THE MALE AS PROVIDER!!!!

Genesis Chapter 1










Today we are walking in: The Male As Provider!!!!!







Today we look to the word-GIVE-H5414 nathan-- to give, grant, permit, ascribe, dedicate, pay wages, entrust, give over, deliver up, yield produce, report











The Torah testifies...............




Deuteronomy 3:18




And I commanded you at that time, saying, The LORD your God hath given H5414 you this land to possess it: ye shall pass over armed before your brethren the children of Israel, all that are meet for the war.













The prophets proclaim..................




Isaiah 40:29




He giveth H5414 power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.










The writings bear witness...........................



Psalm 84:11




For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give H5414 grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.







The Male as Provider and Protector




Yah Has Given Men the Ability to Provide for and Protect Everything He Has Entrusted to Their Care.




The two dominion assignments of provider and protector are interrelated because they work together to enable a man to secure himself and those who are under his care.




The Male as Provider




In Genesis 2:15, Yah gave the male the assignment of work: “The Most High Yah took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it.” As we saw earlier, work was given prior to the fall of man. It is not a curse; on the contrary, it is a great blessing. Genesis 1:28 says that Yah blessed the male and female and gave them dominion over the earth. He blessed them in all their dominion assignments—including work.




Work was given to the male (1) to advance the purposes of Yah, (2) to bring the male fulfillment while using the skills and abilities Yah has given him, and (3) to enable the male to provide for his own needs as well as the needs of those for whom he is responsible. In an earlier teaching, we learned that a male‘s first priority is to remain continually in Yah‘s presence. It is through worship and communion with Yah that the man receives his life‘s vision, vocation, and work. Some men have forgotten that worship takes precedence over work. When your work interferes with your worship, you cease to fulfill the purpose of a real man.




Created to Provide




Man was given work before the woman was created. This means that before a man needs a woman, and before he is ready for marriage, he needs work. He needs to find out what Yah is calling him to do. Then he can use his vocation and work to provide for his future wife and children.




Note that Yah never told the woman to work. Now, don‘t get nervous. You say, ―But society has progressed. Women want to work in jobs outside the home. There is equality. Sometimes you can have ―progress without real advancement. What are some of the symptoms of both men and women working outside the home? We‘re experiencing them right now. We have bigger houses, but fewer real homes. Husbands and wives are so busy that they end up like ships passing in the night. We have more furniture, but no one is sitting in it because people have no time to come together as families. Our children‘s beds are empty because they‘re out doing drugs. Parents aren‘t taking the time to mentor them. We have nicer cars, but they are being used to take family members to separate destinations instead of bringing them together. You can say anything you want, but we have to carefully reconsider the expectation that women should work. We have to turn things around in our society.




Yah gave the man, not the woman, the responsibility for being the main provider of the family. A woman is supposed to marry someone who is already able to provide. This is very important. If you look at the Old Testament Scriptures, the way in which Yah‘s people married indicates what Yah instructed them to do regarding matrimony.




If a man was interested in a woman, he didn‘t go to her to get engaged. He went to her parents—more specifically, to her father. The resulting marriage contract included specific arrangements for the woman‘s provision. The father would establish the standard of living that the man would have to provide for his daughter before he would allow her to leave his household. The prospective groom would have to show that he could meet this standard, or he would have to earn the money before he could have her hand in marriage.




Sometimes this took years. Remember the story of Jacob? He was engaged for seven years, but he ended up working fourteen years for Rachel. How many of you could make it through an engagement of that length? Let me tell you how easy it is to be engaged for seven years. Just have a contract like that. You‘d be so busy earning that money, you wouldn‘t have time to get into any trouble. A woman also wouldn‘t have to worry about her husband leaving her. If he‘d spend seven years without her, working for her, he‘d be more likely to spend seventy years with her, working for her.




There is much we can learn from this system. We might not want to return to everything about it, but the point is that males must fully understand the importance of their being responsible for providing for their wives and families.




Some women are locked into providing because they didn‘t meet a provider; they met a schemer. Certain men are with women because the women have good jobs—and the men want to be supported by them. They don‘t want to be the providers they were created to be.




Many women who are working today don‘t really want to work full time outside the home. Women going to college and having careers has been a positive change in many ways. Women need to be able to develop their talents and abilities. However, they should be able to do so with joy, not stress. Many women are juggling so many things today—career, home, family—that working a job can be a tremendous strain on them and the rest of the family. Some women are stuck in dead-end jobs rather than fulfilling ones because they feel the family needs the money they provide. They‘re not working at what they would really like to do. In addition, when women start having children, work doesn‘t usually retain the same priority with them. When their first baby comes, they want to be at home to care for him or her. They forget their work and the people at the office. Many women are now saying openly that they want to be homemakers. They want to have time to care for their husbands and children.




I know there are certain men reading this section who are becoming uncomfortable and discouraged. They‘re not lazy—they‘re just going through hard economic times. I understand how you feel. You don‘t want your wife to work, but right now you need two incomes to make ends meet. Or right now you‘re trying to find a job. Don‘t be discouraged. We won‘t always be able to change our financial circumstances overnight. We just need to move toward the ideal by beginning to turn things around. You can tell your wife, ―Sweetheart, you‘re working now, but my goal is to make enough money so you don‘t have to work. I will start working on it right now.




Designed to Provide




Now, since a male was created to work, he was also designed to work. He has an inherent need for it. Many women wonder how a man can work all day and all night and then some. A wife may say, ―Leave that job and come home, and her husband will answer, ―Just let me finish this. She‘s thinking about the food on the table that‘s getting cold. ―Come home now. ―Yes, baby, but let me finish this one thing. What does this tendency say about him? It says that he derives satisfaction from completing his work—from ―conquering a task. Many men will tell you they feel that way about their jobs.




A Provider Plans and Prepares




A provider finds a way to supply the needs of his family. He makes preparations to fulfill his responsibilities. This means that in order to find a good job, a man may need to explore career options, go back to school, or get additional training.




A provider also plans ahead. The problem with many men today is that they operate in crisis mode. They wait for financial problems to come to them instead of sitting down and planning for the needs of their families five or ten years in advance. A provider anticipates needs before they arrive. A loving husband is always thinking about what his wife is going to need tomorrow, and he plans for it today.




This is the kind of Husband that Yahusha is for His bride, the Ekklesia. Before you or I were created, He prepared for our salvation. He is “the Lamb that was slain from the creation of the world” (Rev. 13:8). Yahusha made arrangements for our need because He cares deeply for us. He anticipated and met our need before it arose. That is what caring is all about.




If a man‘s planning nature isn‘t guided by the Spirit of Hamachiach, it can become destructive rather than constructive. That‘s when you see men planning crimes and taking advantage of women. They plan these things out—sometimes for a long time. They usually don‘t just happen.




The Needs of a Provider




Built into the male‘s desire to work and provide is his need to give. We learned earlier that the male was designed essentially as a giver and the female essentially as a receiver. The male needs someone to receive what he has to give. If he has no one to give to, this affects how he feels about himself as a man. Many women today think of themselves as independent, but they need to learn to receive from their husbands, fiancés, or boyfriends. They need to learn what it means to men to be able to give to them—and they should allow them to do it. Being a provider can sometimes be just a role for some men, but giving is a function related to a male‘s design and need.




Yah designed the male to gain satisfaction from both working and providing. When he‘s able to do these two things, he‘s a happy man. If you want to undermine a man‘s nature, then provide for him instead of letting him provide. That may sound strange, because some men just want to loaf. But most men aren‘t like that. If a wife tells a husband he doesn‘t need to buy her groceries, that she doesn‘t need him to do anything for her anymore, she‘s dealing a blow to an essential part of his being.




If you are a women who is educated and has a good job, you need to be careful. You may be tempted to say—or at least to imply—to your husband, ―I don‘t need you or anything you have. You‘re lucky I married you. You don‘t know how this affects him. The man is designed to be a provider; therefore, no matter how much money you earn, make sure you keep encouraging him as a provider. Do it in a way that he doesn‘t even know you‘re doing it. Then let him bless you with what he gives you. Whenever a man feels like he isn‘t providing, you will probably have an unhappy household.




Many women don‘t understand the mental, emotional, and spiritual effect that losing a job has on a man. They cannot fully understand, because they are not designed to be providers; they are designed to be producers. When a man loses his job, it‘s as if his life has fallen apart. Some men actually end up losing their minds after they lose their jobs. Why do they have such an extreme reaction? It‘s because it‘s not just a job to them. It‘s their means of providing. One of their purposes for being has been taken away from them.




When a man thinks, ―I can‘t provide, he sometimes skips town. Some men can‘t handle that kind of pressure, so they run from responsibility. Maybe the man has six kids and can‘t feed them. He feels useless; he feels like a failure, so he leaves. We call his behavior neglectful or irresponsible. Although this behavior is wrong, we must realize that the man is dealing with something internal that he may not understand, something fundamental to his being.




Suppose a man calls his wife and says, ―Sweetheart, I have some bad news for you. I just got laid off from my job. This is how some women would react: ―I‘m not surprised. You haven‘t been able to hold a job for the last six months.




As a matter of fact, ever since I married you, I‘ve been carrying the family. What has she done by saying this? She has just made his bed somewhere else. He feels humiliated and unwanted. He doesn‘t want to go home to that. Instead, she should say something like, ―Well, honey, Yah says that He‘s our Source. I‘ve always believed that if Yah made you my covering, He‘ll provide for you so you can provide for us. As a matter of fact, I love you for who you are, not because of the things you buy me. Hello? Are you there?




―Yes, honey, you just make me so proud to have you as my wife. You make me feel so much like a man. I‘ll be home in five seconds. When he arrives, she can greet him at the door and say, ―Sweetheart, job or no job, you‘re the best thing that ever happened to me. You want to see a man go get a job the next morning? Whatever he can get, even if it‘s sweeping the streets, he‘ll do it. What did his wife do for him? She restored his confidence. She gave him honor and elevated him as the head of the home all in one sentence. And now she has a provider who will continue to provide.




