Consider the lilies of the Field.

But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. After this manner therefore pray ye:

Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. but thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness! No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?

And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?

Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. Matthew 6:5-34.

God knew that our faith would be small and He seeks earnestly to increase it. How important to pray as He taught us to pray that thy KINGDOM come thy Kingdom will be done on EARTH as in Heaven. As you move through this upcoming week, I challenge you to walk in the Kingdom that you are grafted into. Take your position as a Priest and King in the eternal Kingdom. Jesus paid it all for us to be reinstated in relationship with our Father in Heaven. Know that God WILL Provide for His children. Believe as Moses, Joshua, and Caleb that God is well able to meet our needs. God promised in the 6th chapter of Matthew we are more important than our finite minds can imagine. Trust the GREAT I AM TODAY. He loves you and will take you through your trial, pain, burden. Cast your cares upon the Lord for He cares for you.

Blessings,
Todd

Honor and Trust the Lord!

My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee. Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man. Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil. It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones. Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine. - Proverbs 3:1-10

One important lesson in life is to keep the commandments of the Lord. The result is long life and peace. When we honor and trust the Lord we become as a child in our faith in His higher ways offering far better results than our finite ways. God encourages us to speak the truth and be merciful. God makes it clear that when we obey the simple truths it brings favor and understanding both from God and man. Trusting and obeying the Lord is not always easy. It requires us to let go of our control in the flesh and understand that God has our best interest at hand. Today, as you fear the Lord and Honor him health and marrow to your bones is present. The life that we enjoy in the natural comes from the marrow in our bones. As you honor the Lord by giving of your substance your barns will be filled and your wine presses will bring forth new wine.

Blessings on your day,
Todd

Let us go into the house of the Lord!

I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD. Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem. Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together: Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD. For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David. Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee. Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces. For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee. Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good. - Psalm 122:1-9

Today do you give thanks to the name of the Lord your God. Is there Peace in your life? Do you seek the house of the Lord your God? Psalm 122 reminds us that we are to go into the House of the Lord. We are to go up and give thanks and praise to the Lord our God. We are to remember Jerusalem and the house of David where our Lord will return to and reign from. God asks us to pray for the peace of Jerusalem. When did Jerusalem last cross your mind? His Kingdom is the only one we need to be focus our energies on. All the ruling authorities of the world will bow to the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. Today, be at peace in knowing that our King will return and righteousness will prevail.

Blessings,
Todd

Faithful and True?

Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence, As when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence! When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence. For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him. Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved. But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us, because of our iniquities. But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand. - Isaiah 64:1-8

In the day that we currently live in the nations do not tremble at the name of the Great I AM. Today, God is not moved and does not change because of the condition of the World. What God has planned for the future no one can imagine. What God is going to do to get the World's attention is yet to be seen. He alone is worthy to be praised and worshipped above all others. Today, make a choice to turn to the Father and walk in his precepts and ways. His ways are Higher than our ways. His plans are perfect. His precepts are true. When Christ returns across His chest will be written Faithful and True. As all creation groans for our Messiah to return will HE find you Faithful and True as clay in the Fathers hands?

Blessings,
Todd

Accepted in the Beloved

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved. In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;

Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence; Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself: That in the dispensation of the fullness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him: In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will: That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ. In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory. - Ephesians 1:3-14

As you start your day for Christ lay hold to the promises in these verses. Christ has given us all wisdom and prudence. We are brought together through the blood of Christ and the power of the Holy Spirit that is at work within in us to make us one in HIM. For Christ said, "that He is the Vine and we are the branches." In other places in the scriptures we are called His workmanship. I am so blessed to know that the Holy Spirit is our guide, promise, and teacher until Christ returns for us. We are blessed with all spiritual blessings in Heavenly places to help shine a light for the nations to come unto Him by our participation. We offer the answer to Life within our testimonies and the blood of the Lamb. Today, receive the acceptance of our beloved the Lord Jesus. How joyous and refreshing to be embraced and fully received by our Lord as we confess with our mouths and believe in our Hearts that He is our source for all eternity.

Blessings,
Todd

Life is set before you TODAY!

