The Prayer Need Of Intercession

Approaching The Throne On Behalf Of Another

Prayer intercession is to pray on the behalf of others. When you pray you need to be so full of the spirit you give utterance in the Holy Spirit. Romans 8:27 says, "Now He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He makes intercession for the saints according to the will of G-d.

The Holy Ghost anoints us to pray the perfect will of G-d indeed. He says here that he intervenes with his saints who pray.  If you want to pray the will of G-d, pray in the spirit or pray in the word.  G-d still fills us and sanctifies us. The will of G-d is for all of us to be saved and sanctified. 1 Thessalonians 4:4 says, "That each of you should know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor."

You should know how to take control and possess your flesh.  We know G-d's will on certain matters. We know he wants us to prosper and be in good health. He wants us to walk righteous and have love for one another. But how do you pray the will of G-d when you don't know what to pray for another person's life or your own circumstances? Well, you will see that in this teaching because we are going to talk about the world of intercession.  It's a dynamic prayer world.

The reason  I'm teaching so much on prayer is because we're going to have a spiritual awakening and we've got to pray for the harvest and for the laborers. Matthew 9:38.  When you pray for the lost, give G-d an exact list of what you want for a person.  Make your request known to G-d, and wait for it to show up.

How do you pray the fervent, effectual prayer for the lost? There are five things to pray and ask G-d for concerning them:

1. Ask G-d to set them apart
2. Ask G-d to bless them
3. Ask G-d to convict them
4. Ask G-d to illuminate their mind
5. Ask G-d to save them

1. How are we set apart?

Let's look at John 16:23, "And in that day you will ask me nothing. Most assuredly, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in my name He will give you." You see, we don't receive for others because we don't ask.

Let's look at each one of these requests when praying for the lost. Let me just say first, that we Pentecostals believe in a second work of sanctification to operate in the gifts. In 1 Peter 1:2, we see the first sanctification. "Elect according to the foreknowledge of G-d the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ."

The blood of Jesus was poured out for salvation, so the blood has to be sprinkled on you. Just as in the old bible the people prayed for the sprinkling of hyssop, so we pray for the sprinkling of Christ to make us white as snow. ll Thessalonians 2:13 says, "But we are bound to give thanks to G-d always for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because G-d chose you for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth."

G-d always has to sanctify and set apart to be saved. Now here is a sacred experience to walk in the gifts. John 6:65, Jesus says, "Therefore, I have said to you that no one can come to Me unless it has been granted to him by My Father."  Until G-d sets somebody apart, a person can't be saved.

2. Ask G-d to bless them!

It is the goodness of G-d that leads to repentance. We learn what his goodness is by learning how sinful we are before him. His word is a good thing, for it makes all go well with us.  I want my children to be saved not torn apart by the devil. I want a G-dly marriage, so start saying "peace unto this house." and get the devil out. This is the dominion that G-d prepared us for from the beginning. Because you see, the family is G-d's prized possession.

3. Ask G-d to convict them!

Conviction is absolutely necessary to be saved. So ask G-d to bring conviction to them through another, or a preacher, or a witness. Sinners have broken G-d's laws and they must first realize the state they are in. Lost, means you're headed for hell. That's what coming to the cross in a humble, broken,contrite heart means.

The Lord saves us from bondage and a sin filled life.  Has G-d called you over and over about a matter of your soul? It will break your heart when he does, and bring conviction. We see the Apostle Paul trying to bring conviction to Felix, the Roman Ruler. It brought fear into Felix when he heard what his destiny in hell was.

When the Holy Spirit calls you to go to the altar, not on your own but by his Spirit that has called you out. You need to go, because you may miss your appointed time. Now the bible never tells us if Felix gets saved or not, but there are people who feel the call but don't act on and miss being saved. The person that G-d uses to bring that conviction will echo into their ears in hell for eternity.

4.  Ask G-d to illuminate their mind!

The sinner does not know the way unto salvation. The cross is foolishness to them.  But to us who are saved, it is the power of G-d.  We know he raised us up, saved us inspite of the wretchedness that we were. That's grace my friends.  Ask G-d to open the mind of the lost.  The gospel is hidden by the sinful world. They are blinded to this new way with the Lord. They have scales on their eyes and until somebody proclaims Jesus or a witness shows up and speaks the word, they will remain blinded. This is how important it is for every Christian to witness to the lost.

Speak to the devil on a person's life, tell him, I bind you in the name of Jesus. Ask G-d to stop anyone that's trying to influence your child in a negative way.  They must hear the Word of G-d as well to come into salvation.

Knowledge brings sanctification, healing and miracles.  It gives you power to walk in the word.  Truth and knowledge of the word sets you free.

5.  How do you pray for the lost?

You must know how to do warfare!  You'll have to learn how to pray the prayer of command in faith. It breaks the strongholds of darkness. John 14:13 says, "And whatever you ask in My Name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the son."

Jesus said, I will do this.  You can bind the strongholds. Mark 3:27 says, "No one can enter a strong man's house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man. And then he will plunder his house." Go reach inside of darkness, and snatch a person from bondage.

Demons are real folks, but Jesus has given us power over them.  If you want to set the captive free you'll have to pray the command of faith.

What are our weapons of warfare?
1. Prayer
2. Blood of Jesus
3. Name of Jesus
4. Word of G-d
5. Praise
6. Fasting
7. Love

1. When we choose to love others we have Christ in us. No matter how they get on your nerves, and they will, you still love them. They will mess us and some will stumble but you speak the word over them and keep praying for them. The worst thing is to not have love for the lost in your heart. There is faith, love and charity and of all these, and love is the greatest of all to possess. If you love others you will pray for them.

Keep giving the command of faith over and over on strongholds of alcohol, drugs, cigarettes, pornography. Persistence in your prayer life is essential to break strongholds. You can never mask a stronghold and be free from it. You've got to go to the prayer warriors to get this thing out of you.

If you're not praying then Satan is winning. When you're praying he has no power over the fervent, effective prayer of the Saint.  A lot of preachers will pray over a sermon behind the pulpit right before he brings the word, but if he hasn't prayed all week, then I doubt conviction will come to somebody.

2. Every legal claim that the devil had was cancelled on Calvary by the works of the cross by Jesus Christ. Jesus took back what Adam lost, and his authority and dominion is now ours again. Run the devil out, he has already been defeated. l John 3:8, Hebrews 2:14.

