man - Blog - The Oracle Mag2024-03-28T17:46:54Zhttps://www.theoraclemag.com/profiles/blogs/feed/tag/man#Motivationmonday: Daily Devotional For Men: Encouragement For Men of Colorhttps://www.theoraclemag.com/profiles/blogs/daily-devotional-for-women-purpose-and-god-s-favor-for-women-of-12023-12-04T10:39:49.000Z2023-12-04T10:39:49.000ZPrince Malachi The Firsthttps://www.theoraclemag.com/members/Malachi<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/12308399665?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>A motivational Daily Christian Devotion For men of color</p>
<p>Brothers, I greet you in the name of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior. Today, I want to share with you a word of encouragement and inspiration. You are not alone in your struggles, your challenges, or your victories. You are part of a family of faith that loves you, supports you, and prays for you. And as a man of color, you are also part of a community that celebrates your identity, your culture, and your heritage.</p>
<p>God has a purpose and a plan for your life. He has created you in His image and likeness, and He has endowed you with gifts and talents that are unique and valuable. He has called you to be a leader, a servant, a peacemaker, and a witness in this world. He has given you the power of the Holy Spirit to overcome any obstacle, to resist any temptation, and to fulfill any assignment.</p>
<p>You are not defined by your past mistakes, your present circumstances, or your future fears. You are defined by your relationship with God, who loves you unconditionally, who forgives you completely, and who guides you faithfully. You are more than a conqueror through Him who loved you. You are a son of God, a brother of Christ, and a co-heir of the kingdom.</p>
<p>I urge you, therefore, to live each day with confidence, with joy, and with gratitude. Do not let the enemy steal your peace, your hope, or your destiny. Do not let the world distract you, discourage you, or deceive you. Do not let yourself be complacent, cynical, or critical. Instead, let the word of God renew your mind, let the love of God fill your heart, and let the will of God direct your steps.</p>
<p>You have what it takes to make a difference in this generation. You have what it takes to overcome any challenge. You have what it takes to achieve any goal. You have what it takes to live a life that honors God and blesses others. You have what it takes because God is with you, God is for you, and God is in you.</p>
<p>May the Lord bless you and keep you. May the Lord make His face shine upon you and be gracious to you. May the Lord lift up His countenance upon you and give you peace.</p>
<p>Amen.</p>
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<p>What makes you a leader?<br />
Is it your gift to teach, your gift to preach or the charismatic way that you present yourself?<br />
Maybe it's your flashy business card, your awesome website or the fact that your videos have been seen on the internet so many times.<br />
Is this what makes a true leader?<br />
No, what makes a true leader is the heart to serve. Not serve oneself, but serve others.<br />
I find that in my daily Christian walk, I've encountered more titles than leaders, this is a very sad statement.<br />
Too many leaders are walking around with visions of grandeur and their heads in the clouds.<br />
Meanwhile, forgetting the very people that they are supposed to be serving on this earth.<br />
Being a true leader is not about networking, looking good or self promotion.<br />
It's about servanthood.<br />
When you read The Word, you will not find anywhere that Jesus needed to promote Himself or have others serve Him, hand and foot.<br />
Instead if you read John chapter 13 verses 1-17 you will find the opposite.<br />
<br />
Verses 14-15 read:<br />
And if your Lord and teacher has washed your feet, you should do the same for each other.<br />
I have set the example, and you should do for each other exactly what I have done for you.<br />
<br />
Here we see Jesus showing us an example of what leadership is really all about. So my question is why are so many people still walking around in the church, hurting,<br />
broken hearted and in need of deliverance. The answer is because the very people that need to minister to them, are in need of deliverance themselves.<br />
When the title becomes more important than the calling, the time has come to repent.<br />
<br />
As leaders we need to examine ourselves daily and make sure our hearts and motives are pure. If not, we need to go back to basics, and realize that leadership is a calling and a privilege. We also need to keep in mind who called us, and what the calling<br />
is really all about.</p>
<p><em>I am a husband and father of 4 children. I am a servant for my Lord<br />
and King. I pray your are blessed with what God has given me.</em></p>
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<p>Orlando, as a city, thrives on tourists. I heard recently that Orlando and its surrounding areas (Disney World, etc) hosted 25 million tourists last year - which is about twelve tourists for every one person who actually lives here. What this means is that, during the summer when all the tourists come, it's basically impossible to walk without bumping into an out-of-towner. It also means that, during the winter when all the tourists are back at home, the businesses which thrive on tourists are, shall we say, a little bit slow.<br />
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Such is the case at my job, meaning that my co-workers and I spend a lot of time doing things that don't involve helping customers, being as there are no customers. On one particularly slow night, my friend Blake and I devised a game that involves throwing the miniature-golf balls into the barrel which holds them, a very simple but surprisingly difficult version of basketball. Each of us would shoot till we missed, and the high score won. We really went to town with it, playing mind games on each other, devising new tactics like wrapping the ball in electrical tape to make it easier to grip, and generally doing all the things that two guys do when they're both trying to win at a game.<br />
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Later, I was out doing something work-related when it occurred to me how interesting it was that, given a few minutes of down time, the first thing two guys think to do is make a game that involves competing against each other. I think competition gets a bad rap these days, which is a bummer because I think competition speaks to the heart of what it means to be a man.<br />
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Believe it or not, the Bible addresses this topic. Mark 9 tells the story of the disciples arguing amongst themselves about who was greatest. This is classic masculinity in action. Let's keep score and compete to see who wins. When people teach this story, they often teach it like the disciples were doing something wrong, like this desire to be first was a bad thing.<br />
<br />
But it wasn't. Jesus doesn't scold them for wanting to be first. Instead, he sits them down and tells them how to actually do it! He says, "Whoever wants to be first among you must be the servant of all." He affirmed their desire to be first, their desire to compete for honors; he just told them they had been keeping score the wrong way. And that's it.<br />
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Like I said, competition does get a bad rap, because the gap from healthy competition to unhealthy is very narrow. When we call a person "competitive," what we usually mean is that they like to win and they get very bitter if they don't. The desire to be first place in some sport often goes hand in hand with the desire to cheat or to use performance-enhancing drugs to get there. Things like that cause people - usually women - to look at competition on the whole and say that it's a bad thing, that we should all just get along and be nice to each other so nobody has to lose.<br />
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Yet I would observe that those things are not actually the fault of competition at all. When a person cheats, his focus is not on the competition, but on the results. A "competitive" person does not like competing, most of the time; he likes winning - he is obsessed with the result. There might be great competition, but if he loses, he is still unhappy. That's the really interesting thing about the way Jesus addressed competition. According to his way of keeping score, you never really know where you are on the leaderboard. All you know is how you're doing at the competition itself - at being a servant to everyone. We'll find out the final score someday, but until then we can't know it, which keeps us from being obsessed with the results.<br />
<br />
Believe it or not, Paul actually commands us to compete with one another. In <a class="lbsBibleRef" href="http://biblia.com/bible/esv/Romans%2012.10" target="_blank">Romans 12:10</a>, he says, "Love with brotherly affection; outdo one another in showing honor." Find out how your neighbor is doing at showing honor, and one-up him. Love more; love harder. Something tells me men get more excited about the possibility of outdoing each other than they would about simply showing honor without the idea of a competition. See, we tend to think that comparing ourselves to other people is inherently a bad thing, because many times it is, but many does not equal always. It can be a very good thing when comparing myself to my neighbor leads me to conclude that I'm not loving people as well as he is. As a man, that competition might just be what I need to spur me to the next level. Proverbs says that friends are supposed to have this effect on each other, just like iron sharpens iron.<br />
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Furthermore, the idea of a reward for one's work is very common throughout the Bible. Hebrews 11 observes, "Anyone who comes to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him." In Revelation 22, Jesus promises, "Behold, I am coming soon, and my reward is with me." Rewards are a form of competition: some people will get the prize, and other people won't, and it all depends on how you live during your life. But the thing about God's prizes, which distinguishes them from earthly prizes, is that one person winning does not prevent the rest of us from winning. There are plenty of prizes to go around. If I compete with my friend to see who can outdo the other in showing honor, we both win. It's the healthiest kind of competition. It's all the intensity of competing, which men like, coupled with all the gentleness of "nobody loses," except for the people who don't try at all to win the prizes.<br />
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Polling company Rasmussen Reports has found that 56% of churchgoers are women. In other words, for every 2 men in church, there are 3 women. Why the disparity? What is it about the way the gospel is preached that appeals to women more than men, and why are all those other men choosing football and golf over church on Sunday mornings? I don't mean to suggest that churches are failing to reach men, because there are still a lot of Christian men in this country; nor do I even mean to suggest that all men enjoy and are motivated by a dynamic of competition. But Jesus himself affirmed his disciples when they expressed a desire to be first. He told them exactly how to do it. Shouldn't we conclude that even Jesus understood that some people simply get more excited when they have the ability to compete against other people? If we can introduce that dynamic back into faith somehow, won't we reach a lot of men who feel that Christianity is a good story but is lacking something?<br />
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Of course, the man in me wishes there was some way to actually watch my score go up, because that's what I like about sports and video games: I always know exactly how I'm doing at all times. Showing love is tougher. Do I have a 36%, or is it more like a 58.2%? Because I don't know the score, I just have to focus on the process: loving more, showing honor more, serving everyone. And I have to know that God is watching me, keeping my score, preparing my rewards for the day I take hold of them.<br />
<br />
Until then I have to go beat Blake's high score in Barrelball.</p>
<p><em>Jim Barringer is a 32-year-old writer, musician, and teacher serving at The Church of Life (.com) in Orlando, FL. More of his work can be found at facebook.com/jmbarringer. This work may be reprinted for any purpose so long as this bio and statement of copyright is included.</em></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;">You know there used to be a time when, when men, walk down the street - and there were a group of boys - they would move over off the curb and let the man by. Now men have to move over because of the threat of social terrorism. So there is a cry today for not just males but “Kingdom Men.” In fact it's even deeper than that. The cry for a kingdom man is also God's cry. It's the culture's cry, it's the cry of men, but it's the cry of Almighty God, because in Ezekiel 22:30 God said</span></p>
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<p><strong><em> “</em></strong><em><span style="font-weight:400;">I searched for a man among them who would build up a wall and stand in the gap before Me for the land, so that I would not destroy it; but I found </span></em><em><span style="font-weight:400;">[</span></em><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ezekiel%2022:30&version=NASB#fen-NASB-21007a"><em><span style="font-weight:400;">a</span></em></a><em><span style="font-weight:400;">]</span></em><em><span style="font-weight:400;">no one.</span></em><em><span style="font-weight:400;">”</span></em></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;">He said the destruction was. I went man hunting and couldn't find men. Now it's not that he couldn't find males. He couldn't find men.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;">So there must be a difference between just being a male and being a man in Malachi 4:6. God says unless the hearts of the fathers are reconnected with the children and the hearts of the children are reconnected with the father, there will be a curse on the land, so God is having trouble finding a kingdom man. In fact, in Isaiah 3:12, God says the children have become oppressors and the women have taken taken over ruling showing the destruction of the culture. So when men are not Kingdom men and the children are in chaos and the wives have to lead, then you know you are living in a disintegrating culture.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;">There is this cry for a kingdom man. So now that raises the question doesn't it? What is a kingdom man? What do I mean by Kingdom man. When you read the book of Genesis, you see the creation of the first man. His name is Adam. Adam is the man prototype. He was man as he was meant to be. We know he was man as it was meant to be, because there's never been a man before him and he was created in a perfect environment, so he was created by a perfect person in a perfect environment. His man, as he was created to be, in other words all of you - should nickname yourself Adam, because this is what God meant for us to be. When you see Adam created by God, you see something in chapter 2, where he's created that you don't see in Chapter 1, when God does the creation in chapter 1, you see, and God said, and God said, and God said Let there be let there be. The Hebrew word is Elohim that has to do with the power God, the God who has the power to create. He can create something out of nothing.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;">So in chapter one when Gods just creating stuff, he's Elohim. But now when he wants to interact with the man, he's Yahweh. Elohim he's the Lord God because he's not just the power God, he is the God that wants to relate to you and oversee your affairs. So when we talk about a kingdom man we're talking about a man who not simply believes in God, but we're talking about a man who believes in God and the God he believes in is also his Lord. He is the God overseeing the affairs of his life to define it another way. If the kingdom, man is a male who has learned to live his life under the lordship of Jesus Christ start with Kingdom, the word Kingdom means rule or governance.</span></p>
<p> </p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">God's kingdom is as comprehensive, ruled over all of life. Well, that's the concept of kingdom. Now, when you have Kingdom he has a plan or a program. We call it the kingdom agenda. That is the visible manifestation of the comprehensive rule of God over all of life.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;">So God's kingdom, the rule of God, has this management over all of life. When a man is a kingdom man, he is operating underneath that rule. You are not a kingdom man unless God is telling you what to do. You're, not a referee. Unless the Commissioner is telling you what to do, if you're a referee and you say it's my thing and I'm gonna do what I want to do, then you become a rebellious, ref and you're no longer any good to the league office.</span></p>
<p> </p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">God has a lot of males who are no longer any good to the kingdom because they want to wear the stripes like they blow but run the affairs independently of God. So the challenge we face today is the absence of men. There is a Clarion cry for men. The problem is one of the great issues is the independence of men. Men Don't like people telling them what to do.</span></p>
<p> </p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">We certainly know what I can tell them, what else what to do, and even if A wife tell us what to do, we don't go for it. We don't want another man in our business telling us what to do and that works up to not even wanting God to tell us what to do. Unless we happen to like what he happens to say. I just got a word from a man who stopped coming to our church and the reason he stopped coming to our church he said is because I don't want to be told what to do, even if it's God doing the telling now. What would you say to a referee who said I don't want, commissioner telling me what to do?</span></p>
<p> </p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Well, you don't want that job. Okay, in other words, chaos comes when God is not allowed to be God in the life of a man. The goal of a kingdom man is to implement the rule of God, not create his own rules along the way. We would save ourselves a lot of pain and anguish. In fact, so many men have received a lot of pain and anguish and are passing it on to their families, because they don't know a kingdom man and they aren't being a kingdom man.</span></p>
<p> </p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">But when God can get men to leave their normal activities, you would men. Would say: well, if I leave things are going who's going to take care of my family God. It says I got if I can get this. If I can get your undivided attention, you will see me do things back home that you never imagined. This is not your world.</span></p>
<p> </p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">You have been placed here to oversee it by the king, but what a generation of men has not have done is decided we're gonna run this like we want to run it; like we own it. A kingdom man understands that he is obligated to a higher order. I had the privilege of growing up for a large part of my life under the guidance of a kingdom man. It didn't start out that way. My father started out as a as a rebel.</span></p>
<p> </p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">That was great conflict in my house. It was chaos, confusion and it looked like. I would become a statistic in the urban Baltimore, as things were unraveling in our family. One day my father became a Christian. He was led to Christ by two men who asked him one day.</span></p>
<p> </p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Did he know where he would spend eternity? He didn't, even though he went to church every week and led the men's choir? He couldn't answer the question about eternal destiny. Well, when he trusted Christ, he came home transformed. He wanted to know everything about this new life. He could learn.</span></p>
<p> </p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Now. My mother didn't like him as a sinner and couldn't stand him as a saint. I mean she made life miserable for my father. My daddy would get up at midnight to read his Bible, because that was the only time he could have peace and quiet no conflict, but he grew and grew in his faith, and my mother came down one day and said while he was reading his Bible late At night I don't get it and she's crying, he says. What do you mean?</span></p>
<p> </p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">I don't get it the more. I hate you, the more you love me back, the more I reject you, the more you accept me, then, why the more I push you away. The more you want to do things good for me. I don't get it and I've done everything I know to dissuade this direction so whatever it is, you have must be real. How can I have it too?</span></p>
<p> </p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">He got on his knees that day and he led my mother to Christ long story short. Then my parents led us to Christ, I'm the oldest of four. What sent me in a whole different direction in life than the direction I was headed. I was headed in the wrong direction until a kingdom man showed up in my house and when this Kingdom man showed up in my house by placing his own life under the rule of God and then bringing the family underneath that rule my house was totally changed. So was the life of my children and my grandchildren all because the kingdom man came home, God is not just looking for males he's, not just looking for guys who go to church, although that has its place.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;">God is looking for Kingdom men, men who will live under his rule because there is only room for one king in this world.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;">It says...</span></p>
<p> </p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">He has told you, mortal one, what is good;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">And what does the Lord require of you</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">But to do justice, to love </span><span style="font-weight:400;">[</span><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Micah%206%3A8&version=NASB#fen-NASB-22657a"><span style="font-weight:400;">a</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;">]</span><span style="font-weight:400;">kindness,</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">And to walk </span><span style="font-weight:400;">[</span><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Micah%206%3A8&version=NASB#fen-NASB-22657b"><span style="font-weight:400;">b</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;">]</span><span style="font-weight:400;">humbly with your God?</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Now I want to look at this first part where it says to do justly. What does that mean and as a man, what Does that mean to for us? To me to do justly means to do what is right to do what's right in the eyes of God and what's right and according to the standards of the Word of God. See as men, whether you like it or not, we're Called to lead by examples we're supposed to be leaders, we're supposed to be the ones leading the way paving the way, and we have to do that by example. And our example is not only our words but our actions and this verse tells us we need to do what is right and that's not just when people are watching.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;">We don't just need to make the right decision and do what's right when people are looking. We need to do that when we're on our own, because the decisions we make when no one else is around looking truly define who we are as people as men. See in private or in public. We need to do what's right, but the other trick to this is: we have to do what's right, even if we feel that it's not beneficial for us. See, the Bible doesn't say, do what's right unless it's more convenient to do this, or unless it's more convenient To do that, the Bible tells us to just simply do justly. So when we do things when our decisions and our actions and how we act as men as leaders, whatever position you find yourself in, we need to make sure that we are doing what is right. According to the Word of God and right according to the standards that God would hold us to make those decisions to do what's right, even if it doesn't seem beneficial for yourself, because in the end it will be beneficial because you can stand confident.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Knowing that you did the right godly thing and God will always honor that so my challenge today, my encouragement today is do what's right, private-public, even if it's painful to yourself watch God move on your behalf.</span></p>
