Memorial - April 7, 2014

Scripture: Exodus 13-16
3 So Moses said to the people, “This is a day to remember forever—the day you left Egypt, the place of your slavery. Today the Lord has brought you out by the power of his mighty hand. (Remember, eat no food containing yeast.) 4 On this day in early spring, in the month of Abib, you have been set free. 5 You must celebrate this event in this month each year after the Lordbrings you into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites. (He swore to your ancestors that he would give you this land—a land flowing with milk and honey.)6 For seven days the bread you eat must be made without yeast. Then on the seventh day, celebrate a feast to the Lord. 7 Eat bread without yeast during those seven days. In fact, there must be no yeast bread or any yeast at all found within the borders of your land during this time. - Exodus 13

13 But Moses told the people, “Don’t be afraid. Just stand still and watch the Lord rescue you today. The Egyptians you see today will never be seen again. 14 The Lord himself will fight for you. Just stay calm.” - Exodus 14
Message:
A milestone is a day to remember forever the day of GOD's breakthrough and miracle in our lives. As He has promised, He will fulfill more than what we asked.

Obeservation/Promise:
When GOD hears, He will surely act on the prayers of your heart. Like when the LORD answered  the cries of the Israelites when they were oppressed by the Egyptians, the Lord not only sent Moses, but He had already prepared every miracle that was about to take place in the eyes of His people and the Egyptians. HE is GOD and there is no Other, He wants to make that clear to everyone, He wants to make Himself known to people. He wants us to remember what HE did because humans easily forget and take for granted everything that GOD has done for them. We have to do our part by reminding ourselves through these feasts that GOD has done a great thing in the past and HE will surely do greater things in the present and in our future. HE has always been involved, orchestrating everything in our lives, according to His plan and purpose. 

Application/Command:
We need to stick close to GOD. We have to draw nearer to Him and understand His will on earth and understand what GOD wants us to do in relation to His plan and purpose. We need to act with GOD, He has a role for us to play. We have to work with GOD and be one in mind, heart and Spirit with Him. 
When He answers the prayers of our hearts, we ought to always remember it, we ought to make a memorial out of it so that we never forget that it is GOD who brought us this far. That is why we have to remember the feast days of GOD appointed by Him. We have to celebrate it so that we will always be reminded that HE is a great GOD and HE is present in our lives. Remembering the days of GOD will enable us to be strong and courageous, to not be shaken by troubles, the next time new trials will come our way. It will teach us to trust and rely on the great One who has made all things possible.

Belong to GOD Feb 23, 2014

Scripture: 1 John 1-3
15 Do not love this world nor the things it offers you, for when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you. 16 For the world offers only a craving for physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see, and pride in our achievements and possessions. These are not from the Father, but are from this world. 17 And this world is fading away, along with everything that people crave. But anyone who does what pleases God will live forever. 18 Dear children, the last hour is here. You have heard that the Antichrist is coming, and already many such antichrists have appeared. From this we know that the last hour has come. 19 These people left our churches, but they never really belonged with us; otherwise they would have stayed with us. When they left, it proved that they did not belong with us. - 1 John 2
10 So now we can tell who are children of God and who are children of the devil. Anyone who does not live righteously and does not love other believers does not belong to God.
21 Dear friends, if we don’t feel guilty, we can come to God with bold confidence. 22 And we will receive from him whatever we ask because we obey him and do the things that please him. - 1 John 3
Message:
Make it a point to belong to GOD, not in the world. 
Observation/Promise:
When you belong to GOD, you do not belong to the world. You act differently as the world acts and think differently than how the world thinks. Everything about the world is contrary to GOD's ways and His will. So do what pleases GOD and be faithful to what GOD has called you. The time is very near of the day of your Lord Yeshua's great return. So live each day as if it was your last and know GOD's will for your life, make sure to walk in His will for you so that when He returns, HE will find you always following Him and He will take you up along with His Saints in the great day of the Lord. 
Command/Application:
Cleanse yourself everyday by asking for forgiveness of Adonai Yeshua and asking for His blood to cleanse you of every sin. Everyday make it a point to be right before GOD. Do not love this world or the things of this world because it is fading away. Live for GOD, conform your heart to His will for your life, conform your life to the Word which gives life. Stand firm in the truth. Love other believers. Strip away every guilt by asking for His forgiveness and Come boldly before GOD, ask for His will to be done in your life and always be prepared for the day of His return.

