said ‘things’ will be
added. When we seek first the Kingdom, things will not be taken away,
they will be added.
Where is our only safe place? Until we surrender to Christ the devil has rights and will take full advantage of them. The only safe place in the universe is in surrender to Jesus Christ and living in obedience to Him. The only safe place is under the protection of Adonai.
When Jesus entered His home town of Nazareth ‘He could there do
no mighty miracles.’ It does not say He chose not to, it says He ‘could not.’
God will not violate the principles of faith which He has established in
His Word, which are prerequisites and conditions for His intervention in
our lives. If He did the opposite of what He says in His Word, He would
be a liar. Faith and surrender are consistently presented in God’s Word as
conditions for receiving from Him, from Genesis to Revelation. So many
believers misunderstand sovereignty. God is not unpredictable.
Theology means the ‘knowledge of God.’ However, there is a big difference
between knowing about God and knowing Him. Every time God’s Name is used, He is telling us something different about Himself!
The simplest believer can comprehend more of the Word of God than those teaching theology in universities. As a believer you can testify, ‘I believed in God as the Great and Mighty Creator of the universe (Elohim). Then, I came to know Him as Yahweh, the Intimate One Who cares for me. Then, there came a time in my life when I surrendered to Adonai and closed the door on the devil.’
It is written by The Holy Spirit in Judges chapter 6:
13 Gideon said to Him, “O my Lord (Adonai), if the LORD (Adonai) is with us, why then has all this happened to us? And where are all His miracles which our fathers told us about, saying, ‘Did not the LORD (Adonai) bring us up from Egypt?’ But now the LORD (Adonai) has forsaken us and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.”
When Gideon prayed Adonai, God intervened and worked a miracle of deliverance. If you haven’t don so, surrender your life to Him right now.
PRAYER
‘Lord, I want to know You as Adonai. Thank you for revealing Yourself to me as the God Who is Lord of all. From Your Word I now understand how much You Love me and want to pour out upon me Your blessing. By faith, I acknowledge that You are the source of all that is good and eternal. I open up my life to Your miracles of provision, of protection and of peace. Lord, I surrender my life to
You. Just as Gideon surrendered, I give all to You. Come into my life and be my Saviour, be my Adonai, my Lord and I will seek to follow You all the days of my life. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.
YAHWEH
December 15th, 2025FATHER is to be known as YAHWEH!
YAHWEH is The caring, intimate Redeemer.
It is written by The Holy Spirit in Genesis chapter 2:
7-8 ‘And the Lord God (Yahweh Elohim) formed man of the dust of the ground
and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life and man became a living
soul. And the Lord God (Yahweh Elohim) planted a garden Eastward in
Eden and there He put the man who He had formed.’
Once you have that foundational revelation of God as Elohim, then you
need to get to know Him as Yahweh. Genesis chapter one refers continually
to Elohim. However, having seen His greatness, let us progress.
The next Name by which the Bible reveals Him is Yahweh Elohim, which
is translated in the King James Version as ‘Lord God.’
In Genesis chapter two, God reveals Himself as Yahweh. Many translations
use the word Jehovah, which is an English version of the Hebrew word.
Yahweh is a manifestation of ‘The Caring Redeemer Revealed.’ The Jews so
revere this Name that they will neither say nor write It. It is known as ‘The
Sacred Tetragrammaton.’ he Hebrew name of God transliterated in four letters as YHWH or JHVH and articulated as Yahweh or Jehovah. You will never get an Orthodox Jew to say this Name.
In Genesis chapter two, the attention and focus move from the All Powerful
God Who created this vast universe, to the Loving God Who kneels to create
man, and then Lovingly places His hand-made man and woman in Eden, (Hebrew-Heden), which means ‘a place of voluptuous living.’ Eden was a
place of blessing and abundance, because our God is a good God. His plan
from the beginning was not to make ‘religious people’, but to create those
upon whom He could shower HIS blessing and goodness.
For every need we will ever face in life, there is a Name by which God
reveals Himself as the answer.