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<p> </p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight:400;">For he has shown you O man. What is good and what does the Lord require of you, but to do justly to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.</span></em></p>
<p> </p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Now I want to look at this first part where it says to do justly. What does that mean and as a man, what does that mean to for us. To me to do justly means to do what is right to do what's right in the eyes of God and what's right and according to the standards of the Word of God. See as men, whether you like it or not, we're Called to lead by examples. We're supposed to be leaders, we're supposed to be the ones leading the way paving the way, and we have to do that by example. And our example is not only our words but our actions. And this verse tells us we need to do what is right and that's not just when people are watching. We don't just need to make the right decision and do what's right when people are looking. We need to do that when we're on our own, because the decisions we make when no one else is around looking truly define who we are as people as men. See in private or in public we need to do what's right, but the other trick to this is: we have to do what's right, even if we feel that it's not beneficial for us see. The Bible doesn't say, do what's right unless it's more convenient to do this, or unless it's more convenient To do that, The Bible tells us to just simply do justly. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">So when we do things when our decisions and our actions and how we act as men as leaders, whatever position you find yourself in, we need to make sure that we are doing what is right. According to the Word of God and right according to the standards that God would hold us to make those decisions to do what's right, even if it doesn't seem beneficial for yourself, because in the end it will be beneficial because you can stand confident. Knowing that you did the right godly thing and God will always honor that so my challenge today, my encouragement today is do what's right, private-public, even if it's painful to yourself watch God move on your behalf you</span></p>
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<p> </p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}8532728890,RESIZE_180x180{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}8532728890,RESIZE_180x180{{/staticFileLink}}" width="124" alt="8532728890?profile=RESIZE_180x180" /></a></span></p></div>Daily Devotions for Men - Attitudehttps://www.theoraclemag.com/profiles/blogs/daily-devotions-for-men-attitude2021-02-01T21:12:27.000Z2021-02-01T21:12:27.000ZPrince Malachi The Firsthttps://www.theoraclemag.com/members/Malachi<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/8503518071?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p><span style="font-weight:400;">I want to begin with Psalms 32:2</span></p>
<p> </p>
<h1><em><span style="font-weight:400;">New American Standard Bible</span></em></h1>
<h1><em><span style="font-weight:400;">How blessed is a person whose guilt the Lord does not take into account,And in whose spirit there is no deceit!</span></em></h1>
<p> </p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">The word “spirit here is the Hebrew word “ruach”, which means spirit, breath demon, spirit, spirit of God. It also means mental disposition, and in here we can accurately translate an attitude. Mental disposition is attitude. The word attitude is not found in the Bible, but we understand this concept. Let me read it to you that way. Blessed is the man in whose attitude there is no guile. You have to be careful that in your attitude. You don't coast through life thinking you can always get by bragging on yourself. Proverbs says,</span></p>
<p> </p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;"> “Let another praise you and not you yourself.”</span></p>
<p> </p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Sometimes guile falls upon us or comes out of our attitude because we're always trying to promote ourself we're always trying to tell the best part of our stories. Jesus Christ liken it unto to choosing out the chief seats and picking the seats of preeminence. But what you'll find in life is that if you'll always tell the whole truth, even if you'll self deprecating tell the honest weaknesses of your life. But even the parts of the story that don't make you look, the best people will love you more they'll trust you More you will endear them yourself to them and a much greater way than if you always come around as perfect and come off as awesome and flawless. Because everybody knows that's not true. The Bible says you'll be blessed. If there's not found in your attitude, not even the slightest hint of guile or the slightest hit of iniquity, when we tell the truth, we want to make sure we tell the whole truth. We don't just say yeah. I championed this cause. You'll say, and I had 1500 people that were helping me or it was his fault, he pushed me. Well, that's a full story, as you probably pushed them. First, you've got to make sure if you're gon na be blessed of God, that you are a man of truth. They, the Spirit of Truth, operates in you and your lips speak no guile and there's not even an ounce of guile in your attitude. Seek God pray that he begins to and continues to show you every time guile slips out of your mouth and you'll, find yourself on mission to dry up the lies and the half-truths of your life call you blessed, let's be doers of this word in Jesus name. See you next time you </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}8503520673,RESIZE_180x180{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}8503520673,RESIZE_180x180{{/staticFileLink}}" width="124" alt="8503520673?profile=RESIZE_180x180" /></a></span></p></div>Daily Devotional: The Difference Between Being a Male and a Manhttps://www.theoraclemag.com/profiles/blogs/devotionalthe-difference-between-being-a-male-and-a-man2020-12-28T12:07:07.000Z2020-12-28T12:07:07.000ZPrince Malachi The Firsthttps://www.theoraclemag.com/members/Malachi<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/8351771456?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>Every man has been called by God to biblical manhood, not merely to male-ness. There can be a difference between being a male and being a man Being a man has to do with owning your responsibility under God and having God as your authority. When you forsake that definition ``under God,'', then you have compromised the true definition of manhood and you've actually settled for being a male. It is absolutely critical that you understand like in a good football game. You'Ve been drafted, You've been drafted to be the man, God has called you to be. That means that you now own the responsibility for your family, for your children, preserving your marriage, making an impact in and through your church and making a visible difference in the society. A whole nation would be dependent - God told Abraham on his call by God to biblical manhood. That means that you don't apologize for the post, that God has given you. You wear that banner of manhood proudly but humbly</p>
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<p>In fact, you become the servant of all, because people understand you to be a leader who serves not just a dictator who demands. So there is a call upon you, and this call not only comes from scripture. It's coming from our society. Our society needs and is looking for biblical manhood to be manifested. God is calling you and me to be that kind of man.</p>
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<p>"But I want you to be without care.<br /> He who is unmarried cares for the things of the Lord- how he may please the Lord.<br /> But he who is married cares about the things of the world- how he may please his wife." <a class="lbsBibleRef" href="http://biblia.com/bible/esv/1%20Corinthians%207.32-33" target="_blank">1 Corinthians 7:32-33</a>.<br /> <br /> A common desire of every female, irrespective of her age, is to have a "caring husband". This is good and worthy of being desired. Any responsible married man must be caring. Any man who is not ready to do this is not prepared to be married.<br /> <br /> The Lord made it a law of relationship to His people, Isreal of old, in <a class="lbsBibleRef" href="http://biblia.com/bible/esv/Exodus%2020.10" target="_blank">Exodus 20:10</a>,<br /> "...he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, and her marrriage rights." New King James Version.<br /> <br /> Every matured man (read my article "Am I matured for marrriage?") must be ready to care for his wife and children in obedience to the Lord.<br /> <br /> To be caring is a direct product of love that a man has for his wife. It is true that hardly will one cares for what one does not love. What you do not love, you will not value and will not enjoy your care.<br /> <br /> It is important to note that love between couples emanate ONLY from the love they have for the Lord, their Lord. This is LOVE INDEED. Any type that has its offshoot from another source is either lust or evil desire. This will not last for long and its end is disaster.<br /> <br /> Now, does pleasing your wife entail doing so AT ALL COST?<br /> <br /> No gainsaying the fact that Father Abraham was a lover of his wife, Mother Sarah. The woman was barren for a long period of time. It was sure that the man was not happy at this. He wanted to please his wife but to give a child is beyond his power.<br /> <br /> One day, his wife came up with a "good idea" that she hoped would bring some form of happiness into her heart. She then demanded from her husband,<br /> "See now, the Lord has restrained me from bearing children.<br /> Please, go in to my maid; perhaps I shall obtain children by her." <a class="lbsBibleRef" href="http://biblia.com/bible/esv/Genesis%2016.2" target="_blank">Genesis 16:2</a> .<br /> <br /> Father Abraham, as a caring husband who wanted to please his wife welcomed the "good idea"; so, "...he went in to Hagar, and she conceived..." verse 4.<br /> <br /> Within the household, this singular action bred animosity; it also exhibited the imperfect heart of Father Abraham towards his friend, God because the "good idea" was not God's idea.<br /> <br /> Immediately after the going in and conception, the Almighty God complained to him,<br /> "I am Almighty God, walk before Me and be blameless." <a class="lbsBibleRef" href="http://biblia.com/bible/esv/Genesis%2017.1" target="_blank">Genesis 17:1</a>. New King James Version.<br /> <br /> God had purposed to multiply the couple in HIS OWN WAY and TIME. He said to Abraham,<br /> "As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name.<br /> And I will bless her and also give you a son by her; then I will bless her, she shall be a mother of nations;<br /> kings of people shall be from her." <a class="lbsBibleRef" href="http://biblia.com/bible/esv/Genesis%2017.15-16" target="_blank">Genesis 17:15-16</a>.<br /> <br /> At the end of the day, God's plan came to pass fully.<br /> <br /> Do you know that Abraham's attempt to please his wife created a lasting problem until today? The product (Ishmael) of Abraham and Hagar, the Egyptian maid had this destiny:<br /> "He shall be a wild man,<br /> his hand shall be against every man,<br /> And every man's hand against him.<br /> And he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren" <a class="lbsBibleRef" href="http://biblia.com/bible/esv/Genesis%2016.12" target="_blank">Genesis 16:12</a>.<br /> <br /> Until now, there are hot spots and restless areas in the world today and certain groups are causing troubles in nations just because sometime ago, a man wanted to please his wife.<br /> <br /> It is right and needful to desire and determine to please your wife but do not forget that you must consider it very well if what your wife wants from you will surely, not perhaps, bring her desired joy. Will it also ensure your rightful place before the Almighty God is not shaking?<br /> <br /> Finally, will it not bring others into trouble now or in future?<br /> Therefore, consider very well whether or not you must please your wife at all costs.<br /> Stay blessed and rapturable; the Lord is coming soon.</p>
<p><em>The Author is the set man of CTFM(WORLD OUTREACH)and Presiding Pastor of Christ Restland Gospel Church.He is a Poet and author of many books. Visit his blogsites <a href="https://www.4thlink.wordpress.com/">www.4thlink.wordpress.com</a> and <a href="https://www.peacelink.wordpress.com/">www.peacelink.wordpress.com</a> for more quality contents.</em></p>
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<p>Many of us try to be spiritually perfect. We balance work, family, finances, church, friends, Bible study, praise and worship and prayer like an overloaded waitress, with an armful of precariously tipping plates. It's often too much. We ultimately hit the floor, exhausted and moaning.<br /> <br /> But that is not acceptable.<br /> <br /> In church we sing about being overcomers, being able to do all things in God. ALL of them. It's true. We can. The Word of God is very clear that when we focus on the Lord and depend on Him for strength, even the smallest faith can do mighty miracles.<br /> <br /> But we still fail and hit the ground.<br /> <br /> So where do we go for encouragement? To the Word of God. We look at Moses, at Joshua, at Paul and at David, and we feel inadequate, as we didn't lead people out of oppression, conquer cities, or spread the Gospel despite huge odds and... Sorry, hang on. Did I just list David as a perfect role model of a spiritual giant? I did.<br /> <br /> So then, how do you react to this?<br /> <br /> "Word soon reached Joab that the king was weeping and mourning for Absalom. As all the people heard of the king's deep grief for his son, the joy of that day's victory was turned into deep sadness. They crept back into the town that day as though they were ashamed and had deserted in battle.<br /> <br /> The king covered his face with his hands and kept* on crying, "O my son Absalom! O Absalom, my son, my son!"<br /> <br /> Then Joab went to the king's room and said to him, "We saved your life today and the lives of your sons, your daughters, and your wives and concubines. Yet you act like this, making us feel ashamed of ourselves. You seem to love those who hate you and hate those who love you. You have made it clear today that your commanders and troops mean nothing to you. It seems that if Absalom had lived and all of us had died, you would be pleased. Now go out there and congratulate your troops, for I swear by the LORD that if you don't go out, not a single one of them will remain here tonight. Then you will be worse off than ever before." " <a class="lbsBibleRef" href="http://biblia.com/bible/esv/2%20Samuel%2019.1-7" target="_blank">2 Samuel 19:1-7</a> [* <a class="lbsBibleRef" href="http://biblia.com/bible/esv/2%20Samuel%2018.33" target="_blank">2 Samuel 18:33</a>]<br /> <br /> That does not sound like the David I know. I admit that he had his failings, but the Psalms overflow with faith and his ability to press through anything. This man was a battle hardened warrior with over thirty years of service under his belt. I read this account of David losing his son and almost feel uncomfortable. My biggest hero really lost it, at a time when as a leader, it was a poor decision for both strategy and morale.<br /> <br /> <br /> Let's look closer at this. King David had lost his son. But that son was a sociopath who had deceitfully taken over the kingdom and had defiled ten of his father's wives, in public. Should that diminish David's reaction?<br /> <br /> David's raw emotion and vulnerability is what makes him so strong a role model. We can relate to him because he is so much like us. I often battle with being like Jesus. It's not just the problem of trying to become holy, it's just that as much as I adore Him, I cannot relate to Him. He had a connection with the Father I should hope to achieve, but realistically, I don't even think is possible for me. Others may be able to do it, but me? Sadly, no. But David. I see David struggle, rejoice, sin, repent, bounce back and I relate. He's far more human and real to me because he sometimes just loses it.<br /> <br /> In our modern, western society, where we hold emotions in, we need David so badly. Men in particular need to be reminded that the toughest, best and most successful men cry: and often in public. "David walked up the road to the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went. His head was covered and his feet were bare as a sign of mourning. And the people who were with him covered their heads and wept as they climbed the hill." <a class="lbsBibleRef" href="http://biblia.com/bible/esv/2%20Samuel%2015.30" target="_blank">2 Samuel 15:30</a><br /> <br /> "I am worn out from sobbing.<br /> All night I flood my bed with weeping,<br /> drenching it with my tears.<br /> My vision is blurred by grief;<br /> my eyes are worn out because of all my enemies." <a class="lbsBibleRef" href="http://biblia.com/bible/esv/Psalm%206.6-7" target="_blank">Psalm 6:6-7</a><br /> <br /> In the Psalms, David also freely weeps a number of times, including over the sins of his fellow Israelites. Being a real man, or woman of God, means you don't have to smother emotions and always look strong. It means you can react with raw honesty: spread the contents of your heart out before the Lord, and allow Him to deal with whatever stresses you are under. Psychology tells us not to hold it in, and the Bible backs this up.<br /> <br /> <a class="lbsBibleRef" href="http://biblia.com/bible/esv/Lamentations%202.19" target="_blank">Lamentations 2:19</a> (on sin) "Rise during the night and cry out. Pour out your hearts like water to the Lord."<br /> <br /> <a class="lbsBibleRef" href="http://biblia.com/bible/esv/1%20Peter%205.7" target="_blank">1 Peter 5:7</a> "Cast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you."<br /> <br /> Falling down is human. At times, we need to fall in order to allow the Lord to lift us up, and set us on the right path. What matters more than falling down, is how we get back up again. When David collapsed over the death of Absalom, he got up again.<br /> <br /> "So the king went out and took his seat at the town gate, and as the news spread throughout the town that he was there, everyone went to him." <a class="lbsBibleRef" href="http://biblia.com/bible/esv/2%20Samuel%2019.8" target="_blank">2 Samuel 19:8</a><br /> <br /> From there he prepared to return to his throne in Jerusalem and rule until Solomon was anointed King. That didn't mean he stopped grieving, inwardly and outwardly. Knowing David, he would have depended on the Lord for help to get through this unbearable pain.<br /> <br /> Not wanting to ask for help, or show weaknesses, is a trait of the flesh; it is not a godly one. The Word never asks us to suck it up and push pain away. Instead, we are encouraged to admit our sin and frailty, and to take our sins and grief to the Lord. That is the way of the righteous.<br /> <br /> As David admitted his weak moments...<br /> <br /> "My heart pounds in my chest.<br /> The terror of death assaults me.<br /> Fear and trembling overwhelm me,<br /> and I can't stop shaking." <a class="lbsBibleRef" href="http://biblia.com/bible/esv/Psalm%2055.4-5" target="_blank">Psalm 55:4-5</a><br /> <br /> ... so should we. That way, we open up our hearts to the Lord's help.<br /> <br /> "Give your burdens to the LORD,<br /> and he will take care of you.<br /> He will not permit the godly to slip and fall." <a class="lbsBibleRef" href="http://biblia.com/bible/esv/Psalm%2055.22" target="_blank">Psalm 55:22</a><br /> <br /> <br /> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /> For more information on King David, please have a meander through the King David Project Facebook page, our web site and our blog, "Masada Rain." The blog houses many useful resources on studying, David plus bits and pieces of information which don't neatly fit into article form. Please ignore dates and use the search feature to find what you want. The web site has resources on David's family tree, life and the Psalms. All content is creative commons and non-profit. Sharing of the project's work would be deeply appreciated.<br /> <br /> Masada Rain Blog: <a href="https://masadarain.wordpress.com">https://masadarain.wordpress.com</a><br /> The project web site: <a href="http://cateartios.wix.com/kingdavidproject">http://cateartios.wix.com/kingdavidproject</a><br /> Facebook page: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/fromdespairtodeliverance">https://www.facebook.com/fromdespairtodeliverance</a><br /> Twitter: @Masada_Rain<br /> <br /> <br /> "From Despair to Deliverance: the King David Project," is a non-profit ministry, that seeks to make the life of King David easy to understand and relevant, so that believers gain inspiration and comfort from the life of King David. The project is run by Cate Russell-Cole, a Christian writer from Brisbane, Australia.<br /> <br /> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</p>
<p><em>This article by Cate Russell-Cole is under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)<br /> <br /> Written in Australian English.</em></p>
<p><em><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}8172576481,RESIZE_180x180{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}8172576481,RESIZE_180x180{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="8172576481?profile=RESIZE_180x180" width="124" /></a></em></p></div>Come Out Of That Prison. Mental confinement is the worst of all prisons. Come out!https://www.theoraclemag.com/profiles/blogs/come-out-of-that-prison-mental-confinement-is-the-worst-of-all-pr2020-11-09T23:00:54.000Z2020-11-09T23:00:54.000ZPrince Malachi The Firsthttps://www.theoraclemag.com/members/Malachi<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/8143195084?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p><em>by <a href="http://www.faithwriters.com/member-profile.php?id=60712" target="_blank">Tesse Wilson</a> </em></p>
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<p align="justify"><span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">Jesse did not think he was much of a speaker. He stuttered a lot since he was a child, especially when he was nervous.</span> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">This was something he was conscious of and</span> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">felt embarrassed about.</span> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">But he could not say opportunity. Two weeks ago he was invited to share something positive with inmates</span> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">at</span> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">the prison where he served a twelve year sentence.</span></p>
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<p align="justify"><span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">Jesse whispered a silent prayer asking God for his help as he alighted his vehicle. He became very emotional as he entered the prison gate. After </span><span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">security checks, he was escorted to</span> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">a room with prison guards and inmates. He </span> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">greeted the guards and chatted briefly with some of his former inmates</span> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">.</span></p>
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<p align="justify"><span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">The moment came, it was Jesse's turn to speak. He began his presentation nervously; afraid to make eye contact, head down reading from his notes. He told of a conversation he had five years ago with an elderly lady. This woman was a regular visitor to the prison, but he only agreed to speak with her a few days before he was released. He recounted that at first he told her he was not into the religious mumbo jumbo stuff. However, what she shared with him gave him more than a glimmer of hope, even though at that time he acted as though her words had no affect on him. </span></p>
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<p align="justify"><span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">As Jesse continued he became more relaxed and confident. He took his eyes from his notes, lifted his head, looked to his attentive audience and spoke from his heart.</span></p>
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<p align="justify"><span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">This is what Jesse said, “I want to say to you the</span> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">same thing this</span> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">elderly</span> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">woman</span> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">said to me.</span> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">My friends, do not live in two prisons. In other words you are already in a physical prison, but you do not have to live also in a mental prison. A mental prison where you allow your past mistakes to keep you bound. Perhaps not all of you are</span> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">in a mental prison. But to the ones who are,</span> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">I want to encourage</span> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">you to step out of that mental prison. Today if you have limited yourself I challenge and encourage</span> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">to set a goal, be the best you can be.</span> </p>
