Promise Land

This old world we live in is no paradise, there is something in the air that has been drop on the land making desecrate places.

The righteousness are not all taking their G-d given authority of subduing the earth so that all creation may sing to Him. Take possession over what the enemy has stolen, speaking to creation as you walk through the land.

Anointing with oil, breaking off the strongholds that curse the territory.

Even Y'Shua spoke to the tree that was not producing.

Tell the rocks to shout out praises to the King of Kings.

Tell the flowers to radiate their heavenly beauty in unionist.

Speak to the soil to nurture the plants to grow in abundance.

Call in the birds to sing a new song to His glory.

We are here for such a short season, just passing through, heading to the Promise Land. Speak to the earth to be as it is in heaven where all creation praise the Creator.

Help MEET

G-d Created

Notice; this is chapter one of Gen.

Gen. 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of G-d created he him; male and female created he them.

G-d spoke to equally to male and female, until the fall when the man was put over the women as a curse. Notice also the man, serpent and woman were all then curse at the same time.

Gen. 3:16: Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall beto thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

Help MEET

Gen. 2: 18 And the L-RD G-d said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

Strong's Number H5828 matches the Hebrew עֵזֶר (`ezer ),
which occurs 21 times in 21 verses in the Hebrew concordance of the KJV

Meaning:

Adam Clark: It is not good that the man should be alone - לבדו lebaddo ; only himself. I will make him a help meet for him; כנגדו עזר ezer kenegdo, a help, a counterpart of himself, one formed from him, and a perfect resemblance of his person. If the word be rendered scrupulously literally, it signifies one like, or as himself, standing opposite to or before him. And this implies that the woman was to be a perfect resemblance of the man, possessing neither inferiority nor superiority, but being in all things like and equal to himself. As man was made a social creature, it was not proper that he should be alone; for to be alone, i.e. without a matrimonial companion, was not good. Hence we find that celibacy in general is a thing that is not good, whether it be on the side of the man or of the woman. Men may, in opposition to the declaration of God, call this a state of excellence and a state of perfection;

Companion Bible: States help meet as the mans counter part.

A great understanding teaching to Liston to:

Prayer Closet

12 Step program for a progressive Prayer Life

1. Pray

2. Pray

3. Pray

4. Pray

Repeat first four steps two more times.

Just be obedient and submission to the Father.

Praying integrated with reality.

Keep your prayers focused.

Praying with precision is the key.

Remember to record how the Father responds to your prayers, He hears and answers.

When you have tried everything else, Try Tears! Today we seem much more interested in having churches air conditioned then prayer-conditioned. Because most of the churches have lost Holy Ghost fire – but we can get into our own prayer closets and interceed.

Prayer is the portal that brings the power of heaven down to earth. Write out your prayers so you won't forget: who the real enemy is – who the One is in whom your hope lies.

In praying give: Praise and gratitude to the Father for who He is and what He has already done.

Repentance – Ps. 52:10 Create in me a clean heart, O G-d; and renew a right spirit within me.

Jer. 29:12-13 Then shall ye call upon Me, and ye shall go and pray unto Me, and I will hearken unto you. And ye shall seek Me, and find Me, when ye shall search for Me with all your heart.

Deut. 30:6 And the L-RD thy G-d will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the L-RD thy G-d with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.

Eph. 6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

Rom. 8:38-39 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of G-d, which is in Y'shua HaMashiach our L-rd.

Ps. 30:1 I will extol thee, O L-RD; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me.

Ps. 138:7 Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me.

2 Chron. 20:15, 17 And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the L-RD unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but G-d's. Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the L-RD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for the L-RD will be with you.

That which is born in prayer will survive the test of the promises of G-d. In that great day, the fire of judgement is going to test that which is born in prayer. Prayer does business with G-d. Prayer creates hunger for souls; hunger for souls creates prayer. The understanding soul prays; the praying soul gets understanding.

Prov. 16:6 teaches us that 'through the fear of the L-rd, man avoids evil.' Prayer is the active practice of fearing G-d. To fear G-d is to pray.

Desire goes before prayer. Desire gradually builds until it breaks forth into prayer. Desire is silent; prayer is the verbal expression of the desire of our hearts. Our failure to pray stems from our lack of desire for G-d.

The degree to which you love and want G-d will determine the time you spend in prayer. It's time to start seeking the Healer instead of the healing. It's time to stop seeking the gift and, instead, seek the Giver. Once you have G-d, you have all that He possesses. Do you have a lack of spiritual power shortage?

James 4:3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lust.