Heart's Delight

“If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath,
From doing your pleasure on My holy day,
And call the Sabbath a delight,
The holy day of the Lord honorable,
And shall honor Him, not doing your own ways,
Nor finding your own pleasure,
Nor speaking your own words,
14 Then you shall delight yourself in the Lord;
And I will cause you to ride on the high hills of the earth,
And feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father.
The mouth of the Lord has spoken.”

- Isaiah 58

There is a day that the LORD requires should be dedicated to Him, to honor Him, by making this day a delight, a day of rest from all the toiling that is ever done on earth. This day was given to the jews as the Shabbat. But during this modern world, it may not be possible to never do a little work during Saturdays because a lot of people work during Saturdays. It doesn't have to be a Saturday, but GOD does require a day in one week, no matter which day that is to honor Him with not just simply not doing any work but to worship Him and enjoy quality time with Him.

God's to those that make Him a priority in their lives by allocating one day in one week to Him is the extreme satisfaction that one can have with Him. One will experience great pleasure being in the stillness and quietness of GOD's presence. The GOD of Israel will grant those that love Him to acquire and inherit the blessings of Jacob His chosen one. GOD will cause you to ride on the high hills of the earth, to travel far and wide enjoying His blessings, His favor, His grace. All this just for a heart's delight found truly in GOD. But first comes obedience to His command which is to set aside just one day in a week.

On That Day

In that day you will sing:
“I will praise you, O Lord!
You were angry with me, but not any more.
Now you comfort me.
2 See, God has come to save me.
I will trust in him and not be afraid.
The Lord God is my strength and my song;
he has given me victory.”

With joy you will drink deeply
from the fountain of salvation!
- Isaiah 12:1-3

Our days on earth are filled with trials, troubles, sorrow and tribulation. But for those who belong to the LORD, there is always hope because GOD is always faithful to those that trust in His love. No matter how dark there will always be light in every difficult situation because HIS word has promised a day for singing songs of praise for salvation. In that wonderful day, we shall praise GOD and understand that His discipline was for our benefit. We shall sing His worship because He has comforted our weary souls.

GOD Almighty, never grows tired and weary, He will never give up on us and when we are ready to surrender everything to Him, He will come to save us the moment we cry out to Him. His ears our open to our pleas day and night, He is watching and waiting for us to reach out to Him. GOD is the only strength that we can draw upon. His unfailing love fills our hearts with songs of worship. He alone enables us to be victorious because HE is in control of everything. On that day, our hearts will ring with joy, we will be satisfied from the waters of salvation,Yeshua, the Son of GOD our salvation.

The Day

11 Since everything around us is going to be destroyed like this, what holy and godly lives you should live, 12 looking forward to the day of God and hurrying it along. On that day, he will set the heavens on fire, and the elements will melt away in the flames. 13 But we are looking forward to the new heavens and new earth he has promised, a world filled with God’s righteousness.
14 And so, dear friends, while you are waiting for these things to happen, make every effort to be found living peaceful lives that are pure and blameless in his sight.

2 Peter 3:11-14

What is the day of the LORD? It is the day when all things hoped for in faith, the promise of the return of Jesus, the coming judgement for all things under heaven, the creation of the new heavens and new earth and every single thing GOD has spoken about in the Bible shall come to pass. Everything GOD has created will be destroyed but why? Because HE wants to make a new begining, so that we can live in a new heaven and a new earth. Some of us are scared for that great day to happen but for some of us, we look forward to that very day when He will undo every wrong that has been done by human failure. If you have an intimate relationship with GOD, then your highest desire is for the day of the LORD to come to pass, because you know that there's nothing else more beautiful in this world than to be with our loving and almighty Creator King.

Do you fear for the world to end? Then you are one of those that have not secured their Spiritual being. Yes we do things to increase certain areas in our lives, we work hard for our wealth, we eat good food for our health, we plan and follow through for our career, we plan to achieve our dreams, we chase our dreams for our success, but only few are those that do things and invest for their Spiritual well being. If you want to have the greatest security any man could ever have other than life insurance. Then seek GOD and follow Him. Do what HE says, love GOD with everything within you, with all your heart, soul and energy. So that while waiting for His great day, you are able to prepare yourself by living a pure and blameless life before HIS eyes. How do we know that we are living a pleasing life before GOD? We will know by our peace. When we do not fear anything at all, we truly understand we are under HIS control and we do not fear how we will die or how the world will end, but will be excited to be with the greatest lover of our souls and Savior of our lives - King Jesus, Yeshua Ha Mashiach.