I love Colossians 2:15, it says, "Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it." The church is to enforce that victory we have.

3. The Name of Jesus!

Look at Luke 10:19 "Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you."  The spirits are subject to you! You have this authority but the devil will lie to you and make you think you can't command him.

The Greek translation for Holy Spirit is pneuma. The translation for Holy Spirit power is is dunamus and the translation for authority is exousia. You have authority over the devil. Jesus broke the headship of Satan. The devil does have power and he roams around to see who doesn't know what their power and authority is. Speak to him and tell him to "come out."

4.  Word of G-d!

The word is living and powerful. Truth will prevail over a lie every time. The word will wash you, and cleanse you, renew your mind and it will set you free. It will cause healing, build your faith and show you righteousness. The word defines who you are in Christ. It teaches us our Father's love and obedience to his commands.

5. Praise!

Praise is powerful! Did you know that it's a weapon against the devil?  Judah means praise. That's why we see victory whenever Judah goes up against her enemies. Praise will defeat the devil. Look at what happened in the jail with the Apostle Paul. He was in the midnight hour, and darkness all around him. He boldly stood up and began praising the Lord. The prison cell was shaken open, and he took the prison guard into salvation. Well, glory! You shouldn't be worried what others are thinking of you when you get up out of that pew and praise the one who saved you! It will set you free from strongholds and hindering spirits.

6. Fasting!

The purpose of warfare is to enforce Jesus' authority that he gave us. Isaiah 58:6 says, "Is this not the fast that I have chosen, to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, to let the oppressed go free, and that you break every yolk."

7. Love is a weapon!

Do you love others as your self?  There's a battle going on in the church and we win with prayer by pulling down strongholds and imaginations. ll Corinthians 10:5. I'm giving you some real knowledge here on how to win church. We are commanded to use this power and knowledge to save souls and to set the captive free.

Lord Teach Us To Pray

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name!




Prayer is the key! Prayer is the power that unlocks treasures and resources from heaven and makes them available to us here on earth.


Some people need deliverance. Some people pray and give up because they don't know that prayer takes persistence.  Prayer is completion because there's so many dimensions to prayer.  When you have knowledge G-d expects you to use it.


If G-d convicts you to forgive, to tithe to stop gossiping, then you need to do it.  How does he convict us? Through the word and the spirit.  Our prayers will be answered on the basis of obedience.  The spirit of the Lord speaks through his word.  Be obedient and G-d will answer your prayers.


Need does not unleash G-d's treasure, or to intervene in human affairs.  If you come to G-d using the right keys he will intervene in your life situation like you've never known. A few years ago I went into this bookstore and I saw so many books that looked like treasures.  I said, Oh Lord, I don't know what to buy. I turned and on a shelf at my feet I saw at title, 'Secrets to answered prayers', by Lester Summerall. That book expanded my mind about prayer.


If you can get this secret in your spirit you'll have the answer to all the other books.  Jesus' disciples said, "Lord, teach us to pray." Jesus then taught them the model prayer. Matthew 6:9-13 and in Luke 18:1.


Many people refer to this as the Lord's Prayer, but the Lord's Prayer is in John 17.  Jesus prayed this prayer when he knew his time had come. He prayed for himself, his disciples and his followers.


But in Matthew 6:9 Jesus shows us the model prayer. We need to study this prayer for it is the prayer model that Jesus taught us to use. This is not all we can say in prayer, but it is your model.  Would you make a cake or dress without a pattern?  We must approach G-d with a proper attitude.


Sometimes we forget everything and just say, Oh Lord, help me. or we just simply call out his name. The Lord says, call upon me and I will show you great and mighty things.  He's inviting us to come.  This says that there is a blueprint of how to approach G-d.


When you pray in this manner pray from the heart.  You come before G-d and approach him with respect. Address him as Father. We are the children of G-d. John 14:6 says, "I am the way, the truth and light, no man goes to the Father except through me.


If you haven't been born again by the blood, you are not a child of G-d. In Galations 3:26 Jesus told the Pharisees, "you are not a child of G-d, you are the child of your father, the devil."  They thought because they were Jews that they were covered. But G-d does not let the Jews get by with sin either.


Jesus said, pray to the Father this way!  Jesus was given the name above all names after his ascension. John 14:12-14.  So now, you have power as you pray. Jesus said, the works that I do you will do.  He's given us the authority to do things in his name.  Ask in the command of Jesus' name. Signs and wonders followed the disciples.  They are protected and if they drank anything poisonous or deadly it would not hurt them.


The second way to use Jesus' name is the prayer of petition. John 16:23. One of these times in John Jesus is doing the work and in another the Father is doing the work.  In the petition, you can switch to a prayer of faith and command.


Forgive us our debts.  All of a sudden you can switch to speak to the devil in a command prayer.  Take your hands off my family you devil. Tell him what your authority is and command him to be loosed off of someone. Look at how Jesus spoke to the devil, and you can do the same thing.


Approach Jesus in prayer and thank him for becoming your righteousness and taking your sin onto himself. Approach him with great honor and respect when approaching the throne. It is essential. Hallow his name. Recognize the importance of his name. His name is glorious, marvelous, wonderful and ever what else you want to tell him. Just realize who you are talking to first. Don't just go to prayer and jump right in with all your needs.  Spend some time in prayer, praising him and hallow his name.


You can use Psalms in prayer. Psalm 103:1, and Psalm 34:3 are excellent to use in prayer. Get your audience with G-d first before you start petitioning him. Start sings, 'How Great Thou Art' and see if you don't get G-d's ear.  Talk to him from your inner man.  If you don't speak to him from your heart, you're in trouble.


Let's look at Matthew 6:10, Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. We have to establish his kingdom here on earth.  The church won't pray. We're church goers but not Kingdom minded.  It's about harvest folks. Let eternity drive you.  That's the prayer of the church and when we pray he will intervene for the people.


When you're praying for others, he'll meet your need.  That dimension with G-d will bring you joy in his presence, the rest.  You won't have a long, sad face anymore. Where I live, I live for the Lord, if I die, I die unto the Lord.  Get that in your spirit.  You're a child of G-d.  Pray for G-d's


Our nation is rotten to the core, because of lack of prayer!  It ought to make you fall on your knees.  G-d will not intervene if the church will not pray.  Christ's organization is the only one that can do it, not the government. The politicians are not by the people for the people any longer, but to line there own pockets.


