Encounters with Yahuah December 2015

Encounters with Yahuah December 2015 Yeshayahu (Isaiah) 6:1-8 1 In the year that Sovereign Uzziyahu died, I saw יהוה sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and the train of His robe filled the Hĕḵal. 2 Above it stood seraphim. Each one had six wings: with two he covered his face, with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. 3 And one cried to another and said, “Set-apart, set-apart, set-apart is יהוה of hosts; all the earth is filled with His esteem!” 4 And the posts of the door were shaken by the voice of him who cried out, and the house was filled with smoke. 5 And I said, “Woe to me, for I am undone! Because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips – for my eyes have seen the Sovereign, יהוה of hosts.” 6 And one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a live coal which he had taken with the tongs from the slaughter-place. 7 And he touched my mouth with it, and said, “See, this has touched your lips; your crookedness is taken away, and your sin is covered.” 8 And I heard the voice of יהוה, saying, “Whom do I send, and who would go for Us?” And I said, “Here am I! Send me.” Isaiah has the right attitude when he is in the midst of the throne. He is able to gaze upon the beauty of Yah instead of focusing on the everyday life happening around him. He is convicted within himself after the seraphim cry out Set apart, set apart, set apart is the יהוה of hosts! The door posts begin to shake and he comes into the reality that he is in the midst of the most powerful and set apart Being imaginable. He comes with a broken and contrite spirit saying woe is me !! He does not try to hide his sins from a set apart Yah, but admits that he is a man of unclean lips and that he has seen the KING, the יהוה of hosts. He is shaken with set apart reverent fear of Yahuah, because of this he not only lives, but the seraphim come and purge away his sin with a "live coal" from the altar. Before this he was speaking unclean things, now he has had this encounter and has been made ready to be a messenger. He has opened himself up fully to a set apart Elohim, been purged of his sins, and has a listening ear and when Yahuah says whom shall I send? Who will go for Us? He has been made ready for his mission and hears the voice of Yahuah and is able to answer it saying, "Here I am send me." Then Ruach Ha'qodesh begins to deposit into him and a Spiritual download begins.

What marriage is supposed to be- learning from my mistakes August 2010

What Marriage is supposed to be:

1 Corinthians  7:1-9 10-16

Marriage is supposed to be a covenant between two individuals for a life time.  This is why when two people get married, they recite their vows and say until Death do us part.  See in today’s world marriage is more like dating;  it is not a true covenant where no one would dare to break it.   

Marriage is a holy ceremony between a man and a woman,  that is right it is only designed to be for a man and a woman, not a woman and a woman or a man and a man.

Marriage is supposed to be to bring forth children, not as a reaction to being with child.

In 1 Cor 7  The people of Corinth were asking Paul the apostle in their previous letters how they should be living their lives, how they should behave as believers new and mature.

This is the same attitude that we should have in this day and age, to be willing to ask those in a godly-leadership role, how we ought to live our lives.

Well we’ve all probably at least  heard of the Ten Commandments, but all the Ten Commandments talks about on this subject is to not commit adultery, well how do you know if you’re committing  something if you don’t understand the true meaning of it.

The heart behind this chapter is in response to chapter 6 where Paul urges the people of Corinth to flee sexual immorality.   

That is why v 1 in chapter 7 talks about it is good for a man to not touch a woman, nevertheless because of sexual immorality, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.

Our God is so smart in this:  He realizes how weak and broken and sinful we are.  He knows that we were designed to be attracted to the opposite sex, but He also understands that we cannot see such beauty and restrain ourselves forever, so He gave us marriage.

Now don’t think of marriage as an excuse because it is not.  The foundation of marriage is supposed to be love and trust, not lust and money or good looks.  

What marriage is supposed to look like:

V 3 Let the husband render to his wife the affection due her, and likewise also the wife to her husband.  V4  says The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. And likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does.

V 10 Now to the married I command, yet not I but the Lord: A wife is not to depart from her husband. V 11 But even if she does depart, let her remain unmarried or reconciled to her husband. And a husband is not to divorce his wife.  V 12 But to the rest I , not the Lord say: If any brother has a wife who does not believe, and she is willing to live with him, let him not divorce her.  V 13 And a woman who has a husband who does not believe, if he is willing to live with her, let her not divorce him.  V14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband; otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.  V 15 But if the unbeliever departs let him depart; a brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases.  But God has called us to peace.  V 16 For how do you know, O wife, whether you will save your husband?  Or how do you know, O husband, whether you will save your wife?  

In this is world, this is not how we are taught.  We are taught that hey if you don’t get along anymore or “love grows cold” just get a divorce.  

The only two circumstances where divorce would be permitted are where abuse is involved and also if an affair has occurred in the marriage.  

You might be asking yourselves why I would be telling you about this now because you are but only youth, but I tell you these things and will keep telling you these things on different occasions to prepare you and help raise you up to how God wants you to live and not how the world wants you to live.

Divorce is a terrible, terrible act.  

God created us to become one flesh, not to become one flesh and then be ripped apart 5, 10, 15, or even 20 years later.  

