Part 5
Financial Freedom Means -
Knowing YÁOHU Ulhím And His Rich Provisions For Me
Please indicate 'P' if its right for you to 'PERMIT' each thought,
imagination or idea itemized below to dwell in your mind or
'R' if you must quickly 'REJECT' it and not allow it to remain
in your mind, and if so, what would be the correct or positive
thought, idea or imagination that should quickly replace it,
knowing that your mind never must be idle nor empty but must
be continually filled with wholesome positive thoughts, ideas
and/or imaginations:
13. |
Every time I see him I feel my whole body tremble
in anger and hatred, and I remember the very bad thing
he did to me. I guess I just haven't forgiven him truly. |
Answer: R | One of the best evidences that you have really forgiven
your offender from your heart is when you already dwell
on his positive traits in your mind and you already talk
positively about him. |
His offenses you will remember no more, and you have separated
his person from his offensive behavior as far as east is from
the west, same way YÁOHU Ulhím has dealt with you and your sins.
And how many times have you committed the same offense against
others before and you also were in dire need of people's
forgiveness and release?
Most of the offenses that come your way are unintentional
on the part of those committing them, and they never really
intend to hurt or harm you, it just so happens that what
they say or the way they behave somehow offends you.
So be more lenient, more tolerant, patient and merciful
toward people who may offend you, unintentionally most
of the time.
And the easiest way to have a positive mindset about
people who offend you is to willfully bring to your mind
their positive qualities and traits, and the kind things
that they do for others, to begin with, and continue
dwelling on their positives.
You overcome evil with kindness, same way you overcome
negative thoughts with positive ones.
But you have to, by an act of your will, decide to think
on his positive traits, and consign his offenses into oblivion,
never to be recalled anymore.
So when others ask you about that person who has offended you,
you will give positive comments and remarks without any
tinge of bitterness or resentment.
And even if your emotions are yelling to the contrary.
Make this a precept to live by that whenever someone offends you,
you will quickly forgive him and begin to determinedly think
on his positive traits and qualities.
This will stop any bitterness from taking root in your heart,
and eliminate any passion for vengeance.
Vengeance is that craving to get even with those who hurt you,
to inflict pain in a more intense degree to whoever offends you;
to hurt your offenders because they caused you pain.
But YÁOHU Ulhím forbids our taking vengeance on others.
Let YÁOHU Ulhím do the avenging, if any, and our humble part
is to forgive those who offend us and to pray that YÁOHU Ulhím
will favor them.
When you do your part, YÁOHU Ulhím likewise will do His part.
And your rewards and promotions will be great!
And you should excel in this virtue of quickly forgiving others
because it is one of those which you will often need to apply,
and unexpectedly most of the times.
You may be simply conversing with your officemates or you may
be in a bus, in a car with others, in the grocery and surprisingly
someone says or does something that offends you.
So you must be likewise be quick, be an expert and well-practiced
as far as rendering quick forgiveness is concerned.
It is one noble virtue which you will often need to practice
daily and at unexpected moments, when with your loved ones,
your family and with others you relate with.
And whenever you set out to begin a relationship with anyone,
expecting to be living, working with or being with him or her
over a period of time, you should be ready and prepared to
forgive him or her repeatedly everyday, even for the same
offense.
'I will forgive you seventy times seven times a day,
because somehow, in some ways, unintentional or not,
you will offend me, because you are imperfectly human.'
And it would be best if others would also make that
commitment to be ready and prepared to forgive you,
because you also are an imperfect human.
Or you may warn them in advance, 'Hey guys, you know I'm
not perfect, like you, so in whatever ways I may offend you
in words or behavior, I really don't intend to, and even now
I ask for your forgiveness in advance. I just want to be
honest with you outright.'
This will at least put an initial pleasant atmosphere
in your relationship with people. They will perceive
your honest motives and noble attitudes.
And make it a habit to quickly respond with 'I forgive you!'
whenever an offense comes your way, intentional or not
on their part.
And you will forgive even if you have to do it most of the time
while others seem to be having fun offending you, or not minding
if they hurt you or not at all.
Even if no one else in the office or in the family, or in the
relationship is actually doing so, you will continue to be
forgiving and merciful.
This will make you easy to get along with and time will
come when your uprightness will eventually convict their
hearts to repentance and change.
In any conflict, it is not he who is right who actually wins,
but whoever first humbles himself and readily forgives.
In the sight of YÁOHU Ulhím, the humble forgivers are the real
victors and winners, the overcomers, for they have excelled
in overcoming evil with kindness and with uprightness!
They are experts in evading the offensive traps of the enemy!
And they never let anything or anyone rob them of their
inner exuberance, delight and peace.
Always be ready to forgive for you know not when you will
unexpectedly need to render one to cover up people's offenses.
Your love covers their many offenses with ready forgiveness.
You're already immune to offenses! Haolul-YÁOHU UL truly!
And because you do this, ha-satán cannot dominate your day
by means of offensive insults, abuses and rudeness!
Your Scripture-Engrafting and Contemplation Passages for Today -
'If you forgive those who sin against you, your heavenly YÁOHU ABí
(Father) will likewise forgive you. But if you refuse to forgive
others, your YÁOHU ABí (Father) will not forgive your sins, too.'
- Man-YÁOHU (Matthew) 6:14-15, Holy Scriptures
'Hearken to Me! You can pray for anything, and if you believe,
you will have it. But when you are praying, first forgive anyone
you are holding a grudge against, in order that your YÁOHU ABí
(Father) in heaven will forgive your sins, too.'
- Mark 11:24-25, Holy Scriptures
Your Nuggets Of Wisdom For Today -
'You must make allowance for each other's faults and forgive
the person who offends you. Remember, YÁOHU UL forgave you,
so you must forgive others.' - Colossians 3:13
'And I (YÁOHU UL) will forgive their wrongdoings,
and I will never again remember their sins.'
- Hebrews 8:12, Holy Scriptures
'For as a man thinks inside himself, so he becomes!'
- Maush'láy (Proverbs) 23:7a, Holy Scriptures
Character Trait for Today....
FORGIVENESS | which is the opposite of | Resentment |
Practical Definition: | My quick and ready response whenever
an offense comes my way is to exclaim:
'I forgive you!' and really mean it.
|
Scriptures: | 'Get rid of all bitterness, rage, anger, harsh words
and slander, as well as all types of wicked behavior.
On the contrary, be kind to each other, tenderhearted,
forgiving one another, just like YÁOHU UL through
hol-MEHUSHKHÁY (the Messiah) has forgiven you.'
- Ephesians 4:31-32, Holy Scriptures |
Anecdote For Today - |
What is the Real Meaning of Forgiveness?
When I say, 'I forgive you!' what am I saying? |
A: |
If you ever had your feelings hurt and you forgave the person
for it, and inside of you, you allowed them the chance to hurt
your feelings again, then you really did forgive them. |
You entered into real, true forgiveness because you allowed them
the opportunity to come back to you again.
That's forgiveness.
But if you remember who they were and what they said, what they
did and the time they did it, and if you say you forgave them,
you actually didn't.
We don't really forgive when we keep on recalling the hurt
they did to us, and put up walls of protection against them,
with their foreheads stamped with a seal of our total rejection!
Knowing YÁOHU Ulhím And His Rich Provisions For Me
Please indicate 'P' if its right for you to 'PERMIT' each thought,
imagination or idea itemized below to dwell in your mind or
'R' if you must quickly 'REJECT' it and not allow it to remain
in your mind, and if so, what would be the correct or positive
thought, idea or imagination that should quickly replace it,
knowing that your mind never must be idle nor empty but must
be continually filled with wholesome positive thoughts, ideas
and/or imaginations:
14. |
I feel sexually aroused when I see barely-clad models
in magazines, catalogs and advertising billboards.
I suppose that makes me a sex maniac. |
Answer: | On the contrary, you would be an abnormal person
if you don't feel sexually aroused especially
when faced with sexual stimuli. |
YÁOHU Ulhím has given us emotions and passions for His
noble purposes, and one of these is the urge to procreate
and perpetuate one's progeny through sexual copulation
within marriage.
To feel sexually attracted to the opposite sex is one
of our natural emotions and the purpose it was given
was for man and woman to marry and bear children
for the glory of YÁOHU Ulhím.
But there is that evil one, ha-satán, who corrupted man's
nature and caused human sexual emotions to be abused,
perverted, corrupted and degraded.
Normal sexual desires and passions between spouses
in marriage are normal, in fact, holy and pure.
What is unholy, wicked and lascivious is when these normal
sexual human desires are allowed to go beyond what are
scripturally accepted moral bounds.
Sex outside of lawful marriage is immoral.
Premarital sex is not acceptable in YÁOHU Ulhím's sight.
Any sexual relation between members of the same sex
is unnatural, perverted and an abomination.
And any sexual relation between an individual
and an animal is grossly wicked.
And any sexual relation between and among close relatives
(incest, it is called) are banned.
Threesomes are also forbidden in the Scriptures,
including orgies and wild raves.
Wife swapping is sexual promiscuity that is not approved
in YÁOHU Ulhím's sight.
Exhibitionism, voyeurism, pornography and self-eroticism
are also acts of sexual uncleanness and immorality which
elicit the ire of our holy YÁOHU Ulhím.
Yes, it is normal to feel sexually aroused upon seeing
(unintentionally) persons or images which stimulate our
carnal desires but it is our responsibility and duty
to YÁOHU Ulhím to learn how to manage, control and
subdue such passions, and to keep them within moral
bounds, that is, exclusively within a lawful marriage
relationship.
So when by chance you get to glance at some sexually
stimulating scenes or images, you never must get into it,
don't go after it and don't take pleasure in it.
Why?
Because unbridled sexual passions and desires will cause
your own ruin, failure, poverty and defeat.
You will be the laughing object of your enemies,
and all that you have labored for will be uprooted
and given to others.
Those who engage in sexual immoralities are never satisfied,
they are never at peace and they live miserable lives,
regardless of however they deceive themselves into
thinking that it will go well with them anyway.
And sexual addiction is a curse that brings its victims
to ruin, deprivation, shame and eternal doom.
It is true that there are those passing pleasures of sin,
yet after such momentary carnal pleasures, then comes
the reckoning, when things go sour, bankrupt, forlorn
and full of sorrow and defeat.
So whenever you notice that your sexual feelings are
stimulated and aroused, it is your duty to temper those
with wisdom, to manage those emotions and control them.
You must use scriptural wisdom to check on your feelings.
Do not couple your negative emotions with actions.
Don't do your negative emotions, but rather, control them,
subdue and manage them.
You are not your feelings, and you have the YÁOHU UL-given
ability to subdue and deaden those negative emotions which
crave for sexual promiscuity and immoralities.
And every time you don't bow down to sexual lust,
every time you say 'No' to it, you actually deaden
its power over you, until it comes to the point that
it no longer has any effect on you at all, which means
that you have successfully mortified that immoral passion
in your flesh.
And if you haven't heard this before, it is a scriptural fact
that you are required to impale the passions of your flesh
by the power of the indwelling 'RÚKHA hol-HODSHÚA'
(Sanctified Spirit) Who enables you.
You have to mortify the deeds of your flesh and say 'No'
to all kinds of sexual immorality.
Anything that you don't feed eventually dies.
Whether they are fish, plants, animals and even humans.
And the best way to deaden the passions of your flesh
is not to feed them, do not bow down to them, don't give in
to their cravings, never act upon what it demands and learn
to say 'No' to its immoral and wicked pleadings.
You must keep in mind that the sinful nature is deceitful
and tricky, and is stupid. It will demand for activities
that will kill and ruin the person. It will even cooperate
with ha-satán in trying to ruin the individual.
So watch out and never give in.
Begin to learn how to manage your emotions and desires,
and you must act only upon those feelings and emotions
which are positive and right in the sight of YÁOHU Ulhím.
All other negative feelings and emotions you must deaden,
mortify and impale upon the stake of Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA,
Who died to render us redeemed from the power and dominion
of our sinful nature.
Sin has no longer any power over us because Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA
has rendered our sinful nature powerless to control us.
Sin has no longer any dominion over us in any way.
Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA has set us free!
And upon this scriptural truth you must base your faith
as you walk under the guidance and leading of the indwelling
'RÚKHA hol-HODSHÚA' (Sanctified Spirit) Who Empowers you.
So when any immoral sexual craving comes up, quickly subdue it,
mortify it and deaden it by the power of the indwelling
'RÚKHA hol-HODSHÚA' and say 'No' to its wicked demands.
Don't give in, don't bow down to it.
And every time you conquer a single temptation, you go a step
higher in your spiritual growth and maturity.
And as you grow more and more spiritually mature,
likewise shall you become more and more enriched,
in wellness and delightful!
And because you do this, ha-satán cannot control your life
by means of sexual lusts, promiscuity and immoralities.
Your Scripture-Engrafting and Contemplation Passages for Today -
'So put to death the sinful, earthly passions lurking within you.
Have nothing to do with sexual sin, impurity, lust, shameful
cravings. Don't be greedy for the alluring things of this life,
for that is idolatry.' - Colossians 3:5, Holy Scriptures
'For the world offers only the lust for physical pleasure,
the lust for everything we see, and pride in our ranks and
properties.
These are not from YÁOHU ABí. They are from this evil world.'
- 1 YÁOHU-khánam (John) 2:16
'Finally, dear brethren, we urge you 'Ol Shúam (in the Name of)
Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA to live in a way that pleases YÁOHU UL,
as we have taught you.
You are doing this already, and we encourage you to do so
more and more. For you remember what we taught you
'Ol Shuam' (in the Name of) Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA.
YÁOHU UL wants you to Ol y, so you should keep clear
of all sexual sin.
Then each of you will control your body and live in holiness
and honor - not in lustful passion as the pagans do, in their
ignorance of YÁOHU UL and His ways.'
- 1 Thessalonians 4:1-5, Holy Scriptures
Your Nuggets Of Wisdom For Today -
'Don't you know that all those who do wrong will have no share
in the Kingdom of YÁOHU Ulhím? Don't deceive yourselves.
Those who indulge in sexual sin, who are idol worshipers,
adulterers, male prostitutes, homosexuals, thieves, greedy people,
drunkards, abusers and swindlers - none of these will have
a share in the Kingdom of YÁOHU Ulhím.
There was a time when some of you were just like that,
but now your sins have been washed away, and you have been
set apart for YÁOHU UL.
You have been made right with YÁOHU UL because of what
Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY and the 'RÚKHA-YÁOHU'
(Spirit of YÁOHU UL) have done for you.'
- 1 Corinthians 6:9-11, Holy Scriptures
'For as a man thinks inside himself, so he becomes!'
- Maush'láy (Proverbs) 23:7a, Holy Scriptures
Character Trait for Today....
MORAL PURITY | which is the opposite of | Lustfulness |
Practical Definition: | I never act upon my negative emotions
and passions; I only act upon my feelings
that are acceptable in YÁOHU UL's sight.
|
Scriptures: | 'Run away from sexual sin!
No other sin so clearly affects the body
like this one does.
For sexual immorality is a sin
against your own body.'
- 1 Corinthians 6:18, Holy Scriptures |
Anecdote For Today - What Does Sexual Lust Really Bring....
'I made a covenant with my eyes not to look with lust
upon a young woman.
What has YÁOHU Ulhím above determined for us?
What is our inheritance from YÁOHU Ulhím on high?
It is calamity for the wicked, misfortune for those who do evil.
He sees everything I do and every step I take....
If my heart has been enticed by a woman, or if I have lusted
for my neighbor's wife, then may my wife belong to another man;
may other men sleep with her.
For lust is a humiliating sin, a crime that should be punished.
It is a consuming fire that ruins to hell.
It would wipe out everything I own.'
- Yaoháv (Job) 31:1-4;9-12, Holy Scriptures
Knowing YÁOHU Ulhím And His Rich Provisions For Me
Please indicate 'P' if its right for you to 'PERMIT' each thought,
imagination or idea itemized below to dwell in your mind or
'R' if you must quickly 'REJECT' it and not allow it to remain
in your mind, and if so, what would be the correct or positive
thought, idea or imagination that should quickly replace it,
knowing that your mind never must be idle nor empty but must
be continually filled with wholesome positive thoughts, ideas
and/or imaginations:
14. |
I feel sexually aroused when I see barely-clad models
in magazines, catalogs and advertising billboards.
I suppose that makes me a sex maniac. |
Answer:
| It is natural for the carnal sexual passions
in humans to be aroused upon seeing stimulating
images or tempting poses, but it is expected
of believers to keep on mortifying the cravings
of the sinful flesh and not indulge in them. |
You cannot prevent emotions from activating in your carnal
body but it is your duty to learn how to manage them,
how to subdue negative, ruinous feelings and how to nurture
and cultivate positive emotions.
You are not your feelings; you need not live by them all
of the time, you don't have to bow down to your negative
emotions.
You do what the Word says, regardless of what your feelings
demand of you to do.
You only act upon positive thoughts and emotions and
you decline the commands of your carnal nature.
And the way to deaden the lustful cravings of the sinful
flesh is not to give in to it, and each time that you refuse
to give in, it gradually loses its power over you
until you come to the point that it no longer has
any pull or effect upon you.
That is when you would have actually mortified that specific
carnal desire; you have finally nailed it on the stake.
But you have to get rid of and ignore the voice of the evil
spirits which says: 'It's hard, I can't do it.'
Yes, you would presume it's you speaking to yourself,
but it's not. They are the voices of evil spirits
speaking to you in the first person form, so you won't
notice who are really speaking.
For a long time now, many immature believers presume
that they are talking to themselves whenever evil spirits
speak to them in the first person, like -
'I don't think I can really control these lustful cravings
in my body.'
And when the person agrees with the whispers of the evil
spirits which are expressed, put in the first person format,
then that is what becomes reality in his or her life.
If the evil spirits whisper 'I feel depressed, I feel weak
and I don't think I can make it today,' - you never must
agree with what they are ordering you in the first person
suggest mode.
Or if they suggest-command in the first person to yourself
like as follows:
'She looks lonely and attractive, I think she likes me,
she keeps looking at me, I deserve a small reward after
a week of working, and my wife won't know.'
'He seems to be a fine looking gentleman looking for someone
like me, he's so cute and there's no harm flirting with him,
and my husband has no time for me anyway, might as well
have some fun tonight.'
'Why should I forgive him; just imagine what he did to me!'
'I won't talk to him until he begs forgiveness from me.'
'It's hard being married to someone like my spouse;
he (or she) is very difficult to get along with.'
'It's hard working for my boss, she's so arrogant and
opinionated, a slave driver and doesn't pay me well.'
'It's hard working with officemates and living with neighbors
like these, I can't endure them anymore!'
'It's hard | .... | to stop smoking, I can't do it.
|
| .... | to exercise and melt this fat, I can't do it.
|
| .... | to avoid alcoholic drinks, I can't do it.
|
| .... | to stop lusting after others, I can't do it.
|
| .... | to keep on working diligently, I can't do it.
| .... | to forgive those who hurt me, I can't do it.
| .... | to keep this house clean, I can't do it.
| .... | to remain patient, I'm in a hurry or else.
| .... | to look for a job, the recession is barely over.
| .... | to remain unemployed, I have bills to pay!' | | | | | |
and so on and so forth.
These are the common suggest-commands of evil spirits to many
yet not easily discernible to the spiritually immature because
they are spoken in the 'first-person' format.
Many think and presume that they are the ones talking
to themselves, unaware that they are voices of evil spirits
giving commands in the suggest-first-person form, seeking
your approval, agreement and consent.
Whatever two of you agree on earth, it shall be done for you.
With whomever and whatever you agree with, that is what will
actually happen to you in your life.
Agree with ha-satán his nasty plan will happen in your life;
agree with YÁOHU Ulhím and His noble plan will fully develop
in your life.
As simple as that.
YÁOHU Ulhím has declared in His Word that we can do all
that is required by Him for us to do through Molkhiúl
YAOHÚSHUA Who empowers us.
YÁOHU Ulhím has given us His 'RÚKHA hol-HODSHÚA' in our hearts
to empower us and enable us to do His will.
Greater is the 'RÚKHA hol-HODSHÚA' (Sanctified Spirit)
Who is inside us compared to all the evil spirits in this world.
We are greater than conquerors and His power is made perfect
in our weaknesses!
No temptation will He allow upon us that we cannot overcome.
He always delivers us from all evil and safekeeps us from
all enemy attacks of every kind!
With His Word we agree with and give consent to actually
happen in our lives, and we couple His Words with our
thoughts, speech and behavior!
So never agree with the suggest-commands of the evil spirits.
You only must give your consent, agree with and permit
YÁOHU Ulhím's Words to become reality in your life, always.
YÁOHU UL's will be done, not the enemy's will.
Can you discern it now?
We believe YÁOHU UL is now opening the eyes of your spiritual
comprehension and is now giving you discernment to recognize
and avoid the subtle tricks and tactics of the hidden enemy.
How can you be sure that it is your regenerated spirit-person,
the real you, who is speaking to you?
If what is said agrees with what YÁOHU Ulhím wants and expects
of you to do based upon His inscribed Words, as prompted by
the indwelling 'RÚKHA hol-HODSHÚA' (Sanctified Spirit).
But if what is said seems to cater to and give in
to the carnal passions of the flesh, then it's not you
who is actually talking, no matter how much they pretend to,
but they are evil spirits speaking in first-person form,
seeking to deceive and control your daily life behind
the scenes, inconspicuously, hidden to the ignorant.
So never say, 'It's hard, I can't do it.'
Rather say, 'I can do all that is required of me through
Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA Who empowers me!'
'I am greater than a conqueror, and ha-satán has no more
power over me!'
'I am free, I am delivered and I can do!'
You therefore must quickly reject and renounce all kinds
of suggest-commands from evil spirits once the indwelling
'RÚKHA hol-HODSHÚA' calls your attention to any of them,
and immediately replace them with the powerful Words
of our YÁOHU Ulhím as inscribed in His Word.
You conquer negative commands with positive commands
and with the rich promises of YÁOHU Ulhím.
And double-check who is actually talking to you every moment
of the day!
And because you do this, ha-satán cannot control your life
by means evil spirits pretending to be you in the way they
talk to you. Now you are awake to the truth!
Your Scripture-Engrafting and Contemplation Passages for Today -
'So put to death the sinful, earthly passions lurking within you.
Have nothing to do with sexual sin, impurity, lust, shameful
cravings. Don't be greedy for the alluring things of this life,
for that is idolatry.' - Colossians 3:5, Holy Scriptures
'For the world offers only the lust for physical pleasure,
the lust for everything we see, and pride in our ranks and
properties.
These are not from YÁOHU ABí. They are from this evil world.'
- 1 YÁOHU-khánam (John) 2:16
'Finally, dear brethren, we urge you 'Ol Shúam (in the Name of)
Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA to live in a way that pleases YÁOHU UL,
as we have taught you.
You are doing this already, and we encourage you to do so
more and more. For you remember what we taught you
'Ol Shuam' (in the Name of) Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA.
YÁOHU UL wants you to Ol y, so you should keep clear
of all sexual sin.
Then each of you will control your body and live in holiness
and honor - not in lustful passion as the pagans do, in their
ignorance of YÁOHU UL and His ways.'
- 1 Thessalonians 4:1-5, Holy Scriptures
Your Nuggets Of Wisdom For Today -
'Don't you know that all those who do wrong will have no share
in the Kingdom of YÁOHU Ulhím? Don't deceive yourselves.
Those who indulge in sexual sin, who are idol worshipers,
adulterers, male prostitutes, homosexuals, thieves, greedy people,
drunkards, abusers and swindlers - none of these will have
a share in the Kingdom of YÁOHU Ulhím.
There was a time when some of you were just like that,
but now your sins have been washed away, and you have been
set apart for YÁOHU UL.
You have been made right with YÁOHU UL because of what
Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY and the 'RÚKHA-YÁOHU'
(Spirit of YÁOHU UL) have done for you.'
- 1 Corinthians 6:9-11, Holy Scriptures
'For as a man thinks inside himself, so he becomes!'
- Maush'láy (Proverbs) 23:7a, Holy Scriptures
Character Trait for Today....
CHASTITY | which is the opposite of | Fornication |
Practical Definition: | I refrain myself from all thoughts,
behavior and attitudes which are
not permissible under my current
or future marital commitment and
responsibility.
|
Scriptures: | 'Run away from sexual sin!
