WIN THE MORNING WIN THE WAR PART 2

1 Corinthians chapter 12










Today we are walking in: Win The Morning Win The War Part 2










Genesis 1:26

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.










DOMINION







Today we look to the word-DOMINION- H4475 memshalah--rule, dominion, realm, rule, dominion, realm, domain



















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


Genesis 1:28

And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.







Genesis 27:40

And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.




Genesis 37:8




And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words.











The prophets proclaim...............…
Jeremiah 34:1

The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the kingdoms of the earth of his dominion, H4475 and all the people, fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities thereof, saying,




Jeremiah 51:28 - Prepare against her the nations with the kings of the Medes, the captains thereof, and all the rulers thereof, and all the land of his dominion. H4475




Miciah 4:8 - And thou, O tower of the flock, the strong hold of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, even the first dominion; H4475 the kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem.
















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





1 Kings 9:19 - And all the cities of store that Solomon had, and cities for his chariots, and cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of




Psalm 103:22 - Bless the LORD, all his works in all places of his dominion: H4475 bless the LORD, O my soul.

his dominion. H4475




Psalm 145:13 - Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion H4475 endureth throughout all generations.










You cannot fulfill an Elohiym-given assignment while giving your attention to everything.




You cannot say yes to every opportunity.




You cannot chase every trend.




You cannot answer every demand.




At some point, maturity requires deciding what matters most.




And protecting it.




Because whatever is most important must receive your greatest attention.




Everything else must take its proper place.




That is alignment.




And alignment is not merely knowing your purpose.




Alignment is arranging your life around it.




Because you are not lost.




You are not forgotten.




You are not abandoned.




You are not behind.




You are not disqualified.




You are not confused because Elohiym is silent.




You are confused when too many voices become louder than His.




So quiet the noise.




Return to the Manufacturer.




Seek first the Kingdom.




Protect your focus.




Honor your assignment.




And remember this truth:




You are not lost.




You are unaligned.




And alignment changes everything.




Now hear me carefully, because this next truth has the power to free you from years of frustration.




You are not responsible for becoming someone else.




You are responsible for becoming who Elohiym designed you to be.




And those are not the same thing.




One of the greatest sources of misery is comparison.




Comparison is identity confusion.




Comparison is measuring your assignment against someone else’s assignment.




Comparison is asking, “Why am I not them?” instead of asking, “Why did Elohiym make me me?”




The Kingdom does not function through duplication.




It functions through diversity operating in unity.




The hand does not compete with the eye.




The eye does not envy the ear.




The ear does not resent the foot.




Every part has value because every part has purpose.




That is why Sha’ul says in Qorintiym Ri’shon (1 Corinthians) 12 that the body is one, yet it has many members.




And every member is necessary.




Necessary.




Not optional.




Necessary.




Do you realize what that means?




It means the world is missing something when you refuse to become who Elohiym designed you to be.




Your assignment matters.




Your obedience matters.




Your contribution matters.




There are people attached to your obedience.




There are lives connected to your calling.




There are prayers waiting on your yes.




That is why comparison is so dangerous.




Because comparison convinces you to abandon your lane for someone else’s.




And whenever you abandon your assignment, frustration follows.




Because grace flows in the place of assignment.




Not outside of it.




That is why some people succeed externally and remain miserable internally.




Because success outside of purpose is still failure.




You can have money and lack peace.




You can have influence and lack fulfillment.




You can have applause and still feel empty.




Because the human ruach was never designed to be satisfied by success alone.




It was designed to be fulfilled through alignment.




And alignment cannot be found through imitation.




It can only be found through obedience.




Sha’ul said in Galatiym (Galatians) 6:4–5:




“Let each one examine his own work, and then he will have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another. For each one shall bear his own load.”




Did you hear that?




Examine your own work.




Not theirs.




Your own.




Because Elohiym is not going to ask you why you were not Mosheh.




He is not going to ask you why you were not Esther.




He is not going to ask you why you were not Dani’el.




He is going to ask you what you did with what He entrusted to you.




That is why Yahusha told the parable of the talents.




One received five.




One received two.




One received one.




And none of them were judged by comparison.




They were judged by stewardship.




Elohiym never asks you to produce what He did not place inside of you.




But He absolutely expects you to develop what He did place inside of you.




Stewardship is the language of the Kingdom.




And stewardship begins with acceptance.




Acceptance of your assignment.




Acceptance of your season.




Acceptance of your design.




Some people spend so much energy wishing they were different that they never develop who they actually are.




But peace begins when comparison ends.




Peace begins when you stop competing with people who were never assigned your race.




Peace begins when you stop measuring your timeline against theirs.




Because destiny is not a competition.




Destiny is an assignment.




And assignments are individualized.




Dawid was anointed as a shepherd before he was ever recognized as a king.




Yoseph was imprisoned before he governed.




Esther was hidden before she was revealed.




Yahusha spent thirty years preparing for three years of public ministry.




Preparation seasons are not punishment.




Hidden seasons are not rejection.




Delay is not denial.




Sometimes Elohiym hides you because He is developing you.




Sometimes He says no because He is protecting you.




Sometimes He slows you down because your character needs to mature before your influence expands.




And if you misunderstand the season, you may resent the very thing designed to prepare you.




So stop asking:




“Why is their life moving faster than mine?”




Ask:




“What is Elohiym teaching me in this season?”




Stop asking:




“Why haven’t I arrived yet?”




Ask:




“Am I becoming the person my destiny requires?”




Because arrival is not the goal.




Alignment is.




And when alignment is present, timing becomes less stressful.




You stop rushing.




You stop forcing doors.




You stop chasing validation.




Because you trust the Manufacturer.




You trust His design.




You trust His timing.




And trust produces peace.




Yeshayahu (Isaiah) says:




“You will keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You.”




Perfect peace.




Not because life is easy.




Not because circumstances are ideal.




But because trust replaces striving.




My friend, striving is exhausting.




Always trying to prove yourself.




Always trying to keep up.




Always trying to become what everyone else expects.




That is not freedom.




That is bondage.




Elohiym did not create you to perform for acceptance.




He created you from acceptance.




You are His workmanship.




His craftsmanship.




His design.




Eph’siym (Ephesians) 2:10 says:




“For we are His workmanship, created in Mashiach Yahusha for good works, which Elohiym prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.”




Notice the wording.




Prepared beforehand.




That means your purpose is not something you invent.




It is something you discover.




The road already exists.




The assignment already exists.




The preparation already exists.




Your responsibility is alignment.




And alignment begins with surrender.




Surrender is not weakness.




Surrender is wisdom.




Because the Manufacturer always understands the product better than the product understands itself.




So stop fighting your design.




Stop resisting your assignment.




Stop envying someone else’s path.




Stop apologizing for the way Elohiym made you.




Embrace your burden.




Honor your calling.




Steward your gifts.




Protect your priorities.




Trust His timing.




And remember:




You are not behind.




You are not forgotten.




You are not overlooked.




You are not lost.




You are being aligned.




And once alignment takes place, things that once felt complicated become clear.




Things that once felt heavy become purposeful.




Things that once felt delayed become preparation.




Because Elohiym is not merely trying to get you somewhere.




He is trying to make you into someone.




Someone who can carry purpose.




Someone who can sustain calling.




Someone who can walk faithfully into destiny.




And my friends, when purpose is clear, calling is embraced, and destiny is pursued through obedience, something beautiful happens:




Peace returns.




Comparison dies.




Fear loses its grip.




And life stops feeling random.




Because you finally understand:




You were never lost.




You were simply waiting to become aligned.




And now, my friends, we come to the most beautiful part of this entire journey.




Because once purpose is understood, once calling is embraced, and once destiny is pursued with discipline, there is one final truth you must settle forever:




You do not have to carry your assignment alone.




This is where many people become weary.




Not because they lack purpose.




Not because they lack gifting.




Not because Elohiym abandoned them.




But because they are trying to fulfill a Kingdom assignment with human strength.




And human strength always has limits.




There are days when you will be tired.




Days when clarity feels distant.




Days when opposition feels stronger than confidence.




Days when you wonder if you heard Elohiym correctly.




Days when you feel inadequate.




Days when the assignment feels heavier than your shoulders can bear.




And in those moments, I need you to remember something.




The One who called you is also the One who sustains you.




Elohiym never assigns responsibility without supplying grace.




Never.




He never says, “Figure it out on your own.”




He never says, “I sent you, but now you’re by yourself.”




He never says, “Good luck.”




No.




If He calls you, He equips you.




If He assigns you, He sustains you.




If He sends you, He goes before you.




That is why Mosheh was terrified.




He looked at his weakness and said, “Who am I?”




And Elohiym never answered the question.




He did not say, “Mosheh, you are strong.”




He did not say, “Mosheh, you are gifted.”




He did not say, “Mosheh, you are talented.”




He said:




“Certainly I will be with you.”




That was the answer.




Because the secret of destiny has never been self-confidence.




It has always been Elohiym-confidence.




The Kingdom was never built on human ability.




It was built on divine partnership.




This is why Yahusha said in Yochanon (John) 15:5:




“I am the vine; you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing.”




