Testimony Tuesday--The Importance Of The Shemittah

Leviticus 25:1- 26:2; Jeremiah 32:6-27; 1 Corinthians 7:21-24; Genesis 2:2-3; Philippians 4:4-9; Leviticus 12-15; Deuteronomy 28;  Hebrews 4:1-13;  Galatians 6:7-10;  Leviticus 25;  Exodus 20:9-11; 2 Peter 3:8; Deuteronomy 15:1; Leviticus 23; Hebrews 4; Jeremiah 17:8; Psalm 1:1-3; Revelation 22:1-2; Luke 11:2; Acts 18:18-19:7; Luke 3:1-18;  2 Corinthians 3:17; Ezekiel 48; Deuteronomy 19:14; Luke 4:16-21; Proverbs 22:28; Isaiah 61:1-3; Deuteronomy 30:1-6; 2 Chronicles 36:20-21; Jeremiah 25:9-12; Psalm 68:6; Romans 11:17-21; Matthew 11:5; Galatians 3:8-9; Luke 15:11-32; Proverbs 5:7-14; Amos 8:11; Luke 15; 1 Chronicles 5:1-2; Jeremiah 31:9; 1 John 2:11; Matthew 10:6; John 15:10-12; Luke 4:16-21; John 11:49-52; Acts 1:6; Isaiah 9:6-7; Matthew 10:5-6, 15:24; 1 Corinthians 7:21-24;  Matthew 10:6, 15:24; Luke 7:22; Exodus 16:4-5; 2 Peter 3:8-15; Jeremiah 17:7-10; Genesis 2:2-3; Luke 15:29-32; Luke 4:19; John 11:49-52;

We are walking in today:  Testimony Tuesday--The Importance Of The Shemittah

Witness encourage throughout the Bible: H2388 chazaq to strengthen, prevail, harden, be strong, become strong, be courageous, be firm, grow firm, be resolute
Deuteronomy 1:38, 3:28; 2 Samuel 11:25; Psalm 64:5


Fiveamprayer, you have heard on this line quite a few times about this being the shemittah year.  What does that mean?  Why is that something that we need to know or be aware of?  Is this some new thing that just got added to the calendar? 

Let's start with defining shabbat from the Hebraic mindset:
H7676 shabbat  from the root word H7673 shabath to cease, desist, rest.  Scripture reference Genesis 2:2, Yahweh ceased from His work on the 7th day

reading the above letters from right to left is shin, beit, tav

Using the Pictograph understanding of the letters gives us this image:
 
First letter, the letter Shin, which means teeth has a point on the upper right hand corner a Chowlem. This point means the opposite, of what the letter is--the opposite of what it stands for.
The second and third letters, in Sabbath the beit and tav is the word brit which is the word covenant.  The letter beit  has an internal point. The emphasis here is intimate, or deeply internal to the letter.
 
The three letters added together are as follows:
Shin (Chowlem) = Stop Chewing, stop processing
Beit (Shurwreq ) = House internal
Tav = Covenant

