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Are you willing to provide your possessions to THE LORD when HE  requests them?

 Matthew recorded by The Holy Spirit in his Gospel in chapter 21:

1 Now, as they were approaching Jerusalem they arrived at the place (Bethany) of the stables near the Mount of Olives. Jesus sent two of His disciples ahead, saying,

2   “As soon as you enter the village, you will find a donkey tethered along with her young colt. Untie them both and bring them to Me.

3 And if anyone stops you and asks, ‘What are you doing?’ just tell them, ‘The Lord of All needs them,’ and he will let you take them.”

In Luke we are provided with additional details: (19:33 TPT)

While they were untying the colt, the owners approached them and asked, “What are you doing?”

This is the only time Jesus made a specific request of this nature.  By revelation, He knew that the donkey and its colt were there.  In addition, the owners heard the Voice of THE LORD and did not challenge the disciples in any way.

Are you willing to give your resources for THE LORD’S use?  If FATHER told you to give someone a vehicle for their use, would you do it?  The donkey was a primary mode of transportation during that time.

Jesus is THE LORD OF ALL so our possessions ultimately fall into that category.  As we submit to the Voice of The Holy Spirit, we will grow toward full maturity and no longer cling to our physical possessions or financial resources.  FATHER knows our future needs and will not remove our ability to live in blessing and prosperity.  The rich young ruler could not see that Truth when Jesus challenged him.  The more we help those in need, the more the windows of Heaven will be opened to us.  I know that it is counterintuitive to what the world claims yet it is true.

There are many who have and/or want to participate in “the prophetic” as long as it does not take a full commitment.  Generally, they are fearful of giving up resources because they haven’t reached that level of maturity where they totally trust FATHER’S Plan.  I have had to overcome that fear in my life.

4 All of this happened to fulfill the prophecy: 5 Tell Zion’s daughter: “Look, your King arrives! He’s coming to you full of gentleness, sitting on a donkey, riding on a donkey’s colt.”

6 So the two disciples went on ahead and did as Jesus had instructed them.

7 They brought the donkey and her colt to Him and placed their cloaks and prayer shawls on the colt, and Jesus rode on it.

8 Then an exceptionally large crowd gathered and carpeted the road before Him with their cloaks and prayer shawls. Others cut down branches from trees to spread in His path.

9 Jesus rode in the center of the procession—crowds going before him and crowds coming behind him, and they all shouted, “Bring the victory, Lord, Son of David! He comes with the blessings of being sent from the Lord Yahweh! We celebrate with praises to God in the highest!”

10 As Jesus entered Jerusalem, the people went wild with excitement— the entire city was thrown into an uproar!

11 Some asked, “Who is this man?” And the crowds shouted back, “This is Jesus! He’s the prophet from Nazareth of Galilee!”

People were excited but did not fully understand Who was before them.

12 Upon entering Jerusalem Jesus went directly into the temple area and drove away all the merchants who were buying and selling their goods. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the stands of those selling doves.

13 And He said to them, “My dwelling place will be known as a house of prayer, but you have made it into a hangout for thieves!”

14 Then the blind and the crippled came into the temple courts, and Jesus healed them all. And the children circled around him shouting out, “Blessings and praises to the Son of David!”

Jesus removed the moneychangers (aka thieves) twice from the temple area.  Those who have taken advantage of believers will ultimately suffer judgment

James goes into detail as he wrote in his Epistle by The Holy Spirit in chapter 5:

1  Listen all you who are rich, for it’s time to weep and howl over the misery that will overtake you!

2 Your riches lie rotting, your fine clothing eaten by moths,

3 and your gold and silver are corroded as a witness against you. You have hoarded up treasure for the last days but it will become a fire to burn your flesh.

4 Listen! Can’t you hear the cries of the laborers over the wages you fraudulently held back from those who worked for you? The cries for justice of those you’ve cheated have reached the ears of the Lord of armies!

5 You have indulged yourselves with every luxury and pleasure this world offers, but you’re only stuffing your heart full for a day of slaughter.

