Glory to Glory

But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the veil is upon their heart. Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the veil shall be taken away. Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord. - 2 Corinthians 3:15-18.

As you wake before the Lord today think about these Words. The reality of the Word for us is that we are being changed from Glory to Glory into HIS image. How does this happen you may ask? The Word tells us by the Spirit of the Lord. Allow the Spirit of the Lord to change you into His Image. Listen to the Spirit of the Lord and Obey his voice. In you He lives and moves and has His being. WOW! what an amazing concept to grasp that GOD lives in us through His Spirit. Not only does He live in us, but He changes us into HIS IMAGE from one Glory to another. This is a never-ending, ongoing process till we are absent from the body and present with the Lord. Don't operate in the flesh and hinder your growth from one Glory to another. Let God Arise in you today and let your enemies be scattered.

Shalom from Israel,
Todd

His Grace is Sufficient Are you in the Kingdom

But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you. Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear: Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power. To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved. From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the Kingdom of heaven is at hand. - I Peter 5:10 /Hebrews 12:28/Ephesians 3:7/Ephesians 1:6/Matthew 4:17

Today realize that His grace is sufficient. We need to repent and take the Authority of Christ being an heir to the Kingdom of God. We must understand that Grace is sufficient for us, but the abuse of Grace to obey the flesh is not acceptable in the Kingdom. We need to move beyond the cross. We need to take up our own cross and follow him to the victorious abundant life. We are worms...But he turned us into Butterflies accepted in the beloved at the ressurection. Stop living in our microscopic lifestyles of guilt, shame, inadequacies, fear and do not allow the devil to hold you hostage. Rise up with Humility and become all He created you to be. Give Him the Glory and honor. You can do this through the Authority of the Believer and the mind of Christ.

Blessings,
Todd

Are our Houses in order!

Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years. And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the ways of David his father, and declined neither to the right hand, nor to the left. For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images. And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that were on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust of them, and strowed it upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them. And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem. - 2 Chronicles 34:1-5

Josiah was 16 when he began to seek after God. After four years of seeking God, at 20 Josiah began to purge Judah and Jerusalem of the idols in the land. In order to restore the plan of God it required seeking God. I have heard it said before, "Wise men still seek God" Do we?The next step was action. Josiah purged all the things that were not part of Gods plan. Today, as we each examine our own lives what do we need to purge to keep our hands clean and our hearts pure. Those whose hands are clean and hearts are pure can ascend the hill of the Lord. We must not spare any expense in creating an atmosphere of His presence to be able to work today for His Kingdom. No earthly treasure or idol can be better than what God has in store for blessing you. Dive deeper than you have ever known before.

Blessings on your day,
Todd

Remember the name of the Lord our God

The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee; Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion; Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice; Selah. Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel. We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up our banners: the LORD fulfil all thy petitions. Now know I that the LORD saveth his anointed; he will hear him from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand. Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God. They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright. Save, LORD: let the king hear us when we call. - Psalm 20: 1-9

In a world of trials of many kinds we must look to God who is changing us from Glory to Glory. In the Transition, we must remember His name "The Great I AM". Let Him hold you in His right hand. We are being raised and can stand upright in the midst of our trials. Let the words of Psalm 20 encourage you today as you are more than a Conqueror through Him that Loves you.

Blessings,
Todd

Put Your Hope in God!

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this. - Isaiah 9:6-7

Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God. My soul is downcast within me; therefore I will remember you from the land of the Jordan, the heights of Hermon—from Mount Mizar. - Psalm 42:5-6

Today, as an encouragement to your Spirit we read what the WORD tells us about the Government of our God and King. In Isaiah, it says, "that the increase of HIS government there shall be NO END". From this verse alone it shows us God's Government is increasing and there is no end to the increase of His Government. Knowing the Word helps us to look at our current situation, not from being downcast, but the reality that we can put our Hope in God. This is very difficult when what we see with our eyes in the natural man does not match up with what the Word tells us. I am sure the discples felt this same way about Jesus and the events leading up to the Cross.

By faith we must believe and take the authority that Christ has given to us through the empowerment of the Holy Spirit and walk by faith and not by sight. Call those things which are not into existence. He has all that you need today in the midst of the World economies shaking.

Blessings on your day,
Todd

In the Likeness of God!

And God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth". - Genesis 1:26

Have you ever taken the time to really think about the fact that you were created in the likeness of the Triune God. God from the beginning of time said, "LET US". Let us refers to the Trinity Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. When God crafted you He had His own image in mind. We were given dominion over all the earth. Through Jesus Christ, the shed blood, and ressurection we have been reinstated to subdue all the earth with the Holy Spirit in us. Today, as you wake and go about the Fathers business know that you are created in His image to be a reflection for His glory.

Blessings on your day,
Todd

Let God Speak to you as Spiritual

For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal? Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man? I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase. Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour. For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building. According to the grace of God which is given to me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon.

But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon. For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is. if any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.

If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire. Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are. - 1 Corinthians 3: 4-17

Today, as you wake before the Lord ask yourself if you are carnal or spiritual. Are you drawn to the things that the Lord is drawing you too. The Spirit of God that is within you desires to lead and direct you. As you are planting in the vineyard of the Lord know that you are of the husbrandy of God. Stay connected to the vine. Know that God gives the increase. How awesome to labor together with God. Make sure today that the foundation you are building upon is Jesus Christ and not mans deception. For their is a form of Godliness in the world today that denys the power at work in the believer. There soon will be a day that every knee will bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord.

Blessings,
Todd

Lets us Worship the Lord

O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms. For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods. In his hand are the deep places of the earth: the strength of the hills is his also. The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land. O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker. For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. Today if ye will hear his voice, Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness: When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work. - Psalm 95: 1-10

Today Worship the Lord in purity of heart. Come before him with joy. It is a great joy to know that we are the people of His pasture. Give your heart to the Lord today to make you an instrument in His hands for His redemptive purposes.

Blessings,
Todd

Has God Changed Your Name

And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect. And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly. And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying, As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations. Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee. - Genesis 17:1-5

And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed. And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt. And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I. And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground. Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God. - Exodus 3:2-6

Today, has God moved on your life in such a way like Moses and Abraham that your name has been changed? Has your life been changed by relationship with God? Is there a place in your life that is Holy Ground? God today is wanting us to set ourselves apart to be used by Him and for Him to communicate His love to a dying world that needs to be in relationship with Him. As you start today, think about the life you live. What encounters will you have opportunity with God that HE would ask you to take off your shoes for it is Holy Ground. Are you still living as Abram or Abraham? Have you taken your sandals off to hear from the Great I AM today.

Blessings from Israel,
Todd