This gives us a picture of work stopping inside the house, that is tied to a covenant.  This does mean more than that, this is the rest that is found in the Torah, the covenant of the Sabbath.  Will we work 6 days and trust that Yahweh will provide what is needed for us on the 7th day?  When the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they were to collect double the portion of manna on that day alone to have enough for the 7th day.  Many that first week did not trust Yahweh and went out on the 7th day and found no manna available.  Exodus 16 shows whether the people would trust Him or no.  Would they try to save for the next day that was not the Sabbath or go out on the 7th day to collect?  Will we trust the Almighty Yahweh, the all knowing, all powerful one?  It is in our obedience we have what He has prepared for us.  This ceasing from work was not only a weekly event.  There was another time that the land was to rest which was every 7 years.  The year before was a higher yield in crops to provide for the people as they were not to work the land for a year.  Yahweh would provide from the land naturally and the people were to freely eat that which came forth without their effort.  This time that the children of Israel were not working in the fields allowed for more study of the Torah.  The last cessation that the children of Israel have is yovel--this is year of Jubilee.  Calculated by counting up 7 shemittah years for a total of 49 years, the following year would be the Jubilee a season of rest for the land and people, debts erased, slaves released, and land returned to the original owners.  In the book of Ruth we have Boaz who was to redeem the land of Naomi due to both her husband and son's dying while outside the land.  Ruth being the childless widow and daughter-in-law of Naomi was to be redeemed by the close relative of Elimelech's family.  This was a two fold concern that the land would not pass out of the hands of the family and that an heir would be raised up in Ruth's husband steed.  Once the closer relative did not want to be the kinsman redeemer, Boaz steps in.  Will we trust in our Kinsman Redeemer, Yeshua to step in and provide for us when we are in a place where we cannot take care of ourselves? 
As we have in the Brit Chadasha or New Testament with the prodigal son who demanded his inheritance early which is equal to wishing his father dead and demanding his money now.  He leaves out in such great shame to the other family members and the community, to quickly spend his demanded wealth with wild living.  The prodigal son comes to find that by leaving his fathers teaching and instruction, he has little recourse when the famine hits while he was in a far away land.  Once the demanded money was gone he finds that the error of going away from his father's teaching and instruction--he was in deep poverty and was suffering physically, emotionally and physically.  This desparation drew him to offer to sell himself as a hired servant back to his father than to continue to eat the food that he was to feed to the pigs.  The instructions that the prodigal son got from his father were not to be disregarded nor tossed out the window, without leading to dire consequences on his own behalf.  Fiveamprayer we too must follow what Yahweh has directed us to do to keep out of the outer darkness.  The light of the Torah aids us and directs us as this is Avinu Malkinu's plan for us.  Rest in this season, He has this all in control and has our best interest at heart--who better than our Creator to know that which we need and when?  He is so awesome that he provides for us before the shemittah year arises there is a double portion that is received before the time of ceasing arises.  But the question is do you trust in your own ability and power over the awesome, mighty and incomparable power of the Lord God King of the Universe?  Will you trust and obey?  Remember in Exodus 16, Yahweh was testing the people if they will obey His law or no?  How about you, fiveamprayer, in who do you trust?  To hear more of this awesome message click here. 

Are You Following Popular Opinion or Original Intent?

Luke 1:37; Leviticus 15:1-30; Mark 5:33; Mark 2:8; Mark 5:33; Luke 8:47; Genesis 3; Acts 16:31-32; Mark 9:34; Luke 8:48; Mark 5:28; Malachi 4:2; Jeremiah 29:13; Numbers 15:37; Deuteronomy 22:12; Matthew 9:20-22; Numbers 15:37-41; Matthew 6:6; 1 Samuel 15:27; 1 Kings 19:19; Revelation 19:11-16; Acts 16:14; 1 Samuel 24:36, 24:8-20; Ruth 3:8-11; Matthew 23:5; John 3; Matthew 22:23; 1 Samuel 6:17; Mark 6:53-56; Exodus 4:22; Matthew 26:6-13, 14:24-26; Daniel 6:57

We are walking in today:  Are You Following Popular Opinion or Original Intent?

Witness posses the land throughout the Bible:  H3423 yarash to seize, take possession of, to inherit and H 776 'erets country, territory, tribal lands, land, earth
Deuteronomy 1:8, 3:20, 4:1, 8:1, 9:23, 10:11, 11:8, 11:31; Joshua 1:11, 18:3; Judges 2:6, 18:9; Nehemiah 9:15; Isaiah 14:21, 57:13; Ezekiel 33:25

