Promise Fulfilled - May 7, 2014

Scripture: Genesis 20-23

1The Lord kept his word and did for Sarah exactly what he had promised. 2 She became pregnant, and she gave birth to a son for Abraham in his old age. This happened at just the time God had said it would. 3 And Abraham named their son Isaac.4 Eight days after Isaac was born, Abraham circumcised him as God had commanded. 5 Abraham was 100 years old when Isaac was born.
6 And Sarah declared, “God has brought me laughter. All who hear about this will laugh with me. 7 Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse a baby? Yet I have given Abraham a son in his old age!” - Genesis 21
Message:
Every Promise that comes from GOD shall be fulfilled.

Observation/Promise:
GOD's word is filled with every promise. His Promises can be received by one who is seeking HIM. GOD is word Himself and HE created everything through the breath of His word. And when HE gives you a promise, it shall be fulfilled. HE causes the impossible to be made possible because He is the only GOD and He wants to reveal His glory to all the earth. Even the oldest woman on earth can still bear a son when GOD says she will bear a son, so it will be. He usually works in the impossible for if it was easy and possible, then there won't be any need for GOD to act, miracles come from GOD alone.

Application/Command:

Believe every promise that comes from GOD but how do you begin to believe if you have not received, and how do you receive if you have sought? First you need to seek GOD and His word and there HE will give His promises to you. You can be sure of this that any promise that comes from GOD shall be completed and fulfilled in HIS appointed times.

Unfailing Promise of GOD - May 1, 2014

Scripture: Joshua 21-24
43 So the Lord gave to Israel all the land he had sworn to give their ancestors, and they took possession of it and settled there. 44 And the Lord gave them rest on every side, just as he had solemnly promised their ancestors. None of their enemies could stand against them, for the Lord helped them conquer all their enemies. 45 Not a single one of all the good promises theLord had given to the family of Israel was left unfulfilled; everything he had spoken came true. - Joshua 21
8 Rather, cling tightly to the Lord your God as you have done until now. - Joshua 23
13 I gave you land you had not worked on, and I gave you towns you did not build—the towns where you are now living. I gave you vineyards and olive groves for food, though you did not plant them. 14 “So fear the Lord and serve him wholeheartedly. Put away forever the idols your ancestors worshiped when they lived beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt. Serve the Lord alone. - Joshua 24

Message:

Thank you Father GOD, that Not a single one of Your promise will fail for you are a Faithful GOD, the great I am! We may forget but you always remember.
Observation/Promise:

When the LORD is with you, nothing and no one could stand against you. How do we have that blessing for GOD to be with us all the time? When we are obedient to the LORD's commands, when we wholeheartedly follow the LORD and His ways, then GOD will never cease to be with us. Even in our rebellious ways, He will not give up on us that easily, but waits and works gently to bring us back to HIM. HE is not forceful on us, He is gentle and kind.

Application/Command:

Cling to the Lord your GOD as you have done until now. Cling, do not depend on anybody that can help you or save you from your troubles but depend on the LORD alone.

Fear the Lord, do not take His name and Being lightly

Serve the Lord faithfully with all your heart. 

Do not let the idols of your heart that compete with GOD grow and rise up. Know and Understand what it is that competes with GOD in your heart and Put them away forever.

If you do all these things faithfully, you will always experience the unfailing promise of GOD.

Complete Promise - April 30, 2014

Scripture: Genesis 16-19

1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, “I am El-Shaddai—‘God Almighty.’ Serve me faithfully and live a blameless life. 2 I will make a covenant with you, by which I will guarantee to give you countless descendants.”
Instead, you will be called Abraham,[a] for you will be the father of many nations.6 I will make you extremely fruitful. Your descendants will become many nations, and kings will be among them!
7 “I will confirm my covenant with you and your descendants[b] after you, from generation to generation. This is the everlasting covenant: I will always be your God and the God of your descendants after you. 8 And I will give the entire land of Canaan, where you now live as a foreigner, to you and your descendants. It will be their possession forever, and I will be their God.” - Genesis 17
Messsage:

The complete Promise of GOD is the fulfillment of His word.