I want my home to be like G-d's kingdom. We need Godly homes and then the church will be Godly. Take the cell phones away from the kids in church. If they sit at your table they'll listen to the preacher. Now a days, the children run the homes. Don't let your children do that. Read the book of Ecclesiastes in chapter 3 and you'll get some discernment. Don't get mad at G-d's prophets, get your life in order and living righteous.  Pray for your success and then pray for the sinners that are lost.


Matthew 6:11, Give us this day our daily bread.  Don't plan for tomorrow. Pray for each day.  Don't make an assumption of what you'll have tomorrow. You could be homeless tomorrow, or jobless or fall ill.  Pray today for what you have and need. Then be thankful for it, for it is the thankful heart that gets blessings for G-d's children.  People can plan their money for investments and the stock market and worry themselves to death. G-d supplies our need one day at a time.


Jesus addresses forgiveness in Matthew 6:12.  Ask G-d for forgiveness and sin in a humble spirit and he will forgive you. Don't ask him for a million dollar house.  Ask him to forgive you for that evil eye you had on that nurse last week at your doctor's appointment, or ask him to forgive you for gossiping about someone yesterday.


G-d will forgive us as we forgive others.  If you don't he won't forgive you.  The worst thing you can do is approach the throne with unforgiveness toward another.


Matthew 6:13, Lead us not into temptation.  Here's you a little nugget from James 1:13, "Let no one who is tempted say I am tempted by G-d, for G-d cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he himself tempt anyone. Each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and lust."  Pray to keep you away from that.


Deliver us from Evil.  The devil is out to kill you, ask the Lord daily to keep the evil one away from your dwelling and your children!

God's Appointed Times

The House of David

Day Of Atonement

It is about repentance in our hearts for the wrongs we have committed against others and to G-d. We can be saved by the blood of Christ and still go about doing others wrong and sinning against G-d by being disobedient. I like how the Jews come to G-d on this high holy day and seek forgiveness from others they have wronged throughout the year. There are two elements to Yom Kippur and they are:

1.                   Prayer

2.                   Fasting

Teshuvah (Repentance)

Yom Kippur is a day of reconciliation, when Jews strive to make amends with people and to draw closer to G-d through prayer and fasting. The ten days leading up to Yom Kippur are known as the Ten Days of Repentance. During this period you are encouraged to seek out anyone you may have offended and to sincerely request forgiveness so that the New Year can begin with a clean slate. If the first request for forgiveness is rebuffed, one should ask for forgiveness at least two more times, at which point the person whose forgiveness is being sought should grant the request.  It is considered cruel for anyone to withhold their forgiveness for offenses that have not caused irrevocable damage. 

 Although many people think that transgressions from the previous year are forgiven through prayer, fasting and participation in Yom Kippur services, but only offenses committed against G-d can be forgiven on Yom Kippur. Hence it is important that people make an effort to reconcile with others before participating in Yom Kippur services.

Prayer

Yom Kippur is the longest synagogue service in the Jewish year. It begins on the evening before Yom Kippur day with a haunting song called Kol Nidre (All Vows). The words of this melody ask God to forgive any vows people have made to God and not kept.

I wonder how many Christians have made promises to G-d that they haven't kept. This is a great time to renew your promises to the Lord and ask his forgiveness of the wrongs we've done against him and to our fellowman. After all, isn't this the whole objective to the obeying the 10 commandments. They represent our relationship to G-d and to our fellowman. 

 The Jewish concept of sin is not like the Christian concept of original sin. Christians believe that once you are forgiven and saved by the blood of the lamb that you are forever forgiven even if you repeat sin again. But if you'll look closely at the New Testament this is not what it says at all. But that when you sin you must repeatedly ask for forgiveness. 

It’s the kind of everyday offenses like hurting those we love, lying to ourselves or using foul language that Judaism views as sinful as well as Christians. You can clearly see examples of these infractions in the Yom Kippur liturgy, for instance in this excerpt from Al Khet:

For the sin that we have committed under stress or through choice;
For the sin that we have committed in stubbornness or in error;
For the sin that we have committed in the evil meditations of the heart;
For the sin that we have committed by word of mouth;
For the sin that we have committed through abuse of power;
For the sin that we have committed by exploitation of neighbors;
For all these sins, O G-d forgive us!

During the afternoon portion of the Yom Kippur service the Book of Jonah is read to remind people of God’s willingness to forgive those who are sincerely sorry. The last part of the service is called Ne’ilah (Shutting). The name comes from the imagery of Ne’ilah prayers, which talk about gates being shut against us. People pray intensely during this time, hoping to be admitted to God’s presence before the gates have been shut. 

You know Christ is coming back for a spotless, unblemished bride and so we need to take a look at how we have grieved the Holy Spirit, how we have failed to do his commandments, and walk in righteousness that he sacrificed so we could become holy before him. His judgment begins in the House of the Lord.

Fasting

Yom Kippur is also marked by 25 hours of fasting. There are other fast days in the Jewish calendar, but this is the only one the Torah specifically commands us to observe. Leviticus 23:27 describes it as "afflicting your souls" and during this time no food may be consumed.

The fast starts an hour before Yom Kippur begins and ends after nightfall on the day of Yom Kippur this coming Friday. In addition to food, Jews are also forbidden from engaging in sexual sexual relations or wearing clothing made of animal skins. The prohibition against wearing leather comes from a reluctance to wear the skin of a slaughtered animal while asking God for mercy.

Christians come before the altar of the the slain lamb of G-d (the cross) to ask forgiveness. This would be a great time as Leviticus tells us to purge our hearts from uncleaness. Jeremiah cried out to G-d and said, Oh Lord, I am living in an unclean nation. Sounds like America today doesn't it. G-d tells us to come out of that kind of living and be holy before Him.

Who Fasts on Yom Kippur
Children under the age of nine are not allowed to fast, while children older than nine are encouraged to eat less. Girls who are 12 years or older and boys who are 13 years or older are required to participate in the full 25-hour fast along with adults. However, pregnant women, women who have recently given birth and anyone suffering from a life-threatening illness are not required to observe the fast. These people need food and drink to keep up their strength and where people know it or not, Judaism always values life above the observance of Jewish law.

