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Jeremiah 1:10 ​​See, I have this day set you over the nations and over the kingdoms,

​​To root out and to pull down,

​​To destroy and to throw down,

​​To build and to plant.”

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11 Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, “Jeremiah, what do you see?”

And I said, “I see a branch of an almond tree.”

As I wrote 42 days ago, one of my wife’s recent Spiritual occurrences has been tied to Aaron’s rod that budded almonds.  She heard two creaking sounds in the house late one night.  The sounds were as an old door or lid was opening or closing.  Afterward FATHER lead me to the understanding of what she heard, I believe one of the sounds is tied to Aaron’s rod.  Recall that during the dedication of Solomon’s Temple, Aaron’s rod and the omer of manna was not in the ark:

1 Kings 8:9  Nothing was in the ark except the two tablets of stone which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.

Aaron’s rod and the omer of manna have been hidden ever since.  Both articles have been reserved in a separate “box” until now.  I believe my wife heard the second box being opened.  This is based on the fact that FATHER specifically had me share this occurrence with a man named Samuel.  It turns out that he had been given a dream several years ago concerning a box in an attic.  In the dream, Jesus took him up into the attic and opened the box.  It had not been opened for an extremely long time and it creaked as He opened it.  Inside were the two items missing from the ark: Aaron’s rod and the omer of manna.

The second creaking noise is believed to be a door shutting that has been open for a long time.  I believe this door is the determining factor to those who have been called and chosen into the first squadron or group.  When this door shuts, the selection is complete.  I believe the almond is tied directly to the revelation of Love for the almond looks like an eye.  The almond was included in the ornate structure of the lampstand that FATHER instructed the artisans to form.

Dr. Stephen Jones appropriately describes the lampstand:

“We took note that the Candlestick in the tabernacle had 22 almonds on it (Ex. 25:33, 34). Each of the 6 branches had 3 almond bowls, but the 7th (center) branch had 4. So 6 x 3 = 18 on the six branches, plus 4 on the central branch brings 22 almonds in all.

22 almonds on 7 branches, of course, is a mathematical representation of pi, which is 22/7, or 3.14. It is the same revelation found on the 8th day of Tabernacles, which always falls on the 22nd day of the 7th month (Hebrew calendar).

Pi is the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet and has a numerical value of 70. It is the numerical equivalent of the Hebrew letter ayin, which also has a numeric value of 70. The ayin literally means an "eye," and was originally written in the shape of an almond with a dot in the middle.”

The number 16 is associated with Love and FATHER has interwoven the light of the lampstand with the almond and Love.  Aaron’s rod is tied specifically to the power and authority to root out, pull down, destroy, throw down, to build and to plant.  Judgment is at hand and the Kingdom will come forth quickly.  Why quickly?  Consider Aaron’s rod when FATHER confirmed who had the power and authority:

Numbers 17:8 Now it came to pass on the next day that Moses went into the tabernacle of witness, and behold, the rod of Aaron, of the house of Levi, had sprouted and put forth buds, had produced blossoms and yielded ripe almonds.

Buds, blossoms, and ripe almonds… the natural time of sowing and reaping was shortened.  Aaron’s rod had all three phases of growth on it at the same time.  The work at hand will be a quick work and we have been alerted by the sound of the box opening.  The exposing of the power and authority is now before us.  Be alert and do not grow weary in well doing.

Let this 2nd writing on Aaron’s rod cause you to focus on hearing FATHER even to a greater degree and intensity.

2 Peter 3:8 But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

9 The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.

In this day of instant gratification, there is a tendency to be impatient with the promises of FATHER.  770 days ago, the 2nd census was completed with 532 coins.  To refresh your memory, you can read the blog written on that day:  http://www.servias.org/?p=2146

Where are those coins today?  Exactly where they were 770 days ago, in safekeeping awaiting further instruction from FATHER.  As you may have figured out by now, I take this seriously.  Until FATHER says to do something with these coins, Servias Ministries will continue to hold them in the treasury.  I do find it interesting that in one week it will be 777 days, a prophetic number.  Noah’s father, Lamech (powerful), lived to be 777 years old.  In the prophetic sense, this points us to Matthew 24:

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.