What could be the case with trailblazers, initially seen as out of bounds and yet many follow suit after seeing their success?  There will come a time when popular opinion will no long be the correct answer for you.  We can also see this in Christianity, that has been placed in a box, bound up by man-made traditions.  Shouldn't we seek and study scripture for ourselves?  That we would obtain our own relationships with Yahweh, without sacrificing our relationships with those around us?  Can our focus be on Adonai and yet available to be His hands and feet, His mouth or ears for those around us? Can we would be yielded vessels for His glory?  Could we be found in obedience like Abram who was sent to a land that Yahweh would show him?  This getting in motion that we have come to know as faith, in the Hebraic mind is obedience, that you would be in action to the command or direction that was given.  Fiveamprayer, are we in obedience?  Moving toward that which He has directed us to do?  Are we still sitting back and waiting for everything to come to us.  Our faith is to be in action and not merely sitting back waiting for the doorbell to ring!  Will you be a trailblazer in obedience to the original intent or fall prey to popular opinion?
The woman with the issue of blood is found out of position according to the commandments in Leviticus 15, that she is out among the people.  In her search for healing of this issue that had lasted 12 years, resulted in her isolation and spending all that she had with doctors that only made it worse--yet was reaching out for healing.  Having this seclusion and health crisis weighing on her what kind of toll did this take on her family?  And yet she stepped out on scripture.  We have to understand that His word will stand!  It is infallible and can take any weight that we put on it with proper understanding and wisdom.  The teachings in the Tanakh, said that the Messiah would have healing in His wings.  The wings are actually the tassels of the prayer shawl.  In Hebrew they are called tzizit and hang from the four corners of the tallit.  The tzizit were also known as wings.  Thus the woman hearing about Yeshua and wanting healing and knowing scripture, got into motion to reach out to receive her healing.  This was a crowded street with many jostling the Christ and He stops after she is healed to ask ,who touched Him.  This lets us know that all who were in the midst of Him were not healed.  His response to her confession of touching His tzizit, 'daughter be comforted, your faith has made whole, go in peace'.  What a response for the woman who pressed her way to Him for healing and then trembled all the more when He recognized her touch of faith that resulted in being made whole!  If she had sat back for popular opinion would she have been healed?  Certainly not at this time of Yeshua passing through.  By pressing in to the original intent and moving into position she obtained healing and proved His Messiahship in her life.  Will you stand out from the crowd yet aligned with the Almighty One?  From study and meditation of the volume of the Book--will you get into action?  When Elohim sends you forth, will you go?  To listen to more of this message click here.  https://www.freeconferencecallhd.com/playback.html?n=RvxYy/jJznZ

Weekend Meditation--Principle Versus Preference

Romans 7, 15:23-33; Acts 28:16-17; Galatians 3:1-5; Romans 1-6, 8:6-8; Ephesians 2:14-16, 4:20-22; 1 Corinthians 3:1-3; Galatians 16:26; Philippians 3:2-6

We are walking in today: Weekend Meditation--Principle Versus Preference

Witness shield throughout the Bible:  H4043 magen shield, buckler, defense
Genesis 15:1; Deuteronomy 33:29; Judges 5:8; 1 Samuel 17:7, 17:41, 2 Samuel 1:21, 12:24, 12:34; 2 Chronicles 25:5; Psalm 3:3, 5:12, 18:35, 28:7, 33:20, 35:2, 59:11, 76:3, 84:11, 91:4, 115:9-11, 119:114, 144:2, Proverbs 30:5; Isaiah 21:5, 22:6; Jeremiah 46:3, 46:9; Ezekiel 23:24; Nahum 2:3; Ephesian 6:16

This arrangement of the 613 principles, the law of our Lord God Almighty, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is from the book by Rabbi Ralph Messer, Torah: Law Or Grace? Kingdom Principles For Kingdom Living.  This book can be ordered online here or in the store if you are in the Denver area here.

The Second Commandment-Exodus 20:4-5 You shall have no other gods before Me.  You shall not make yourself a carved image nor any likeness of that which is in the heavens above or on the earth below or in the water beneath the earth.  You shall not prostrate yourself to nor worship them, for I am the LORD your God--a jealous God. 
101. You shall not make molten gods for yourself --Leviticus 19:4 Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the Lord your God.
102. You shall not turn to the idols --Leviticus 19:4
103. You shall not eat the Feast-Offering beyond on the third day --Leviticus 19:6-8  6 It shall be eaten the same day ye offer it, and on the morrow: and if ought remain until the third day, it shall be burnt in the fire. 7 And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it is abominable; it shall not be accepted. 8 Therefore every one that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, because he hath profaned the hallowed thing of the Lord: and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
104. You shall not plant your field with mixed seed --Leviticus 19:19 Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee.
105. You shall not turn to the sorcery of the Ovot or Yid'onim --Leviticus 19:31 Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the Lord your God.
106. You shall not become unclean through the sorcery of the Ovot or Yid'onim --Leviticus 19:31
107. A Kohen shall not become unclean for the dead, except for a close relative --Leviticus 21:1 And the Lord said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none be defiled for the dead among his people:
108. A Kohen shall become unclean for a close relative who has died --Leviticus 21:2-3 2 But for his kin, that is near unto him, that is, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother. 3 And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath had no husband; for her may he be defiled.
109. A Kohen shall not desecrate the Name of their God --Leviticus 21:6 They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of their God: for the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and the bread of their God, they do offer: therefore they shall be holy.
110. A Kohen shall not marry a woman who is a harlot --Leviticus 21:7 They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God.