Observation/Promise:

GOD is a merciful GOD. At this time, Abraham had already laid with Sarah's servant girl Hagar to fulfill the promise that GOD gave to them which is to have a son. But this is not what GOD said, it is through Sarah that Abraham will have a son not Hagar. Inspite of Abraham's sin, GOD comes to Abraham and tells Him to serve Him and be Holy. GOD knows we are not holy on our own but GOD wants us to be Holy by obeying HIS covenant and so His promise comes with a command we ought to follow. Our responsibility is to obey the terms of His covenant.

Application/Command:

GOD is faithful and when He gives us a promise it is always complete. It is complete with giving us all we need to be successful in following GOD. GOD has provided His son Yeshua for us as a sacrifice and His assurance of the promise. We cannot receive the promises of GOD if we do not do our part in the covenant of GOD. Our responsibility is to obey. And we are not perfect just as Abraham was, but when we always cling to GOD, never turning back from Him, He will always be there to save us and equip us so that we can have the victory for the fulfillment of His promise. 

Ask Unlimited - April 24, 2014

Scripture: Joshua 16-20
1 The lot fell to the children of Joseph from the Jordan, by Jericho, to the waters of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that goes up from Jericho through the mountains to Bethel,2 then went out from Bethel to Luz, passed along to the border of the Archites at Ataroth, 3 and went down westward to the boundary of the Japhletites, as far as the boundary of Lower Beth Horon to Gezer; and it ended at the sea.
4 So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance.

- Joshua 16
17 And Joshua spoke to the house of Joseph—to Ephraim and Manasseh—saying, “You are a great people and have great power; you shall not have only one lot, 18 but the mountain country shall be yours. Although it is wooded, you shall cut it down, and its farthest extent shall be yours; for you shall drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots and are strong.” - Joshua 17

Message:
The Inheritance of the Lord towards His people, the fulfillment of His promise, the answer to our asking.

Observation/Promise:
When we ask something from GOD, HE will give to us even more than what we could ever ask or imagine. Because HE is a good GOD and is a loving Father, He will give to us a promise when we ask from Him, for the time that we have to wait for what we have asked for. And when HE gives His word, it is as sure as done because He never backs out on His word. Just like the children of Joseph, they were given what they asked for and even more because they asked.

Application/Command:

Ask and expect from GOD to give, this is an act of faith. Do not treat faith as a matter of play or doubt GOD because GOD is the most powerful being on earth. I am asking GOD for my inheritance of not just land but of houses, of children, of sound health, of successful business, of adventurous vacations, of great positive influence to people around me to the place where He has called me to be. We are only limited by our faith, increase your faith and let GOD do great things as HE is a great GOD! Do not limit GOD. HE is Unlimited!

Righteous - April 23, 2014

Scripture: Genesis 12-15

The Lord had said to Abram, “Leave your native country, your relatives, and your father’s family, and go to the land that I will show you. 2 I will make you into a great nation. I will bless you and make you famous, and you will be a blessing to others. 3 I will bless those who bless you and curse those who treat you with contempt. All the families on earth will be blessed through you.”
7 Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your descendants.[a]” And Abram built an altar there and dedicated it to the Lord, who had appeared to him.

- Genesis 12

14 After Lot had gone, the Lord said to Abram, “Look as far as you can see in every direction—north and south, east and west. 15 I am giving all this land, as far as you can see, to you and your descendants[a] as a permanent possession. 16 And I will give you so many descendants that, like the dust of the earth, they cannot be counted! 17 Go and walk through the land in every direction, for I am giving it to you. - Genesis 13
6 And Abram believed the Lord, and the Lord counted him as righteous because of his faith. - Genesis 15

Message:

Counted Righteous because of Faith.

Observation/Promise:

Walking with GOD is not easy. But it is the most amazing experience in life. There is nothing more fulfilling than to be like that of Abraham to know that everything you are doing in life is mandated and decreed by GOD. No matter what challenges may come your way, you can rely on GOD to rescue you and give you the victory because it is HE who has called you to be there in the first place. GOD will see you through no matter what. Taking on an adventure with GOD is wonderful and it is the only endeavor in life that satisfies the human soul more than anything in this world could ever offer. We are righteous in GOD's eyes when we believe everything that HE says. 