No other sin so clearly affects the body
like this one does.
For sexual immorality is a sin
against your own body.'
- 1 Corinthians 6:18, Holy Scriptures |
Anecdote For Today - Ha Satán Said, But YAOHÚSHUA Said....
Then YAOHÚSHUA was led out into the wilderness
by the 'RÚKHA hol-HODSHÚA' (Sanctified Spirit),
to be tempted there by ha-satán (the adversary).
For forty days and forty nights He ate nothing and became
very hungry.
Then ha-satán tempted Him to get food by changing the 'ebaním'
(s-ones) into bread.
'It will prove You are really the Son of YÁOHU UL,' he said.
But YAOHÚSHUA told him, 'No! For the Scriptures tell us
that man does not live by bread alone but obedience to every
word of YÁOHU UL is what we need.'
Then ha-satán took Him to Yaohúshua-oléym (Jerusalem) to the
roof of the Temple.
'Jump off,' he said, 'and prove You are the Son of YÁOHU UL;
for the Scriptures declare, 'YÁOHU UL will send His angels
to keep You from harm'.... they will prevent you from smashing
on the rocks below.'
YAOHÚSHUA retorted, 'It also says not to put YÁOHU your UL
(All-Powerful Eternal Creator) to a foolish test!'
Next ha-satán took Him to the peak of a very high mountain
and showed Him the nations of the world and all their glory.
'I'll give them all to You,' he said, 'if You will only
kneel and worship me.'
'Get out of here, ha-satán,' YAOHÚSHUA told him.
'The Scriptures say, 'Worship only YÁOHU UL. Obey only Him!''
Then ha-satán went away, and angels came and cared for YAOHÚSHUA.
- Man-YÁOHU (Matthew) 4:1-11, Holy Scriptures
Knowing YÁOHU Ulhím And His Rich Provisions For Me
Please indicate 'P' if its right for you to 'PERMIT' each thought,
imagination or idea itemized below to dwell in your mind or
'R' if you must quickly 'REJECT' it and not allow it to remain
in your mind, and if so, what would be the correct or positive
thought, idea or imagination that should quickly replace it,
knowing that your mind never must be idle nor empty but must
be continually filled with wholesome positive thoughts, ideas
and/or imaginations:
15. | My parents did not really love me, my friends don't
really care about me, and I don't think anyone cares
about me anyway. |
Answer: R | Your parents may not have loved you, your friends
and others may even dislike you, but what really
matters in your life is that YÁOHU Ulhím deeply
loves you and He can give you the kind of delight
that no other person in your life can ever give. |
You are not responsible to YÁOHU Ulhím for how others treat
you or if they even ever love you or care for you.
You won't be answerable and accountable to YÁOHU Ulhím
for what others did or failed to do for you.
And if you were given up for adoption when you were young,
that doesn't mean that there's something wrong with you.
Most probably, your birth parents had serious problems
at that time and it really was best that you didn't have
to grow up with them to suffer much unnecessary torments
during the troubled periods in their lives.
And whatever our past have been is not an excuse for us
to remain mediocre and non-performing all our lives.
Many come from dysfunctional backgrounds and had unpleasant
childhood experiences but we can all finish with honors!
No matter what our past has been, no matter where we came from,
no matter what kind of family or childhood backgrounds we had,
with Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA we can all finish with excellence
and glory upon His appearing!
Our past does not determine our future.
Each of us is now a new creation in Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA,
a full-pledged member of His body, a citizen of His Kingdom.
So never let whatever is unpleasant, negative or embarrassing
in the past affect your now and your future.
Upon spiritual regeneration, old things are erased, everything
is made new.
And YÁOHU Ulhím puts the lonely into His family, where uprightness,
peace and delight predominate.
Never confuse the difference between 'reason' and 'excuse' -
they are never interchangeable.
You may be alone for the simple reason that you were given
up by your birthparents, but you cannot use that as an excuse
to remain in sin, in bondage or in addiction.
No matter what the reason is, never use it is an excuse.
You can always change for the better.
Were you abused, taken advantage of or abandoned?
Those may be reasons for your present condition but you cannot
use those as excuses to continue living miserably.
You can change.
You can have a new clean slate, a new beginning, a fresh onset
with Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA.
And when you give your life to Him, He will begin to heal and
repair your emotional wounds and broken relationships.
What is important is for you to receive the Great Healer
inside of you and when He dwells in you, He will mend
and repair whatever broken relationships you may have
with your spouse, family, relatives or friends.
Trust Him to do it and He will.
Let Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA work out His excellent plan for you
in your life.
Let go of your old life, walk with Him in the new.
Begin your new life in Him, not with excuses, but with new
possibilities and a promising future.
Trust Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA to heal your emotional wounds
and He will do it.
After all, He is the Great Healer.
Simply abide in Him and let His curative power permeate into
all areas of your life, be it in relationships, in finances,
emotions, mental attitudes, in your family life, in your job
and everything else that needs healing and mending.
And always keep in mind to never use 'reasons' as 'excuses'
to justify sin, rudeness, anger, laziness, bondage, mediocrity,
underachievement or any other debilitating trait.
With Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA in you, you can change, you can improve,
you can excel and always overcome!
Make it your goal to finish with honors in His Kingdom!
So no more excuses from now on.
Only possibilities and our 'can do' attitude!
And because you do this, ha-satán cannot deceive you
by using past sour experiences to blot out your bright future!
Your Scripture-Engrafting and Contemplation Passages for Today -
'For we are YÁOHU UL's workmanship. He has created us afresh
in hol-MEHUSHKHÁY YAOHÚSHUA, in order that we can do the noble
deeds He planned for us long ago.'
- Ephesians 2:10, Holy Scriptures
'For I can do everything with the support of hol-MEHUSHKHÁY
Who gives me the power I need.'
- Philippians 4:13, Holy Scriptures
'The thief's purpose is to rob and kill and ruin.
My purpose is to give you life in all its fullness.'
- YÁOHU-khánam (John) 10:10, Holy Scriptures
'Anyone who believes in Me will do the same works I have done,
and even greater works, because I am going to be with
YÁOHU ABí (the Father).'
- YÁOHU-khánam (John) 14:12, Holy Scriptures
Your Nuggets Of Wisdom For Today -
'And I am sure that YÁOHU UL, Who began the magnificent work
within you, will continue His work until it is finally finished
upon that day when hol-MEHUSHKHÁY YAOHÚSHUA comes back again.'
- Philippians 1:6, Holy Scriptures
'And YÁOHU UL will generously provide all you need.
Then you will always have everything you need
and plenty left over to share with others.'
- 2 Corinthians 9:8, Holy Scriptures
'For as a man thinks inside himself, so he becomes!'
Maush'láy (Proverbs) 23:7a, Holy Scriptures
Character Trait for Today....
REAWAKENING | which is the opposite of | Misery |
Practical Definition: | I do not permit my past sour experiences
rob me of my now and my future; I never
use 'causes' and 'reasons' as 'excuses'
to justify mediocrity and underachievement.
|
Scriptures: | 'Work hard so YÁOHU UL can approve you.
Be a diligent worker, one who does not need
to be ashamed and who correctly explains
the word of truth.'
- 2 YÁOHU-tam (Tim.) 2:15, Holy Scriptures |
Anecdote For Today - Where Does Our Success Really Come From?
'It is not that we think we can do anything of enduring value
by ourselves. Our only power and success come from YÁOHU UL.'
- 2 Corinthians 3:5, Holy Scriptures
Knowing YÁOHU Ulhím And His Rich Provisions For Me
Please indicate 'P' if its right for you to 'PERMIT' each thought,
imagination or idea itemized below to dwell in your mind or
'R' if you must quickly 'REJECT' it and not allow it to remain
in your mind, and if so, what would be the correct or positive
thought, idea or imagination that should quickly replace it,
knowing that your mind never must be idle nor empty but must
be continually filled with wholesome positive thoughts, ideas
and/or imaginations:
15. | My parents did not really love me, my friends don't
really care about me, and I don't think anyone cares
about me anyway. |
Answer: R | Has it ever occurred to you that perhaps YÁOHU Ulhím
doesn't want you to expect and receive love and delight
from them because you won't come to Him if you do? |
And besides, it is really from YÁOHU Ulhím alone from Whom
we can rightfully expect and receive unconditional love,
favors, support and all the material, emotional and spiritual
provisions in our lives.
And in place of thinking about what others did not or fail to do
for you (which only leads to misery), why not begin thinking
of how you can sow love and kindness in the lives of those
around you?
No matter how hard you try, you cannot really change people's
hearts and character, and it is not one of your calling to do so.
Only YÁOHU Ulhím, the Eternal Creator, can really change people's
hearts and character, and He hasn't appointed you or any other
human to support Him do so.
So better quit trying and simply begin praying for others.
Stop trying to control and manipulate others; on the contrary,
practice controlling yourself.
And besides, you are not responsible nor accountable
to YÁOHU Ulhím for the way others behave or treat you.
But you are responsible to YÁOHU Ulhím for your own behavior,
thoughts, words and attitudes, and you can always do something
about these.
You can always change for the better, you can always improve!
Make it a habit to keep on thinking of ways on how you can
improve your relationships with those around you, how you can
better show and express the unconditional love of YÁOHU Ulhím
to each of them.
Focus your mindset continually on how you can be a blessing
and really support people around you with their needs.
Always ask yourself:
'Who needs support today among those people around me?'
'Who has a problem? Who has a need?'
'How can I benefit his or her life today?'
'How can I show them YÁOHU Ulhím's kindness that eventually
draws them into repentance?'
And you declare:
'I never permit myself to be overcome by evil but I overcome
evil with surmounting and overflowing lovingkindness from
the indwelling 'RÚKHA hol-HODSHÚA' in my heart.'
'I will meet needs of people insofar as YÁOHU Ulhím enables me.'
'I will be a blessing to people around me today!'
If you keep on doing this, you will begin to experience
inner delight, peace and exuberance from YÁOHU Ulhím.
And you will finally realize the real meaning of the passage:
'It is much better to give than to receive.'
The inner gladness you will experience is amazing,
and you will in turn begin to reap kind and loving attitudes
and support from others, same way you sowed seeds into other people's
lives, but multiplied many times over.
And you do kindness not only to those who have been kind
to you in the past, but especially to those who offend,
insult, mock and speak evil against you, if any.
Then your rewards from YÁOHU Ulhím will be very great!
For you truly live by and walk in the ways of our Molkhiúl
YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY, Who kept on doing what is right,
regardless of persecutions and insults.
And you are behaving as a genuine child of YÁOHU Abihúl,
glorifying Him by the way you always conquer evil with kindness.
So from now on, the main focus of your mind should be
how to glorify YÁOHU Ulhím by your improving the way
you serve and do kindness to the people around you.
And how you can let YÁOHU Ulhím love them through you.
There's always a room for improvement in the way your relate
with others, and on this you must ponder upon regularly.
Your real delight lies in this: that you deny yourself,
and you reject any slightest hint of selfishness and
self-centeredness, and you always focus on the needs of others
and how you can be a blessing to them, and really support them.
Prosperous, highly-favored, exuberant and delightful will you be
when you apply this in your life, by the support and encouragement
from the indwelling 'Menaokhém-nu' (Our Comforter).
In other words, your delight is found when you make others delightful!
And you simply deny yourself.
Because you do this, ha-satán cannot oppress and torment you
daily with his insults, lies and offenses.
Your Scripture-Engrafting and Contemplation Passages for Today -
Then He said to the crowd, 'If any of you wants to be My follower,
you must put aside your selfish ambition, carry your stake daily,
and follow Me.
If you try to keep your life for yourself, you will lose it.
But if you give up your life for Me, you will find true life.
And how do you benefit even if you gain the whole world
but lose or forfeit your own soul in the process?'
- Luke 9:23-25, Holy Scriptures
Your Nuggets Of Wisdom For Today -
'Love your enemies! Do kindness to them! Lend to them!
And don't be concerned that they might not repay.
Then your reward from heaven will be very great,
and you will truly be acting as children of the Most High,
for He is kind to the ungrateful and to those who are wicked.'
- Luke 6:35, Holy Scriptures
'For as a man thinks inside himself, so he becomes!'
- Maush'láy (Proverbs) 23:7a, Holy Scriptures
Character Trait for Today....
KINDNESS | which is the opposite of | Disaffection |
Practical Definition: | It is my primary goal everyday to keep
my mind focused upon being a blessing
to others, how I can glorify YÁOHU Ulhím
by showing His love to others through me.
|
Scriptures: | 'You must love YÁOHU Ulhím, your Eternal Creator,
with all your heart, all your soul, all your vigor,
and all your mind.'
And, 'Love your neighbor as you love yourself.'
- Luke 10:27, Holy Scriptures |
Anecdote For Today - Ways That Really Satisfy You....
And so, my dear brethren, I plead with you to give your bodies
to YÁOHU UL. Let them be a living sacrifice, holy - the kind
He can accept.
When you think of what He has carried out for you,
is this too much to ask?
Don't copy the behavior and customs of this world, but be a new
and different person with a fresh newness in all you do and think.
Then you will learn from your own experience how His ways
will really satisfy you.
As YÁOHU UL's emissary, I give each of you warning from YÁOHU UL:
Be honest, be true in the way you evaluate yourselves,
measuring your worth by how much faith YÁOHU UL has given you.
Just like there are many parts to our bodies, so it is
with the 'GAF' (body) of ha-MEHUSHKHÁY (the Messiah).
We are all parts of it, and it takes every one of us to make it
complete. So we belong to each one, and each needs all the others.
YÁOHU UL has given each of us the ability to do specific tasks well.
So if YÁOHU UL has given you the ability to prophesy, then prophesy
whenever you can - as often as your faith is vigorous enough
to receive a message from YÁOHU UL.
If your gift is that of serving others, serve them well.
If you are a teacher, do a fine job of teaching.
If you are a proclaimer, see to it that your messages
are powerful and helpful.
If YÁOHU UL has given you money, be generous in aiding others
with it.
If YÁOHU UL has given you management ability and put you in charge
of the work of others, take the responsibility seriously.
Those who offer comfort to the sorrowing should do so with
the Yaohúshua-kind of delight.
Don't just pretend that you love others: really love them!
Hate what is wrong. Remain on the side of what is right.
Love one another with brotherly affection and take delight
in honoring each one.
Never be lazy in your work but serve ha-Molkhiúl (the King)
eagerly and vigorously!
Be glad for all YÁOHU UL is planning for you.
Be patient in trouble, and prayerful always.
When YÁOHU UL's children are in need, you be the one to support
them out.
And get into the habit of inviting guests home for dinner or,
if they need lodging, for the night.
If someone maltreats you because you are a Yaohúshuahee
(believer in the Messiah YAOHÚSHUA), don't curse him;
pray that YÁOHU UL will favor him.
When others are delightful, be delightful with them. If they are sad,
share their sorrow.
Work happily together. Don't try to act big.
Don't try to get into the fine graces of important people,
but take delight in the company of ordinary folks.
And never think you know it all!
Never pay back evil for evil.
Always act in such a way that everyone can see that you
are honest clear through.
Don't quarrel with anyone.
Be at peace with everyone, just as much as possible.
Dear friends, never avenge yourselves.
Leave that to YÁOHU UL Qan-áo (the Possessive Avenger),
for He has said that He will repay those who deserve it.
On the contrary, feed your enemy if he is hungry.
If he thirsts, give him something to drink
and you will be 'heaping coals of fire on his head.'
In other words, he will feel ashamed of himself
for what he did to you.
Don't let evil to get the upper hand
but conquer evil by doing kindness!
- Romans 12, Holy Scriptures
Knowing YÁOHU Ulhím And His Rich Provisions For Me
Please indicate 'P' if its right for you to 'PERMIT' each thought,
imagination or idea itemized below to dwell in your mind or
'R' if you must quickly 'REJECT' it and not allow it to remain
in your mind, and if so, what would be the correct or positive
thought, idea or imagination that should quickly replace it,
knowing that your mind never must be idle nor empty but must
be continually filled with wholesome positive thoughts,
ideas and/or imaginations:
16. | I'm alone and I'm lonely; I need someone to keep me
company to fill in this loneliness. |
Answer: R | Loneliness is not a matter of lacking someone
for a companion but it simply reflects a wrong
sense of direction. |
One may feel lonely while by himself in a room or even
in the midst of a roaring crowd.
Loneliness is a feeling of being solo, alone, forsaken,
unloved and with no one caring for you.
A self-centered person always feels empty and lonely
because of his wrong focus in life - himself and only
on his own selfish interests.
But YÁOHU UL wants us to focus ourselves on Him
and on our fellowmen, how to please Him and
how to be a blessing in the lives of others.
When we change our focus away from ourselves,
redirecting it to YÁOHU Ulhím and others around us,
we begin to experience His presence with us as we
live our lives according to His will.
And one never must expect to receive the caring companionship
of others when he isn't willing to care for others in the first
place.
In other words, what you want others to do unto you,
you must first be willing to do likewise unto them.
You cannot expect something from others when you haven't
sown the seed for it previously.
And you must first show yourself friendly, caring, loving
and kind to others, and they will likewise do unto you,
eventually.
Stop thinking too much about yourself, but begin to think
more of YÁOHU Ulhím and what He wants you to do for others,
to reflect His love and care for them.
Give yourself to Him and offer it as a sacrifice that will
glorify Him as you spend your life being a blessing to others,
aiding those in need and caring for the forlorn, meeting other
people's needs.
As you give your life for YÁOHU Ulhím and for others,
you will never experience loneliness or isolation anymore
because you will be sharing your life with others all the
time, letting YÁOHU Ulhím love them through you.
If you really want to be delightful all the time, begin putting
more and more emphasis on how you can show kindness and support
to others around you.
When you let go of your selfish desires, then you will learn
how to really live your life to the full.
Remember, loneliness does not mean the absence of people
around you but a lack of proper direction in the way you
focus your life on.
One can be single yet live a delightful, fulfilled life,
while another may be married with children and live
a miserable life.
Where does the difference lie?
In the way a person focuses and directs his life on.
Change your values, attitudes and focus in life and you will
experience YÁOHU Ulhím's peace, delight and unfailing love.
Stop living only for yourself, thinking only of yourself,
and working only for your own selfish desires.
Begin living for YÁOHU Ulhím and for others, open your heart
to Him and be a blessing to others.
And seek YÁOHU Ulhím's presence always, not His presents.
For in His presence you will experience utmost delight,
exuberance, love and peace.
Don't try getting from others what only YÁOHU Ulhím
can really give you.
As you share His loving kindness and delight with others,
then you will be really behaving as YÁOHU Ulhím's child.
And because you do this, ha-satán can no longer use 'loneliness'
on you, as one of his methods of tormenting his victims.
Your Scripture-Engrafting and Contemplation Passages for Today -
Then He said to the crowd, 'If any of you wants to be My follower,
you must put aside your selfish ambition, carry your stake daily,
and follow Me.
If you try to keep your life for yourself, you will lose it.
But if you give up your life for Me, you will find true life.
And how do you benefit even if you gain the whole world
but lose or forfeit your own soul in the process?'
- Luke 9:23-25, Holy Scriptures
Your Nuggets Of Wisdom For Today -
If I could speak in any language in heaven or on earth
but didn't love others, I would only be making meaningless
noise like a loud gong or a clanging cymbal.
If I had the gift of prophecy, and if I knew all the enigmas
of the future and knew everything about everything, but didn't
love others, how noble would I be?
And if I had the gift of faith so I could speak to a mountain
and make it move, without love I would be no benefit to anybody.
If I gave everything I have to the poor and even sacrificed
my body, I could boast about it; but if I didn't love others,
I would be of no value whatsoever.
Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful
or proud or rude.
Love does not demand its own way.
Love is not irritable, and it keeps no record of when
it has been wronged.
It is never glad about injustice but exults whenever the truth
wins out.
Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful,
and endures through every predicament.
Love will last forever....
There are three things that will endure - faith, hope, and love
- and the greatest of these is love.
- 1 Corinthians 13:1-8a;13, Holy Scriptures
'For as a man thinks inside himself, so he becomes!'
- Maush'láy (Proverbs) 23:7a, Holy Scriptures
Character Trait for Today....
KINDNESS | which is the opposite of | Disaffection |
Practical Definition: | It is my primary goal everyday to keep
my mind focused upon being a blessing
to others, how I can glorify YÁOHU Ulhím
by showing His love to others through me.
|
Scriptures: | 'You must love YÁOHU Ulhím, your Eternal Creator,
with all your heart, all your soul, all your vigor,
and all your mind.'
And, 'Love your neighbor as you love yourself.'
- Luke 10:27, Holy Scriptures |
Anecdote For Today - Rampant Sin And Hatred, Signs Of The Times....
As YAOHÚSHUA was leaving the Temple grounds, His disciples
pointed out to Him the various Temple buildings.
But He told them, 'Do you see all these buildings? I assure you,
they will be so completely demolished that not one boulder will be
left on top of another!'
Later, YAOHÚSHUA sat upon the slopes of the Mount of Olives.
His disciples came to him privately and asked, 'When will all this
take place? And will there be any sign ahead of time to signal
Your return and the end of the world?'
YAOHÚSHUA told them, 'Don't let anyone mislead you. For many
will come in My behalf, saying, 'I am the Messiah.'
They will lead many into error. And wars will break out
near and far, but don't panic.
Yes, these events must occur, but the end won't follow immediately.
The nations and kingdoms will proclaim war against each other,
and there will be famines and earthquakes in many parts of the world.
But all this will be only the beginning of the horrors to come.
Then you will be apprehended, persecuted and killed.
You will be hated all over the world because of your
allegiance to Me.
And many will turn away from Me and betray and hate each other.
And many false prophets will appear and will lead many people
into error.
Sin will be rampant everywhere, and the love of many will grow cold.
But those who endure to the end will be saved.
And the Glorious Message about the Kingdom will be proclaimed
throughout the whole world, in order that all nations will hear it;
and then, finally, the end will come.
- Man-YÁOHU (Matthew) 24:1-14, Holy Scriptures
Knowing YÁOHU Ulhím And His Rich Provisions For Me
Please indicate 'P' if its right for you to 'PERMIT' each thought,
imagination or idea itemized below to dwell in your mind or
'R' if you must quickly 'REJECT' it and not allow it to remain
in your mind, and if so, what would be the correct or positive
thought, idea or imagination that should quickly replace it,
knowing that your mind never must be idle nor empty but must
be continually filled with wholesome positive thoughts,
ideas and/or imaginations:
Q. | What is happening? Why is it that you seem to be unaware
of the troubles going on around you? Are you living
in denial? Can't you see the gruesome events going
on around? C'mon tell me about it. I want to know! |
Answer: | No, we are not in denial. We of course know what's
going on around but we don't focus our minds on them,
we don't dwell on the morbid events around us. |
On the contrary, we are being scriptural. We keep our minds
and focus fixed solely upon Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY
and not on the surrounding occurrences or current events.
We are holding on to our uprightness, peace and delight
inside of us, for that is what the Kingdom of YÁOHU UL
really consist of and is all about.
We don't permit the enemy to steal our peace and delight
by means of current events, breaking news and what people
do and how they behave or treat us.
Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA wants us to always hold our peace and
resist behaving wickedly like the adversary.
We must hold on to doing what is always right, never letting
animosity, hatred, anger or bitterness and vengeance gain
a foothold in our lives.
The purpose of the enemy in fueling conflicts and aggression
is to spread the contagion of hatred and enmity among many
people by example, by propagandizing horrible scenes of fighting,
carnage and killings, through television, radio or newspapers.
This is the enemy's way of popularizing evil among the masses.
The purpose? So many will imitate the violent examples being
propagandized through the media.
He knows that whatever the public fixes its mind on, that is
what will prevail in their lives. Ha-satán knows he can make
people think the way he wants them to.
But uh-oh, not us Yaohúshuahim.
Yes, we are aware of what's going on around us but we never
dwell on them, we never focus our minds on them, and most
of all, we are not impressed with the evil the enemy does.
Not at all.
To know a general, superficial idea of what's happening
is sufficient enough for us so we can know what and whom
to pray for. But we don't dwell on them.
You see, whatever impresses you more is what will influence
and have power over your life, what will activate in your life.
A person who is more impressed at the news reports about recession,
unemployment, layoffs and the weak economy, more than what
YÁOHU Ulhím promised and clearly declared in His Word,
will be victimized by those evil reports.