The name Yahweh is used alongside seven additional Names of God. Each of these names, (known as the Redemptive Names of God), reveal more of His care and concern for our lives. For every need we will ever have, HE is the answer!
HE is:
Yahweh Jireh – The Lord our Provider (Genesis 22:8-14).
Yahweh Rapha – The Lord our Healer (Exodus 25:26).
Yahweh Shalom – The Lord our Peace (Judges 6:24).
Yahweh Tsidkenu – The Lord our Righteousness (Jeremiah 23:6).
Yahweh Mekaddish – The Lord our Sanctifier (Exodus 31:13).
Yahweh Rohi – The Lord our Shepherd (Psalm 23:1).
He revealed Himself as our ‘Redeemer’ even before Adam fell. Long before sin entered the world, God knew that we would need a Redeemer. God provided the answer even before the problem arose!
Adam’s sin did not catch God by surprise. So, having first seen God in His
greatness and power (Elohim), we now see how much Yahweh Elohim cares.
With just this basic understanding of these two Names, we can gain many
insights from the Bible.
As an example, the Book of Ecclesiastes describes all of the sadness and sorrows of man when he is not living for God. It basically asks, ‘Is it possible to be happy without a relationship with God.’ At the end of the Book we discover that the one who had everything – great riches, great wealth, and great power basically said ‘All is vanity without God!’
The impersonal Name Elohim is used throughout Lamentations, with no reference to Yahweh, the One who is personal and intimate. It is possible to believe in Elohim and not to know Yahweh.
The purpose of life is not to acquire things, but to know God!
We were created with a God-shaped-vacuum which only God Himself can fill. You can spend your life trying to acquire great riches, fame and success. But without a personal relationship with Yahweh, there will always be emptiness inside! It is not enough to know about God. For example, you can know a lot about the President of America, you may have read a book about him, but still not know Him personally.
Throughout the Book of Job, the Patriarch’s tormenting ‘friends’ refer to Elohim
time and time again. They believed in ‘Almighty God,’ but they did not have a
personal relationship with Him. All they had was head knowledge, which they
freely passed on to Job.
What a contrast between the Book of Proverbs – God’s Wisdom for His child, where throughout the book the name Yahweh is used. In summary, in Genesis chapter one, we focused on God’s power and the vast universe Elohim has created.
Now in chapter two, the focus changes to the fact that He has created us for a relationship with Himself. When you talk to someone about their need to be saved, have you ever heard the reply, ‘I believe in God.’ They say this as if it is sufficient. The Bible says the devil believes in God and trembles. It is not enough to just
believe in God. You need to know the Lord personally.
Believing in God (Elohim) will not get you entrance into Heaven. The devil knows
God as Elohim, the Great and Almighty Creator, but he does not know Him as
Yahweh. When the devil entered into the garden to tempt Adam and Eve, he said
‘did Elohim say?’ He was referring to the Great Creator of the universe.
Once you have discovered that God is Elohim (Almighty God), you next need
a personal intimate relationship with Yahweh.
You could say that Elohim is His job. That’s what He does. He is the Creator and Sustainer of the universe. However, He created it for you and created you for a personal relationship with Himself. It is not enough to believe in Elohim, you need to know Yahweh.
PRAYER:
‘Lord, I want to know You as Yahweh. Thank You that You care for me. I marvel that You created this wonderful world for me to enjoy. Thank You that You have provided for my every need. Thank You that You sent Jesus to bring me into a personal relationship with You. I am Yours and You are mine. I want to know You more. I want to love You more. I want to serve You more, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.’
Elohim
December 14th, 2025FATHER progressively reveals HIMSELF to us individually by HIS Names!
Throughout Scripture, God reveals Himself to us through various Hebrew Names. Each one presents a new and progressive revelation of His Nature.
FATHER is multidimensional as is HIS Names. Each Name reveals a different aspect of His Love and provision for us. Until you understand what HE is like, you will have a limited understanding and will be unable to fully receive from Him.