Notice He did not say you can do a few things.




He said:




Nothing.




That is not condemnation.




That is liberation.




Because it means the pressure is not on you to manufacture purpose.




The pressure is not on you to create calling.




The pressure is not on you to force destiny.




Your responsibility is to remain connected.




Abide.




Stay close.




Stay surrendered.




Stay teachable.




Stay aligned.




And fruit becomes inevitable.




I love that word:




Inevitable.




Because so many people live terrified that they are going to miss Elohiym.




Terrified they made the wrong choice.




Terrified they missed their moment.




Terrified they are too late.




But listen carefully.




Destiny is not fragile.




Elohiym is not nervous about your future.




He is not pacing heaven anxiously wondering if you will ruin His plans.




Yirmeyahu (Jeremiah) 29:11 says:




“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says YAHUAH, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you an expected end.”




An expected end.




That means heaven already knows where obedience leads.




That means your future is not an accident.




That means your purpose is not random.




That means your calling is not a guess.




That means your destiny is not a gamble.




It is an expected end.




And if Elohiym knows the end from the beginning, why are you terrified of the middle?




Trust Him.




Trust Him when you are clear.




Trust Him when you are confused.




Trust Him when doors open.




Trust Him when doors close.




Trust Him when progress is fast.




Trust Him when growth feels invisible.




Because Elohiym is faithful.




And faithful people can rest in the faithfulness of Elohiym.




That is why Yeshayahu (Isaiah) 40 says:




“Those who wait upon YAHUAH shall renew their strength. They shall mount up with wings like eagles. They shall run and not be weary. They shall walk and not faint.”




Notice the progression.




Mount.




Run.




Walk.




Sometimes destiny feels like flying.




Sometimes it feels like running.




And sometimes it feels like slowly putting one foot in front of the other.




But every stage matters.




Every stage develops something.




Every stage teaches dependence.




Every stage reveals character.




And every stage is preparing you for the next.




So stop despising where you are.




Stop resenting your process.




Stop cursing your season.




Your season is not your enemy.




Your process is not punishment.




Your waiting is not wasted.




Yoseph’s prison was preparation.




Dawid’s pasture was preparation.




Mosheh’s wilderness was preparation.




Esther’s hiddenness was preparation.




Even Yahusha spent thirty years preparing for three years of visible ministry.




Preparation is holy.




Preparation is purposeful.




Preparation is proof that Elohiym values sustainability more than speed.




And perhaps that is what some of you need to hear today.




You are frustrated because you want acceleration.




But Elohiym is focused on formation.




You want arrival.




He wants maturity.




You want visibility.




He wants stability.




You want influence.




He wants integrity.




Because if He gives you influence without integrity, influence becomes dangerous.




If He gives you opportunity without character, opportunity becomes destructive.




So He prepares you.




Patiently.




Lovingly.




Faithfully.




And the beautiful thing is this:




He never wastes a season.




Not your failures.




Not your disappointments.




Not your delays.




Not your heartbreaks.




Not your mistakes.




Romaiym (Romans) 8:28 says:




“And we know that all things work together for good to those who love Elohiym, to those who are called according to His purpose.”




All things.




Not some things.




All things.




The victories.




The losses.




The clarity.




The confusion.




The mountain tops.




The valleys.




Elohiym is able to weave all of it together into something beautiful when your heart remains aligned with Him.




So breathe.




Take your hands off the steering wheel of self-sufficiency.




Release the anxiety of trying to control every outcome.




Release the pressure of becoming someone else.




Release the fear that you are behind.




And rest in this truth:




You are not lost.




You are not forgotten.




You are not abandoned.




You are not late.




You are not disqualified.




You are Elohiym’s workmanship.




You were created with purpose.




You were called with intention.




You are being formed for destiny.




And if you remain aligned with the King, your future is not uncertain.




It is secure.




Because purpose is not a dream.




Calling is not a feeling.




Destiny is not an accident.




And alignment is not a mystery.




It is daily surrender to the One who formed you, called you, and promised to finish what He started.




As it is written in Philippiym (Philippians) 1:6:




“Being confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Mashiach Yahusha.”




He began it.




He sustains it.




And He will finish it.




So walk in peace.




Walk in purpose.




Walk in calling.




Walk in discipline.




Walk in faith.




And never forget:




You are not lost.




You are simply being aligned.




And perhaps the greatest evidence that you are becoming aligned is not that everything around you changes.




It is that everything inside of you begins to change.




Your priorities change.




Your desires change.




Your definition of success changes.




Things that once impressed you no longer move you.




Things that once distracted you no longer control you.




Things that once terrified you no longer own your peace.




Because alignment changes your appetite.




When your spirit becomes aligned with the Kingdom, you stop craving things that cannot satisfy.




You stop chasing applause.




You stop needing everyone’s approval.




You stop living for moments of recognition.




You stop measuring your worth by titles.




You stop confusing popularity with significance.




Because significance is not determined by how many people know your name.




It is determined by how faithfully you obey the One who called you.




Yahusha lived only thirty-three years.




He never owned land.




He never held political office.




He never wrote a book with His own hand.




He never commanded an army.




He never traveled the known world.




And yet history is divided by His birth.




Why?




Because significance is not measured by volume.




It is measured by obedience.




He fulfilled His assignment.




Completely.




And my prayer is not that you become famous.




My prayer is not that you become wealthy.




My prayer is not even that you become influential.




My prayer is that you become aligned.




Because alignment produces peace that success cannot give.




Alignment produces joy that circumstances cannot steal.




Alignment produces confidence that comparison cannot shake.




When you know who sent you, why He sent you, and where He is leading you, life becomes simpler.




Not easier.




But simpler.




You stop asking, “What will people think?”




And you start asking, “Will this honor Elohiym?”




You stop asking, “How do I get ahead?”




And you start asking, “How do I become faithful?”




You stop asking, “How can I become important?”




And you start asking, “How can I serve?”




Because Kingdom greatness has never been about position.




It has always been about service.




Yahusha said:




“Whoever desires to become great among you, let him be your servant.”




That is upside-down to the world.




The world says climb.




The Kingdom says kneel.




The world says promote yourself.




The Kingdom says humble yourself.




The world says protect your reputation.




The Kingdom says protect your character.




And character matters.




Because talent may open doors.




Charm may attract opportunities.




Gifting may gain attention.




But character determines longevity.




And destiny is a long journey.




It is not won in moments.




It is built in days.




Ordinary days.




Faithful days.




Quiet days.




Days when no one is watching.




Days when obedience feels repetitive.




Days when prayer feels simple.




Days when progress feels slow.




Those days matter.




Because little acts of obedience eventually become a life of faithfulness.




And faithfulness is beautiful to Elohiym.




Never underestimate a faithful life.




Never underestimate consistent obedience.




Never underestimate quiet surrender.




The Kingdom is filled with people whose names the world may never know but whose obedience changed generations.




Parents who raised children in truth.




Teachers who poured wisdom into students.




Friends who carried burdens.




Leaders who served humbly.




Believers who prayed faithfully.




Servants who obeyed quietly.




Heaven measures differently than earth.




Earth celebrates visibility.




Heaven celebrates faithfulness.




Earth asks, “How many people know you?”




Heaven asks, “How faithfully did you obey?”




And one day, none of us will stand before Elohiym and hear:




“Well done, famous servant.”




Or:




“Well done, talented servant.”




Or:




“Well done, successful servant.”




No.




The words every surrendered heart longs to hear are:




“Well done, good and faithful servant.”




Faithful.




That is the goal.




Faithful in purpose.




Faithful in calling.




Faithful in discipline.




Faithful in hidden seasons.




Faithful when the answer is yes.




Faithful when the answer is wait.




Faithful when the answer is no.




Because faithfulness trusts the heart of Elohiym even when it does not understand His timing.




And my friends, I believe with all my heart that many of you are standing at the edge of a new season.




Not because your circumstances are changing overnight.




But because your understanding is changing.




And when understanding changes, life changes.




Because you no longer see yourself as random.




You no longer see yourself as forgotten.




You no longer see yourself as behind.




You no longer see yourself as broken beyond repair.




You see yourself as Elohiym sees you:




Chosen.




Formed intentionally.




Created with purpose.




Entrusted with gifts.




Called to serve.




Being prepared for destiny.




And upheld by grace every step of the way.




So stop cursing your process.




Stop rushing your growth.




Stop envying someone else’s journey.




Stop begging Elohiym to make you somebody else.




And begin thanking Him for the assignment He gave you.




Thank Him for your design.




Thank Him for your gifts.




Thank Him for your burden.




Thank Him for your calling.




Thank Him for your process.




Because one day you will look back and realize:




The delays protected you.




The disappointments redirected you.




The hardships strengthened you.




The waiting matured you.




And the entire time, Elohiym was not punishing you.




He was aligning you.




And maybe that is the word you need to carry with you from this moment forward:




You are not lost.




You are not late.




You are not forgotten.




You are not failing.




You are being aligned.




Aligned to purpose.




Aligned to calling.




Aligned to destiny.




Aligned to the Kingdom.




And when alignment is complete, confusion loses its voice.




Fear loses its grip.




Comparison loses its power.