Application/Command:

How do we get the promises of GOD when we are not even seeking Him? To seek GOD is to read His word. We are blessed to have all GOD's promises written down for us in a nutshell called the Bible, but what about Abraham during his time? He had to seek GOD on His own with prayers and then he hears GOD speak to him through words, visions and signs. We already have the word, we just need to open the Bible and read. Seeking GOD is not just reading, it's reading with an expectation of receiving GOD's word into our Spirits. And when we receive a promise, believe, believe with all your heart and do not doubt. GOD will count you righteous when you simply believe. Believe that the Lord Jesus Christ can save you and accept this gift from the Father and you are eternally saved.

Salvation - April 20, 2014

Scripture: Isaiah 12-17
1 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.”
3 With joy you will drink deeply from the fountain of salvation!
4 In that wonderful day you will sing: “Thank the Lord! Praise his name!
Tell the nations what he has done. Let them know how mighty he is!
5 Sing to the Lord, for he has done wonderful things.
Make known his praise around the world.
6 Let all the people of Jerusalem[a] shout his praise with joy!
For great is the Holy One of Israel who lives among you.”

- Isaiah 12

Message:

The Salvation of GOD has been brought to mankind by the person of Jesus Christ.

Observation/Promise:

No matter what situation you are in, GOD's salvation is yours. No matter what problem or trouble a child of GOD is going through, they will always overcome and rise above from it for this is the promise of GOD to those that love Him and belong to Him.

Application/Command:

Sing to the LORD and praise His name You who know GOD and love GOD. Do not be tossed by the problems and trials that you are going through. Trust GOD and His power to Save for He has already saved you through Yeshua Your Mashiach, and He can save you again and again from anything you are going through. He is Your GOD so let His power and works be known to you, experience His greatness. Even if all is not yet well now, you can be sure that in the end you will end up singing and praising GOD for this is GOD's promise to all those that follow and trust Him.

Bring to Remembrance - April 17, 2014

Scripture: Joshua 11-15
10 “Now, as you can see, the Lord has kept me alive and well as he promised for all these forty-five years since Moses made this promise—even while Israel wandered in the wilderness. Today I am eighty-five years old. 11 I am as strong now as I was when Moses sent me on that journey, and I can still travel and fight as well as I could then. 12 So give me the hill country that the Lordpromised me. You will remember that as scouts we found the descendants of Anak living there in great, walled towns. But if the Lord is with me, I will drive them out of the land, just as the Lordsaid.”
13 So Joshua blessed Caleb son of Jephunneh and gave Hebron to him as his portion of land.14 Hebron still belongs to the descendants of Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite because he wholeheartedly followed the Lord, the God of Israel. 15 (Previously Hebron had been called Kiriath-arba. It had been named after Arba, a great hero of the descendants of Anak.)

Message:

Remember the Promise of GOD and ask this of Him.

Observation/Promise:

The LORD has given us many promises in His word. But it's up to us if we truly take it into our hearts and treasure them until it is fulfilled, or just forget them in time. When we understand what is ours from GOD, then we will not be afraid to fight the battles assigned for us. We will even ask this of GOD, because every promise comes with a battle, but the promise is always an assurance of the victory, we will always win. GOD will not promise us something that will make us lose, when it is GOD's will and we have received His very word, we will always win.

Application/Command:

We have to be like Caleb, remembering the promises of GOD and treasuring it in our hearts until we have to remind GOD again and even our leaders of His Promise and allow us to fight the battles that are supposed to be ours because it's result is the promise that GOD has given us in the first place.

With GOD - April 10, 2014

Scripture: Joshua 6-10
26 At that time Joshua invoked this curse:
“May the curse of the Lord fall on anyone who tries to rebuild the town of Jericho.
At the cost of his firstborn son, he will lay its foundation.
At the cost of his youngest son, he will set up its gates.”
27 So the Lord was with Joshua, and his reputation spread throughout the land.
- Joshua 6
1 But Israel violated the instructions about the things set apart for the Lord. 4 So approximately 3,000 warriors were sent, but they were soundly defeated.11 Israel has sinned and broken my covenant! They have stolen some of the things that I commanded must be set apart for me. They have stolen some of the things that I commanded must be set apart for me. And they have not only stolen them but have lied about it and hidden the things among their own belongings. 12 That is why the Israelites are running from their enemies in defeat. For now Israel itself has been set apart for destruction. I will not remain with you any longer unless you destroy the things among you that were set apart for destruction.

- Joshua 7

14 There has never been a day like this one before or since, when the Lord answered such a prayer. Surely the Lord fought for Israel that day! - Joshua 10
Message:
We cannot go against GOD for we will be against everything. It is wise to go for GOD and walk in His will, for If GOD is for us, no one can be against us. 