Genesis 1: 1‘In the beginning God (Elohim) created the Heaven and the earth.’
God’s first revelation of Himself to mankind is by the Name Elohim – The God of Creation, Glory and Power. The term Elohim is used in the Old Testament nearly 2,600 times. This gives us an indication of its importance as a revelation of God’s greatness. Elohim is the plural of Eloah and is derived from the word ahlah, which means to worship or to adore. The first verse of the Bible shouts out: “GOD is all powerful!”
It is written by The Holy Spirit in Jeremiah 32:27 NKJV
“Behold, I am the LORD, the God (‘ĕlōhîm) of all flesh. Is there anything too hard for Me?
PRAYER:
‘Lord, I want to know you as Elohim. I praise You for Your greatness and power. Forgive me when I have limited You. Forgive me when I have not taken You at Your Word. Nothing is impossible for You! Thank You that the challenges I am facing at this time are just new opportunities for You to demonstrate Your greatness! You are a miracle working God and I am believing for a miracle, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
Commissioned
December 13th, 2025We are commissioned when we are in submission to the primary mission!
We are called to be co-laborers with THE LORD. Both Power and authority are given to us to walk out our calling, not create a personal kingdom.
When did Jesus Himself receive power and authority?
Luke recorded by The Holy Spirit in Luke 3:
21-22 One day, Jesus came to be baptized along with all the others. As He was consumed with the Spirit of prayer, the Heavenly realm ripped open above Him and the Holy Spirit descended from Heaven in the form of a dove and landed on and remained upon Him. Then God’s audible Voice was heard, saying, “My Son, You are My Beloved Son. Through You I am fulfilled (well pleased).”
When The Holy Spirit descended on Jesus, His public ministry began. The adversary attempted to undermine His ministry but failed. Jesus walked in power and He came in authority because He was commissioned by THE FATHER.
Where does our authority come from? It comes from our “yes” to the commission given to us by Our Heavenly Father. HE can do everything better than we can and He can do everything better without us, yet HE has chosen us… co-missioned us to operate on HIS behalf. FATHER’S pleasure is working through us. HE takes delight in the concept of us being co-laborers with HIM.
Jesus imparted to His disciples authority and power in Matthew chapter 10:
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.
This was a precursor (and temporary in nature) to their full commission after Jesus’ resurrection. It was to prepare them for their ministry after Jesus sat down at the Right Hand of THE FATHER.
Jesus spoke in Matthew chapter 28:
16 Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, to the mountain which Jesus had appointed for them.
17 When they saw Him, they worshiped Him; but some doubted.
18 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in Heaven and on earth.
19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
20 teaching them to faithfully follow all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.
It is vital to embrace the Truth that we have been co-missioned to do the same. This commission is effective throughout the age we are now in.
Jesus came to earth with authority because He was commissioned by HIS FATHER. Why did He come?
The Beloved Disciple wrote by The Holy Spirit in 1st John chapter 3:
8 He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.
Jesus’ primary mission was to reveal THE FATHER and HIS Divine Intent for mankind. The captives are to be set free! Jesus had to have an encounter with The Spirit of God for Him to have power. The authority of the adversary was successfully eliminated at the cross. We now have legal authority to walk in the power of The Holy Spirit.
Authority comes in our “yes” to His mission. Power comes in the encounter with The Holy Spirit. Power and authority is as necessary right now as it’s ever been in human history. Let us embrace and walk in both!
You Have Been Chosen
December 12th, 2025Many Christians simply live off what FATHER brings to them!
They use the sovereignty of GOD as their justification of living a passive, unfruitful life without any accountability or responsibility to act. FATHER will always bring what you need, but most of what you want, you’ll have to pursue.
Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in 1st Timothy chapter 1:
18 So Timothy, my son, I am entrusting you with this responsibility, in keeping with the very first prophecies that were spoken over your life, and are now in the process of fulfillment in this great work of ministry, in keeping with the prophecies spoken over you. With this encouragement use your prophecies as weapons as you wage spiritual warfare by faith and with a clean conscience. For there are many who reject these virtues and are now destitute of the true faith,
Every one of us has promises spoken over our life concerning our future. FATHER did not form us in the womb without a specific plan for each of us. It is our responsibility to seek out that plan, not just tread water until we pass away and get to Heaven. We are not called to be on a perpetual vacation or living a life in a remote cabin doing nothing.