Peace returns.




Joy returns.




Clarity returns.




And you finally become free to live the life heaven intended long before you ever took your first breath.




Because before you were formed, He knew you.




Before you were born, He set you apart.




Before you ever searched for Him, He had already written purpose into your existence.




So live boldly.




Serve faithfully.




Love deeply.




Walk humbly.




Trust completely.




And never forget:




You were never lost.




You were always being aligned.




And one day, my friends, you will realize something that may surprise you.




Purpose was never the destination.




Purpose was always the invitation.




An invitation to know Elohiym more deeply.




An invitation to trust Him more completely.




An invitation to surrender more fully.




Because the highest achievement in life is not success.




It is intimacy with the One who created you.




The tragedy is not merely that people live without purpose.




The greater tragedy is that people spend their entire lives chasing purpose and never come to know the Purposer.




They want the assignment but not the Assignor.




They want the calling but not the Caller.




They want the blessings but not the King.




But the Kingdom does not work that way.




The Kingdom is relational before it is functional.




Before Elohiym asks what you will do, He desires who you will become.




That is why Yahusha never first called His disciples servants.




He called them to be with Him.




Before miracles.




Before preaching.




Before influence.




Before nations.




He called them to relationship.




Marqus (Mark) 3:14 says:




“And He appointed twelve, that they might be with Him, and that He might send them forth to preach.”




Did you catch the order?




Be with Him.




Then be sent.




Relationship.




Then assignment.




Presence.




Then purpose.




Intimacy.




Then influence.




And many people reverse the order.




They pursue influence while neglecting intimacy.




They pursue assignment while neglecting presence.




They pursue destiny while neglecting the King.




And eventually, their souls become exhausted.




Because no assignment was ever meant to replace communion.




No calling was ever meant to replace worship.




No purpose was ever meant to become an idol.




The greatest purpose of humanity has always been this:




To know Elohiym.




To love Elohiym.




To reflect Elohiym.




Everything else flows from there.




This is why Sha’ul, after planting assemblies, after miracles, after revelation, after extraordinary ministry, says in Philippiym (Philippians) 3:10:




“That I may know Him.”




Know Him.




Not merely preach Him.




Not merely defend Him.




Not merely work for Him.




Know Him.




Because there is a difference between serving Elohiym and walking with Elohiym.




And the greatest joy in life is discovering that the King you serve also desires fellowship with you.




My friend, Elohiym is not merely interested in your productivity.




He is interested in your heart.




He is not anxiously measuring your accomplishments.




He is inviting your affection.




He is not standing over you waiting for perfection.




He is walking beside you, shaping you into maturity.




That changes everything.




Because when purpose becomes pressure, intimacy becomes rest.




When calling feels heavy, His presence becomes strength.




When destiny feels distant, His faithfulness becomes peace.




And suddenly, your life is no longer driven by anxiety.




It is sustained by trust.




Trust that Elohiym knows what He is doing.




Trust that His timing is perfect.




Trust that His design is intentional.




Trust that His plans are good.




Trust that even when you do not understand the road, you know the Shepherd leading you.




And the Shepherd is faithful.




Tehilliym (Psalm) 23 does not say:




“I understand every valley.”




It says:




“YAHUAH is my Shepherd; I shall not want.”




Not because there are no valleys.




Not because there are no enemies.




Not because there are no tears.




But because the Shepherd is enough.




If He leads, you can follow.




If He speaks, you can obey.




If He corrects, you can trust.




If He waits, you can rest.




Because His character is greater than your confusion.




And perhaps that is the final alignment.




Not simply knowing your purpose.




Not simply understanding your calling.




Not simply pursuing destiny.




But trusting the heart of Elohiym so deeply that even unanswered questions no longer steal your peace.




That is maturity.




That is freedom.




That is Kingdom living.




And so, as we come to the end of this teaching, I want this truth to echo in your ruach long after these words fade:




You are not an accident.




You are not random.




You are not overlooked.




You are not abandoned.




You are not behind.




You are not disqualified.




You are not lost.




You are a son.




You are a daughter.




You are Elohiym’s workmanship.




You are Kingdom-born.




You are purpose-filled.




You are called.




You are being prepared.




And your destiny is not hanging by a thread.




It is held securely in the hands of a faithful Elohiym.




So stop striving.




Stop comparing.




Stop fearing.




Stop apologizing for your assignment.




Lift your head.




Strengthen your hands.




Quiet your fears.




And walk with confidence.




Because the One who formed you has not forgotten you.




The One who called you has not abandoned you.




The One who promised is still faithful.




And the same Elohiym who began the work in you will complete it until the day of Mashiach Yahusha.




So go in peace.




Go in purpose.




Go in obedience.




Go in faith.




And every morning when doubt tries to whisper otherwise, answer it with this confession:




I am not lost.




I am aligned.




I belong to Elohiym.




I know whose I am.




I know why I am here.




I know Who sent me.




And because I am aligned with the King, my future is secure.




Amein.




Every morning carries a message from Elohiym. That message is simple but life-changing:




You can begin again.




One of the greatest weapons the adversary uses against people is the burden of yesterday.




He wants people to believe that their failures are permanent.




He wants them to believe that their mistakes have disqualified them.




He wants them to focus so much on what went wrong that they lose sight of what is still possible.




He wants regret to become a prison.




He wants disappointment to become an identity.




He wants yesterday’s pain to dictate tomorrow’s potential.




The problem is that many people cooperate with this process without even realizing it.




They wake up every morning carrying the weight of old mistakes.




They replay conversations they wish had gone differently.




They relive opportunities they failed to seize.




They revisit decisions they regret.




Their bodies may be living in a new day, but their minds remain trapped in an old one.




As a result, they spend their energy mourning what cannot be changed instead of building what still can be.




Yet, Elohiym consistently invites His people to see life differently.




He does not ignore mistakes.




He does not pretend failures never happened.




But He refuses to allow failure to have the final word.




Throughout the Cepher, we repeatedly see Elohiym restoring people who stumbled, rebuilding people who fell, and giving fresh opportunities to those who thought their best days were behind them.




This is why Eykhah (Lamentations) 3:22-23 is such a remarkable passage.




In the middle of national devastation, Yirmeyahu declares, “Because of YAHUAH’s great love, we are not consumed, for His compassions never fail. They are new every morning.

WIN THE MORNING. WIN THE WAR

Psalm chapter 5










Today we are walking in: Win The Morning. Win The War







Genesis 1:26

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.










DOMINION







Today we look to the word-DOMINION- H4475 memshalah--rule, dominion, realm, rule, dominion, realm, domain



















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


Genesis 1:28

And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.







Genesis 27:40

And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.




Genesis 37:8




And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words.











The prophets proclaim...............…
Jeremiah 34:1

The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the kingdoms of the earth of his dominion, H4475 and all the people, fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities thereof, saying,




Jeremiah 51:28 - Prepare against her the nations with the kings of the Medes, the captains thereof, and all the rulers thereof, and all the land of his dominion. H4475




Miciah 4:8 - And thou, O tower of the flock, the strong hold of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, even the first dominion; H4475 the kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem.
















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





1 Kings 9:19 - And all the cities of store that Solomon had, and cities for his chariots, and cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of




Psalm 103:22 - Bless the LORD, all his works in all places of his dominion: H4475 bless the LORD, O my soul.

his dominion. H4475




Psalm 145:13 - Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion H4475 endureth throughout all generations.












WIN THE MORNING. WIN THE WAR




Ladies and gentlemen, I want to begin with a statement that may completely change the way you look at your life.




Every single day is a battlefield.




Whether you realize it or not, whether you acknowledge it or not, the moment your eyes open in the morning, a war begins.




It is not always a war against people.




It is not always a war against circumstances.




More often than not, it is a war against distraction, a war against laziness, a war against fear, a war against doubt, a war against procrastination, and a war against the version of yourself that wants comfort more than purpose.




Many people think the biggest battles of life happen in boardrooms, classrooms, offices, businesses, or public stages.




But the truth is that some of the most important battles you will ever fight happen before anyone sees you, before anyone hears from you, and before you even eat breakfast.




Think about it for a moment.




Why do some people seem to move through life with clarity while others constantly feel overwhelmed?




Why do some individuals make consistent progress year after year while others remain trapped in the same cycles?




Why do some people appear to have direction while others seem to spend their lives reacting to whatever happens around them?




Could it be that the difference is not merely talent?




Could it be that the difference is not intelligence?




Could it be that the difference is found in something as simple and as powerful as how they begin their day?




What if the outcome of your day is determined long before most people even leave their homes?




What if your morning habits are quietly creating the future you will eventually live?




The average person believes that success is won in dramatic moments.




They believe victory is decided by one big opportunity, one breakthrough, one promotion, one connection, or one lucky break.




But life rarely works that way.




Great lives are usually built through small decisions repeated consistently over time.




And one of the most powerful decisions you make every day is deciding how you will start your morning.




Because the first moments of your day often establish the direction of everything that follows.




If confusion controls the morning, confusion usually follows throughout the day.




If purpose controls the morning, purpose often guides the rest of the day.




The Cepher reveals something remarkable about the importance of the morning.