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<p align="justify"><span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">Friends make use of the resources</span> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">available to improve your lives.</span> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">Step out of that mental prison; go finish that high school diploma, go ahead get the degree, go polish your talents and abilities, write that poem, that song, play that instrument, sing, and dance. Each one of you have a God- given talent. Go on learn something new. Go write that person who you need</span> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">to apologize to,</span> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">the one you hurt. Do not be afraid of rejection. Go ahead feel</span> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">remorse</span> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">it does not make you a weak person.</span> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">Go on reach out to your son, your daughter. Go on forgive your father, your mother, that person who hurt you, yes the one who abandoned</span> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">you,</span> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">the one you took the fall for ,who has never visited you, those</span> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">who lied on you, yes the one who abused you. Forgive them. </span> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">Forgive yourself. Go ahead love yourself. Stop feeling guilty about loving yourself. Stop punishing yourself. Take care of yourself, </span> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">pay attention to your health, ask to see the prison doctor.</span> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">Inspite</span> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">of what you have done. You have a purpose. You have potential. You can still make a positive contribution right here;</span> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">starting</span> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">in the lives of each other.</span></p>
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<p align="justify"><span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">Friends, I use</span> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">to think</span> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">very little of myself. I thought I would never be able to speak in front of an audience.</span> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">I thought I would never be able to move pass the fact that I committed a crime.</span> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">Here I am! I came out of that mental prison. Join me! Yes I have struggled, but I found a friend in the Lord Jesus</span> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">Christ. This same Jesus</span> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">who said I do not condemn you, go and sin no more</span> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">to the woman caught in adultery. This woman was brought to Jesus </span>by her accusers<span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">. They wanted him to pronounce judgment upon her, but Jesus showed her mercy. Jesus</span> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">is saying to you that he does not condemn you even if </span><span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">the</span> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">accusations </span><span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">made against you are true. </span><span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">Jesus offers you forgiveness because he died for your sins and mine. He offers you the gift of salvation (deliverance) so that sin and sinful desires will no longer dominate you. My Friends, you can </span> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">experience mental and spiritual freedom in this physical prison.”</span></p>
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<p><em>All good gifts come from the Lord. Tesse is happy to be gifted by the Lord to write. It is her prayer that her writings will bless, encourage and inspire others. Thank God for his Spirit who gives inspiration and his grace which enables her.</em></p>
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<p><em><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}8143196466,RESIZE_180x180{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}8143196466,RESIZE_180x180{{/staticFileLink}}" width="124" alt="8143196466?profile=RESIZE_180x180" /></a></em></p></div>Calling all fathers: Leaving The Sidelines And Quarterbacking Our Families To Successhttps://www.theoraclemag.com/profiles/blogs/calling-all-fathers-leaving-the-sidelines-and-quarterbacking-our2020-09-15T03:24:43.000Z2020-09-15T03:24:43.000ZPrince Malachi The Firsthttps://www.theoraclemag.com/members/Malachi<div><h4><a href="https://images.pexels.com/photos/3536643/pexels-photo-3536643.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&dpr=2&h=750&w=1260" target="_blank"><img src="https://images.pexels.com/photos/3536643/pexels-photo-3536643.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&dpr=2&h=750&w=1260&profile=RESIZE_710x" class="align-center" alt="pexels-photo-3536643.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&dpr=2&h=750&w=1260&profile=RESIZE_710x" /></a></h4>
<p><i>by<span> </span><a href="http://www.faithwriters.com/member-profile.php?id=51000" target="_blank">chris benjamin</a> </i><br /> I want to let you know you are doing a great job fathers of this great nation and worldwide, but there is more to be accomplished with our time here. We must beat the drum for Championship Fathering! As you know God has called us fathers to do more than stand on the sidelines and watch our families fall apart and fail. It truly is time for all us fathers to plant our feet in the ground and make a stand to guide the physical, mental, and spiritual destiny of our families. So thank you for your efforts, they do not go unnoticed.<br />
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Make today the day we refuse not to do anything to lift up our families and those in need. Start a chain reaction of positive role-modeling so that our children's future will be full of hope and unconditional love. It is our calling and duty to guide our families in the right direction. I know we can achieve greatness as one vibrant community of fathers, united to see the success of our spouses, children, family, friends, and all of God's children. Here is one way to support that cause. The National Center for Fathering, located in the Kansas City metro is calling for all fathers to help. Fathers, you are the rock in which your family leans on!<br />
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God Bless every one of you on this journey!</p>
<p><i>Chris is the author of the inspirational book "Spiritual Basic Training" Learn more at<span> </span><a href="http://www.spiritualbasictraining.com/">www.spiritualbasictraining.com</a><span> </span>to complete missions for a Spirit-filled life.<br /> God Bless</i></p>
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<div id="fb-root"></div></div>A Man's Man. What does it mean to be a man? What kind of legacy are we leaving for our sons? Are we teaching them to be real men?https://www.theoraclemag.com/profiles/blogs/a-man-s-man-what-does-it-mean-to-be-a-man-what-kind-of-legacy-are2020-09-07T22:46:18.000Z2020-09-07T22:46:18.000ZPrince Malachi The Firsthttps://www.theoraclemag.com/members/Malachi<div><h4><a href="https://images.pexels.com/photos/936119/pexels-photo-936119.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&dpr=2&h=750&w=1260" target="_blank"><img src="https://images.pexels.com/photos/936119/pexels-photo-936119.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&dpr=2&h=750&w=1260&profile=RESIZE_710x" class="align-center" alt="pexels-photo-936119.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&dpr=2&h=750&w=1260&profile=RESIZE_710x" /></a></h4>
<p><i>by<span> </span><a href="http://www.faithwriters.com/member-profile.php?id=59562" target="_blank">David Jesse</a> </i><br /> <i>7/10/2012 / Mens Issues</i></p>
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<p>Dad was a "man's man:" A passionate fisherman; skilled woodworker; avid gun collector; grease monkey. In the summers, he and his buddies would drive to Canada and spend days fishing for bass and trout. He could build and repair cabinetry like a professional. His collection of World War II-era guns was something he prized. He rebuilt a Corvair engine in our basement. When I think of what a prototypical American dad is supposed to be, I think of my Dad.<br /> <br />
And he never taught me how to do any of it.<br />
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I was what you might call an "accident." By the time I came around, Dad was in his forties, and doing everything he could to simply keep a roof over our heads and food on the table. He no longer had time for any of those passions. He worked 70 to 80 hours a week. When he wasn't working, he was a volunteer minister of music at church. So for most of my childhood, Dad was the guy trying to catch 4 or 5 hours of sleep, or the guy leading the singing on Sunday. Other than that, I didn't see Dad except for a few hours on Saturday when I would tag along with him on errands he had to run.<br />
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I went fishing with Dad only twice. He never trusted me with a saw or a hammer and nails. I only fired a gun with Dad one time. And when the car needed work, the last thing he wanted to do was slow things down trying to teach me how to change the oil or spark plugs. Today you won't find a fishing pole, table saw, gun, or wrench set anywhere in my garage.<br />
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I guess I'm supposed to be disappointed by this. A dad is supposed to teach his sons how to do these things. Most men's fondest memories of their fathers are those times building something together; hunting or fishing on a camping trip; or working together to get the engine to crank. Not me.<br />
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But rather than looking back on my relationship with Dad as less than ideal, I see a more important legacy: one of faith, family, and finishing strong.<br />
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I never had to wonder if Dad loved Jesus. He expressed that in every moment of every day. He talked about Jesus to co-workers and customers constantly. He demanded excellence in the way the church worshipped on Sunday. His Bible was always on his night stand. He didn't have lots of time for friends, but when one needed him, he was always there. As best as he could, he lived the life he was given the way Jesus would have.<br />
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I never had to wonder if Dad loved his family. He was a hard man. He demanded perfection from his wife and children, and we seldom lived up to his expectations. But on Saturday, he always took me to get a malted milkshake from the drugstore. He showed up at every piano recital I ever had. And when any of us kids walked away from God, he firmly but lovingly disciplined us, and when that didn't work, prayed us back into our Father's arms.<br />
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Finally, I'll never have to wonder if Dad finished strong. A few short months after retiring, he was diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer. He was told he had six months to live. So he began making sure his ledger was clear. He called those with whom he had broken relationships and righted them. He made preparations for my mom to be taken care of. And most importantly, he found a way to share Jesus with those he loved, even after his death. So as I sat at his bedside throughout the dark night before he was birthed into eternity, I never had to doubt what awaited him on the other side. He closed his eyes in this world and opened them in the next to see his Savior's face.<br />
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Faith. Family. Finishing strong.<br />
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I don't know how to fish, build, shoot, or repair. But I've got an even better legacy worth passing on to my sons.</p>
<p><i>Husband | Father | Disciple | Christian Conference Speaker | Men's Ministry Speaker | Author | To read more by David, go to<span> </span><a href="https://www.davidsjesse.wordpress.com/">www.davidsjesse.wordpress.com</a><span> </span>| Email:<span> </span><a href="mailto:davidsjesse@gmail.com">davidsjesse@gmail.com</a><span> </span>| Twitter: @davidsjesse | Facebook:<span> </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/davidsjesse">www.facebook.com/davidsjesse</a><span> </span>| Learn more at<span> </span><a href="http://www.davidsjesse.com/">www.davidsjesse.com</a></i></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong>You Are Not A Goon Part 1</strong></span></p>
<p><span>I know I'll get called a hata’. But the truth is, this is not hate. It’s love. I could not tell you the truth if I didn't love you! The truth is, it’s the enemy's goal to keep you dumb, blind, and in bondage. Then he can control you. So he uses B.E.T, movies, and music to make you think that if you read books and try to better yourself you’re a “lame” or you’re trying to be white. That’s a lie! The enemy wants you to think if you call yourself a nigga, and the baddest b****, you’re keeping it real. That's a lie. You are what you think you are. Keep calling yourself these terms that were created and used to disrespect you, and you will be exactly what you say you are. A b**** is a female dog, look it up. That’s a nasty filthy animal. Is that what you are? Where is the honor in that? Where is the honor in being a Goon? And you can not take words that were created to degrade you and use them to mean something good. That’s a lie from the pit and you need to send that lie back to the pit where it belongs. You need to understand you are disrespecting yourself by calling yourself out your name! When you disrespect the creation, you disrespect the creator. Know who you are and what you are. You are YAH’s masterpiece! You are the workmanship of Elohim.</span></p>
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<p><em><span> </span><span>Masterpiece</span>- showpiece; blockbuster, success; gem, jewel, prize, treasure...these are the synonyms (words that mean the same) for masterpiece.</em></p>
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<p><em><span>God loves what He created, so shouldn't we too?</span></em></p>
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<p><em><span>Your Creator looks at you and says “You don't always get it right, that's true, but I love you so much. Look in My mirror and see what I see; my beautiful creation; My treasure; My masterpiece. And the sooner you see yourself for who you really are, the sooner you can begin your reign as My priceless princess or prince with a purpose."</span></em></p>
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<p><em><span><span>Ephesians 2:10</span> teaches that you are God’s <span>workmanship</span>.</span></em></p>
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<p><em><span>We all are God’s workmanship, created in <span>Yeshua (</span>Jesus’ real name in his language). Christians experience two creations, natural and spiritual. The spiritual birth is the point here. When a man believes in Yeshua, Elohim creates him in Christ. What does this mean?</span></em></p>
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<p>It means that Elohim takes the spirit that was dead to him and brings it to life.</p>
<p><span>Spiritually you are born again.</span></p>
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<h3><b>Ephesians 2: 1-2</b> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_American_Standard_Bible"><b>New American Standard Bible</b></a> <b>(NASB) Made Alive in Christ</b></h3>
<p><b>1 And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,</b></p>
<p><b>2 In which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience.</b></p>
<p><b>3 Among them we too all formerly lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest.</b></p>
<p><b>4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us,</b></p>
<p><b>5 Even when we were dead in our transgressions, He made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved)</b></p>
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<p><b>What is that passage saying and what does it mean? It’s simple brothers and sisters...</b></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;"> </span><b>-</b> <span style="font-weight:400;">It means that Elohim (GOD) places</span> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God"><span style="font-weight:400;">the nature of GOD</span></a> <span style="font-weight:400;">into your heart.</span></p>
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<p><i><span style="font-weight:400;">“Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust” (2 Peter 1:4).</span></i></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;"> </span><b>-</b> <span style="font-weight:400;">It means that God actually makes a new creature of the believer.</span></p>
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<p><i><span style="font-weight:400;">“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new” (2 Cor. 5:17).</span></i></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;"> </span><b>-</b> <span style="font-weight:400;"> It means that God actually creates a new person out of you.</span></p>
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<p><i><span style="font-weight:400;">“And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness” (</span></i><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=37.9397222222,27.3408333333&spn=0.1,0.1&q=37.9397222222,27.3408333333%20(Ephesus)&t=h"><i><span style="font-weight:400;">Ephes.</span></i></a> <i><span style="font-weight:400;">4:24).</span></i></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;">“And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him” (Col. 3:10).</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;">One of the reasons Elohim (GOD) gave you life is so that you can do</span> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_works"><span style="font-weight:400;">good works</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;">. God saves man for good works not by good works. God’s workmanship is always a work of art. Check this out. Christians don’t create the beauty, and the work of art in his life. He just shows that he is God’s work of art by the life he lives. Works and your actions are evidence of salvation and who you serve. You prove who you serve by what you do, how you speak, and how you carry yourself. Real Christians will show you evidence of the power of a new life that is working in them. You have to understand, doing good works is not a choice for Christians; it’s how you are. If a man has been changed and transformed—if God really has worked in him—the man does good works. He cannot do otherwise. It’s not possible. Now, I’m not saying he’s perfect. He will fail sometimes; but he keeps coming back to God and falling upon his knees, believing and asking forgiveness, and getting back up and moving on to do all the good he can. Like I said, it’s how he is. He’s been changed into a new person, created to do good works. Just like a tree, he bears the fruit of his nature.</span></p>
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<p><b>“Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven” (</b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_5%3A15%E2%80%9316"><b>Matthew 5:16</b></a><b>).</b></p>
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<p><b>“That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God” (Col. 1:10).</b></p>
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<p><b>“That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate” (1 Tim. 6:18).</b></p>
<p><b>“In all things showing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine showing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity” (Titus 2:7).</b></p>
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<p><b>“This is a</b> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faithful_saying"><b>faithful saying</b></a><b>, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men” (Titus 3:8).</b></p>
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<p><b>“And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works” (Hebrews 10:24).</b></p>
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<p><b>“Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: show me thy faith without thy works, and I will show thee my faith by my works” (James 2:17-18).</b></p>
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<p><b>“Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evil doers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation” (1 Peter 2:12).</b></p>
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<p><b>“But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of</b> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus"><b>Jesus Christ</b></a> <b>his Son cleanseth us from all sin” (1 John 1:7).</b></p>
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<p><b>GOD created us with intelligence, reasoning, and moral character. We think about a caveman when we think of first humans. That's what's taught in schools but this is a lie from the pit! The Bible teaches us that we had these qualities from the beginning.</b></p>
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<p><b>What is the main purpose of man?</b></p>
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<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Dominion: God has given man dominion over the earth and nature. We have authority from GOD to rule over it. (Gen 1:28-29)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Stewards: What does dominion mean? It means that GOD created you to care for the earth and manage it! Men have to be faithful stewards (managers) of the power and authority given by God. (Gen 1:29)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Seek their creator: Acts 17:27: – God wants us to depend on him, seek him, reach out for him and find him.</span></li>
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<p><b>Created in the Image of God:</b></p>
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<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Man is created in the image of God. (Gen 1:26-27, 2:7, 5:1, 9:6, Eph 4:24, Col 3:10)</span></li>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;">When God created man in His image, man reflects what or who God is like, His attributes, His reflection. Just like the moon reflects light from the sun, you reflect the light for GOD. What type of life should we be reflecting from GOD?:</span></p>
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<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Personality: Ability to reason, think, choice, wisdom</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Authority: Just as God has the ultimate authority over all things, God gave you the authority to rule and dominion over the earth and nature. (Gen 1:28-29) What if you left a person to watch your house while you went out of town. You would expect him to manage your house just like you would. You would expect your house to look nice when you got back. GOD expects you to manage the earth the same way brother.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Creativity: God gave man ability to create. Man can procreate.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Moral character: Ability to choose from right and wrong, good and evil, ability to make a choice.</span></li>
