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“Give us this day our daily bread.”

Our walk with Our Heavenly Father is a daily walk, not once a week, a month, or a year.  For years I have not utilized an alarm clock to wake me up in starting a normal day.  I trust HIM to awake me at the hour and the minute in which HE wants to begin our daily interaction.  It is true I set the alarm for an early morning appointment to insure I am on time.  Otherwise, I expect to be awaken by HIM.  I warn you, when you make this determination, it could be early!

I start the day seeking what is on HIS Mind- not my will but Yours, Father.  I share these tidbits not to exalt myself but simply to provide the reader with some perspective of the importance of “daily bread”.  It is certainly possible that I need this more than many others.  My wife would probably agree.

In the temptation of Jesus by the devil, Jesus stated:

Matthew 4:4   But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’

This was a quote from Deuteronomy 8:

1 “Every commandment which I command you today you must be careful to observe, that you may live and multiply, and go in and possess the land of which the LORD swore to your fathers. 2 And you shall remember that the LORD your God led you all the way these forty years in the wilderness, to humble you and test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not. 3 So He humbled you, allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna which you did not know nor did your fathers know, that He might make you know that man shall not live by bread alone; but man lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the LORD.

Our daily bread is to assist us in “possessing” the Promised Land.  This bread will sustain us during the time of testing and trials.  The trials will come daily and thus we need our bread on a daily basis, else we become overwhelmed and frustrated by what life throws at us.  This daily bread will provide us peace while the heathen rage.

Proverbs 9

4 ​​“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!”

​​As for him who lacks understanding, she says to him,

5 ​​“Come, eat of my bread

​​And drink of the wine I have mixed.

Here we are told that bread represents understanding.  Bread is sustenance for our spirit, soul, and body.  We need daily nourishment to grow and Our Heavenly Father will provide bread in all three areas to those who ask.  You can be “void” of HIS Word in a particular area and be blessed in another.  In your conversation with Our Heavenly Father, you need to ask for HIS supply in the area you are lacking.  Our “food” should be a well-balanced meal rather than just focusing on a single area of our life.

Manna was the bread from Heaven given to the children of Israel as a daily provision.  It established a truth that Our Heavenly Father will intervene on our behalf on a daily basis.  It further established our responsibility to seek HIS bread daily.  How many have listened to revelation that is old and outdated.  We must move forward to the next area of maturity, not just “camping out” at a previous spot where some life-changing revelation occurred. The children of Israel were told not to build houses in the wilderness and to be ready to move their “tents” as the Glory of Our Heavenly Father moved.  Are you still living out an old revelation?

It is exciting to hear the next topic on Our Heavenly Father’s Mind.  Following HIM is not boring.  We are to become the essential expression of HIM on this earth.  As we take on HIS Character, people will be drawn to us and will want to interact with us in a rich, rewarding relationship.  We may be called upon to distribute “bread” to others.  As we embrace the willingness to help others, our own prosperity increases.  We become vessels who will not allow resources to stagnate.  We do not hoard up bread for ourselves in fear but acquire in preparation to be used as a blessing.  There is a time to store and a time to distribute.  In the story of Joseph, the seven years of plenty insured survival in the time of the famine.  By hearing the Word of Our Heavenly Father, Joseph was able to do both(store up and distribute) in wisdom and at the proper time.

When  we receive our daily bread, we are prepared for what lies ahead.  What better preparation for the coming changes than to get a daily briefing and marching orders from the Creator of Heaven and earth!  Bring on the day!

Matthew 6:10  Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

Why would we be encouraged to pray for HIS Kingdom to come to earth if HE were to remove us when things got tough?  The rapture theorists totally disregard the very words Jesus urged us to pray.  Here we have the Son of the Most High GOD, in His own words, revealing an important truth that 99% of all churches pray frequently.  We are to proclaim and prophesy that HIS Kingdom and HIS Will be manifested on earth as it is in Heaven.  After all, HE is the Creator of Heaven and earth.  Don’t you think that the Creator can successfully establish HIS Kingdom anywhere and at any time HE pleases?  What adversary is great enough to prevent this?  Could Jesus not hear or interpret the words He heard from Our Heavenly Father?

Men take a few words, change their meaning in a subtle fashion, and establish an entire doctrine around those words in order that they may enslave other men to themselves.  The word “everlasting” versus “indefinite” has a different meaning and length of time.  One denotes “forever” whereas the other denotes “undetermined but not infinite”.