In Tehilliym (Psalm) 5:3, Dawid said:




“In the morning, YAHUAH, You hear my voice; in the morning I lay my request before You and wait expectantly.”




Notice that Dawid did not say he would seek Elohiym whenever it was convenient.




He did not say he would wait until the day became difficult.




He intentionally positioned himself before Elohiym in the morning.




Before the pressures came, before the responsibilities arrived, before the distractions appeared, Dawid understood a principle that many people still overlook today.




If you do not set the direction of your morning, something else will set it for you.




Imagine the power of that mindset.




Before the demands of leadership arrived, Dawid sought Elohiym.




Before the challenges of governing a nation confronted him, Dawid sought Elohiym.




Before the battles of the day unfolded, Dawid sought Elohiym.




He understood that the morning was not simply another part of the day.




The morning was an opportunity to align himself with divine wisdom before facing earthly challenges.




Perhaps one reason many people spend their days fighting confusion is because they never establish clarity at the beginning of the day.




Furthermore, when we look at the life of Yahusha, we discover an even deeper lesson.




Marqus (Mark) 1:35 says:




“Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Yahusha got up, left the house, and went off to a solitary place where He prayed.”




Think about that carefully.




If anyone could have claimed to be too busy, it was Yahusha.




Crowds were waiting for Him.




People needed healing.




Lives needed transformation.




Yet despite all the demands on His schedule, He protected His mornings.




He intentionally withdrew before engaging with the world.




He understood that private preparation produces public effectiveness.




Many people wake up and immediately allow the world to speak to them.




Notifications speak to them.




News headlines speak to them.




Social media speaks to them.




Problems speak to them.




Fear speaks to them.




Comparison speaks to them.




Yet Yahusha demonstrates a different pattern.




Before hearing the voices of the world, He spent time hearing from the Father.




Before responding to people, He aligned Himself with purpose.




Before entering the battle, He established spiritual strength.




That pattern is still relevant today because the strongest people are not necessarily those who have fewer challenges.




Often they are simply those who prepare differently.




Now picture two individuals waking up tomorrow morning at exactly the same time.




Both have 24 hours available.




Both have dreams.




Both have opportunities.




Both have challenges.




The first person reaches for a phone immediately after opening their eyes.




Within minutes, they are scrolling through bad news, comparing themselves to strangers, reacting to opinions, consuming distractions, and allowing outside influences to determine their emotional state.




Their day begins with reaction rather than intention.




They are already following someone else’s agenda before they have even considered their own.




The second person wakes up and chooses a different path.




Before touching a phone, they spend time in prayer.




Before reacting to the world, they reflect on Elohiym’s promises.




Before allowing distractions to enter their mind, they establish their priorities.




They pray.




They read Scripture.




They think, they plan, they prepare.




They approach the day with intention rather than impulse.




At first glance, the difference between these two individuals seems insignificant.




It may only be 30 minutes or 1 hour, but the power of life is often hidden in repetition.




One morning may not change much.




One week may not reveal dramatic differences.




But what happens after one year?




What happens after three years?




What happens after five years?




The person who continually reacts to life often finds themselves controlled by circumstances.




The person who continually prepares for life often finds themselves equipped to influence circumstances.




Eventually, their habits begin producing different results.




Their thinking becomes different.




Their confidence becomes different.




Their discipline becomes different.




Their relationships become different.




Their opportunities become different.




Not because one experienced a miracle and the other did not, but because one consistently won the first battle of the day.




Meanwhile, there is another truth we must understand.




Every morning represents more than a new schedule.




Every morning represents new mercy.




Eykhah (Lamentations) 3:22-23 declares:




“Because of YAHUAH’s great love, we are not consumed, for His compassions never fail. They are new every morning.”




That means every sunrise carries evidence of Elohiym’s faithfulness.




Every morning is a reminder that yesterday does not have to control today.




Every morning is proof that Elohiym has given you another opportunity to grow, another opportunity to improve, another opportunity to obey, another opportunity to become who He created you to be.




Some people wake up carrying yesterday’s mistakes.




Some wake up carrying regret, disappointment, failure, and frustration.




Yet Elohiym says His mercies are new every morning.




The adversary wants you to begin the day focused on your failures.




Elohiym wants you to begin the day focused on His faithfulness.




The adversary wants you to believe your past defines you.




Elohiym wants you to understand that His grace gives you another chance to move forward.




That is why mornings matter so much.




They are not merely the beginning of another day.




They are an invitation to start again.




Consequently, the greatest mistake many people make is assuming that the morning is simply preparation for the real battle.




They believe the battle starts when they arrive at work.




They believe the battle starts when they enter the meeting.




They believe the battle starts when they face opposition.




But the truth is much deeper.




The battle begins the moment the alarm clock rings.




The battle begins when you must choose between discipline and comfort.




The battle begins when you must choose between purpose and distraction.




The battle begins when you must choose between seeking Elohiym and neglecting Him.




The battle begins when you must decide whether you will lead your day or allow your day to lead you.




And that is the heart of this message today.




Your morning is not preparation for the battle.




Your morning is the first battle.




Win that battle and you position yourself to win many others.




Lose that battle repeatedly and the rest of the day often becomes an uphill struggle.




The first victory of the day is not over circumstances.




It is over yourself.




It is deciding that purpose will be stronger than excuses.




Discipline will be stronger than feelings.




And Elohiym’s direction will be stronger than distraction.




Because when you learn to win the morning, you begin developing the habits, mindset, and spiritual strength necessary to win the future Elohiym has prepared for you.




As we continue, I want you to understand something that has the power to transform every area of your life.




Before you can lead a business, you must lead yourself.




Before you can lead a team, you must lead yourself.




Before you can lead a family, influence a community, build a ministry, or fulfill an Elohiym-given assignment, you must first master the person you see in the mirror every morning.




One of the greatest misconceptions in our world is the belief that leadership begins when people start following you.




In reality, leadership begins when you learn to govern yourself.




The hardest person you will ever manage is not your boss, not your spouse, not your employees, not your competitors.




The hardest person you will ever manage is yourself.




Think about how many dreams have been destroyed not by a lack of opportunity, but by a lack of discipline.




Think about how many talented people never reached their potential because they could not control their impulses.




Think about how many gifted individuals started strong but failed to finish because they never developed mastery over their habits.




Talent can open doors, but discipline determines how long you remain in the room.




Potential can create opportunities, but character determines whether you can sustain success once it arrives.




The truth is that most people are waiting for a breakthrough while ignoring the habits that would prepare them for one.




They want greater influence without greater responsibility.




They want greater success without greater discipline.




They want larger assignments without developing the capacity required to handle them.




Yet throughout Scripture, Elohiym consistently demonstrates that He examines faithfulness in small things before entrusting people with greater things.




Elohiym is not merely interested in where you are going.




He is interested in who you are becoming on the journey.




This is why Mishlei (Proverbs) 25:28 gives us such a powerful warning:




“Like a city whose walls are broken through is a person who lacks self-control.”




In biblical times, a city without walls was vulnerable.




It could not protect itself.




It could not defend its people.




It was exposed to every attack that came its way.




Shelomoh is telling us that a person without self-control lives the same way.




Every temptation gains access.




Every distraction gains influence.




Every emotion gains authority.




Every impulse becomes a master.




A lack of self-control does not merely weaken a person.




It leaves them defenseless.




Look around at society today.




Many people are intelligent but undisciplined.




Many are educated but inconsistent.




Many know what they should do but repeatedly fail to do it.




The issue is often not information.




The issue is self-mastery.




The problem is rarely that people do not know the right path.




The problem is that they struggle to stay on it.




Knowledge without discipline produces frustration because you constantly see the destination but never make the necessary journey.




Let me say something that may challenge you.




Freedom is not the absence of discipline.




Freedom is the reward of discipline.




The world often teaches the opposite.




It tells you freedom means doing whatever you want, whenever you want, however you want.




But if you follow every impulse, you do not become free.




You become enslaved to your impulses.




If you eat whatever you want, your body eventually suffers.




If you spend whatever you want, your finances eventually suffer.




If you say whatever you feel, your relationships eventually suffer.




If you follow every emotion, your peace eventually suffers.




Real freedom is not doing whatever feels right.




Real freedom is possessing the ability to choose what is right even when your feelings disagree.




That is mastery.




That is maturity.




And that is why Sha’ul wrote in Qorintiym Ri’shon (1 Corinthians) 9:27:




“I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest after I have preached to others, I myself should become disqualified.”




Think about who is speaking here.




This is Sha’ul.




A man of extraordinary revelation.




A man who planted assemblies.




A man who saw miracles.




A man who wrote a large portion of the Renewed Covenant.




And yet he says, “I discipline my body.”




He does not say his body naturally cooperates.




He does not say discipline became unnecessary after receiving revelation.




He says he actively brings himself into submission.




Why?




Because gifting does not remove the need for discipline.




Anointing does not remove the need for discipline.




Calling does not remove the need for discipline.




In fact, the greater the assignment, the greater the necessity for self-government.




Some people think the answer to their struggles is more motivation.




But motivation is unreliable.




Motivation comes and goes.




Discipline remains.