A wise Yaohúshuahee will never be impressed by the evil works
and predicaments instigated by ha-satán.
YÁOHU Ulhím and His Word is what impresses us all of the time!
We never look at the tumultuous waves going on around us,
so we never sink.
Remember Káfos as he walked on the water. As long as he kept
on looking at Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA, he didn't sink. But when
he turned and fixed his focus on the roaring waves, then he
began to sink.
And Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA rebuked him for his mistake.
Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA prophesied that in the last days,
people's hearts will fail and falter upon seeing the
grisly events that is going on around them.
That's why He said, 'Look up! Be of excellent cheer!
Because your salvation is right close by!'
Do you know that when your mind dwells on the negatives
and evil occurrences around you, that the stress and pressure
you experience makes your body manufacture more toxins that
cause early death?
And your experiences are mainly the results of the direction
you let your mind focus on, whether on the positives or the
negatives in life.
So never let the works of the enemy impress you in any way.
You must always be impressed solely by YÁOHU Ulhím and
His Word.
Symptoms of sicknesses and diseases do not impress you.
But rather, 'By the wounds of Ro-efúl YAOHÚSHUA, you were healed!'
is what impresses you.
Symptoms of lack and poverty, unemployment and shortages never
impress you in any way at all.
'YÁOHU Ulhím supplies all our needs according to His riches
in glory through Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA' is what we're always
impressed at, every time, all the time!
Rumors of war, conflicts and suicide bombings never impress us.
'Behold we have been given authority over all the power of the
enemy and nothing shall by any means harm us!' - on this we are
very impressed.
And the result?
Evil occurrences and works of ha-satán cannot influence
nor have power over our lives.
The enemy can only make a mess in a person's life if the
prospective victim permits the wicked one to enter through
his mind.
The mind is the battlefield.
As long as we are never impressed by the works of the evil one
and the evil occurrences, they therefore have no power over us!
Ponder on this very well now and make a quality decision that
from now on, you will begin to think and behave like a winner should.
Never, never let the enemy impress you with his deceivable tactics.
Ha-satán is the enemy, not the people! He is actually the hidden
adversary. And we are not impressed with or by him.
We never permit ourselves to be infected by his contagion
of anger, hatred, vengeance and bitterness.
No way. Uh oh, none at all.
We don't hate, we are not children of the angry one.
YÁOHU Ulhím is love and we are His children, so we live in His
love and we convey His love to others.
One cannot claim that he is a believer in Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA
and harbor hate toward his fellowmen for whom He gave up His life.
One cannot claim that he is a child of YÁOHU UL, Who is Love,
and hate people who were created in His image.
Uh oh, we don't hate at all. We love others, we don't hate!
'If anyone claims, 'I love YÁOHU Ulhím,' yet hates his brother,
he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother,
whom he has seen, cannot love YÁOHU Ulhím, Whom he has not seen.'
1 YÁOHU-khánam (John) 4:20, Holy Scriptures
There's so much hatred in this world, let's begin spreading love.
The scriptural kind of love and not the sensual type though.
Q. | Yes, but tell me frankly, whose side between the two
are you really on? |
A. | Let me give you a scriptural answer: |
'Now when Yaohúshua was approaching near Yericho, he looked up
and saw a Man up on His feet in front of him with a drawn sword
in His hand.
Yaohúshua went up to Him and asked, 'Are You for us or are You
on the side of our enemies?'
'Neither,' He replied, 'but as Commander of the Army of YÁOHU Ulhím
I have now come.'
Then Yaohúshua fell down face to the ground in reverence,
and asked Him, 'What message does my YÁOHU Ulhím have
for His servant?'
The Commander of the YÁOHU Ulhím's Army replied, 'Take off
your footwear, for the place where you now arise is holy.'
And Yaohúshua did so.' - Yaohúshua (Joshua) 5:13-15, Holy Scriptures
In other words, YÁOHU Ulhím's plans and prophecies in His Word
are what need to transpire, His Word must come true, events
must happen according to His inscribed Word and overall plan.
And we are on His side. We pray for YÁOHU Ulhím's will and plan
to transpire and let things happen according to His Word.
We are always on YÁOHU Ulhím's side. We go along with His plan
for our lives individually, with His plan for the ages and
with His plan for all mankind.
Let everything happen according to His Word.
That's precisely the reason why we pray, 'Your will be done
on earth as it is in heaven.'
And since YÁOHU Ulhím is our Protector, who can dare be against us?
YÁOHU Ulhím is the most powerful One. And He always safekeeps us.
And we are impressed solely by Him, His Word and what He does.
And we never permit the enemy to rob us of our uprightness,
peace and inner delight merely by means of current events.
And that is precisely one of the trademarks of false teachers,
they teach on current events, not the Word. Besides proclaiming
about themselves and not the Word.
So from now on, you will never permit ha-satán to gain a foothold
in your mind by dwelling on the negative events around you,
you will never permit him to rob you of your peace and delight.
You will hold on to your peace all the time.
And you will fix your mind on Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA, His Word
and the amazing deeds He does for and in your behalf daily.
And always look at the bright side of life, the delightful and
sometimes very humorous side of life.
A delightful heart is medicine for your body.
Think delightful thoughts, dwell on the positive, delight in YÁOHU Ulhím
as you spend more time with Him rather than on watching breaking
news which break the weary bones of their viewers.
Remember, the flesh loves to hearken to evil reports out of the
mouths of warmongers and rumormongers on radio and television.
To tell you frankly, it's an addiction from which one needs
to be delivered!
If you really, really want to live a quiet and peaceable life,
mind your own business!
Do your own work, perform the tasks which YÁOHU Ulhím gives you
each day, and let those in government authorities deal with their
own business.
What is that to you? Who are you anyway?
If people will only mind their own business, what peace they will
experience daily.
You seek first the Kingdom of YÁOHU Ulhím and all the other
things shall be added unto you.
What do you mean by the word 'seek'?
You seek first with your mind, you ponder upon it, you think
about it, you dwell on it in your thoughts.
And whatever you seek you will eventually find!
Now the query is, what are you really seeking for in your mind?
What is in your mind?
Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA and His Word or not?
Current events, news reports and breaking news?
Be careful what you are really seeking in your mind every moment.
Select your thoughts, focus on the positive, fix your mind
on Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA - all the time, every minute of the day.
Then His peace that surpasses all comprehension will permeate
your whole being, and you will discover that you can be delightful
in Him despite everything else.
And Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA came precisely to give you this kind
of life, a delightful life, an enriched life full of peace and love!
Begin living this YAOHÚSHUA kind of life now, not tomorrow.
And practice how to really become a survivor in these last days.
And because you do this, ha-satán cannot push you over the edge
every time he wants to.
Your Scripture-Engrafting and Contemplation Passages for Today -
'We do this by keeping our eyes focused upon YAOHÚSHUA,
on Whom our faith really depends - from beginning to end.
He was willing to die a shameful death on the stake
because of the gladness He knew would be His afterward.
Now He sits in the place of highest royal honor beside
the throne of YÁOHU UL in heaven.'
- Hebrews 12:2, Holy Scriptures
Your Nuggets Of Wisdom For Today -
'Love your enemies! Do kindness to them! Lend to them!
And don't be concerned that they might not repay.
Then your reward from heaven will be very great,
and you will truly be acting as children of the Most High.
For He is kind to the ungrateful and to those who are very wicked.
You must be compassionate, just like your YÁOHU ABí is compassionate.'
- Luke 6:35-36, Holy Scriptures
'And now, dear brethren, let me say one more thing as I close
this letter.
Fix your thoughts on what is true and honorable and right.
Think about matters that are pure and lovely and admirable.
Think about matters that are excellent and worthy of praise.
Keep putting into practice all you learned from me
and heard from me and saw me doing, and YÁOHU UL Shua-oléym
(Peace) will be with you.'
- Philippians 4:8-9, Holy Scriptures
'This should be your ambition: to live a quiet life,
minding your own business and working with your hands,
just as we commanded you before.' - 1 Thessalonians 4:11
'For as a man thinks inside himself, so he becomes!'
Maush'láy (Proverbs) 23:7a, Holy Scriptures
Character Trait for Today....
PEACEABLENESS | which is the opposite of | Aggression |
Practical Definition: | I keep my mind and thoughts focused upon
Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA every moment of the day
and I refuse to dwell on the negative
and the unpleasant because they never
impress me at all.
|
Scriptures: | 'And there will be unusual events in the skies
- signs in the sun, moon and 'cocavím' (s-ars).
And down here on earth the nations will be in turmoil,
perplexed by the roaring seas and unusual tides.
The courage of many people will falter because
of the fearful fate they see coming upon the earth,
because the stability of the very heavens will be
broken up.
Then everyone will see the Son of Man arrive
on the clouds with power and great glory.
So when you see all these events beginning to happen,
rise up erect and look up, for your salvation
is close by!'
- Luke 21:25-28, Holy Scriptures |
Anecdote For Today - Terrified By The Roaring Waves....
Immediately after this, YAOHÚSHUA made His disciples get back
into the boat and sail to the other side of the lake while He
sent the people home.
Afterward He went up into the hills by Himself to pray.
Night fell while He was alone there.
Meanwhile, the disciples were in trouble far away from land,
for a hurricane had risen, and they were fighting heavy waves.
About three o'clock in the morning YAOHÚSHUA came to them,
walking on the water.
When the disciples saw Him, they screamed in terror,
thinking He was a ghost.
But YAOHÚSHUA spoke to them at once.
'It's all right,' He said. 'I am here! Don't be afraid.'
Then Káfos called to Him, 'Molkhiúl, if it's really You,
tell me to come to You by walking on water.'
'All right, come,' YAOHÚSHUA said.
So Káfos went over the side of the boat and walked on the water
toward YAOHÚSHUA.
But when he looked around at the high waves, he was very terrified
and began to sink.
'Save me, Molkhiúl!' he hollered.
Quickly YAOHÚSHUA reached out His hand and grabbed him.
'You don't have much faith,' YAOHÚSHUA said. 'Why did you doubt Me?'
And when they climbed back into the boat, the wind stopped.
- Man-YÁOHU (Matthew) 14:22-32, Holy Scriptures
Knowing YÁOHU Ulhím And His Rich Provisions For Me
Please indicate 'P' if its right for you to 'PERMIT' each thought,
imagination or idea itemized below to dwell in your mind or
'R' if you must quickly 'REJECT' it and not allow it to remain
in your mind, and if so, what would be the correct or positive
thought, idea or imagination that should quickly replace it,
knowing that your mind never must be idle nor empty but must
be continually filled with wholesome positive thoughts,
ideas and/or imaginations:
17. | I don't feel like reporting for work today; I don't feel
like cleaning the house and putting everything in order
either. I'll just call in and take a sick leave. |
Answer: R | The enemy often uses the mindset, feelings and temper
of a person upon waking up to prevent him from doing
what YÁOHU Ulhím expects him to do for that day. |
A mindset of defeatism, a feeling of heaviness and a grouchy
temper are common devices which the enemy uses in robbing
a person of a fruitful, diligent, delightful and prosperous day.
But you are not your thoughts, neither are you your feelings,
and you don't have to act depending upon your mood swings.
You are your spirit, and YÁOHU Ulhím expects you to act upon
the leading of His 'RÚKHA hol-HODSHÚA' (Sanctified Spirit)
indwelling, and guided by His inscribed Word at all times.
So when the 'RÚKHA hol-HODSHÚA' tells you to pray and get up
and begin doing your daily duties unto Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA
excellently and happily, you simply tell you body to do
what you want it to do.
Never allow your initial negative mindsets, feelings or moods
determine your day.
Make them all submit and bow down to what the eternal Words
of YÁOHU Ulhím declare:
'This is the day YÁOHU Ulhím has made, I will exult,
I will be jubilant, I will be delightful in it!'
'I am filled with power and life from YÁOHU Ulhím, I am delightful,
I am full of zest, vigor, vitality and enablement from YÁOHU Ulhím!'
'Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA came to give me life and life more enriched!'
'I can do all that I'm supposed to do through the power
of the 'RÚKHA-YAOHÚSHUA' in me!'
And as you vocally call these into your daily life, then they
will overpower and remove whatever negatives the enemy may have
planted covertly into your mind and emotions.
And do always remember that with whoever or whatever you
agree with is what will actually transpire and become real
in your daily life.
So you must always agree with what YÁOHU Ulhím declares
in His inscribed Word.
-
'Prosperous, delightful and full of favors is the person
who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked
or arise in the way of sinners
or sit upon the seat of mockers.'
- Tehillím (Psalms) 1:1, Holy Scriptures
There you see, to be always delightful and prosperous means you never
must consult, confer with, hearken nor follow the advice
of the wicked.
And do you know that your carnal mind, your flesh, moods
and negative emotions are the most wicked counselors
that you often consult with and follow?
That's why we are commanded to walk under and follow the leading
of the indwelling 'RÚKHA hol-HODSHÚA' (Sanctified Spirit)
and never permit our reasoning, feelings, moods and tempers
prevent us from obeying what the 'RÚKHA' says.
When the 'RÚKHA hol-HODSHÚA' says you must pray now and spend
time with YÁOHU Ulhím, then you quickly obey, without even
having to consult your mind, your feelings, your moods
or your temperament at the time.
Likewise when the 'RÚKHA hol-HODSHÚA' gently leads you
to feed on His Word by reading or hearkening, or to attend
to your daily tasks, do kindness to others, meet other people's
needs, support him or support in that task, and in all other matters
that will glorify YÁOHU Ulhím through the day, you happily submit
and obey, ASAP.
Remember, never consult neither confer with your carnal mind
and emotions when you are about to do something which you
have been gently led to follow.
And what is a carnal mind?
A carnal mindset is negative, lazy, sensual, selfish, evil,
suspicious, wondering, self-focused, greedy, wandering,
full of doubt, unbelief and incapable of putting its trust
upon YÁOHU UL; it depends upon its own abilities and self-reliant.
A carnal mind is also rude, adulterous, stubborn, impatient
and proud. Always self-seeking and self-oriented.
A carnal mind does not need YÁOHU Ulhím, and it often does not
really believe that there is a YÁOHU Ulhím upon Whom we must
fully depend upon at all times.
And this carnal mind with its own way of thinking out things
or crooked ways it reasons out or offers excuses often blocks
and aborts the leading of the indwelling 'RÚKHA hol-HODSHÚA'
(Sanctified Spirit) in the life of other believers.
Here are examples of what common excuses the carnal mind gives
to stultify the gentle voice of the indwelling 'RÚKHA hol-HODSHÚA':
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1. | Begin to pray now. | 1. | I'm tired.
|
2. | Don't pilfer at your job. | 2. | Everybody's doing it.
|
3. | Give to those in need. | 3. | There's not enough for me.
|
4. | Report for work today. | 4. | I'll call in sick.
|
5. | Clean up the mess in your closet, cupboards. | 5. | Tomorrow.
|
6. | Read and hearken to the Word. | 6. | I'm busy. Later.
|
7. | Go and visit sick parents. | 7. | I'm not their favorite.
|
8. | Get out and do some work. | 8. | Can't you see I'm jobless?
|
9. | Love your enemies. | 9. | After all the nasty things he did to me?
|
10. | Offer the other cheek. | 10. | Only on religious grounds.
|
11. | Submit to your authorities. | 11. | Yeah, but not this kind.
|
12. | Be faithful to your spouse. | 12. | What's wrong with flirting?
|
13. | Love and discipline your children. | 13. | They have a life of their own.
|
14. | Drive within the speed limit. | 14. | I'm in a hurry.
|
15. | Stop being nosy, mind your own business, do your own work. | 15. | I'm simply socializing.
|
16. | Don't be grouchy. | 16. | I don't feel well.
|
17. | Stop complaining, be grateful. | 17. | After all that happened in the office today? And besides, they don't pay me enough.
|
18. | Do the dishes, do the laundry, stop waste of time on watching TV and hearkening to evil reports. | 18. | I have to know what's going on in this world.
|
19. | Begin sowing fine seeds so you will begin to reap better things in life. | 19. | They don't deserve to be treated nicely. And besides, there's not enough to give away.
|
20. | Forgive and simply forget. | 20. | You should have heard how they diced me to pieces.
|
21. | Why worry when you can pray? | 21. | I'll pray and then worry.
|
Here you can see how the carnal mind deceives and stops
the person from obeying and following YÁOHU Ulhím's commands.
And these are common excuses given by people in many cases.
Now you know why we never must consult, we never should be
influenced by the dictates and excuses given by the carnal mind.
YÁOHU Ulhím wants to train us in walking in the 'RÚKHA' (Spirit),
following the leading of the indwelling 'RÚKHA hol-HODSHÚA'
and we make sure that our mind, emotions and body altogether
obey and do whatever He tells us to do at all times.
We make sure our mind, will, emotions and body, that they all
submit to the unction from the Holy One.
Those who are led by the 'RÚKHA hol-HODSHÚA' they are the children
of YÁOHU Ulhím.
So from now on, we immediately obey the gentle promptings
of the indwelling 'RÚKHA hol-HODSHÚA' (Sanctified Spirit),
given in line with the inscribed Word, and we do it quickly,
completely, excellently and with delight!
We no longer consult with our carnal minds, temperaments,
negative emotions and mood swings before we obey.
We never hearken to the counsel of evildoers.
That's why we are always prosperous, delightful, enriched,
full of love and peace from YÁOHU Ulhím.
We serve YÁOHU Ulhím humbly and faithfully daily,
and we DO kindness to our neighbors, loving them
in the same way we love ourselves.
Now you comprehend what Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA really meant
when He said:
-
'Come unto Me, all of you who are tired
and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.
Take My yoke upon you. Let Me teach you, because I am
humble and gentle, and you will find rest for your souls.'
Man-YÁOHU (Matthew) 11:28-29, Holy Scriptures
The soul consist of your mind, will and emotions, remember?
So when you stop hearkening to your carnal mind, self-will
and negative emotions, then they will cease to be controlling
in your life and you will indeed find rest for your souls!
Because you will simply be led by the 'RÚKHA hol-HODSHÚA'
Who was given precisely to always lead you into all truth!
And so you gladly follow His leading every moment of the day.
And because you do this, ha-satán cannot program your daily
activities according to his nasty plan.
Your Scripture-Engrafting and Contemplation Passages for Today -
'Oh, what rewards and delight to those
who do not follow the advice of the wicked,
or hang around with sinners,
or sit idly by with scoffers.
But they delight in doing everything YÁOHU Ulhím wants.
And day and night they contemplate about His law.
They are like trees planted along the riverbank,
bearing fruit each appointed time without fail.
Their leaves never wither,
and in all they do, they prosper!'
Tehillím (Psalms) 1:1-3, Holy Scriptures
Your Nuggets Of Wisdom For Today -
'The mind of sinful person is death, but the mind controlled
by the 'RÚKHA' (Spirit) is life and peace.
The sinful mind is opposed to YÁOHU Ulhím.
It does not submit to YÁOHU Ulhím's law, nor can it do so.'
- Romans 8:6-7, Holy Scriptures
'And now, dear brethren, let me say one more thing as I close
this letter.
Fix your thoughts on what is true and honorable and right.
Think about matters that are pure and lovely and admirable.
Think about matters that are excellent and worthy of praise.
Keep putting into practice all you learned from me
and heard from me and saw me doing, and YÁOHU UL Shua-oléym
(Peace) will be with you.'
- Philippians 4:8-9, Holy Scriptures
'This should be your ambition: to live a quiet life,
minding your own business and working with your hands,
just as we commanded you before.' - 1 Thessalonians 4:11
'For as a man thinks inside himself, so he becomes!'
- Maush'láy (Proverbs) 23:7a, Holy Scriptures
Character Trait for Today....
SUBMISSION | which is the opposite of | Stubbornness |
Practical Definition: | I immediately obey the gentle leading
of the indwelling 'RÚKHA hol-HODSHÚA'
with complete disregard for what my
mind, feelings, emotions, moods and
temper dictate to me to the contrary.
|
Scriptures: | 'Those who are led by the 'RÚKHA-YÁOHU'
(Sanctified Spirit of YÁOHU Ulhím)
are sons of YÁOHU UL.'
- Romans 8:14, Holy Scriptures |
Anecdote For Today - Deceived By His Mind And Feelings....
One day, in YÁOHUtz-kaq's old age when he was almost blind,
he called for Esau his oldest son.
YÁOHUtz-kaq: 'My son?'
Esau: 'Yes, Abí (father)?'
YÁOHUtz-kaq: 'I am an old man now, and expect every day to be
my last. Take your bow and arrows out into the fields and get me
some venison, and prepare it just the way I like it - savory and
fine - and bring it here for me to eat, and I will give you the
rewards that belong to you, my firstborn son, before I die.'
But Roévka overheard the discussion. So when Esau left for
the field to hunt for the venison, she called her son YÁOHU-caf
and told him what his father had said to his brother.
Roévka: 'Now do exactly as I tell you. Go out to the flocks
and bring me two young goats, and I'll prepare your father's
favorite dish from them. Then take it to your father,
and after he has delighted in it he will favor you before
his death, in place of Esau!'
YÁOHU-caf: 'But mother! He won't be deceived that easily.
Think how hairy Esau is and how smooth my skin is! What if my
father feels me? He'll think I'm making a fool of him, and curse
me in place of blessing me!'
Roévka: 'Let his curses be on me, dear son. Just do what
I tell you. Go out and get the goats.'
YÁOHU-caf therefore followed the orders of his mother,
bringing the dressed kids, which she prepared in his
father's favorite way.
Then she took Esau's best clothes - they were there in the house
- and told YÁOHU-caf to put them on.
And she made him a pair of gloves from the hairy skin of the young
goats, and wrapped a swathe of the hide around his neck; then she
gave him the meat, with its rich aroma, and some freshly-baked bread.
YÁOHU-caf carried the platter of food into the room where
his father was lying.
YÁOHU-caf: 'Abí?' (Father?)
YÁOHUtz-kaq: 'Yes? Who are you, my son - Esau or YÁOHU-caf?'
YÁOHU-caf: 'It's Esau, your oldest son. I've done as you told
me to. Here is the delectable venison you wanted. Sit up and
eat it, and then you will favor me with all your heart!'
YÁOHUtz-kaq: 'How were you able to find it so quickly, my son?'
YÁOHU-caf: 'Because YÁOHU UL your Creator put it in my path!'
YÁOHUtz-kaq: 'Come over here. I want to feel you, and be sure
you are really Esau!'
(YÁOHU-caf goes over to his father. He feels him!)
YÁOHUtz-kaq: (to himself) 'The voice is YÁOHU-caf's,
but the hands are Esau's!'
(The ruse convinces YÁOHUtz-kaq and he gives YÁOHU-caf
his benediction):
YÁOHUtz-kaq: 'Are you really Esau?'
YÁOHU-caf: 'Yes, absolutely!'
YÁOHUtz-kaq: 'Then bring me the venison, and I will eat it
and favor you with all my heart.'
(YÁOHU-caf takes it over to him and YÁOHUtz-kaq eats;
he also drinks the wine YÁOHU-caf brings him.)
YÁOHUtz-kaq: 'Come here and kiss me, my son!'
(YÁOHU-caf goes over and kisses him on the cheek.
YÁOHUtz-kaq sniffs his clothes, and finally seems convinced.)
YÁOHUtz-kaq: 'The smell of my son is the fine smell of the earth
and fields that YÁOHU UL has favored. May YÁOHU UL always give you
plenty of rain for your crops, and bountiful harvests and grapes.
May many nations be your slaves. Be the ruler of your brothers.
May all your relatives bow low before you. Cursed are all who curse
you, and all who favor you are enriched!'
(As soon as YÁOHUtz-kaq has favored YÁOHU-caf, and almost before
YÁOHU-caf leaves the room, Esau arrives, coming in from his hunting.
He also has prepared his father's favorite dish and brings it to him.)
Esau: 'Here I am, Abí, with the venison. Sit up and eat it so
you can give me your finest benediction!'
YÁOHUtz-kaq: 'Who are you?'
Esau: 'Why, it's me, of course! Esau, your oldest son!'
(YÁOHUtz-kaq begins to tremble noticeably.)
YÁOHUtz-kaq: 'Then who is that who was here moments ago
with venison, and I have already eaten it and favored him
with an irrevocable blessing?'
(Esau begins to sob with deep and bitter sobs.)