After studying the Scriptures for over forty years, I have come to realize that based on my understanding at the time I read Scripture, the revelation that comes forth is filtered.  If I only have a revelation of redemption, I tend to read all Scripture solely from the “redemption” point of view.  As my understanding and knowledge increase, I read Scripture with those added perspectives.  Most of all, if I read from the revelation of Love, the filters are removed for I am know reading with an understanding of the Character and Intent of the Author- Our Heavenly Father.

This verse is multi-faceted as is all Scripture.  “Earth” is not only this globe we are walking on, but also our own “earth”.  HE desires to be fully manifested in each of us as we are to be individual expressions of HIM.  A father’s desire is for his son to express all the positive characteristics of the family.  The son is to represent the family to the rest of the world and do greater things than the previous generation.  Each family has an innate desire for expansion of its expression on earth.  This desire is derived from the Character of the Creator.

Do you think it is Our Heavenly Father’s will for us to be punished forever by burning in an intense heat, causing unbearable pain?  Is that what you would want for your son or daughter?  How much more does Our Heavenly Father want us to be blessed than our earthly father!  HE has placed in us the creative power to produce unique expressions of HIM to bless all of creation.  We are to become focal points of HIS expression on earth.  HE calls us to be distinct but not divided.  We are called into unity by Love and express HIS character in all our actions and thoughts.  Each of us has a set of unique gifts and a calling to bring forth our individual part of HIS overall will.  Once we fully embrace this reality, doors open up to us with the needed resources to fulfill that calling.  Peace is shed abroad in our hearts no matter what adversity confronts us.  Instead of fearing the adversity, we look for the lessons to be learned from the experience.  Love, joy, and peace are all realized once HIS Kingdom is manifested in our hearts and minds.  Let those prophetic words we are urged to speak fully manifest in our lives.

The word “hallow” means to be set apart and honored as being sacred, consecrated, and Holy.  HIS Name is set apart from all other names.  There is no other god other than the LORD GOD ALMIGHTY.  When we speak this phrase, we are proclaiming our acknowledgement of the importance of HIS position relative to all of creation.  Wrapped up in all of this is HIS omnipotence, omniscience, and omnipresence.  We have set apart HIS Fatherhood versus any other relationship in existence.

This phrase denotes Our Heavenly Father’s ability to determine what is good, acceptable, and perfect for HE is the final Judge in any matter.  All other life owes its existence to HIM.  All life is determined by HIS Divine Intent.

The first use of “hallow” is:

Exodus 20:11  For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.

This is a subtle reference to the Day of Rest, or the Millennium of Rest.   In that 7th period of Spiritual perfection, we should expect to see mankind once again “hallow” HIS Name.  Today, our society throws around the term “god” in all types of use, especially in their profanity.  These uses dilute man’s thinking into a deeper perverted state.  Children hear these other uses and their hearts grow cold to what is the true reality.  It is no wonder the Lord’s Prayer has been removed from American schools.  Those lawless whoremongers want to remove any potential judgment by the masses.  What better way than to remove the scales of equal weights and measures from our midst.  Once the Lord’s Prayer was removed, we began to see an increasing incidence of lawlessness in the schools.  No longer were children taught that there is the Creator of heaven and earth to be reckoned with.

When we “hallow” HIS Name, we establish our reverent fear of THE LORD.  As we honor HIS Name in reverence, wisdom becomes available to us:

Psalm 111:10 

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom;
A good understanding have all those who do His commandments.
His praise endures forever.

Proverbs 1:7

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge,
But fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Proverbs 1:29 

Because they hated knowledge
And did not choose the fear of the LORD,

In the above three Scriptures, wisdom, understanding, and knowledge are all available to those who fear THE LORD.  In Kemper’s book “Raising a Remnant”, these three topics begin the book.  Wisdom is the foundation, understanding provides the walls, and knowledge fills the house.  Preceding these three is the “fear of THE LORD”.  When you hallow HIS Name, you are on the path to building a house that will withstand adversity, trials, and temptations.

Heaven is “the seat of order of things eternal and consummately perfect where God dwells”.  It is where Divine Intent can be found or, the “cause” of cause and effect.  When we pray to Our Father which art in heaven, we acknowledge HIS preeminence in our life.  We acknowledge we are the created and HE is the Creator.  We are the “effect” of HIS cause or Divine Intent.

This declaration by each of us is the acknowledgement of our relative position of wisdom, understanding, and knowledge.  It is the realization that we are vessels in the created state, formed by the Uncreated GOD of heaven and earth.  Each of us is a unique expression of HIS Divine Intent and our gifts and callings are very specific to that expression.