The true purpose in prayer is that G-d may be glorified in the answer.

Anyone who desires power in prayer must be merciless in dealing with their own sins.

Mark 11:25 And when ye stand praying, FORGIVE. If ye have aught against any: that your Father, also, which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.

Remind yourself and the devil that you are G-d's child and you have a right to come to the Father.

Jeremiah 33:3 Call to Me, and I will answer you and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.

Mark 11:14 Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.

Pray in Tongues -

1 Cor. 2:12 I have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from G-d, that I might know the things that have been freely given to me by G-d.

1 Cor. 14:2 He that speaketh in an unknown tongue, speakes not unto man, but unto G-d; for no man understandes Him; howbeit in the Spirit he speakes mysteries.

1 Cor. 14:4 He that speakes in an unknown tongue edifies himself.

1 Cor. 14:14 For if I pray in an unkown tongue, my spirith prayes

1 cor. 14:2; Acts 10:46 It is a way of magnifying G-d.

Eph. 6:10-18 It is part of our weapon against the devil.

The importance of praying the Word of G-d. 2 Tim. 3:16-17 All Scripture is given by inspiration of

G-d and when used it will cause us to be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.

Y' Shua used the Word against the devil. Lk. 4:4 It is written!

Lk. 4:8 Get behind Me satan!

Lk. 4:12 It has been said.

At times it helps to remind yourself and the devil of your position in the Messiah. Make the following confessions:

Lk. 10:19 Y'Shua has given me the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt me.

In Y'Shua I have Life and that life is the light of all men.

Jn. 1:4  In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

1 Cor. 3:9 I am G-d's fellowworker; I am G-d's field, I am G-d's building.

1 Cor. 3:16 I am the temple of G-d and the Spirit of G-d dwells in me.

Eph. 2:5, 6; 1:21 G-d has made me alive with the Messiah and raised me up and made me sit in heavenly places in the Messiah Y'Shua, far above all principality and power and might and dominion and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come.

Eph. 2:14 Messiah Y'Shua is my peace!

Eph. 3:12 I have boldness and access with confidence through faith in Y'Shua HaMashiach to the Father.

Phil. 4:13 I can do all thing through Messiah that strengthens me.

2 Tim. 1:7 G-d has given me the Spirit of power and of love and of a sound mind.

1 Jn. 4:4 I am of G-d and have overcome demon powers, because He who is in me is greater than he who is in the world.

Without exception, all true revivals of the past began after years of agonizing, hell-robbing, earth-shaking, heaven-sent intercessions. The secret to true revival in our own day is still the same. But were, of, where, are the intercessors?

When holy passion has ceased to move the intercessors in the Prayer Room, is there no longer a birthplace of souls?

The true man of G-d is heartsick, Grieved at the worldliness of the church, Grieved at the blindness of the church, Grieved at the corruption in the church, Grieved at the toleration of sin in the church.He is disturbed that the corporate prayer of the church no longer pulls down the strongholds of the devil. Church folks no longer cry in their despair before a devil-ridden, sin-man society, Why could we not cast him out? Matt. 17:19 - changes have to come to have revival.

Those who have travailed in the birth pangs for revival, those are the hidden ones. They never strut. They boast not of the hours they spend in prayer. Their souls bear the scars of spiritual conflict.

Our poverty in prayer is the seed bed of all our failure. Here in the place of prayer is where the pure in heart see G-d. They see His majesty. They see His grief over a world of sinners paying any price and every price for a smooth ride to hell.

So calling all intercessors to their prayer closet. Stand in the gap for your family, friends and even your enemies. Get down and get dirty their souls are crying out!

Prayer demands no special dress.

Prayer demands no special place.

Prayer demands special eloquence.

Prayer never struts.

Prayer seeks no applause.

Prayer is often most mighty when it is most secret.

Prayer is defies definition.

Prayer is birthed in time, but it grasps eternity.

Prayer strengthens the weak and weakens the strong.

Prayer touches the power of the world to come.

Our ultimate position as Believers is tested by the power of our prayer life.

There is another stage-praying in the Holy Ghost. This is the highest form of prayer. It is inner groanings, it is inner grief, it is totally spiritual, and it is weakening to the flesh but devastating to the powers of darkness.

I'm of the opinion that the devil has a list of the 'Ten Most Wanted People. These are the ones he fears.Would you like to be one of them?

Oh, to pray so as to be known in hell!

Oh, to pray so that demons have to quit their prey!

Oh, to cause pandemonium in perdition when we intercede!