Observation/Promise:
When the LORD instructs us, we ought to obey and do it right away. We cannot reverse what the LORD has promised us and we cannot back out on when we have vowed to go with GOD. For when we turn our back and rebuild our evil ways that were supposedly set apart for destruction, we will be cursed and eventually destroyed. We only have to move forward with GOD, no matter how fierce the battle, you will not be harmed as long as you stay with GOD and be faithful to Him. There will be many things that will attempt to steal our hearts away from GOD but remember this, no riches or wealth, can ever fulfill what GOD can do in your life. No one can take GOD's place, He alone is to be worshipped and revered. With GOD we will always win.

Application/Command:
What the LORD has destroyed to not built up. Do not be enticed by your old ways of sin and lustful desires. Remove everything that the LORD has told you to remove, set your life apart for the LORD alone. He will not tolerate the slightest of sin, even though He is merciful and compassionate but HE will make sure that no evil will be able to conquer you so take away everything set apart for destruction or else you will be destroyed along with it. 

The Promise - April 1, 2014

Scripture:

3 ‘Wherever you set foot, you will be on land I have given you— 4 from the Negev wilderness in the south to the Lebanon mountains in the north, from the Euphrates River in the east to the Mediterranean Sea in the west, including all the land of the Hittites.’ 5 No one will be able to stand against you as long as you live. For I will be with you as I was with Moses. I will not fail you or abandon you.6 “Be strong and courageous, for you are the one who will lead these people to possess all the land I swore to their ancestors I would give them. 7 Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the instructions Moses gave you. Do not deviate from them, turning either to the right or to the left. Then you will be successful in everything you do. 8 Study this Book of Instruction continually. Meditate on it day and night so you will be sure to obey everything written in it. Only then will you prosper and succeed in all you do. - Joshua 1

Message:

The Promise that comes with a blessing.

Observation/Promise:
In order for us to receive the Promises of GOD, we also have to heed His instructions and obey them. We cannot conquer and win our battles if we are fearing and scared all the time. We cannot hear GOD speak to us, when we are complaining most of the time. We do not give GOD an opportunity to act on our behalf when we are always taking matters into our own hands. We have to give space and a huge one for GOD to execute His power. If we do not believe that He is GOD in the first place, then there's no room to exercise faith. We cannot know GOD unless we have faith because we cannot see HIM, we can only feel and sense Him if our hearts are open.

Command/Application:

Be strong and courageous. Be careful to obey all the instructions of GOD in His word. Study the book of the Law of GOD, meditate on it, do not deviate from it. Obey everything written on it, only then you will be prosperous and successful. Believe that HE is who He said He is. Get to know Him even more by reading His word. Let Him be your only agenda, let Him be your greatest purpose, to love and worship Your creator, to know and testify about His goodness and grace. Experience Him day by day, because He may be invisible but HE is never absent from everything you go through in life. From the moment you wake up until the moment you close your eyes to sleep, He is watching over you thinking always of you, let your thoughts be about Him too.

Trust and Faith in GOD - March 30, 2014

Scripture: Ephesians 1-3
7 By God’s grace and mighty power, I have been given the privilege of serving him by spreading this Good News.12 Because of Christ and our faith in him, we can now come boldly and confidently into God’s presence. 13 So please don’t lose heart because of my trials here. I am suffering for you, so you should feel honored. 16 I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit. 17 Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him. Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong. 18 And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is. 19 May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God. 20 Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think.
- Ephesians 3
Message:
Trusting GOD will somehow require some suffering. We cannot endure suffering for GOD unless He has empowered us to do so.

Observation/Promise:
Christ will make His home in our hearts when we chose to rely and depend on GOD for strength and refuge and not on worldly and humanly ways. It gives Him great honor when our trust is completely upon Him. It's very hard to trust GOD especially when all we can hold on and cling to is His word, His promises, when we are used to relying on earthly things that assure us that everything will be alright. We can only live the fullness of life when we have complete trust and faith in GOD more than anything in this world.

Application/Command:
Put your faith and trust in GOD.Do not rely on other things, let your soul and heart find rest in the word of GOD alone. Treasure His promise to you like gold and silver, cling to it as if it were jewelry in your heart. He is able to do far more than we could ever ask or imagine, just believe that HE only has what is best in store for you. Seek and find refuge in His strength, in His loving arms, and be at rest in His word.