In Isaiah 55, Our Heavenly Father reveals that fact that there are higher laws beyond our limited comprehension:

8 ​​“For My thoughts are not your thoughts,

​​Nor are your ways My ways,” says the LORD.

9 ​​“For as the heavens are higher than the earth,

​​So are My ways higher than your ways,

​​And My thoughts than your thoughts.

By revealing this to us, we are in essence given the opportunity to pursue HIS higher ways.  Jesus confirmed our relationship, our relative position, and our opportunity to rise to a higher level of maturity, all in one phrase:  Our Father which art in heaven.  The offspring are designed to be the expression of their progenitor.  Each parent’s purest desire is for his or her child to experience greater success and fulfillment of life.  Our Heavenly Father stated this desire as well:

Proverbs 8:32

32 ​​“Now therefore, listen to me, my children,

​​For blessed are those who keep my ways.

33 ​​Hear instruction and be wise,

​​And do not disdain it.

34 ​​Blessed is the man who listens to me,

​​Watching daily at my gates,

​​Waiting at the posts of my doors.

35 ​​For whoever finds me finds life,

​​And obtains favor from the LORD;

What a blessing spoken by Our Heavenly Father!  Notice that we are urged to pursue and keep HIS ways.  This passage tells us that we can know HIS ways and walk in them.  HIS ways promote life, blessing, and fulfillment.  As a point of comparison, Our Heavenly Father provides us a warning:

36 ​​But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul;

​​All those who hate me love death.”

Doesn’t this verse provide us with some insight about the battle raging in our soul?  Sin is the source of the issue we must deal with.  Our soul is damaged or injured by sin.  Our Heavenly Father is in the restoration business and HE gives us revelation and direction to restore our souls.  As a Loving Father, HE reveals the problem and solution, wise counsel.  However, it is up to each of us to take personal action to correct the problem and remove sin from our midst.  Once that is accomplished, our soul is restored.  It all begins with the acknowledgement of who our source is: Our Heavenly Father which art in heaven.

The importance of these two words which begins “The Lord’s Prayer” cannot be emphasized enough.  Jesus established our “vertical” relationship with the LORD GOD ALLMIGHTY, the GOD of Heaven and earth, and our “horizontal” relationship with all of our brothers and sisters in one simultaneous expression.  Not only did Jesus establish a personal relationship with FATHER, but also with Himself as a “brother”, a fellow Son of GOD.  This was and is huge.  Jesus was preparing us for His later proclamation that we would do greater works than Him:

John 14:12  “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father.”

For us to do the greater works, we must believe the reality set before us.  We must set aside fear, uncertainty, and doubt.  With this emphatic statement made by Jesus, now let us consider what Paul said in Philippians chapter 2:

1 Therefore if there is any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and mercy,

2 fulfill my joy by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.

3 Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself.

4 Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others.

We are all of one brotherhood and should be of “one mind”.  We are truly our brother’s keeper and Paul understood this as he further wrote:

5 Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus,

6 who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God,

Jesus established the relationship between Our Father and us, and all of us to each other in just two words: Our Father.  Can it be any more direct and simple as this?  We must remember the Jesus spoke as directed by Our Heavenly Father.  These two words conveyed the essence of Love and Divine Intent.  No longer could we be justified by our acts of division against others.  No longer could we rationalize why we need to go to war and enslave others or take their resources.  How did the people respond to this revelation?

Matthew 7:28 And so it was, when Jesus had ended these sayings, that the people were astonished at His teaching,

Jesus revealed the plan and the Way in the Sermon on the Mount.  In dramatic simplicity, He established the relationships of mankind to each other and to Our Heavenly Father.  There was one thing left to do: provide a confirmation of this truth.  After all, actions speak louder than words.  It was time for this declaration to be confirmed by Our Heavenly Father to these “astonished” people:

Matthew 8:1  When He had come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed Him.

2 And behold, a leper came and worshiped Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.”

What greater confirmation of the veracity of His statements than to reverse death!  The leper (which represents death) was ready to test the words of Jesus.  “If You are willing” was spoken to determine and expose the Divine Intent in Jesus.  The leper comprehended the essence of the Sermon.  Those words spoken to the multitude brought forth faith in the heart and mind of the leper.  He now knew there was a solution to his leprosy… finally!

3  Then Jesus put out His hand and touched him, saying, “I am willing; be cleansed.” Immediately his leprosy was cleansed.