Spiritual warfare denotes taking the offensive.
When the dream dies, you lose the willingness to fight for what GOD has put in your heart, a sense of destiny, a sense of purpose. What you know can keep you from what you need to know if you don’t remain childlike where you constantly pursue greater understanding of your purpose. Don’t allow your knowledge to harden you to your own personal growth.
You have been chosen for something that HE will reveal if you pursue what HE has for you. Did Peter the fisherman or Matthew the tax collector ever thought that they would be world changers? Jesus came along and exposed them to potential and to possibility. Don’t discount yourself!
The more time they spent with Him, the more they actually considered that they were significant. Jesus never rebuked the disciples for their desire for greatness. He redefined it. Who is the greatest in the Kingdom? Those who are willing to serve everyone.
Jesus spoke in Matthew chapter 18:
1 At that time the disciples came to ask Jesus, “Who is considered to be the greatest in Heaven’s Kingdom realm?”
2 Jesus called a little one to his side and said to them,
3 “Learn this well: Unless you dramatically change your way of thinking and become teachable like a little child, you will never be able to enter in.
4 Whoever continually humbles himself to become like this little child is the greatest one in heaven’s kingdom realm.
And Jesus spoke in Mark chapter 9:
33 Then they came to Capernaum. And as soon as Jesus was inside the house, he asked his disciples, “What were you arguing about on the way here?”
34 No one said a word, because they had been arguing about which one of them was the greatest.
35 Jesus sat down, called the twelve disciples to come around Him, and said to them, “If anyone wants to be first, he must be content to be last and become a servant to all.”
A person who is self-centered serves only himself. A person who is GOD-centered, serves everyone.
While Jesus was with the disciples, they operated under His power and authority. Those two realms rested on them. After He was resurrected, He instructed them to stay in Jerusalem because they had to get power and authority for themselves. This happened at the Day of Pentecost.
Power and authority is given to us to walk out our calling, not create a personal kingdom. If you don’t pursue the fullness of The Holy Spirit in your life, you will become an observer only as the Kingdom comes forth on the earth.
We Cannot Change Our Assignments
December 11th, 2025You don’t have the right to change your assignment!
Who initiated and provided your gifts and calling? Our Heavenly Father did. As we surrender to HIM, HE will enable us to receive whatever resources we need to fulfill our individual callings. As we pray in The Holy Spirit, our prayers will build us up in The Holy Spirit to properly administer our assignments.
It is written by The Holy Spirit in Jude verse 20:
But you, my delightfully loved friends, constantly and progressively build yourselves up on the foundation of your most Holy faith by praying every moment in the Holy Spirit.
Our responsibility is to pray in THE SPIRIT, a perfect prayer to THE FATHER.
Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in 1st Thessalonians chapter 5:
16 Rejoice evermore.
17 Pray without ceasing.
18 In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
19 Quench not the Spirit.
In other Words, never restrain or put out the fire of the Holy Spirit. I begin each day by praying in The Holy Spirt. This corrects any issues with my mindset as I start the day.
Jesus warned us about guarding ourselves from the mindsets of the world.
Jesus spoke in Mark chapter 8:
15 And as they were sailing across the lake, Jesus repeatedly warned them, “Be on your guard against the yeast (leaven) inside of the Pharisees and the yeast (leaven) inside of Herod!”
There are three mindsets and Jesus warned us of the two that are destructive to our assignment:
First, the way of religion or religious spirit: The religious spirit has GOD in the center of everything, but HE’S impersonal and powerless. HE’S there in theme, in idea, in concept, but not in relationship, not in power, not in Presence.
Second, the way of politics or political spirit: The political spirit is humanism; it has man at the center of everything. It doesn’t mind a belief in GOD, just don’t bring HIM into the equation.