HE is who HE is - March 19, 2014

Scripture: Psalms 146-148
3 
3 3 Don’t put your confidence in powerful people; there is no help for you there.
4 When they breathe their last, they return to the earth, and all their plans die with them.
5 But joyful are those who have the God of Israel as their helper, whose hope is in the Lord their God.
6 He made heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them. He keeps every promise forever.
7 He gives justice to the oppressed and food to the hungry. The Lord frees the prisoners.
8 The Lord opens the eyes of the blind. The Lord lifts up those who are weighed down.
The Lord loves the godly.
9 The Lord protects the foreigners among us. He cares for the orphans and widows,
but he frustrates the plans of the wicked. - Psalm 146
3 He heals the brokenhearted and bandages their wounds.
4 He counts the stars and calls them all by name.
5 How great is our Lord! His power is absolute! His understanding is beyond comprehension!
6 The Lord supports the humble, but he brings the wicked down into the dust.
10 He takes no pleasure in the strength of a horse or in human might.
11 No, the Lord’s delight is in those who fear him, those who put their hope in his unfailing love. - Psalm 147

Message:

Our GOD is great! He is worthy of all Praise! For the many reasons there are, it is because HE is, who HE is!

Observation/Promise:
There is hope and sure assurance when we trust in GOD alone. People may have all the power in the world, but they are limited to the time GOD gave them on earth. He alone has all the power, therefore we should trust and hope only on Him alone. There is much joy for those that hope in GOD, for GOD is perfect, HE will never fail. Even when circumstances are pulling you down, He remains the same and HE is trustworthy of all our hopes and desires. He will fulfill every promise He gave you and even more provides for the needy and poor and those that you don't even care about He cares for them all. He is delighted not on the proud but on the humble, those that fear Him are close to His heart. He will do great things, the miracle that you need can only be found in Him. Your strength in waiting can only be found by Him alone. 

Command/Application:
Trust in GOD, put your hope in the LORD who alone is reliable for everything we have to hope for. HE is worthy of our trust, HE is the unfailing Being. When you have a need, ask this of Him instead of gaining it through human ways. Pray and keep on asking whatever that you need. Hold on to the promise of His word. His word, cling to them. There is no greater assurance in life than the word of GOD and His love for us, for there is no one like HIM. HE is who HE is, forever faithful forever the same. Focus on HIM, do not let circumstances move you, let HiM alone move you, let Him alone have your heart. 

Our Part in Honoring GOD - March 11, 2014

Scripture: Nehemiah 10-13

28 Then the rest of the people—the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, Temple servants, and all who had separated themselves from the pagan people of the land in order to obey the Law of God, together with their wives, sons, daughters, and all who were old enough to understand— 29 joined their leaders and bound themselves with an oath. They swore a curse on themselves if they failed to obey the Law of God as issued by his servant Moses. They solemnly promised to carefully follow all the commands, regulations, and decrees of theLord our Lord:
“We promise together not to neglect the Temple of our God.”

Message:

Our Part in Honoring GOD.

Observation/Promise:

GOD wants to bless us but in return for His goodness, GOD wants us to do our part in honoring Him. GOD has issued commands and decrees for us to follow. Like Honoring our parents and it will go well with us, we have to pay our respect and honor to our parents because they are the people that GOD chose us to be raised with and in return GOD wants them to be happy. Loving GOD first with all of our hearts, because when we love Him first before anything else, it is easy to obey the things He wants us to do. His commands will not be a burden if we love GOD.

Command/Application:
We ought to put GOD first in our lives. We cannot obey GOD or understand HIs ways when we do not put an effort to know Him and love Him. GOD is a person and He wants to be known and loved, just like anyone of us. When we obey GOD, we gain more, we gain blessings, and inheritances, promises from the Lord. When we struggle with obeying a certain command from GOD, we can come to Him and ask for His grace to enable us to obey them. When we obey GOD we will never regret anything in life, He will make sure we will have all we need and more. Our part in Honoring GOD is to obey HIM.