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<div></div></div>How To Eat To Live Part 1 By Prince Malachihttps://www.theoraclemag.com/profiles/blogs/how-to-eat-to-live-part-1-by-prince-malachi2020-07-26T06:00:00.000Z2020-07-26T06:00:00.000ZPrince Malachi The Firsthttps://www.theoraclemag.com/members/Malachi<div><p><a href="https://1jl012y5ypp4cromd2tgu25w-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Mediterranean-Diet-Pyramid-2.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="https://1jl012y5ypp4cromd2tgu25w-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Mediterranean-Diet-Pyramid-2.jpg?profile=RESIZE_710x" class="align-center" width="520" height="467" alt="Mediterranean-Diet-Pyramid-2.jpg?profile=RESIZE_710x" /></a></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">I believe the Bible is the manual for life. It teaches how we treat others, how to be a good </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">citizen, and a good spouse. I also believe in teaching how to live a long healthy life with less disease and illness. Yeah, I know. The Bible is old. Nowadays we have a lot of advancements in medicine and nutrition. But I believe the bible contains wisdom and knowledge from Yahweh himself. And I believe this knowledge is timeless. People read and study the bible for spiritual issues, learn how to be a good person, and to become more like the Savior Yahshua. And that's great. But I believe Yah also cares about your physical health and wellbeing. Not just your spiritual health. There are hundreds of examples of healthy eating in the Bible. Plus medical and scientific facts prove the Mediterranean diet is one of the healthiest eating lifestyles in the world. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">The eating habits of the people in the bible are still being followed today by people that live in the Mediterranean and other parts of the world. There are doctors and nutritionists who consider the “Mediterranean diet.” or the “Bible diet” as one of the healthiest eating habits. Studies show that people that follow this lifestyle have less disease, obesity, cancer, and diabetes. When we study the Mediterranean diet pyramid we get a clear understanding of what the Mediterranean diet is and how this lifestyle says we should eat.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">In 1901, 100 nations were studied and the United States was ranked the healthiest on the list. By 1981 The U.S.A ranked ninety-five.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">You can look to the Mediterranean diet pyramid for a pretty clear picture of what you should eat and how much.</span></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong>We Should Be Eating More Whole Grains!</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">The base of the Mediterranean diet is grains. It's the foundation. Nutritionists and experts say we should be eating 2 to 11 servings of grains A day. This includes bread, pasta, couscous, polenta, and bulgar wheat and other grains. Now of course they did not have refined grains in biblical times. So the grains they had were whole gains. Whole grains have protein, fiber, nutrients, carbohydrates, and important B vitamins. Manufacturers refine grains so that they will last longer on store shelves. It’s full of calories but no real food value. When grains are refined a lot of these nutrients get destroyed. Now you may have noticed when you buy white bread or pasta, the package says “enriched” the reason for this because, after they kill all the nutrition, they add some of it back. Some! They only add back about eight of the minerals and vitamins they take away and they are synthetic. There are many different types of grain in North America, we mostly use wheat. Other popular grains are rice, millet, barley, rye, corn, durum, wheat, spelt, oats, corn, buckwheat, and quinoa. When it comes to bread. When it comes to the bread we want it to be whole wheat bread. Read the package and make sure it says</span> <span style="font-weight:400;">whole</span> <span style="font-weight:400;">wheat and not just wheat. There is a big difference, Also look for barley bread and bread that have millet and spelt in them. Whole wheat bread gives your body important B vitamins, phosphorus, iron, Vitamin E, plus it helps protect your body against colon cancer and heart disease. Barley bread helps you improve digestion, lower risk of cancer, and lower cholesterol. Oh, and bread with spelt and millet help with premenstrual cramps and can help heal wounds.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Whole wheat and other whole grains are good as they stay in their original, God made state. They become bad when man refunds or changes them. When gains are refined most of the nutrition is killed. In grains like rice, wheat and barley, most of the nutrition is in the outer layer. The outer layer gets destroyed during the refining process. The outer layer contains B vitamins that are needed for the digestion of the starch AKA carbohydrates in the grain. It also contains fibers that are needed for good. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">There is research that proves that eating whole grains can help your body fight deadly diseases. Studies also show that eating whole grains can help lower the risk of ischemic heart disease in postmenopausal women. (Jacobs, D.R., Jr., Meyer, K.A. “Whole Grain Intake May Reduce The Risk Of Ischemic Heart Disease Death In Post Menopausal Women: The Iowa Women’s Health Study” American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, August 1998, pp 248-257) Studies show that eating whole grains lowers the risk of getting many types of cancers like cancer of the mouth, esophagus, stomach, colon, rectum, liver, bladder, kidney, plus Hodgkin’s disease and non - Hodgkin’s lymphomas (Chatenoud, L. Tavani, A., La Vecchia, C., Jacobs, D.R., Jr Negei, E., Levi, F, Francceschi, S., “Whole Grain Food Intake And Cancer Risk, “International Journal of Cancer, July 1998, pp24-28.)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">When you eat unrefined whole grains, you are eating the natural fiber that Yahweh created to be Apart of your diet. We know of at least two things fiber does for you and your health. And both have to do with removing waste from your body.</span></p>
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<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">It locks down harmful toxins and chemicals, binding them to itself and removing them from your body. </span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">It moves unhealthy materials from your intestines.</span></li>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Whole wheat contains protein, carbohydrates, fiber, calcium, phosphorus, iron, potassium, magnesium, zinc, copper, selenium, folate, phytic acid, saturated fat, monounsaturated fat, polyunsaturated fat, and the vitamins B¹, B², B³, B⁶,C, and E. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">To digest the starch or carbohydrates found in wheat your body needs fiber and B complex vitamins.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">The current fad in the United States is to eat less bread and carbs for cosmetic reasons. But we need more fiber-rich gains in our diet. It’s very important that we get back to eating whole-grain bread and pasta.</span></p>
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<div class="fb-comments"></div></div>Calling all fathers: Leaving the sidelines and Quarterbacking our families to successhttps://www.theoraclemag.com/profiles/blogs/3153366-BlogPost-2587192020-07-20T20:11:41.000Z2020-07-20T20:11:41.000ZPrince Malachi The Firsthttps://www.theoraclemag.com/members/Malachi<div><h4><a href="https://images.pexels.com/photos/3536630/pexels-photo-3536630.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&dpr=2&h=750&w=1260" target="_blank"><img src="https://images.pexels.com/photos/3536630/pexels-photo-3536630.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&dpr=2&h=750&w=1260&profile=RESIZE_710x" class="align-center" alt="pexels-photo-3536630.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&dpr=2&h=750&w=1260&profile=RESIZE_710x" /></a></h4>
<p><i>by<span> </span><a href="http://www.faithwriters.com/member-profile.php?id=51000" target="_blank">chris benjamin</a> </i><br /></p>
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<p>I want to let you know you are doing a great job fathers of the this great nation and worldwide, but there is more to be accomplished with our time here. We must beat the drum for Championship Fathering! As you know God has called us fathers to do more than stand on the sidelines and watch our families fall apart and fail. It truly is time for all us fathers to plant our feet in the ground and make a stand to guide the physical, mental, and spiritual destiny of our families. So thank you for your efforts, they do not go unnoticed.<br /> <br /> Make today the day we refuse not do anything to lift up our families and those in need. Start a chain reaction of positive role modeling so that our children's future will be full of hope and unconditional love. It is our calling and duty to guide our families in the right direction. I know we can achieve greatness as one vibrant community of fathers, united to see the success of our spouses, children, family, friends, and all of God's children. Here is one way to support that cause. The National Center for Fathering, located in the Kansas City metro is calling for all fathers to help. Fathers, you are the rock in which your family leans on!<br /> <br /> God Bless every one of you on this journey!</p>
<p><i>Chris is the author of the inspirational book "Spiritual Basic Training" Learn more at<span> </span><a href="http://www.spiritualbasictraining.com/">www.spiritualbasictraining.com</a><span> </span>to complete missions for a Spirit-filled life.<br /> God Bless</i></p>
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<div class="fb-comments"></div></div>The Heart of Worship II By Prince Malachihttps://www.theoraclemag.com/profiles/blogs/the-heart-of-worship-ii-by-prince-malachi2020-06-26T03:00:00.000Z2020-06-26T03:00:00.000ZPrince Malachi The Firsthttps://www.theoraclemag.com/members/Malachi<div><p><a href="https://images.pexels.com/photos/1666816/pexels-photo-1666816.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&dpr=2&h=750&w=1260" target="_blank"><img src="https://images.pexels.com/photos/1666816/pexels-photo-1666816.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&dpr=2&h=750&w=1260&profile=RESIZE_710x" class="align-center" alt="pexels-photo-1666816.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&dpr=2&h=750&w=1260&profile=RESIZE_710x" /></a></p>
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<p><span>What is worship to you? Does your definition of worship match Yahweh’s? Is worship about your relationship with Yah or is it a show or program. Is it time for you to display your skills and talents? Do you go through a set routine or do…</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;">What is your concept of worshiping God? Is it attending a church service where you sing hymns, read scripture, recite prayers, and pass the offering tray? While these things may lead to worship, God shows us in Isaiah 58:6-7;9-10, that it’s deeper than that. True worship is more than a weekly ritual. It’s a minute by minute lifestyle. True worship then leads to service to our fellow brothers and sisters.</span></p>
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<h2><b>God only resound to authentic worship </b></h2>
<p><i><span style="font-weight:400;">Acts 4:31 King James Version (KJV)</span></i></p>
<p><i><span style="font-weight:400;">31 And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.</span></i></p>
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<h1><i><span style="font-weight:400;">Philippians 3:3 King James Version (KJV)</span></i></h1>
<p><b><i>3</i></b> <i><span style="font-weight:400;">For we are the</span></i> <b><i>circumcision</i></b><i><span style="font-weight:400;">, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.</span></i></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">A True disciple of Yeshua will worship him in the spirit, and as this passage is putting it, they have circumcised or taken away the flesh. Take some time and think about how most people attempt to worship God.</span></p>
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<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">By attending church services</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">By praying</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">By making occasional gifts to needy causes</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">By thinking of God occasionally</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">By being baptized or undergoing some ritual</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">By keeping church rituals and ceremonies</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">By joining a church</span></li>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;">All of these can be a part of worship but none of this is the basis of true worship. The actual basis of worship is the spirit of God. In the Old Testament. worship was about rituals and ceremonies. The death and resurrection of Yahshua fixed it so it's not about religion but about relationship.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Ok, so you have to worship Yahweh in spirit and in truth. To do that you have to build a relationship with him. To do that you have to take away the flesh and empty yourself of pride.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Now here is something you need to understand. If there is one thing that Yahweh and Satan have in common it’s that they both seek and desire worship.</span></p>
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<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">God seeks it because he is worthy and he wants to transform us.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Satan does because he wants to destroy us and worship is the easiest way to do that.</span></li>
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<h2><span style="font-weight:400;">Now We Are Looking At How Worship Relates To Our Everyday Battles</span></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">When it came to the Hebrews, worship was a part of their battle strategy. They worshiped Yahweh before, during, and after. Peep these examples</span></p>
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<p><b>Before:</b> <span style="font-weight:400;">before war the Hebrews sought divine counsel from the Urim and Thummim, priest or prophet, and sacrifices were made.</span></p>
<p><b>During :</b><span style="font-weight:400;">( 1Sam.7-9; 13:9) before engagement a sacrifice was made. They brought out Art of The Covenant.</span></p>
<p><b>After:</b> <span style="font-weight:400;">the whole population celebrated victory with songs, dance, and sacrifice.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;">So we see Israel was a worshipping army. Their success in warfare was dependent on their success in worship. When they were right with God, they had an easy victory. When God was not pleased, they got embarrassed. A good example of them getting embarrassed is in the book of Jeremiah when the Hebrews fell to the Babylonians. Why did they fall? Because they were not worshiping in truth! Oh, they had popular religion but they lacked a penetrating relationship! This can be said about many Christians today</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">When you study The Book Of Acts The the early church was a worshipping church, so they were a winning church. Now people are going to be mad at me for saying this but, as a whole, today’s church is not a winning church. We are too preoccupied with our own survival, petty concerns, and tradition. But what we have to understand is Satan does not care what the church does as long as it does not worship. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">In the book of Revelation Yahweh gave 7 messages to 7 different churches. Today’s body is most like the church Laodicea. In the flesh, they boasted about what they had and what they were doing but spiritually they were lukewarm. Yahshua told them you are (Rev. 3:17) wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked. This is the picture of a defeated army. To Yahweh, we are a defeated army. But it can be fixed. We just have to make worship about Yahweh and not about entertainment.</span></p>
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<div class="fb-comments"></div></div>THE ENDURING GIFT OF A FATHER’S LOVEhttps://www.theoraclemag.com/profiles/blogs/the-enduring-gift-of-a-father-s-love2020-06-22T20:52:31.000Z2020-06-22T20:52:31.000ZPrince Malachi The Firsthttps://www.theoraclemag.com/members/Malachi<div><p><a href="https://urbanfaith.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/fathertent.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="https://urbanfaith.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/fathertent.jpg?profile=RESIZE_710x" class="align-center" alt="fathertent.jpg?profile=RESIZE_710x" /></a></p>
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<hr /><p><span>It is hard to explain what I lost when my father died. It is even more difficult to explain how much of him remains with me, even five years after his death.</span></p>
<p><span>As with many women, my father’s influence remains an enduring force in my life. For some of my friends, it’s a scar that threatens relationships and self-worth.</span></p>
<p><span>But I am one of the lucky ones.</span></p>
<p><span>For me, my father’s love continues to give me courage and confidence even without his physical presence. I have somehow learned to go on without his notes of encouragement, his bear hugs and his”just-to-say-I-love-you” phone calls. But what hasn’t changed is how often I still hear his words in my mind.</span></p>
<p><span>Whenever I experience disappointment, I can still hear him say the words I heard since I was a toddler:”I love you and I’m proud of you.” When things go well, I find my first instinct is to tell my father about my accomplishment. To this day, I sometimes reach for the phone before stopping myself, remembering he is no longer there.</span></p>
<p><span>As a child, I took my relationship with my father for granted. I assumed everyone had a dad who loved and cared for her.</span></p>
<p><span>As a teenager, some friends complained about being beaten by their fathers and their biting words. For the first time I realized my own father wasn’t like all the rest.</span></p>
<p><span>As an adult, I have learned how very special he was. Some of my friends spend countless hours in therapy just to let go of the pain caused by their fathers. And I now realize much of my mental and spiritual health was aided by my dad, a man who saw himself as nothing special but who never failed to make me feel like I was.</span></p>
<p><span>I marvel at the wisdom of a man who told me,”You deserve to be treated well,”thus enabling me to turn my back on boyfriends who were less than respectful and bullies in business who tried to intimidate me.</span></p>
<p><span>I am amazed to think of how often he told me I was beautiful, giving me a deeply rooted sense that I didn’t need to worry about how I looked or seek out men who cared mostly about physical attributes.</span></p>
<p><span>My intellect was encouraged, my business sense acknowledged. Never once did my father give me a signal that girls should act differently than boys. And yet by loving me as he did, he encouraged the development of my femininity.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;">What is worship to you? Does your definition of worship match Yahweh’s? Is worship about your relationship with Yah or is it a show or program. Is it time for you to display your skills and talents? Do you go through a set routine or do you allow the Holy Spirit to have his way? What is worship to you? In this passage, Jesus changes man's concept and approach to worship.</span></p>
<h1><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-weight:400;">John 4:15-24</span> <span style="font-weight:400;">New American Standard Bible (NASB)</span></span></h1>
<p><b>15</b> <span style="font-weight:400;">The woman *said to Him, “</span><span style="font-weight:400;">[</span><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+4%3A15-24&version=NASB#fen-NASB-26172a"><span style="font-weight:400;">a</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;">]</span><span style="font-weight:400;">Sir, give me this water, so I will not be thirsty nor come all the way here to draw.”</span> <b>16</b> <span style="font-weight:400;">He *said to her, “Go, call your husband, and come here.”</span> <b>17</b> <span style="font-weight:400;">The woman answered and said, “I have no husband.” Jesus *said to her, “You have correctly said, ‘I have no husband’;</span> <b>18</b> <span style="font-weight:400;">for you have had five husbands, and the one whom you now have is not your husband; this you have said truly.”</span> <b>19</b> <span style="font-weight:400;">The woman *said to Him, “</span><span style="font-weight:400;">[</span><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+4%3A15-24&version=NASB#fen-NASB-26176b"><span style="font-weight:400;">b</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;">]</span><span style="font-weight:400;">Sir, I perceive that You are a prophet.</span> <b>20</b> <span style="font-weight:400;">Our fathers worshiped in this mountain, and you</span> <i><span style="font-weight:400;">people</span></i> <span style="font-weight:400;">say that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.”</span> <b>21</b> <span style="font-weight:400;">Jesus *said to her, “Woman, believe Me, an hour is coming when neither in this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father.</span> <b>22</b> <span style="font-weight:400;">You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews.</span> <b>23</b> <span style="font-weight:400;">But an hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for such people the Father seeks to be His worshipers.</span> <b>24</b> <span style="font-weight:400;">God is</span> <span style="font-weight:400;">[</span><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+4%3A15-24&version=NASB#fen-NASB-26181c"><span style="font-weight:400;">c</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;">]</span><span style="font-weight:400;">spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;">While talking to the woman of Samaria, Jesus made it clear that there is true worship and false worship. There is both intelligent worship and ignorant worship. What is marketed as worship in many churches today may not be acceptable to Yahweh. Many of us still have a Pharisee mentality and honor God with our mouth but our hearts are far from Him (Matt. 15:8-9).</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Check out John 15-19. Yeshua (Jesus) exposed and confronted the woman's sin, she could have responded by arguing or ignoring him, but she was convinced she knew Yeshua could bring her closer to God. She knew she had to deal with her sin to worship. So the woman realized she had to be transformed. This happens when men go to Yahweh firsthand. You will have an immediate experience with Yah. You will become transformed. The Greek word Metamorphosis means “to be changed into another form,” but this change comes from within (Metamorphosis).</span></p>
<p><b> Are you a transformer?</b></p>
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<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Transformers are participants, but most Christians want a show led by a professional staff.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Transformers wait for God to make them over. Most Christians want results now.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Transformers quietly resist the “celebrity attitude” and don’t look for MVP preachers.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Transformers trust God to do his work as they worship, but conformers run from seminar to seminar looking for Fads.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Transformers are not impressed by budgets and buildings.</span></li>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Ok now let's look at John</span> <span style="font-weight:400;">4:</span> <span style="font-weight:400;">20-21 The woman realized she must worship God, but were? By saying “a time is coming” Yeshua is saying a historic event was going to take place that would change how and where they worship. The event was the death and resurrection of The Son Of Yah. Now Yahweh does not live in buildings but in our hearts. Now, where we worship is not important anymore! How we worship and who we worship is!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Check out</span> <span style="font-weight:400;">Psalms 115:1-8. The writer is showing us there will be losses when we don’t worship the true God.</span></p>
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<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">(V5). They have mouths, but they do not speak, no promises.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">(v5). They have eyes, but do not see any protection. I will guide you with my eye (Ps. 32:8).</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">(v6). They have ears, but they do not hear prayer.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">(v6). Noses they have, but they do not smell, no praise. “And the Lord smelled a soothing aroma (Gen. 8:21). That smells as from Noah’s burnt offerings.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;"> (v7). They have hands, but do not handle (feel) no power.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">(v7). Feet they have, but do not walk, no presence.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">(v8). Those who make them are like them; so is everyone who trusts in them. “No progress”</span></li>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;">I know, you are asking, what does this have to do with us? Do we have idols? Yes we make them at times</span></p>