38 For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark,

39 and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.

Will something occur by the 777th day since the conclusion of the 2nd census?  FATHER has not disclosed any specifics to me and I have no problem with that for I have learned to be patient in these matters.  FATHER had me carry a gold coin given to me in August of 1997.  This coin was associated with the “Dragon Wars”, specifically with the overcoming of the spirit of python.  This coin was later used to confirm a covenant for access and use of the treasuries in China.  How does all of this fit into the big picture?  FATHER is taking care of those details so I need not concern myself with the whys and when.  I simply respond to HIS Word and Command.  HE will give me the detail if and when HE pleases.

Noah was in uncharted territory when he was told to build the ark.  He was ridiculed by those around him until the day the floods came.  Noah had faith in FATHER’S Word and patience to walk it out.  As each of us is moved to do what FATHER instructs us to do, we must trust FATHER’S Wisdom and understanding.  FATHER instructed us to set aside food for this time at hand.  I do not know the details of the outcome other than the current system is extremely fragile and could collapse at any time at a result of one unexpected event, aka black swan.  Each day that nothing happens allows us to be better prepared on all fronts.  We should express our gratitude each day for what FATHER is doing in our lives and ask HIM what is on HIS Mind so that we can participate with and IN HIM.

What is the endgame of the census coins?  I won’t know until HE speaks concerning them.  Until then, I will have faith and be patient.

It was FATHER’S Plan to have both you and me on this earth and at this time.  Each of us has had varying exposures to the Christian doctrines promoted at the pulpit.  My wife and I grew up in the “faith” movement.  Even though there was much amiss in the movement, it did produce some good fruit in our lives.  After all, it got me here!  In my immaturity, FATHER still blessed what I set my hand to and answered many prayers.  HE supernaturally got me out of debt even though I did not fully understand the principles I was operating under just as you don’t have to fully understand gravity to successfully use it.

Now that I have spent virtually 10 years focused on getting the revelation of Love, it is time to stir up faith in the proper fashion.  Faith MUST operate by the Divine Intent of Love in order to fully walk as a mature Son of FATHER.  Any other intent will move you toward a lawless state in a most subtle fashion.  This is why we were warned about greed being the root of all evil.  A root is the hidden part of the plant that provides nourishment for growth in the nature of that plant.  Greed is plucked up when you walk in the Divine Intent of Love.

Walking in faith requires a paradigm shift in your thinking.  No longer are you to look at your current circumstances of lack, sickness, disease, and/or hopelessness as your destiny.  You must rise above your current thinking and begin to see life as FATHER sees it.  As I said, you must have a foundation of Love.  Paul wrote in 2 Timothy chapter 1:

5 when I call to remembrance the genuine faith that is in you, which dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am persuaded is in you also.

6 Therefore I remind you to stir up the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands.

7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.

Love, power, and a sound mind all go hand in hand.  You have genuine faith in you as a child of FATHER and as you have embraced the revelation of Love in your life you are able to properly exercise faith and call things into being.  You must not let your soulish man rise up, analyze, and reason your way back to the lower state.  It is time to ascend to Heavenly places.  A sound mind denotes discipline and self-control so you must keep the mind in subjection and walk according to THE SPIRIT.  Your focus should be shifted from “self” to serving others.  You focus on others and FATHER will take care of you.  As you embrace this high calling to walk in proper faith, consider what Paul wrote in Colossians chapter 1:

9 For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;

10 that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God;

11 strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy;

12 giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light.

13 He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love,

It is time to quit saying you are unworthy for it is FATHER WHO qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance.  It is HIS SPIRIT in you that has the power to operate and speak forth words of faith.  FATHER framed the world with words as we are told in Hebrews 11:

1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

2 For by it the elders obtained a good testimony.

3 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.