Many people end the fast with a feeling of deep serenity, which comes from having made peace with others and with G-d. Oh let us return to our Judeo-Christian roots and bring back the commandments in our nation. Let us bring back prayer in our church and in our homes.


Wilson Voice:


When you begin to study Judaism and the history of the Christian Church we really don't have that much difference, we serve the same G-d and we are both looking for the coming of the Messiah. We have the same patriarchs, the same prophets, and the share the first 5 books of the bible (Torah). We are a branch in grafted into the root, and we are the HOUSE OF DAVID. Christians need to come back to the commandments and the Jewish people need to stop relying so much on rituals and works and know that it is righteousness unto works and not works unto righteousness. The massive Messianic movement is evangelizing to accomplish just this. What we both can do is pray and fast and come before the Lord on his appointed times.

Putting G-d To Work

Our Father Who Art In Heaven

When we pray we put G-d to work. When we pray G-d does things he ordinarily wouldn't do. I asked G-d one day to show me how to get things done with Him, and he showed me that it is through prayer that He moves on our situations. Prayer activates G-d to work on our behalf.

In 2 Chronicles 7:14 it says, "If My people who are called by my Name will humble themselves, and pray and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land."

Sin is in our DNA, but after you get saved the devil will come and tempt you.  You'll have to suit up in the armor of G-d.  It's the fervent prayer that G-d hears.  G-d has ordained prayer.  When we pray G-d moves to answer those prayers. It's logical then that not praying keeps G-d from working. Prayer puts G-d to work.

Look at this incredible scripture. He says, I will heal your land. There's a lot in our land that needs healing today. G-d has obligated himself to answer prayer.  If we don't pray G-d can't intervene in human affairs.  Look at some more incredible scripture in Jeremiah 33:3. It says, "Call to me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know."

Wouldn't you love for G-d to give you a revelation?  G-d said, call on me and I will show you incredible things.  Look at Psalm 91:15-16 G-d says, "He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him and honor him, and with long life I will satisfy him and show him my salvation."

There's some tremendous scripture on this subject. G-d said if you'll cry out to me, I'll hear you. I'll bless your home, your family, your job, your church.  We must intercede for others as we pray as well.  Prayer is communion with G-d.  Prayer is resting in Him, acting in Him, and leaning on G-d, and he will do His promises.  He says, remind me of my word and promises.

You got to establish the word then pray in the spoken word.  G-d has given us the weapon of prayer to win our battles and defeat the devil.  The church is here to carry out G-d's will. He says he'll answer to show you glory.  G-d's word will cause your family to be saved and others.  How do we turn this nation around? We pray.

Prayer is the work of G-d.  We carry out His will for His kingdom. G-d conditions His actions and movement through the bible then prayer.  Prayer puts G-d to work, to work on your behalf.  He is a rewarder of those who seek him. G-d doesn't move through the songs or the programs at your church, he moves through prayer. 1 Peter 5:8.

It is the devil's delight to destroy you, to make you sick, to make you sin, and to make division in your family. He walks about like a roaring lion to devour who he may. We don't come to church for a social gathering but to enter into warfare.  Ask G-d to show you how to pray. Only those who do it will know.  The Holy Spirit prays for us when we don't know how to pray ourselves.  He empowers us to do G-d's work. We're in a war. Ephesians 6:11, shows where Paul enumerates on this.

You have an enemy that wants to cheat you out of your inheritance.  We have to have G-d's weapons because we are not fighting against flesh and blood.  The devil is the G-d of the world. The prince of the air. He is in heavenly places. But Jesus is in the third heaven, where the angel took John, and through the blood of Christ that sits on that throne we have authority over the devil.

Everywhere Paul went the devil hindered him. So, you will have hindrances, but the devil cannot stop you unless you give in to him. You better learn how to pray.  Read the book of Daniel and you'll understand.  It took 21 days for Daniel's angelic answer.  The devil detained the angel.  But G-d sent Michael to help Gabriel, so Daniel could get the answer from the angel. It is in the prayer closet where your breakthroughs come.  Daniel had to pray 21 days to get an answer.

Paul had a flesh throne.  A messenger of Satan. It was a foul spirit contending with him to stop his ministry.  But Paul prayed it through every time it hindered him. If you depend on songs, the preacher, or programs at church to get you through then that's all you'll get, help in the natural.  Don't get me wrong, we need programs and fellowship but the church's real power is prayer.

G-d has limited himself to the prayer world.  Who prayed for you? That prayer saved you whoever it was coming from. Think about what that prayer by somebody else brought you through. Begin your day with a prayer, pray before you preach, pray at the end of your day.  It's more important than anything! The devil believes in prayer and trembles. He knows who is suited up. He knows G-d responds to prayer. G-d does not flow through any other means. Prayer is man's mightiest weapon.

We've got to cast the devil down, pulling down strongholds, high thoughts and imaginations into captivity.
There will come a time in your Christian life that you will say, wait I have to go and pray.  Everything has to be clothed in prayer otherwise everything you accomplish is through human capacity only.

The church must awake into righteousness, pray and believe. If we don't pray for this nation, it is doomed. G-d will not intervene if we don't pray.  G-d said, seek me with all your hearts, minds and souls and you will find me, and I will answer you.

America has sinned against G-d and has taken the 10 commandments out of our schools and off our government buildings.  But no man can stop you from praying.There is a conspiracy in the spiritual world and the devil wants to keep you from praying.  A lot of people are praying in this month of September, so make the effort to do it. Study 11 Chronicles 7:14 and memorize it.

If we obey G-d we are his children. Obedience is a key to being a child of G-d.  If you break his laws, voliciously sin, you will not go to heaven. Jesus said, if you love me you will obey my commands.

How does the devil stop prayer? One person at a time. The devil targets the Christian home. America does not want us to be a Christian nation.  We must return to our Judeo-Christian roots to save this nation.  All the devil has to do is divert G-d's people from praying.

Christians who do not pray are weak saints.  They are no threat to the devil. Give up some t.v. time and start praying for your family and your children.  The television makes you grow spiritually dull. It absorbs the time we could be giving to G-d for our victory.