Esau: 'O Abí, favor me, favor me too!'
YÁOHUtz-kaq: 'Your brother was here and tricked me and
has carried away your blessing!'
Esau: (bitterly) 'No wonder they call him 'The Cheater!'
For he took my birthright, and now he has robbed me
of my blessing. Oh, haven't you saved even one blessing for me?'
YÁOHUtz-kaq: 'I have made him your boss, and have given him
yourself and all of his relatives as his servants. I have
guaranteed him abundance of grain and wine - what is more
left to give?'
Esau: 'Not one blessing left for me? O Abí, favor me, too!'
(YÁOHUtz-kaq says nothing as Esau weeps.)
YÁOHUtz-kaq: 'Yours will be no life of ease and prosperity,
but you shall hew your way with your sword. For a time
you will serve your brother, but you will finally shake loose
from him and be free.'
So Esau hated YÁOHU-caf because of what he had done to him.
He said to himself, 'My Abí will soon be gone, and then I will
kill YÁOHU-caf.'
But someone found out what he was planning, and reported it
to Roévka. She sent for YÁOHU-caf and told him that his life
was being threatened by Esau.
'This is what you are to do,' she said. 'Flee to your uncle
Laván, in Haran. Dwell there with him awhile until your brother's
fury is spent, and he forgets what you have done. Then I will send
for you. For why should I be bereaved of both of you in one day?'
Then Roévka said to YÁOHUtz-kaq: 'I'm sick and tired of these
local girls. I'd rather die than see YÁOHU-caf marry one of them!'
- Bereshít (Genesis) 27, Holy Scriptures
Knowing YÁOHU Ulhím And His Rich Provisions For Me
Please indicate 'P' if its right for you to 'PERMIT' each thought,
imagination or idea itemized below to dwell in your mind or
'R' if you must quickly 'REJECT' it and not allow it to remain
in your mind, and if so, what would be the correct or positive
thought, idea or imagination that should quickly replace it,
knowing that your mind never must be idle nor empty but must
be continually filled with wholesome positive thoughts,
ideas and/or imaginations:
18. | I'm up to here in aiding others; it's always me who
always has to forgive and be humble, it's always me
who must serve others, it's always me who must suffer.
I can't take this any more. I want out! |
Answer: R | How many times did you need others to forgive you?
How many times you needed others to support you?
How many times do you want others to be kind to you?
How many times do you need others to favor you, too? |
When you think on these matters, you will realize that you
are only doing to others what you want and expect others
to do unto you.
And besides, our YÁOHU Ulhím wants us to spend our lives
in behalf of those who are needy, in behalf of those whom
we are supposed to support, to lend a hand to, and those whom
we must sacrifice for.
And to whom much is given, much is required.
Since YÁOHU Ulhím gives us much enablement, favor and ability
in coping with our needs and of those around us, it is only fair
for Him to expect more from us who are recipients of His blessings.
YÁOHU Ulhím blesses us so we can be a blessing to others.
And it is in serving Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA and others that we truly
deliver ourselves from ourselves. It is by serving others
that we free ourselves from all kinds selfishness and pride.
And as we humble ourselves in serving, YÁOHU Ulhím then rewards
and promotes us in life, and as we meet others' needs, likewise
our needs are met.
In other words, the more we let go of our own selfish way
of living, the more we find our really fulfilling lives!
The more we live to support others, the more we become fulfilled
in our lives, and the happier we become.
Those who live only to please themselves are the unhappiest,
and they are the most miserable for they have missed the
real meaning of selflessly devoting ourselves to YÁOHU Ulhím
and to others.
And do always keep in mind that it is through faith and patience
that we inherit YÁOHU Ulhím's rich promises to us.
Not by faith alone but through faith and PATIENCE.
And we shall reap if we faint not.
So never give up. Keep on doing what you know is right.
And you will likewise keep on reaping rich harvests from
YÁOHU Ulhím's richest rewards and benefits.
Always do what is right, serve Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA faithfully,
serve others humbly and meet other people's needs as much as
YÁOHU Ulhím enables you.
And as you patiently and continually do this, your path
of uprightness, delight and benefits will likewise
continue to become brighter and brighter like on a bright
sunny day.
The more you humble yourself, the more YÁOHU Ulhím lifts you up,
and the more advancements in life you achieve.
The more you serve, the more you become greater in His Kingdom.
So if you want to really become the greatest, you serve the most!
And never give up. Keep on faithfully doing your tasks unto Him.
And in due time you shall reap, if you faint not.
There is an appropriate time for everything, and everything
is best, everything is perfectly right in its own time.
In due time, you shall reap, if you don't quit.
Don't be deceived into thinking that just because you don't
at the moment see what YÁOHU Ulhím is preparing for you
that He isn't really answering your prayers.
If you will recall what happened to Shaúl and Silwán when they
were thrown into prison, and they were praying and singing
unto YÁOHU Ulhím, how surprisingly He rescued them!
Yet they were surprised because they didn't know what YÁOHU Ulhím
was actually preparing beforehand for their rescue.
And YÁOHU Ulhím rewarded their faith and patience.
Recall also when Dayan-Ul prayed to YÁOHU Ulhím for revelation,
how He answered his prayer on the same day he asked for it,
yet it took 21 days for the angel to deliver the answer to him.
[Dayan-Ul 10].
Likewise whatever your case is or whatever your needs are
at the moment, never be discouraged but be now encouraged
in YÁOHU Ulhím.
Don't think that YÁOHU Ulhím is not doing something in your favor
just because you don't actually see or experience the answer now.
YÁOHU Ulhím is preparing something to surprise you.
Believe only, never doubt, never give up.
Keep on praying. Keep on believing.
And when you are disappointed, you can just as easily be reappointed
in YÁOHU Ulhím, nothing can keep you down because you keep your
mind dwelling on the kindness of YÁOHU Ulhím, and you maintain
your positive attitude toward Him and toward all what's happening
in your life today.
YÁOHU Ulhím is the lifter of our heads. He lifts us up.
And He loves to surprise His children with His gifts, favors
and support, at the appointed time.
If you will only continue believing.
And so you never quit, you never give up.
You patiently and exuberantly await YÁOHU Ulhím's surprise favors!
You are expecting YÁOHU Ulhím's answers to your prayers
to materialize, and perhaps it's today.
You also patiently share the benefits that you bear with others
who are in need, and you continue to serve Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA
and others humbly, excellently and with much delight.
And because you do this, ha-satán cannot keep you down and out
at his whim, guile and deceit.
Your Scripture-Engrafting and Contemplation Passages for Today -
'So never get tired of doing what is right.
Don't get discouraged and give up, for we will reap a harvest
of blessing at the appropriate time.' - Galatians 6:9
'Then you will not become spiritually dull, lazy and indifferent.
On the contrary, you will follow the example of those who inherit
YÁOHU Ulhím's promises because of their faith and patience.'
- Hebrews 6:12, Holy Scriptures
Your Nuggets Of Wisdom For Today -
'Dear brethren, you must be patient as you wait for the return
of our Molkhiúl (Ruler).
Ponder upon the farmers who eagerly look for the rains in the fall
and in the spring. They patiently wait for the valuable harvest
to ripen.
You, too, must be patient.
And be encouraged, for the coming of ha-Molkhiúl is approaching.
Never grumble about each other, my brethren, or YÁOHU Ulhím
will judge you.
For look! The Great Judge is coming. He is right at the door!
For examples of patience in suffering, dear brethren,
look at the prophets who spoke in the Shúam (Name) of YÁOHU UL.
We give great honor to those who endure under suffering.
Yaoháv (Job) is an example of a man who endured patiently.
From his experience we see how YÁOHU Ulhím's plan finally
ended in something praiseworthy, for He is full of tenderness
and mercy.'
- YÁOHU-caf (James) 5:7-11, Holy Scriptures
'And now, dear brethren, let me say one more thing as I close
this letter.
Fix your thoughts on what is true and honorable and right.
Think about matters that are pure and lovely and admirable.
Think about matters that are excellent and worthy of praise.
Keep putting into practice all you learned from me
and heard from me and saw me doing, and YÁOHU UL Shua-oléym
(Peace) will be with you.'
- Philippians 4:8-9, Holy Scriptures
'This should be your ambition: to live a quiet life,
minding your own business and working with your hands,
just as we commanded you before.' - 1 Thessalonians 4:11
'For as a man thinks inside himself, so he becomes!'
- Maush'láy (Proverbs) 23:7a, Holy Scriptures
Character Trait for Today....
ENCOURAGEMENT | which is the opposite of | Discouragement |
Practical Definition: | I maintain my inner delight because
I continually believe that YÁOHU Ulhím
grants my every request, my every prayer
that is in line with His Word and will,
while I patiently and gladly wait upon Him.
|
Scriptures: | 'Those who wait upon YÁOHU Ulhím will find new vigor.
They will fly high on wings like eagles. They will run
and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint.'
- Yaoshua-YÁOHU (Isaiah) 40:31, Holy Scriptures |
Anecdote For Today - Their 'Surprisingly' Came....
One day as we were going down to the place of prayer beside
the river, we met a demon-possessed slave girl who was
a fortune-teller, and earned much money for her bosses.
She followed along behind us yelling, 'These men are servants
of the Most High and they have come to tell you how to have
your sins forgiven.'
This went on day after day until Shaúl, in exasperation,
turned and spoke to the evil spirit within her.
'I command you 'Ol Shúam' (in the Name of) YAOHÚSHUA
hol-MEHUSHKHÁY to come out of her!' he said.
And immediately it left her.
Her bosses' hopes of wealth were now ruined; they grabbed Shaúl
and Silwán and dragged them before the judges at the marketplace.
'These YAOHÚ-dim (Jews) are corrupting our city,' they hollered.
'They are teaching the people to do things that are against
the Roman laws.'
A mob was quickly formed against Shaúl and Silwán, and the
judges ordered them disrobed and beaten with wooden whips.
Again and again the rods slashed down all over their bared backs;
and afterwards they were thrown into prison.
The jailer was seriously threatened with death if they escaped,
so he took no chances, but put them into the inner dungeon and
clamped their feet into the stocks.
Around midnight, as Shaúl and Silwán were praying and singing
hymns to YÁOHU UL - and the other prisoners were all ears -
surprisingly there was a great earthquake!
The prison was shaken to its foundations, all the doors flew open -
and the chains of every prisoner fell off!
The jailer wakened to see the prison doors wide open,
and assuming the prisoners had escaped, he drew his sword
to kill himself.
But Shaúl yelled to him, 'Don't do it! We are all here!'
Trembling with fear, the jailer called for lights and ran
to the dungeon and fell down before Shaúl and Silwán.
He brought them out and begged them, 'Sirs, what must I do
to be saved?'
They replied, 'Believe on Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA and you will
be saved, and your entire household.'
Then they told him and all his household the Glorious Message
from YÁOHU UL.
That same hour he washed their wounds and he and all his family
were baptized.
- Acts 16:16-34, Holy Scriptures
Knowing YÁOHU Ulhím And His Rich Provisions For Me
Please indicate 'P' if its right for you to 'PERMIT' each thought,
imagination or idea itemized below to dwell in your mind or
'R' if you must quickly 'REJECT' it and not allow it to remain
in your mind, and if so, what would be the correct or positive
thought, idea or imagination that should quickly replace it,
knowing that your mind never must be idle nor empty but must
be continually filled with wholesome positive thoughts,
ideas and/or imaginations:
19. | It's difficult and hard to live according to what
the Holy Scriptures require of me; I hate giving
away what I have really worked hard for. |
Answer: R | You have to keep on giving so you will keep on
receiving, and the quantity that you give out
will be the basis of the quantity that you receive. |
Whether you realize it fully or not, you are engaged
in what we may call spiritual farming, so to speak.
You sow, you wait and then you reap.
The kind of seed you sow is the same kind of fruit you will reap.
And you are sowing every moment of the day.
Whatever you sow and in what quantities are the basis of what
you receive back in your own life.
Most people sow negative thoughts and wrong deeds most of the time,
and so they reap negative lives and bitter, tragic experiences also.
On the other hand, those who are learned of the Word and are
obedient to the commands of YÁOHU Ulhím sow positive thoughts
and kind, upright and noble deeds, and so they reap positive,
delightful lives and they don't have to eat the bitter harvests
that the wicked get.
You are sowing every minute of the day, right this very moment.
So you must be careful what you plant, what you sow
for you yourself will harvest, gather and eat the fruit
of what you have planted.
And it is impossible for you or anyone else to separate
the fruit from the seed.
Whoever sows bad seeds will have to reap and eat bad fruit.
Whoever sows fine seeds will have to reap and eat fine fruit.
And the fruit will be the same kind as that of the seed.
It's as simple as that.
If you sow kindness to others, you will likewise reap kindness.
If you sow evil thoughts against others, you will likewise
reap the same treatment from others.
If you sow noble attitudes toward your authorities,
you will likewise reap the same from your subordinates.
The fruit is of the same kind as that of the seed.
Knowing this, whatever therefore you want to have in abundance
in your life is what you should purposely sow and plant regularly.
The more you sow and the more you plant, then the more you reap,
the more you harvest, the more you receive.
Those who sow profusely will reap bountifully, while those who
plant and sow sparingly will likewise reap, harvest sporadically.
Therefore, you don't have to wait for some unusual signs and
wonders in the sky before you can receive abundance in life.
You can begin using this universal principle of spiritual farming
to work in your favor in order for you to acquire abundance
in anything that you desire in your life.
Begin to actively, purposely and continually sowing, planting
and giving away fine and noble seeds so you can also begin reaping
the same kind of fruit in the very near future.
It is not a matter of when but the fact that it is sure.
And the longer the wait, the bigger the harvests or rewards.
If you want to receive continually, then you must plant continually.
You simply have to use this spiritual principle to work in your
favor, that you actively practice sowing and reaping and let it
actually operate beneficially in your life.
And YÁOHU Ulhím wants us to be givers because when we give,
we are behaving exactly like Him, because our YÁOHU Ulhím
is the universal Giver.
YÁOHU Ulhím loves a delightful giver.
And it is much better to give than to receive.
Giving is hard on the flesh, and the carnal mind is against
the idea of giving away, because the carnal mind is selfish
and greedy.
Scriptures do not claim that giving is easy, but it says
giving is more beneficial, you become more rewardable every time
you give.
And since it is YÁOHU Ulhím Who gives us the ability and
enablement to earn whatever income we receive, it is but
just, fair and scriptural that we give back to Him a share
of what He gives us.
And if Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA is the Life-Governor of our lives,
then we must obey Him in every aspect of our lives, whether
in relationships, finances, business, occupation and so on.
Keep in mind that YÁOHU Ulhím is unlimited, His riches
and provisions are without limit.
And when we give, we open YÁOHU Ulhím's rich treasures
to pour abundantly into our lives.
So begin giving, and soon you'll begin receiving.
Give your watch away, and you'll receive more watches;
give food and you will receive more food; give your clothes,
and you will receive more clothes in return.
When you give new, you will receive new; when you give worn-out
and overused, you will likewise receive worn-out and overused
items; when you give money, you will receive money, also.
When you give a portion of your time in aiding others,
others will likewise give portions of their time in aiding you.
Therefore you decide what or which kind you will plant profusely
that you would want to harvest abundantly!
It's a real test of your faith in YÁOHU Ulhím's inscribed Word.
It's not easy on the flesh, but the principle works all the time!
So from now on, you will regularly plant, sow and give whatever
the indwelling 'RÚKHA hol-HODSHÚA' prompts you to.
And when the 'RÚKHA hol-HODSHÚA' prompts you to give all,
He means all. Because He wants you to receive the best
benefits available!
And don't wrongly imagine that it is ha-satán who is tempting you
to give everything away, because he doesn't tempt people to give all.
The enemy knows you'll be rewarded the moment you begin giving
everything away, so he will never, never tempt you on this,
because his purpose is not to benefit but to steal from you.
And when you withhold your kindness and gifts from others,
you are actually depriving yourself of the rich rewards
and harvests which YÁOHU Ulhím has in reserve especially for you.
YÁOHU Ulhím's command for us to obey is that we be givers;
the enemy's temptation on the other hand is for us to be greedy.
So we decide to obey and walk in the Word, without having to confer
and consult with our carnal mind, the flesh or the wicked.
You give, give and give, so you'll reap, reap and reap!
And because you do this, ha-satán cannot inflict poverty,
deprivation, family curses and lack in your life!
Your Scripture-Engrafting and Contemplation Passages for Today -
'Give and it shall be given unto you. Your gift will return
to you in full measure, pressed together, shaken over to make
room for more, and running over.
Whatever measure you use in giving - large or small -
it will be used to measure what is given back to you.'
- Luke 6:38, Holy Scriptures
Your Nuggets Of Wisdom For Today -
'Remember this - a farmer who plants only a few seeds
will get a small crop.
But the one who plants profusely will get a generous crop.
You must each make up your own mind as to how much you should give.
Don't give reluctantly or in response to pressure.
For YÁOHU Ulhím loves the person who gives delightfully.
And YÁOHU Ulhím will generously provide all you need!
Then you will always have everything you need
and plenty left over to share with others.
As the Scriptures declare -
-
'His people give generously to the poor;
Their noble deeds will never be unrecalled.'
For YÁOHU Ulhím is He Who gives seed to the farmer
and then bread to eat.
In the same way, He will give you many opportunities
to do kindness, and He will yield a great harvest
of generosity right within you.
Yes, you will be enriched in order that you can give
even more generously.
And when we take your gifts to those who need them,
they will break out in gratefulness to YÁOHU Ulhím.'
- 2 Corinthians 9:6-11, Holy Scriptures
'Fix your thoughts on what is true and honorable and right.
Think about matters that are pure and lovely and admirable.
Think about matters that are excellent and worthy of praise.
Keep putting into practice all you learned from me
and heard from me and saw me doing, and YÁOHU UL Shua-oléym
(Peace) will be with you.'
- Philippians 4:8-9, Holy Scriptures
'For as a man thinks inside himself, so he becomes!'
- Maush'láy (Proverbs) 23:7a, Holy Scriptures
Character Trait for Today....
GENEROSITY | which is the opposite of | Greed |
Practical Definition: | I delightfully keep on giving
whatever the 'RÚKHA hol-HODSHÚA'
prompts me to because I now fully
realize that everything I have really
belongs to YÁOHU Ulhím and so I use them
for His purposes, for His glory and praise!
|
Scriptures: | 'Go and sell all you have and give the money
to the poor, and you will have treasures in heaven.
Then come, follow Me.'
- Mark 10:21b, Holy Scriptures |
Anecdote For Today - Generous Tips....
'It is possible to give freely and become more wealthy,
but those who are greedy will lose everything.'
- Maush'láy (Proverbs) 11:24
'The desires of lazy people will be their ruin,
for their hands refuse to work.
They are always greedy for more,
while the upright love to give!'
- Maush'láy (Proverbs) 21:25-26
'Give generously, for your gifts will return to you later.'
- Qeholóth (Ecclesiastes) 11:1
Knowing YÁOHU Ulhím And His Rich Provisions For Me
Please indicate 'P' if its right for you to 'PERMIT' each thought,
imagination or idea itemized below to dwell in your mind or
'R' if you must quickly 'REJECT' it and not allow it to remain
in your mind, and if so, what would be the correct or positive
thought, idea or imagination that should quickly replace it,
knowing that your mind never must be idle nor empty but must
be continually filled with wholesome positive thoughts,
ideas and/or imaginations:
20. | I know what he or she wants from me, to use my body
for cheap sexual gratification; they're all the same,
nobody really loves me for what I am. |
Answer: R | This kind of negative attitude and mindset is the
common root cause why a person will project the same
kind of personality that will unknowingly influence
other people to treat him or her according to what
is actually believed in the mind. |
If a person believes that he or she is worthless and is only
being used as a sex object or a sex machine, then that is
exactly the same aura that will be projected to all the people
around him or her that will cause them to react same way.
If a woman thinks that she is unattractive and despicable,
then she will unknowingly project this negative attitude
to others that will cause others to look at her or treat
her like so, because that is what she really believes.
If a man thinks that he is a worthless, do nothing opportunist
who preys on lonely women, then that is the aura that he will
project around him and people will treat him like so.
You must have a positive attitude about yourself. You must like
yourself, with all your positive and negative traits, but focusing
more on your positive qualities.
Having a positive attitude about yourself is different from
selfishness and self-centeredness.
You can have a positive attitude about yourself and yet focus
on aiding others and meeting other people's needs.
In other words, you must have a balanced attitude about yourself,
a positive attitude despite your imperfections, and you must learn
to accept yourself because you know YÁOHU Ulhím has loved you and
has accepted you as you are.
YÁOHU Ulhím looks at you from a perspective that includes
all that His purification and transformation process would
have yielded in your life and in your overall personality.
And He promised that He will continue transforming you
from glory to glory until you come to the exact image
of His Son - Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA.
So you must cooperate with what YÁOHU Ulhím is molding in you,
or transforming in you, especially in your attitude toward others.
It is not of a sound mind to think of others with ill-will
and with wicked conclusions.
One mental aberration that is common is paranoia which is defined
as the bad tendency on the part of an individual toward excessive
or baseless suspiciousness and distrust of others.
Love believes the best especially in others.
It would be healthier to believe that YÁOHU Ulhím is using
all the people around you to show you His love, favors, support,
kindness and mercy.
Be it done to you in line with what you actually believe.
Let it happen to you in line with what you really believe.
It is much better to think of others in a positive light,
and to love them despite their negative traits.
Every person has his own positive as well as negative qualities.
You can focus on the positive and simply ignore or patiently
put up with the negatives.
There is no person and there is no place on earth that you won't
find anything negative to irritate you.
You just have to put up with it and develop patience through it.
Remember that you also have some traits or mannerisms that
irritate others too, and which others must put up with.
They can be patient with you, all the more can you be patient
with them, you being a believer.
Look at people in a positive light and pray for them,
aid them and be kind to them.
And readily forgive others for whatever imperfections
they may have, quickly doing so.
Why? Because it is easier to forgive immediately,
rather than later.
When you can positively accept yourself, imperfect as you are,
then you too can readily accept others, imperfect as they are.
You can only love others insofar as to the degree you love
yourself in a well, positive way.
Love others in the SAME WAY you love yourself.
How can you love others if you hate yourself?
YÁOHU Ulhím loves you and you likewise do love yourself
and others, too, in the same way you love yourself.
So from now on, you must fully trust YÁOHU Ulhím to take
care of you, and that you believe that He uses the people
around you for your transformation and to support you.
That He will cut you off from people who have bad influence
on you, and He will bring you closer to people who likewise
draw you closer to YÁOHU Ulhím.
Let YÁOHU Ulhím decide whom to keep you company and whom
to keep away from, but you remain positive about people
in general.
Keep on praying for them, and as you do your part, YÁOHU Ulhím
will likewise do His part in caring for you, protecting you.
Not the other way around.
That you will criticize, condemn and judge people around you,
and leave the praying and patiently bearing tasks to YÁOHU Ulhím.
Nope, it does not work that way.
You do the praying, you do the forgiving and you bear up with
your own trials and tests.
And you let YÁOHU Ulhím take charge of the people around you,
let Him do with them as He pleases, whatever is best for your
spiritual growth and maturity.
Remember, YÁOHU Ulhím can easily change the people and conditions
around you after you have been sufficiently changed by them.
Changed for what? For fruit bearing.
This is His main purpose: That you bear much spiritual fruit!
Love, inner delight, jubilation, peace, faithfulness, kindness,
patience, longsuffering, meekness, gentleness, uprightness, trust,
faithfulness, loyalty and self-control, and other fine traits
such as these.
The quicker you cooperate with YÁOHU Ulhím in this transformation
process, the easier it would be for you.
Remember, YÁOHU Ulhím is not finished making you yet.
He will continue to mold, transform and change you.
And one of His favorite tools in changing us is people,
yes, people around us.
Knowing this, you will therefore always pray for YÁOHU Ulhím
to 'forgive them for they know not what they do' and 'to have mercy
and prosper them.'
And you now get rid of that suspicious mind.
Training people to develop suspicious minds is not one
of YÁOHU Ulhím's tasks.
So you must begin now to believe the best.
Love believes the best especially in others.
When you believe the best, you are delightful!
And because you do this, ha-satán cannot pollute your mind with
his paranoia and evil suspicions that make many so miserable.