6 You have condemned and murdered good and innocent people who had no power to defend themselves.

FATHER will not allow “the elite” to get away with their nefarious intent and actions.  HE is not forgetful when it comes to the exploitation of HIS children.  Their resources will ultimately be extracted from them, somehow, some way.

Actions speak louder than words.  If actions don’t correspond with your word, then you are a phony.  Has faith found its full expression in you?

James wrote by The Holy Spirit in his Epistle in chapter 2:

14   My dear brothers and sisters, what good is it if someone claims to have faith but demonstrates no good works to prove it? How could this kind of faith save anyone?

15 For example, if a brother or sister in the faith is poorly clothed and hungry

16 and you leave them saying, “Good-bye. I hope you stay warm and have plenty to eat,” but you don’t provide them with a coat or even a cup of soup, what good is your faith?

17 So then faith that doesn’t involve action is phony.

Faith requires supporting actions for it to be genuine.  If you don’t confirm your faith by action then how can FATHER be pleased with you?

For as it is written by The Holy Spirit in Hebrews chapter 11:

6   And without faith living within us it would be impossible to please God. For we come to God in faith knowing that He is real and that He rewards the faith of those who give all their passion and strength into seeking Him.

James continues:

18 But someone might object and say, “One person has faith and another person has works.” Go ahead then and prove to me that you have faith without works and I will show you faith by my works as proof that I believe.

Each of us must ask the question:  Do I have proof that I have faith?  How many people do you know whose word is no good?  I know many who claim to be Christians/Believers yet their word does not support their actions thus I cannot and will not rely on their word.

19 You can believe all you want that there is one true God, that’s wonderful! But even the demons know this and tremble with fear before him, yet they’re unchanged—they remain demons.

It is not enough to believe in the One True God, your works must correspond to your belief else your belief is of no benefit to The Kingdom.  Yes, it is a tough statement but we are now in times that require faith with actions.

20 O feeble sons of Adam, do you need further evidence that faith divorced from good works is phony?

21 Wasn’t our ancestor Abraham found righteous before God because of his works when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?

22 Can’t you see how his action cooperated with his faith and by his action faith found its full expression?

23 So in this way the Scripture was fulfilled: Because Abraham believed God, his faith was exchanged for God’s righteousness. So he became known as the Lover of God!

Are you known as a “Lover of God?”

24 So now it’s clear that a person is seen as righteous in God’s eyes not merely by faith alone, but by his works.

25 And the same is true of the prostitute named Rahab who was found righteous in God’s eyes by her works, for she received the spies into her home and helped them escape from the city by another route.

26 For just as a human body without the spirit is a dead corpse, so faith without the expression of good works is dead!

FATHER honored the faith of a prostitute to show us that no matter what your past, you can be pleasing to HIM.  It is vital that we have works that correspond to our faith else the world will simply look at us as phonies and they will not listen to anything we have to say concerning the Kingdom.

After we ask FATHER for Wisdom, we are then prepared for full spiritual maturity.  This level of maturity requires Wisdom from Above.

James wrote by The Holy Spirit in his Epistle in chapter 1:

13  When you are tempted don’t ever say, “God is tempting me,” for God is incapable of being tempted by evil and He is never the source of temptation.

14 Instead it is each person’s own desires and thoughts that drag them into evil and lure them away into darkness.

15 Evil desires give birth to evil actions. And when sin is fully mature it can murder you!

16 So my friends, don’t be fooled by your own desires!

As we walk in greater maturity, our desires align with FATHER’S desires and we are no longer tempted by our previous carnal and fleshly desires.  Our thoughts will no longer consider past temptations and those temptations cease being an issue.  Major sin issues in society are eliminated only by salvation and renewing the mind.  This eliminates the demand for drugs, fornication, pornography, fraud, burglary, etc.  More laws is not the solution.  Forcing behavior on the population will not resolve the source of the problems.

17 Every gift God freely gives us is good and perfect, streaming down from the Father of lights, Who shines from the heavens with no hidden shadow or darkness and is never subject to change.

18 God was delighted to give us birth by the truth of His infallible Word so that we would fulfill His chosen destiny for us and become the favorite ones out of all His creation!