1. Make prayer a primary goal in your life.

It is not optional, it's essential.  G-d will partner with you.  He's given us that responsibility.  He says if you do this it will move my hand. Oh G-d, wake us up. When prayer becomes important you will do it.  Even preachers neglect it. They think they can do it all with programs. But there will be no move of G-d in his church.  The most effective work you'll ever do for G-d will be on your knees.  Our appointment with G-d is sacred and our holy times with him is important.

2.  Reject interruptions at prayer time.

Lay the phone down, turn the t.v. off and the internet! Most interruptions are our own doing. Satan will conspire to interrupt you.

Oh what peace,
That comes through prayer.
Oh what needless pain we bear,
All because we do not give everything
To G-d in prayer

Why Do You Spell Out God's Name G-d?

Just say I Am that I Am

Our Father In Heaven


Why DoYou Spell Out God’s Name G-d?

     Treating G-d's name with reverence is a way to give respect to G-d. So even though on a computer the name is not really being erased (and perhaps is not really there in the first place), and "G-d" is only an English term used to translate G-d's holy name, it is in keeping with this respect that I write "G-d" in my on-line articles which reflect the living G-d of Israel whose son is Yeshua, Jesus Christ of Nazareth.

This causes problems as a writer.  No matter how many times I type "G-d", the spell-check on the computer has no idea what I mean. "G-d" is not in its dictionary, and it won't accept it as an addition to the dictionary. So the computer comes up with all types of suggested corrections: Go, Do, G'day. And often half the name ends up on a new line: G-
d. Yet in proper biblical Writings it is written, G-d as I write a lot of proper biblical articles.

I guess I shouldn't expect any better from a computer though.  No matter how smart a computer is, certain things are beyond it. How would you program a computer to have respect for G-d's name? It is unreasonable to ask a computer to relate to G-d, because G-d is not a logical concept -- He created intellect, and He cannot be captured by  mans creation or imagination of Him. A computer is limited to logic, so it can't handle spiritual concepts. Just as a metal-detector will beep when a gun is passed through it, but it cannot pick up a person's thoughts or intentions, intellect can grasp logic and rationale, but it cannot detect the Divine.

But a human is not a computer. Intellect is not where we begin and end. We have a soul that is beyond intellect, and our soul detects G-d because our soul sees G-d. Knowing G-d is about getting in touch with the soul that knows G-d already, without needing any proof. This is not negating intellect -- it is transcending it.
How do you get in touch with your soul? Ask G-d. He'll tell you.

People think that it is a Jewish thing, but Jews don't use the name G-d. They abbreviate with YHVH or YAWH, they refer to him as Hashem. You see more Messianics and Christians using the Lord's name in writing as G-d. God is the English version to refer to our Heavenly Father. Jesus called him Father. Although I'm not sure how any name for G-d came about because when he appeared to Moses in the burning bush, and Moses asked him his name he said, "Just say, I am that I am."

G-d is holy and the reason I spell it G-d is out of respect for his holiness.You see a lot of people have lost their fear of G-d. But Jesus tells us to work out our salvation through fear and trembling.

Some say Yehovah for His name. I also know people who just write god. Now that, I could not do, but you have to look at who is writing it and what their intent is. Some people who cannot spell or give thought to proper writing may write many proper names in lower caps. So, always look at the intent of the person, and not judge what their love is for G-d by a grammatical way of writing his name, because even though it may be incorrect grammatically it may not reflect  their love and respect for the Lord at all. The love of G-d is reflected in our hearts. I just happen to like revealing my love and heart for my Father in writing his name with great honor.

Here is an example writing of an Orthodox Jew explaining what their interests are. You will see here that they don't even say the name G-d at all but Hashem and abbreviated Yaweh and Yahusha.

My interests are Ha-shem, Tetragrama YHVH, Cooking Levitical Diet, Finding lost Tribes/lost Jews, Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, Food storage,  Shabbat, YHWH, Wind Chimes, Camping, Twelve Tribes, Ancient Hebrew alphabet, Yahusha, Mount Sinaiand.


No-one knows exactly how to pronounce YHVH (yod he vau he in hebrew letters) - yaweh and jehovah are just guesses by Christians (yaweh being a much better guess btw).

The Samaritan woman at the well begins to tell Jesus about the God of the mountain they worship. Jesus told her, "You worship a God you do not know. We worship what we know."

I don't think you can be too reverent toward G-d, but I do think He is more concerned about how we treat His people and each other. He deems that our real attitude towards Him and what our heart reveals.

“ Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean;
Put away the evil of your doings from before My eyes.
Cease to do evil,
Learn to do good;
Seek justice,
Rebuke the oppressor;
Defend the fatherless,
Plead for the widow.
“ Come now, and let us reason together,”
Says the LORD,

“ Though your sins are like scarlet,
They shall be as white as snow;
Though they are red like crimson,
They shall be as wool.
If you are willing and obedient,
You shall eat the good of the land;
But if you refuse and rebel,
You shall be devoured by the sword”;
For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.' "

Isaiah 1:16-20

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Cry Out For America

Pray for our hearts to be set on fire!

It's time for the church body to get serious about church.  We need a spiritual awakening in this nation and we can have it!  We've seen it in the history of the church.  We can turn this nation around. Rev. 3:18 says, "I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire, that you may be rich: and white garments, that you may be clothed, that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and anoint your eyes with eye slave, that you may see."

When G-d looks at the church in general, he sees this type of church. We need a fresh touch of Christ's fire! We're in the last days. G-d has promised to pour out his spirit upon his sons and daughters. We need fire and we need sanctification.  Sanctification has been dropped in the church today.  It seems like everybody is saved but they're breaking G-d's laws everyday.

The third largest mission field is in the US.  We have a lot of work to do.  He's called us to the kingdom for such a time as this.  We don't need boring services or hyped up feel good messages.  We need a word that will grip the church and a fire that's in us and for us to see signs and wonders. This country needs a fresh touch.

A touch of fire will refine you and fuel you.  We're more pleasure seekers than seekers of G-d.  It will only happen when the church cries out and begins to pray.