Principle is defined as comprehensive law or doctrine, rule or code of conduct.  Yeshua develops His principles in you.  Your dreams require a Torah principle.  Preference is a feeling or liking of another person or thing over the other, an advantage given, a preferred thing.  A Torah principle applied accurately will cause you to prosper financially, emotionally, physically and spiritually.  The rejection of a Torah principle is like having faith in the enemy.  Obeying the principle multiplies productivity and success.  A principle is an action that influences that which is around you.  Accurate application will produce the desired result.  Following a man-made principle that Yahweh did not instruct will not support you financially, emotionally, spiritually or physically.  Following a Torah principle is a series of decisions that determines your destiny.  To develop the principle, you must rule yourself to control your life.  We are to self govern our emotions and actions.  Your faith attached to a Torah principle gives you power to stand and endure.  All of this in spite of everything, even facing defeat again and again.  Torah principles produces leaders who know where they are going and they will arrive there.
Paul a senior bond-servant of Yeshua in the chapter 7 of Romans is not saying he was still struggling in his life at this point in ministry.  While speaking to Rome, he had received better understanding from his encounter with Yeshua on the Damascus road.  He was contending with the new believers who had faith in Yeshua and His death but were at odds with the law.  The Jewish believers were looking to be justified by works of the law alone.  The people were being drawn into a incorrect understanding --only Yeshua can redeem us back into relationship with Yahweh.  Can works make us perfect by the flesh?  Where then  is the power of the Spirit?  The law didn't make righteous alone--it revealed where the mark was missed.  Our faith fulfills the law or rather our obedience fulfills the Torah. We are not to use grace through faith as a license to sin.  In Romans 6 Paul discusses the law of sin and death versus God's teaching and instruction.  The blood sacrifices that were required under the law of sin and death were paid by His precious blood and innocent death.  The Torah is still to be upheld and walked out by us.  Yeshua, Paul and the disciples applied the Torah to their lives.  We have to remember that Hebrew is a verb based language.  Paul in Romans 7:1-13 was speaking in past tense and from Romans 7:14-25 present tense.  This is a stumbling block for those who study without the understanding of the original language or poor translation of the text.  This all leads to an incorrect teaching of Paul, due to the verses in the wrong context we now have his teaching out of order.  Romans 7:9 is past tense and Romans 7:14 present tense--this section on of scripture is like a flashback to a earlier time in Paul's life.  Due to early church fathers who look to the carnal and sold under sin--doing wrong when knowing it is wrong.  We must study this closely to interpret correctly.  Preference vs. principle.  We cannot use scripture to justify sin!  This flashback is when Paul was a pharisee and was keeping the Torah without the Spirit which lead to pride and found himself wretched.  To hear this again click here. 

5 Smooth Stones--Leviticus 13, Take Care Of The Camp!

Leviticus 13

We are walking in today:  5 Smooth Stones--Leviticus 13, Take Care Of The Camp!

Witness prevail throughout the Bible:  H1396 gabar to prevail, have strength, be strong, be powerful, be mighty, be great
Genesis 7:17-20; Numbers 22:6; Judges 16:5; 1 Samuel 2:9, 17:9, 26:25; 2 Chronicles 14:11; Esther 6:13; Job 15:24; Psalm 9:19, 12:4; Ecclesiastes 4:12; Daniel 11:7; ;Isaiah 7:1, 16:12, 42:13, 47:12; Jeremiah 1:19, 5:22, 15:20, 20:10-11; Matthew 16:18; 27:24; John 12:19