My parents were divorced when I was 8 years old and it rocked my world.   I always felt most of my childhood afterwards that it was my fault that they got divorced.   It was so bad in the beginning that I had to go to an outpatient therapy facility because my anger was so out of control.

Most of you maybe your parents are divorced or are thinking about divorce.  Maybe  you to feel like it is your fault, and I want to tell you right now, that it is not your fault.  The good news is though that even though you cannot change your past or decisions that other people made for you in life.  You can change your future for the better.

God works in mysterious ways, because of my parents getting divorced and my father not being there for me pretty much ever I learned what not to do when I grew up.  I learned that I shouldn’t yell at my wife or be so busy with work that I never spent time with my family.  

Through these painful experiences I came to know our loving savior Jesus Christ.

I came to know that He truly is the Father to the fatherless like His word talks about.

He gave me a desire to help others, to prevent divorce from happening and to also help rehabilitate those who are going through and have gone through it.

I just want to let you know that The Devil is a liar and the father of lies, and that your parents choices are not your fault.  There is nothing you could’ve done to save that marriage.  It wasn’t your grades or behavior or anything that you did or did not do that cause your parents to part.

Pray with me now.  Dear Jesus  please forgive me for my self-hatred that I have been harboring in my life.  I ask you to heal my broken heart and make me whole again.  This void of not having both parents in my life, I ask you to fill it with your Holy Spirit.  Jesus I thank you that you truly are the Father to the fatherless.  Help me to learn more about you and how to be like you every day.  Amen.

God's Plan and Timing-3/24/2015

                                                                GODS TIMING AND PLAN

5There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the division of Abijah. Hiswife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. 6And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless. 7But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well advanced in years.

8So it was, that while he was serving as priest before God in the order of his division, 9according to the custom of the priesthood, his lot fell to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord. 10And the whole multitude of the people was praying outside at the hour of incense. 11Then an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing on the right side of the altar of incense. 12And when Zacharias saw him, he was troubled, and fear fell upon him.

13But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zacharias, for your prayer is heard; and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John. 14And you will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth. 15For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink. He will also be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb. 16And he will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God. 17He will also go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, ‘to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,’ and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”

18And Zacharias said to the angel, “How shall I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife is well advanced in years.”

19And the angel answered and said to him, “I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God, and was sent to speak to you and bring you these glad tidings. 20But behold, you will be mute and not able to speak until the day these things take place, because you did not believe my words which will be fulfilled in their own time.”

Why did God shut the mouth of Zacharias ?

Luke 1:13-15

                The angel of the Lord Gabriel showed up to Zacharias saying “Your prayers have been heard and Elizabeth  will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John. V 14 And you will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth. V 15 For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink.

But Zacharias questions the messanger angel of the Lord saying “How shall I know this ? For I am an old man, and my wife is well advanced in years.”

No.1

                Zacharias and Elizabeth had obviously been praying for a child

It is mentioned in their introduction in verse 7 But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well advanced in years.

No.2

                Zacharias goes to the temple of the Lord to worship and minister before the Lord becuase he is a priest.  He is of the tribe of Levi.  The tribe set apart to be close to God and His presence and to minister to the Lord on behalf of the children of Israel.

                He is there worshiping God and going about his priestly duties and then all of a sudden God decieds to show up by sending His messanger the angel Gabriel. 

                God is sending him there to give Zacharias great news that his prayer has been heard and the great things that his son will do for God.

               

13But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zacharias, for your prayer is heard; and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John. 14And you will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth. 15For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink. He will also be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb. 16And he will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God. 17He will also go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, ‘to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,’ and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”

Zacharias’ reaction

                The only thing in that moment that Zacharias can think about and say is “How shall I know this ? For I am an old man and my wife is well advanced in years.” 

                How shall I know this ?!

We all might be thinking Zacharias how shall you know this ?!  I don’t know a good start might this is what you have been praying for and now God has sent the angel of the Lord Gabriel to tell you that your prayer has been heard.

Well God instead remains calm and the angel Gabriel answers Zacharias with how he will know this:

                V19 And the angel answered and said to him; “I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God,  and was sent to speak to you and bring you these glad tidings. V 20 But behold, you will be mute and not be able to speak until the day these things take place, because you did not believe my words which will be fulfilled in their own time.”

So to answer the question of why the angel Gabriel had to make Zacharias mute until these things came to pass:

                God could not and would not take the chance that Zacharias’ attitude and lack of faith that would he and Elizabeth had prayed for would get in the way of what He had planned.  See this was so much bigger than just bringing Zacharias and Elizabeth a son, but who he was to become in God’s plan.

God would not take the chance that Zacharias unbelief would cause problems with the pregnancy and that he would speak the doubt and unbelief so much that it would effect John’s outcome.

                                                                                                                                                     

The Lion King February 2016

The Lion King

David anointed King of Judah

I Samuel 16:4-13

So Samuel did what the LORD said, and went to Bethlehem.  And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, “Do you come peaceably?”