There are mornings when you will not feel motivated.




There are seasons when you will not feel inspired.




There are moments when obedience feels inconvenient.




Those are the moments when discipline becomes more valuable than emotion.




Because discipline keeps moving long after excitement disappears.




Discipline carries you through seasons when feelings cannot.




That is why your future is not determined by your intentions.




It is determined by your habits.




You become what you repeatedly do.




Not occasionally.




Repeatedly.




Every habit is casting a vote for the person you are becoming.




Every morning you either reinforce discipline or reinforce distraction.




Every decision either strengthens purpose or strengthens excuses.




There is no neutral ground.




You are always becoming something.




This is why the morning is so important.




Because the way you begin your day often reveals the direction of your life.




If you begin with chaos, you reinforce chaos.




If you begin with distractions, you reinforce distractions.




If you begin with intention, you reinforce intention.




If you begin with Elohiym, you reinforce dependence on Elohiym.




And eventually, these repeated choices become your identity.




Some people say, “I wish I were more disciplined.”




But discipline is not a personality trait.




It is a decision repeated until it becomes a habit.




You do not wait to become disciplined.




You practice discipline.




You choose it when it is difficult.




You choose it when it is inconvenient.




You choose it when no one is watching.




And slowly, what was once difficult becomes normal.




This is why Yahusha said in Luke 16:10:




“He who is faithful in what is least is faithful also in much.”




Notice He does not say talented in much.




He does not say gifted in much.




He says faithful.




Faithfulness is one of the most underrated qualities in our generation.




Everyone wants significance.




Few desire consistency.




Everyone wants influence.




Few want discipline.




Everyone wants the crown.




Few want the process.




But Elohiym consistently entrusts greater things to people who demonstrate faithfulness in smaller things.




Because if you cannot govern little, why would heaven trust you with much?




If you cannot manage your time, why would you be trusted with greater opportunities?




If you cannot govern your emotions, why would you be entrusted with greater influence?




If you cannot discipline your habits, why would you be prepared for greater responsibility?




The Kingdom does not reward potential.




The Kingdom rewards faithfulness.




Potential is what you could become.




Faithfulness is what you repeatedly choose.




And repeated choices become destiny.




Now hear me carefully.




Many people are praying for doors to open while Elohiym is waiting for them to become the kind of person who can walk through those doors wisely.




Many are asking for influence while neglecting integrity.




Many are asking for greater opportunities while ignoring the disciplines required to sustain them.




But Elohiym is not interested in giving you something that will destroy you.




He is committed to preparing you for what He intends to entrust to you.




That preparation often happens quietly.




It happens in mornings when no one is watching.




It happens when you choose prayer over distraction.




It happens when you choose discipline over comfort.




It happens when you choose obedience over convenience.




Those moments may feel small.




But they are not small.




They are shaping your future.




They are building your character.




They are preparing your capacity.




And one day, when greater opportunities arrive, people may call you fortunate.




They may call you gifted.




They may call you blessed.




But what they will not see are the hundreds of ordinary mornings where discipline quietly prepared you for extraordinary moments.




That is the secret many people overlook.




Greatness is rarely built in public.




It is usually built in private.




Character is forged in hidden places.




Discipline is developed when applause is absent.




Faithfulness is established when nobody is celebrating your progress.




Yet Elohiym sees it all.




And Elohiym honors faithfulness.




Because the habits you practice in private eventually determine the influence you carry in public.




So stop underestimating small acts of obedience.




Stop despising ordinary disciplines.




Stop waiting for extraordinary motivation.




Choose faithfulness.




Choose consistency.




Choose discipline.




Because self-government is not punishment.




It is preparation.




And preparation is one of the greatest expressions of faith.




You prepare because you believe Elohiym is faithful.




You discipline yourself because you believe purpose is worth protecting.




You govern yourself because you believe your future matters.




And my friend, it does.




Your future matters.




Your calling matters.




Your obedience matters.




And the disciplines you establish today may become the foundation of everything Elohiym intends to do through your life.




Now let me tell you something that may surprise you.




Most people are not destroyed by failure.




They are destroyed by distraction.




Failure is painful.




But distraction is dangerous because it often feels harmless.




Failure gets your attention.




Distraction steals your attention.




And whatever captures your attention eventually shapes your life.




We live in a world that is fighting aggressively for your focus.




Your phone wants your attention.




Social media wants your attention.




News cycles want your attention.




Advertising wants your attention.




Entertainment wants your attention.




Everyone is competing for the one resource you can never recover once it is spent:




Your attention.




And the tragedy is not merely that people are distracted.




The tragedy is that many people are distracted from the very thing Elohiym created them to do.




The adversary understands something many believers forget:




If he cannot destroy your purpose, he will try to distract you from it.




Because distraction delays destiny.




Distraction consumes time.




Distraction divides energy.




Distraction weakens discipline.




And eventually, distraction creates a life that feels busy but produces very little fruit.




That is why Yahusha warned us repeatedly about being watchful.




Not fearful.




Watchful.




Because focus is one of the greatest spiritual disciplines you can develop.

THE POWER OF KINGDOM FAITH PART 1

Romans chapter 8










Today we are walking in: The Power Of Kingdom Faith Part 1










Proverbs 20:6



Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful H529 man who can find?





FAITH





Today we look to the word FAITH-- H529- emuwn--faithfulness, trusting, faithful









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




Deuteronomy 32:20



And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith H529











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



Habakkuk 2:4



Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith H529.











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

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THE POWER OF KINGDOM FAITH PART 1




We want to talk about the power of kingdom faith. Say that with me. The power of kingdom faith. I am convinced that you should not trust anyone who have not been tested. Don't trust anyone who have not been tested.










Somehow, we've developed the idea that testing is a sin. Going through a test is some kind of indication that you are out of Elohiym's will. This is a very dangerous misconception.




Somehow, we believe that when things are not the way we think they should be, then we begin to wonder if something is wrong with us or wrong with other people, or maybe we are not doing something that is right, or maybe even thinking that we are sinning. Somehow, we relate tests and challenges with sin. And I want to correct that tonight.




That is not true. You would remember if you read the Bible and the four Gospels, there was an incident where Yahusha met a man who was blind. And the story actually says he was blind from birth. And the religious leaders had already concluded what caused him to be blind. So when Yahusha came into the village and the blind man cried out for help, he went to the blind man and he began to address the situation. And one of the religious leaders said to him before he acted, he said, Master, was this man born blind because of the sins of his parents? Interesting.




And that question is still asked today in your mind and in the life of our community. Need to talk a little quieter, sir. Need to talk a little quieter. So it's important for you to have an answer to that question. Your house burned down, your first question, or maybe the comments of other people around you. Shift immediately to questions of integrity.










What are you doing wrong? Why? If you wasn't doing something wrong, your house wouldn't have burned down. So they assume that the burning house is payback for sin. Your baby died in the womb. Miscarriage. Question, what are you not doing right? Maybe your husband is sinning. Maybe you ain't paying enough tithes.










Maybe the YAHUAH left you. And they they build this. Massive case against. The experience of something that seemed to be negative. This is a very common human experience. So here's Yahusha facing an issue where a man has a physical problem he cannot see. And the religious people have already concluded why he's blind. They say he's blind because his father and mother must have sinned. As if Elohiym gets you.




If you sin. And Yahusha answered wonderfully. He said, this man is not blind because of anybody's sin. He said, but this blindness is for the glory of Elohiym. Now, there's a shock. Maybe it may be helpful then to. Discuss the word glory a little bit. Because if if a if a handicap. Or a problem or a challenge or a test of blindness.













Is connected to glory. Then give me more blindness. And there's your paradox. OK, write the word glory down just so that we can deal with that comment of Yahusha. The word glory is the word doxa. D-O-X-A. It's a Greek word. Doxa. This blindness is for the glory of Elohiym. The doxa of Elohiym. The word doxa, here's what it means. Write it down.




It means nature. Nature. N-A-T-U-R-A. Or it means true weight. W-E-I-G-H-T. It also means heavy. This blindness is to show the glory, the doxa of Elohiym. How can this problem reveal the nature of Elohiym? Well, nature has to do with what something is like. What is Elohiym like? Well, the only way to know what Elohiym's like is for him to reveal his nature.













You can only know how strong someone is when they try to lift something. So you can brag of how strong you are as much as you want. The test, everybody say test. The test is what you can lift. So the test reveals your true nature. Are you really strong? So testing is not demonic activity.










Testing is built into the system of faith. Yahusha said, Elohiym made sure this man could not see until this moment. Because I have to show you what Elohiym's power is like. So I need blindness so I can show you that Elohiym can make blind men see. And it's not even the seeing that's important, nor the blindness. What's important is to show you that Elohiym can do this work.










Are you with me? So Elohiym's strength, his power is revealed in tests. So I want to talk about this power of kingdom faith. The kingdom of Elohiym is not a lazy, shallow, timid, frightened community of people. We're tough. If I wrote the Bible from my own inspiration, I would have cancelled 80% of the stories in the Bible. Because 80% of the stories in the Bible are full of trouble.