This Truth restates the essence of Psalm 139:16.  We were Divinely placed here for this particular time and with a specific purpose.  The Holy Spirit will lead us into the fullness of this purpose if we seek His guidance in all matters.

19 My dearest brothers and sisters, take this to heart: Be quick to listen, but slow to speak. And be slow to become angry,

20 for human anger is never a legitimate tool to promote God’s righteous purpose.

Anger is a hindrance in ministering to those who need to hear our message of life, peace, and joy.  Righteous anger is acceptable as shown when Jesus ran out the moneychangers from the Temple.  The Holy Spirit will show us the difference.

21 So this is why we abandon everything morally impure and all forms of wicked conduct. Instead, with a sensitive spirit we absorb God’s Word, which has been implanted within our nature, for the Word of Life has power to continually deliver us.

As I wrote recently, we must protect our hearts from the world so that we maintain a sensitive spirit.

22 Don’t just listen to the Word of Truth and not respond to it, for that is the essence of self-deception. So always let his Word become like poetry written and fulfilled by your life!

23 If you listen to the Word and don’t live out the message you hear, you become like the person who looks in the mirror of the Word to discover the reflection of his face in the beginning.

24 You perceive how God sees you in the mirror of the Word, but then you go out and forget your Divine origin.

We are to be a doer of The Word.  There are countless Christians who do not respond to The Word and deceive themselves.  Don’t be counted among them.  Without active faith, it is impossible to please FATHER.

25 But those who set their gaze deeply into the perfecting law of liberty are fascinated by and respond to the Truth they hear and are strengthened by it—they experience God’s blessing in all that they do!

26 If someone believes they have a relationship with God but fails to guard his words then his heart is drifting away and his religion is shallow and empty.

It is vital that we guard our words and not allow ourselves to speak words that fail to reflect the nature of Our Heavenly Father.

27 True spirituality that is pure in the eyes of our Father God is to make a difference in the lives of the orphans, and widows in their troubles, and to refuse to be corrupted by the world’s values.

Lastly, we are to help those in need, especially the widows and the orphans. It is all about Love!

It is imperative that we ask FATHER for Wisdom.  The times ahead will be perilous for those who are double-minded.

James wrote by The Holy Spirit in his Epistle in chapter 1:

2   My fellow believers, 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!

Based on the direction the world is currently heading, there will be sizable difficulties ahead for all of mankind.  This will produce a variety of emotions such as frustration, anger, rage, etc. and many will question their own faith.  Now is the time for us to be firm and unwavering in the Word and associated revelations we have received from The Holy Spirit.

3 For you know that when your faith is tested it stirs up power within you to endure all things.

4 And then as your endurance grows even stronger it will release perfection into every part of your being until there is nothing missing and nothing lacking.

We must be ready to endure anything we face and to do this we must walk in mature faith.  This is only achieved by constantly relying on The Holy Spirit and The Word to build ourselves up in the most Holy faith.

As it is written by THE SPIRIT in Jude:

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 Spirit.

James continues:

5 And if anyone longs to be wise, ask God for Wisdom and he will give It! He won’t see your lack of wisdom as an opportunity to scold you over your failures but He will overwhelm your failures with His generous grace.

FATHER knows our frailties because HE is Our Loving Father and seeks to move us to full maturity as Sons and Daughters.  HE also knows that without us walking in faith, we won’t be pleasing to HIM, so HE will move us toward great faith and Wisdom as any loving father would.

6 Just make sure you ask empowered by confident faith without doubting that you will receive. For the ambivalent person believes one minute and doubts the next. Being undecided makes you become like the rough seas driven and tossed by the wind. You’re up one minute and tossed down the next.

7 When you are half-hearted and wavering it leaves you unstable. Can you really expect to receive anything from the Lord when you’re in that condition?

We place our confidence solely in The Word and The Holy Spirit to guide us as we navigate through the times ahead.  It is imperative that we also ask FATHER for greater Wisdom which will allow us to take the appropriate actions when encounters the challenges before us.

We are in uncharted territories where the enemy will seek to entrap us with the purpose of making us ineffective. A deception will cause the unwise to take a wrong turn and become enslaved by the world system.  We are to be active in our Love and faith but not stupid in our actions.