The Male as Protector




When Yah told Adam to take care of the Garden (Gen. 2:15), He was telling him, in effect, ―I put you in the Garden not only to work and cultivate it, but also to protect it and everything in it—including the animals, the plants, and the woman I will create. You are a protector.




Created to Protect




The male is like Yah‘s ―security guard. When he shows up, everyone is supposed to feel protected and safe. Remember that the atmosphere of Yah‘s Garden is His presence. Therefore, Yah essentially told Adam, ―Protect the Garden, but also the presence that is in it. Don‘t let anything disturb My presence here. It is up to males to maintain Yah‘s presence—whether they are at their homes, jobs, or any other place in society. They are to be protectors.




I can hear some men saying, ―I can‘t wait until I get married so I can practice what he‘s teaching. Don‘t wait until then. In 1 Corinthians 11:3, Paul said, “The head of the woman is man.” This means that a man doesn‘t need to be married to be responsible for women. Start being the protector of every female who comes into your presence, because you were created to be responsible for her.




Any women should feel safe with you when you understand that your purpose is to protect and guard her and to lead her into the things of Yah. What should happen if a woman comes to you destitute, broken, depressed, sad, and vulnerable, and she confides in you? The spirit of protection should come upon you. Lead her straight to Yah. Show her Yahusha. Then exemplify His character by treating her in a fatherly or brotherly way. Men, when you are dating, you don‘t protect a woman by throwing away your own armor. You don‘t take her for a drive at night and park in a secluded place. Keep the lights on bright. Keep the tape playing the Word of Yah. Keep the conversation in the light.




It takes a real man to keep his hands to himself. That‘s true strength. A man once said to me, it‘s so tough living right. ―Why? ―All those girls, mmm-mmm. They have those short skirts and high boots and bikinis. It‘s hard working in a hotel. You don‘t understand. It takes a stronger man to say no to all that than to fall for it. Any weak man can allow his hormones to run his life.




Now, when a woman gets married, her husband becomes her protector, as her father was. Because of her nature, she needs the covering of protection. The male is to provide everything for her: security, covering, resources, counsel, the comfort of knowing that he‘s there for her.




A man‘s wife and children are supposed to feel totally at peace in his presence. As soon as he shows up, everything is in order. When they hear his voice, everything is alright. When a daughter gets hurt, her father‘s presence makes her feel better. When a son goes away to college, becomes homesick, and feels as if his life is falling apart, he can call his father and hear him say, ―Son, it‘s going to be okay. Suddenly everything comes into place because Dad spoke a reassuring word. When a wife becomes frustrated or emotional about what‘s happening in the family, her husband can say, ―Yah says He‘ll be here for us, and I will be here for us, too. That‘s a man‘s responsibility.




Designed to Protect




A male is a natural protector. Through these attributes, he is designed to protect everything he is responsible for:




1. Physical strength




2. Logical thinking




3. A sense of territorial protectiveness




4. A drive to excel or ―ego




1. Physical Strength




The male‘s bone structure and upper body strength is designed to defend, protect, and guard. Now, even if a man isn‘t tall or extremely muscular, he seems to have inner physical resources that enable him to defend. A man‘s wife should be able to run to him any time trouble comes. ―Only 102 pounds, but that‘s my man. If you touch me, he‘ll have your head.




The safest place for a woman should be in the arms of her husband. Yet one of the saddest things I‘ve seen is men abusing their strength. Instead of using it to protect women, they use it to destroy them. When I think of a man hitting a woman, my whole body turns into a boiling pot of indignation. Yah gave him muscles to protect her, not to hurt her.




Paul said that a man should love his wife as Hamachiach Yahusha loves His Ekklesia: as his own flesh. Can you imagine Yahusha slapping His Ekklesia? I have a little recommendation to all men who are tempted to physically abuse women: any time you feel like slapping or hitting them, do the exact thing to yourself first. After a couple of hits, you won‘t hit anybody. Any man who beats a woman is abusing his Yah- given faculties.




The other day I counseled a forty-year-old man who was sexually abusing his thirteen-year-old daughter. Here‘s this man, with all his strength, abusing a girl who is his own flesh. She can‘t cry out or fight because he‘s too strong for her. He‘s supposed to use his strength to protect her from the very thing he‘s doing. Sometimes males wonder why so many women have problems with men. It is because a man‘s strength is frightening to them. They grew up seeing this strength being used against them or their mothers—instead of for them, as it was intended to be used.




2. A Logical Thinker




Second, Yah created the male as a logical thinker. This enables him to face difficulties and danger with a clear mind and without emotional distractions, so that he can find solutions to these problems. How does he exercise this logical thinking?




A male scrutinizes. He checks out people and things before making a decision about them. For example, men usually don‘t join a community right away. They will sit in the back and observe. They will examine things to see if what‘s going on is real. They will wait to see if the pastor is genuine. Women accept things more quickly, but men scrutinize.




A male also analyzes. To analyze means not only to see something, but also to try to interpret what it means. A woman will see a healing and say, ―That‘s a miracle, but a man will say, ―Miracle? I don‘t think she was sick at all. She was just sick in her mind. He analyzes things. That‘s just the way men are.




Third, a male is very precise in his planning. A man will look at something and plan how he will approach it. Women can be spontaneous, but men will consider things and say, ―If I go in there, I have to make sure this is okay.




Fourth, a male thinks of consequences. ―When I do this, I can do that, or ―If they do that, I can do this. He looks at opportunities, results, and outcomes of actions.




When a man loses his job and can‘t pay the mortgage or other bills, he shouldn‘t fall apart and go drinking, use drugs, or run away. Yah intended a real man to be able to look at life‘s challenges squarely in the face and make a plan of action. ―Well, let‘s see what size this one is. Good. I can knock this one off. It will take three weeks, but I‘ll do it. ―This other one isn‘t too bad. In three months we‘ll work on that one. ―Well, now, for this one, we‘ll have to go to the bank and make some arrangements for smaller payments so we‘ll have more time to deal with it.




The logical thinker was built to handle tough things. A man looks trouble in the face and says, ―No problem. He speaks with confidence because he‘s logical, and his logic is based on Yah‘s Word.




3. Territorial Protectiveness




Males exhibit a fighting spirit, which was given to them by Yah to protect and defend those for whom they are responsible. Yahusha said, “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem,...how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings” (Matt. 23:37). When does a hen cover her chicks? When there‘s a threat. She opens her wing, covers them with it, then starts kicking with her foot. She is saying, ―Don‘t you touch my chicks. That‘s how Yah feels about His people. Likewise, a man has the spirit of a hen who is under pressure and threat of danger, and who is going to fight.




Yahusha exhibited a strong, protective nature when speaking of the Ekklesia. He said, in essence, ―If anyone offends My bride, if anyone tries to take My children away from Me, it would be better for him if he tied a rope around his neck, put a stone on the other end of the rope, walked down to the ocean, and jumped in. It would be better for him to do that than for Me to get My hands on him. (See Matthew 18:6.)




A man has a spirit in him that says, ―I have to protect what is mine. He talks in terms of ―my wife, ―my house, and ―my car. This possessive attitude isn‘t negative in itself; it‘s from Yah. However, when it is not submitted to its purpose, it is often used to overpower or control others. For example, a man might end up ruling his wife as if she‘s his property. A man like this doesn‘t want anybody to even come near his wife. If he just imagines that she might be unfaithful, he goes into a rage. Why? He doesn‘t want anybody interfering with his territory. Some men will actually kill their wives for infidelity, even though they themselves have been unfaithful for years.




They don‘t understand their purpose, so they abuse it.




Some young men don‘t know what to do with their spirit of possessiveness and competition, so they end up forming gangs and competing against other neighborhoods. They are aggressive against others who don‘t wear the same hat or jacket they do. They need strong male role models who can teach them what to do with their territorial protectiveness.




Yahusha got angry many times, but His anger was aimed at ungodliness and hypocrisy. The Bible says, “For this purpose the Son of Yah was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil” (1 John 3:8 KJV). Men aren‘t supposed to fight against other men, but against the spiritual forces that try to steal what Yah told them to protect. They are to compete against the sinful nature and Satan, not flesh and blood. A real man has righteous indignation. He is protective of that which is holy. He safeguards what is good.




Nothing in the world can bless a man like feeling responsible for his family‘s safety. For instance, something happens within him when he can provide his wife and children with a house. He has kept them safe from the elements. He‘s built a place for them, and he feels proud. ―My house is only two rooms, you know, but it‘s my house. When a man provides his wife with a car, and the car breaks down, he feels instantly protective. He can‘t stand to think of her out there in the elements, and he immediately goes and takes care of the situation.




You wouldn‘t imagine how much it hurts a man to feel as if he has no part in protecting his wife and children, to feel as if he‘s just visiting in his own home—eating and sleeping there but not contributing to his family‘s welfare. It is important for men to participate in solving family problems. When something happens in the home or to the children, a wife should tell her husband. Why? He needs to fulfill his dominion purpose as protector.




His wife needs to encourage him in this purpose. Suppose a man opens a door for his wife but she says, ―That‘s okay, I‘m liberated. She has just insulted his protective nature. Now, because of the way male-female relationships are changing in our societies, men don‘t know whether they should open a door for a woman or not. They‘re confused, so many have stopped doing it altogether. Sometimes men need to be reminded of their assignment. You tell the women what they should do in this situation.




Some men have lost sight of their responsibility to protect to such an extent that they check on their investments more often than they check to see if their families are all right. These men are using their natural gift of protectiveness, but they‘re using it on the wrong objects. A man should call his wife every day, making sure everything is okay. ―Is anybody bothering you? He should also call to see how his children are doing, so they can know their father is there for them. A man‘s spirit of territorial protection is to be used primarily to safeguard his family and others under his care.