An element of holiness is what brought about the fire of Azuza Street.  Then that fire spread to Dunn, NC and those people there were set on fire for G-d, and Pentecost came alive.  This nation is in trouble. Israel is in trouble. G-d remembers His people. He sent Mose up on a mountain and He came to him in a burning bush but the bush was not consumed. G-d is consuming fire that does not blow out by the change of wind. G-d touches His people so much that His glory goes before us.

What do you think would happen if we saw the congregation go to the altar and weep in their hearts for our nation?  We need healing with some fresh fire so the world will see it. G-d told us not to put any other gods before us.  We've put grace in the midst of pornography, lying and drunkenness in the church.

The Lord says, dethrone this type of thing in my church. They will seek me and not the world!

G-d sends his fire to awaken people. 1 Kings 18:21.  Elijah, the great prophet brought fire!  G-d is saying the same thing to the church today.  Elijah told the false preachers to call their god? Let us see him manifest. Elijah said, Maybe he's on a journey, or just sleeping. They didn't have an answer for Elijah.

We've got people mocking G-d like that today. G-d will bring judgment on them too.  Elijah said, go ahead, call your gods a little louder. They did but there was no answer. Elijah started to build an altar, and burned out all the iniquities of the people.  We need some people willing to come to prayer intercessory and pray for this nation. Elijah cried out, "I'm living in an unclean nation."

G-d wants to touch us and purify us and make us a peculiar people. One that will build a fire. Isaiah 6:6 says, Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a live coal which he had taken with the tongs from the altar. And he touched my mouth with it, and said, "Behold this has touched your lips; and your iniquity is taken away, and your sin purged." Then the Lord said, who will go for me with fire on his tongue for me?

That fire was so hot that the angel couldn't even touch it. G-d said, who shall I send?  Isaiah said, "Send me Lord". Isaiah's message was a message of hope. There is that same message today. There's not other ways to get to heaven as we hear on national t.v. and behind the pulpit from some. When I looked last in G-d's word it reads only one way; one G-d and one Savior, and his name is Jesus Christ. He is the only way to the father and to heaven.

There is only one message, the preaching of the cross.  How do we know the power of the cross? Because his light touched me and when it did light and darkness clashed and I was born again.  Where are our witnesses of the cross today?  People can lose sight of their vision. It can happen in the church.  Isaiah ran through the streets preaching, they shall be touched and washed white as snow!

When we have the blood on us we are drawn to G-d. We're drawn to the fire and anointing. I want to see G-d's church rise up and become the glorious church without blemish. Isaiah's message was one of holiness.

Let's look at the weeping prophet Jeremiah.  He purposed in his heart to never preach again when he saw the sin of his nation. Jeremiah 20:9 says,"I will not make mention of him, nor speak anymore in His name." But His word was in my heart like a burning fire shut up in my bones; I was wearing of holding it back, and I could not.

Jeremiah had a fire in him and he had to preach it to Israel because they needed a spiritual awakening. That fire will burn out corruption. It will heal you and give you power to not sin.  The world has its eyes on the Anti-Christ but I'm looking for the King. My heart is set upon Him.  I'm looking for Him, but till he comes I'm going to preach the fire.

Stop bringing idols into the Lord's house. Get into the word of G-d, and say, I want to be free.  The Lord said, If you will turn to me and pray, set your heart upon me, then I will visit you with my spirit.  The true splendor of Solomon's Temple was not the gold, but that G-d's presence was there with a people that worshiped Him. Oh G-d send us fresh fire!. Take us back to our Judeo-Christian roots. Let us stand up and say to the devil, no you can't have our church.

What was his purpose of that fire in Solomon's Temple?  It means approval. G-d was pleased with the sacrifice.  He confirmed his pleasing by His presence.  The power of G-d was so full that the priest couldn't stand before it.  G-d send this power to us now in the church!

Let us fall prostate before the Lord!  Judgment begins first in the House of the Lord.  We don't need revival.  We need a spiritual awakening where G-d is pleased with our sacrifices.  A lot of people don't want the fire because they'll have to conform to His righteousness and get rid of their worldly ways.  But if the church gets to praying it will come whether they like it or not. 1 John 1:7.

Most people, by the time they leave church on Sunday will need cleansing again. Because our thought patterns are on the pleasures of this world and are ungodly.  The blood constantly has to cleanse us, but G-d is looking not for hype, but his presence comes from prayer and consecration.

You get this kind of fire, and you will shut down the crack houses, cause the whole community will hear about it. The fire purifies and refines us.  G-d has not changed his ways.  What he said to Solomon Temple still stands today. 2 Chronicles 7:14.

G-d is not talking to Buddha, or to Confucius, those who are confused.  He is talking to his church today! Oh, we wish there was something we could do for G-d. We wonder, what is it G-d you want me to do in the church? Prayer, he wants us to offer prayer and not just going to church to get our own blessings.

Fire consumes us for service. Conform us Lord to your will.  Purify and refine us and let the fire consume us to serve.  Let us have a burning passion for one thing, to serve you until you come for your church. Oh but many of us have a passion for golf, the t.v., or our friends. Jesus loved His church, he gave himself to it in service and sacrifice. How much do you love HIM?

Am I talking to the church? No, Jesus is talking to His church.  Its time for the saints to stand and take their position.  He will heal our land then!

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How we measure up with our relationship with each other with God's weights and balances

GOD WEIGHS US THROUGH HIS LAW

This article is the conclusion of The Writing On The Wall, God's Weights and Balances. This article deals with the last six commandments that reflect our relationship with one another.

There is a thing going on in the Christian world where some think they don't have to keep the ten commandments, that Christ paid for it all at Calvary and the law became moot.  I think you'll see differently after looking at each one of these commandments and the scripture that refers to them in the old and new testament.

The only law that was done away with was ceremonially law of sacrificing an animal for redemption, and the cleansing law and circumcision.  These 10 commandments are eternal laws and forever settled in heaven.  The church has forgotten these laws and this nation and if you'll look closely you'll see that we are under judgment.

I believe today it is the church only that is holding G-d back from horrible wrath.  We are in the last days and the anti-christ is about to appear.  The church is going to be caught up and out of this world. We need to make our calling and our election sure, and make sure we don't violate these eternal laws.

5th Commandment
Honor thy Mother and Father, so thy days will be long.


Today we see more and more disrespect for parents than we've ever seen.  We live in a day of permissiveness where everything seems to be okay.  It seems children have lost all respect for authority.  If a child doesn't learn respect for authority with parents, it is not likely they will learn to respect the authority of G-d either.