Your Scripture-Engrafting and Contemplation Passages for Today -
'Everything is pure to those whose hearts are pure.
But nothing is pure to those who are corrupt and unbelieving,
because their minds and consciences are defiled.'
- Titus 1:15, Holy Scriptures
Your Nuggets Of Wisdom For Today -
'Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful
or proud or rude. Love does not demand its own way.
Love is not irritable, and it keeps no record of when
it has been wronged.
It is never glad about injustice but exults whenever
the truth wins out.
It always protects, always trusts, always hopes
and it always perseveres, believing the best.
Love never fails.'
- 1 Corinthians 13:4-8a, Holy Scriptures
'Fix your thoughts on what is true and honorable and right.
Think about matters that are pure and lovely and admirable.
Think about matters that are excellent and worthy of praise.
Keep putting into practice all you learned from me
and heard from me and saw me doing, and YÁOHU UL Shua-oléym
(Peace) will be with you.'
- Philippians 4:8-9, Holy Scriptures
'For as a man thinks inside himself, so he becomes!'
- Maush'láy (Proverbs) 23:7a, Holy Scriptures
Character Trait for Today....
MENTAL PURITY | which is the opposite of | Paranoia |
Practical Definition: | I maintain a clean and positive
mental attitude about YÁOHU Ulhím,
about myself and about others, too.
|
Scriptures: | 'Prosperous, delightful, full of favors are those
who are pure in heart, for they shall see
YÁOHU Ulhím.'
- Man-YÁOHU (Matthew) 5:8, Holy Scriptures |
Anecdote For Today - Clear Conscience....
'Dear friends, if our conscience is clear,
we can come to YÁOHU UL with bold confidence.
And we will receive whatever we request
because we obey Him and we do the activities
that please Him.
And this is His command: We must believe in the Shúam (Name)
of His Son, YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY, and love one another,
just as He commanded us.'
- 1 YÁOHU-khánam (John) 3:21-23, Holy Scriptures
Knowing YÁOHU Ulhím And His Rich Provisions For Me
Please indicate 'P' if its right for you to 'PERMIT' each thought,
imagination or idea itemized below to dwell in your mind or
'R' if you must quickly 'REJECT' it and not allow it to remain
in your mind, and if so, what would be the correct or positive
thought, idea or imagination that should quickly replace it,
knowing that your mind never must be idle nor empty but must
be continually filled with wholesome positive thoughts,
ideas and/or imaginations:
21. | I'm grumpy today because something wrong happened
to me at work; don't talk to me now or you'll regret it. |
Answer: R | You must make clear in your mind the difference
between a 'reason' and an 'excuse' - so you won't
be deceived by any of them.
Reasons may be the factors which caused you to feel bad,
while excuses are what one uses as a license or badge
to go on and continue behaving wrongly. |
And here's what's important you should realize: that you cannot use
reasons to be your excuses to live wrongly or treat people badly.
Whatever the reasons are, they can never be used as one's excuse
to do wrong.
YÁOHU Ulhím wants us to love Him with all our hearts
and to love others the same way we love ourselves.
YÁOHU Ulhím wants us to treat others right, in a gentle,
humbly, loving way.
And if we truly love YÁOHU Ulhím, we will live by His commands
and treat people right.
We will live clean, pure lives and treat others with love.
And that's regardless of what happened on our way to and from
work, in the grocery, in the traffic, or whatever the weather
condition is, how much household chores we have to do,
or if we have sufficient amount of time, money or whatever.
If you were maltreated while at work, it is not right for you
to bring home the offense, anger and bad temper into your home
and make the members of your family suffer for something they
don't even know about.
That would be unfair to them, that would be maltreating them.
And anger at work cannot jump from your office right into your
home by itself unless you carry it along with you.
Of course, you should not have carried the offense in the first
place, had you quickly forgiven whatever wrong treatment they
gave you.
And do not punish innocent people in your household for what
others did to you outside.
And YÁOHU Ulhím is particularly observant of how you deal with
those who are close to you, with those you are familiar with
and whom you are always in close company with.
Because with these people you behave in your natural self,
revealing what you truly are, your attitudes, your words,
your behavior and how you treat them, if you really do apply
His Word in your daily life or not.
There are many occurrences in a day that have the tendency
to make one angry, resentful, bitter, remorseful or even
disappointed but we always have the ability to ignore them
and not let them get inside of us to irritate us.
If you will recall, we have learned that we never should
couple our negative emotions with actions; that we never
should follow the dictates of our negative feelings.
And the best way to deaden negative emotions is to do
the opposite of what it craves for, to do the positive!
Every day you can find opportunities to become angry, bitter
and hateful, but you don't have to take any one of them.
You can always decide to walk in the narrow way,
the way which require patience, humility, forgiveness,
gentleness, meekness and self-control.
And never, never use the reasons which the enemy supplies
to be your excuses to go on and behave badly during the day.
You must comprehend that an 'excuse' is what many use
as their license to kill, steal and ruin.
An excuse is actually a 'reason' coupled with a 'lie'
which is often used to justify bad behavior and attitudes.
Why is he behaving badly? Why is she filing for a divorce?
Why is this person angry all the time? Why is he jobless?
Why is she lonely and sad? Why is she morose and crabby?
Why is he or she in hurry to get married? Why is she obese?
Why was he a failure? Why is he morose? Why is he poor?
The most common justifications used by many in reply to the above
queries are usually 'reasons' coupled with 'lies' supplied from
the underworld, by the instigator of excuses himself, and you know
who he is.
Example Query: Why does he cheat on his wife?
Reason: She has faults, shortcomings and defects in her.
Excuse: Because she is a nag, has become fat and is lazy.
The Lie: That a man can cheat on his wife if he finds imperfections.
Here you see that the reason may be valid but it is ridiculous
to use that as an excuse to continue living the lie.
All kinds of maltreatment which we received in childhood may
be the reasons that cause some bad tendencies in us but they
cannot be used as excuses for us to continue behaving badly.
Decisions made by others for us when we were yet young and immature
may be the reasons that trained us into bad behavior or brought us
to unpleasant conditions in our lives but they cannot be used
as excuses for us to continue living in failure, misery or
in bondages and addictions.
We now have Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA living inside of us and He came
precisely to expunge the works of the evil one in our lives,
whatever they may have been.
And He continually encourages and enables us to change.
And He gives us the fruit of the 'RÚKHA hol-HODSHÚA'
(Sanctified Spirit of YÁOHU Ulhím) to overcome whatever
evil tendencies or weaknesses we may have acquired in the past.
All you have to do is believe and act on His Word.
Follow the gentle leading of the indwelling 'RÚKHA hol-HODSHÚA'
(Sanctified Spirit) always, in step with Him.
I can change, you can change and we all can change for the better.
Because we now have Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA in us to support us, to heal us
and to continually deliver us from all evil.
So whatever it is, be it a bad day in the office, or in the traffic,
or whether it be emotional wounds from the past, family dysfunctions,
abnormal childhood experiences or marital disagreements and so on,
never let them become excuses to behave wrongly and treat others
badly.
Reasons are reasons, but they are never excuses to continue in evil.
Unpleasant occurrences and bad treatment from others need not
get inside you, never let them affect you.
Others maltreating you or behaving badly is never your excuse
to behave like ha-satán also.
To resist the devil includes your refusal to behave like the devil
himself in the midst of your trials and tests, especially when
others do you badly and abusively.
Don't you imitate the Pharisees who are experts in justifying
their greed, murder and wickedness with their phony excuses.
Others treating you badly cannot be used as your deceptive excuse
to react negatively to them in return.
Never let any outside wickedness or evil get into you, never permit
yourself to be badly affected by any outside negative person or event.
Let the peace of Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA rule your heart, and hold on
tight to it, never letting it go.
So every time you notice some bad tendency in you, ask yourself:
'Why is this? Where did this come from? What is the reason
behind this that is parading in mind as an 'excuse' for me
to do badly and treat others wrongly?'
And whatever reason you discover, pray to YÁOHU Ulhím to change it
and never permit it to become a license in your life to do wrong.
Whether the reason is in you or in others, pray to YÁOHU Ulhím
to change it, because only YÁOHU Ulhím can truly change people
and occurrences around you.
All you have to do is to cooperate with YÁOHU Ulhím in the change
that He is performing in your life.
Fully submitted, fully yielded, and always committed to the gentle
leadings of the indwelling 'RÚKHA hol-HODSHÚA' (Sanctified Spirit)
every minute of the day.
And when you have already learned to always walk in the Word,
regardless of outside events, and holding on to your peace
and jubilation, it would then be easier for others around you
to see the love of YÁOHU Ulhím emanating from you.
And from now on, never, never put your delight in the hands
of any other people.
In other words, never permit any other person to control your
inner peace and delight!
Let YÁOHU Ulhím and you together safeguard your inner peace
and delight all the time, by His 'RÚKHA hol-HODSHÚA' in you.
For His presence inside you is fullness of inner delight, peace,
jubilation and unspeakable exuberance for you!
This is all yours for the taking everyday, now that you know how.
For the Kingdom of YÁOHU Ulhím is uprightness, peace and delight
in the 'RÚKHA hol-HODSHÚA' (Sanctified Spirit), and it is inside
of you!
Never permit any reasonable 'excuse' to deprive you of it.
And because you do this, ha-satán cannot lead you along with his
'reasons' coupled with 'lies' which yield permissive 'excuses'!
Your Scripture-Engrafting and Contemplation Passages for Today -
'You are not slaves; you are free.
But your freedom is never an excuse to do evil!
You are free to live as YÁOHU Ulhím's bondslaves.'
- 1 Káfos (Peter) 2:16, Holy Scriptures
'Don't be deceived by those who try to excuse these sins,
for the terrible anger of YÁOHU Ulhím comes upon all those
who disobey Him.'
- Ephesians 5:6, Holy Scriptures
Your Nuggets Of Wisdom For Today -
YÁOHU Ulhím shows His anger from heaven against all sinful,
wicked people who reject and push the truth away from themselves.
For the truth about YÁOHU Ulhím is known to them inbornly.
YÁOHU Ulhím has put this knowledge in their hearts.
From the time the world was created, people have observed
the earth and the sky and all that YÁOHU Ulhím created.
They can clearly see His invisible qualities - His perpetual
power and nature as the Creator Eternal.
So they have no excuse whatsoever for not knowing YÁOHU Ulhím.
Yes, they knew YÁOHU Ulhím, but they wouldn't worship Him
as the Creator Eternal or even express their gratefulness to Him.
And they began to think up ridiculous ideas of what YÁOHU Ulhím
was like.
The result was that their minds became dark and confused.
Claiming to be wise, they became utter fools on the contrary.
And in place of worshiping the glorious, ever-living YÁOHU Ulhím,
they worshiped idols made to look like mere people, or birds and
animals and snakes.
YÁOHU Ulhím therefore let them go ahead and do whatever shameful
activities their hearts craved for.
As a result, they did vile and degrading activities with each
other's bodies.
In place of believing what they knew was the truth about YÁOHU Ulhím,
they deliberately preferred to believe lies.
So they worshiped the things YÁOHU Ulhím made but not the Eternal
Creator Himself, Who is to be praised forever. Am-nám.
That is why YÁOHU Ulhím abandoned them to their shameful lusts.
Even the women turned against the natural way to have sex
and indulged in sex with each other.
And the men, in place of having normal sexual relationships
with women, burned with lust for each other.
Men did shameful things with other men and, as a result,
suffered within themselves the penalty they absolutely deserved.
When they refused to acknowledge YÁOHU Ulhím, He abandoned them
to their evil minds and let them do activities that should never
be done.
Their lives became full of every kind of wickedness, sin, greed,
hate, envy, murder, fighting, deception, wicked behavior and gossip.
They are backstabbers, haters of YÁOHU Ulhím, insolent, proud
and boastful.
They are forever inventing new ways of committing sins
and are disobedient to their parents.
They refuse to comprehend, break their promises, and are heartless
and unforgiving.
They are fully aware of YÁOHU Ulhím's death penalty for those
who do these activities, yet they go right ahead and do them anyway.
And, worse yet, they encourage others to do them, too.
You may be saying, 'What terrible people you have been talking about!'
But you are just as bad, and you have no excuse!
When you conclude that they are wicked and should be punished,
you are condemning yourself, for you do these very same things.
And we know that YÁOHU Ulhím, in His justice, will punish anyone
who does such activities.
Do you think that YÁOHU Ulhím will judge and condemn others
for doing them and not judge you when you do them, too?
Don't you realize how kind, tolerant and patient YÁOHU Ulhím
is with you? Or don't you care?
Can't you see how kind He has been in giving you time to turn
from your sin?
But no, you won't hearken.
You are therefore heaping up terrible punishment for yourself
because of your stubbornness in refusing to turn from your sin.
For there is going to come that Judgment Day when YÁOHU Ulhím,
the just Judge of all the world, will judge all people according
to what they have done.
He will give eternal life to those who persist in doing
what is noble, seeking after the glory and honor and immortality
that YÁOHU Ulhím offers.
But He will pour out His anger and wrath on those who live only
for themselves, who refuse to obey the truth and practice evil deeds.
There will be trouble and calamity for everyone who keeps on
committing sins - for YAOHÚ-di (Jew) first, plus also
for the Gentile.
But there will be glory, honor and peace from YÁOHU Ulhím for all
who do right - for the YAOHÚ-di first, plus also for the Gentile.
For YÁOHU Ulhím does not show favoritism.
- Romans 1:18-2:11, Holy Scriptures
'Fix your thoughts on what is true and honorable and right.
Think about matters that are pure and lovely and admirable.
Think about matters that are excellent and worthy of praise.
Keep putting into practice all you learned from me
and heard from me and saw me doing, and YÁOHU UL Shua-oléym
(Peace) will be with you.'
- Philippians 4:8-9, Holy Scriptures
'For as a man thinks inside himself, so he becomes!'
- Maush'láy (Proverbs) 23:7a, Holy Scriptures
Character Trait for Today....
SPIRITUALITY | which is the opposite of | Carnality |
Practical Definition: | Realizing that my freedom does not
give me an excuse to do bad or treat
others wrongly.
|
Scriptures: | 'They would not be guilty if I had not come
and spoken to them. But now they have no excuse
for their sin.'
- YÁOHU-khánam (John) 15:22, Holy Scriptures |
Please do always keep on spreading the Word about our YÁOHU UL,
the true Creator, and His genuine Messiah YAOHÚSHUA!
May YÁOHU UL favor, prosper, enrich, encourage and highly reward
all those among you who actively and prayerfully support His work
through these humble services of proclaiming His original 'Shúam'
(Name) to the world!
Glorify YÁOHU UL with me, let us exalt His Shúam together!
YÁOHU, YÁOHU, how excellent is Your Shúam in all the earth!
OL SHÚAM YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY, am-nám!
Anecdote For Today - The Wicked Rely On Excuses....
-
'Those who are evil spy on the holy,
waiting for an excuse to kill them.'
- Tehillím (Psalm) 37:32, Holy Scriptures
And the purpose of the Law was to keep people from making excuses!
'Obviously, the law applies to those to whom it was given,
for its purpose is to keep people from making excuses and
to bring the entire world into judgment before YÁOHU Ulhím.'
- Romans 3:19, Holy Scriptures
Knowing YÁOHU Ulhím And His Rich Provisions For Me
Please indicate 'P' if its right for you to 'PERMIT' each thought,
imagination or idea itemized below to dwell in your mind or
'R' if you must quickly 'REJECT' it and not allow it to remain
in your mind, and if so, what would be the correct or positive
thought, idea or imagination that should quickly replace it,
knowing that your mind never must be idle nor empty but must
be continually filled with wholesome positive thoughts,
ideas and/or imaginations:
22. | I need to smoke to calm my nerves; I need drugs
to sedate my emotions and I must have my regular
sexual outlets by whatever means or else I go crazy. |
Answer: R | These are the common visible symptoms of addiction
or bondage to anything that enslaves and tortures,
weakens and harms its victims, and without which
the user can't seem to live a normal delightful life;
and stopping or refraining from it involves going
through agonizing withdrawal anxieties and seizures. |
To be addicted to something means to be continually compelled
to engage in a harmful activity or to take in something which
is not beneficial to the user's sound body and well being.
And obviously, any type of addiction ruins the life of the user.
There are many kinds of addiction, and the most common are:
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1. Food addiction
2. Money addiction
3. Drug and narcotics addiction
4. Gambling addiction
5. Excitement addiction
6. Sex addiction
7. Alcohol addiction
8. Cigarette addiction
9. Games and amusement addiction
10. Shopping addiction
Getting into any kind of addiction is quite easy but refraining
from it and completely avoiding it permanently is difficult,
especially without supernatural support of the 'RÚKHA hol-HODSHÚA'
(Sanctified Spirit of YÁOHU Ulhím).
And addicts have one thing in common: empty loneliness inside.
And they have to get a fix to make their day, or else they can't
seem to make it and survive through it.
Yet, the thing or activity they are addicted to only gives temporary,
fleeting relief, which only tends to cover up their real deeper needs.
That's why food addicts have to munch something throughout the day,
gambling addicts have to place their bets, sex addicts must have
their daily thrills, cigarette addicts must have their puffs every
few minutes or so, the shopping addicts must buy something on sale,
and so on and so forth.
Why?
Because it makes them feel better inside if they indulge in their
addictions.
So the root cause is the lack of 'feel better' factor inside.
They have to feel better in order to make it through the day.
Because they are not aware that only the indwelling presence
of the 'RÚKHA hol-HODSHÚA' (Sanctified Spirit of YÁOHU Ulhím)
can give that permanent, eternal and perpetual 'feel better'
factor deep inside the person.
Nothing else in this world can fill that void inside each person
except the presence of the eternal 'RÚKHA hol-HODSHÚA' inside him.
Once a person receives the living presence of the 'RÚKHA hol-HODSHÚA'
inside him, he will no longer crave for something else or some
harmful activity because the feeling of empty loneliness will
be gone.
Overflowing delight will bubble forth from within him!
And all kinds of addictive things or activities pale in comparison
to the exhilarating delight which the 'RÚKHA hol-HODSHÚA' gives
to everyone who asks for and receives Him within.
No more palliatives, no more cheap thrills, no more junk food,
no more intoxicating drinks and other addictive activities or
things are craved for.
Old things are passed away, everything becomes new.
'Therefore if any person be in hol-MEHUSHKHÁY, He is a new creature:
old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new!'
2 Corinthians 5:17
If you are addicted to anything, you must really want to be set
free from it and the quickest way is the spend more and more time
with YÁOHU Ulhím in your daily devotions.
Pray and receive, claim and appropriate for yourself the deliverance
wrought by Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA in your behalf and for your complete
freedom.
Continually seek YÁOHU Ulhím about it and frankly tell Him your
need, whatever it may be, i.e. that you want to be set free.
Keep on praying and keep on believing.
And vocally confess, affirm and claim your deliverance
even in the midst of addictive activity or thing being used,
that is even while yet engaging in it.
You have to call those desired things into reality.
Call those that are not yet as though they already are!
'I have been delivered from smoking!' is your affirmation
even when you have not yet completely quitted.
'I am free from all kinds of sexual addiction and pornography!
is what you regularly confess with your mouth even when you
have not yet absolutely stopped.
'I only eat the really in beneficial kinds of food and at the right
amounts, and everything I do, I do it in moderation.'
'I only buy what is really needed and YÁOHU Ulhím always leads
me to the best buy.'
And as you call those desired things into reality in your life,
then the old things gradually lose its power and the new enablement
from within sets in, giving you complete victory and immunity.
See yourself delivered and free from all kinds of addictions.
And talk to yourself delivered and free, also.
Because how you really look at yourself and what you tell
yourself is what you really believe deep down in your heart.
Let it happen to you according to what you really believe.
And in place of talking about the problem, always talk about
the power of Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA to deliver you and set you free.
Focus on what Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA can do for you and do not dwell
on your current present condition. Meditate on YÁOHU Ulhím's
power and available favor to give you the desire and ability
to be completely set free and delivered.
And when you appropriate for yourself YÁOHU Ulhím's available
empowerment to be delivered, and really act on it with
determination, then your victory is assured.
Remember, think on what Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA by His 'RÚKHA'
has carried out for you and can do for you, and walk in it.
You may be powerless in your own ability, but Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA
is all-powerful!
And He has delivered you from all kinds of addictions
and upon this vital truth you base your faith and belief.
If the Son (YAOHÚSHUA) sets you free, you shall be free indeed!
So from now on you are free, you are delivered and you are whole!
And you will never creep back into enslavement and bondage again.
Never again.
And because you do this, ha-satán cannot control your life
with his addictive things and activities!
Your Scripture-Engrafting and Contemplation Passages for Today -
'For you have been called to live in freedom - not freedom
to satisfy your sinful nature, but freedom to serve one another
in love.'
- Galatians 5:13, Holy Scriptures
Your Nuggets Of Wisdom For Today -
'Do not let sin control the way you live; do not give in
to its lustful desires.
Do not let any part of your body become a tool of wickedness,
to be used for committing sins.
On the contrary, give yourselves completely to YÁOHU Ulhím
since you have been given new life.
And use your whole body as an implement to do what is right
for the glory of YÁOHU Ulhím.
Sin is no longer your boss, for you are no longer subject
to the law, which enslaves you to sin.
On the contrary, you are free by YÁOHU Ulhím's favor.'
- Romans 6:12-14, Holy Scriptures
'Fix your thoughts on what is true and honorable and right.
Think about matters that are pure and lovely and admirable.
Think about matters that are excellent and worthy of praise.
Keep putting into practice all you learned from me
and heard from me and saw me doing, and YÁOHU UL Shua-oléym
(Peace) will be with you.'
- Philippians 4:8-9, Holy Scriptures
'For as a person meditates inside himself, so he becomes!'
- Maush'láy (Proverbs) 23:7a, Holy Scriptures
Character Trait for Today....
SELF-CONTROL | which is the opposite of | Self-Indulgence |
Practical Definition: | I fully depend upon Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA
to always give me the desire and enablement
to live free from all kinds of bondages and
harmful addictions.
|
Scriptures: | 'So if the Son sets you free, you will indeed be free.'
- YÁOHU-khánam (John) 8:36, Holy Scriptures |
Anecdote For Today - What Were Sodom's Sins?
'Sodom's sins were pride, laziness, and gluttony, while the poor
and needy suffered outside her door.
She was proud and did loathsome activities, so I wiped her out,
as you have seen.'
- Kozoqiúl (Ezekiel) 16:49-50, Holy Scriptures
Knowing YÁOHU Ulhím And His Rich Provisions For Me
Please indicate 'P' if its right for you to 'PERMIT' each thought,
imagination or idea itemized below to dwell in your mind or
'R' if you must quickly 'REJECT' it and not allow it to remain
in your mind, and if so, what would be the correct or positive
thought, idea or imagination that should quickly replace it,
knowing that your mind never must be idle nor empty but must
be continually filled with wholesome positive thoughts,
ideas and/or imaginations:
23. | I can't support anyone now, I'm busy.
Call me some other time, okay? |
Answer: R | The most common lame excuse given by many when they
don't want to support others is that of being busy.
Yes, one may be really busy but one can always find
time to do something which he is really determined to do. |
Being busy should never be used as one's lame excuse in avoiding
commitments, evading responsibilities and refusing to support others
who are in need.
Being busy is also the most common excuse why others do not
read the Word daily, they don't pray at all, and they never
give priority to YÁOHU Ulhím's Kingdom and its important
spiritual activities.
When you really want to do something, you will find time and
make sure that you really do attend to it, regardless of how
busy or not you are.
A person always has time for the activities he really wants to do.
'Being busy' is just the common excuse when one doesn't really
want to do whatever is being asked for.
So you see, it's just a matter of priorities.
Those who give top priority to the spiritual responsibilities
in YÁOHU Ulhím's Kingdom will always make time and make sure
that they really do what YÁOHU Ulhím expects from them daily.
On the other hand, those who are lazy in doing their spiritual
responsibilities in YÁOHU Ulhím's Kingdom will simply give the
lame excuse of their 'being busy' and 'having not enough time.'
Yet YÁOHU Ulhím equally gives to everyone 24 hours a day.
And the diligent and determined always can find time, but the
lazy and unwilling are always 'busy' and they 'have no time.'
You can always find time to visit the sick, to support the needy,
to do favors for others, to exhort someone, clothe those
who need them; visit, pray for those who are sick, and so on.