And yet, the Bible is packed full of acts of faith under pressure. Matter of fact, no one made the Bible without going through tests. When I say made the Bible, you didn't make the list. Just think about some names, and you think about trouble, don't you? Avraham, trouble, calf baby. Mosheh, trouble, can't talk, and Elohiym never healed his tongue. He was a murderer, trouble. Ya’aqov, stole his brother's birthright, he was a thief. Anyone you call, their whole life is full of trouble. I wouldn't put that in the Bible if I was Ya’aqov.













I would put good things, not that I was a thief. But that's what makes them so great. They were able to go through and come out the other side better than when they went through. The Elohiym we serve doesn't protect you from problems. He proves you through problems. You know, the last few years in the church community around the world, I'm talking about maybe the last 30, 40 years or more, there have been incubating a theology that places a negative spirit on testing.













Almost to the point where it is suggested that if you are not doing well, you must not be doing right. And if that be the truth, then we got to cancel Mosheh, we got to cancel Ya’aqov, got to cancel Obadiah and Jonah and Micah and Nahum and Habakkuk and Daniel and Shadrach and Meshach and especially Abednego. Them fellas wasn't doing nothing wrong and Elohiym let them go in the fire.













Now, let me ask you to write some statements down. I want to talk about the value of your faith. The value of faith. Number one, write this down please. The most important power you possess is your faith. Please remember this. I want to strongly reinforce this reality. What is the most important power you possess? I can't hear you. Shout it loud. No, your faith. Say it, my faith.













My faith. That's the most powerful thing you possess. When you lose that, you lost. Not only is faith the most important, powerful thing you have, but it is the only thing that threatens the devil. As long as you have that, he cannot succeed. Your faith is your only protection. Number two, write this down. Faith is your belief and your conviction that creates your confidence in life. That's number two.













Faith is your what? Belief and conviction that creates your confidence in life. You can only have confidence if you possess faith. When you lose faith, you cannot be confident. You become wavering. You become questioning. You become weak. And all the forces of earth run over you, destroy your life. As a matter of fact, when you lose your belief and your conviction, there's no reason to live after that. Number three, your faith is manifested by the tests it encounters.













How is faith manifested? Say it loud. A little loud, everybody. Louder still. So how do I know if you have faith? There has to be a test. The only way faith can be manifested is through a test. This is why Elohiym would many times take his time answering your prayer. It ain't the answer he's interested in, nor the prayer. He's interested in what you're going to do while you're waiting. Are you still going to have confidence in the waiting period? Help us, YAHUAH. So I'm no longer impressed by your bragging of how great Elohiym is to you. I want to see how great he is when the bottom falls out. That's the test.













Number four, your faith is as strong as the test it survives. I'm going to keep repeating that for the rest of the year. Say it with me. My faith is as strong as the test it survives. My faith is as strong as the test it survives.
















Elohiym will only know the level of your faith by the test he allows you to face that you survive. I want to give you number five, but it's not written down. Number five, faith is Elohiym's pre- No, sorry. Testing of your faith is Elohiym's prerequisite for trusting you. I'm going to say it again. Testing of your faith is heaven's prerequisite for trusting you.










The word prerequisite, some of you may be a big word. It simply means before a requirement necessary before something. Elohiym will never trust what he didn't test. And if you call test negative, you will never be trusted by Elohiym. How you handle pressure, test, attacks, challenges is Elohiym's laboratory of experiment for him to trust you. Oh, you can think of a thousand examples, right? Just like that.













I think the best example of all. Is Yahusha Ha'Mashiach himself. 30 years old. At 12, he knew. His mission. He told his mother. I must be for my father's business. At his birth, the angels announced that he was the son of Elohiym. The wise men came and confirmed it. And yet Elohiym didn't trust him. And now he's ready at age 30, because it takes 30 year old to become a rabbi or one who is a teacher in his culture. So at 30, he's now ready to begin his mission.













And Elohiym is not yet. Let me test you first. So Elohiym took him, dip him in the water, bring him back out. He confirmed that my beloved son, but I still don't trust you yet. And the Bible says the Ruach Ha'Qodesh led him into the wilderness to be tested. And the word tested there is the word tempted. Wow. At the end of the test, 40 days. 40 nights. The Bible says when he had passed the test. There's a verse after that. It says, and Yahusha left the desert. Filled with the Ruach Ha'Qodesh without measure. In other words, you know, Elohiym would give you the Ruach Ha'Qodesh. On the front side of the test.










But when you finish the test, he baptizes you in a special power. Why? Because you're going to need it for the next. What? Do you know that as soon as he came out of the wilderness for the Ruach Ha'Qodesh? The first thing he meant was not a celebration party of how he won. The first person he met out of the desert was a demon possessed man. Next test. Sometimes you say, Elohiym, we just went through a tough time. Give us a break. Elohiym says, listen, the life of kingdom citizens is proving their faith. If he had to test himself.













Who do you think? You are. I think the most dangerous prayer you could ever pray. And some of you have prayed it in great ignorance. Is this prayer? YAHUAH, use me. Listen, don't pray that prayer. It's too late. I know you've already done it. And that's why you're going through a little hell right now. Because he's answering your prayer.













If you want him to use you like he uses his son, he's going to take you, he's going to lead you to the wilderness. You have to be qualified to be heard. Write it down. You have to be qualified to be trusted. Elohiym used no one he didn't test. So your faith is really as strong as the test it survives. You're tougher than what you're going through. Okay? So take heart, rejoice. Be exceedingly glad.













Because great is your reward at the end of the test. You know, here's something else I thought was interesting. What is the object of your faith? See, the object of your faith determines the strength of your faith. Write this down. The source of your faith determines the quality of your faith. Where you got your faith from is the question.










If your faith falls up under a little stress, under a little problem, a little surprise, a little sudden thing that happens, then I want to know where you got your faith from. What is the source of your faith? Where did it come from? Do you know why we become disappointed in people? No matter who they are. It could be a spouse.













It could be a parent. It could be a child. It could be a pastor. It could be a politician. It could be anybody, a good friend. The reason why we become disappointed in them is because we had faith in them. And so our faith was as good as they were at the time. And when they changed, then our faith in them changed. So where did you get your faith from? Is it coming from the people and the situations you are in? That's an important question. Because wherever you get it from is the source and the quality of your faith. Number two. Write this down.
















Objective of faith. The object of your faith determines the quantity or the size of your faith. Now we got two things here. We got quality and quantity. How much faith do you have? In other words, how big is your faith? That depends on the object of your faith. What you have your faith in. You know, I keep promising to do this for years, but I think I'm coming to the point where I'm going to eventually do it, maybe 2009. I'm going to put together a marriage ceremony built on kingdom ideas. Because most of the marriages that we use, the ceremonies we use, are questionable.










Let me tell you why I'm saying this. When you get married to someone, that marriage is 100% faith. It ain't love. It's faith. And that's why they don't stay together. Because we put our faith in the person, and that's how strong your faith is. Remember? The source of your faith is the quality, and the object of your faith is the quantity. How much faith should I have in this woman? How much faith should I have in this man? Answer, none. Why? Because if they are the source and the object of your faith, then they control your belief system.
















And so you hear things like, I can't believe you anymore. What they mean is, I lost faith in you. Well, if you have put your faith in Elohiym, and Elohiym is the one who you depend on to keep this relationship, then if anything happens, your faith doesn't move. Because it was never in the person. I scared too deep for you, I know. I'll leave it alone. I feel I'm just hitting a wall. Okay. But let me just comment on this number two.










The object of your faith determines the size of it. In other words, your faith is as big as the Elohiym you have it in. Now here's the problem with the Elohiym you have it in. You don't know enough about the Elohiym you have it in to claim that you know the Elohiym you have it in. And that's why the Bible says you must study. You have to get to know Elohiym for yourself. Because the more you learn about Elohiym, the bigger your faith becomes. Number three. Object of your faith.
















Your faith is as secure as what your faith is in. If you've got a faith in this chair you're sitting in right now, then that's how secure you feel. Some of you came and sat down and didn't even check the chair. You just walked in, sat right down. Why? Somehow there's been some assumption that these have been used before, or maybe even used them before, and you have this confidence that makes you just sit and you just believe that you'll be secure. How many times have you ever fallen out of a chair or the chair break? Let me see your hands. Anyone had a broken chair before? Yeah, man. A couple of times I sat on a chair and the chair break. I became very, very sensitive after that.



















And I took the chair and moved it out far away from everybody. Why? Because my trust in that chair failed. Your faith is as secure as what you have it in. What's your faith? Is your faith in a church or in Elohiym? Is your faith in a relationship or in Elohiym? Is your faith in a priest or a pastor or is it in Elohiym? Then your faith will only be as secure as what you have it in. Number four, object of your faith. The stability of faith is determined by the stability of its object. The reason why you don't put an anchor in sand is because when the currents come and the winds blow, there is instability. So you cannot trust the anchor. Do you know a miracle is a temporary act of Elohiym? So don't trust miracles.










I think that's one of our problems in the spiritual relationship we have in the kingdom of Elohiym. We somehow measure Elohiym by what He does. And so when He doesn't do something, our measure changes. It's sandy. How stable is your faith? It's as stable as the object it is in. Don't even trust the works of Elohiym. Number five is a question. What is your faith in? Ask your neighbor the question right now. Ask him. What is your faith in? Again. What is your faith in? Look at him right now. Ask him.