Feb 21, 2014

Scripture:
Zechariah 8-14
6 “This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: All this may seem impossible to you now, a small remnant of God’s people. But is it impossible for me? says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
7 “This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: You can be sure that I will rescue my people from the east and from the west. 8 I will bring them home again to live safely in Jerusalem. They will be my people, and I will be faithful and just toward them as their God. 9 “This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: Be strong and finish the task!
-Zech 8
9 Rejoice, O people of Zion! Shout in triumph, O people of Jerusalem!
Look, your king is coming to you. He is righteous and victorious, yet he is humble, riding on a donkey—riding on a donkey’s colt. 

16 On that day the Lord their God will rescue his people, just as a shepherd rescues his sheep. They will sparkle in his land like jewels in a crown.
17 How wonderful and beautiful they will be! The young men will thrive on abundant grain,
and the young women will flourish on new wine. - Zech 9

12 12 By my power I will make my people strong, and by my authority they will go wherever they wish. I, the Lord, have spoken!” - Zech 10


Message:
The LORD will fulfill His promise to His People.
Observation/Promise:
The Lord wants to do great things for His people, and He is more likely to do that which is impossible for us now because He wants to display His power and glory among His children. The Lord will bring me back to His land of Promise. Even though I feel now that it is impossible for me to go back and live among His people, the Lord has promised this to me and it shall happen. But before I am to return, He needs me to accomplish many things now where I am. There's many things to be done but GOD will fulfill it through the work my hands because He has given me the task and by His grace it will be completed. Yeshua will come back for us soon and on that day HE will rescue us in a time of great trouble, we will sparkle like diamonds because He has made us rare treasures in His land of promise. He will make us strong and He will finish His work and the tasks He has set before us because it is His Spirit that is at work within us. 
Command/Application:
Be strong
Finish the task! Do what needs to be done
Depend on the Lord for strength
Focus and Remind yourself of GOD's promise

Feb 16, 2014 - Holding on to GOD

Scripture:

5 In view of all this, make every effort to respond to God’s promises. Supplement your faith with a generous provision of moral excellence, and moral excellence with knowledge, 6 and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with patient endurance, and patient endurance with godliness, 7 and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love for everyone. - 2 Peter 1

10 So, dear brothers and sisters,[c] work hard to prove that you really are among those God has called and chosen. Do these things, and you will never fall away. 11 Then God will give you a grand entrance into the eternal Kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

9 So you see, the Lord knows how to rescue godly people from their trials, even while keeping the wicked under punishment until the day of final judgment. 10 He is especially hard on those who follow their own twisted sexual desire, and who despise authority. - 2 Peter 2

9 The Lord isn’t really being slow about his promise, as some people think. No, he is being patient for your sake. He does not want anyone to be destroyed, but wants everyone to repent.

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.

17 I am warning you ahead of time, dear friends. Be on guard so that you will not be carried away by the errors of these wicked people and lose your own secure footing. 18 Rather, you must grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. - 2 Peter 3

Message:

Live to please the King so that when He returns we will surely come with Him. The righteous may suffer during their time in the world but GOD will rescue those that belong to Him.

Promise:

GOD's promise will come to pass in time, HE is not slow in fulfilling His promise, HE is just merciful giving time for others to repent. GOD will rescue us from our trials. GOD will give us a grand entrance in Heaven when we have persevered until the end. 

Command/Application:

Make every effort to respond to GOD's promises. Work hard to prove that you are one of GOD's chosen and set apart ones. Make every effort to be living peaceful lives, pure and blameless. Be on guard. Stay in the path, supplement your faith with moral excellence, knowledge, self-control, patient endurance and godliness, brotherly affection and love for one another. 

Prayer:

Abba Yakar, Great and Awesome One! The one who makes all things come to pass. Forgive us O LORD, of our short commings, when we have doubted you and have not endured some trials. We look to you O LORD, You are our salvation, we cannot be strong enough to live godly lives, we need your grace, your power at work in our lives. We depend on Your Holy Spirit, to move and to cause us to will and to act according to Your great purpose for us. Do not allow us to be deceived or be led astray, but keep us strong and blameless just as Your word has promised until the day of Adonai Yeshua, Ha Mashiach Amen!

GOD's Promise is Now

17 She replied, “My lord, you made a vow before the Lord your God when you said to me, ‘Your son Solomon will surely be the next king and will sit on my throne.’ 18 But instead, Adonijah has made himself king, and my lord the king does not even know about it.