It is just as important to know when to be still and wait versus acting and falling into the proverbial ditch.  Wisdom will direct us accordingly.

It is written by The Holy Spirit in Hebrews chapter 13:

16 We will show mercy to the poor and not miss an opportunity to do acts of kindness for others, for these are the true sacrifices that delight God’s heart. (TPT)

From the Epoch Times: Collusion between the CDC and social media companies to censor free speech:

A small excerpt from their article:

Facebook executives, meanwhile, worked with the CDC on the company’s COVID-19 information page, and reached a deal that enabled the company to put the CDC’s logo on the page. Facebook also donated $15,000 in ad credits, which an agreement said “will be used by CDC’s COVID-19 response to support the agency’s messages on Facebook, and extend the reach of COVID-19-related Facebook content, including messages on vaccines, social distancing, travel, and other priority communication messages.”

The executives informed Crawford and other CDC officials in early 2021 of their efforts to crack down on COVID-19 misinformation, which included an announcement that the company would be working with groups to encourage people to get vaccinated while making it harder to find accounts “that discourage vaccination.”

Crawford at one point asked Google to tweak its search rankings to make it so a specific CDC page ranked higher in the results, and asked Google-owned YouTube to share a CDC video.

She also suggested YouTube staffers had assisted the CDC in a campaign.

“Thank you so much for all the assistance on the college influencers. We appreciate the special help you are providing us as we navigate this new territory,” she wrote.

My wife suggested we subscribe to the Epoch Times… a rarity. For whatever reason, The Holy Spirit wants us to be aware of the Truth being censored. The science continues to reveal the nefarious attempts to adversely affect the population. We must continue to be vigilant and not be swayed by the adversary’s attempts to manipulate our mindsets.

https://www.theepochtimes.com/

Your mindset will determine whether you live with a hardened heart or a sensitive heart.  It is solely up to each of us to guard our hearts.

It is written by The Holy Spirit in Hebrews chapter 3:

1   And so, dear brothers and sisters, you are now made Holy, and each of you is invited to the feast of your Heavenly calling. So fasten your thoughts fully onto Jesus, Whom we embrace as our Apostle and King-Priest.

The world would like to eradicate the Name of Jesus from every reference possible.  Why?  They are led by the adversary who fully understands the power and authority behind the Name of Jesus.  The adversary also understands the power of His Blood.  The author of lies is promoting lies hoping to extinguish Truth from every aspect of the media but is failing.

2 For He was faithful to the Father Who appointed Him, in the same way that Moses was a model of faithfulness in what was entrusted to him.

3 But Jesus is worthy to receive a much greater glory than Moses, for the One who builds a house deserves to be honored more than the house He builds.

4 Every house is built by someone, but God is the Designer and Builder of all things.

You and I have been appointed for this time in history so accept this as reality.  You were not randomly placed here but were specifically to be here with your own set of unique gifts and calling (Psalm 139:16).  We are to be faithful to what FATHER has planned for us.  It is never too late to walk in your calling.  Moses spent the first 80 years on earth before he fully began his walk.  It’s not over until it’s over.

5 Indeed, Moses served God faithfully in all He gave him to do. His work prophetically illustrates things that would later be spoken and fulfilled.

Moses did his part and it is time for us to do our part in FATHER’S Grand Plan.

6 But Christ is more than a Servant, He was faithful as the Son in charge of God’s House. And now we are part of His House if we continue courageously to hold firmly to our bold confidence and our victorious hope.

Let us hold firmly!

7 This is why the Holy Spirit says, “If only you would listen to His Voice this day!

We must keep our hearts sensitive in order to hear HIS Voice.

8 Don’t make Him angry by hardening your hearts, like your ancestors did during the days of their rebellion, when they were tested in the wilderness.

9 There your fathers tested Me and tried My patience even though they saw My miracles for forty years they still doubted Me!

10 This ignited My anger with that generation and I said about them, ‘They wander in their hearts just like they do with their feet, and they refuse to learn My ways.’ 11 My Heart grieved over them so I decreed: ‘They will never enter into the calming rest of My Spirit!’ ”

We have been warned!  Do not do the same thing that the ancestors did in the wilderness.  It was their decision to allow the mindsets to focus on worldly thoughts and desires rather than learning FATHER’S Ways.