4. A Drive to Excel or “Ego”




Finally, Yah gave the male what psychologists call ego. I like to call it a drive to excel. The man‘s ego is simply a spirited attitude of not wanting to be beaten. Yah gave him this attitude to help him overcome obstacles in life. Nothing makes a woman prouder than to see her mighty man of valor standing against the odds. Every male is supposed to have this spirit. When he doesn‘t, he‘s not fully functioning.




A male always wants to outdo. This is one reason men are so competitive. Sports are more attractive to males than females because they provide a release for this drive to excel. For example, many men have a basketball team that they call their own. Maybe it‘s the Lakers or the Bullets. These men don‘t play on those teams, practice with them, or even watch them work out, but they relish the competition they represent. A man may never have visited Los Angeles, but when the Lakers win, he‘ll have a celebration. He never played basketball in his life, but he‘s as proud of their accomplishments as if he were part of the team himself.




A man isn‘t meant to release his drive to excel just on the basketball court. There are men who can shoot a three pointer, but who don‘t bring up their children to rely on the Most High. There are men who have all kinds of sports trophies, but who haven‘t learned to take their drive and channel it properly through the Word of Yah, using faith to feed it. The mark of a man who knows Yah is, ―I know I can make it, and nobody can stop me.




So ego, in itself, is not a bad thing. Having a drive to excel is good because it‘s part of a man‘s equipment for leadership. When a man has to bring his family through a difficult situation, he‘d better have some ego. He‘d better believe in himself to the point that he can say, ―This thing can‘t overcome me. My Yah will supply all my needs. He can be confident because He trusts in Yah‘s provision. He can be strong because He believes he is everything that Yah says he is in Hamachiach. That‘s the definition of a redeemed ego.




Ego needs to be built on the Word, but when it has been corrupted by sin, HaSatan uses it to tempt men to connive, scheme, and even kill one other. That‘s not what Yah intended. Yah gave men a drive to excel so they be good examples for their children of how to be faithful during tough times. Yah gave men ego so they can constantly come forth with more motivation and more hope for life‘s battles—to be able to keep moving when everything and everyone else quits. A wife whose husband has this drive to excel can say, ―It doesn‘t matter what happens out there. He‘s not going to fold up. So you lose your job. Your ego should be so big that you walk back home and say, ―I got laid off today, but that must mean Yah has something better for me.




Men, no matter how difficult your life becomes, I want you to know you have what it takes to handle it. Yah designed you to come through storms and to work out problems. He has given you everything you need to be a man of Yah. He has given you His own Spirit. In the Bible, the men who trusted Yah were full of hope. They always knew they were going to come through. Yah has given you wonderful ability, strength, and spiritual weaponry to protect and guard everything He has entrusted to your care.




Commit to Becoming Yah’s Man




Men must understand that they are responsible for their purpose assignments. The whole revelation has to hit you: ―As a male, I am a visionary, leader, teacher, cultivator, provider, and protector. Being the male that Yah designed you to be means all these things.




A male doesn‘t decide to work—he‘s designed to work. He doesn‘t decide to teach—he‘s required to teach. He cannot decide to protect—He is wired to protect. There is no fulfillment without satisfying your purpose. My prayer is that you will commit to becoming the man Yah created and designed you to be so that you will experience lasting fulfillment in your relationship with Yah and in all your human relationships. “See to it that you complete the work you have received in the Most High” (Col. 4:17). Work on becoming a complete man of Yah, and you will be a blessing to yourself, your family, and the world.




Principles




1. The male was created to be the provider of his family.




2. Work was given to the male (1) to advance the purposes of Yah, (2) to bring the male fulfillment while using the skills and abilities Yah has given him, and (3) to enable the male to provide for his own needs as well as the needs of those for whom he is responsible.




3. Man was given work before the woman was created. This means that before a man needs a woman, and before he is ready for marriage, he needs work.




4. Yah gave the man, not the woman, the responsibility for being the main provider of the family.




5. A husband won‘t always be able to immediately change his financial circumstances so that his wife doesn‘t have to work. He just needs to move toward the ideal by working toward this goal.




6. Since a male was created to provide, he was also designed to provide.




7. A provider anticipates needs before they arrive. He plans, prepares, and makes provision for these needs.




8. Built into the male‘s desire to work and provide is his need to give.




9. The male was created to be the protector of his family and everything else for which he is responsible.




10. In 1 Corinthians 11:3, Paul said, “The head of the woman is man.” This means a man doesn‘t need to be married to be responsible for women.




11. Through these attributes, a male is designed to protect everything he is responsible for: (1) physical strength, (2) logical thinking, (3) a sense of territorial protectiveness, and (4) a drive to excel or ―ego.




12. Yah has given men the ability, strength, and spiritual weaponry to protect and guard everything He has entrusted to their care.

WELCOME TO THE NEW YEAR 5781!!!!!

Deuteronomy chapter 19







Today we are walking in: Welcome To The New Year 5781!!!!







Today we look to the word-ENLARGE-H7337 rachab--to be or grow wide, be or grow large; to be widened, be enlarged













The Torah testifies...............





Deuteronomy 19:8




And if the LORD thy God enlarge H7337 thy coast, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, and give thee all the land which he promised to give unto thy fathers;












The prophets proclaim..................





Isaiah 54:2






Enlarge H7337 the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes;











The writings bear witness...........................







Psalm 119:32




I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge H7337 my heart.




The Year Pey & Aleph! 5781




So as we know 80 is pey which is mouth..and Aleph is one.




This would be the first number or letter of the Hebrew alphabet which is Aleph. It is a silent letter. The letter Al-eph is the father of the Alph-bet.It is the beginning of the alpha-bet its original pictograph is the ox which represents leadership strength and endurance. The Ox is one of the faces of Yah in the Book of Ezekiel. So this will be the year of Leaders who will be asked to put on the face of the ox and lead with strength & endurance..Leaders with the ability to plow and pull burdens.




In this decade of the mouth we are in a long prophetic season. The timing of this season which I believe to be the next 9 years Yah is going to speak…He wants to use your mouth..




Unlike last year, it was and still is the war of words between light and darkness, the media, in politics, in homes etc.. …this year, the Word of The Most High will take down false gods and principalities over this nation, over the church and over our lives. Why because Yah is about to widen our mouths and silence our cursing.




Numbers are important to Yah..of course, Because everything he does has a time and a timing to be fulfilled. the Word is filled with numbers..All of time is encompassed within Him. He is the Aleph and the Tov. The beginning and last. The time line of His divine economy is in His hands. Everything that Yah has fore ordained in His time plan is coming to pass through Hamachiach.




Ex. Daniel 8…13 & 14. A conversation in heaven going on between 2 Holy ones (angels) about the timeline of the vision. When its going to take place and be fulfilled?




The angel of numbers knew and yet the other did not. But theirs a time line in heaven for all events to unfold. these dates are not according to man but Yah! So why do we as Believers honor these feasts..The feast of trumpets today! Yah’s feasts aligns us to meet with Yah according to His timeline and he tells us when this is to take place and to join Him. Lev. 23. we align with Yah not Yah aligning with us. If we align ourselves with Yah, we will be spiritually awakened and prepared for what He has planned in this coming year. This will be the year that Yah’s people will become silent about their own doings & there own words and they will widen their Mouth to speak of Yah and Yah’s word. .




Exodus 4: 10-15 A year of Yah interrupting our lives, doing something new..can be going back into something old..Moses had to go back to Egypt the place he fled..But he went back a changed man with the anointing of Yah on His life. So we never know where Yah is going to take us…but it will be different..because The Most High is sending you..




But Moses pleaded with The Most High, “O The Most High, I’m not very good with words. I never have been, and I’m not now, even though you have spoken to me. I get tongue-tied, and my words get tangled.”Lets look at The Most High’s response…Who do you think is the creator. Don’t you know I understand how you speak.




Yah is so mighty that He can even call the mute, deaf, and blind to do His work. Moses’ perceived inadequacies didn’t matter at all. Does Moses really think Yah made a mistake here?Yah is sufficient for us, no matter what real or imagined inadequacies we have.




He corrects him with a rebuke a reminder of who he is speaking too! He doesn’t take his excuses…Don’t you know that I know how I made you…stop cursing yourself with your unbelief…




Silence your mouth. Now therefore Go..enough of your excuses, enough of cursing yourself..silence your mouth. Silence cursing yourself out of your mouth…




Go: depart, proceed, move, go away




vs. 13. He finally shows his real heart..send someone else. I don’t want to go.




vs. 14 So the anger of The Most High was kindled against Moses: Yah was not angry when Moses asked, “Who am I?” (Exodus 3:11). He was not angry when Moses asked, “Who should I say sent me?” (Exodus 3:13). He was not angry when Moses disbelieved Yah’s Word and said, “suppose they will not believe me or listen to my voice” (Exodus 4:1). He was not even angry when Moses falsely claimed that he was not and had never been eloquent (Exodus 4:10) – but Yah wasangry when Moses was just plain unwilling because of his own unbelief and possibly the rejection of the past.




The Most High said I will be with your mouth!




pey- mouth (as organ of speech) blowing




root: Pa-a to cleave in pieces, break into pieces, shatter, dash in pieces. Our words will carry with it a breaker anointing.




I am going to put my words in your mouth…I will be with your mouth. Every weakness you have I will be with to strengthen you. When Yah’s Word is in your mouth then Yah’s Word is in your heart…and when Yahs Word is in your mouth then Yah is with you..it is his Word that will blow and shatter and break into pieces.




Teach you what you need to say. I am going to teach you what to say to your situation, what to say at prayer, what to say to the unbeliever, teach you what to say to your boss, spouse, to your children.