Oh, to liberate the captives when we make intercession with tears!

Oh, to push the devil around instead of him pushing the church around!

Oh, to know the groanings that cannot be uttered!

This was all inspired by the movie War Room, I was inspired to put my own personal prayers down on paper using ___________ to fill in names, for many prayers fit everyone. A forerunner for beginners seemed to be needed as an example of starting, but allow the Father to lead you.  

War Room

 Your prayer closet is the War Room.

Submit means learning to duck and let G-d hit your situation.

Warriors and intercessors need a war room to develop a prayer life to avoid the land mines that make you blow up. Realize G-d is in control and you are not, change the negative thoughts to positive, using His Words, awaken the warrior from with in yourself.

In doing so you will learn to fight well, to pray for the spouse, the church, friends, all that are in need.

Seeking the Father and knowing His Book, trusting in Him. In the mean time love, praise and encourage those in your path. For it is His job to make the changes needed.

Who is on the throne? You or G-d? Does He give you grace even when you did not deserve it? Grace is meant to be passed on.

Write down everything that is bothering you and bombard heaven with it then speak His Words of Promise aloud. Trust in Him to defeat the enemies at just the right time. Greater is He that is in you then he that is in the world.(1 John 4:4). Take back your authority, do not let the adversary win. Your happiness comes from the LORD (Neh. 8.10), no one else can give you such joy.

Payday comes sooner than later doing it G-d's way.

Decree and declare over your homes, churches, relatives, friends and strangers. (Esther 4:8)

Lift up your needs and request – don't rush it – take your time than sit quietly and listen.

Some of my prayers:

Daily Prayer:

‘In the name of Y’Shua, I submit my body, soul and spirit to the will and purposes of G-d. I submit myself to the truth of G-d. I submit myself to an awareness of the power of the blood of Y’Shua working in my life every day. I submit my mind to the mind of Y’Shua that I can have the thoughts, purposes and feelings of His heart in me. I submit my feet to the paths you have ordained for me to walk, G-d, that my steps will be strong and steady. I submit myself to the work of the cross will all of its mercy, truth, love, power, forgiveness and dying to self.

In the name of Y’Shua, I cast out the evil one and I loose his hold on everything he has ever stolen from me. I rebuke his words and loose the power and effects of every deception, device and influence he wants to bring against me. L-rd, I repent of having wrong attitudes and thoughts, I renounce them now and ask your forgiveness. I loose every old, wrong pattern of thinking, attitude, idea, desire, belief, habit and behavior that may still be working in me. I tear down, crush, smash and destroy every stronghold I have erected to protect them. I submit myself to the attitudes and patters of Y’Shua. I submit myself to the overcoming behavior and spiritual desires that line up with the fruit of the Spirit. Father, I loose any stronghold in my life protecting wrong feelings I have against anyone. Forgive me as I forgive those who have caused me pain, loss or grief. I loose any desire for retribution or redress. In the name of Y'Shua, I loose the power and the effects of any harsh or hard words (word curses) spoken about me, to me or by me. I loose any strongholds connected with them. I loose all generational bondages and their strongholds from myself. I also cast out the evil one, satan, and loosing his deceptions that were impacting my situation. Thank you, Y'Shua, that you have promised whatsoever I submit and loose on earth will be bound and loosed in heaven.’

“Oh Father, that You would bless me indeed, and enlarge my territory, that Your hand would be with me, and that You would keep me from evil, that I may not cause pain!” Amen and Amen

Pray this prayer and you can totally disrupt satan’s entire program in someone else’s life.

“In the name of Y’Shua, I submit _______’s body, soul and spirit to the will and purposes G-d for his/her life. I submit _______’s mind, will and emotions to the will of G-d. I submit him/her to the truth and the blood of Y’Shua. I submit his/her mind to the mind of Y’Shua, that the very thoughts, feelings and purposes of His heart would within his/her thoughts.

I submit ______’s feet the paths of righteousness that his/her steps would be steady and sure. I submit him/her to the work of the cross with all of its mercy, grace, love, forgiveness and dying to self.

I loose every old, wrong, ungodly pattern of thinking, attitude, idea, desire, belief, motivation, habit and behavior from him/her. I tear down, crush, smash and destroy every stronghold associated with these things. I loose any stronghold in his/her life that has been justifying and protecting hard feelings against anyone. I loose the strongholds of unforgiveness, fear and distrust from him/her.