This was an immediate confirmation to the astonished people that everything Jesus had spoken was true.  Even death responded to His words.  Further, according to the Mosaic Law, Jesus instructed the former leper to show himself to the priest.  The higher Law was now in command and operational on earth.  The revelation of “Our Father” had come forth.

Those two words effectively wipe away 99% of the doctrines of churches worldwide.  What simplicity!  Jesus did not need to write 50 books explaining Who Our Heavenly Father is.  Instead, He began what is known as “The Lord’s Prayer” with two simple words that convey the Character and Divine Intent of Our Heavenly Father.  Jesus wiped away centuries of misperception about who the Lord God Almighty was.

The foundation of the “restoration of all mankind” boils down to those two words.  “Our Father” establishes the parent-child relationship.  Nothing can change that reality.  The “Sons of GOD” revelation is based on those two words and we MUST have been created in HIS likeness with the potential of power and authority resident in us.  “Like Father, like son” is in its truest representation here.

The ego, or the old man, would have us believe that HE is some distant, cruel ruler who will wipe us out in an instant and throw us into hell, locking the door behind us.  However, that is not the reality.  Once our eyes are opened to HIS unfailing Love for HIS children, we can see the necessity for correction, trials, and testing.  Every father wants his children to grow up into fruitful vessels.  Jesus stated this way:

Matthew 7:9   Or what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?

10   Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent?

11   If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!

Jesus clearly stated how Love responds in the parent-child relationship.  Unless we suffered abuse by our parents, we can all relate to this comparison.  Those who grew up without the nurturing love of a parent must overcome the ego’s desire to keep this revelation from coming alive in their hearts.  The hurt and the pain create walls around the heart as a protection mechanism.  This often manifests physically in some form of ailment, addiction, or weight issue.  Dr. Speckhart once shared a story that a lady came to his office with cancer in her body.  Our Heavenly Father gave him a word of knowledge about her condition.  The cancer was there due to bitterness she held against her grandmother.  He asked if he could pray with her and she agreed.  She forgave her grandmother and her cancer began to shrink and ultimately left her body. The root of bitterness was plucked out and the body responded, returning to normal.

We expect everyone else to be perfect (a form of judgment) yet we regard our own humanity with mercy.  If we are truly to walk in Love, we must see others as Our Heavenly Father sees them.  We must continually forgive them of their sins and lawlessness.  They will suffer correction but we need not influence the correction in a malicious manner.  Our Heavenly Father will make sure that the Law of Equal Weights and Measures is enforced but it will be done in a fully righteous manner.

When we truly embrace those two words “Our Father”, the walls of division will come down and HIS Nature will begin to take over our essence.  We will internally change first.  As a result, the outer will begin to reflect the internal.  Our eyes will be opened to see, our ears will be opened to hear, and our bodies will return to normal.  Sickness and disease no longer rule over our bodies.  “Our Father” will see to that.  It is really that simple!

Jesus spoke:

Matthew 7:24 “Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: 25 and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock.

26 “But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand: 27 and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall.”

In this passage, Jesus describes two categories of people: the wise and the foolish.  All of us fall into one of these two categories.  The house represents us, our life, our body, and its content.  In this passage, Jesus tells us that judgment will come upon all of mankind.  He uses the term: rain, floods, and wind.  These words describe the judgment of the Great Flood in the time of Noah:

Genesis 7:4  “For after seven more days I will cause it to rain on the earth forty days and forty nights, and I will destroy from the face of the earth all living things that I have made.”

Genesis 7:17  Now the flood was on the earth forty days. The waters increased and lifted up the ark, and it rose high above the earth.

Genesis 8:1  Then God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the animals that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subsided.

As Kemper mentioned in our Online Bible Study yesterday, the three aspects of Jehovah are the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (Dr. Speckhart’s Quantum Book goes into great detail).  They represent thought, word, and deed or action.  Here we see the expression of the Godhead as well.  Our Heavenly Father spoke the Word “I will” from Divine Intent.  After the thought and word came the action.  Judgment, trials, and testing will come to all mankind.  All flesh will be judged.  The outcome will be determined by the source of your wisdom.  Will it be wisdom from above or earthly wisdom?  We are told in the Epistle of James to ask for wisdom from Above:

James 1:5   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.

This is in contrast to earthly wisdom which is compared in chapter 3 of James:

13 Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by good conduct that his works are done in the meekness of wisdom.

14 But if you have bitter envy and self-seeking in your hearts, do not boast and lie against the truth.

15 This wisdom does not descend from above, but is earthly, sensual, demonic.

16 For where envy and self-seeking exist,confusion and every evil thing are there.

17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy.