Teach: to shoot arrows, to flow as water. to speak, declare, converse, command, promise, warn, threaten, sing




to do: to do, fashion, accomplish, make




1 (Qal)




1 to do, work, make, produce




1 to do




2 to work




3 to deal (with)




4 to act, act with effect, effect









yes this is the year of the widen mouth..only because it will be His word that will come out of our mouths like an arrow at the circumstances that you are in. Arrow at your circumstances of your marriage, job, children, business, at this nation. However Yah is leading you…get rid of the excuses. We need to silence our mouths in looking at our deficiencies. And let Yah teach us and let Yah be with our mouths this year.








Good-Buy 5780




On sundown the 13th of March 2020, we will enter a New 5781 Hebrew New Year.




5780 Reflection




5780 was not just another year. It’s the letter “Pey” year. It is shaped like a mouth Hebrew Letter Pey - Pictograph, and the meaning of it is “to speak, to blow, word, speech, breath.” It is not the silence that brings reality into being, but the words we speak which change things around us.




As you know because of COVID-19 there was a try to stop us speaking. Actually, the enemy hated and dreaded so much of 5780 that he tried to shut us up, wearing masks, not socialising. But in spite of all the turmoil, Yah was and is still in control.




We can talk a lot about how bad the year was, but Yah is good and He wants us to look at 5780 as the year of revaluation.




We can look back and see what our mouths spoke during those few months. Were our words filled with faith? Sadly, we were bombarded with “bad mouth” news.




You probably have heard so much rubbish and negativity in the news, in social media, at homes.




Yes, lessons have to be learnt. The way we did things before have to change. Over the years we devalued ourselves or our achievements. 5780 was the year when there was a moment to stop, to think, to change the course and then to hold a course for success and prosperity. Our lives had to readjust. During 5780 we had to revalue ourselves, our lives, our future.




In spirit, I see the ship is changing its course. The Most High is preparing us for something greater than it was. Are we ready to sail into 5781 with confidence that The Most High is going to do great and mighty things in our lives and the lives of those who do not know Yah… yet?




5781 – What Is Yah Saying?




What is Yah saying concerning this coming year 5781 or 2021?




We are still taking the letter “Pey” into 5781. Why? Because the letter “Pey” represents 80. There are two letters we have to pay close attention to: the letter “Pey” or number 80 and the letter “Aleph” or number 1.




There are a few points which The Most High is highlighting for the New Year:




1. Boldness to Speak




In Joel 2:28 The Most High says that in the last days He will send His Spirit on all men and they will speak Yah’s Word.




The Most High is raising up men and women of Yah in these last days who will be very bold to speak the Word of Yah. The timidity has to leave. Maybe you are timid thinking that you are not very good with words. Moses did that. Do you remember? “O The Most High, I’m not very good with words. I never have been, and I’m not now, even though you have spoken to me. I get tongue-tied, and my words get tangled.” (Exodus 4:10)




Paul said to Timothy these words, “For Yah has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline.” (2 Timothy 1:7)




The Most High is encouraging timid and fearful. He is encouraging those who think nobody would listen to them but it’s not the words which save, but it’s the Spirit of Yah Who is behind the words Who saves.




It is the Holy Spirit Who gives you mighty power. It is the Holy Spirit Who gives you love for people. It the Spirit of Yah Who can fill your “Pey” or mouth with the words of grace, healing, hope, wisdom, encouragement, affirmation and comfort.




2. There will be New Faces – New Leaders




People who Yah is raising up are going to be new to a world community. You will see some known leaders will step down, some will pass away, and the new leaders will rise up. I see them as servants of Yah but then given much higher responsibilities. I am not just talking about a Hebrew community. It will happen globally.




I still wonder what would be like if Moses decided to do what The Most High asked him to and speak to the rock? Would Joshua be still in the shadow of Moses?




The Most High does not want you to be in the shadow of a man. He wants you to take a lead. And there will be many who will step out of their comfort zone and do that. What about you?




3. You are Never too Old




You are never too old to start a new thing. Moses was 80 years old who was called to lead the children of Israel out of Egypt.




So, there are no excuses. You are not too old and it’s not too late for anything. 5781 is not just an invitation to young people. It’s for those who are willing to step into their calling.




According to WHO statistics, the life expectancy was increased by 5.5 years between 2000 and 2016 and it will continue to increase. Yah knows what He is doing. He is increasing human life expectancy and He has got the reason behind it.




The date of your birth does not determine your future and what you can or you can not do. You can be 80 but be as fit as a 25-year-old. Yah’s plans are always perfect and the depths of Yah’s wisdom and knowledge can never be measured! (Romans 11:33) His plans for you are far beyond your imagination. Do not put the limits on your life, on your dreams, on yourself.




There will be leaders who are in their 80s, and people will accept that fact as normal.




4. Supernatural Healings Will Increase




The letter “Pey” also represents Yah’s mouth. It is Yah Who was in the beginning and Who spoke the world into existence.




There will be more people whose mouths will be like Yah’s mouth. In Psalm 107:20 it is written, “Yah sent His WORD and HEALED them, and delivered them…” (Psalm 107:20) – this will start happening more and more.




Yah’s people will be Yah’s mouth and when they speak, people will be healed and delivered. There will be no need to travel long distances to touch someone. The words which will be sent forth from another corner of the world are going to produce fruit.




5. Strength from Yah to Lead




The letter “Aleph” or number 1 in pictograph looks like an ox Hebrew Letter Aleph - Pictographand it represents the strength and power of Yah. It’s only in Yah we can find strength and power to do things.




Last year was about the mouth, but this year The Most High is adding His strength which will enable us to do His will. Yah’s words and His strength and power are coming together.




Maybe in 5780 you prayed, you spoke and you did not see results? You probably felt tired of fighting seeing nothing in return. In 5781 you will have the strength to start and accomplish what The Most High has put in your heart.




Moses had the sign of strength and you will have the sign of Yah’s strength this year.




Moses took the burden to free people from the oppressor. This year The Most High is giving you the strength from above to carry the burden and free yourself, your family and people at your job or communities from the oppressor.




6. This is the Reset – The Beginning




Yesterday we tested our fire alarm. The whole building was buzzing, beeping, making the loud sound until we clicked the reset button.




5780 was like that fire alarm, the year of buzzing, beeping. It was the year when people were given time to think and revalue in order to reset things and unlock their new future and new possibilities.




5781 is the beginning of something new. We are building our lives with The Most High. The foundation was laid in 5780 by us speaking the word of Yah into our lives, into the situations. But this year we start building on that foundation and as I mentioned before we have strength from above to do that.




7. Warfare is Still There




Adding 8 and 1 give us the number 9 or the letter “Teth”, which reveals good and evil. It looks like a basket Hebrew Letter Teth - Pictographand also looks like a snake around the basket. So, the snake is still around. You need to be aware of the enemy, but not to be afraid of him.




The provision is released, but the enemy wants to steal the provision. We need to humble ourselves before Yah; stand up to the devil and resist him. (James 4:7)




The Letter “Teth” also tells us to surround ourselves with people who have faith. We have to be very careful who is around us. Are we in the group which talks behind people’s backs? Or are we in the group which thinks how they could see more healings on their streets?




Get away from negative group gatherings. During the warfare, you do not need the negativity around you. On the contrary, you need those who can take you to your mountain. “Give me this mountain”, said Caleb. You have got mountains to take. There is no time for negativity.




Number 1 or letter Aleph represents Yah. Last year, you had to use your mouth to speak into your future, but this year your words and Yah’s words are coming together. The letter Aleph connects heaven to earth. Yah is connecting the words of life you spoke in 5780 with His words this year.




8. You Will Have Protection of Yah




The letter “Teth” also talks about protection. There will be flowing protection over you in 5781.




You should not fear the future or the evil schemes of HaSatan. The Most High is promising His protection over you.




Will 5781 be an easy year? No. After the reset is not easy to start over again. It’s like a new journey, moving to a new house or to a new country. You need time to adjust, to find a job, to unpack the boxes, find new friends, new community, learn on the job.




When you know the path which you take every day, everything becomes so familiar. You even can close your eyes and imagine all the turns you make. You know all the dangers and how to avoid them. On the new path, there are still unknown things to you. But when you start walking, you start learning.




“Do not be afraid,” The Most High is saying to you. In the midst of difficulties, The Most High will be your refuge and shield. He will be the light unto your feet and He will protect you from downfalls.




9. The Meaning of Numbers 5, 7, 8 and 1




Now we are going to look at each number or Hebrew letter.




Number 5 = Letter Hey looks like a man with raised hands Hebrew Pictograph of Letter Hey, which represents Yah’s creative power.




Number 7 = Letter Zayin represents a plow Hebrew Pictograph of Letter Zayinand it means weapon, sword and nourishment.




Number 8 = Letter Chet represents a wall Hebrew Letter Chet - Wall, and it means separation.




Number 1 = Letter Aleph represents an ox Hebrew Letter Aleph - Pictograph, and it means strength, leader.




So here is the summary of these 4 letters:




Prophetic Word for 5781 Hebrew New Year or 2021

Yah who is the creative power and Who is the beginning of all things has given you the burden for the people and He is encouraging you not to look backward to your past, but keep plowing and continue being useful to Yah’s Kingdom realm.




For the weapons of your warfare are not carnal, but mighty through Yah. (1 Cor. 10:4). It is energised with the divine power which will bring healing, nourishment, food to people. It will dismantle all the false defenses behind which people hide, and give them the new hope and restoration of all things.




At this hour you must come out of gatherings where there is unbelief, separate yourself from those who have bad influence on your life and present yourself as the living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to Yah. Yah has commissioned you to represent Him and in the meantime The Most High will protect you and guard your heart from evil.




You are appointed by Yah to lead and He will empower you to do that. He will renew your strength because you put your hope in Him. The words you speak are the words of wisdom. They are like deep waters that spring from within, building up those who have the desire to learn and live a different life.