You don't do these magnanimous deeds to earn your salvation
but because you are behaving like a genuine child of YÁOHU UL
really should.
And when you put top priority to the things of YÁOHU Ulhím
and the expansion of His Kingdom and His character qualities,
all the other things in your life will be abundantly supplied.
The more you focus on others and how to meet their needs,
the more YÁOHU Ulhím will make sure that your needs are met.
What you make happen for others, YÁOHU Ulhím will make happen
for you.
And your rewards from YÁOHU Ulhím are based upon the degree
of your aiding meet other people's needs and aiding them
solve their problems in life.
So from now on, you will always find time and make a way
so you can fulfill your daily spiritual responsibilities
to YÁOHU Ulhím and also as much as possible support those whom
YÁOHU Ulhím points out to you to render support and favors.
And you will no longer use the 'I'm busy' excuse in avoiding
your responsibilities and in evading requests from those in need.
'I can do all that I have to do through Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA
Who enables me!' is now your ready reply.
And you know that you always have time for those activities
that you REALLY want to do and finish, regardless of how busy
you are, imagined or real.
As you continually do your best, by YÁOHU UL's enablement,
to fulfill your responsibilities to Him and to others,
YÁOHU Ulhím will likewise make true His abundant promises
in your life.
And because you do this, ha-satán can no longer hinder your
spiritual progress by keeping you preoccupied with nonsense!
Your Scripture-Engrafting and Contemplation Passages for Today -
'Dear brethren, what's the use of saying you have faith
if you don't prove it by your actions?
That kind of faith can't save anyone.
Suppose you see a brother who needs food or clothing,
and you say, 'Well, shua-oléym and YÁOHU Ulhím favor you;
keep warm and eat well' - but then you don't give that person
any food or clothing. What benefit does that do?
So you see clearly, it is never enough just to have faith.
Faith that doesn't show itself by kind deeds is no faith at all
- it is dead and useless.'
- YÁOHU-caf (James) 2:14-17, Holy Scriptures
Your Nuggets Of Wisdom For Today -
'Now someone may argue, 'Some people have faith; others have
noble deeds.'
I say, 'I can't see your faith if you don't have noble deeds,
but I will show you my faith through my kind deeds.'
Do you really think it's enough just to believe that there is
one Eternal Creator, YÁOHU Ulhím?
Well, even the demons believe this, and they tremble in terror!
Fool! When will you ever learn that faith that does is not
evidenced by noble deeds is useless?'
- YÁOHU-caf (James) 2:18-20, Holy Scriptures
'Fix your thoughts on what is true and honorable and right.
Think about matters that are pure and lovely and admirable.
Think about matters that are excellent and worthy of praise.
Keep putting into practice all you learned from me
and heard from me and saw me doing, and YÁOHU UL Shua-oléym
(Peace) will be with you.'
- Philippians 4:8-9, Holy Scriptures
'For as a person meditates inside himself, so he becomes!'
- Maush'láy (Proverbs) 23:7a, Holy Scriptures
Character Trait for Today....
KINDNESS | which is the opposite of | Busyness |
Practical Definition: | Finding time and making a way so I can daily
fulfill my responsibilities unto YÁOHU Ulhím
and to my neighbor realizing that I can do
everything that I'm supposed to do through
Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA Who enables me.
|
Scriptures: | 'For I can do everything with the support
of ha-MEHUSHKHÁY Who gives me the ability I need.'
- Philippians 4:13, Holy Scriptures |
Anecdote For Today - They Shared Everything They Had....
'So let it be clearly known by everyone in Yaoshorúl (Israel)
that YÁOHU UL has made this YAOHÚSHUA Whom you impaled to be
both Molkhiúl (Ruler) and ha-MEHUSHKHÁY (the Messiah)!'
The words of Káfos convicted them deeply, and they said to him
and to the other emissaries, 'Brethren, what should we do?'
Káfos replied, 'Each of you must heartily turn from your sins
and turn to YÁOHU UL, and be baptized 'Ol Shúam' (in the Name of)
YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY for the forgiveness of your sins.
Then you will receive the gift of the 'RÚKHA hol-HODSHÚA'
(Sanctified Spirit of YÁOHU Ulhím).
This promise is to you and to your children, and even to the
Gentiles - all who have been called by YÁOHU UL our Creator.'
Then Káfos continued proclaiming for a long time, vehemently
urging all those who hearken, 'Save yourselves from this generation
that has gone into error!'
Those who believed what Káfos said were baptized and were added
to the Oholyáo (Congregation) - about three thousand in all.
They united with the other believers and devoted themselves
to the teaching of the emissaries and fellowship, sharing
in ha-Molkhiúl's Supper and in prayer.
A deep sense of awe came over them all, and the emissaries
performed many miraculous signs and wonders.
And all the believers met together regularly and shared everything
they had.
They sold their properties and shared the proceeds
with all those in need.
They worshiped together at the Temple each day,
met in homes for ha-Molkhiúl's Supper, and shared
their meals with great delight and generosity.
All the while praising YÁOHU Ulhím and delighting
in the favorable attitude of all the people.
And each day YÁOHU Ulhím added to their group
those who were being saved.
- Acts 2:36-47, Holy Scriptures
Knowing YÁOHU Ulhím And His Rich Provisions For Me
Please indicate 'P' if its right for you to 'PERMIT' each thought,
imagination or idea itemized below to dwell in your mind or
'R' if you must quickly 'REJECT' it and not allow it to remain
in your mind, and if so, what would be the correct or positive
thought, idea or imagination that should quickly replace it,
knowing that your mind never must be idle nor empty but must
be continually filled with wholesome positive thoughts,
ideas and/or imaginations:
24. | I'm getting old and I'm still single, unmarried
and without a fiancee. I guess I'll just remain
single all the rest of my life. |
Answer: R | It is much better to remain unmarried than to marry
the wrong person and spend the rest of your life
in torment, sorrow and misery. |
Marriage is a sacred vow that requires a lifetime commitment.
And a commitment means that you will stick with it no matter
what happens, whether you feel like it or not, whether in plenty
or in lack, and through all that you will both face in life,
and till death do you part.
And scripturally speaking, divorce is never an option for those
who really want to get serious about their married life and family.
Marriage involves much responsibility and requires much adjustment,
patience, humility and genuine love on both parties for it to last.
Each partner must adjust, flow along and conform to the inclinations
and weaknesses of the other, being patient, loving and humble
especially during the adjustment process - the 'becoming one' part.
And this obviously requires genuine, scriptural love based upon
a lifetime commitment and not just upon fleeting emotions and
temporary desires.
One of the most common tricks of the adversary is the panic
attack tactic which involves the nagging activity of evil spirits
who sow seeds of fear, panic and dread in the mind of their victims
followed by the nudging query, 'Whatcha gonna do, whatcha gonna do,
whatcha gonna do, whatcha gonna do?'
And they also use people around you to ask the nagging query,
'Whatcha gonna do, whatcha gonna do, whatcha gonna do?'
And if the victim is not wary, he or she will also begin to speak
out the nagging query of 'What am I gonna do?' in response to the
panic attack from the evil spirits.
The attack consist of putting the fear and dread of being unmarried,
single and lonely for the rest of one's life.
This is the harpoon.
Followed by the nagging and panicky chorus of 'What you gonna do?'
continually being replayed at the back of the victim's mind.
And the purpose is to push the victim into making rash, wrong
and stupid decisions.
The intended victim should wake up and realize that he is really
under the panic attack of demonic spirits.
And when under this kind of panic attack, the proper response
of the Yaohúshuahee should be, 'I won't do anything unless
YÁOHU Ulhím, by the indwelling 'RÚKHA hol-HODSHÚA' in me
tells me to do something that is in line with His Word!'
'I won't be pushed, forced, rammed into making rash, wrong
decisions which is out of YÁOHU Ulhím's plan for my life!'
'I will never take matters into my own hands, because my life
is controlled by the 'RÚKHA-YAOHÚSHUA' in me, and not by my
fickle feelings and emotions.'
That should be your wise, scriptural response whenever demonic
panic attacks are harassing you into making wrong decisions
in a hurry, in a rush and very, very quickly, which obviously
leads to a lifetime of sorrow, agony and misery.
And this kind of panic attack does not apply only to jumping
into marriage prematurely, out of YÁOHU Ulhím's perfect will,
but this trick is also often used by panicky evil spirits
in other areas of the unwary believer's life as well.
For example, they implant these common lies in order to create fear,
panic and dread, as follows:
-
1. |
Prices are going up, you're not going to receive a raise,
so whatcha gonna do? (Purpose: So you'll be greedy.)
|
2. |
You're not getting younger every day, and the nice people
around are usually gay or married, so whatcha gonna do?
(Purpose: So you'll marry the next nasty person available.)
|
3. |
Terrorists will attack, they will use nuclear weapons,
and you are defenseless, so whatcha gonna do?
(Purpose: So you will have sleepless nights and live
in fear, torment and dread all the time.)
|
4. |
Y3K is coming, computers will all go bust, anarchy
will abound, all prisoners will escape, there won't
be any food available, so whatcha gonna do?
(Purpose: So you will escape, run and live in seclusion
in caves and mountains with evil spirits as your family.)
|
5. |
Your family line has a long record of dying from this
kind of disease, and there are some symptoms that you
will also have this disease, so whatcha gonna do?
(Purpose: So you will begin buying pills and medicines
which claim to cure that disease.)
|
6. |
There will be famine in the land, water levels are critical,
everything will dry up, huge fires will ignite, food
shortages are imminent, so whatcha gonna do?
(Purpose: So your heart will tremble in fear and panic,
you begin to hoard and be selfish, live in survival mode,
and to survive you have to be the fittest, ignoring others.)
|
7. |
Iraq and Iran are preparing nuclear weapons, the Arabs
are planning a united attack, oil shipments will be stopped,
suicide bombers will multiply, boycott of US products will
slowdown economy, the recession will continue, so whatcha
gonna do?
|
|
(Purpose: So you will feel intimidated and threatened
every moment of the day and for you to entertain
the evil spirits of poverty and behave in the greedy,
selfish mode, which really causes poverty!) |
And there are many other examples of this panic-attack tactics
from the demonic evil spirits who are the real terrorists
in the unseen world.
And do you remember our previous lesson?
What you fear is what will actually happen to you in life!
Fear is the negative of faith.
Both faith and fear are expecting.
Fear expects evil, while faith expects what is beneficial.
So never, never believe the fear-creating lies from the enemy.
Remember, ha-satán's weapons are negative thoughts and lies.
So watch your thought life very carefully at every moment of the day!
Never accept lies, never act in fear and panic, and don't let
the panic attackers force you into making stupid decisions.
Follow the leading of the indwelling 'RÚKHA hol-HODSHÚA' Who always
leads you into all truth and always shows you the way!
YAOHÚSHUA is the way, to be delightful in this life.
He came precisely to give us life and life more enriched.
So you must be delightful in Him, in whatever capacity you are in life.
You know how to be delightful, whether you're single or married,
or a single parent or whatever, because your delight
is not co-dependent on your marital state.
'I'm getting older, I'm single and I'm delightful!'
'I'm married, with children, and I'm delightful, too!'
'I'm a single parent and I'm delightful, also!'
There's absolutely nothing wrong with getting married or remaining
single for the rest of one's life, as long as he or she is obeying
YÁOHU Ulhím's perfect will for his or her life, well done!
The important thing is that you obey whatever YÁOHU Ulhím's
perfect and noble plan is for your life, this is what is vital!
And never be victimized again by the demonic panic attackers
from the underworld.
'I only do what the indwelling 'RÚKHA hol-HODSHÚA' gently leads
and prompts me to do, that is in line with the written Word,'
is always your safe anchor.
And when people ask you, 'You're thirty plus yet single?
What are you doing about it?'
'What am I supposed to do? I'm delightful with my life as it is!'
'I only do what YÁOHU Ulhím tells me to do, I don't rush into
silly mistakes that I will regret the rest of my life.'
Do you know that the pain of regret lasts a lifetime?
And you must surely know how to be delightful being single
because you won't be even you're married if you don't
know how to be delightful in YÁOHU Ulhím.
And you know you can't make yourself delightful, not even the perfect
mate is capable of making you delightful. Only YÁOHU Ulhím can truly
make you delightful and satisfied.
If you don't believe this, try asking those who are married.
Better yet, try asking those who are single parents, the divorced
and the separated ones.
Be wise, never be one among the forlorn, sorry statistics.
If you want your married life to succeed, rely upon YÁOHU Ulhím
and seek His perfect will and direction every step of the way.
You don't have to force and manipulate others into marriage
without proven and clear evidence of commitment and genuine love
in both parties.
If they won't commit himself or herself to YÁOHU Ulhím now,
he won't commit to Him and to you either halfway through
the rough rides up ahead.
Don't be a divorce statistic waiting to happen.
And watch out, the road to divorce courts is initially lined
with romantic and lovey-dovey intentions.
Learn a lesson from many others who has gone their own way
and relied upon their own comprehension and insight.
So be very selective and wise, never depend upon your own
comprehension, trust YÁOHU Ulhím's wisdom and foresight.
Lean not to your own comprehension, but obey's YÁOHU Ulhím's
leading every step of the way.
And because you do this, ha-satán cannot shove you into making rush,
rash, harmful and wrong decisions that you will regret for a lifetime!
Your Scripture-Engrafting and Contemplation Passages for Today -
'Because of the pressures of living a married life,
I think it is best for you to remain just as you are now.
If you have a wife, do not end the marriage.
If you do not have a wife, do not get married.
But if you do get married, it is not a sin.
And if a young woman gets married, it is not a sin.
However, I am trying to spare you the pressing problems
that come with marriage.'
- 1 Corinthians 7:26-28, Holy Scriptures
Your Nuggets Of Wisdom For Today -
'Now let me say this, my dear brethren: The time that remains
is very short, so husbands should not let marriage be their
major concern.
Happiness or sorrow or wealth should not keep anyone
from doing YÁOHU UL's work.
Those in frequent contact with the things of the world
should make beneficial use of them without becoming
attached to them, for this world and all it contains
will pass away.
In everything you do, I want you to be free
from the concerns of this life.
An unmarried man can spend his time doing YÁOHU UL's work
and thinking how to please Him.
But a married man can't do that so well. He has to be concerned
with his earthly responsibilities and how to please his wife.
He has divided interests.
In the same way, a woman who is no longer married
or has never been married can be more devoted to YÁOHU UL
in body and in spirit, while the married woman must be concerned
about her earthly responsibilities and how to please her husband.
I am saying this for your benefit,
not to place prohibitions on you!
I want you to do whatever will support you serve YÁOHU UL best,
with as few hindrances as possible.
But if a man thinks he ought to marry his fiancée because
he has trouble controlling his passions and time is passing,
it is all right; it is not a sin.
Let them marry.
But if he has firmly determined not to marry
and there is no urgency and he can control his passion,
he does well not to marry.
So the person who marries does well,
and the person who doesn't marry does even better.'
- 1 Corinthians 7:29-38, Holy Scriptures
'Now I say to those who aren't married and to widows -
it's better to remain unmarried, just like I am.
But if they can't control themselves,
they should go ahead and marry.
It's better to marry than to burn with lust.
Now, for those who are married I have a command
that comes not from me, but from YÁOHU UL.
A wife must never leave her husband.
But if she does leave him, let her remain single
or else go back to him.
And the husband must not leave his wife.'
- 1 Corinthians 7:8-11, Holy Scriptures
'Fix your thoughts on what is true and honorable and right.
Think about matters that are pure and lovely and admirable.
Think about matters that are excellent and worthy of praise.
Keep putting into practice all you learned from me
and heard from me and saw me doing, and YÁOHU UL Shua-oléym
(Peace) will be with you.'
- Philippians 4:8-9, Holy Scriptures
'For as a person meditates inside himself, so he becomes!'
- Maush'láy (Proverbs) 23:7a, Holy Scriptures
Character Trait for Today....
CONTENTMENT | which is the opposite of | Discontentment |
Practical Definition: | Realizing that YÁOHU Ulhím has provided
everything for my present delight;
I am complete in Him.
|
Scriptures: | 'You must accept whatever capacity YÁOHU UL
has put you in, and continue on as you were
when YÁOHU UL first called you.
This is my rule for all the congregations.'
- 1 Corinthians 7:17, Holy Scriptures |
Anecdote For Today - Let Them Priests Adopt This.....
'Now about the queries you asked in your letter.
Yes, it is noble to live a celibate (unmarried) life.
But because there is so much sexual immorality,
each man should have his own wife,
and each woman should have her own husband.
The husband should not deprive his wife of sexual intimacy,
which is her right as a married woman, nor should the wife
deprive her husband.
The wife gives full authority over her body to her husband,
and the husband also gives full authority over his body to his wife.
So never deprive each other of sexual relations.
The only exception to this rule would be the agreement
of both husband and wife to refrain from sexual intimacy
for a limited time, so they can give themselves more completely
to prayer.
Afterward they should come together again in order that ha-satán
won't be able to tempt them because of their lack of self-control.
This is only my recommendation.
It's not meant to be an absolute rule.
I wish everyone could get along without marrying, just like I do.
But we are not all the same.
YÁOHU UL gives some the gift of marriage,
and to others He gives the gift of singleness (celibacy).'
- 1 Corinthians 7:1-7, Holy Scriptures
Knowing YÁOHU Ulhím And His Rich Provisions For Me
Please indicate 'P' if its right for you to 'PERMIT' each thought,
imagination or idea itemized below to dwell in your mind or
'R' if you must quickly 'REJECT' it and not allow it to remain
in your mind, and if so, what would be the correct or positive
thought, idea or imagination that should quickly replace it,
knowing that your mind never must be idle nor empty but must
be continually filled with wholesome positive thoughts,
ideas and/or imaginations:
25. | I'm afraid of terrorists, anthrax, layoffs,
earthquakes, breast cancer, prostrate cancer
and a fatal heart attack. |
Answer: R | The inborn urge for every human being to survive
and for self-preservation is precisely put there
in order for everyone to value the life that was
given by YÁOHU Ulhím and take the necessary
precautions to protect it. |
Everything in nature endeavors toward life and living,
action and activity, safety and preservation, progress
and achievement.
To have fears of things and events which are threats
to one's life is normal and they're there for purposes
of survival and self-preservation.
What is insane and ruinous however is the excessive
preoccupation with fears that bind, paralyze and deaden.
For the Yaohúshuahee (believer in the Messiah YAOHÚSHUA),
since he has given the care of himself to YÁOHU Ulhím,
fear has no longer any hold to remain in his thought life.
But because the enemy and his evil spirits seek to pervert
what is normal and push them to excessive degrees, up to the
point that they immobilize and incapacitate their victims,
then we should always be wary against these negative kinds
of fear and also against all kinds of dread.
The negative or ruinous kinds of fear incites horror, fright,
panic, terror, trepidation, dismay and apprehension, nervousness
and tension, and at times may even lead to necrolepsy
(or the unexpected and quick lapse into deep sleep).
These kinds of negative fears are brought about by evil spirits
from hell.
That's why every Yaohúshuahee should guard against them
at all times, at every moment of the day, for you know not
when they would attack their intended victims.
And their attack begins with negative thoughts, fearful thoughts,
frightening, intimidating and paralyzing thoughts and imaginations.
And it is your duty to immediately pull down fearful, ruinous
thoughts and imaginations to prevent them from establishing
frightening fortresses in your mind.
You quickly reject and refuse to accept frightening and fearful
thoughts and imaginations because they slander YÁOHU Ulhím.
Their aim is to prove YÁOHU Ulhím and His Word to be lies,
and to call YÁOHU Ulhím a liar in the mind of the victim.
YÁOHU Ulhím promises in His Word that no harm shall befall
His children, but the evil spirits of fear will try to discredit
that and prove YÁOHU Ulhím to be a liar in the thought life
of their victims.
YÁOHU Ulhím promises to provide, care for and eternally love
His children, yet the evil spirits of fear will attempt
to render those promises empty and ineffectual in the minds
of those whom they are deceiving.
In other words, negative words slander the Words, promises
and the very integrity of our YÁOHU Ulhím.
Dread on the other hand is that deep sense of mistrust, fright,
and trepidation whenever one is to confront or undergo difficult
or unfamiliar experiences in life.
Some people dread facing interviews or applying for a job,
others dread being drafted into the military, and there are
also those who dread being in social gatherings on occasions,
there are those who dread riding on planes, while others dread
depending solely upon YÁOHU Ulhím without the support of others.
The Yaohúshuahee should refuse to dread because it closes up
and binds the free flow of YÁOHU Ulhím's favors, support, enablement
support, courage and power during the 'dreadful' experience.
When you dread, you are actually fixing in your mind your firm
belief that you will never receive any support at all from
YÁOHU Ulhím going through the experience, whatever appears
to be dreadful.
We have learned that FEAR is the acronym for 'False Evidence
Appearing Real' while FAITH is the acronym for 'Forsaking All,
I Trust Him.'
So you never must be duped by false evidences appearing real
into dreading persons, activities and experiences in life
because there is nothing to be afraid of.
Why? Because YÁOHU Ulhím is always with you, to take care of you,
to protect and provide for you.
Boldly go through experiences which you need to undergo,
and trust YÁOHU Ulhím fully that He is able to get you through
victoriously, harm-free, successfully and triumphantly,
that you will be a better person after the experience!
'I can do all that YÁOHU Ulhím requires of me to do because
Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA always encourages me!' is your continual
self-talk, which means that, that is what you always tell
yourself when you talk to yourself.
But this applies only to YÁOHU Ulhím's perfect will, to those
activities which you know are within His will, those tasks which
you have to do in serving Him, but this does not apply to those
death-defying cheap thrills.
What you tell yourself in your self-talk is what you actually
believe in your heart and on what your faith actually is based upon,
and what will activate and bear fruit in your life.
So never, never permit any negative, fearful thought to enter
your mind, never let it remain there; you must quickly reject
any fearful thought or imagination and replace it with YÁOHU Ulhím's
reassuring promises in His Word!
It's not enough not to think on negative thoughts but you must
replace it with positive thoughts, your mind must be full of
the Word always, dwelling on YÁOHU Ulhím's promises, abiding in Him.
An empty mind is the enemy's workshop, so never let your mind
linger on the idle, empty mode.
Let your mind always rest upon YÁOHU Ulhím and His Word.
'You will keep him in perfect peace whose MIND is fixed upon You!'
When is your mind in the normal mode?
When it is at full rest, dwelling upon YÁOHU Ulhím and His Word.
And not running on empty.
And when do you really activate ha-satán's plan for your life?
The moment you take the first step in bowing down to what
the evil spirit of fear commands and demands that you do!
When you couple your fear with action, then ha-satán's plan
is given approval; it begins and is fully activated in your life.
And you know that ha-satán comes to steal, to kill and ruin.
'My people are ruined for lack of knowledge,' YÁOHU Ulhím said.
So never, never act upon your fear, never behave in response
to negative fears, never bow down to what the evil spirits
of fear command and demand that you do.
Never fear, never dread, never be timid, never be shy,
never be fainthearted, never run away from your responsibilities.
All this bad behavior reflect lack of trust upon YÁOHU Ulhím.
And what do these evil spirits of fear demand?
Kinds Of Evil Spirits | Commands and Demands | Results
|
Fear of poverty | Stop giving, stop being generous; rob YÁOHU Ulhím. | Poverty and lack
|
Fear of sickness | Trust pills and tablets, drink this and drink that. | Sickness comes.
|
Fear of failure | Avoid responsibilities to avoid being blamed. | Failure and defeat
|
Fear of singleness | Seduce the next person around available; buy gifts, manipulate or threaten if necessary. | Misery, loneliness and sorrow.
|
Fear of criticisms and rejection | Always behave that others will approve of you. | Cannot obey YÁOHU Ulhím
|
Fear of authorities | You must avoid and resist those in authority. | Those who resist those in authority actually resist YÁOHU Ulhím, and they are punished.
|
....and there are many other examples which YÁOHU Ulhím,
by His 'RÚKHA hol-HODSHÚA' will show you and reveal to you,
as you learn to apply His Word in your daily life.
But the overall lesson is: |
Never activate ha-satán's plan
for your life by obeying the commands
of the evil spirits of fear! |
And one can easily interrupt ha-satán's plan now if he quickly
stops behaving and talking out of fear and dread!