We need to be Godly parents and rear our children in the doctrine of Christ.  How can a child respect a mother or father that curses each other?  How can a child respect a parent when they come in with liquor on their breath or mother's dazed from pills? We are rotting at the core and we need Godly parents and Godly leaders in this nation.

The bible tells us what righteousness is and we need to see some people that are living examples of G-d's word on holy living. Jesus showed us that and we cannot wield the power of G-d without holiness in your life. You have holiness in the camp with sin.  We need to take our nation back.  If you live by our present culture you'll end up in a devil's hell.

The word has a lot to say about parents.  Look at Ephesians 6:1. It says, "Children, obey your parents in the Lord for this is right."  Honoring your parents is the first commandment with promise.  Obeying your parents is contingent to things going well in your life and determines the longevity of your life.

Who in this world would want a long life if things didn't go well.  So its a two part promise.  I want to walk in prosperity and holiness.  Parents have a responsibility to teach respect and honor to their children.  That's real love, wanting G-d's blessing on them. Even if it means putting the board of education to the seat of understanding. Proverbs 29:15 says that the rod and reproof gives a lot of understanding.

We could get this by listening but some of us have hard heads and have to go our own way, and children must be redirected from that.  The rod gives reproof and wisdom to the child when it is given with love.  Children feel more secure when they are disciplined.  A child without discipline feels unloved.  A child left to himself will bring shame to his mother.

How many of you have said to your child, "This is going to hurt me more than you." Trust me, the child has a hard time understanding that until they are grown and have children of their own. But if you don't do it, they will live a life of disobedience to you and to G-d.  He will be rebellious to you , to school authority, to a boss' authority on his job, to his spouse and finally to G-d.

Don't go jumping on teachers when you know your child has misbehaved, that just reinforces a life of disrespect and disobedience. Never spank a child in anger.  Cool off first, think it over, pray on it and then discipline.  Even parents not born again knows that hitting your child out of anger is wrong.

My grandmother never struck a child in anger.  She dragged it out making you go and pick your own hickory.  You had plenty of time to think about what you had done wrong.  She switched the legs just enough for it to sting.  I'm not suggesting here to cut the blood out of your child's legs.  But a good sting is sufficient.

If you correct your child in anger you will go overboard, and you'll regret that with much quilt.  Today, you can be charged if you leave marks on your child. The bible in no way suggests beating your child, but to apply enough pain to get his attention. Neither does it tell you to slap your child in the face, that is degrading him in his person. A swash on behind or the legs is sufficient. You have to use good judgment and apply discipline to meet the age and understanding of the child.

Advice to young adults, show respect for your aging parents. You will not always have them and you will carry quilt to their grave if you don't show it now.  Honor your father and mother. God entrusts you with it. Spend time with them so you won't be standing at their caskets saying, Oh I wish I had done more with you.

6th Commandment
Thou shalt not kill


A lot of people think this commandment means only to murder, but we will see here with scripture that there are other ways we kill people. You can kill a person with a heart full of hate and bitterness.  I'm talking to church people here, not people on death row.

You say you've never killed a person. Search your heart and see if you've ever done something to a person that damaged their life.  Sometimes we kill people with our words, thoughts and actions. A husband can kill a wife's love through cruel words.  He can do that through neglect and unfaithfulness.  A wife can kill a husband's love through nagging. Solomon, in the Proverbs warns men of what its like to live in a house with contention.  Be a loving wife, a helpmate.  Be thankful for the husband G-d has given you.

Husbands love your wife as Christ loved the church.  If we could learn to do that then there would be no divorces in the church.  So you can kill love.  A son or daughter can kill their parents through a life of rebellion.  Children can literally take years off their parents lives by a rebellious life style.  They worry them to death.  You can make people sick by causing worry to come upon them.

This is why the bible has these instructions for us to live by. 1 John 3:15 says, "Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer."  All you've got to do is have hate in your heart.  No murderer hath eternal life in him. So you may be asking, if I hate someone does that mean I won't go to heaven? I didn't say this. G-d said that. Also read the book of James, it tells you what other sins will cause you to not enter the kingdom of heaven.

You can't have hate abiding in you and the life and light of Christ at the same time. A lot of people get up from the altar and still harbor hate in their hearts. We need to purge our hearts and be clean before him. G-d gives us the words of admonition and correction so we can live the abundant life he wants for us. Others see you, eyes are watching. They will shun you as a Christian if you display a contaminated heart.

People can see when there is no light radiating from you. The people that come to you and say, will you pray for me? They see Christ in you, and they will be drawn to the light in you. Don't let the devil deceive you on this matter, to keep the seed of murder in your heart.

I've heard Christians say, yea but you just don't know what they did to me, or how I was raised, or how my spouse hurt me.  I don't care!  What's important to know is that when you can begin to love that which you have hated, then you know you have the spirit of Christ in your heart. He is the one that restores all to you, not people. He will judge your heart, and he will hold you accountable for what's in your heart. Unforgiveness does not hurt the other person, it hurts you. G-d will keep taking you back to your heart issue until you resolve it.

Some people hate so badly that they wish another was dead, and some think about killing another. They are violating G-d's commandment on killing.  So we can see by the scripture this is sin.  Look at James 2:10. Paul tells us we will be judged by the law of liberty. If you break the law of adultery, but not in killing you have still broken the whole law. This is law Paul is talking about here, the 10 commandments. We are required to keep all of them.  You can't pick and choose which law you will keep, for if you break one of them you've broken all 10 of them.

The truth is you won't be able to keep any of them unless you love G-d with all your heart, mind and soul, and strength. Jesus told us to love others as ourselves.  So speak you, so do you.  Paul tells us don't be yolked again to sin. He's telling us to keep the law and not enter back into sin. Are you going to become a Christian and then step back into lying, hating others and committing adultery?

The law is our school master, that we might be justified by faith through the blood of Christ.  When I studied these 10 commandments I realized I was a sinner and that caused me to seek repentance and turn to Christ to be released from the bondage of sin. The law can not save you but it shows us how badly we need Christ. The law reflects how far off you are to righteousness.