What is your faith in? That's an important question. And sometimes we think we have already answered it. Is your faith in Pastor Miles? You better check it. Is your faith in this ministry? You better check it. Your faith in television ministers? You better check it. Where is your faith? What is it in? Is your faith in the blessing Elohiym gave you last year?bWhere is your faith? Well, here's an answer I thought was interesting. It's answered by Yahusha. Mark chapter 11. Yahusha said these words. Have faith in Elohiym. Verse 22. Isn't that beautiful? He said look.



















He caught fish for them. He healed Kepha's mother-in-law from fever. He paid their taxes. He raised Lazarus from the dead. He walked on the water. He stopped the winds for them. He said don't have faith in none of those things, my dear. Have faith in Elohiym. Ask your neighbor, what is your faith in? Let them answer you. Where is your faith? Come on, answer them. My faith is in Elohiym. Say it.










Let the devil hear you say it. My faith is in Elohiym. Let the angels hear it. My faith is in Elohiym. Now let Elohiym hear you say it. My faith is in Elohiym. That's the only thing that is stable. Hallelujah. That's it. We're running a race, you know. And sometimes we forget that. We think we're just here to get Christmas presents from Elohiym every day. This ain't no party. This is citizenship in a country, in a planet that is very adversarial toward the kingdom. Don't forget we are in a fight.






















We are in a race. We are not in a great big celebration where everything is good. The devil has not left the earth. I just thought I'd remind you of that. And demons ain't gone from the planet yet. You will overcome the world. After a fight. And so you're in this race. What's the fight? I thought I would read this again. I thought it was important. 1 Timothy chapter 6 verse 11 says, But you, man of Elohiym. Everybody say man of Elohiym.










Woman of Elohiym. That includes all of us. So you, if you claim to be a man of Elohiym, a woman of Elohiym, that means a citizen of the kingdom of Elohiym. If you claim to be, that you belong to Elohiym, then he says, Flee from all of this conditions, circumstances, and pursue righteousness. What is righteousness? Right positioning. Yes, right standing with Elohiym. Good. And to stay, stay, got to stay in relationship right with Elohiym. Why? Because the next statement says, Because godliness and faith are necessary.













Love and endurance are all necessary. Gentleness, all necessary. Why? Because you got to fight. What's the fight? Fight the good fight of faith. Verse 12. What's our fight? What's our fight? What is our fight? You're not even fighting the devil. Well, this is an important point. You think you're fighting the devil. He says the fight in the kingdom is for your belief. The devil is really not your ultimate enemy. Your ultimate enemy is doubt. His job is to get you to doubt what Elohiym told you.













So the fight is to come up after you've been under the water of life for a long time. When you hit, when you hit the surface, you go, I still believe. And they'll put you down again. Hold it down. I still believe. Can you live that way? I lost everything. I lost everyone. I lost everything. And I still believe. Then you won. You don't lose when you lose the blessings. You lose when you lose your faith. Because your faith will always get back the blessing. Hallelujah. So the devil says, I have to get rid of this faith.













I can destroy her faith, his faith. I have won. So Sha’ul says, fight the good fight of faith. Next verse says what? Take hold of eternal life. It doesn't just come to you. I know you got eternal life. He said, but you got to fight to keep it. Because the devil wants you to even believe that you ain't saved. If I am saved, why is this happening to me? If we say, why is this happening to us? If I'm saved, why am I losing this? And Elohiym said, this ain't got nothing to do with that.







Do you believe? Even if it happens. What a faith Elohiym given us. Powerful faith. Hallelujah. Please don't miss Sunday morning. Boy, some good stuff coming. Hallelujah. Listen to this. I like with Sha’ul. Sha’ul gave us a couple of hints here. Let me write them down. I took them out for you. Number one, fake confession will be tested. Let me tell you something that's very important. This is the key in the kingdom. These are principles, okay? That kingdoms will operate by. Yahusha said, I will give you the keys.










Here's one of them. Never say in the kingdom of Elohiym what you don't mean. This sounds simple. You know, one of the laws that Elohiym gave Mosheh to give to the nation that he was building was a strange law. Matter of fact, the Ten Commandments are used by our governments, but they miss out a few of them. But they use most of them to run countries, you know? Like, thou shalt not murder, thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not bear false witness, you know, thou shalt not commit adultery.



















A lot of countries use these laws to build their countries. But they miss out a few. Here's one they don't use. Thou shalt not take the YAHUAH thy Elohiym's name in vain. What does that mean? What does that mean? Yahusha explained it when he came to earth. 4,000 years after Mosheh. Yahusha said, and he was going through the laws, you know? Do not commit adultery and do not covet and all this stuff. And when he got to this one, he says, look. Do not take the YAHUAH's Elohiym's name in vain.



















He repeated it. Then he explained it. He says, let your yea be yea and your nay be nay. Let anything more than this is evil. In other words, don't ever use maybe in the kingdom. Oh boy. Let me explain how deep this is. It has to do with faith. If you say yes, I will do this, or I believe this. That must be tested. Are you getting this? So keep your mouth shut. Death and life is really truly in the power of your tongue. There is a key in the kingdom. The key says, whatever you proclaim must be tested. The word is must be.










So you don't talk if you don't want no trouble. It is a law in the kingdom. And yet, here's the problem. You can get nothing in the kingdom without saying it. I feel like just shouting all by myself. You shall have whatsoever you say it. The part he don't add is after the test. Hallelujah. So you tell your friends, I believe Elohiym for this thing. Now it's out there. Oh my Elohiym, it's out there. You already put it out there. And the next day, everything opposite happens. Now what are they going to say about you now? They can say, you know, this faith thing ain't working for you. This Elohiym ain't working for you.













See, you have to understand the system. Ladies and gentlemen, you know, Elohiym normally talks to you privately. But you have to profess it publicly. This is the deep part of the kingdom. Elohiym talked to Mosheh by himself, you know, in the back of the bush, in the mountain. Such and such and such. Elohiym talked to Avraham, always by yourself, privately. You know, Avraham, you can have a baby. Okay, Avraham now got to go back to that village where all those people know him and say it. Now he's thinking, no problem. I can say it because you know Elohiym said it. He can do it in nine months.



















The Bible says, and Avraham believed Elohiym. Okay, believing Elohiym doesn't guarantee immediate answer. It does guarantee a test. Hallelujah. Let me tell you why you are in trouble right now. Okay, this is it. Your mouth got you in trouble. You said something. And the principle of the kingdom is, it must be tested. Let's prove it. Here's a verse, Luke 22, verse 31. This guy was a member of BFM. His name is Simon Kepha. Okay, Simon said to Yahusha, Master, watch him now, I will die for you. I will never leave you. I will not forsake you. I am with you. I will support you.










I mean, Kepha was just, boom, speaking out. I will never abandon you, Yahusha. And Mashiach responds. Look at the words he used. Simon, Simon. In other words, the way Elohiym, Yahusha said it was, oh boy. Oh man, you know, that's the way it works, brother. You should have never said that. Hey, by the way, have you wondered why none of the other disciples joined him? And none ever tried to say it afterwards? Because they heard what Yahusha said. Yahusha said, Simon, Simon. Watch this now. Satan has asked, the word he has demanded, to sift you, test you, as wheat.










Now, this is Yahusha Ha'Mashiach, Elohiym in the flesh. The one who made the devil. Created him. He said, look, Kepha, you just qualified yourself for a test. By the way, I'm sure most of you know what a sift is. Or do you? You sure you know what a sift is? No, man, only the folks in Bayntown know what a sift is. Bayntown sift is not the kind of sift you guys, you all use like screen wire, call that sift. Sift in Bayntown, the original one, was a flat piece of tin. And you take a nail, you just knock little holes right next to each other in every fraction of that piece of metal until there's nothing but holes in this piece of metal.
















That's a sift. Now read that. He says, Satan has demanded to lay you out and test every area of this statement that you claim you ain't never gonna deny Yahusha. You ain't never gonna forsake him. You ain't never gonna abandon him. I'm gonna test it right to the hole. Anybody feel that way lately? Yeah, boy, you feel like, oh, man, we by ourselves. Man, Elohiym forgot me, man. This is, ah, can I make it through this? Elohiym said, hang on, your mouth got you here.



















Let your mouth keep you here. Say, I believe. No, no, that's what you gotta say when you're in it. I still believe. Hallelujah. Do not consider it strange, I'm quoting Kepha chapter one, that you enter into fiery trials. How did Kepha know that? Kepha spoke himself into it. He said, look, I've been there. I like this verse, though. Look at the next statement. And Yahusha said, but I have prayed, not just for you. I prayed for your faith.



















When you're going through, still believe. Believer Elohiym spoke at the beginning. This ministry is stronger than anyone's criticism, stronger than anybody's opinion, stronger than anybody's presumption or assumption this ministry is a result of a word Elohiym gave. And listen, you can tell if something is genuine. It always comes back out of the fire staggering and say, I still here. I still here.



