Do not be weary doing good. Remember that The Most High will reward you for the good you do.




Prayer Over You From Psalm 121




And I would like to finish with the prayer from Psalm 121, which is the key Psalm for October 2020 month:




“The Most High is your true help and protection, Who made the heavens and the earth. He will guard and guide you, never letting you stumble or fall. Yah is your keeper, He will never forget nor ignore you. Yah will never slumber or sleep; He is the Guardian-Yah for His people, YOU.




Yah Himself will watch over you; He’s always at your side to shelter you safely in His presence. He is protecting you from all danger both day and night.




He will keep you from every form of evil or calamity as He continually watches over you.




You will be guarded by Yah Himself. You will be safe when you leave home and safely you will return. Yah will protect you now, and He’ll protect you forevermore!”




We pray you and your family have a happy, healthy, wealthy, prosperous New Year!

THE MALE AS CULTIVATOR!!!!!

Genesis chapter 1







Today we are walking in: The Male As Cultivator!!!!










Today we look to the word- CREATE- H1254- bara’ - create, creator, choose, make, cut down, dispatch, done, make fat







The Torah testifies……………


Genesis 1:1


In the beginning God created H1254 the heaven and the earth.








The Prophets proclaim…………………


Isaiah 4:5


And the LORD will create H1254 upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defence.







The Writings witness……………………


Psalm 51:10


Create H1254 in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.





The Male as Cultivator


Knowing the Word of Yah is also essential for men if they are to fulfill their responsibility as cultivators of the spiritual and personal lives of their family members.


Created and Designed to Cultivate


Before Eve was created, Yah placed Adam in the Garden and told him to cultivate it. (See Genesis 2:15 NASB.) To cultivate means to make something better than when you first received it. If a male receives something to work with, he should never end up with just what he was given. When he‘s finished working with it, it should be multiplied, more effective, more fruitful. Yah told the man to be a developer, and any male who wants to be a real man will appreciate his responsibility to make everything around him better.


Some men concentrate on only their own fruit, their own accomplishments. They are just bettering themselves. That‘s called selfishness. They don‘t have fruitful wives or children because they‘ve neglected to care for them. A real man looks out for the needs of others and helps them to grow.


1. Cultivator of His Work, Talents, and Skills


First, a male has been designed to do his work in such a way that he is able to make it into more than it was originally. In the parable of the talents, the man traveling out of the country entrusted the first servant with five talents, the second with two, and the third with one. It is implied that the man said to them, ―Now, when I come back, I don‘t want to see just the money I gave you. I want to see an increase in my investment. When the man returned, and the servant with the one talent had done nothing to increase his master‘s money, he was called “wicked” and “lazy” (Matt. 25:26). If a man is still working at what he was working at ten years ago and hasn‘t improved it at all, there‘s something wrong.


Every part of society should be developing if we have real men in our presence. But too often we have destroyers instead of developers. They are tearing down our homes, spraying graffiti on our buildings, stealing, and shooting. Male-men need to come back to their purpose and stop using their strength for the wrong reasons.


2. Cultivator of His Children


A man is also meant to cultivate his children, to provide an environment for their personal and spiritual growth. Again, he can do this only if he is saturated with the Word.


Fathers should build up rather than tear down. For instance, you should never tell your children that they are stupid. Why? Those children are your seed. You need to nurture them so they will grow and blossom. Remember, the chip comes from the old block, so the block shouldn‘t criticize it. When your children do something wrong, you should firmly but gently correct them.


A father should help his children to discover their gifts and talents. He should affirm their accomplishments and tell them what they can become in life, so they can have a positive outlook based on faith in Yah. Children need to be encouraged. I will talk more about this topic in the teaching, ―How to Be a Good Father.


3. Cultivator of His Wife


Men have a special responsibility for cultivating their wives. Yet because they often have unrealistic ideas about women, they can end up neglecting or hurting them.


Most of us men are walking around with specific pictures in our minds of who we want our wives to be, and when they don‘t meet our expectations, we tend to blame them. At one point, Yah showed me that I had this attitude toward my wife, and He had to correct me.


Here‘s the way a man often thinks: he is a certain type of man, so he wants a certain type of woman. He thinks such things as: ―I am a musician, so I want her to sing. ―I‘m a banker, so I want her to know about finance. ―I am slim, so I want her to be slim. ―I want her to be smart. ―I want a woman who dresses well. ―I like long hair on a woman. Now, there isn‘t anything wrong with desiring these things. However, I want to tell you something: the “perfect” woman you are looking for does not exist.


It is your job to cultivate your wife so that she can be all that Yah created her to be. You are to help her to blossom and grow into Yah‘s woman, not tear her down because she doesn‘t meet your specifications. In addition, you can help your wife become all that you saw in her when you first met her, and which you now think is missing. You need to nurture all the potential she has. This is not to be done in a controlling way, but in a loving and giving way, which is the nature of Hamachiach. Perhaps it is your criticism that is preventing her from being the woman you want her to be. Think about it: what pressures are present in her life that are keeping her from being all that she desires and needs to be?


Let me say a word here to the young, unmarried men: what are you cultivating? When a young lady comes into your presence, she should leave a better person than she came. She may try to come on too strong, vulgar, like a prostitute. Yet when she leaves, she should walk away a lady. If someone asks her, ―What happened to you? she should be able to say, ―I met a man who told me he wouldn‘t sleep with me. He wouldn‘t degrade me. Why? Because he honors me. Cultivate these young ladies. Don‘t drag them down, and don‘t let them drag you down. A young woman shouldn‘t leave your presence pregnant. She should leave with her dignity and her virginity. Give these young women some good soil. Give them something to make them better. That‘s being a real man.


How to Cultivate Your Wife


If you are a man, Yah has created and designed you to cultivate anything you desire, including your family. So whenever a man receives a woman as a wife, he is given the opportunity to exercise his cultivation ability. A man should pray and ask Yah to show him how to cultivate his wife. He is to water her, prune her, and give her sunlight. He is to add nutrients to her life until she blossoms into the woman she is meant to be.


Now, Yah designed the male to be able to cultivate and produce a beautiful tree. Therefore, if the tree looks like an old bush after twelve years, it‘s not the woman‘s fault. The cultivator was not putting in the right nutrients and the right water. A woman should be flourishing under her husband‘s loving care. Men, don‘t go looking for someone else whom you believe is more like what you want your wife to be. You are the cultivator—cultivate your wife.


For example, if you want her to look nice, buy some nice clothes for her. Let her go to the beauty salon. Stop telling her to look good if you‘re going to refuse to pay for a hair- dresser. Stop telling her you want her to look slim when you ask her to serve fatty foods. Tell her you want to exercise together. Don‘t just wish for something and then not cultivate it. Leaders don‘t point the way; they lead the way.


Some women have been living with men who are pouring acid on their roots and drying up their fruit. Men, it‘s difficult for you to cultivate if you have poison on your hands. You shouldn‘t try to transplant a tender plant to your garden if you have acid in your soil. Make sure you have good soil before you try to cultivate.


Cultivate your wife by sending her roses. Bring her nutrients by calling her up and saying, ―Honey, I love you. Give her sunlight by telling her she‘s beautiful. Ephesians 5:25–26 says that Yahusha loved His bride and gave His life for her. He washed her with water through the Word. Verse 27 says that He did this so that He may “present her.” This means that when a man is finished cultivating, he should have something to present. ―Most High, see how I cultivated my wife? We‘ve been married only five years.


Wait until You see the next fifteen.


At the end of your life, your wife should be so close to what you first saw when you desired her that you can die with peace. You should be proud of the woman that you cultivated. Yahusha presents His wife, saying, ―Look what I have! The woman described in Proverbs 31 is amazing. “Her husband has full confidence in her and lacks nothing of value” (v. 11). “Her husband is respected at the city gate, where he takes his seat among the elders of the land” (v. 23). If anyone passed by this husband, he said proudly, ―Do you see that woman? That‘s my lady over there. Many husbands haven‘t done anything for their wives. Instead of cultivating, they have taken soil away from them. Now that their wives have become run down both emotionally and physically, they are ashamed to be seen with them.


Are you ashamed to bring people to your house? Instead, you should be ashamed of yourself. And guess what? You are ashamed of yourself. According to the Word, your wife is your own flesh. (See Ephesians 5:28.) Whatever she looks like is really a sign of what you look like.


Now, a man doesn‘t always know what to do to cultivate his wife. A woman can help her husband in this. She can let him know what she needs so he can provide the right nutrients. For instance, if he says, ―Honey, you seem upset today. What happened? she can say, ―Well, I‘ve been trying to work with these old pots and pans. Every time I pick them up the handles fall off, and it‘s frustrating. If we bought some new pots, it would make meal preparation much less stressful for me. Or if he says, ―I want to be able to talk to you about my job, but you can‘t seem to discuss it, she can say, ―Well, sweetheart, sit down and tell me about it. I want to know about your job. Teach me.


How is she going to converse with you about your job if you don‘t talk to her about it, if you don‘t come home and tell her what you‘re doing, what you‘re planning, and how your job works? You talk to the young lady at the office. She knows about your job, so you think she‘s better than your wife. She isn‘t better than your wife. Your wife is better than you are. You are the one who is lacking understanding, because you didn‘t take the time to teach her.


Washing with the Word


Husbands, love your wives, just as Hamachiach loved the Ekklesia and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant Ekklesia, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. (Eph. 5:25–28)


In this passage, Paul was saying, ―Yahusha is a good Husband. A man ought to love his wife like Yahusha loved the Ekklesia. He gave Himself for her and cleansed her by the washing of water through the Word. Why? In order “to present her to himself ” (v. 27).


If a man is to do this for his wife, he needs to be filled with the Word, just as Hamachiach is filled with the Word. He needs to wash his wife with the Word, just as Hamachiach washes His bride with the Word. Now, you can‘t wash if you don‘t have any water. Yahusha emphasized the importance of the Word in our lives. He said to His disciples in John 15:3, “You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.”