Just try following the law without Christ's righteousness in you. You will fail.  It is through his Holy Spirit living in us that gives us the power to overcome sin and to live by his righteous law. Romans 6 and 8 shows how the Holy Spirit does that and how Christ justifies us by faith. Are we justified by works, heaven forbid.  Paul says, Christ wrote the laws upon our hearts.  You will not come to him until, by the law you see how wretched you are and in need of the Savior.

We keep the law through Christ. He came to fulfill the law in that manner. He did not do away with it. How did Christ fulfill the law.  He did it by living it to the letter. He satisfied G-d's claims of justice and taking sin upon himself on the cross.  It is our love for him that gives us the grace to walk righteous before him.  If our love for him is with all our hearts we will walk righteous therefore fulfilling the law.

When we go to him he gives us amazing grace and that grace helps us to obey his commandments.  So he justifies us before the father.  Stand firm in that liberty that Christ has given you to let go of sin. Glory to G-d!

7th Commandment
Thou shalt not commit adultery


The American culture endorses sexual promiscuity. They say, you only live once, so get all the gusto that you can.  Americans may put a stamp of approval on sexual sin but G-d has stamped his disapproval on it.  His word shows us the consequences of sin.

King David is a prime example.  David was a man after G-d's own heart.  G-d's champion of Israel.  David is a man my own heart loves very much.  He paid a heavy price by breaking the law of adultery.  He lost his child over it.  His own daughter was raped as a result of the sins of the father.  His own son tried to kill him.

One of the most important things about adultery is when you step out of your marriage covenant you've stepped out of covenant with G-d as well. For that reason, there will always be a heavy price for that sin. Don't let sin and lust enter your heart.  Nobody is without this lust in their heart until G-d does a heart change.

The flesh will get you on this sin.  Satan knows that too.  It was the first temptation he used on mankind. He still uses it today. Pornography is running rampant in this nation. Now the devil will put three hooks in you, lust of the eye, flesh desire and pride of life.  When he gets his claws in you, its an addictive thing. It's just as addictive as alcohol and cocaine. So be careful where your eyes look.

David, who wrote 'The Lord Is My Shepherd', had a round with the devil with sexual sin.  So if you believe how powerful this is then you better know that if it got David, and that it got Sampson, the strongest man alive, then it can snatch you up with one look! David talks about this in Psalm 51. He knew G-d was going to judge him on this and he cried out for mercy. It took a great deal of repentance for this sin. For this sin when committed is a sin against your own body and a sin against G-d. If G-d didn't let David and Sampson get away with it, he won't you either.

This eternal law that David broke has still not changed.  Dip you hand into the sin of adultery and see if grace will stop the consequences from G-d.  His commands are in stone and each one has a consequence when we break them.  They will never be done away with.

Pray for the Lord to cleanse you, wash you with hyssop so you will be white as snow. Create in me O'Lord a clean spirit. You know full well that when you fall down at the altar you have sinned against G-d or you wouldn't be there. His spirit has shown you his law and that you are condemned.  That is what causes us to come before him, broken hearted and feeling empty and dead spiritually, and guilty.

It took a prophet to go to David and tell him of his sin through an imaginary person. David said, where is this man, he deserves death. The prophet said, "You are that man."  The wages of sin are death. You are bought with a price, make your bodies a living sacrifice. Work out your salvation with fear and trembling. Matthew 5:28 says, Jesus died to give us dominion and power to keep his commandments.

The law is perfect in converting the soul.  You don't have preaching like this anymore, but it will save your soul. I am about taking every soul that's lost to heaven with me. That is my commission.

8th Commandment
Thou shalt not steal


There's lots of ways to steal.  You can steal by having unbalanced weights.  Like a jewelry store selling jewels claiming they are perfect when they're not.  That's not only stealing but lying too.  False advertising to lure customers in is the same thing. It is sin.  The customer may not know you have robbed them, but believe me, G-d knows it.

You can steal from a boss by not doing an honest day's work.  You are stealing when you gossip about someone to steal their good name.  You are stealing if you don't pay your employees a fair wage. You are stealing when you don't pay your tithe.

In America the government gives you a way to steal by filing bankruptcy, debts you piled up on your own. Look at what Donald Trump did a few years ago. He filed bankruptcy, but he still had fine houses and cars. He said he rebounded.  Well, do you think those people he robbed of condominiums ever rebounded from what he took from them? Like, not.

You can file bankruptcy in man's court but you won't get by with it with G-d. Christians who do this bring reproach upon the cause of Christ. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. G-d will weigh you in his balances.

9th Commandment
Thou shalt not bear false witness - Lying


Why do people lie in business deals?  Why do people lie to friends or neighbors? Why do they lie to their spouses? Why do they lie to their children?  James 3:5 has something to say to liars.

A lying tongue comes from hell.  It's the fangs of a rattlesnake. It's poison is deadly. Proverbs 6:16

We should speak truth, and a Christian's word should be trusted.  Pray for the Lord to help you to control your tongue.  Don't be weighed in G-d's balances and be found wanting.

Controlling my tongue was the first thing I gave over to G-d.  But for some the tongue is not tamed, even after years of walking the Christian life.  If you don't believe me just go to any church and you'll hear untamed tongues in just a few visits.

10th Commandment
Thou shalt not covet

You should not intensely desire something that belongs to another. Covetousness leads to all kinds of sin. It can lead to stealing. It can lead to murder. It can lead to adultery.  The bible says covetousness is the same as idolatry.

It can become a thing of the heart when you think you've got to have everything that the Jones' have.  You don't have to have what another has. Your kids don't either.  This is another sin that will get its fangs into you and grip your heart.  You are where you are because that's where G-d has you for the moment. Don't sink to a worldly mind to build up treasures here on earth, but build your treasure for your future home in heaven. G-d will supply all your needs here.

Prosperity is not measured by the American culture.  Prosperity means a lot of things, health, a happy family, peace and a spirit alive in Christ.  Material things cannot bring any of G-d's blessings to you no matter how rich you get materially.

I've lived with the rich and I've lived with the poor, and by far, the poor in Christ are happier. G-d will only bless you with material things as you learn to use it to bless others.

Money is the root of all evil.  It takes charge of your heart. It causes you to be cold. It deceives you into thinking it can bring happiness. Read Ephesians 5:5, and see that all power comes from G-d.

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