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<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Our preachers and pastors</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Our church</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Our agenda</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">The cross</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Our Bible</span></li>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Ok, back to John, looking at 4:23-24 we learn that authentic worshippers worship God in spirit and in truth. What does that even mean? To worship Yah in spirit means to worship Yahweh… with all of our heart seeking the most intimate fellowship with him. You allow the Holy Spirit only to guide and lead your worship. Not a program or our own Ideas and thoughts</span></p>
<p><b>To worship God in truth means…</b></p>
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<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">To approach God in the right or true way. The only way to God is through Jesus.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">To worship God in truth is to give him your all.</span></li>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;"> Worshiping Yahweh’s way is dangerous. It means the end of Christian’s consumerism. Some churches would go out of business, but it’s worship that would be fresh and new every time and there would be more unity in the body. But there is something we need to always understand, the prerequisite for worshipping God in spirit and in truth is humility.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Christianity today is a business. The goal of most businessmen is to tell consumers what they want to hear so you can sell your product and get bodies in their doors. One of the lies people get in the advertising from many churches today is that you can be in the world and of the world. It’s ok now you end up individual people with no power and no influence. I want to talk with you about “being a man of influence” and in doing that we will compare the ministry of Lot with the ministry of Abraham was a friend of God, while Lot was a friend to the world.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Let's check out Genesis chapters 18 and 19</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Look at Genesis chapter 19 verse 1 and chapter 18 verse 1 and compare the two focusing on Location. When the angels arrived to visit Abraham he was sitting at his tent door, but Lot was sitting at the City Gate. in his town. Lot’s location at the gate shows he was a man of some authority.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Yahweh sent Lot to Sodom so that God‘s work could have been done. Just like he sent...</span></p>
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<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Joseph to Egypt</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Daniel to Babylon</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Ether to Persia</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">You to your community or even your job</span></li>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Now let's talk about the times that they both got their visit. It was early afternoon when Yahweh and his angels visited Abraham (Gen. 18:1) but it was evening when the angels got to Lot (Gen. 19:2). This symbolizes that Abraham was walking in the light, while Lot was walking in darkness.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Ok now let's talk about Visitors. Only the two angels visited Lot. Yahweh (many believe this was the pre-incarnate God the Son) stayed with Abraham. But why is this?</span></p>
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<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">He would not feel at home with Lot (Eph. 3:17) Yah should want to settle down and feel completely at home in your hearts through your faith.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Unlike Abraham, Lot had no tent or altar, so there could be no fellowship.</span></li>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;">I want to also note the difference when it came to sacrificing their children. Lot was willing to sacrifice his children to please the world. Abraham was willing to sacrifice his son to please God.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Now let's talk about influence because of his faith and obedience, Abraham was a blessing to his family and the whole world, till this very day. But because of his worldliness Lot had no power or influence.</span></p>
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<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Lot’s family did not take him seriously. They thought he was joking when he tried to get them to leave.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">His wife was so in love with the world she looked back and it killed her, She was too attached (26, Luke 17:23)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Lot's 2 daughters had incest with him. They did not have respect for him</span></li>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;"> Now let's look at the difference in their Attitudes (v. 15-26) Lot was given instruction but had to be dragged out by the hand </span></p>
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<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">First he argued then he stalled, then he begged to go his own way.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">He did not obey Yahweh’s messengers at first. He gave them trouble.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">But Abraham obeyed even to the point of giving up his son's life.</span></li>
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<p><br /> <b>Let him that would move the world 1</b><b>st</b> <b>move himself.</b></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Being A dedicated Christian, for real, is not easy. The world has its own system; the “church” has a system, And Yahweh has A system. It’s easier to follow the “world” or the church’s systems than to follow God. This world that we are in is not a friend to Yahweh or his people. Whether we like it or not, if you are a Christian there is a conflict between us and the world because we have different attitudes. In the Book of</span> <b>Matthew</b> <span style="font-weight:400;">chapter</span> <b>5-7</b> <span style="font-weight:400;">in the Bible, we see what has become known as</span> <i><span style="font-weight:400;">The Sermon on The Mount,</span></i> <span style="font-weight:400;">or</span> <span style="font-weight:400;">the beatitudes you should notice that they talk about an ideology that is extremely different from that of the world and praise pride, not humility.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">The key to the Sermon on the Mount is Matt 5:20,</span> <i><span style="font-weight:400;">“For I say unto you, That except your righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.”</span></i> <span style="font-weight:400;">The main theme is true righteousness.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Check out Matthew. 5:13</span> <b> </b><b>“You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has become tasteless, how [</b><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+5%3A13&version=NASB#fen-NASB-23248a"><b>a</b></a><b>]can it be made salty</b> <b><i>again</i></b><b>? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men.</b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">This bar has a lot of meat, but the main point is “distinctiveness”. Salt is always distinctively different from whatever it is being used. That should describe you if you are a Christian.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;"> As followers of Christ’s our character is like salt. In biblical times, all-grain offerings were supposed to have salt according to Leviticus 2:13. Well now, today we are called to be the salt of the earth. To really understand what this means, we have to really understand salt and what it is. So let's break it down.</span></p>
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<li style="font-weight:400;"><b>Salt is distinctive</b><span style="font-weight:400;">. This means It’s not the same as the food it’s added to. It’s different. That's one reason it’s powerful, Christians should not be soiled by the world.</span> <i><span style="font-weight:400;">“Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world. (James 1:27)</span></i></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><b>Salt preserves</b><span style="font-weight:400;">. It keeps things from spoiling. Christians are to preserve the world and keep the “germs” from causing things to go bad.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><b>Salt penetrates.</b> <span style="font-weight:400;">It doesn't play. You put it on food and it takes over. It’s an aggressive substance. It inserts a new quality, substance, and life. It digs deep and changes what it was put on. Yahweh wants Christians to penetrate the world and insert a new life into it.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><b>Salt adds flavor.</b> <span style="font-weight:400;">It has an influence on how things taste. When food doesn't have enough salt, you say it tastes bland. Salt brings out the best in food. So to Christians should add flavor to the world around, and bring the best out of others.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><b>Salt purifies.</b> <span style="font-weight:400;">Elisha cleansed the waters at Jericho with salt. In ancient times, newborn babies were washed in salt to cleanse their skin. Salt in a wound cleanses the area. We should cleanse the area around us...like salt.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><b>Salt can be a poison. </b> <span style="font-weight:400;">We all Know salt kills slugs. Salt can also kill grass and some weeds There are some things in that we must kill!</span></li>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Salt can be good but too much salt is bad. How many of you like food with too much salt. </span></p>
<h3><b>Any Christian who repels the lost is salt that is too strong.</b></h3>
<p><b>I’ll share 3 types</b></p>
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<li><span style="font-weight:400;">In your face Christians</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight:400;">Holier-than-thou Christians</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight:400;">Cosmetic Christians</span></li>
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<h3><b>Christians who are A flavoring influence on those around them are contagious Christians.</b></h3>
<p><b>I’ll share 3 types:</b></p>
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<li><span style="font-weight:400;">Costly Christians- believers who live out their faith even when it demands sacrifice.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight:400;">Compassionate Christians</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight:400;">Contagious Christians</span></li>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Today most of the salt in stores is a man-made chemical called sodium chloride, but back then it came from the water. When it was exposed to the elements it would lose taste. As Christians, being exposed to too much of the world causes us to lose our flavor.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">So we are to “salt” the earth because the world is:</span></p>
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<li><span style="font-weight:400;">Bland and tasteless</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight:400;">Decaying and rotting</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight:400;">Corrupt and foul</span></li>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;">But salt with no flavor is good for what? Nothing, not only is it useless it is destructive. And so it worthless and and should get thrown out</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Look at your life. Can you really say you are living as salt in this world? We have seen enough falsehood, hypocrisy, and weak living. We are to be about our father's business, purifying, preserving, penetrating, causing thirst, and adding flavor, so that God can use our lives and testimonies for his glory.</span></p>
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<p><span>Once We Make the choice to follow</span><span> </span><span>Yeshua</span><span> </span><span>(Jesus name is the language He actually spoke), things change. At Least it should. See, from that point, it’s not about you anymore. From that point on you are devoting your life to Yahweh, YOUR LIFE! Not just Sunday mornings. And When you dedicate your life to Him for real, study His Word, pray, and worship Him regularly, you become a new person, You are Transformed!</span></p>
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<p><span>In 2020, one of the things we abuse more than anything else in our body. We ignore it, abuse it, and neglect it. We don't show our body respect. Now I know what you are saying. “I don’t disrespect my body. How!” Well...</span></p>
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<li><span>By not getting enough rest ( I’m very guilty of that)</span></li>
<li><span>By following silly, unhealthy fad diets</span></li>
<li><span>By only showing love to the outside of your body, ignoring the inside</span></li>
<li><span>By overeating and undereating</span></li>
<li><span>By overworking</span></li>
<li><span>By enjoying harmful substances</span></li>
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<p><span>Ok, so now I bet you are saying, “So it’s my body, I can do what I want with it. I’m going to die anyway. I’m going to die happy.” Well, that’s a lie! The enemy uses that type of thinking to keep you in bondage and destroy you. The truth is, that's not your body, You are just renting it. Your body belongs to Yahweh and He demands it!</span></p>
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<p><span>The Bible teaches that we are to give our bodies to Yahweh as a living sacrifice, and there are two reasons for that. The first reason is that it is</span><span> </span><span>acceptable</span><span> </span><span>to Yahweh according to Romans 12:1. In this verse acceptable means extremely satisfying to Yah. A body that is dedicated to living for Yah makes him very happy and that should always be your goal. Your body is either causing Yah to feel pain or joy. The second reason is that dedicating your body to Yah is Your</span><span> </span><span>reasonable service</span><span>. Ok, ok, now what does that mean? Let's break it down. Here the word reasonable means rational, intelligent, and logical. Using your mind to figure out how to do something. And of course, the word service means to worship and ministry, Ok now put it together. We use our mind to dedicating our body in service to Yahweh. We should be praying and studying Yah’s word daily (That's right, I said daily), thinking of the best way we can serve him. Ok now watch this. Forget what people tell you, study your word. That is how you really learn what is allowed or not allowed with your body. What is advised or not advised, What to eat, what to drink and what to do. Believe me, the more we study, the more we see that what people and trends to tell is not what is best for you.</span></p>
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<p><span>Now you really need to understand how “The Word” (people) see the body and how Yah sees it are two different things. People will feed you the lie that you should just live life and enjoy. We are all going to die anyway right? Wrong! One of the reasons we were created by Yah was to be a steward or manager of the creation. And a manager of the creation you should always show it respect. When you miss managing the creation you disrespect it. And disrespecting the creation disrespects the creator. The Bible teaches that the body is a temple., So you should always care for and respect your body. Yah demands it!</span></p>
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<p><span>So what are your thoughts and in what ways will you start to give your body to God? Let's talk about it.</span></p>
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<p>I know I'll get called a hata’. But the truth is, this is not hate. It’s love. I could not tell you the truth if I didn't love you! The truth is, it’s the enemy's goal to keep you dumb, blind, and in bondage. Then he can control you. So he uses B.E.T, movies, and music to make you think that if you read books and try to better yourself you’re a “lame” or you’re trying to be white. That’s a lie! The enemy wants you to think if you call yourself a nigga, and the baddest b****, you’re keeping it real. That's a lie. You are what you think you are. Keep calling yourself these terms that were created and used to disrespect you, and you will be exactly what you say you are. A b**** is a female dog, look it up. That’s a nasty filthy animal. Is that what you are? Where is the honor in that? Where is the honor in being a Goon? And you can not take words that were created to degrade you and use them to mean something good. That’s a lie from the pit and you need to send that lie back to the pit where it belongs. You need to understand you are disrespecting yourself by calling yourself out your name! When you disrespect the creation, you disrespect the creator. Know who you are and what you are. You are YAH’s masterpiece! You are the workmanship of Elohim.</p>
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<p><b><i>Masterpiece</i></b><span>- showpiece; blockbuster, success; gem, jewel, prize, treasure...these are the synonyms (words that mean the same) for masterpiece.</span></p>
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<p><span>God loves what He created, so shouldn't we too?</span></p>
<p><span>Your Creator looks at you and says “You don't always get it right, that's true, but I love you so much. Look in My mirror and see what I see; my beautiful creation; My treasure; My masterpiece. And the sooner you see yourself for who you really are, the sooner you can begin your reign as My priceless princess or prince with a purpose."</span></p>
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<p><b><i>Ephesians 2:10</i></b> <span>teaches that you are God’s</span><span> </span><b>workmanship</b><span>. </span></p>
<p><span>We all are God’s workmanship, created in</span><span> </span><b>Yeshua (</b><span>Jesus’ real name in his language</span><span>). Christians experience two creations, natural and spiritual . The spiritual birth is the point here. When a man believes in Yeshua, Elohim creates him in Christ. What does this mean?</span></p>
<p><span> It means that Elohim takes the spirit that was dead to him and brings it to life. </span></p>
<p><span>Spiritually you are born again.</span></p>
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<p><strong>1 And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,</strong><br /> <strong>2 In which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience.</strong><br /> <strong>3 Among them we too all formerly lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest.</strong><br /> <strong>4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us,</strong><br /> <strong>5 Even when we were dead in our transgressions, He made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved)</strong><br /> <br /> <strong>What is that passage saying and what does it mean? It’s simple brothers and sisters...</strong><br /> <br /> <span> </span><strong>-</strong><span> </span>It means that Elohim (GOD) places<span> </span><a class="zem_slink" title="God" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God" target="_blank">the nature of GOD</a><span> </span>into your heart.<br /> <br /> <em>“Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust” (2 Peter 1:4).</em><br /> <br /> <strong>-</strong><span> </span>It means that God actually makes a new creature of the believer.<br /> <br /> <em>“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new” (2 Cor. 5:17).</em><br /> <br /> <strong>- </strong> It means that God actually creates a new person out of you.<br /> <br /> <em>“And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness” (<a class="zem_slink" title="Ephesus" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=37.9397222222,27.3408333333&spn=0.1,0.1&q=37.9397222222,27.3408333333%20(Ephesus)&t=h" target="_blank">Ephes.</a> 4:24).</em><br /> <br /> “And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him” (Col. 3:10).<br /> <br /> One of the reasons Elohim (GOD) gave you life is so that you can do<span> </span><a class="zem_slink" title="Good works" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_works" target="_blank">good works</a>. God saves man for good works, not by good works. God’s workmanship is always a work of art. Check this out. Christians don’t create the beauty and the work of art in his life. He just shows that he is God’s work of art by the life he lives. Works and your actions are evidence of salvation and who you serve. You prove who you serve by what you do, how you speak, and how you carry yourself. Real Christians will show you evidence of the power of a new life that is working in them.? You have to understand, doing good works is not a choice for Christians; it’s how you are. If a man has been changed and transformed—if God really has worked in him—the man does good works. He cannot do otherwise. It’s not possible. Now, I’m not saying he’s perfect. He will fail sometimes; but he keeps coming back to God and falling upon his knees, believing and asking forgiveness, and getting back up and moving on to do all the good he can. Like I said, it’s how he is. He’s been changed into a new person, created to do good works. Just like a tree, he bears the fruit of his nature.<br /> <br /> <strong>“Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven” (<a class="zem_slink" title="Matthew 5:15–16" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_5%3A15%E2%80%9316" target="_blank">Matthew 5:16</a>).</strong><br /> <br /> <strong>“That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God” (Col. 1:10).</strong><br /> <br /> <strong>“That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate” (1 Tim. 6:18).</strong><br /> <strong>“In all things showing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine showing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity” (Titus 2:7).</strong><br /> <br /> <strong>“This is a<span> </span><a class="zem_slink" title="Faithful saying" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faithful_saying" target="_blank">faithful saying</a>, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men” (Titus 3:8).</strong><br /> <br /> <strong>“And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works” (Hebrews 10:24).</strong><br /> <br /> <strong>“Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: show me thy faith without thy works, and I will show thee my faith by my works” (James 2:17-18).</strong><br /> <br /> <strong>“Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evil doers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation” (1 Peter 2:12).</strong><br /> <br /> <strong>“But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of<span> </span><a class="zem_slink" title="Jesus" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus" target="_blank">Jesus Christ</a><span> </span>his Son cleanseth us from all sin” (1 John 1:7).</strong><br /> <br /> <strong>GOD created us with intelligence, reasoning, and moral character. We think about a caveman when we think of first humans. That's what's taught in schools but this is a lie from the pit! The Bible teaches us that we had these qualities from the beginning.</strong><br /> <br /> <strong>What is the main purpose of man?</strong></p>
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<li dir="ltr"><strong>Dominion:</strong> God has given man dominion over the earth and nature. We have authority from GOD to rule over it. (Gen 1:28-29)</li>
<li dir="ltr"><strong>Stewards:</strong> What does dominion mean? It means that GOD created you to care for the earth and manage it! Men have to be faithful stewards (managers) of the power and authority given by God. (Gen 1:29)</li>
<li dir="ltr"><strong>Seek their creator:</strong> Acts 17:27: – God wants us to depend on him, seek him, reach out for him and find him.</li>
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<p><strong>Created in the Image of God:</strong></p>
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<li dir="ltr">Man is created in the image of God. (Gen 1:26-27, 2:7, 5:1, 9:6, Eph 4:24, Col 3:10)</li>
</ul>
<p>When God created man in His image, man reflects what or who God is like, His attributes, His reflection. Just like the moon reflects light from the sun, you reflect the light for GOD. What type of life should we be reflecting from GOD?:</p>
<ul>
<li dir="ltr"><strong>Personality:</strong> Ability to reason, think, choice, wisdom</li>
<li dir="ltr"><strong>Authority:</strong> Just as God has the ultimate authority over all things, God gave you the authority to rule and dominion over the earth and nature. (Gen 1:28-29) What if you left a person to watch your house while you went out of town. You would expect him to manage your house just like you would. You would expect your house to look nice when you got back. GOD expects you to manage the earth the same way brother.</li>