He said to the woman at the well, “If you knew the gift of Yah and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water” (John 4:10).


A male who wants to be a real man—the man Yah created him to be—has to be full of the Word of Yah. There‘s only one way to get clean water: go to the Well. You can‘t wash with the muddy water of the world. When you fill your mind and heart only with things such as television or sporting events, that‘s mud. If you want water that the Manufacturer intended you to have, you need to stay connected to the well of Yah, which is filled with the Word. Yahusha is the Word.


Some men are washing their wives in mud. What does it mean to wash somebody with the Word? Yahusha is our Example: every time you have a negative experience, He comes in immediately with a positive one and washes it off. Whenever the disciples were afraid, He said, “Be of good cheer.” (See, for example, Matthew 14:27 KJV.) Every time they became nervous, He told them to remain calm. Whenever they became frightened by a storm, He told them to relax. He was always there to wash away fear, to wash away doubt. When they wondered how they were going to feed the five thousand, He told them to have faith. When they told Him that Lazarus had died, He said, ―Don‘t worry about it; he‘s sleep- ing.‖ He was always washing His Ekklesia.


What kind of man do we need today? When your wife says, ―We can‘t pay our phone bill, you say, ―Our Yah is bigger than any phone company. That‘s washing your wife. When your wife says, ―We‘re not going to be able to meet the note at the bank. They‘re going to repossess the car, and the children are going to be taken out of private school, you say, ―Honey, we serve the Yah of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the Yah of my grandparents and parents. Let‘s just keep standing on the Word. It‘s going to be alright. When your wife feels a little pain in her body and begins to imagine all kinds of things, such as cancer, you have to be there and say, ―Honey, Yah is the Yah who heals you. Come here and let me pray for you.


Some men have only bad news. ―Honey, pack up. We have to move to lesser quarters. They have nothing positive to say—no Scripture, no faith. Yah wants men who will stand up in their faith, saying, ―A thousand may fall on my right, and ten thousand on my left, but in this house we‘re going to come through with flying colors. My house is covered by the Word of Yah. As for me and my house, we‘re going to be alright. That‘s a man. That‘s a washer. However, he can do that only if he is filled with the Word.


A Partner in Yah’s Creation


The male has been given the serious but exciting responsibility of shaping the lives of his family members for the better—teaching and cultivating them to be all that Yah created them to be. In this way, he is a partner with Yah in fulfilling His plan of creation. Two more assignments in which a man reflects his Creator are that of provider and protector. We‘ll explore these responsibilities in the next teaching.


Principles


1. The male was created to be the spiritual leader and teacher of his family.


2. The male has been designed with the capacity to fulfill his purpose of teaching.


3. When you teach your family Yah‘s Word and ways, you attract Yah‘s trust and friendship.


4. If a man doesn‘t have the knowledge and capacity to teach a woman the Word, he‘s not ready for marriage.


5. Yah instructs men to teach their families His commandments in these ways: (1) when you sit at home, (2) when you walk along the road, (3) when you lie down, (4) when you get up, and (5) by tying them as symbols on your hands, binding them on your foreheads, and writing them on the doorframes of your houses and gates. (See Deuteronomy 6:7–9.)


6. The male was created to be the cultivator of the spiritual and personal lives of his family members.


7.To cultivate means to multiply, make fruitful, make better.


8. The male is the cultivator of his work, talents, and skills.


9. The male is the cultivator of his children.


10. The male is the cultivator of his wife.


11. A man needs to be filled with the Word, just as Hamachiach is filled with the Word. Then he can wash his wife with the Word, just as Hamachiach washes His bride with His Word.


12. The male has been given the responsibility of shaping the lives of his family members for the better—teaching and cultivating them to be all that Yah created them to be. In this way, the male is a partner with Yah in fulfilling His plan of creation.

HOW TO TEACH THE WORD TO YOUR FAMILY!!!

Genesis chapter 1







Today we are walking in: How To Teach The Word To Your Family!!!!







Today we look to the word TEACH H3384 yarah--to direct, teach, instruct ; to point out, show











The Torah testifies...............






Leviticus 10:11





And that ye may teach H3384 the children of Israel all the statutes which the LORD hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses.








The prophets proclaim..................




Isaiah 2:3




And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach H3384 us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.











The writings bear witness...........................









Judges 13:8




Then Manoah intreated the LORD, and said, O my Lord, let the man of God which thou didst send come again unto us, and teach H3384 us what we shall do unto the child that shall be born.







How to Teach the Word to Your Family




In Deuteronomy 4, Moses gave instructions from Yah to heads of households about specific ways in which they were to teach their families His Word. First, he said,




Be careful, and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and to their children after them. (v. 9)




Yah is saying to men, ―Don‘t let My ways out of your sight. Make sure you understand and obey them first. Then “teach them to your children and to their children after them.” Why? Because you are supposed to be the teacher.




Don‘t just tell your children, ―Do this, or ―Don‘t do that. Show them. Watch your life and make sure you keep the Word of Yah. Some men say one thing but do another. For example, they may tell their children to be honest but then call off work when they‘re not sick. Some fathers tell their children, ―Tobacco is bad for you, while at the same time they‘re puffing away on a cigarette. Do you know what children see when they see adults smoking? They see an adult world, and they say, ―To be a grown-up, you have to smoke. Adults reinforce this idea by their actions.




Yah tells us not to do this to our children. People don‘t seem to understand that you cannot teach something if you‘re not being an example of it yourself. A good teacher is one who teaches by example.




“Teach them to your children and to their children after them.” I want to say a word here to grandparents. When your daughter or son sends that little boy to you, what does he go back home with? Some kids learn things from their grandparents that are disgraceful. Parents find their little children coming back home cursing or telling foul stories, and they wonder where they are hearing them. They‘re getting them from Grandpa and Grandma! Your children‘s children should get the Word from you. When your children send their kids to you, those kids should go back home knowing more about Yah.




Yah is very concerned that parents teach their children. He isn‘t saying here to send your children to communities. He‘s saying to teach them yourself. These other things are good, but if they‘re not reinforced in the home, children can get the impression their parents don‘t think the Bible is important. Parents don‘t realize the negative impact this attitude can have on their families.




After giving Yah‘s commands to the people, Moses said,




These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates. (Deut. 6:6–9)




First of all, Yah says, “Impress [My commandments] on your children.” Then He tells how to do it.




1. “Talk about Them When You Sit at Home.”




What do your children hear in your house? What do they hear when you sit down to eat? Some scandal reported in the newspaper? The latest movie? What do you discuss? Do you talk about the goodness of the Most High? When you sit around your house during your leisure time, what do you do? Do you spend time teaching your children the Word? Do you have family devotions?




2. “Talk about Them...When You Walk along the Road.”




What do you talk about when you drive your children to school or go on outings and trips? Do you yell at other drivers, or listen to less-than-edifying radio shows? What example do you set for your children when you‘re out in public? Do you talk about others behind their backs? Or do you live out Yah‘s Word in a natural, everyday way?




Some men never talk about Yah outside the community. It hurts me when I see men ashamed of the Gospel of Yahusha Hamachiach. They think they‘re supposed to be cool, and to be cool, they can‘t talk about Yahusha. Yah says, ―A real man that I honor is a man who won‘t have devotions at home, but will walk out into the world and talk about Me along the road‘—where he works, shops, and recreates.




When you go to work, you don‘t just hide your Hebrew culture under your paperwork. You tell people about Yahusha right there on the job. Right there on the street. Don‘t be ashamed to tell them about the One who died for you.




3. “Talk about Them...When You Lie Down.”




Before you say goodnight to your children or tuck them into bed, what words do you leave them with? The assurance of Yah‘s presence and peace during the night? An encouraging psalm? Or do you wave them off to bed while you finish working on something?




What do you think about before you drift off to sleep? Do you know that the last thing you think about at night is usually the first thing you think about when you wake up? Sometimes you dream about it. It amazes me that people deliberately think about the worst things. Some of you read the worst kind of books before you go to bed. Then you wonder why your spirit is disturbed.




4. “Talk about Them...When You Get Up.”




When you wake up in the morning, you will more likely think about the Word of Yah if you have meditated on it before going to bed. And you will start ministering as you talk about it with your family.




How do you usually greet your children in the morning? With a quiet reminder of Yah‘s love and strength for the day? What spiritual armor do you send them off to school with? It‘s a difficult world for children to grow up in today, and they need Yah‘s Word to fortify them.




5. “Tie Them as Symbols on Your Hands and Bind Them on Your Foreheads. Write Them on the Doorframes of Your Houses and on Your Gates.”




The point Yah is trying to make in the above passage is that whatever your hands find to do, make sure it is in accordance with the Word. Whatever is in your thoughts, make sure it‘s the Word of Yah. “The doorframes”—I like that. The doorposts in Moses‘ day were two major posts that held up the frame of the house. Anyone who came through those doorposts came into your home. This means that all of your house should be held up by the Word of Yah, and that you are supposed to check who comes into your house to make sure they pass through the Word of Yah.




Yah is saying to fathers and young men who aspire to be good fathers, ―Get the Word in you. Plaster your whole life with the Word. If anybody wants access to your life or your home, he is to come through the Word of Yah. If any woman wants to marry you, tell her straight, ―If you don‘t know Yah and His Word, I don‘t care how cute you look or how much you can give me—forget it.




I would love for Yah to raise up men who wouldn‘t compromise, who wouldn‘t marry a woman who‘s not a woman of Yah. Sometimes we don‘t have any standards. We have to have standards and values again. Our values come from what we believe. They create our morals and affect our behavior. If we believe the Word of Yah, that‘s our value system.

THE MALE AS TEACHER AND CULTIVATOR!!!!

Genesis chapter 1







Today we are walking in: The Male As Teacher And Cultivator!!!!