Obey YÁOHU Ulhím and His Word only, never the evil spirits of fear.
Trust YÁOHU Ulhím. Have faith in YÁOHU Ulhím. Believe in Him.
And because you do this, ha-satán cannot actualize his nasty plan
to steal from you, to kill you nor to ruin you!
Your Scripture-Engrafting and Contemplation Passages for Today -
'Don't be afraid of those who want to kill you.
They can only kill your body; they cannot touch your soul.
Reverentially fear YÁOHU Ulhím only, Who can ruin both soul
and body in hell.'
- Man-YÁOHU (Matthew) 10:28, Holy Scriptures
'For YÁOHU Ulhím has not given us an (evil) spirit of fear
and timidity, but of power, love and self-discipline.'
- 2 YÁOHU-tam (Tim.) 1:7, Holy Scriptures
Your Nuggets Of Wisdom For Today -
'My child, reverentially fear YÁOHU Ulhím and your authority,
and don't sympathize with rebels.' - Maush'láy (Proverbs) 24:21
'Yet you have neglected YÁOHU Ulhím, your Creator,
the One Who put the 'cocavím' (s-ars) in the sky
and established the earth.
Will you remain in continual dread of human oppression?
Will you continue to fear the anger of your enemies
from morning till night?' - Yaoshua-YÁOHU (Isaiah) 51:13
'Fear not; you will no longer live in shame.
The shame of your youth and the sorrows of widowhood
will be remembered no more.' - Yaoshua-YÁOHU (Isaiah) 54:4
'Why were you more afraid of them than of Me?
How is it that you don't even remember Me or think about Me?
Is it because I have not corrected you that you have no fear of Me?'
- Yaoshua-YÁOHU (Isaiah) 57:11
'Fix your thoughts on what is true and honorable and right.
Think about matters that are pure and lovely and admirable.
Think about matters that are excellent and worthy of praise.
Keep putting into practice all you learned from me
and heard from me and saw me doing, and YÁOHU UL Shua-oléym
(Peace) will be with you.'
- Philippians 4:8-9, Holy Scriptures
'For as a person meditates inside himself, so he becomes!'
- Maush'láy (Proverbs) 23:7a, Holy Scriptures
Character Trait for Today....
TRUST | which is the opposite of | Dread |
Practical Definition: | I quickly pull down and renounce fearful
thoughts, ideas and imaginations once
alerted to it, because I now realize
that what one dreads is what actually
materializes in life.
So I never fear, I never dread.
I reverentially fear YÁOHU Ulhím only.
|
Scriptures: | 'Do not fear anything except YÁOHU Ulhím.
For He alone is the Holy One.
When you reverentially fear YÁOHU Ulhím,
you need not fear anything else!'
Yaoshua-YÁOHU (Isaiah) 8:13, Holy Scriptures |
Anecdote For Today - Perfect Love Expels All Fear....
'All who proclaim that YAOHÚSHUA is ha-BÓR (the Son) of YÁOHU Ulhím
have YÁOHU Ulhím living in them, and they live in YÁOHU Ulhím.
We know how much YÁOHU Ulhím loves us, and we have already
put our trust upon Him.
YÁOHU Ulhím is love, and all who live in love live in YÁOHU Ulhím,
and YÁOHU Ulhím lives in them.
And as we live in YÁOHU Ulhím, our love grows more perfect.
So we will not be afraid on Judgment Day, but we can face Him
with confidence because we now are like hol-MEHUSHKHÁY (the Messiah)
here in this world.
Such love has no fear because perfect love expels all fear.
If we are afraid, it is for fear of judgment,
and this shows that His love has not been perfected in us.
We love each other as a result of His loving us first.
If someone says, 'I love YÁOHU Ulhím,'
but hates a fellow Yaohúshuahee, that person is a liar.
For if we don't love people we can see,
how can we love YÁOHU Ulhím, Whom we have not seen?
And YÁOHU Ulhím Himself has commanded that we must love
not only Him but our brethren, too.'
- 1 YÁOHU-khánam (John) 4:15-21, Holy Scriptures
Knowing YÁOHU Ulhím And His Rich Provisions For Me
Please indicate 'P' if its right for you to 'PERMIT' each thought,
imagination or idea itemized below to dwell in your mind or
'R' if you must quickly 'REJECT' it and not allow it to remain
in your mind, and if so, what would be the correct or positive
thought, idea or imagination that should quickly replace it,
knowing that your mind never must be idle nor empty but must
be continually filled with wholesome positive thoughts,
ideas and/or imaginations:
26. | I haven't had my drink for today; I'll drop by
that friendly bar during its delightful hour and
have a drink or two. |
Answer: R | All types of enslaving addictions require
a fix from time to time, without which the
captive or the addict will be in continual
craving for whatever it is he is in bondage to. |
Alcohol addiction, among others, is one of the most common
types of addiction and bondage.
An addiction is defined as a compulsive need for and
use of a habit-forming drink, drug or sexual activity,
characterized by tolerance and by well-defined
physiological symptoms upon withdrawal.
An addiction is a continual compulsive craving for something
which is harmful to the user.
Overeating junk food is also categorized as addiction.
And alcohol addiction is one of the major problems in many
families today.
Enslavement and bondage to alcoholic drinks and beverages
always begin with the first sip, the first taste, which
then leads to habitual drunkenness, poverty and misery.
When you see pitiful homeless drunkards roaming around
penniless along back alleys, or sleeping along sidewalks
or living under bridges or in soup lines, you know that
their misery began with the first sip, the first gulp.
Most alcohol addicts do not believe that they have a problem,
they live in denial, and gloss over their bad habit with
lame and silly euphemisms, such as 'social drinking' and
'happy hour' and other deceptive terms.
But the truth is, intoxicating drinks and beverages are
addictive and they enslave theirs victims.
Why is alcohol addiction prevalent today?
Because of relentless barrage of advertising and promotional
gimmicks that people are subjected to everyday.
People are surrounded and bombarded in many places
with alluring ads promoting alcoholic drinks,
depicting the habit as socially acceptable and smart.
But that is only a figment of imagination
in the advertising world, not in reality.
If you don't believe this, ask those who painfully suffered
growing up with alcoholic parents, and those whose families
were broken because of problems with alcohol.
Let those be your reality check.
Living with a person who is addicted to alcohol is difficult
and tormenting because you won't know what behavior to expect
before he gets his fix, and also after the fix is taken.
Addicts can be violent, harsh, cruel and very unpredictable
before their fix, and become very withdrawn or overly aggressive
when drunk.
And in the long run, they become prematurely senile because
more and more of their brain cells die every time they get drunk.
And the brain cells are the only cells in the human body
which are irreplaceable, that's why you will observe that
those who are addicted to alcohol often regress in their
thinking and rational processes as they get worse and worse
in their intoxication and drunkenness bouts.
What must you do?
Don't begin the bad habit, in the first place.
And quit immediately if you already are hooked on it.
There are withdrawal symptoms through which one must go through
to get rid of the addiction, but one must determinedly hang tough
and depend upon the power of the indwelling 'RÚKHA hol-HODSHÚA'
(Sanctified Spirit) to get you through successfully.
The addict would be better off going through the withdrawal
process once and for all, rather than suffer the same torture
every day trying to get that fix.
Better go through the withdrawal process now and kick the habit
once and for all, rather than live in misery every day in search
of a fix, like going on a road with a dead-end.
If it took time and effort to get into the habit, it also takes
time and effort to get out of it.
But don't worry, YÁOHU Ulhím is present, willing to support you
through the withdrawal process, to full victory!
Pray and ask YÁOHU Ulhím to deliver you and support you overcome
the bondage.
And afterward, simply trust Him, depend on Him, lean on Him
to continually give you the desire and ability to get rid
of the enslaving habit and set you completely free.
If ha-BÓR (the Son) sets you free, you shall be free indeed!
And you shall love YÁOHU Ulhím with all of your mind, heart,
soul and vigor, love Him more than you crave for that addictive
drink, drug, cigarette or sexual activity.
You don't need a daily fix of that harmful thing if only
you will make the enduring, genuine and caring love
of YÁOHU Ulhím be your regular dose of inner delight,
satisfaction and contentment.
Spend more time with YÁOHU Ulhím each day, praying, reading His
Word, meditating on His power and ability, love and care for you,
and as you regularly bask in His presence, your inner delight
will abound which gives you the power to overcome any enslaving
thing or harmful activity.
Depend on YÁOHU Ulhím in everything, and not on drugs or anything
else that ha-satán uses as lures for his victims.
Get your daily fix of inner delight and jubilation from YÁOHU Ulhím
by spending more time with YÁOHU Ulhím and dwelling upon His Word
in your mind.
And always confess YÁOHU Ulhím's desire and power to deliver you
from anything that enslaves; focus your mind on it and speak it,
dwell on it.
Don't speak out your problem, but rather, the power and ability
of YÁOHU Ulhím to deliver you and set you free!
Call the things that are not as though they were.
Confess victory, deliverance and freedom with your mouth,
even while in that mess, up until YÁOHU Ulhím's promises
become real in your life.
Be determined to get rid of the addiction, and depend fully
upon YÁOHU Ulhím to support you get over it victoriously!
Don't try it, do it.
And because you do this, you will not live for ha-satán
any single moment of your life anymore!
Your Scripture-Engrafting and Contemplation Passages for Today -
'When you follow the desires of your sinful nature, your lives
will yield these evil results:
Sexual immorality, impure thoughts, eagerness for lustful pleasure,
idolatry, participation in demonic activities, hostility, quarreling,
jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, divisions,
sectarianisms, envy, drunkenness, wild parties and other similar
kinds of sin.
Let me tell you again, as I have before, that anyone living
that sort of life will not inherit the Kingdom of YÁOHU Ulhím.
But when the 'RÚKHA hol-HODSHÚA' (Sanctified Spirit) controls
our lives, He will yield this kind of fruit in us:
Love, delight, peace, patience, kindness, nobleness, faithfulness,
gentleness and self-control.'
- Galatians 5:19-23a, Holy Scriptures
Your Nuggets Of Wisdom For Today -
'Healthy people don't need a healer - sick people do.
I have come to call sinners, not those who think
that they are already upright enough.'
- Mark 2:17, Holy Scriptures
'Fix your thoughts on what is true and honorable and right.
Think about matters that are pure and lovely and admirable.
Think about matters that are excellent and worthy of praise.
Keep putting into practice all you learned from me
and heard from me and saw me doing, and YÁOHU UL Shua-oléym
(Peace) will be with you.'
- Philippians 4:8-9, Holy Scriptures
'For as a person meditates inside himself, so he becomes!'
- Maush'láy (Proverbs) 23:7a, Holy Scriptures
Character Trait for Today....
DETERMINATION | which is the opposite of | Wimpiness |
Practical Definition: | I depend upon YÁOHU Ulhím to always
keep me free from all kinds of harmful,
habit-forming matters or activities,
in order that I may freely serve Him fully.
|
Scriptures: | 'We should be decent, honest, genuine in all that we do,
in order that everyone can approve of our behavior.
Don't participate in wild parties and getting drunk,
or in adultery and immoral living, or in fighting
and jealousy.'
- Romans 13:13, Holy Scriptures |
Anecdote For Today -
'Don't be drunk with wine, because that will ruin your life.
On the contrary, let the 'RÚKHA hol-HODSHÚA' (Sanctified Spirit)
fill and control you.'
- Ephesians 5:18, Holy Scriptures
Knowing YÁOHU Ulhím And His Rich Provisions For Me
Please indicate 'P' if its right for you to 'PERMIT' each thought,
imagination or idea itemized below to dwell in your mind or
'R' if you must quickly 'REJECT' it and not allow it to remain
in your mind, and if so, what would be the correct or positive
thought, idea or imagination that should quickly replace it,
knowing that your mind never must be idle nor empty but must
be continually filled with wholesome positive thoughts,
ideas and/or imaginations:
27. | I am ashamed of my parents and family background. |
Answer: R | There are many things in your life that you cannot
change and among them are your parents and your
family background. |
YÁOHU Ulhím brings you forth into this world with several
unchangeables for which you must be grateful for and accept
as part of His providence and plan for your life.
And examples of these unchangeables are -
-
1. The time of your birth in the chronology of events
2. Your gender
3. Your parents
4. Your family members
5. Your physical appearance
6. Your inherent and inborn talents and abilities,
together with your inborn weaknesses and defects
(no one is perfect, everyone has defects)
7. The place where you were born
8. Your ranking among siblings
9. You grow older as the years go by, and so on.
And YÁOHU Ulhím determines the unchangeables in your life
which you must learn to accept and be grateful for.
There are many who wish they were born in times past,
they regret being born at this period of time in chronology.
Many are afraid of getting old and looking old.
Others cannot accept their own gender and would wish to acquire
that of the opposite sex.
And many others also dislike their physical appearance,
their bodies or the color of their skin, eyes or hair.
And your parents, family members and ranking in the family
are life's unchangeables which you must accept positively
and gratefully, realizing that everything in your life
that YÁOHU Ulhím has provided is sufficient for your present delight,
if you know how to appreciate them and be contented with them.
A person who rejects any unchangeable factor in his life
will live his life in continual conflict with His Maker,
YÁOHU Ulhím.
That person does not realize that YÁOHU Ulhím uses the unchangeables
in a person's life in His process of character transformation.
YÁOHU Ulhím isn't finished making you yet.
All of us are born with positive factors, traits and qualities
and all of us likewise have deficiencies, defects and weaknesses.
No one is born perfect, everyone has a defect or weakness
in one form or another.
Yet we must learn to fully trust YÁOHU Ulhím to make up for our
weaknesses, defects and inabilities so we will practice depending
upon Him and relying on Him.
That is why you should never compare yourself with others.
If you know that YÁOHU Ulhím has a unique beneficial plan
especially for you, and that He has provided everything
that is best for your present delight, you won't then have to compare
yourself with others.
Only those who aren't sure of their calling and who are not
living in YÁOHU Ulhím's perfect will for their lives will
continually compare themselves with others to their own
chagrin or haughtiness.
A person who compares himself with others will feel proud
when he observes someone who is less gifted than him;
and he will likewise feel bitter when he observes someone
who lives better than him.
Either way, comparing does damage, harm and ruin.
So it is not wise to compare. In fact, it is stupid.
And if one doesn't compare himself with others,
he won't need to reject any unchangeable in his life.
He will positively, appreciatively and gratefully accept
and be contented with everything that YÁOHU Ulhím provides
and allows in his life.
As a result, he will live contentedly and happily, ever grateful
to His Maker, YÁOHU Ulhím.
YÁOHU Ulhím uses our weaknesses and inabilities to prompt us
to solely trust Him in those areas, and to prevent us from
all kinds of pride.
And always keep in mind, too, that our greatest abilities
are also our worst vulnerabilities.
So let not anyone be proud in himself and his abilities.
If anyone should boast, let him boast that He knows YÁOHU Ulhím,
the real Creator.
And YÁOHU Ulhím has commanded that we should from our heart honor
our parents, that we should respect them, and care for them especially
in their old age.
These are commendable to YÁOHU Ulhím.
And you will be given a long, delightful and prosperous life.
Those who curse (speak evil of) their parents are doomed to spend
their lives in poverty, misery, defeat and sorrow.
Why? Because those who curse their parents are cursed.
So never curse yourself, by cursing your parents.
Always speak well of them and accompany your reverence for them
with heartfelt actions of loving care, not mere lip service.
Treat them right and aim to please them, favor them and really
show them you love them.
If you don't believe this, ask those who are in penitentiaries,
mental hospitals, police precincts and soup lines, how are their
relationships with their parents and you will discover that the
Word of YÁOHU Ulhím really is effectual and they really happen,
in every case, in all aspects.
So from now on, learn to accept, appreciate and be grateful
for all the unchangeables in your own life and person.
Never reject any single aspect of it.
And learn to appreciate the fact that YÁOHU Ulhím has created
you in His image and that you were carefully and magnificently
designed by Him, for His own glory, praise and service.
Learn to accept yourself in a in positive and balanced way.
Too much admiration for oneself leads to pride and self-adoration,
which is idolatry.
Always apply balance, rightly dividing the Word of Truth.
And in whatever capacity and environment YÁOHU Ulhím plants you,
there you blossom, you bear fruit and be a blessing to everyone
around you.
Wherever you are planted, there you must become fruitful!
It doesn't matter where you are, what matters is that you really
show your love for YÁOHU Ulhím by being a blessing to others,
especially to your own family and to those of the household
of the YAOHÚSHUA-kind of faith.
But what if you parents reject and don't believe in Molkhiúl
YAOHÚSHUA and they forbid you from your belief in Him and faith?
That is another matter entirely. When it comes to conflicts
of loyalty, you must be loyal to the higher authority,
and Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA is the Ruler above all.
Yet, you keep on respecting and praying for your parents,
speaking well of them and never cursing them.
Let the Word judge them, not you.
There is only one Judge - Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA.
Now you know.
From now on, you do accept the unchangeables in your life
and person, and never reject any aspect of it, and always
honor your parents so you will live a long, prosperous life.
And whatever is deficient, lacking or weak, you lean on
and trust YÁOHU Ulhím to make it up for you and He be your
power and ability in those areas.
Why does He allow those defects and weaknesses?
So you will learn and practice to depend upon Him
and not on your own power and abilities.
From now on, therefore, begin to focus, appreciate, utilize
and enrich your positive traits and qualities for the glory
of YÁOHU Ulhím, and give your negative traits and qualities
to Him, so He can do the necessary repairs and remedies.
Never attempt to change the unchangeables in your life.
What you should focus on is the change that YÁOHU Ulhím,
by His 'RÚKHA hol-HODSHÚA' (Sanctified Spirit) is currently
doing in you in order that your mind, character, attitudes,
talk, behavior and overall personality will be conformed
to that of our Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA!
That is where the changes really happen in your life daily!
And because you do this, ha-satán cannot embitter your attitude
by magnifying your negatives a million times over in your mind
and diminishing your positive qualities to zero!
Your Scripture-Engrafting and Contemplation Passages for Today -
'Oh, don't worry; I wouldn't dare say that I am as admirable
as these men who tell you how important they are!
But they are only comparing themselves with each other,
and measuring themselves by themselves. What stupidity!'
- 2 Corinthians 10:12, Holy Scriptures
'Be sure to do what you should, for then you will delight
in the inner satisfaction of having done your work excellently,
and you won't need to compare yourself to anyone else.'
- Galatians 6:4, Holy Scriptures
Your Nuggets Of Wisdom For Today -
'Honor your father and mother.
Then you will live a long, prosperous life in the land YÁOHU Ulhím,
your Eternal Creator, will give you.' - Exodus 20:12
'Cursed is anyone who despises father or mother.'
And all the people will reply, 'Am-nám.'' - Deuteronomy 27:16
'Honor your father and mother.' This is the first of the
Ten Commandments that ends with a promise.
And this is the promise: If you honor your father and mother,
'you will live a long life, full of blessing!'
- Ephesians 6:2-3, Holy Scriptures
'The Oholyáo (Congregation) should care for any widow
who has no one else to care for her.
But if she has children or grandchildren, their first responsibility
is to show piety at home and repay their parents by taking care
of them.
This is something that pleases YÁOHU Ulhím very much!
But a woman who is a true widow, one who is truly alone
in this world, has put her hope in YÁOHU Ulhím.
Night and day she asks YÁOHU Ulhím for support
and spends much time in prayer.
But the widow who lives only for pleasure is spiritually dead.
Give these important directives to the Oholyáo in order that
the widows you support will not be criticized.
But those who won't care for their own relatives,
especially those living in the same household,
have denied the faith that we believe in.
Such people are worse compared to unbelievers!'
- 1 YÁOHU-tam (Timothy) 5:3-8, Holy Scriptures
'Fix your thoughts on what is true and honorable and right.
Think about matters that are pure and lovely and admirable.
Think about matters that are excellent and worthy of praise.
Keep putting into practice all you learned from me and heard
from me and saw me doing, and YÁOHU UL Shua-oléym (Peace)
will be with you.'
- Philippians 4:8-9, Holy Scriptures
'For as a person PONDERS inside himself, so he becomes!'
- Maush'láy (Proverbs) 23:7a, Holy Scriptures
Character Trait for Today....
ACCEPTANCE | which is the opposite of | Rejection |
Practical Definition: | I gratefully accept the unchangeables
in my life, now that I realize that
everything that YÁOHU Ulhím has provided
for me is for my own benefit and delight!
|
Scriptures: | 'Hodayáo (thanks) to You for making me
so magnificently complex!
Your workmanship is marvelous -
and how well I know it.'
- Tehillím (Psalms) 139:14 |
Anecdote For Today - Signs Of The End Times....
'You should also know this, YÁOHU-tam, that in the last days
there will be very difficult times.
For people will love only themselves and their money.
They will be boastful and proud, scoffing at YÁOHU Ulhím,
disobedient to their parents, and ungrateful.
They will treat nothing as sacred.
They will be unloving and unforgiving.
They will slander others and have no self-control.
They will be cruel and have no desire at all in what is noble.
They will betray their friends, be reckless,
be puffed up with pride, and they will love pleasure
rather than YÁOHU Ulhím.
They will act as if they are religious,
but they will reject the power that could make them pure.
You must keep away from people like that.'
- 2 YÁOHU-tam (Timothy) 3:1-5, Holy Scriptures
N.B. - These must happen, but it doesn't have to be you doing them.
Knowing YÁOHU Ulhím And His Rich Provisions For Me
Please indicate 'P' if its right for you to 'PERMIT' each thought,
imagination or idea itemized below to dwell in your mind or
'R' if you must quickly 'REJECT' it and not allow it to remain
in your mind, and if so, what would be the correct or positive
thought, idea or imagination that should quickly replace it,
knowing that your mind never must be idle nor empty but must
be continually filled with wholesome positive thoughts,
ideas and/or imaginations:
28. | Wherever I go, people seem to dislike and reject me. |
Answer: R | Do you know that people who dislike or despise themselves
project behavior patterns, attitudes, speech patterns
and other mannerisms which make others react negatively
toward them? |
And this is often reflected and subliminally perceived by others
in the way a person behaves, the way he or she talks, in the voice
and tonal quality of speaking, the way the person reacts to greetings
and to seemingly minor occurrences, in the way one grooms himself,
and especially in the way one talks about himself.
That is why it is important for the Yaohúshuahee to have a positive
and scriptural attitude of himself, so he can properly respond
to YÁOHU Ulhím and to others also.
YÁOHU Ulhím deeply loves you, and you were created in His image,
according to the Scriptures.
On this basis alone you must have a positive attitude about yourself.
Yes, you are not perfect, yes you still have the sinful nature
while in the flesh, but in your spirit person, you are loved,
you are valuable to YÁOHU Ulhím and you are acceptable to Him.
Once you get a revelation knowledge of how deeply YÁOHU Ulhím
loves you and that you are acceptable to Him just as you are,
and that He has called you to be an heir of His salvation,
then all kinds of negative attitudes about yourself will disappear.
As you begin to receive YÁOHU Ulhím enduring love and mercy,
His loving care and longing to be with you, once you fully
accept and live in His love, then you will begin to accept
yourself as you are and you will also develop the ability
to love others just as they simply are without any conditions.
YÁOHU Ulhím loves you unconditionally, in you He is well pleased,
even if your behavior may not be perfect, in you (not in your
perfect behavior) He is well pleased.
You must learn how to separate yourself from your behavior.
Once you fully realize that YÁOHU Ulhím loves who you are,
and not because of what you do, then you will begin to behave
in line with what you are, as a child of YÁOHU Ulhím.
Your 'who' and your 'do' are two entirely different matters.
YÁOHU Ulhím loves you unconditionally, and He has accepted you
and has saved you, and you are now His child.
Knowing this, you will then begin to behave as His child.
And because you now have a positive and balanced view of yourself
and attitude toward yourself, then you can begin to love others
unconditionally as well, as you draw from the love of YÁOHU Ulhím
that you yourself have received from Him.
You cannot love and show mercy, compassion and give comfort
to others when you yourself haven't yet learned how to receive
them from YÁOHU Ulhím, for how can you give what you don't have?
So first you must believe and receive YÁOHU Ulhím's deep love
for you, then you must likewise learn to accept yourself just
as you are, then you can begin loving others, too.
And when you show others you love and care for them,
then they will likewise respond positively.
You can now really begin to change your life!
How?