The ancient rabbis and scholars found that the book of Leviticus is a guidebook, more than a long list of details but instruction of holy worship and living.  This was to transform the children of Israel from slaves to kingdom citizens.  Moses gets the process of dealing with skin diseases and mold.  The priest were responsible for determining this disease so it is also included in the training of the priests.  The Hebrew word for this disease is tsarah which could grow on people, clothing or buildings as mold.  This mark or stroke likened to leprosy came from speaking evil of another or bitterness.  The suspected infected person was to be quarentined to find out if the diesease will spread.  If so than the person was sent outside of the camp for 7 days.  While outside of the camp they were to warn anyone approaching that they were infected.  These steps in the process were to keep the community from being infected.  This 'disease' is also linked to being ritually unclean.  Only Yeshua could cleans a person of this infection, but the priests were the ones trained to determine if they were clean of the infection.  This determination of the infection or the ending of the infection were not to be taken lightly.  The priests were to carefully consider and evaluate.
This is something we all must take a look at.  Those in our family and friends we may find that we have ill will and bitterness that could spread throughout the group.  Fiveamprayer we must take time first to consider ourselves and then those around us.  Being careful to find what needs to be addressed and then a discussion in love.  The Torah teaches us how we are to treat each other and how to come before the holy Yahweh.  Take time out to review what needs to be addressed that you may have been delaying.  That which you won't address will continue.  We have to confront those things that are out of order or risk our own blame in the equation.  Those discussions about the situation need to be reviewed and addressed appropriately, with love and concern for the other person to grow, mend and be strengthened by the truth.  Praise Your name Yahweh for teaching and directing us into all righteousness!  Click here to listen again.

After The Election--Is America Being Judged?

Isaiah 9:8-21; 1 Kings 8:14-33; Deuteronomy 19:15; 2 Corinthians 13:1; Deuteronomy 15:1-2

We are walking in today:  After The Election--Is America Being Judged?

Is there an ancient mystery that foretells America's future?  The 9-11 attacks, the housing bubble and bank bailouts could they all be found in the Bible?  Is there a warning being issued to America to turn before judgement?  This very week One World Trade Center or the Freedom Tower was dedicated.  Why is this something we need to be aware of?  Looking at Isaiah 9:10 we have that the bricks have fallen certainly a fair description of the 9-11 attacks, in New York especially.  In contrast we have a dedication by King Solomon of the temple of Yahweh where he dedicated it to Almighty God.  He also made the plea that when the people would come to the temple and pray that He would hear and intervene on behalf of the people of Israel in 1 Kings 8.  The people sought to do all of His statues and ordinances which in Hebrew is mishpatim and also means deliverance.   The time of the 9-11 attacks as on a shemittah year.  This time was given for the land to rest that the people of Israel would trust in Yahweh's provision for them that they would not tend nor sow the fields only eat freely what the land provided.  This is also a releasing of debts and revaluing of currency.  This time can be a time a of judgement for those outside His instructions or deliverance for those following His teachings.  These warnings that have gone out and the movement of our country from our original purpose and plan of Adonai.  The 10 commandments taken out of schools and courtrooms, prayer taken out of schools, the passing and consideration of legalizing same sex marriages, the teaching of homosexuality as another lifestyle choice in schools, the high rate and profit garnered from pornography based out of this country alone.  All things and behaviors that are totally against His teaching and instruction--the Torah.  For the land that continues in these and many more unholy practices pollute themselves and the land, leads to His holy correction that all things would be placed back in to order--the right and holy way set before man in scripture.  To hear more of this click here.

Testimony Tuesday--His Spotless Bride

Ephesians 5:27; Psalm 19:7; Deuteronomy 4:6, 18:13; Song of Solomon 8:8; 1 Kings 8:61, 11:4; 1 John 3:4; Revelation 12:11

We are walking in today: Testimony Tuesday--His Spotless Bride

Witness make war throughout the Bible:  H4421 milchamah  battle, war
1 Samuel 28:15; Proverbs 20:18; Isaiah 37:9; Luke 14:31; Revelation 11:7, 12:17, 13:4, 13:7