The third way is The Kingdom of GOD, the only acceptable mindset we should live by. It is opposed to worldly reasoning. It is the only mindset that is meant to spread throughout the earth.
Back in Mark chapter 8 Jesus spoke:
16 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, “It is because we have no bread.”
17 But Jesus, being aware of it, said to them, “Why do you reason because you have no bread? Do you not yet perceive nor understand? Is your heart still hardened?
18 Having eyes, do you not see? And having ears, do you not hear? And do you not remember?
The disciples were yet to walk in the Kingdom mindset even though they observed Jesus operating in the Kingdom mindset.
Have you had a supernatural miracle of provision before? After that miracle, have you had another financial challenge? Were you confident of a miracle the second time, or did you forget? It is the intentional calling to mind what you’ve seen and or have heard of the mighty works of GOD.
Real faith does deny the existence of a problem. Real faith denies the problem a place of influence. We must not allow ourselves to be moved by resistance to our individual assignments. We are meant to overcome anything that stands in the way of completing our assignments. Real faith silences the voice of a problem.
Temporary scarcity is not an excuse; Jesus provided us examples when He turned the water into wine and prayed over the bread and fishes to be multiplied thus providing more than enough to feed the multitudes. Jesus fed more and had more leftovers when He started with less. That is an example of the Kingdom economy that enables our callings.
Faith And Understanding
December 10th, 2025By faith we understand!
The power of thankfulness is more significant than most believers understand.
It is written by The Holy Spirit in Hebrews 11:3 NKJV
By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.
Luke recorded by The Holy Spirit in John chapter 6:
4 Now the Passover, a feast of the Jews, was near.
5 Then Jesus lifted up His Eyes, and seeing a great multitude coming toward Him, He said to Philip, “Where shall we buy bread, that these may eat?”
6 But this He said to test him, for He Himself knew what He would do.
7 Philip answered Him, “Two hundred denarii worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may have a little.”
8 One of His disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to Him,
9 “There is a lad here who has five barley loaves and two small fish, but what are they among so many?“
10 Then Jesus said, “Make the people sit down.” Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.
11 And Jesus took the loaves, and when He had given thanks He distributed them to the disciples, and the disciples to those sitting down; and likewise of the fish, as much as they wanted.
The fishes and loaves multiplied as the disciples were distributing them, not before. The miracle was progressive in its multiplication effect. Jesus gave thanks for that which wasn’t enough.
Have you ever had a quick answer to prayer and then followed with a similar need you have a delayed answer? FATHER has revealed HIS nature and character in the first miracle. In the second situation, HE is revealing the condition of our heart. All delayed answers are gaining interest. Our thankfulness moves our faith forward toward the miracle we are expecting.
Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Colossians chapter 2:
6 As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him,
7 rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving.
And in Ephesians chapter 5:
20 Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
I don’t thank GOD for disease, but I thank HIM because HE’S in charge in the middle of it.
Jesus specifically tells us in Matthew chapter 28:
20 teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.
Jesus will turn anything around for His glory. Consider His friend Lazarus.
The Beloved Disciple recorded by The Holy Spirit in John chapter 11:
1 Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.
2 It was that Mary who anointed the Lord with fragrant oil and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.
3 Therefore the sisters sent to Him, saying, “Lord, behold, he whom You Love is sick.”
4 When Jesus heard that, He said, “This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”
5 Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.
6 So, when He heard that he was sick, He stayed two more days in the place where He was.
You would think that Jesus would immediately go to Bethany and heal Lazarus. Instead, He stayed two more days where He was at.
17 So when Jesus came to Bethany, He found that he had already been in the tomb four days.
The mindset of Mary and Martha was limited to the expectation of Jesus healing the sick but not raising the dead.
39 Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said to Him, “Lord, by this time there is a stench, for he has been dead four days.”
40 Jesus said to her, “Did I not say to you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?”
41 Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead man was lying. And Jesus lifted up His eyes and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me.