By doing to others what you want them to do unto you!
You begin the doing, you don't wait for them to do it first
to you.
And never do to them what you don't want them to do unto you.
What really irritates you?
What offends you?
What makes you angry?
Whatever they are, make sure you don't do them to others, too,
so you won't have to experience the same from them.
Do you hate it when others lie about you?
Do you become angry when a close friend betrays your secrets?
Does it disappoint you badly when the one you faithfully love
cheats on you or lies to you?
Do you get irritated when people are late?
How about those who use you, abuse you and are ungrateful to you?
What about the rude, disrespectful and selfish people around you?
Whatever unpleasant behavior you don't like others to do unto you,
you first make sure that you don't do it to others, too!
Whatever you sow you will surely reap, this is a universal law.
So begin changing your life right now, begin sowing seeds of love,
mercy, compassion and begin meeting other people's needs,
favor them, give to them and pray for them!
What you make happen in the lives of others,
YÁOHU Ulhím will likewise make happen in your life.
In favoring others you will be rewarded abundantly;
in multiplying for others, you will likewise be multiplied!
And because you continually receive YÁOHU Ulhím's love for you,
you can likewise love others from your heart, as you lean on
the indwelling 'RÚKHA hol-HODSHÚA' to give you the desire and
ability to do so.
Don't be afraid of people's scorn and rejection, insults or
smirks and frowns.
Many are afraid of these that they really don't focus on
developing fine, enduring and loving relationships with others!
Think of how you can be a blessing to others and don't be afraid
of how they might react; don't always be wary against insults
and rejection, but on the contrary, keep on focusing on how
you can support and favor the people around you.
Focus on loving and blessing others, simply ignore their negatives.
And what is the really heavy, deep stuff among all of YÁOHU Ulhím's
teachings?
Love Him and love others, too!
Serve Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA and begin treating other people right.
Live right and treat other people right, especially those living
in your own household and those with whom you work with everyday.
Let YÁOHU Ulhím love and favor them through you!
That He is alive in you.
And because you do this, ha-satán cannot torment you
with self-hatred, self-condemnation and self-pity!
Your Scripture-Engrafting and Contemplation Passages for Today -
One of the teachers of religious law was around hearkening
to the discussion. He realized that YAOHÚSHUA had really
answered well, so he asked, 'Of all the commandments,
which is the most important?'
YAOHÚSHUA replied, 'The most important commandment is this:
'Hear, Yaoshorúl! YÁOHU Ulhím our Eternal Creator is unique.
And you must love the YÁOHU Ulhím, your Eternal Creator,
with all your heart, with all your soul, all your mind
and all your vigor.'
The second is equally important:
'Love your neighbor as yourself.'
No other commandment is greater than these.
Mark 12:28-31, Holy Scriptures
Your Nuggets Of Wisdom For Today -
Love is patient and kind.
Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude.
Love does not demand its own way.
Love is not irritable, and it keeps no record of when
it has been wronged.
Love never fails.
Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful,
and endures through every predicament.
There are three matters that will endure - faith, hope, and love
- and the greatest of these is love!
- 1 Corinthians 13:4-5;7;13, Holy Scriptures
'Fix your thoughts on what is true and honorable and right.
Think about matters that are pure and lovely and admirable.
Think about matters that are excellent and worthy of praise.
Keep putting into practice all you learned from me and heard
from me and saw me doing, and YÁOHU UL Shua-oléym (Peace)
will be with you.'
- Philippians 4:8-9, Holy Scriptures
'For as a person PONDERS inside himself, so he becomes!'
- Maush'láy (Proverbs) 23:7a, Holy Scriptures
Character Trait for Today....
LOVING OTHERS | which is the opposite of | Hating Others |
Practical Definition: | I love YÁOHU Ulhím above all and
I also let Him love and favor
my neighbor through me.
|
Scriptures: | 'If I gave everything I have to the poor
and even sacrificed my body, I could boast about it;
but if I didn't love others, I would be of no value
whatsoever.'
- 1 Corinthians 13:3, Holy Scriptures |
Anecdote For Today - Who Is My Neighbor?
YAOHÚSHUA replied with an object lesson: 'A YAOHÚ-di (Jew) going
on a trip from Yaohúshua-oléym to Yericho was attacked by bandits.
They robbed him of his clothes and money and beat him up and left
him lying half dead beside the road.
By chance a YAOHÚ-di priest came along; and when he saw the man
lying there, he shifted to the other side of the road and passed
him by.
A YAOHÚ-di Temple auxiliary walked over and looked at him lying
there, but then went on.
But a despised Shomroní (Samaritan) came along, and when he saw him,
he felt deep pity. Kneeling beside him the Shomroní balmed his
wounds with medications and bandaged them.
Then he put the man on his donkey and walked along beside him
till they came to an inn, where he nursed him through the night.
The next day he handed the innkeeper two twenty-dollar bills
and told him to take care of the man. 'If his bill runs higher
than that,' he said, 'I'll pay the difference the next time
I am here.'
Now which among the three would you say was a neighbor to the
bandits' victim?'
The man replied, 'The one who showed him some pity.'
Then YAOHÚSHUA said, 'Yes, now go and do the same.'
- Luke 10:30-37, Holy Scriptures
Knowing YÁOHU Ulhím And His Rich Provisions For Me
Please indicate 'P' if its right for you to 'PERMIT' each thought,
imagination or idea itemized below to dwell in your mind or
'R' if you must quickly 'REJECT' it and not allow it to remain
in your mind, and if so, what would be the correct or positive
thought, idea or imagination that should quickly replace it,
knowing that your mind never must be idle nor empty but must
be continually filled with wholesome positive thoughts,
ideas and/or imaginations:
29. | Frankly speaking, I hate myself because of my defects,
inadequacies and my unpleasant childhood experiences.
I don't like the way I look either. |
Answer: R | All our previous experiences, pleasant, delightful or not
are allowed by YÁOHU Ulhím in our lives for a purpose,
that we may be molded and PURIFIED through them or
that we may be PREPARED to accomplish His unique plan
for our each of us. |
There are many examples in the Holy Scriptures among YÁOHU Ulhím's
noble personages who went through several unpleasant experiences
in life without knowing that YÁOHU Ulhím was using those to prepare
them for the eventual fulfillment of His plan for their lives.
YÁOHU-saf (Joseph) suffered discrimination from his own brothers,
he was dropped into a pit, brought to Egypt, spent many years
in prison for a crime he did not commit, was ignored by those
whom he helped get back to the palace and suffered injustices
in his life.
Yet, through all this, he did not become bitter but kept on
relying upon YÁOHU Ulhím Who is just, faithful and true.
So when his promotion came, having become the vice-regent ruling
in all of Egypt, in charge of the food supplies, while the famine
occurred, he was so humble and so much developed in his having
a servant spirit that he kept on serving and serving, giving
and giving for all the people who are in need.
How wise our YÁOHU Ulhím really is! He knows how to prepare our
hearts for our future promotion and prosperity!
Same way with Abruhám, with Ruth, Mehushúa and other heroes
of our faith, when you find out what happened in their lives,
what experiences they went through during their preparation
stages, you will conclude that truly all events are permitted
by YÁOHU Ulhím for the spiritual benefit of those who love
and serve Him.
Aside from using our experiences to mold the character traits
of Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA in us, there are also cases where YÁOHU Ulhím
permits us to taste sour and bitter experiences so we would learn
never to treat others the same way.
Like for example Dáoud who served under king Shaúl but suffered
terribly under him, was unjustly treated, humiliated, hunted
to be killed, yet through all this Dáoud laid not his hands
upon YÁOHU Ulhím's appointed leader of Yaoshorúl, he would
not touch the anointed of YÁOHU Ulhím.
And what was the enduring impact of all these unpleasant experiences
in the life of Dáoud?
That he would never behave like so when he begins to actually
rule as king of Yaoshorúl.
YÁOHU Ulhím will send a Shaúl in your life to take away the ugly
and nasty traits of Shaúl from you!
Dáoud, as king, would never do what Shaúl did to him because
he knew how sour and bitter it is to be maltreated by one's
higher authority.
So king Dáoud learned how to handle his subordinates justly,
fairly and tenderly.
The Shaúl in him was rooted out by the Shaúl in his life.
So never complain, never become bitter, but always aim to be better!
YÁOHU Ulhím uses the bad traits and rough edges of others around
you to sandpaper your own rough edges.
So never get out of the potter's wheel.
Endure everything because you are being prepared for YÁOHU Ulhím's
unique and best plan for your life.
Those who reject YÁOHU Ulhím's disciplines and chastisements
will never reach their promised land.
What does 'your promised land' mean?
The unbelievers are in the land of lack and want.
Those who are believers yet unrefined are the ones in the wilderness,
where everything is even, from one paycheck to another, hand to mouth
living, barely having enough, while those who have grown spiritually
mature will be living in abundance, prosperity and delight because
they have reached their promised land.
They are in the land of plenty in their own lives,
they have reached their promised-land kind of life.
Why? Because they have successfully gone through the wilderness
in their lives and have passed their tests successfully!
Everyone goes through the wilderness, even Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA
had to pass His wilderness tests.
And you never fail the different kinds of wilderness tests,
you simply keep on repeating them, going through the same mountain
again and again and again until you pass each test successfully.
Don't imitate the Yaoshorulítes who took 40 years to pass their
11-day trip through the wilderness to the promised land!
So you must be willing to remain under YÁOHU Ulhím's dealings
in your life, whatever that is, never complaining, never quitting,
and never becoming bitter but better.
How do you become better?
When you quickly forgive those who offend you and you make sure
that all the pains and injustices which you have suffered you
will never, never do unto others, for you have had a savor
of how badly those experiences taste.
You have actually felt those miserable blows in life in the past,
so you have determined never to do it to others!
And you have forgiven all those who have offended you in the past.
Simply believe that YÁOHU Ulhím is able and is an expert
in turning what others mean or intend for evil against you
into something that will be beneficial to you!
And once you have had your lessons in life and have developed
the character of Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA in you, as far as you have
spiritually grown, then you can prune, separate and cut off
those unpleasant portions in your life from yourself and
from your main memory bank.
Same way you can separate your negative emotions from yourself,
the same way you can separate and reject negative thoughts
from yourself, likewise, you can separate your past bitter,
unpleasant experiences from yourself.
In other words, take the lessons from the past, but don't live
in the past, but dwell on the present.
Make sure that you pass your tests which YÁOHU Ulhím lets you
to take and expects you to pass in preparation for your future.
And what is the overall goal?
That you develop the character traits of Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA
in you, and you bear much spiritual fruit!
Always be grateful therefore through all that occurs in your
daily life and know for sure that everything happens for your
own spiritual growth and benefit.
And in the future, when you look back to your life, you will
never regret it, but on the contrary, you will ever be grateful
to YÁOHU Ulhím because you will finally realize that indeed
every event in your life was permitted by Him for a purpose:
for your character transformation and eventual promotion.
So from now on, you must patiently endure YÁOHU Ulhím's dealings
in your life, realizing that all events and all kinds of treatment
from people around you that you receive are for your own spiritual
growth and benefit.
Always be grateful, and never, never complain, never, never
become bitter, but always aim to be better!
And because you do this, ha-satán cannot deceive you into
despising people, things and occurrences in your daily life!
Your Scripture-Engrafting and Contemplation Passages for Today -
And we know that YÁOHU Ulhím causes everything to work together
for the benefit of those who love YÁOHU Ulhím and are the called
according to His purpose for them.
For YÁOHU Ulhím knew His people in advance, and He selected them
to become like His Son, in order that His Son would be the Firstborn,
with many brethren.
And having selected them, He called them to come to Him.
And He gave them right relationship with Himself,
and He promised them His glory.
What can we say about such glorious matters as these?
If YÁOHU Ulhím is for us, who can ever be against us?
Since YÁOHU Ulhím did not spare even His own Son
but gave Him up for us all, won't YÁOHU Ulhím,
Who gave us ha-MEHUSHKHÁY (the Messiah),
also give us everything else?
- Romans 8:28-32, Holy Scriptures
Your Nuggets Of Wisdom For Today -
And have you entirely neglected the encouraging words YÁOHU ABí
spoke to you, His children?
He said,
-
'My child, don't ignore it when YÁOHU UL disciplines you,
and don't be discouraged when He corrects you.
For YÁOHU UL disciplines those He loves,
and He chastises those He accepts as His children.'
While you endure this heavenly discipline, remember that
YÁOHU Ulhím is actually treating you as His own children.
Whoever heard of a child who was never disciplined?
If YÁOHU Ulhím doesn't discipline you as He does all of His children,
it means that you are illegitimate and are not really His children
after all.
Since we respect our earthly fathers who disciplined us,
should we not all the more delightfully submit to the
discipline of our heavenly YÁOHU ABí and live forever?
For our earthly fathers disciplined us for a few years,
doing the best they knew how.
But YÁOHU Ulhím's discipline is always right and beneficial
for us because it means we will share in His holiness.
No discipline is pleasant, delightful while it is happening
- it is painful!
But afterward there will be a quiet harvest of right living
for those who are trained in this way.
- Hebrews 12:5-11, Holy Scriptures
'Fix your thoughts on what is true and honorable and right.
Think about matters that are pure and lovely and admirable.
Think about matters that are excellent and worthy of praise.
Keep putting into practice all you learned from me and heard
from me and saw me doing, and YÁOHU UL Shua-oléym (Peace)
will be with you.'
- Philippians 4:8-9, Holy Scriptures
'For as a person PONDERS inside himself, so he becomes!'
- Maush'láy (Proverbs) 23:7a, Holy Scriptures
Character Trait for Today....
HUMILITY | which is the opposite of | Haughtiness |
Practical Definition: | Realizing that everything that I am
and have achieved in life come from
the investment and support of others.
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Scriptures: | 'Each one should use whatever gift he has received
to serve others, faithfully rendering out YÁOHU Ulhím's
favor in its various forms.'
- 1 Káfos (Peter) 4:10, Holy Scriptures |
Anecdote For Today - You Do Right And Be Loyal....
'Why are you chasing me? What have I done? What is my crime?
But now let my king hearken to his servant.
If YÁOHU Ulhím has urged you to come against me,
then let Him accept my offering.
But if this is simply a human scheme, then may those involved
be cursed by YÁOHU Ulhím.
For you have driven me from my home, so I can no longer live
among YÁOHU Ulhím's people and worship as I should.
Must I die on foreign soil, far from the presence of YÁOHU Ulhím?
Why has the king of Yaoshorúl come out to search for a single flea?
Why does he hunt me down like a partridge on the mountains?'
Then Shaúl confessed, 'I have sinned. Come back home, my son,
and I will no longer try to harm you, for you valued my life today.
I have been a fool and very, very wrong.'
'Here is your spear, O king,' Dáoud replied. 'Let one of your
young men come over and get it.
YÁOHU Ulhím gives His own reward for doing right and for being loyal,
and I refused to kill you even when YÁOHU Ulhím placed you
in my power, for you are anointed by YÁOHU Ulhím.
Now may YÁOHU Ulhím value my life, even as I have valued yours
today. May He rescue me from all my troubles.'
And Shaúl said to Dáoud, 'Blessings on you, my son Dáoud.
You will do heroic deeds and be a great conqueror.'
Then Dáoud went away, and Shaúl returned home.
- 1 Samu-Ul 26:18-25, Holy Scriptures
Knowing YÁOHU Ulhím And His Rich Provisions For Me
Please indicate 'P' if its right for you to 'PERMIT' each thought,
imagination or idea itemized below to dwell in your mind or
'R' if you must quickly 'REJECT' it and not allow it to remain
in your mind, and if so, what would be the correct or positive
thought, idea or imagination that should quickly replace it,
knowing that your mind never must be idle nor empty but must
be continually filled with wholesome positive thoughts,
ideas and/or imaginations:
30. | I have a nagging feeling deep inside me that I will
eventually be a total failure in life. |
Answer: R | Yes, you definitely will be if you are not living your life
in line with YÁOHU Ulhím's unique and best plan for your
life; definitely so also if you are living your life
according to your own self-ambition, your own plan
and your own goals. |
But putting your feelings aside, the outcome of your life will
solely be based upon whether you fulfilled YÁOHU Ulhím's exclusive
plan for you, whatever that is, or if you did it your selfish way.
YÁOHU Ulhím has an exclusive plan for each of us. And His plan
is the best for each one. And He has the richest benefits being
held in reserve for each one who would follow His plan for his life.
And the only way you can be delightful in your life is if you fulfill
YÁOHU Ulhím's plan for your life, because that plan leads to your
own satisfaction, delight, fulfillment and delight, together
with all the benefits He makes available for you in that plan.
On the other hand, ha-satán, the adversary also has a plan laid
out for each of us, and he seeks to push and tempt every person
into doing his plan which leads to doom and eternal perdition.
And right in the middle of it all is our own individual selfish,
self-focused, self-made plan which is based upon greed and leads
to sorrow, failure and eternal doom.
So you have to decide which plan you will walk on in life.
YÁOHU Ulhím's plan appears to be difficult and narrow,
unpopular and unattractive, but it leads to life - eternal life.
The enemy's plan and our own selfish plan in life appear alluring,
inviting, very popular and easy to fulfill, but they lead to death.
If you are aiming at and working at something which is not
in harmony with YÁOHU Ulhím's plan for your life, then you
are like that person who digs empty wells.
Imagine yourself thirsty, right in the midst of a dry, barren
land and so you begin to dig wells, and after much labor digging
one, you find out that its empty, the bottom filled with muck
and mud.
And you continue to be thirsty, so you keep on digging and digging
wells in different places but all of them turn out to be empty.
That is exactly like the person who pursues different selfish
goals and ambitions in life that are out of the perfect will
of His Creator, YÁOHU Ulhím.
The person who pursues plans outside the perfect will
of YÁOHU Ulhím for him is actually digging empty wells.
Or putting it another way, he is busy climbing the ladder
but when he reaches the top, he finds out that the ladder
is leaning against the wrong building.
What a miserable life that would be!
And do you know that the pain of regret is much, much worse
compared to the pain of being disciplined by the Word
of YÁOHU Ulhím?
Picture a person who has lived his life in vanity, lust,
self-indulgence, waste, greed and selfishness, when he
looks back at his life, imagine the pain of regret that
he would suffer under for the rest of his life and beyond.
The pain of being disciplined by the Word is not pleasant,
yes, but it leads to a life rich in benefits, character,
delight and perpetual rewards!
The pain of discipline is temporary, but the pain of regret
is perpetual.
So you better decide wisely today and seek YÁOHU Ulhím
and His exclusive plan for your life.
And begin living a life that is really life!
And when you are doing YÁOHU Ulhím's perfect will for your life,
then you won't have to compare yourself with others because you
know that YÁOHU Ulhím will give you what is best for you while
your are in His will, and you can't be happier anywhere else.
So if you really want to receive YÁOHU Ulhím's best for your
own life, His exclusive best especially prepared for you,
you make sure that you do His perfect will and fulfill
His unique plan for your life!
Simple as that.
Decide to walk on the unpopular, difficult and narrow way
that lead to eternal life and delight, though only a few
find this way attractive enough to tread on, but this is
the really wise selection.
And what is this way called?
The YAOHÚSHUA way!
'I am the Way, the Truth and the Life,' declared Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA.
He is the unique and only way that leads to life eternal.
There is no other way, there is no other name either.
So better pray for and seek and decide upon marrying someone
who is right for you, not simply what you want to or lust for.
Make sure you are working honestly for the sake of YÁOHU Ulhím's
Kingdom, glory, praise and renown.
And that you are loving YÁOHU Ulhím above all and your neighbor
as yourself.
But where do you begin?
Most people want to know specific details of YÁOHU Ulhím's plan
for their lives immediately and want to see the overall blueprint
that YÁOHU Ulhím has for their lives.
The reason they want to know the overall, general plan is so they
can avoid and evade the uncomfortable parts in His plan.
They want to control YÁOHU Ulhím, instigated by their lust
for power and control, which shows that they really haven't
given their full trust to Him.
But they won't find out specific details unless they first
do the general commands of YÁOHU Ulhím given in His Word,
like forgiving those who offend you, being grateful in every
predicament, giving to those in need, loving your neighbor,
and similar commands which are given for all to obey.
So begin doing the general commands first, making sure
you pass all your tests, and trust that the indwelling
'RÚKHA hol-HODSHÚA' (Sanctified Spirit of YÁOHU Ulhím)
will lead you every step of the way.
And there are always things which you won't know in advance
while in YÁOHU Ulhím's plan, because trust upon Him means
there will always be matters you won't know ahead of time.
So you must learn to trust Him fully, and pass His tests.
One test you should pass is the 'submission to authority' test.
Which means that your authority will order you to do something
you really hate doing, though it is scripturally right.
That is one test you should pass, if you really want to receive
YÁOHU Ulhím's best for you.
And remember, those who despise YÁOHU Ulhím's disciplines
and chastisements will never inherit His promises,
for they are behaving not as His real children but
as ha-satán's whorechildren.
You must keep in mind that disciplines, corrections, admonitions
and reminders are beneficial for us because they keep us in the
right path, and real living consist of reproofs such as these.
And what is the common denominator for everyone that YÁOHU Ulhím
has in mind in preparing His own exclusive plan for each person?
That through it all, through that process of living in His plan,
each person will finally be conformed to the character, image
and personality of His beloved Son, our Molkhiúl YAOHÚSHUA!
How wise really our YÁOHU Ulhím is, His mind is past finding out!
YÁOHU Ulhím alone is really wise and full of knowledge and truth.
So begin walking in the narrow way today!
Throw away your selfish goals and ambitions now.
Stop digging empty wells and climbing the wrong ladders.
Live for YÁOHU Ulhím alone and serve only Him.
And because you do this, you will avoid the nagging pain
of regret which haunts many as they look behind to their past!
Your Scripture-Engrafting and Contemplation Passages for Today -
'Serve only YÁOHU UL, your Eternal Creator, and reverentially
fear Him alone.
Obey His commands, hearken to His voice, and cling to Him.'
- Deuteronomy 13:4, Holy Scriptures
'If you cling to your own life, you will lose it;
but if you give it up for Me, you will find it.'
- Man-YÁOHU (Matthew) 10:39, Holy Scriptures
Your Nuggets Of Wisdom For Today -
'Our goal is to remain within the boundaries of YÁOHU UL's
plan for us, and this plan includes our working there with you.'
- 2 Corinthians 10:13b, Holy Scriptures
'His invariable plan has always been to adopt us into His own
family by bringing us to Himself through YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY.
And this gave Him great pleasure.'
- Ephesians 1:5, Holy Scriptures
'YÁOHU UL's secret plan has now been revealed to us;
it is a plan focused upon ha-MEHUSHKHÁY (the Messiah),
designed long time past according to His noble pleasure.
And this is His plan: At the right time He will bring everything
together under the authority of hol-MEHUSHKHÁY - everything
in heaven and on earth.'
- Ephesians 1:9-10, Holy Scriptures
'Fix your thoughts on what is true and honorable and right.
Think about matters that are pure and lovely and admirable.
Think about matters that are excellent and worthy of praise.
Keep putting into practice all you learned from me and heard
from me and saw me doing, and YÁOHU UL Shua-oléym (Peace)
will be with you.'
- Philippians 4:8-9, Holy Scriptures
'For as a person PONDERS inside himself, so he becomes!'
- Maush'láy (Proverbs) 23:7a, Holy Scriptures
Character Trait for Today....
SUBMISSION | which is the opposite of | Stubbornness |
Practical Definition: | I follow YÁOHU Ulhím's exclusive plan
for my life knowing that it is only
His plan that will give me real success,
satisfaction, fulfillment and delight.
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Scriptures: | 'Enter through the narrow gate!
For wide is the gate and broad is the road
that leads to doom, and many enter through it.
But small is the gate and narrow the road
that leads to life, and only a few find it.' -
Man-YÁOHU (Matthew) 7:13-14, Holy Scriptures |
Anecdote For Today - Especially Prepared For You....
That is what the Scriptures mean when they say,
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'No eye has observed, no ear has heard,
and no mind has imagined
what YÁOHU Ulhím has prepared
for those who love Him.' -
1 Corinthians 2:9, Holy Scriptures
Given to you in true love and deep humility, 'Ol Shúam'
(in the Name of) YAOHÚSHUA hol-MEHUSHKHÁY - am-nám!
The original really is the best!
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