<li dir="ltr"><strong>Creativity:</strong> God gave man the ability to create. Man can procreate.</li>
<li dir="ltr"><strong>Moral character:</strong> Ability to choose from right and wrong, good and evil, ability to make a choice.</li>
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<p dir="ltr"><strong>Who created man according to the bible?</strong></p>
<p></p>
<ul>
<li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr">The Bible is very clear. Elohim created man and woman. (Gen 1:7)</p>
</li>
<li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr">Man did not evolve (emerge) from the lower forms of life. No, we did not come from monkeys, sorry. But God is the creator of man. Gen 2:7 -”the LORD God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.”</p>
</li>
<li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr">How did GOD create man and ‘how much’ time did it take? The Bible really doesn't give all the details. But it does make clear that the moment God breathed into his nostril he became alive. Before God did that, he wasn’t.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<h3 dir="ltr">What are the three main ingredients of man according to bible?</h3>
<ol>
<li dir="ltr">Body (Gen 2:7)</li>
<li dir="ltr">Soul: ability to reason and think (mind) and ability to feel (emotion) (Rev 6:9, Hebrew 12:23)</li>
<li dir="ltr">Spirit: Moral nature, free will to choose (Pr 26:27, 1 Cor 2:11)</li>
</ol>
<ul>
<li dir="ltr">(1 Thes. 5:23 – “May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.”)</li>
<li dir="ltr">The difference between man and animals is not that we have soul and spirit and animals don’t. (Eccl 3:21 -”Who knows if the spirit of man rises upward and if the spirit of the animal goes down into the earth?”) No, Its the fact that man is created in the ‘Image of God’ and animals aren’t. That makes us more important than anything else ever created! That includes the angels in Heaven.</li>
<li dir="ltr">GOD has given you highly developed intellect, knowledge, reasoning and moral character. Like I said before, when we think about the first humans, we see caveman, dumb, mumbling and grunting because they don't know how to talk and they have no sense of understanding. You need to reject that trash. Bible teaches that man had intelligence from the beginning.</li>
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<p> <br /> <br /> The chains are gone, but a lot of us are still slaves. Satan uses new tricks to keep your mind in chains and in bondage. See if he can keep you ignorant then he can control you. That’s the classic way to control slaves, keep them ignorant. That's why they wouldn't teach us how to read and write back in the day. You can't control someone who has knowledge because knowledge is power. Our movies, books, TV shows and music, have us programmed to think we are less than what we really are! What will happen when we wake up and really understand the truth?<br /> <br /> <strong><span>Yeshua</span><span> </span>Shalom!</strong></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;">In</span> <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+6%3A5-6&version=KJV"><span style="font-weight:400;">Matthew Chapter 6:5-6</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;">, Yeshua Is not concerned about whether we pray. This is more about the how. There is a right way and a wrong way to pray. I bet you didn’t even know what huh. You can pray with the wrong motives and you can have your prayers not heard by God.</span></p>
<p><b>The Wrong Motive Is Praying To Be Heard By Men.</b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">When you pray, you are praying for Yahweh to hear you, this isn't for anyone else but him. Of Course, he knows what you need before you ask (</span> <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Chronicles+16%3A9&version=NKJV"><span style="font-weight:400;">2 Chr. 16:9</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;">,</span> <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+65%3A24&version=NIV"><span style="font-weight:400;"> Is. 65:24</span></a> <span style="font-weight:400;">)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">In Matthew Chapter 6:5-6 Yeshua is speaking to people who love to pray. We need to understand loving to pray is not a sign that a person has a relationship with God. Yes, A person that really loves Yah prays often. It’s like a child and his father. When you love your father, you always want to talk to him. But what Christ is saying is the man who prays to be seen by men and trying to impress people with words may love to pray but is actually A hypocrite. Why? Because it’s about a show. It’s not about a relationship with the father. When he or she loves to pray in public it really isn't because of the love of prayer but recognition. And He will receive his reward, public recognition.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;"> </span><b>The Right Motive Is Praying To Be Heard By Yahweh.</b></p>
<ol>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">You have to have a genuine willingness to pray. It has to be real and has to come from deep within your heart</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">It’s important that you have a private place to pray. You need alone time with Yah. Personal time where it’s just you and him. No distractions.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">It is important that you have a relationship with him.</span></li>
</ol>
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<h2><b>The Rules of Prayer</b></h2>
<h2><b> </b><b>Rule # 1. Do not use empty repetition (6:7)</b></h2>
<h3><b> </b><b>The wrong motive is praying to impress other people</b></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Yahshua teaches that we should not use thoughtless & meaningless repetition. Saying the same thing over and over adds length and depth to your prayer Using words to sound important. And you might even be using words you don't know the meaning to. There are many things that can lead to meaningless repetition.</span></p>
<p><b>1. Prayers that are mesmerized:</b> <span style="font-weight:400;">An example of this is the classic “Lord's Prayer”. Now there's nothing praying a memorized prayer as long as it is coming from the heart with thought behind it. My mom taught my brother and I The Lord's Prayer and A simple blessing for our food when we were little. And I had been praying that same blessing over my food for years without even thinking about it. “God is good, God is great, let us thank him for our food, Amen”. I was like 12 or something when I realized I was just saying this. I knew it well and said it without any thought. When there’s no thought in it, there's no power in it</span></p>
<p><b>2. Written prayers:</b> <span style="font-weight:400;">if you spent all night writing a beautiful, well-written prayer, you probably wrote that to impress the other people listening, Not Yah. There has to be less mind in it and more heart. Otherwise, the prayer is empty</span></p>
<p><b>3. The overuse of religious words: <span style="font-weight:400;">Saying things like “Lord God I thank Thee” does not impress Yah. Again, that is just to impress people. Yah just wants you to come from the heart. You don’t have to sound like super pastor.</span></b></p>
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<p>4. Over Use of references to Yahweh: <span style="font-weight:400;">There is no power in saying “Father God”, “Lord This” or “Lord That” All this shows is that a person is not giving much thought into what he or she is saying. Also, people like to call Yahweh by certain titles just to get the people listening hype. Just let go and come from the heart.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Now Yahshua is not saying it’s wrong to use repetition in prayer. It’s wrong when the repetition is empty and vain. Christ and Daniel both used repetition, but it wasn't vain. Pray with a genuine heart, concentrate and focus and you will be ok.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><b>Rule # 2. Do not speak too much (6:7)</b><b> </b></span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Also, keep in mind that your prayer does not have to be long. We like to think length equals devotion. Some of us seem to think a long prayer means you are more devoted. The longer we pray, the more spiritual you are and the more Yah will listen. But Yah does not hear your prayer just because it’s long. He's more concerned with it coming from your heart. I’m not saying long prayers are forbidden. Christ prayed all night (</span><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+6%3A12&version=KJV"><span style="font-weight:400;">Luke 6:12</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;">). What is wrong is thinking you have to pray all night just to get Yah’s attention. There are times when extra prayer time is needed. Right now, while I’m writing this, we are in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic. Our communities and the world need healing. This is definitely a time for extra prayer. You may be going through a very tough time or you may have a tough decision to make. That is a time you would want to put in some extra prayer time. Remember this prayer is about quality, not quantity.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Just always keep in mind, prayer is about the heart. Not about the words or the length. And you also have to remember to be quiet too. You have to give Yahweh a chance to speak!</span></p>
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<p><b>Don’t use the same words over and over again without putting your heart in it or overuse of religious words to impress man or God or a memorized prayer.</b></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><b>Rule # 3. Trust Yahweh (6:8)</b></span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">We already know Yahweh knows all of our needs and wants. Ok so If God knows our needs why pray? Well, prayer is not about meeting needs. It’s about fellowship with Yah. prayer shows your dependence on Yah . Knowing Yah is real in your mind is not enough. We need time when we are in the presence of Yahweh. You need to spend time with your friends and family right? That's how the bond gets stronger and tighter. Well, Yah is the same way. We need to spend personal time with Yahweh fellowshipping and getting closer to him. So praying is about more than having your needs met. We also pray to share, fellowship and deepen our relationship with Yah.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Now I want you to notice something. Yeshua's (Jesus’ actual name) followers had been rolling with him for years. They didn't ask how to heal, how to preach or how to take a little bit of food and feed a city. They asked how to pray. That shows how important it was to them</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><b>Rule # 4. Address the Farther in Yeshua (Jesus) Name</b><span style="font-weight:400;">.</span></span></p>
<p><i><span style="font-weight:400;">“For every high priest chosen from among men is appointed to act on behalf of men in relation to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins” (</span></i><a href="http://biblia.com/bible/esv/Heb.%205.1"><i><span style="font-weight:400;">Heb. 5:1</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight:400;">).</span></i></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">In the Old Testament, You see the high priest was a middle man between the Hebrews and Yahweh. He offered sacrifices for sins to Yah on behalf of men (5:2). He was the mediator between. They could not just go to Yahweh. They had to go through the priest. Yahshua the Christ flipped it and now he fulfilled this by offering Himself as the final sacrifice. Now to get to Yahweh you must go through Yeshua. He’s our high priest and our advocate. That’s why we pray in Yeshua’s (or Jesus’) name</span></p>
<p><b>So To Rap This Up...</b></p>
<p><b>1. Prayer is communication</b> <span style="font-weight:400;">and open fellowship with our father Yahweh.</span></p>
<p><b>2. Prayer is adoration</b><span style="font-weight:400;">, praise to Yahweh for what he has done for us.</span></p>
<p><b>3. Prayer is thanksgiving</b><span style="font-weight:400;">, Thanking Yahweh for his grace and mercy.</span></p>
<p><b>4. Prayer is confession</b></p>
<p><b>5. Prayer is intercession</b><span style="font-weight:400;">, a portion on behalf of our family, friends, and neighbor.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Prayer is talking to God. It is a specific thing that we do and it should be done often.</span> <span style="font-weight:400;">It is an opportunity to turn our hearts toward Yahweh</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;">According to</span> <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Peter+2%3A1&version=NIV"><b>1 Peter 2:1</b></a> <span style="font-weight:400;">there are 5 things we need to get rid of if we are going to grow. </span></p>
<h4><b>5 Things Every Christian Must Put Aside</b></h4>
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<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">All malice</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">All guile ( deceit, Shady business)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Hypocrisies</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Envies</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">All evil speakings</span></li>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;">The Greek word for “rid yourself” in this scripture “means to put off one’s clothing,</span> <span style="font-weight:400;">or to cleanse oneself of these things that defile</span><span style="font-weight:400;">.” Believers have to strip off…</span></p>
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<li><b>1</b><span style="font-weight:400;">.</span> <b>Malice</b><span style="font-weight:400;">- The Word malice has two different meanings</span></li>
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<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">First, we are talking about wickedness and or any type of evil</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Second, we are talking about a deep, long-lasting hatred toward your brother or sister. Being bitter, wishing something bad would happen to them. It’s when you hold a grudge and you don’t have any good feelings for the other person - None.</span></li>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;">A child of Yahweh can not have evil feelings or thoughts for his brother. In fact, how can you claim to love GOD, but you have hate for your brother? Sorry to tell you this fam but that not possible</span></p>
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<p><i><span style="font-weight:400;">Colossians 3:8 (NIV)</span></i> <i><span style="font-weight:400;">But now you must also rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.</span></i></p>
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<li><b>Deceit - </b> <span style="font-weight:400;">This word basically means to “deceive and mislead people”. Being a shady person. It means to be two-faced. When a person wants something he tries to get it by using weapons of...</span></li>
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<li style="list-style-type:none;"><ul>
<li style="list-style-type:none;"><ul>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Flattery</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">False promises</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">False tales</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Suggestive talk</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Off colored suggestions</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Enticing words</span></li>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;">When a deceitful person wants something, he looks at the person’s weakness or ignorance, and that’s what he attracts. Keep a lookout for that type of person and make sure that he or she is not you!</span></p>
<ol start="3">
<li><b>Hypocrisy.</b> <span style="font-weight:400;">The word</span> <span style="font-weight:400;">hypocrisy</span> <span style="font-weight:400;">basically means one who pretends, puts on a show or acts like something he’s not. There was a time in history when this word came to mean acting, like in a play or movie. So when you are a hypocrite you are an actor, pretending to be something you are not. Like Denzel Washington in “Training Day”. But to be a better person for your friends, family, and community you have to drop the act and be who you really are.</span></li>
<li><b>Envy</b><span style="font-weight:400;">- This word means to covet what someone else has, even so far as to steal it.</span></li>
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<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">A person filled with envy is not happy with where he is in life.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Envy often leads to crime like theft or murder</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Envy can lead to illness and stress</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Envy can lead to depression</span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Envy or Covetousness is a desire or thought that lust or craves for something that belongs to someone else. You want what they got. You want the power he has. You want the wife he has. You want something that isn't yours and you want it so bad that it eats at your heart. And this can lead to other problems and sins. </span></p>
<ol>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">A Married man can covet another woman , or a single man can covet a married woman leading to adultery ( And if you get caught, maybe your death) </span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">A man can covet money or power that isn't his and will steal or kill to get it. </span></li>
</ol>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Yahweh would like for us to live comfortably and safely without the fear that we or our family would be harmed because someone wants what we have. In</span> <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+13%3A9&version=KJV"><span style="font-weight:400;">Romans 13:9</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;"> Yahweh teaches us that we are not to covet what our neighbors have, It’s evil and can destroy. Note a breakdown of</span> <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus+20%3A17&version=NIV"><span style="font-weight:400;">Exodus 20:17</span></a> <span style="font-weight:400;">teaches us to never covet your neighbors…</span></p>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">House or person possessions</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Wife or his girlfriend (yes that counts)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Employees</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">His property </span></li>
</ul>
<p><br /> <br /> <br /></p>
<ol start="5">
<li><b>Slander</b> <span style="font-weight:400;">– This means to lie, criticize, judge, backbite, gossip, or condemn.</span> <span style="font-weight:400;">Making things up about people and spreading it. Or trying to destroy someone's reputation. We see this a lot now thanks to the rise of social media (</span><a href="https://biblehub.com/psalms/101-5.htm"><span style="font-weight:400;">Ps.101:5</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;">The spirit of slander; is never in the humble and loving person. If we slander we are not full of humility and love. We are full of pride and hate.</span></li>
</ol>
<h4><b>I have 5 reasons why people slander</b></h4>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">To boost their own self-image and themselves look better than they are.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Because we love hearing and sharing in others faults and weaknesses. It makes us feel good.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">It makes us seem like we got it all together and it makes us look like our lives are better off than others.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">It helps us justify the bad things we have done in life.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Revenge</span></li>
</ul>
<p></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">But Slender destroys 3 people The speaker, the person spoken to and the person spoken of</span></p>
<p></p>
<h3><b>Here Is A List Of 6 Things We Must Do Daily to Grow Daily!</b></h3>
<p></p>
<p></p>
<ul>
<li><b>Bible study: <i><span style="font-weight:400;">Acts 17:11- these were nobler than those in Thessalonica in that they received the word with all readings of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things are so.</span></i></b></li>
</ul>
<p></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Read the Bible like any other book from beginning to end. Really get into it, break it down getting the writer's thoughts, the meanings of the words, manners and customs, and the purpose of God had for each passage. But there will be times when you really need to read it unlike any other book because it’s not like any other book. It is inspired by Yah. It should be read slowly, prayerfully, daily, meditatively, searchingly, and obediently.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">It’s important that we study Yah’s word daily. And if not daily, it should be often. Our belief is that the Bible is the inspired Word of Yah. It teaches us how to know him and how to live in this world. We should study the Bible Daily…</span></p>
<ol>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">To learn for ourselves what church doctrine is true and what is untrue</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">So that we can see what we are doing wrong in life and how to fix it in a godly way</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">So that we can see what is right and godly</span></li>
</ol>
<p></p>
<p><b>Have you developed the habit of daily Bible study?</b></p>
<p><br /></p>
<ol start="2">
<li><b>2</b><span style="font-weight:400;">.</span> <b>Prayer</b><span style="font-weight:400;">:</span> <i><span style="font-weight:400;">6:10- Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem he kneeled upon his knees three times a day and prayed. </span></i></li>
</ol>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">While we are studying daily, we should be praying every day, throughout the day. Yahweh wants constant fellowship with you! So…</span></p>
<p></p>
<ul>
<li><b><span style="font-weight:400;">Talk to him and develop a relationship with him. Talk to him, and share with him</span></b></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-weight:400;">Learn how to make him happy</span></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-weight:400;">Ask him for the strength to fight daily temptations and the endurance to get through the day </span></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-weight:400;">Talk to him, about your problems and what you are going through in life</span></li>
</ul>
<p></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Always remember, proper prayer prevents poor performance!</span></p>
<p></p>
<p></p>
<p><b>Are you praying daily?</b></p>
<p></p>
<ol start="3">
<li><b>Take Your Cross up:</b> <i><span style="font-weight:400;">Lk. 9:3- and he said to them all, if any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.</span></i></li>
</ol>
<p><i><span style="font-weight:400;">To “take up your cross” is something that has to take place in your thoughts. When thoughts that aren’t pleasing to God come to your mind during the day, you “put them to death” on an inner “cross.”</span></i></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">We have evil, ungodly thoughts all the time. Anyone who says they don’t is lying. It’s human nature. But we have to put those thoughts to death. Nail them to the cross, and do it daily!</span></p>
<p><b>Do you take up your cross daily?</b></p>
<p></p>
<ol start="4">
<li><b>4</b><span style="font-weight:400;">.</span> <b>Continue in one accord</b><span style="font-weight:400;">:</span> <i><span style="font-weight:400;">Acts 2:46- and they, continuing, daily with one accord in the temple and breaking bread from house to house…</span></i></li>
</ol>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">One of Satan's main weapons is division. How do we win? How do we become successful as a church? We can't be divided. A house divided can not stand. (</span> <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+12%3A22-28&version=NKJV"><span style="font-weight:400;">Matthew 12:22)</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;">. We have to move as one unit, one body in on accord. That is how we get things done and impact our community in a powerful way!</span></p>
<p><br /> <br /> <br /></p>
<p><i><span style="font-weight:400;">Acts 2:47- Praising God, and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily</span></i><span style="font-weight:400;">…</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Understand this, If you don’t have the same vision, you’re not serving the same God! I used to love studying ants when I was younger. When aggressive ants like fire ants or army ants have to cross a body of water, they work as one unit to create a raft that can last for weeks. When several weaker things are united as one they become strong.</span></p>