42 And I know that You always hear Me, but because of the people who are standing by I said this, that they may believe that You sent Me.”
43 Now when He had said these things, He cried with a loud Voice, “Lazarus, come forth!”
44 And he who had died came out bound hand and foot with graveclothes, and his face was wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Loose him, and let him go.”
Jesus expanded the faith of the disciples as well as Lazarus and his family. He revealed the nature and character of Our Heavenly Father showing that physical death was not a certainty. Jesus delayed His response to reveal this greater revelation.
We are not to be intimidated by death when we are confronted with the situation. Knowing that Jesus has the power and authority over death, we are to submit to The Holy Spirit and raise the dead as He directs. By faith we understand the glory of THE LORD in all situations and are to give thanks in all things.
The True Standard Of Communion
December 9th, 2025THE Standard
December 8th, 2025We must not allow Our First Love to be lost!
Jesus and The Holy Spirit set THE standard by which the church is to operate in and reflect His Intent.
It is written by The Holy Spirit in Hebrews chapter 13:
7 Don’t forget the example of your spiritual leaders who have spoken God’s messages to you, take a close look at how their lives ended, and then follow their walk of faith.
8 Jesus, the Anointed One, is always the same—yesterday, today, and forever.
9 So don’t let anyone lead you astray with all sorts of novel and exotic teachings. It is more beautiful to feast on grace and be inwardly strengthened than to be obsessed with dietary rules (rituals and ceremonies) which in themselves have no lasting benefit.
Jesus spent forty days teaching the disciples concerning the Kingdom of GOD on the earth. They didn’t need teaching about the Kingdom of GOD in Heaven; they would get there soon enough. It was all about setting up the Kingdom on earth.
Luke recorded by The Holy Spirit in Acts chapter 1:
1 The former account I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,
2 until the day in which He was taken up, after He through the Holy Spirit had given commandments to the apostles whom He had chosen,
3 to whom He also presented Himself alive after His suffering by many infallible proofs, being seen by them during forty days and speaking of the things pertaining to the Kingdom of God.
4 And being assembled together with them, He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the Promise of the Father, “which,” He said, “you have heard from Me;
5 for John truly baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”
There should be no debate or discussion concerning the importance of The Holy Spirit and His ministry on the earth. Jesus established a very specific standard and example by the original generation for us to live by, for both present and future generations.
That is the measurement, the only one that holds up under critical observation or examination.
What did Jesus command us to do? To heal the sick, not pray for the sick. We must undo the impact of those who have taught a watered-down Gospel and embrace the Standard Jesus established with the first church in Acts.
Peter and John understood this command.
Luke recorded by The Holy Spirit in Acts chapter 3:
1 Now Peter and John went up together to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.
2 And a certain man lame from his mother’s womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms from those who entered the temple;
3 who, seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, asked for alms.
4 And fixing his eyes on him, with John, Peter said, “Look at us.”
5 So he gave them his attention, expecting to receive something from them.
6 Then Peter said, “Silver and gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk.”
7 And he took him by the right hand and lifted him up, and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength.
8 So he, leaping up, stood and walked and entered the temple with them-walking, leaping, and praising God.
9 And all the people saw him walking and praising God.
10 Then they knew that it was he who sat begging alms at the Beautiful Gate of the temple; and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.
Peter did not pray to GOD and ask HIM to heal the lame man. He commanded the lame man to be healed by the power and authority given to him (and us) in the Name of Jesus Christ.
We have a responsibility to walk boldly in Jesus’ commands. When we ask GOD to heal someone, we can blame the sovereignty of GOD if that person doesn’t get healed, thereby reflecting our responsibility. Getting our face before GOD will bring forth our breakthrough to walk according to the commands of Jesus.
FATHER, increase YOUR Presence and power in and through my life!
We are to preach the present reality of the message of The Kingdom of God with demonstration through our words and accompanying actions. The church in Acts set the standard for us to live by. HIS first and original Love for the church should be our first, passionate Love, never to be forgotten.