29 And the king repeated his vow: “As surely as the Lord lives, who has rescued me from every danger, 30 your son Solomon will be the next king and will sit on my throne this very day, just as I vowed to you before the Lord, the God of Israel.”
31 Then Bathsheba bowed down with her face to the ground before the king and exclaimed, “May my lord King David live forever!”
- 1 Kings 1

When God the King has promised us something in the future, someone or something will always try to overtake it so that GOD's promise will be void, unfulfilled. The enemy may do his thing stopping whatever plan GOD has in store in the future but his works remain useless because the devil can never win against GOD. We just need to remind GOD the promise HE had spoken to us, we need to remind ourselves each day of His great promises because this will determine our destinies. We need to be just like Bathsheba during the time when King David's promise to her seemed to be unclear because someone by the name Adonijah set himself to be the next king of Israel.

What do you do when you are threatened by the enemy where it seems like GOD's promise are about to fail? Like Bathsheba go to the King, we go to GOD our King and remind Him the promise He has spoken in our lives. But in order for us to remember GOD's promise, we need to remind ourselves of it so when we are threatened, we can come before GOD and remind Him "Didn't you vow to me?" and GOD will renew His promise to you. Be prepared for GOD just might already make His promise come to pass to you now. For when GOD had given you the promise, it is already considered done. GOD's promise is not bound by time. GOD's promise is now.

Sharing the Victory

21 Then David returned to the brook Besor and met up with the 200 men who had been left behind because they were too exhausted to go with him. They went out to meet David and his men, and David greeted them joyfully. 22 But some evil troublemakers among David’s men said, “They didn’t go with us, so they can’t have any of the plunder we recovered. Give them their wives and children, and tell them to be gone.”
23 But David said, “No, my brothers! Don’t be selfish with what the Lord has given us. He has kept us safe and helped us defeat the band of raiders that attacked us. 24 Who will listen when you talk like this? We share and share alike—those who go to battle and those who guard the equipment.” 25 From then on David made this a decree and regulation for Israel, and it is still followed today.

- 1 Samuel 30

When the LORD gave the victory to David, losing not a single thing from his camp when his enemies captured their valuables and family's, David was as humble as he could be. When some trouble makers refused to share their victory to their other brothers who couldn't fight alongside with them because they had no strength left, David rebuked them saying "Don't be selfish!" For David understood that whatever they had was given by GOD and not by their own strength and might. 

When we pray for something and fight for what GOD has given us, we ask others to pray with us and fight with us into that which we are believing GOD for. But when others have lost the strength to fight with us, we should not condemn them for not being able to sustain their strength for GOD alone can give the strength to people according to HIS will. Let us not ridicule others for being weak or faint hearted but we have to share the blessings and victories that GOD has given us with them because this will surely encourage them and strengthen in their battles in the future. Remembering that if we don't give up the faith, the LORD will not fail or disappoint us but HE will always deliver what HE said HE will do. So share your victories so that others will be victorious in their walk too.

Don't Move Ahead

4 Then the Lord said to him, “No, your servant will not be your heir, for you will have a son of your own who will be your heir.” 5 Then the Lordtook Abram outside and said to him, “Look up into the sky and count the stars if you can. That’s how many descendants you will have!” 6 And Abram believed the Lord, and the Lord counted him as righteous because of his faith.

- Genesis 15:4-6
2 So Sarai said to Abram, “The Lord has prevented me from having children. Go and sleep with my servant. Perhaps I can have children through her.” And Abram agreed with Sarai’s proposal. 3 So Sarai, Abram’s wife, took Hagar the Egyptian servant and gave her to Abram as a wife.
- Genesis 16:2-3

The LORD when HE gives a promise HE gives it abundantly. GOD has promised Abraham not just a son to be his heir but He promised Abraham many descendants, grandsons and great grandsons and even more as many as the stars in the sky! And when Abraham believed GOD without a doubt, GOD was pleased with him and because of his faith, GOD saw him as righteous.

But something went wrong. Abraham's wife Sarah didn't fully believe GOD's promises to them. In fact, she said "The LORD has kept me from having children." How can she say such a thing when they already have a promise from GOD? She beleived a lie that was not from GOD but from the great enemy. Even though she still didn't see GOD's promise at that time, it didn't mean GOD was never gonna do it. She lacked trust in the Great Giver and so she made sure GOD fulfill His promise by exerting effort on her own by letting her servant sleep with her husband. This alone was a result of impatience and lack of trust. And Abraham even though HE beleived GOD's promise, was convinced with his wife and therefore slept with Hagar. When we have a promise from GOD, we need to remember to stand firm in GOD's promises so that we don't move ahead of GOD and inherit problems instead of inherit HIS great promises in our lives.