<p></p>
<p><b>Are we daily on one Accord?</b></p>
<p><br /> <br /></p>
<p></p>
<ul>
<li><b>Teach: <i><span style="font-weight:400;">Lk. 19:47- and he taught daily in the temple, </span></i></b></li>
</ul>
<p></p>
<p><i><span style="font-weight:400;">Acts 5:52- and daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ.</span></i></p>
<p></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Jesus cursed the fig tree, for it was not producing fruit and an unhealthy tree will not produce fruit. While we are studying praying daily, we are receiving knowledge and wisdom. Oh you that that was all for you?</span> <span style="font-weight:400;">If you are blessed with wisdom and knowledge and you don’t share it, you are stealing. That isn’t just for you. (</span><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+6%3A19-24&version=NIV"><span style="font-weight:400;">Mt. 6:19-2</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;">;</span> <a href="https://biblehub.com/luke/3-13.htm"><span style="font-weight:400;">Lk 3:13</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;">;</span> <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+6%3A19-24&version=NIV"><span style="font-weight:400;">Ep. 4:28</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;">;</span> <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Timothy+6%3A17-19&version=NIV"><span style="font-weight:400;">1 Tim 6:17-19</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;">;</span> <a href="https://biblehub.com/ezekiel/22-12.htm"><span style="font-weight:400;">Eze 22:12</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;">. That is how we grow and become strong as a community. Learning and ten teaching what you learned.</span></p>
<p><b>Are you teaching daily?</b></p>
<p></p>
<ol start="6">
<li><b>Exhort one another daily: Hebrews :</b> <i><span style="font-weight:400;">3:13- but exhort one another daily while it is called today lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.</span></i></li>
</ol>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">This means to encourage and give comfort to another.</span> <span style="font-weight:400;">The Greek word translated "exhort" (keep in mind, the New Testament was written in greek),</span> <i><span style="font-weight:400;">parakleite</span></i> <span style="font-weight:400;">is the word of strong encouragement. I know, I know. That's the opposite of what we see every day. Even in the church. But as Christians, we should be encouraging each other and cheering each other on. Not tearing each other down.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">In his commentary</span> <a href="https://amzn.to/2S9stGQ"><span style="font-weight:400;">The Message of Hebrews</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;">, Raymond Brown writes,</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">It is never fitting for believers to adopt the depressing pessimistic outlook of a godless world. With God, things can always be better, and Christians ought to be the first to say so. It is far from easy for many believers to live and witness effectively for Christ in contemporary society. Every Christian ought to be able to count on the cheering encouragement of his fellow believers. To make that possible, every member of the body of Christ should grasp opportunities every day to speak the uplifting word and do the supportive thing for his Christian partners in Christ. (p. 88)</span></p>
<p></p>
<p><b>Do you exhort your brothers and sisters daily?</b></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;">How we live, interact and move in our community and neighborhoods is very important. People are watching and listening to you and you might not ever realize it. What type of influence do you have? When people see you, what do they see. Do They see a person that spreads lies about other people or flirts with another man's wife. How does that make your neighborhood a better place?</span></p>
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<h3><b>If You Are Full Love Love You Can Not Lie On People</b></h3>
<p><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+13%3A9&version=NIV"><span style="font-weight:400;">Romans 13:9</span></a> <span style="font-weight:400;">teaches that if we are full of love, we can not lie to our brothers , sisters, neighbors or anyone!</span> <i><span style="font-weight:400;">Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour</span></i> <span style="font-weight:400;">(Exodus 20:16). Now this doesn't just mean don’t lie in court. We are talking about any type of lie.. And let's be real, we all have done it. If you say you haven't, you are doing it right now. At some point in our life we have all…</span></p>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Tried to place blame somewhere other than where it belongs</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Bent the truth</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Told a little while lie</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Told a half truth</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Slandered someone</span></li>
</ul>
<p></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Nowadays lying is so common we are surrounded by it. It’s expected and accepted. Lying destroys communities, family's, friendships, schools and more.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">There are several kinds of lies we need to guard against.</span></p>
<p></p>
<p></p>
<ul>
<li><b>Slander. <span style="font-weight:400;">Making things up about people and spreading it. Or trying to destroy someone's reputation. We see this alot now thanks to the raise of social media (</span><a href="https://biblehub.com/psalms/101-5.htm"><span style="font-weight:400;">Ps.101:5</span></a></b></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Spreading Rumors And Gossip</strong>. <span style="font-weight:400;">Spreading news about someone, rather real or made up (</span><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Leviticus+19%3A16&version=NIV"><span style="font-weight:400;">Lev:19:16</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;">;</span> <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs+11%3A13&version=NIV"><span style="font-weight:400;">Pr. 11:13</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;">)</span></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Dropping suggestive hints.</strong> <span style="font-weight:400;">Planting seeds and hints in peoples mind about somebody or something</span></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Overblown flattery and exaggeration.</strong> <span style="font-weight:400;">Sometimes we stretch the truth about someone or something, falsely representing him or creating a false picture of her. (</span><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Job+32%3A21-22&version=KJV"><span style="font-weight:400;">Job 32:21</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;">;</span> <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Thessalonians+5%3A2-4&version=NIV"><span style="font-weight:400;">1Th. 2: 4-5</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;">;</span> <a href="https://biblehub.com/proverbs/28-23.htm"><span style="font-weight:400;">Pr. 28:23</span></a></li>
</ul>
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<h4><b>Lying Can Affect People In 3 Different Ways</b></h4>
<p></p>
<ol>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><b>Lying hides the truth.</b> <span style="font-weight:400;">If someone lies to you then of course you don't know the truth. So you are acting on a lie not the truth and that can be dangerous</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><b>Lying decevies</b><span style="font-weight:400;">. Lying leads to misunderstanding and disappointment</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><b>Lying creates a foundation for a relationship built on sinking sand</b><span style="font-weight:400;">. Any relationship built on lies will not stand. It destroys trust, love and confidence</span></li>
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<h3><b>If You Are Full Of Love Never Thirst or Hunger For Something That Belongs To Someone Else</b></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Something else love does not allow is covetousness. This one is a hard one because it’s so easy to do. Covetousness is a d</span><span style="font-weight:400;">esire or thought that lust or craves for something that belongs to someone else. You want what they got. You want the power he had. You want the wife he has.You want something that isn't yours and you want it so bad that it eats at your heart. And this can lead to other problems and sins. </span></p>
<ol>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">A Married man can covet another woman ,or a single man can covet a married woman leading to adultery ( And if you get caught, maybe you death) </span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">A man can covet money or power that isn't his and will steal or kill to get it. </span></li>
</ol>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Yahweh would like for us to live comfortably and safely without the fear that we or our family would be harmed because someone wants what we have. In</span> <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+13%3A9&version=KJV"><span style="font-weight:400;">Romans 13:9</span></a> <span style="font-weight:400;"> Yahweh is teaching us that we are not to covet what our neighbors have, It’s evil and can destroy. Note a breakdown of</span> <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus+20%3A17&version=NIV"><span style="font-weight:400;">Exodus 20:17</span></a> <span style="font-weight:400;">teaches us to never covet your neighbors…</span></p>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">House or person possessions</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Wife or his girlfriend (yes that counts)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Employees</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">His property </span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">When you are full of love you will not covet what your neighbor has. No sir. You will focus on blessing them and build them up. And Yahweh will bless you and build you up</span></p>
<p><br /> <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+13%3A10&version=NIV"><span style="font-weight:400;">Romans 13:10</span></a> <span style="font-weight:400;">teaches us that when we are full of love, we will not hurt our neighbor. Now when we talk about hurt and harm, we are not not just talking about physical harm. You can also wish harm or evil on a person. But when you are full of love, you work good, not evil.</span></p>
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</div></div>How Christian's Should Interact With His Neighbors And Community Part 1 By Prince Malachihttps://www.theoraclemag.com/profiles/blogs/how-christian-s-should-interact-with-his-neighbors-and-community-2020-03-25T03:30:00.000Z2020-03-25T03:30:00.000ZPrince Malachi The Firsthttps://www.theoraclemag.com/members/Malachi<div><p><span style="font-weight:400;"><a href="https://www.keepthefaith.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/family-800x445.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.keepthefaith.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/family-800x445.jpg?profile=RESIZE_710x" class="align-center" alt="family-800x445.jpg?profile=RESIZE_710x" /></a></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;">There is a certain way Yahweh wants us to interact with the people we live near and around. It is clearly mapped out in His Word.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;">I believe the most powerful element in existence is love. What kind of world would we live in, if everyone that claimed to be a Christian made moves in love?</span></p>
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<h3><b>Romans 13:8-10 teaches us that when we really love we will not…</b></h3>
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<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">G</span><span style="font-weight:400;">o beyond the bounds of the moral law (v</span> <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+13%3A8&version=NIV"><span style="font-weight:400;">8,</span></a> <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+13%3A10&version=NIV"><span style="font-weight:400;">10</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;">)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Deny a man his wife (v</span> <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+13%3A9&version=ESV"><span style="font-weight:400;">9</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;">)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Rob any woman of her virtue/power ( v 9)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Murder ( v</span> <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+13%3A9&version=ESV"><span style="font-weight:400;">9</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;">)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Hate anyone ( v</span> <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+13%3A9&version=ESV"><span style="font-weight:400;">9</span></a> <span style="font-weight:400;">)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Take what belongs to someone else ( v</span> <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+13%3A9&version=ESV"><span style="font-weight:400;">9</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;">)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Rob a man of his good name or reputation ( v</span> <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+13%3A9&version=ESV"><span style="font-weight:400;">9</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;">)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Covet what over people have ( v</span> <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+13%3A9&version=ESV"><span style="font-weight:400;">9</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;">)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Love only yourself ( v 9)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Does no harm to anyone ( v</span> <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+13%3A10&version=NIV"><span style="font-weight:400;">10</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;">)</span></li>
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<h3><b>As Christians, We Set The Example</b></h3>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;">As Christians, Yahweh demands we set an example. Give props where props are due. Don't you like to hear “good job” and “congratulations”? I bet you do. And if someone owes or borrowed something from you, you want what you are owed when it is due right? So we should all show that same respect. We should not waste money on a bunch of things we don’t need. There is nothing wrong with getting what we like here and there but some of us like to overdo it just because we can. Then again some of us actually can’t and are spending money we don’t have. We should spend less time spoiling ourselves and more time helping to meet the needs of the diseased, hungry, and dying. If you can’t afford it, don’t buy it. If you buy something like a house or car, and you can not make the payments on time, you can be considered irresponsible, unethical, and dishonest. It’s almost like you took something that isn't yours. Now you can’t even pay what you owe. As Christians, we have a duty to pay bills and debts on time. When we don’t we hurt the name of Christ, make Christians look bad, and push people away from Christianity. As Christians, Yah holds us to a higher standard. We are to set the example. </span></p>
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<h3><b>We Owe Everyone Love!</b></h3>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Romans 13:8 teaches that one thing every Christian should owe everyone is</span> <span style="font-weight:400;">love</span><span style="font-weight:400;">! Every Christian showing genuine love is how we build the perfect community.</span></p>
<h4><b>Love Does Now Allow You To Kill</b></h4>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Murder and violence are everywhere. We allow violence to be shown on TV, in movies and other entertainment. It’s even cool for our children to be fed this stuff daily. And the more we see it, the more desensitized we become. We don’t value life as we should.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Yeshua taught that anger and hate are equal to murder.</span> <span style="font-weight:400;">Why because anger and hate lead to murder. If that is true then that means less anger leads to less murder. Ok, so how do we do that? With more love. See more love equals less hate and anger, So it is important that God’s people show more love in our communities. We set the example. And we do this by studying scripture and praying regularly. We ask for the gift of love from the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit will put it in you and stir it up. And when that happens there won’t be any room for hate and anger.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">But there are other ways we kill. </span></p>
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<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">An employer can force people to work in unsafe or dirty conditions. And that can lead to death</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Landlords can force people to live in unsafe or dirty conditions</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Getting people hooked on drugs, even the legal stuff</span></li>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;">As Christians, we should value and respect life. And we are to always love our neighbors as we love ourselves (</span><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+22%3A39&version=NIV"><span style="font-weight:400;">Matt. 22:39</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;">)</span></p>
<h4><b>Love Does Not Allow You To Steal</b></h4>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">When you are full of love, you don’t steal.</span> <i><span style="font-weight:400;">Klepheis</span></i> <span style="font-weight:400;">is the Greek word used in Romans 13:9 for steal.</span> <span style="font-weight:400;">It means to either legally or illegally cheat or take something that belongs to another person. Oh yeah, people steal legally. But just because something is legal does not mean it’s ok! Just think about…</span></p>
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<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">People take from others without actually doing anything illegal</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">People can take too much of something, much more than they need, keeping others from getting it too</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">You have leaders in government who steal taxpayer money or misuse it </span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Workers who steal from their boss</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Companies that steal through low pay for workers and high prices for consumers.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Athletes steal through performance-enhancing drugs</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Not paying bills</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Not paying debts</span></li>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Stealing is a problem that can lead to other problems like assault and even murder. It can destroy families, companies, communities and countries. Now let's talk about types of stealing. There are at least three.</span></p>
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<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Taking something that is not yours</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Hoarding more than you need </span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Living beyond what you need</span></li>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Let's break it down!</span></p>
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<h4><b>Taking Something That's Not Yours</b></h4>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Of course you know this but, if you own it and I take it that’s stealing. Even if it’s something small like pens or paper from work, or the answers to a test. It can be big like a business cheating the system through shady bookkeeping. It’s all the same, it's stealing (</span> <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Titus+2%3A10&version=NIV"><span style="font-weight:400;">Tit, 2:10;</span></a> <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Peter+4%3A15-16&version=KJV"><span style="font-weight:400;">1.Pe. 4:15</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;">;</span> <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs+11%3A1&version=NIV"><span style="font-weight:400;">Pr 11:1</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;">;</span> <a href="https://biblehub.com/proverbs/20-14.htm"><span style="font-weight:400;">Pr. 20:14</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;">)</span></p>
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<h4><b>Hoarding More Than You Need</b></h4>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">When you store more than what you need for yourself and your family you are stealing from your community. So when you go to the store, and buy out all of one product to take home and sit on it, that's stealing. Right now, while I’m writing this, we are in the middle of the Coronavirus pandemic. Right before things got serious in the United States this guy got what he thought was a good idea. He traveled all over his state and bought out all the sanitizer he could. He got up to 17,700 bottles and kept them in his garage. Why? Because when you are looking everywhere for sanitizer and you can find it anywhere, you can buy it from him at inflated prices. That's stealing!</span> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/14/technology/coronavirus-purell-wipes-amazon-sellers.html"><span style="font-weight:400;">Source: NY Times</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;">.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">You can also hoard knowledge and wisdom. If you are blessed with wisdom and knowledge and you don’t share it, you are stealing. That isn’t just for you. (</span><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+6%3A19-24&version=NIV"><span style="font-weight:400;">Mt. 6:19-2</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;">;</span> <a href="https://biblehub.com/luke/3-13.htm"><span style="font-weight:400;">Lk 3:13</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;">;</span> <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+6%3A19-24&version=NIV"><span style="font-weight:400;">Ep. 4:28</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;">;</span> <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Timothy+6%3A17-19&version=NIV"><span style="font-weight:400;">1 Tim 6:17-19</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;">;</span> <a href="https://biblehub.com/ezekiel/22-12.htm"><span style="font-weight:400;">Eze 22:12</span></a></p>
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<h4><b>Living Beyond What You Need</b></h4>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Some of us overindulge to satisfy our flesh. More clothing than we need, more cars than we need, and more property than we need. I’m a collector. I love to collect things like watches and old books. I know of people that collect classic cars. I don’t think Yah has a problem with collecting within reason. But just like with anything else we can overdo it. If your collection is so big, you can’t enjoy the full collection, what’s the point?</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;">There are many problems in the world today. People that don’t believe in God, use the argument that if there were a god, He would not allow these problems to exist. But the truth is, Yahweh has given us everything we need to meet the needs we have. What is missing as a whole is genuine love and the sacrificial commitment to do our part and give the resources.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Stealing is a heart issue. It starts in the heart. It starts with coveting ( we will talk about this later) Lust and desire deep in your heart. (</span><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=James+1%3A14-15&version=NIV"><span style="font-weight:400;">Jas 1:14-15</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;">)</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;">We all have a role in our community. Yahweh wants to use you to do great things right where you live. We don’t have to go overseas. You can help change your own block. So what are you doing to make that happen? What will you do to make that happen?</span></p>