5 And he said, “Peaceably; I have come to sacrifice to the LORD.  Sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice.”  Then he consecrated Jesse and his sons, and invited them to the sacrifice.  6 So it was, when they came, that he looked at Eliab and said “Surely the LORD’S anointed is before Him!” 7 But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at his physical stature, because I have refused him.  For the LORD does not see as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, the LORD looks at the heart.”

11 And Samuel said to Jesse, “Are all the young men here?” Then he said, “There remains yet the youngest, and there he is, keeping the sheep.”  And Samuel said to Jesse, “Send and bring him.  For we will not sit down till he comes here.”  12 So he sent and brought him in.  Now he was ruddy, with bright eyes, and good-looking.  And the LORD said, “Arise, anoint him; for this is the one!” 13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers; and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward.  So Samuel arose and went to Ramah.

David persecuted and life threatened by Saul

I Samuel 19:9-10 Now the distressing spirit from the LORD came upon Saul as he sat in his house with his spear in hand.  And David was playing music with his hand.  10 Then Saul sought to pin David to the wall with the spear, but he slipped away from Saul’s presence; and he drove the spear into the wall. So David fled and escaped that night.

David flees to Gath

I Samuel 21:10-15

Then David arose and fled that day from before Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath. 11 And the servants of Achish said to him, “Is this not David the king of the land? Did they not sing of him to one another in dances, saying: ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousand?” 12 Now David took these words to heart, and was very much afraid of Ashish the king of Gath. 13 So he changed his behavior before them, and pretended madness in their hands, scratched on the doors of the gate, and let his saliva fall down on his beard.

David returns to Judah to take his rightful place as king

I Samuel 22: 5 Now when the prophet Gad said to David, “Do not stay here in the stronghold; depart, and go to the land of Judah.” So David departed and went into the forest of Hereth.

Simba: Nala
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Simba: Is it really you?

Nala: Who are you?

Simba: It’s me. Simba

Nala: Simba??  WHOA!

WHO ARE YOU?

What a profound question in life. 

Simba had an identity crisis.  He wasn’t fulfilling his purpose in life.  His purpose in life and his destiny was to be king.

The story starts out great and glorious:

Simba is an eager young prince who just can’t wait to be king.  He is very prideful and naive. 

He doesn’t even realize that his own Uncle Scar has tried to get him killed twice.

The foreshadowing event happens when Simba is speaking with Mufasa about whether he would always be there for him and Mufasa tells him about the circle of life.

How the great kings of the past look down on us from the stars; foretelling his own eventual death.

Simba has no idea that it will happen within a few days, he thinks it is many years down the road.

It ends up happening because Scar uses Simba as bait and then causes a stampede in which Simba gets caught up in.

His father Mufasa comes to rescue him and does so successfully, but as he is trying to save himself he asks his brother for help.

His brother Scar instead digs his claws into his paws and releases violently sending Mufasa falling to his death.

Simba goes to try and wake his father up, but unable to do so he begins to cry for help.

No real “help” came, only his Uncle Scar who deceives him into believing that he killed his father.

This causes Simba to become frightened as to what would happen to him if everyone found out what he had done.  Scar tells him to “run away and never return”

Simba does just that he begins to run and run and run away from his home and future kingdom in Pride Rock because he is afraid of the consequences if everyone found out that he was the cause for Mufasa’s death.

He runs into two friends Timone and Pumba who teach him a new philosophy in life “Hukuna Matata” they teach him that he doesn’t have to face or worry about his past and that he can live a worry-free life.  They teach him that he has to put his past behind him instead of facing it.

It isn’t until Nala his old childhood friend happens to run into him that he has to face his past.  She sees him and he knows her name, but she doesn’t recognize him because he was alleged to be dead.

She asks the profound question “Who are you?”

She also asks him “What are you doing here?”

She is the first person to tell him that he has to come back and wait until your mother hears about this.  But all he could think about was running from his past, which was based off of the lie that he was responsible for Mufasa’s death.

She reminds him that none of that matters now and that He is the rightful king since he is alive.

He is blinded by his past though and thinks that Scar told everyone the lie that he killed his father, so he is reluctant to go back.

Immediately Simba has to come to terms with who he is now and who he was destined to be.

He denies that he is the king and declares that his uncle is the king.

Sometimes bad things happen and there’s nothing you can do about it.  Hakuna Matata

She lets him know that it is his responsibility to go back to Pride Rock and that he is the rightful king.

He has a conversation with himself and his father blaming himself for his death.

Then Simba asks Rafiki who are you?  And Rafiki says the question is Whooo... are you?

I thought I knew now I am not so sure

Well I know who you are.. starting singing crazy song

Enough already what’s that supposed to mean anyway?

It means you are a baboon and I am not.

I think...you’re a little confused.

Wrong! I’m not the one who’s confused: you don’t even know who you are.

Oh and I supposed you do?

Sure do; You’re Mufasa’s boy..... Bye!

Father

Simba, you have forgotten me.

No. How could I?

You have forgotten who you are, and so have forgotten me.  Look inside yourself Simba.  You are more than what you have become.  You must take your place in the circle of life.

How can I go back?  I’m not who I used to be.

Remember who you are, You are my son, and the one true king.

He finally decides to return and to face his past, his Uncle Scar, and take his rightful place as king.