Smoking and everything, all kind of hole in him. I still here. You know, I think one of the greatest acts of faith I saw was in the movie. The Terminator. Come on, tell somebody I'm a Terminator. Yeah, you can't terminate Terminator. I mean, they blew his head off. Boom, fella's still walking around half a head. I'm still here. I mean, they burn him up, put him in the fire, he came back up. That's faith. Faith says it doesn't matter. What happens? I still believe. What destroys you? May Elohiym help us. Yahusha said, Kepha, I pray for your faith.













I didn't pray for you to get healed. He didn't pray for his healing. He didn't pray for the devil to leave him. Didn't pray for demons to not bother him. He didn't cast the devil out or nothing. He said, I pray for your belief through the process. That's why it's the most powerful thing you possess. Yahusha said, if you can just keep that, the devil lost. Did Kepha make it? Look at the last part. He says, and when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers. Let me tell you what that means. You are not qualified to help nobody until you needed help one time and you made it through.
















It is the test that allows Elohiym to trust you to help other people. I told you all on Sunday, Bahamas Faith Ministries is about to move to a level that I don't know what it is, but it's so awesome. Elohiym's checking everybody. And if you are standing firm and strong, he says, I'm about to trust you with something I need tested people to trust. Your personal life, the bigger the test, the bigger the assignment that's coming up next. So don't be impressed by people who always having a good time.










Learn from those who went through the fiery furnace and the lion's den who had boils all over their body. They scrape it with 10 to get the puss out like Joe. You got to learn from people who went through and who got a story. Trust people who got scars. I remember teaching our little kids there to walk. I'm sure you all had this experience too. You have little children, they're babies. You know, when baby's ready to walk, they start trying to walk and then the parent will come and say, come. And the baby take one step, take another step and the baby fall down.



















I guess the parents do. They don't take him. So you can't try no more because you fell. The parent put him right back up to fall again and say, come. And why do the kids come? Because they trust the parent. The fall was not as important as the parents call. You missed it. Elohiym is still saying, come. You fall down, ain't nothing working. Elohiym said, get up, get up, come. And he ain't coming to help you, no. He'll tell you, come. Sometimes you got to pull yourself up because if he believes I can still walk across there, then I am going to walk toward him. Hallelujah. That's called faith.
















Trust, that's what kids have in parents. He says, when you've been tested, then you can help your brothers. Bahamas Faith Ministries is a leadership organization. The only way to test leadership is through trials. And if we are going to teach and train leaders from around the world, we're going to have to have a story on every corner. Been through that. Yeah, been through that. Oh, we did that. Yeah, we've been through that. Yeah, we've been broke many times, man. You'll be all right. Listen, you will never be blessed financially by Elohiym until you've been bankrupt a few times.






















And you got to have faith in the middle of the bankruptcy. Job was totally bankrupt. Everything gone. And Job says, even though he slayed me, even though he slayed me, my trust is not in the wealth and the house and the sheep and the goats. It's in Elohiym, he says. Where is your faith? Hallelujah. Are you blessed? Tell your neighbor you're going to make it through. Okay. I want to close on this point and then Sunday morning is going to be awesome because your faith is going to explode.










Hallelujah. Write this down, please. The impact of Elohiym's works. Now, this is very important stuff here to understand in the kingdom lifestyle. Number one, the goal of Elohiym's works is to place your faith in him and not the works. I'm going to say it again because it's a little bit confusing. The goal of Elohiym's works, his miracles and blessings, all that stuff, is to place your faith in him, not the works. In other words, Elohiym would do something in your life so you could trust him. What we do is we trust what he did.










Oh Yahusha, have mercy. I'm afraid to say what I'm thinking. Can I say it? Because the book of Proverbs 5 says the thoughts of a righteous man are always right. So let me check. We normally say if he did it for you, he'll do it for me. That ain't necessarily true in the kingdom. That's true in religion. Elohiym never did anything for Joshua the way he did it for Mosheh. Nothing.













So what he did for me, don't put your faith in what he did for me. Put your faith in Elohiym. He mightn't do for you what he did for me, but you still gotta trust him. YAHUAH help me. Hallelujah. Elohiym works so you could put your faith in him. The impact of Elohiym's works. Number two, very important, Yochanon chapter two. Watch this. Verse 11. This is the first of his miracles and signs that Yahusha performed at Cana. Remember he turned the water into wine.



















Remember that? It says he therefore revealed his glory and then his disciples put their faith in him. What was the glory? The wine? But they didn't put their faith in the wine because Yahusha never again turned water into wine. You know Elohiym might not pay your rent right now. That got nothing to do with your faith in Elohiym. He may let your rent run right to the last day. He may even let it run over the time to see what your mouth gonna say.










YAHUAH have mercy. See, the disciples saw the miracle but didn't put their faith in the miracle because miracles are temporary, remember? And they may never be repeated. So the YAHUAH healed your wife when she was sick. So my wife sick, I figure well okay, the YAHUAH can heal my wife too. And Elohiym said wait a minute, that was his miracle. You don't know everything about your wife. Her assignment is finished. She gave you the kid you're supposed to have. Her purpose is completed.



















But Elohiym, she's so young. Shut up! My ways are past finding out. You know, what comforts me one time is when I was reading, I was a teenager reading the four gospels over and over again and I realized that Joseph died with Elohiym in the house. The last time we hear about Joseph was when Yahusha was 12 years old. And 12 years old is when a Hebrew boy became a man. That's why he went to the temple to be tested. That was a test to become a man. His bar mitzvah in the Hebrew culture. And so Mashiach became a man at age 12.



















That's why he told his mom and dad don't you know I'm supposed to be my father's bishop? I can start now. You told me I'm a man now. I can start. Joe never showed up again. Mary lived all the way to his resurrection. But Joseph died somewhere in the time. My question was Elohiym, was Yahusha Ha'Mashiach in the house near the sickbed watching Joseph die? Yes. He raised Lazarus. Yeah, but he couldn't touch his own earthly father because his job was finished. So who are you to say someone died young? Your fate must be in Elohiym. Not his works. Hallelujah.



















So as you go through this week and next month and next year remember this message that no test is allowed that doesn't come just to build your faith. Didn't come to destroy. It came to test your faith, your belief in Elohiym. Not in people, in Elohiym. Not in circumstances, in Elohiym. Not in blessings, in Elohiym. What a wonderful thing to have faith in Elohiym. Faith in persecution. Here's one I thought was interesting.






















Acts chapter 6 verse 5. It says the proposal pleased the whole group. I wanted to read this one because I thought this was an interesting guy. His name was Estepanos. Book of Acts chapter 6. It's about Estepanos. When they appointed Estepanos. You remember Estepanos? He's one of the early disciples who were chosen as a leader in the local church. It says they chose Estepanos a man full of what? Faith. Full of what? Faith. You gotta be full of faith to be chosen in the body of Mashiach. You can't have weak back people who run when pressure comes. But I quit. What do you mean you quit? He was the pastor.
















They said they chose him in leadership not because he was educated. But his belief in Elohiym was so strong. Guess what? That belief made him a member of the hall of fame. Let's read the rest of it. It says and he was full of the Ruach Ha'Qodesh. Also Philip. They presented these men to the apostles and they prayed and laid their hands on them. You lay hands on people who got two things. Ruach Ha'Qodesh and a lot of faith. Not talent. Faith. Because when the going gets rough the talented leave. It's your faith in Elohiym no matter what. You know just a little note here on Kepha. Estepanos's faith did not prevent his stoning.













He was the first disciple to be stoned and killed in the road for Yahusha Ha'Mashiach. Hallelujah. Man full of faith. But if you have faith why that happen to you? Well ask Estepanos. If you follow in Elohiym how can Elohiym allow them to stone you? That's Elohiym's prerogative. Now what? Why? It is for his glory. How come you ain't in the Bible? Because you ain't been stoned. Let me tell you what's so great about Estepanos. You know the story. It says that when they threw the stones on Estepanos big rocks hitting him in his head his body beating him and they stoned him to death. It says that before he died he says Father forgive them. And then it says his face became bright for he had seen the glory of the Son of Elohiym.










He died with glory in his face with a smile. Can you die with a smile with rocks hitting you? A conch shell hitting you? This man's faith was stronger than rocks. And it was from his death that the church multiplied. It says and the church scattered and grew at the death of Estepanos. Elohiym used Estepanos's death to give everyone else a purpose for living. If he could die for that faith I could live for it they say. Maybe Elohiym taking some stuff to make some other people believe that they can do it too. But it ain't easy when you're going through it right? You say oh Elohiym take somebody else use somebody else as an example don't use me. Elohiym said no I chose you because I believe you are full of faith.













We were in a meeting last night wonderful thought came in that meeting the leaders last night the thought was this Elohiym will only allow you to go through something if he believes you can handle it. The YAHUAH will not allow you to be tempted beyond that which you are able to overcome. Not everybody could handle what you're going through because they're not qualified yet. So go through because Papa thinks a lot of you. He believes you can handle this. So stand steady stand firm don't be discouraged walk, run, stand and stagger out of the fire and shout with all your might I still believe.




Amen. Amen.