We are to be His spotless bride, that He presents to Himself.  Being spotless in Hebrew, tamiym  H8552 means complete, whole, entire, sound, innocent, having integrity, what is complete or entirely in accord with truth and fact.  With this definition we have that we should be wise and mature.  Where do we obtain wisdom?  Deuteronomy 4:5-8 (KJV) 5 Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the Lord my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it.  6 Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.  7 For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the Lord our God is in all things that we call upon him for?  8 And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?  We also have a picture of wisdom with Yeshua's parable of the 5 wise and 5 foolish virgins.  It is that time and preparation that made them wise. They were ready when the Bridegroom returned and able to enter in to the marriage and the foolish were shut out.
Proverbs 21:20 There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.
In the life of King Solomon known as the wisest man that ever lived, was turned from that wisdom my the many wives he had that lead him in to pagan practices.  We must be aware of those around us that could lead us away from our wisdom, God's teaching and instruction.  Proverbs 14:12 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.  Fiveamprayer, let us not rely in our own wisdom but that which comes from above!  His principles and statues are for our well-being and prosperity. How would we know that we have committed a sin without the instruction that defines it?

Romans 6:14-16 (KJV) 14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.  15 What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid. 16 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?

Romans 6:11-13 (KJV) 11 Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. 12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. 13 Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God. 

Romans 7:6-8 (KJV) 6 But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.  7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet. 8 But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.

 

Being believers in Yeshua the Son of God made flesh, the Living word and the Torah is the Davar Elohim, the Word of God--at what point did any part of it fail?  Isaiah 40:8 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.  So let us walk in and study the volume of the Book!  To hear this message again click here.

Journey To Your True Self

Luke 9:23; Matthew 5:4; 1 Thessalonians 5:1-10; Ezekiel 3:17, 33:7; 33:1-6; Matthew 5:14; 1 Peter 13:15; Mark 16:15, 1:14; Matthew 6:33, 6:24-25; Psalm 37:4; Matthew 13:35-37; Psalm 37:4; Deuteronomy 28:1-2; John 5:46; 1 John 3:4; Romans 3:20; Galatians 4:4-5; Romans 8:3; Colossians 2:14; 2 Corinthians 5:18; Deuteronomy 28:63-69

We are walking in today:  Journey To Your True Self

Witness Hebrew throughout the Bible:  H5680 `Ibriy  one from beyond, one who crosses over
Genesis 14:13, 39:14; 39:17; 41:12; Exodus 1:15-16, 1:19, 2:7, 21:2; Deuteronomy 15:12; Jeremiah 34:9; 34:14; Jonah 1:9; Luke 23:38; John 5:2; John 19:13; 19:17; 19:20; Acts 21:40; 22:2, 26:14; Philippians 3:5; Revelation 9:11, 16:16

Fiveamprayer we are to both watch and pray.  Many of those in the church are not aware of world events.  This being out of touch with what is happening now, can cause them to miss what scripture is prophesying for this time and season.  There has to be a balance, we are not to only focus on the current events and allow our study of the word to be diminished.  With a balanced approach of study and information will allow our prayers to be focused for up-building and restoring the community.  We are to warn, be the watchmen on the wall, letting every one know when there is danger or to shout out a warning!  This study of His word and being aware of current events will position us to discern what is going on from a biblical perspective.
The charge that Yeshua gave His disciples was to teach the gospel of the kingdom of God.  It is at hand and according to Paul  anyone else teaching a different gospel was not sent by the Lord God.  We also have to consider what kind of motivation are we operating under, needs or purpose.  Needs motivation is tied to what your flesh desires and attempts to obtain--physical, family or career development.  On the other hand the purpose is looking to Yahweh who makes it happen.  We have to be committed to receive our purpose to advance the kingdom of God here on the Earth.  When we live against our nature we will never be satisfied.  The error of the need method.  When we are yielded vessels for His purpose and glory--trusting in Him to meet our needs.  Who better than He who made us in His image and likeness?  Fiveamprayer our faith has to be more than at the level of need motivation but purpose.  True faith--which is obedience to trust Yahweh and is not focused on need.  Finding your what, your purpose can only be found by the One who designed you.  This purpose is tied to your gift, that which was put on the inside of you, that amazing thing that you accomplish with ease.  To listen to this again click here.