We are given this same creative power as mature Sons and it should no longer lie dormant within us.  We must confess and speak forth what FATHER has given us to speak knowing that it is HIS purpose that these things manifest and HE will stand behind HIS Word coming forth in your mouth.  You don’t need to be a Bible scholar in order to walk in faith.  Abraham had no Bible, Noah had no Bible but simply heard the Word of FATHER, confessed it, and had faith that it would come to pass even though the circumstances would suggest another outcome.  FATHER will dispatch angels as necessary to insure success, protection, or empowerment.  Words are required for faith to operate on your behalf.  It is time to stir up faith for the inhabitants of this earth need you and me.  We are here for them and now is the time to expect FATHER to operate through us and expect mighty things to take place that defy man’s understanding.

Jeremiah 9:23 Thus says the LORD:

​​​“Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom,

​​Let not the mighty man glory in his might,

​​Nor let the rich man glory in his riches;

24 ​​But let him who glories glory in this,

​​That he understands and knows Me,

​​That I am the LORD, exercising loving kindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth.

​​For in these I delight,” says the LORD.

There are those who “believe” HE is and there are others who know HE is and I fall into the latter group.  There are those who believe FATHER can heal but I know HE heals at a personal level.  In 1984 I contracted hepatitis from shellfish, specifically shrimp I had eaten at the Hilton Hotel in New Jersey while on a business trip.  It turned out to be the worst case the doctor had seen.  I sought FATHER about why I got sick since I had been believing HIM for Divine health and HE replied “You are void of My Word.”  Huh?  I studied Scripture, read Christian books, listened to teaching tapes yet I was void of HIS Word?  HE responded, “When was the last time you studied My Word in the area of healing?”   Oops, too long.

Philippians 4:8 Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things. 9 The things which you learned and received and heard and saw in me, these do, and the God of peace will be with you.

FATHER’s Word has the power within itself to cause itself to come to pass and I had not exercised faith in the area of health and healing for some time.  We can become dull of hearing if we allow ourselves to become lazy in meditating on the wondrous works of Our Heavenly Father.  We can get caught up with our daily affairs and forget the importance of meditating on HIS Word day and night.

Romans 10:17  So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of GOD.

I repented of my failure to meditate on HIS Word in this crucial area.  In response, HE instructed me to focus on healing Scriptures, read Healing the Sick by T.L. Osborn, and listen to a tape on ‘healing’ that I had in my library.  In 11 days I was cured of hepatitis.  The doctor had expected it to take at least 8 weeks to recover (if I didn’t die first).  I learned a valuable lesson-  You can’t operate in faith unless you know HIM in the area of your need.  HE and HIS WORD are ONE.  If you don’t know HIM as your Healer, you will probably not be made whole beyond the natural means.  If you don’t know HIM as your Provider, then you will only do as well as your financial value to the current system.

My doctor could not explain the miracle but did not want to discuss the Spiritual.  The people I worked with were surprised and amazed.  Most of all, I was grateful for HIS loving kindness toward me.  Some people believe HE is a Healer, I know HE is.  As Psalm 103 declares:

1 Bless the LORD, O my soul;

​​And all that is within me, bless His holy name!

2 ​​Bless the LORD, O my soul,

​​And forget not all His benefits:

3 ​​Who forgives all your iniquities,

​​Who heals all your diseases,

4 ​​Who redeems your life from destruction,

​​Who crowns you with loving kindness and tender mercies,

5 ​​Who satisfies your mouth with good things,

​​So that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

Jesus Who is the expressed character of FATHER confirmed FATHER’S Divine Intent of Love by doing the same:

Matthew 4:23   And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.

In addition, Jesus empowered the disciples:

Matthew 10:1   And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease.

As we take on the fullness of FATHER’S Divine Nature, we should expect the same opportunity and results.  Talk about changing the healthcare paradigm….

GRATITUDE unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.