18 Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.

Let me reiterate, judgment is coming and whichever type of wisdom you walk in will determine your personal outcome.  The current focus of our Bible study is to prepare the Remnant for this coming event.  The book “Raising a Remnant” is focused on building your house on the Rock, with Wisdom from Above as its foundation.  Our discussions are to provide understanding once you have sought Wisdom.

Proverbs 24:3  

Through wisdom a house is built,
And by understanding it is established;

This is the house Jesus was referring in His Sermon.  We must seek to understand.  Our Heavenly Father brings forth understanding.  In Romans 3:11, Paul links understanding to “seeking”: 

There is none who understands;
There is none who seeks after God.

Wisdom is the foundation, understanding are the walls, and knowledge fills the house:

Proverbs 24:4

And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.

No One Knows the Day or Hour:  In Matthew 24, Mark 13, and Luke 21, Jesus was asked about the End of the Age and He tied the rain, floods, and wind to the End.  In Matthew, He spoke the following:

36 “But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only. 37 But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.

Now is the time to build your house with wisdom, understanding, and knowledge.  We are being prepared for the coming judgment and transition.  A properly constructed house will withstand the judgment, trials, and testing.  Only you can determine your priorities in life.  It is your decision where you place your focus.  In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus assured us:

Matthew 7:7 “Ask (for wisdom), and it will be given to you; seek (understanding), and you will find; knock (knowledge), and it will be opened to you.

8 For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened

If you don’t heed His words, your house will fall, and great will be the fall!

Each of us has been bestowed gifts for the purpose of fulfilling our calling.  Those gifts were given as a Sacred Trust to be used by each of us in a lawful manner, not just the letter of the law, but by the Spirit of the Law.  When you use your gifts for any reason other than your calling, you are lawless.  You can work the law to your own personal benefit but in the end, you are disqualified from entering into HIS rest.  Those of you who are wealthy have a great challenge to part with your money for the Kingdom’s sake.  Those of you who seek to be wealthy are not far behind.  Greed’s insidious hooks are an issue both to the wealthy and poor alike.

Each of us is called to be a fruit inspector, especially of our own fruit.  If you are producing no fruit or bad fruit, you must make an assessment of your thinking.  You must change, not everyone else.  You must not justify your failures by blaming some external force, person, or situation on your woes.  Repent!  Jesus made it quite clear that you can “work” a law and still not be acceptable in His sight:

Matthew 7:

21  “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.

22  “Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?

23 “And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’

Jesus did not dispute their acts and successes, they did produce fruit.  However, the intent behind the fruit was not based on Love.  Love is not lawless.  Instead, they practiced lawlessness as the operated in Spiritual gifts.  Those gifts have power to produce results even if the vessel is lawless.  Gravity shows no preference to the heart of man.  It operates in a reliable fashion for both.

The above passage is indicative of the Pentecostal age.  Many evangelists have been used to bring forth healings and at the same time practiced lawlessness behind the scenes, later to be exposed.  Were the miracles genuine?  Yes.  Our Heavenly Father’s grace and mercy prevailed, even in the midst of lawlessness.  Moses was disqualified from entering the Promised Land because of his lawlessness of striking the rock.  However, the rock did respond by bringing forth water. (Exodus 20:1-13)

Each of us is responsible for pursuing absolute Spiritual Truth.  I am convinced that the path to this level of Truth is reserved for those who have the revelation of Love in the hearts and minds.  This is the straight and narrow path.  As we mature in Love, we are able to handle this Truth and walk in it.  Love has replaced the lawlessness in our lives.  Love demands the death of the old man and we are in full agreement in the departure of the old man.  We then seek to serve all of mankind rather than exploit them for personal gain.  We no longer look at others and their possessions with the intent of extracting something from them in order to satisfy our lusts, whether it be physical, emotional, mental, or financial.

The foundation of our house is wisdom.  I would suggest that the material of the foundation is Spiritual Truth.  Jesus expounded the Truths of the Kingdom.  Wisdom precedes understanding.  Understanding requires that something be there to be understood.  Truth is the object of understanding.  As we change, Truth comes to be used as the substance of our foundation.  Truth withstands all of the lies, illusions, and deceptions.  It is the balance that everything is measured by.  When you know the Truth, it will set you free.  When you walk in Truth, nothing will prevail.  Jesus said it this way:

Matthew 7:24 “Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: 25 and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock.

The “Law” of Sacred Trust, when properly honored, will withstand all the world can throw at it.  You will produce good fruit.