Today we look to the word TEACH H3384 yarah--to direct, teach, instruct ; to point out, show











The Torah testifies...............






Leviticus 10:11





And that ye may teach H3384 the children of Israel all the statutes which the LORD hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses.








The prophets proclaim..................




Isaiah 2:3




And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach H3384 us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.











The writings bear witness...........................









Judges 13:8




Then Manoah intreated the LORD, and said, O my Lord, let the man of God which thou didst send come again unto us, and teach H3384 us what we shall do unto the child that shall be born.







The Male as Teacher and Cultivator




When a Man Teaches His Family Yah’s Word and Ways, He Attracts Yah’s Trust and Friendship.




The dominion assignments of teacher and cultivator are an integral part of Yah‘s purpose and design for the male. The importance of men‘s involvement in teaching Yah‘s Word to the members of their families and others within their realms of influence and of encouraging them in their personal growth needs to be recaptured today.




The Male as Teacher




We‘ve seen that Yah gave Adam specific instructions regarding how mankind should live and work in the Garden, and that He left it up to Adam to communicate to Eve what he had been told. In this way, Yah set the precedent for the male to be the primary teacher of the family.




Some men believe that because they have a responsibility to teach, they are more intelligent than women. If this were a matter of intelligence, many women would blow us away, men! Being a teacher doesn‘t mean that you are more intelligent—it simply means that your purpose is to communicate Yah‘s Word and will to your family.




Created to Teach




The male was created to be the spiritual leader and teacher of his family. The Bible says that if a wife has a question about a spiritual matter during church, she should ask her husband about it when they get home. (See 1 Corinthians 14:35.) Why? He is supposed to know the Word. Yet most women know more of the Word than men do. How can a man be a teacher if he doesn‘t know the lessons?




Ephesians 6:4 says, “Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Most High.” Too often, fathers leave this responsibility solely to the mothers. This becomes especially difficult for women when the children reach a certain age in which they don‘t want to submit to authority.




Men need to set a strong spiritual example for their children, especially at that particular time in their lives.




Designed to Teach




As was the case with the male‘s responsibilities as visionary and leader, the man has been designed with the capacity to fulfill his purpose of teaching.




Teaching is in the nature of a man. A teacher is always going to tell you how to do something. Sometimes it appears to women as if men are telling them what to do all the time. Suppose a husband comes home from work and notices that the kitchen is in disarray. He tells his wife there‘s a more efficient way to organize it and is surprised when she says, ―Who do you think you are? I‘ve been slaving in the house cleaning and taking care of the children all day, and now you want to tell me how to organize my kitchen? But this is his nature. I‘m talking about the teaching tendency of a man now, not necessarily how he should communicate his information.




Why does a man always want to correct things? A teacher desires to give input. He wants to feel as if he is responsible for the progress of his ―class. Therefore, he gives instructions, advice, and counsel. Now, his advice might not be any good, but he still wants to give it. What his wife can do in this particular circumstance is to nod and say, with sincerity, ―Thank you for your suggestion and then go and do what she thinks is best. He often just needs to feel as if he‘s listened to and that his suggestions are appreciated.




One of the best things a woman can say to a man is, ―Tell me more. Encourage him. When you reject his teaching gift, you‘re frustrating his very nature. What he needs is to have this teaching quality built up in him. This is part of what a wife can do to show respect to her husband.




Teaching Attracts the Trust of Yah




Abraham was the first man that Yah called His friend (Isa. 41:8). Why did Yah like Abraham? We find out in Genesis 18. In verses 20–21 Yah indicated that He was going to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah for their wickedness. Yet just before this, He said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?” (v. 17). He continued,




Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and all nations on earth will be blessed through him. For I have chosen him [“know him” KJV], so that he will direct his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Most High by doing what is right and just, so that the Most High will bring about for Abraham what he has promised him. (vv. 18–19)




Yah liked Abraham for the same reason He chose Him: He knew his character. What did He know about Abraham? “He will direct his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Most High by doing what is right and just.”




Yah was saying, ―I like Abraham because I can trust him. I know I can trust him because his home is in order. I won‘t keep any secrets from him. Yah didn‘t say He liked Abraham because he spoke in tongues or worked miracles or even because he prayed. He didn‘t say He liked Abraham because he was a famous preacher, teacher, or evangelist. He said, ―I like Abraham because he will teach his wife, his family, his entire household the Word of Yah.




Knowing the Word




If a man doesn‘t have the knowledge and the capability to teach a woman the Word of Yah, then he is not really ready for marriage. Getting past puberty doesn‘t make you ready for marriage. Getting a job or college degree doesn‘t make you ready. I‘m talking about Yah‘s qualifications. As far as Yah is concerned, you are ready for marriage when you are able to teach your family His Word. If you are already married

but don‘t know the Word, you should make it a priority to study and gain knowledge of the Bible. You should go to a community where you can learn the Scriptures, so you can follow up on what Yah has commanded you to do as a man. You can‘t teach what you don‘t know.




How can you teach the Word of Yah to your family if all you watch is television sitcoms or Survivor or ball games? How can you teach your family the Word of Yah if all you read is Superman and Fantastic Four or Time and Newsweek? How can you teach the Word of Yah to your family if you haven‘t spent any time learning it yourself?




There are men who know more about sports than the Bible. They can name every baseball team, who plays on them, and who is pitching in the series, but they don‘t know the Word of Yah. They can instruct their boys in how to play soccer, but they don‘t know how to teach them to be sanctified.




Someone may say, ―The Bible is one thing, but I‘m teaching my boy how to be a real man. What are you teaching him? A young man told me how his father said to him one day, ―Come, I want to show you how to be a man. His father took him to his favorite poolside club, sat him on a stool, and told the waitress, ―Give this man a heavy drink. It‘s time for him to become a man now. He‘s sixteen. He told his son, ―Now, if you can hold your liquor, you‘re a real man. And while they were sitting there, he pointed out a nearly naked girl at the pool. He said, ―You see that girl? A real man knows how to handle her. This was a son being taught by his father how to be a man.




Some men think they‘re teaching their boys how to be men by taking them to ball games to watch men fight over a pigskin. They say, ―That‘s a man. A man knocks people down and beats them half to death on a ball field. You don‘t instruct your son in what it means to be a real man by teaching him how to drink or play ball. It takes a man to teach a boy the Word of Yah, to instruct him in the values and principles of life that will live on after the game is over.




Abraham was a man who took his responsibility as the head of the home seriously. And the Most High said, ―I know Abraham. I wonder—does Yah know you? Can He say about you, ―I know that you will teach your family the Word of Yah?




If you want Yah to consider you His friend, then become a teacher in your home. You have to be full of the Word in order to give it to your family. There are many, many men who still don‘t understand and appreciate the value of the Word of Yah for the fulfillment of their purpose.




Many men just drop their wives off at a community and send their children to school because they don‘t want to be responsible for their spiritual training. Abraham knew the Word, and he taught it. And Yah said, ―I will not hide anything from Abraham. Wouldn‘t you like to be the kind of man to whom Yah says, ―I‘m going to tell you My secrets?




A man who instructs his household in the Scriptures attracts Yah. No matter how much you pray and sing hymns, if you don‘t teach your household Yah‘s ways, if you don‘t give the Word of Yah prominence in your home by making it your guide for living, then Yah sees you as a weak man.




Do you know there are preachers who can preach you out of your seat, but who can‘t sit civilly with their wives at the dinner table? Yah is not interested in their preaching as much as in how they conduct themselves in their homes. Some people teach great theological discourses, and they can impress you with their head knowledge. But Yah says in 1 Timothy 3, in effect, ―Look, if a man wants to be a leader, first let him get his house in order. (See verse 12.)




Yah doesn‘t measure your ability to lead by your religious or academic qualifications. He measures it by your domestic qualifications. If you can take care of your children, then Yah says, ―All right, now you can lead My Ekklesia. If you can manage your home, then you can manage the house of Yah.

YAH ALWAYS PROVIDES FOR THE VISION!!!!

Genesis chapter 1







Today we are walking in: Yah Always Provides For The Vision!!!!




Today we look to the word​ VISION- H2377 chazown- vision(in ecstatic state)​, vision​s​ (in night)​, oracle, prophecy (divine communication)​, vision (as title of book of prophecy)​ ​from H2372; a sight (mentally), i.e. a dream, revelation, or oracle:—vision. to see, perceive, look, behold, prophesy, provide​, ​to see, behold​, to see as a seer in the ecstatic state​, to see, perceive with the intelligence​, to see (by experience)​, to provide









The Torah testifies........




Numbers 24:4




He hath said, which heard the words of God, which saw ​ the vision H2377 of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:




Numbers 24:16




He hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of the Most High, which saw ​the vision H2377 of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:









The prophets proclaim.........

1​ ​Samuel 3:1




And the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD before Eli. And the word of the LORD was precious in those days;there was no open vision H2377. ​





Jeremiah 14:14




Then the LORD said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision H2377 ​ and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart.








The writings bear witness.........




1​ ​Chronicles 17:15




According to all these words, and according to all this vision H2377, ​so did Nathan speak unto David.





Psalm 89:19




Then thou spakest in vision ​H2377 to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.










Yah Always Provides for the Vision




How do you know your vision will come to fruition? Rest assured that Yah always provides for the vision He gives us. The Garden was Yah‘s provision to enable Adam to carry out the dominion purpose He had given him. Yah will always support and sustain His own vision. That is His responsibility. But the man has to seek and receive the vision in order to secure the provision.