A common theme that I write about is focusing on your relationship, alignment, and communion with FATHER.  After all, that is what Love is all about.  The things of this world can divert your attention away from what is really important.  The solution to every problem you have can be found by being in communion with FATHER.  The adversary has no place in those who are closely linked with FATHER.  In the 4th chapter of the book of James we find:

7 Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.

8 Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

These are instructions for us to walk out, not simply read and proceed on to the next Truth.  We must walk out these instructions.  You must subject yourself in obedience to FATHER in order to “submit” and you must place yourself under HIS direction.  At the same time you are to resist the devil and he will flee in response.  However, submission comes first in order for this to occur.

A double-minded man’s heart needs purification.  When you are constantly analyzing and reasoning, you can easily become double-minded.  Scientists have studied the left brain where logic and reasoning occur versus the right brain where the creative and intuitive reside.  You must be careful or you can reason away FATHER’S blessings in your life.  The ego or “self” will focus on your left brain and will encourage you to develop your left brain at the expense of your right brain.  The result is double-mindedness.

When I talk about giving, your left brain will kick in and become offended.  You will begin to analyze my every word looking for some fallacy so that you can negate the overall Truth about giving.  You will cite endless examples of abuse by the five-fold ministry and rationalize away why you should tightly grip your money even more so.  The one thing you fail to consider is that FATHER looks at your heart when giving and it matters not what the recipient does with your money.  Your blessing isn’t determined by their use or abuse, your blessing is determined by your intent.  My wife and I have been abundantly blessed over the years by this specific Truth.  The story of Jesus at the treasury observing the widow’s giving in Luke 21:

1 And He looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury,

2 and He saw also a certain poor widow putting in two mites.

3 So He said, “Truly I say to you that this poor widow has put in more than all;

4 for all these out of their abundance have put in offerings for God, but she out of her poverty put in all the livelihood that she had.”

Jesus confirmed that her offering was to GOD, not the officials running the Temple.  He had no issue with there being a treasury.  She please FATHER by her willingness to give and Jesus took note of this reality.  In contrast, He was not impressed by the wealthy who gave very little even though it was of a greater monetary value than the widow’s two mites.

Why have I continued to bring up the topic of giving?  It is because this issue is the most subtle of all hindrances to your communion with FATHER.  If you can’t overcome the subtlety of greed, you cannot fully enter in to HIS Presence.  It is my desire that all of those who read these words “enter in”.  You can endlessly analyze Scriptures and look for hidden keys hoping to unlock some mystery that will allow you entry into the Holy of Holies but I say to you that we should approach FATHER as children who simply want to give HIM their all.  The key is hidden in plain sight!

Do you want to “die to self”?  Then get close to FATHER.  How simple!  Change your focus from the complexities before you to the simplicity of entering into HIS Presence.  As you do this, HE will give you the solutions to your complex problems, to those issues that seem to defy analysis and reasoning.  It times past, I would have some business issue or software logic issue that seemed to be just beyond my grasp.  I would set the problem aside and commune with FATHER.  Suddenly, HE would open my eyes to the solution of the problem and it was usually contrary to standard logic.  HIS ways are higher than our ways thus we need to keep this Truth before us each day:

Proverbs 8:32 ​​“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;

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

​​All those who hate me love death.”

Most young men tend to think of themselves as being indestructible.  As I mature, my gratitude increases dramatically and I understand the limitations and frailty of life.  As I look back throughout my life I can see FATHER guiding through all of the trials and tests and at times I thought the end of the world had come knocking at my door.  On the other side of all those challenges my gratitude for FATHER increased dramatically.

The economic picture looks ugly to those who have been trained in that discipline.  The war drums are beating between China and Japan, the U.S. and Russia as the Middle East remains in shambles.  The more you know about world events, the less optimistic you become UNLESS you trust in Our Heavenly Father’s ability to resolve all conflict.  If you do truly believe IN HIM, then you will be grateful to be here at this time in history.  After all, HE placed us here for such a time as this.

Psalm 117:1 Praise the LORD, all you Gentiles!

​​Praise Him, all you peoples!