12 So search your hearts every day, my brothers and sisters, and make sure that none of you has evil or unbelief hiding within you. For it will lead you astray, and make you unresponsive to the Living God.

This is not a “one and done” issue.  It is vital that we focus daily on maintaining a sensitive heart.

13 This is the time to encourage each other to never be stubborn or hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.

These writings are intended to encourage us to not become stubborn or hardened.

14 For we are mingled with the Messiah, if we will continue unshaken in this confident assurance from the beginning until the end.

15 For again, the Scriptures say, If only today you would listen to His Voice. Don’t make Him angry by hardening your hearts, as you did in the wilderness rebellion.

16 The same people who were delivered from bondage and brought out of Egypt by Moses, were the ones who heard and still rebelled.

17 They grieved God for forty years by sinning in their unbelief, until they dropped dead in the desert.

18 So God swore an oath that they would never enter into His Calming Place of Rest all because they disobeyed Him.

19 It is clear that they could not enter into their inheritance because they wrapped their hearts in unbelief.

I have been asked more than once how I am able to hear Father’s Voice.  It is all about my heart being sensitive and willing to change my mindset.  I have made many mistakes in my walk with FATHER over the last 50+ years.  However, I am willing to change because I know that I have so much to learn and understand which is beyond my current understanding.  I live my life knowing that I need to constantly change so that I can reach a higher level of maturity.  I am unwilling to think that I have arrived.

If you approach life with a sensitive heart and a willing mind to accept change, you have prepared yourself to be used in a greater manner by FATHER and hear HIS Voiced with greater clarity.

Your mind has a “tuner” in it and you can tune out the world and tune in the Words Our Heavenly Father speaks.  However, the opposite is also true.

The first time I heard FATHER speak to me was at about 1 PM on a Friday afternoon in August of 1972.  HE instructed me to go to a certain tall building in downtown Oklahoma City where there was a part-time job for me while I completed college.  Little did I know that it was a bank.  That is how I began my career in banking.  I submitted to HIS Divine Intent.  I had never considered working at a bank.  Am I special?  No more than you.

Wisdom records in Proverbs chapter 4:

20   Listen carefully, my dear child, to everything that I teach you, and pay attention to all that I have to say.

21 Fill your thoughts with My Words until they penetrate deep into your spirit.

We are to “tune in” to FATHER’S Word and tune out the world.  You can’t have it both ways for it is like trying to hear two conversations at the same time.

22 Then, as you unwrap (discover) My Words, They will impart true life and radiant health into the very core of your being.

Do you want to live with radiant health?  The word radiant means: sending out light; shining or glowing brightly.  Father’s Word ultimately will produce radiance in you and me and that state will draw people unto us.

23 So above all, guard the affections of your heart, for they affect all that you are. Pay attention to the welfare of your innermost being, for from there flows the wellspring of life.

We must diligently guard our hearts at all cost.  This can be a notable challenge in today’s world.  Our first priority is to renew our minds daily with The Word.  By doing this, our hearts become more sensitive which results in our actions being aligned with FATHER’S Divine Intent.

How do we keep our hearts sensitive?  The next verses instruct us:

24 Avoid dishonest speech and pretentious words. Be free from using perverse words no matter what!

25 Set your gaze on the path before you. With fixed purpose, looking straight ahead, ignore life’s distractions.

26 Watch where you’re going! Stick to the path of Truth, and the road will be safe and smooth before you.

27 Don’t allow yourself to be sidetracked for even a moment or take the detour that leads to darkness.

Wisdom gives us specific instructions to guard our hearts and keep them sensitive to hearing FATHER’S Word.  The more sensitive our hearts are, the easier it is to hear FATHER.  We must be willing to change in order to mature into the fullness of walking as Sons and Daughters. 

It is vital that we set our “tuners” to hear what FATHER is saying so that we can be a blessing to others just as Jesus was and is.  We will be blessed in all that we set our hands to no matter what state the global economy is in.