The Male as Leader




After the male has secured a vision, he is ready for leadership. Most of us have developed our images of what it means to be a leader from the wrong sources, so we need to rethink this concept. We have looked to movie stars, famous sports figures, singers, and politicians as our role models. Yet the majority of famous men don‘t know what a true man is. If you don‘t believe me, ask them where their children are. Ask them where their wives are. Ask them how their home life is. The majority of the wealthiest, most famous, most prestigious men in the world can‘t keep their homes together. Our problem is that we have looked to status and personal accomplishment as the measure of manhood rather than to Yah‘s standards. He is concerned with men who have a vision from Him and who can support, sustain, and nurture their families and others as they move toward this vision in pursuit of Yah and His purposes.




Created and Designed to Lead




I‘ve found that some men want to run away from the responsibility of leadership. They look at it as too much of a burden. They let their wives run everything. Others want to selfishly pursue their own interests without worrying about the needs of others. Certain men don‘t think they deserve to be leaders. They think you have to be rich or highly educated in order to lead.




One time, I chatted with a young lady who was vice president of a bank, twenty- eight years old, and unmarried. She said to me, ―I just wish that Yah would bless me with a good man. You know, I really have everything I need: I have my own condominium, I make over $50,000 a year, and I could have bought a Porsche. But I decided that I wouldn‘t buy a Porsche because it would intimidate men. It would give the wrong signal. I bought a lesser car so that I would not frighten them away.




I said to her, ―You have the wrong idea. You shouldn‘t marry any man who would be intimidated by a Porsche, because that would mean the man is insecure. It would mean that the man equates his position with what he owns. When insecurity marries insecurity, you‘re going to have problems all your life.




If you are the president of a company, it doesn‘t matter if your secretary drives a Jaguar. You are still the president. As a man, you can‘t allow your self-image to be dependent upon what someone else has. Yah made you the head, and if you meet a woman with a Porsche, who is the vice president of a bank and has her own real estate assets, there is nothing wrong with that. What are you scared of? You need to understand that that kind of woman is a blessing. And if you give her leadership, she‘ll be glad to share her assets. She just wants to know that you will handle them well.




Let me make something very clear: if you are a male, you were born to lead. Yah made the male first because He wanted him to be responsible. A male doesn‘t decide to lead or not to lead. He has his position by virtue of his purpose. The male is not the head of his home because he has to lead. He has to lead because he is the head. His position is inherent. No male can sit down and debate whether he will lead his home, whether he will go to work for his family. That is not a debatable issue.




The male was designed for responsible leadership. He is to lead and be responsible for everything under his jurisdiction. (Yah may use women in leadership, also, but this is one of the primary purposes of the male. For more on women in leadership, please refer to the teaching Understanding the Purpose and Power of Woman here on YouTube.)




Yah both created and designed the male to be a leader. Remember the principle? You are the way you are because of why you are. Therefore, the male already has leadership qualities within him. However, he needs to rediscover the characteristics of leadership so that he can work on developing his Yah-given qualities and become an effective leader.




Characteristics of a Leader




1. Strong and Courageous




The male has been designed to take risks and meet challenges. Yah often gives men assignments that seem too big for them—and they are. They can be accomplished only through Yah‘s help. Yet the qualities of courage, strength, and daring enable men to take the necessary steps of faith that bring Yah‘s intervention.




The Most High said to Joshua, “Be strong and courageous, because you will lead” (Josh. 1:6). It‘s impossible to be the leader of the family and of society if you are not strong and courageous. And Joshua had a family of three million people! Yah gave this young Israelite a job designed for a man.




2. Obedient to Yah’s Commands




Yah added something to His command to Joshua. He said, ―Be careful to obey all the commands. (See verse 7.) A strong man has to be submitted to Yah‘s authority. No man can be strong if he is not accountable to someone else. A real man doesn‘t ignore authority. He remains in the garden of Yah‘s presence, praying and reading Yah‘s Word, so that he may understand and obey His commands.




Some men take their courage and strength and use them recklessly. When a man turns from Yah, takes his life into his own hands, and doesn‘t combine courage with common sense, he can cause himself and his family many problems. True courage and strength come only through confidence in the faithfulness of Yah and belief in His Word.




3. A Logical Thinker




To be a leader, you have to be a logical thinker and keep a clear mind. You have to identity what the specific problems are, analyze them, calculate what needs to be done to solve them, make a decision (sometimes very quickly), and act on it. You cannot be affected by your environment to the point where it immobilizes you, and your feelings rule you. You cannot be controlled by your emotions.




Now, while a male has emotions, he is not guided by them the way a woman often is. A woman has been made by Yah to integrate her emotions into everything she sees and thinks. This is not a negative trait, but rather Yah‘s built-in gift that enables her to empathize with others and to bring Yah‘s compassion and mercy to situations.




A leader often cannot be ruled by emotion or sentiment, especially when he has to make difficult decisions. That is why Yah designed a male differently from a female. The male is not emotional, even though he has emotions. He feels a great deal, but because of his purpose, his feelings are generally not his principle consideration. He‘s led by his thinking. Because of this trait, women can get the impression that men are cold. They‘re not cold; they‘re just not influenced as much by their emotions.




Think of Moses and the Israelites standing on the outskirts of the Red Sea with Pharaoh and his army approaching to destroy them. I can imagine Moses‘ sister, Miriam, having an emotional reaction and saying, ―Ahhhh! Yah, do something! But Moses is coolheaded. The Bible says Moses stood up and said, “The Most High will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace” (Exod. 14:14 NKJV). He was essentially saying, ―Be at peace; I promise you‘ll be alright, while at the same time Pharaoh was coming after them with thousands of his soldiers.




The Israelites had no way of escape: the sea was in front of them; the Egyptians were behind them. Yet in the midst of this situation, we see this cool, collected, calm male. His calmness caused all the Israelites to quiet down, also. They knew Moses had never lied before. When he said something, it happened.




I can see Moses, after he‘d finished speaking, standing behind a bush and crying to the Most High, ―Did you hear what I told them? O Yah, please help.... Yah said to Moses, “Why are you crying out to me? Tell the Israelites to move on” (v. 15). I guess what the Word of Yah is trying to teach us is that a leader is somebody who never transfers his fear to those for whom he‘s responsible. I didn‘t say he never has fear—but he doesn‘t let his fear infect others.




4. A Servant’s Heart




A real man, a true leader, is a servant. He is not a ruler. He takes care of others before himself. Yahusha said, You know that the rulers of the Gentiles Most High it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them. Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be your slave—just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many. (Matt. 20:25–28)




The apostle Paul echoed this theme when he wrote, “Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others” (Phil. 2:4), and “Husbands, love your wives, just as Hamachiach loved the ekklesia and gave himself up for her” (Eph. 5:25). How did Hamachiach love His ekklesia? First of all, by giving Himself for her. This means that a man should give up his personal, private, ambitious, egotistical desires in order to serve his wife and family. He needs to emulate Hamachiach‘s nature.




5. A Teachable Spirit




A true leader has humility, so that he is willing to learn from others and be corrected, when need be. Some of the greatest moments in my life are times when my wife corrects me, gives me ideas, or provides insight on something that I haven‘t been able to do right. It takes a real man to submit to help. It takes a fool to avoid it. Yah is not looking for a controller. He is looking for a leader who makes himself fruitful by being pruned when necessary in order to yield a healthier and greater harvest.




Men need to remember that women are here to help them. I believe that one of the reasons Yah took the woman from the man‘s side, or rib, is to emphasize her nature. The word rib means ―sustainer or ―supporter. That‘s what the rib does. It supports the whole upper frame with the vertebrae. So a woman is a support system. If she functions in her purpose, she helps the male to function in his.




What a Woman Can Do




I would like to say a special word here to the women listening to this teaching. Yah said it wasn‘t good for the man to be alone, so He created the woman. You are good for a man. One of the ways you can be good to him is to show him honor as the leader in the home.




Sometimes a husband will say, ―I think we should do this, and right away his wife will show him she doesn‘t trust him. She‘ll say, ―Do what? You‘ve never done anything right yet! She just wiped out the man‘s ego. What she can say if she isn‘t sure about his idea is, ―Well, let‘s try it that way, then. When she says, ―try, he hears ―trust. ―Let‘s try it means she‘s going to trust him in this undertaking. Then, if he messes up, she can say, ―We all mess up. A woman can protect her husband‘s face, realizing that she also makes mistakes.




Feed your husband‘s need for leadership honor. No matter what he does, just keep feeding it. When you get it to the point where it is strong and effective, then it will become a great blessing to both of you. He will learn to lead because he will know that you support him.




A Strong Foundation




Learning to become both a visionary and a leader is crucial for the male because it enables him to have a strong foundation for fulfilling his other dominion assignments. In the next teaching, we‘ll look at two more of these responsibilities: teacher and cultivator.




Principles




1. Being a visionary is a foundational responsibility for the male because, without it, he can‘t fulfill his other assignments of leader, teacher, cultivator, provider, and protector.




2. To have vision means to be able to conceive of and move toward your purpose in life.




3. The male was created to be a visionary. He was given the first vision of Yah‘s plan for humanity.




4. The male is designed to be a visionary. He is able to look at the big picture in life and to plan for the future from a logical, practical standpoint.




5. Prerequisites for discovering vision are: (1) follow Hamachiach‘s example, (2) acknowledge Hamachiach‘s headship, (3) listen for Yah‘s direction, and (4) be open to Yah‘s communication.




6. A man needs a clear vision of (1) who he is in Yah, (2) what his overall purpose as a male is, (3) what his purpose as an individual man is.




7. Yah designed the male to carry others with him in his vision.




8. If a man has no vision, this will negatively affect those who are to follow him, especially his family.




9. Before Yah gave the man a helper, He gave him a vision.




10. A male cannot ask a female to follow and help him if he has no vision.




11. Yah always provides for the vision He gives.




12. Yah created and designed the male to be a responsible

leader.




13. The characteristics of a leader are: (1) strong and courageous, (2) obedient to Yah‘s commands, (3) a logical thinker, (4) a servant‘s heart, and (5) a teachable spirit.




14. One way a woman can be good to a man is by honoring him as the leader in the home.