2 ​​For His merciful kindness is great toward us,

​​And the truth of the LORD endures forever.

​​​Praise the LORD!

The above psalm is short and sweet yet it speaks volumes when “all peoples” come in unity to exalt FATHER with gratitude.  I suspect we may not be far from such a time as the current world is spinning out of control like one suffering from vertigo.  FATHER truly is the only ONE with the solution to the highly complex problems men have created.  There are those with solutions independent of FATHER but they will only result in a temporary delay in the inevitable.

Time is being shortened as the culmination of the Age is upon us.  The authority from FATHER is being assigned and transferred as HIS Government is coming forth.  Those whom HE has prepared will soon be fully empowered with HIS authority.  Let us all be grateful for FATHER’S plan as it unfolds no matter what it looks like out your window (or on your TV screen).  Let our praises proceed out of our mouth and exalt the MOST HIGH.  If HE be for us, who can be against us.

As we continue our walk on this earth, we have the ability to choose which path we take: Love or lawlessness.  You can work the Law and still be lawless because your intent determines your true position.  You can attempt to negate your acts of lawlessness by justifying and rationalizing away your acts but that doesn’t change the fact you are still lawless.  Jesus made the point that even though outwardly men can appear righteous, they can still be lawless.  In Matthew chapter 7, Jesus speaks:

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!’

Are you walking out your agenda asking FATHER to bless it or are you seeking FATHER’S Divine Intent and responding to and acting on it accordingly?  As you respond to FATHER’s Will for your life, you will take on HIS Character of Love.  Jesus was and is our prime example.  In the 5th chapter of the Beloved Disciple’s Gospel (John), he quoted Jesus as saying:

30 I can of Myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is righteous, because I do not seek My own will but the will of the Father who sent Me.

Each of us must overcome our soulish man who would lead us astray.  Many of us are no longer dealing with the obvious acts of lawlessness but must root out the most subtle hindrances to our walk and communion with FATHER.  As I have written multiple times lately, greed is one of the most subtle issues that will separate you from a deep relationship with FATHER.  Greed assumes that FATHER will not meet your need according to HIS riches.  Paul wrote:

Philippians 4:13  I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

What are “all things”?  It is that which FATHER has instructed you to do for HIS anointing will provide the needed resource and strength to bring the instruction to fruition.  It matters not what your past is, behold all things become new as you embrace the path of Love.  Paul (who was Saul) is a perfect example of this Truth.  None of us are able to look back at our past and claim to have achieved a lawful life on our own.  I stand before you today by the grace and mercy of FATHER with great gratitude for HIS Love redeeming me from my lawlessness.  Though the old man would want to raise his ugly head to control my destiny, I choose to grow ever closer to FATHER no matter what the day would bring.  HIS Love draws me into HIS bosom and I know that HE will never leave of forsake me.

When I was young I would say “GOD bless what I am doing”.  Now I say, “FATHER, what is it You want me to do?”.  The law of gravity works whether you are righteous or lawless.  A lawless preacher can speak the Word of GOD on healing and the hearer can be healed.  It is FATHER’S Word that has power, not the mouth of the preacher proclaiming it.  Men can work the system with signs and wonders and get people to believe that they are “special” but in the end FATHER will expose them.

Proverbs 22:3 ​​A prudent man foresees evil and hides himself,

​​But the simple pass on and are punished.

It is my intent to direct you away from those areas that would hinder you from an intimate relationship with FATHER.  We are all in this together and we need each other for we are all parts of the Body of Christ.  In my younger years I was subjected to the subtleties of teachings containing error also known as doctrines of man.  We all have been exposed to man’s ideas of who FATHER is and what HE expects.  What better source of information and direction than FATHER HIMSELF!  Don’t let the subtlety of lawlessness creep into you daily walk with FATHER.  Review your words and acts to see if you are walking out Love or lawlessness.  It you see a problem, repent and move on with FATHER for HE knows your weaknesses.  After all, HE created you.  Continue in HIS Love and lawlessness will no longer be an issue.