Move with GOD

Caleb said to Joshua, “Remember what the Lord said to Moses, the man of God, about you and me when we were at Kadesh-barnea. 7 I was forty years old when Moses, the servant of the Lord, sent me from Kadesh-barnea to explore the land of Canaan. I returned and gave an honest report, 8 but my brothers who went with me frightened the people from entering the Promised Land. For my part, I wholeheartedly followed the Lord my God. 9 So that day Moses solemnly promised me, ‘The land of Canaan on which you were just walking will be your grant of land and that of your descendants forever, because you wholeheartedly followed the Lord my God.’
10 “Now, as you can see, the Lord has kept me alive and well as he promised for all these forty-five years since Moses made this promise—even while Israel wandered in the wilderness. Today I am eighty-five years old. 11 I am as strong now as I was when Moses sent me on that journey, and I can still travel and fight as well as I could then. 12 So give me the hill country that the Lord promised me. You will remember that as scouts we found the descendants of Anak living there in great, walled towns. But if the Lord is with me, I will drive them out of the land, just as the Lord said.”
...14 Hebron still belongs to the descendants of Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite because he wholeheartedly followed theLord, the God of Israel.

- Joshua 14

The story of Caleb is a great example of faith and application. He lived what he believed. He believed that GOD would give Israel His promise to them even though it was hard to believe. He and Joshua were the only ones who truly followed GOD and so GOD kept His promise by giving Caleb the strength and vitality of a young man so that after 45 years, after 45 years since the LORD gave HIS promise, Caleb was able to claim the Promises of GOD by acting out in faith. When GOD gives us a promise, we have to our part, we just not only believe HIS promises, we also have to remember HIS promise, we have to remind GOD of it, we have to ask GOD of it and we have to act out on it. It takes a lot of strength to have the faith of Caleb and Joshua. But it takes a child like heart to have child like faith like these men. It also takes a lot of patience to wait for the fulfilment of HIS promise because what GOD promises now may be fulfilled 50 years from now or a year from now. We have to understand and know GOD's season in our lives so that we are able to move with GOD in every season in our lives. 

Breaking Faith

51 The reason for this is that both of you broke faith with me there among the people of Isra’el at the M’rivat-Kadesh Spring, in the Tzin Desert; you failed to demonstrate my holiness there among the people of Isra’el. 52 So you will see the land from a distance, but you will not enter the land I am giving to the people of Isra’el.”
Deuteronomy 32: 51-52

When it is our responsibility to build up our faith, walking with GOD day by day, devoting time to GOD, reading His word and obeying Him, it is also possible to break faith with GOD. Whether we stop reaching out to GOD not taking to time to be with HIM or even when we read His word, the words can just pass us by without any effect on us when we have broken faith with GOD. It is a terrible think to break faith with GOD. It is like Moses, a great leader of GOD who led Israel out of Egypt and led them to the promised land. But somewhere along the way, Moses faith was also being tested as much as the Israel's faithfulness to GOD was being tested. Moses broke faith when he did not obey GOD to speak to the rock when GOD told him to so that fresh water would come out of it. He got so frustrated with the Israelites complaining, he hit the rock twice and water still went out. But GOD's will was supposedly to display His power thru Moses by letting water flow from the rock with just a command from Moses mouth.

In human eyes, it is a very small thing for Moses to do so that it caused him to break faith with GOD and disqualified him from having the very thing he worked so hard to get into, entering the promised land of GOD for Israel. How can this great leader even fail even when he was regarded by GOD as the most humblest man on earth and the only human HE spoke to face to face more than anyone that lived on earth other than His Son Jesus. If a great leader such as Moses could fail to have that very thing which HE led people to have, how much more ordinary folks like us should not take our faith with GOD lightly for fear that we might be disqualified from having HIS promises. We are all being tested. These are days of testing. Even Jesus was tested in the wilderness as Moses was. There are lots of promises awaiting for us in Heaven, but there are promises we can enjoy now here on earth. WIll GOD find us faithful? May we never break faith with the Great One.