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<p><span>Let me be 100 percent real with you. This one was hard to write. I’m a person that struggles with trusting our government in general. When it comes to government I think more like Malcolm X then Martin Luther King. I definitely have issues with our current president.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Let me be 100 percent real with you. This one was hard to write. I’m a person that struggles with trusting our government in general. When it comes to the government I think more like Malcolm X than Martin Luther King. I definitely have issues with our current president.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">So what is a Christian's relationship to the government supposed to be? Well, I'm glad you asked. The answer is found in His Word. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Yahweh expects us to do what is right while being a citizen on this earth. He expects us to set an example. Like I said, this is tough to write. Don’t be mad at anything I say. I did not make this up. It’s all in the scripture.</span></p>
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<h1><span style="font-weight:400;">10 Duties Of Citizens According To The Bible</span></h1>
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<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Be subject to civil government (Romans 13:1; Titus 3:1; 1 Peter 2:13-17)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Be afraid to disobey civil rulers (Romans 13:3; Proverbs 24:21)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Do the good (Romans 13:4; Titus 3:1)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Pay taxes (Romans 13:1-7; Matthew 22:17-21)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Render dues to all men (Romans 13:7)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Honor civil rulers (Romans 13:17; Exodus 22:28; Acts 23:5; 1 Peter 2:13-17)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Pray for Civil rulers (1 Timothy 2:1-2)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Obey civil laws (Romans 13:1-7; Ezra 7:26)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Do not curse rulers (Ecclesiastes 10:20)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Work for peace (Romans 12:18)</span></li>
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<h1><span style="font-weight:400;">CHRISTIANS MUST OBEY THE LAW</span></h1>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;">As Christians Yahweh demands that we obey the Government and civil authorities, no matter how they were appointed. But the government only has authority in the civil domain and not beyond that. When the laws of a city, state or federal government conflict with the words and commandments of Yahweh, Christians have a duty to say “ we ought to obey God rather than men” (Acts 5:29), If any political official or ruler claims divine rights and authority we must reject him or her. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Now, none of this means we should accept mistreatment or speak out against our own government is wrong. The Bible is full of examples of godly men and women that spoke out against evil and sinful leaders in government.</span></p>
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<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">In Matthew 14:1-4 John The Baptist got at King Herod for taking his brothers wife</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">In 2 Samuel 12:1-15 Nathan got at King David for sleeping for Bathsheba and setting up her husband to be killed.</span></li>
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<h1><span style="font-weight:400;">THE GOVERNMENT IS ORDAINED BY GOD</span></h1>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;">1 Timothy 2:1-2 teaches us that we should pray for our government. Even if it’s someone you did not vote for and you don’t agree with their ways, pray for them.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">There are three institutions that are ordained by Yahweh</span></p>
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<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">The Family</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">The Church</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">The Government</span></li>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;">These three are ordained by Yah! That means they exist because they were set up as A way for us to relate to each other and to him as God. Men and women are responsible for the work inside these institutions. All three have faithful that do A great job and all three have leaders that go against Yah’s word and to a horrible job. But we have to remember the government is ordained by Yah. That means all rulers will have to give an account to him.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Now if the government is ordained by Yah, that means we can not resist because resistance means resisting the ordinance of Yah. Now let me make three points</span></p>
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<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Murder or assassination and acts of terrorism done “in the name of God”, against the government is not Godly and has nothing to do with Christ.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">The exception that Yah allows to resisting the government is when the ruler tries to have mastery over human life. At that point, the Christian is to follow Yah, not man. We are to always follow righteousness and morality. But the morality and righteousness has to line up with the bible and not your own ideas</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">World leaders are in the hands of Yahweh.</span> <span style="font-weight:400;">“And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.”</span> <b>Romans 8</b><span style="font-weight:400;">:</span><b>28</b></li>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Again, your government is ordained by Yah, so any Christian that resists will be condemned according to Romans 13:2. That means if you disobey laws just because you don’t like them or you don’t agree you will face Yahweh's judgment. Again, that is unless those laws go against God’s Word. ( 1 Pe, 2:13-14; Ezra)))] 7:26; Pr. 24: 21-22)</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;">The Government is Ordained to promote good and suppress evil. The rules and laws our government creates show be for the good of the nation.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;">The point is as Christians, Yahweh set us apart to set an example. We are to live above reprove in the presence of all men. This includes being a good citizen in your city, state, and country. </span></p>
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<p><span>Ok so, “the body”</span><span> </span><span>Your body</span><span>! You are to present it to Yahweh as a living sacrifice. It will be</span><span> </span><span>his body.</span><span> </span><span>Now let me tell you something that might trip you out. Yahweh is not interested in your money, your time or your skills, Nah homie, He is interested in you, your body. There is only one gift that makes the redeemed creator happy, and that is the redeemed creation.</span></p>
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<p><span>Ok, now when you do this, give your body to Yahweh, you will not be</span><span> </span><span>conformed</span><span> </span><span>or molded in the ways of this world. Conformed. Let’s talk about this word for a sec. If you look it up in an English dictionary, you will see that </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Oh, I already know people are going to have A problem with what you are about to read. But these are not my thoughts, ideas, and philosophies. This is from scripture. So don’t be mad at me. Blame God! (Kanye shrug emoji lol)</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Yahweh expects all Christians to move in a decent way when it comes to dealing with people who are not Christian and even his “enemies.” A Christian is expected to control himself and have victory over his flesh. Yah expects us to give testimony to his love and be an example of the love and forgiveness of Yah for all men.</span></p>
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<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Take A real interest in the blessings of other people without hate (v. 14)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Show real compassion for others (v. 15)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Live in harmony and of one accord(v. 16)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Don’t unlawfully aspire to be rich and powerful. Don't avoid the poor, only linking to the rich and powerful (v. 16) </span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Link up with humble and godly people, going through life with as little show and parade as possible (v. 16)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Do Not Be egotistical and vain (v. 16)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Never repay any man, evil for evil (v. 17)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Do not spend more money than you actually have (v. 17)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Try to live at peace with all people (v. 18)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Leave vengeance and revenge to Yah (v. 19</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Yahweh is good to us, even when we are against him. Likewise, we should always treat our enemies with goodness. Then you make them feel a burning sense of shame (v. 20</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Never let evil get the best of you. Get the best of evil by doing good (v. 21)</span></li>
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<p><b>SPEAK WELL OF YOUR ENEMIES</b></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Romans 12:14 teaches that you are to “Bless them that persecute you” The word bless here comes from the Greek word</span> <span style="font-weight:400;">eulogeo,</span> <span style="font-weight:400;">which means “speak well of.” Oh yeah! That means we as Christians have to do something that isn’t easy to do. Speak well of those who attack us. Whoa! Just think about that... You mean to tell me somebody is on social media or even in person talking mess about me, attacking me, mistreating me and I'm supposed to speak highly about this person? It doesn't matter if it’s your family, co-worker, neighbor, classmate, whatever, whoever, we are to bless the person that attacks us. We do not react to them by cursing them out and returning the same negative smoke they sent your way, Nope! We actually do the opposite, find something good about them and compliment them on it ( 1. Peter 3:9; Ephesians 4:31-32) Firstly, it will confuse your enemy when you don’t stoop down to his childish level. Second, when you show an attitude of love and blessing to people that attack you, you provide a strong witness that The Holy Spirit can use to win the person over to Christ. So yes, we are to do good and show love to people that attack us. (Lk. 6:27: Lk. 6:35; Rom. 12:20; 1 Th. 5:15; Pr. 25:21)</span></p>
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<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Love them (Mt. 5:44; Lk. 6:27)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Bless them (Mt. 5:44; Lk. 6:28)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Do Good To them (Mt. 5:44)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Pray for them ( Mt. 5:44; Lk 6:28)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Lend to them</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Be kind to Them (Lk. 6:35-36)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Be merciful to them (Lk.6:36)</span></li>
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<p><b>BE GENUINELY INTERESTED IN WHAT'S GOING ON WITH OTHERS</b></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Romans 12:15 teaches us that we should be interested in what's going on with other people, When they rejoice, you should rejoice with them. Do you know somebody that just had a baby? Congratulate them. Did a co-worker just get promoted? Show him or her you are happy for them. Now, this is not easy for us to do. It’s natural for us to be jealous and envious when a person is successful. Conquer that nature and turn that hate into love! Now it’s the same thing when people are going through stuff. If they grieve, grieve with them, show that you care. Show support.</span></p>
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<p><b>BE HUMBLE OR YOU WILL BE HUMBLED</b></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Romans 12:16 teaches us to “Mind not high things.” It’s always good to shoot for greatness, but while you are doing that, humble yourself. A Christian should never be snobbish. And you should never think you are better than everyone else. It’s human nature to think of you more than others because of the clothes and shoes we rock, the people we hang with, our position at work, the car we drive, the money we have, and so on. Do you realize you can lose all that stuff in a Thanos Snap! Humble yourself homie. If you don’t, you will be humbled. You also have people that think they are better than others because they are smarter. If I’m smarter, I must be more superior right? That pride is dangerous. Humble yourself. In fact, scripture teaches that your attitude should be simple and humble like a child (Pr. 3:7: Is 5:21; Rom 11:25</span></p>
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<p><b>CHRISTIANS SHOULD NEVER RETURN EVIL FOR EVIL</b></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Oh, some of you will not like this one. Christians should never play those tit for tat games. Evil for evil. If you are a real Christian, living a real Christian life and a real Christian way, you will get attacked by people and hit with evil. Let’s just be honest. People will make fun of you just because you pray and study your Bible every day. Yeah, even people that go to your church will make fun of you. But you should never react by checking evil with evil. What does that even do? What's the point? Oh to show people you are not the one! You are the baddest. No, it makes you look like a child dealing with a child. That immature reaction can cause us to lose help in winning that soul to Christ, as well as others who see your reaction. People will say, “ See, that's why I don’t go to church. That’s how Christians get down.” But on the flip side, if you return good for evil, you open doors and opportunities. Returning evil for evil is not the way of Yahweh (Mt. 5:39, 45; 1 Pe. 3:9; 1 th. 5:15 1 Th. 5:15; Le. 19:18)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">“Provide things honest in the sight of all men” That means think before you act!. If somebody does something shady to you, Think before you make a move. Think and pray. Why? So you can react in the correct and godly way. Remember, people are watching you, and testimony of Yah’s love will be seen by them.</span></p>
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<p><b>LIVE IN PEACE AND UNITY</b></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Romans 12:18 teaches us, if possible, we are to live in peace and unity with everyone. If possible because realistically sometimes it isn't. Some of the people we have to deal with are trouble makers that love drama. But our goal is always peace and we should never be the cause of conflict.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Last I want to talk about revenge. I know It goes against human nature but, revenge is not the Christian way according to the bible. Revenge and vengeance belongs to Yahweh, not man. Did you know, we don’t have a right to judge or punish people? Well, we don’t. That's right, it's Yahweh’s and His alone. But don’t worry, Yah will definitely repay in full! You treating someone who did you wrong with kindness and mercy will shame Him.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Understand this. When you try and get revenge, you actually give victory to the person that did you wrong. Sometimes that’s their goal. They bait you and you fall for it.</span></p>
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<p><span>Ok so, “the body”</span><span> </span><span>Your body</span><span>! You are to present it to Yahweh as a living sacrifice. It will be</span><span> </span><span>his body.</span><span> </span><span>Now let me tell you something that might trip you out. Yahweh is not interested in your money, your time or your skills, Nah homie, He is interested in you, your body. There is only one gift that makes the redeemed creator happy, and that is the redeemed creation.</span></p>
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<p><span>Ok, now when you do this, give your body to Yahweh, you will not be</span><span> </span><span>conformed</span><span> </span><span>or molded in the ways of this world. Conformed. Let’s talk about this word for a sec. If you look it up in an English dictionary, you will see that </span></p>
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<p><i><span>Conformity is the act of matching attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors to group norms or politics. Norms are implicit, specific rules, shared by a group of individuals, that guide their interactions with others.</span></i><span> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conformity"><i><span>Wikipedia</span></i></a></p>
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<div class="fb-comments"></div></div>The Christian Man And How He should Carry Himself Around Other Christians (Romans 12; 9- 13) By Prince Malachihttps://www.theoraclemag.com/profiles/blogs/the-christian-man-and-how-he-show-carry-himself-around-other-chri2020-03-03T22:30:00.000Z2020-03-03T22:30:00.000ZPrince Malachi The Firsthttps://www.theoraclemag.com/members/Malachi<div><p><a href="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e3c5a140261d39b909d4a6/1494383794206-A45VVY1IU5ZY2A2DIM3M/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kNCH0IFo-E28D0rm_d_wnF4UqsxRUqqbr1mOJYKfIPR7LoDQ9mXPOjoJoqy81S2I8N_N4V1vUb5AoIIIbLZhVYxCRW4BPu10St3TBAUQYVKczdH3qUBwO6oWXP_OkYMa5KbLFw5Om5Yp_Nt25Y6nc5ZZuUUY1FOqARMqv9i1pcqr/image-asset.jpeg" target="_blank"><img src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e3c5a140261d39b909d4a6/1494383794206-A45VVY1IU5ZY2A2DIM3M/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kNCH0IFo-E28D0rm_d_wnF4UqsxRUqqbr1mOJYKfIPR7LoDQ9mXPOjoJoqy81S2I8N_N4V1vUb5AoIIIbLZhVYxCRW4BPu10St3TBAUQYVKczdH3qUBwO6oWXP_OkYMa5KbLFw5Om5Yp_Nt25Y6nc5ZZuUUY1FOqARMqv9i1pcqr/image-asset.jpeg?profile=RESIZE_710x" class="align-center" alt="image-asset.jpeg?profile=RESIZE_710x" /></a></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><b>The Christian man should…</b></span></p>
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<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Hate all evil (v. 9)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Be glued and locked into good (v.9)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Love with brotherly affection (v. 10)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Be forward to honor others (v. 10)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Never be lazy or careless (v. 11)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Maintain zeal and excitement to the boiling point (v. 11)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Put your life into service for Yah, even if you don’t receive personal gain and applause (v. 11)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Show Patience during your problems and situations (v. 12)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Live in constant Prayer to Yah (v. 12)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Contribute and give to needy Christians (v. 13)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Make A practice of hospitality (v. 13)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Pray for your enemies (v. 14)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Celebrate the blessings of others without being jealous (v. 15) </span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Show real compassion for others (v. 15)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Be united with your brothers; Live, Think, Act and do as one with your brothers (v. 16)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Don't be shady and scanless to be rich and powerful (v. 16)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">You are who you associate yourself with. Only Associate yourself with humble and godly people that move through life without the flash noise and parade (v. 16)</span></li>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;">OK, let's talk about it. How should Christians treat other Christians? How should we act? The word</span> <i><span style="font-weight:400;">hypocrite</span></i> <span style="font-weight:400;">in the Greek language comes from the word</span> <span style="font-weight:400;"> '</span><b>hypokrites</b><span style="font-weight:400;">', which means "an actor."</span> <span style="font-weight:400;">But Romans 12:9-10 teaches us that we must love without hypocrisy. That's what dissimilation means. Without hypocrisy or play-acting. A person actually means it when he says “I love you.” It’s not an act. It’s for real. He doesn't just say it to get money, power, and attention.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong>OK so how do we show this genuine love to each other? Well, there are four ways to do it. </strong></span></p>
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<li style="font-weight:400;"><b>A Christian brother loves by hating evil.</b> <span style="font-weight:400;">Genuine, real love has to hate evil. Genuine, real love has to hate evil, because evil destroys human life. Yeah I know it sounds corny, but when you are full of love, you stand against evil to fight...</span></li>
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<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Poverty</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Suffering and disease</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Greed</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Corruption</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Godless education and ignorance</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Division in families</span></li>
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<li><b>A Christian brother loves by staying glued to good things.</b> <span style="font-weight:400;">Cleave in Romans 12:9 means join or fashion together, to attach to, cement or glue together. You want to be stuck to A good thing and good people.</span></li>
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<li><b>A Christian Brother Loves by being kind and affectionate toward other Christians.</b> <span style="font-weight:400;">Now the word affectionate here means, The love existing between family members. The Christian body is a family and Yahweh wants us to love each other like a family. And remember what we already talked about. It has to be real. It can't be fake.</span></li>
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<li><b>A Christian brother loves by giving preference to other Christians.</b> <span style="font-weight:400;">This means he takes the lead and sets the example in honoring and showing respect to other Christians.</span></li>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;">OK, let's move on to Roman’s 12:11. A Christian brother should never approach life in a Lazy lackadaisical manner. Naw homie, Lazy, and slow-moving does not work. You need to be on fire! To take it a step further, Romans 12:11 teaches that you need to be “fervent in spirit.” Fervent here basically means hot. Again, we should be on fire! </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;">In Romans 12:12 We learn that we are to conquer trails and situations. We will all face problems, suffering and pain. But we will beat them when we do these three things…</span></p>
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<li style="font-weight:400;"><b>The Christian brother is to rejoice in hope.</b> <span style="font-weight:400;">Our hope is in Yahweh and Yahweh will do one of two things. Remove the situation or move us through the situation. So we have faith that Yahweh has our back and will deliver us and we celebrate in that hope, even before the victory!</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><b>The Christian brother is to be patient during his situation. </b></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;"><b>The Christian brother is to constantly pray.</b> <span style="font-weight:400;">Going through things is not easy. But you receive power and strength from Yah when you pray to him regularly.</span></li>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Ight let’s move on to Romans 12:13. Did you know we should help meet the needs of our brothers and sisters unselfishly? Oh yeah! We are to give generously and share with those in need. And we are to also show hospitality to each other. Open the doors of your home to your Christian brothers and sisters in need. You may have a brother or sister at church that needs a place to stay. Peep 1 Timothy 5:2 and Titus 1:8. Yup we need to use hospitality to minister and without (Rom12 :13, 1 Pe. 4:9)</span></p>
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