If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law, and if thou turn unto the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul. For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off. It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it? Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it? But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it. See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil; In that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it. I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live: - Deuteronomy 30:10-16,19

I love to see how God is so clear to us. For some reason though we want to make it so difficult. Why the unbelief when it is written in black and white. Why do we trust other things as truth that are written down that have less value than the Word of God that breathes life. God has made it simple to understand. He wants us to Love Him, walk in His ways, and keep his commandments. There were only Ten commandments and they all hang on two. Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, and mind , and love others as you love yourself. The Word tells us that He is so near to us that He has put his Word in our Mouth and in our Hearts. Today do not run from the choice of Life (Chayyim) Hebrew for Life) that is set before you everyday. Choose Life and let the JOY of the Lord be your Strength.

Blessings,
Todd

Called by the Name of the Lord

And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth: And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God. Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field. Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store. Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out. The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways. The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

The LORD shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, and walk in his ways. And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the LORD; and they shall be afraid of thee. And the LORD shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers to give thee. The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow. And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them: And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them. - Deuteronomy 28:1 -14

God has some amazing blessings for us who are called by His name. God is establishing us as a holy people unto himself. How does God bless us? These verses teach us that we must hearken to the Voice of the Lord that speaks to us through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit in our lives. We must obey the Voice of the Lord that speaks to us. We must live His Word daily. God promises as we are grafted into the larger covenant and sovereignty in the earth today that He will make us the head and not the tail. We serve the most high God. He is in us. God speaks to us not to go aside from his voice and word to the right, left or to any other Gods. Yield your soulish (flesh) ways to God today and receive the blessings He has for us. What other Gods do you serve? What ways to the right or left do you turn to instead of hearkening to the Voice and Commands of the Lord your God. Today choose the path that leads to blessing instead of discipline. CHOOSE LIFE THIS DAY

Blessings,

Todd

Walking in the Things God has prepared for You!!

But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. But God hath revealed [them] unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. - 1 Corinthians 2:9-10

It is clear that the Spirit of God must be at work in our lives to walk in the Deep places. In the day we live in we must not trust the flesh. The things that God has prepared for us go beyond what we can comprehend. In order for us to walk out our purpose in the Kingdom we must live by the Spirit. This goes beyond the Cross. We must begin to live in the Resurrection where life occurs. We must continue to wait as the Apostles did for the filling of the Spirit everyday in our assignments. Don't launch out into the oceans of life without the Spirit at the Helm guiding and directing you. Crucify the flesh daily and ask the Spirit of God, that is in you, to direct your paths for the Day. "Holy Spirit come and wash me today in the Word through Jesus so that I may walk in your purposes and plans that goes beyond anything I can comprehend"

Blessings,
Todd

FEAR NOT! THE KINGDOM IS AT HAND!

But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost. Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known. What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops. And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows. But when Jesus heard it, he answered him, saying, Fear not: believe only, and she shall be made whole. Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. - Matthew 1:20/Matthew 10:26-31/Luke 8:50/Luke 12:52

The Issue of Fear is addressed in great detail both in the Old and New Testament. Over and over God speaks of this spirit. Fear is a demonic spirit that attacks us. One person shared with me that the acroymn for FEAR is for False Evidence Appearing as Real. God tells us to FEAR NOT. The Father shares with us that it is His good pleasure to give us the KINGDOM. The song And Can it Be helps to gain perspective as it relates to the Spirit of FEAR. "No condemnation now I dread;Jesus, and all in Him, is mine; Alive in Him, my living Head, And clothed in righteousness divine, Bold I approach th’eternal throne, And claim the crown, through Christ my own. Bold I approach th’eternal throne, And claim the crown, through Christ my own" Today, I encourage you to FEAR NOT for God has not given us a SPIRT of FEAR but of POWER, LOVE, and SOUND MIND.

Blessings,
Todd

Honor HIM....

Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land: But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it. And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day. For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low: To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth. Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of ? - Isaiah 1:18-20/Isaiah 2:2,11,12,21,22

Who is man in the eyes of God? Who gave breath to man? Today as you consider the world and the things in it, evaluate how the World refuses to Honor the Lord God Almighty creator of Heaven and earth. For each of us NOW is the appointed time to be willing and obedient for the Lord will be exalted in that day. The proud and lofty will be brought down. It is imperative that we fear the Lord and the Worship the Glory of His Majesty. Time is running out and the seasons of the earth are crying out for the soon and returning King of Kings and Lord of Lords. Choose wisely and Honor Him. Encourage others to come to the nail pierced hands and empty Tomb. The Trinity (Let Us vs18) has already set the redemption of Man into motion and completed the work. We now look to the return of the King. Honor HIM.