I loose the power and effects of deceptions and lies from him/her. I loose the confusion and blindness of the idol of this world from _______’s mind that has kept him/her from seeing the light of the gospel of Y’Shua the Messiah. I call forth every precious word of Scripture that has ever entered into his/her mind and heart that it would rise up in power within him/her.

In the name of Y’Shua, I loose the power and effects of any harsh or hard words (word curses) spoken to, about or by ______. I loose all generational bondages and associated strongholds from ________. I loose all effects and bondages from him/her that may have been caused by mistakes I have made. Father, in the name of Y’Shua, I crush, smash and destroy generational bondages of any kind from mistakes made at any point between generations. I destroy them right here, right now. They will not deceive and curse any more members of this family.

I cast out satan, that I may spoil his house, taking back every material and spiritual possession he has wrongfully taken from ______. I loose the enemy’s influence over every part of his/her body, soul and spirit. I loose, crush, smash and destroy every evil device he may try to bring into his/her sphere of influence during this day.

I submit and loose these things in Y’Shua’s name. He has given me the keys and the authority to do so. Thank you, L-rd, for the truth. Amen and amen.”

Forgiveness and Freedom

Y’Shua, you have said that we will be forgiven as we will be forgiven as we forgive others. I know this is not an impossible commandment to fulfill, although my soul thinks it is. I loose every wrong idea and pattern of thinking I have ever entertained about what if fair and right for you. I loose every wrong attitude I have ever had towards those who have embarrassed, humiliated, or ridiculed me. I loose every wrong desire forever the smallest bit of revenge.

I submit my will to your will and your way. I know you want me to set every person free from any responsibility to me, regardless of what they have done. I will forgive, and I will let you work out the details according to your greater plans and purposes. L-rd, I know that you have not asked me to do this in order to let others just walk away from their wrongful acts. But I will not seek to comfort my soul’s outrage by asking you to hold others accountable. I recognize that you have commanded me to forgive so that I can walk away from the offense, refusing to receive the fallout from it any longer. Forgiveness is my door out of the never-ending loop of reliving the pain and trauma over and over, day after day. I choose to forgive and cut myself completely out of this loop. I will leave the resolution of the problem to you.

Whether or not I forgive will not affect how you will deal with anyone else. Whether or not I forgive will only affect how you will have to deal with me.

You have promised to enable and empower me to do your good will in all things as I learn the beauty and the freedom of forgiveness. I submit myself to your will regarding every person who has ever passed through my life and left footprints on my heart and wounds in my soul. I pray that you bless them, L-rd, and that you meet their needs, heal their hurts, and resolve all of the unresolved issues of their lives. Extend your grace and your mercy to them, Father.

Thank you, dear Y’Shua, for purchasing my forgiveness and allowing me to just walk away from all of my own sin and wickedness. Thank you that you did not hold a grudge against me, nor did you ask the Father to deal with me and hold me accountable for what you had to bear in my stead. I know that this great gift from you to me is more than enough, many times over, to enable me to forgive others their petty sins and offenses against me. L-rd, you are so good. I thank you for your wonderful wisdom and mercy in my life.

In Y’Shua’s name, Amen.

12 Step program for a progressive Prayer Life

1. Pray

2. Pray

3. Pray

4. Pray

Repeat first four steps two more times.

Just be obedient and submission to the Father.

Angelic Eyes

The eyes of an angel were shown to me today. Chills ran down my arms not knowing what to say. Behind those beautiful eyes lies the loveliest soul, so warm and so passionate, but not everyone knows. When G-d made beautiful eyes, He must have been handpicked, modest, caring people to be given such a gift.
Those eyes shined brightly, brilliant lights in dark skies. I could sit and stare motionless staring into those Angelic eyes. The receiver modestly doesn't know those eyes aren't just beautiful, they are a gateway to a different atmosphere that I wanted to be a part of.
A world that would make me feel special, and guide me sweetly inside, a place my soul can open up my heart wide.
Looking into ones eyes I can see beauty, looking into ones soul I can see passion, looking into ones mind I can see intelligence, but looking into ones heart I can see the world.
Angelic eyes are crystal clear, that when looking into them it will penetrate the soul. Looking pass you faults and seeing your needs as it tenderly expresses your value of who you were meant to be.
It seems as a thousand words are said but none were spoken. Giving hope to the hopeless with open arms of peace, as if caressing the raging storm from with in.
Pay attention as you meet people along lifes path way that you don’t miss those angelic eyes that have been sent your way!

Heavenly Portals

Get under the spout were the glory pours out!

Heavenly Portals are the windows and door to heaven. A heavenly portal is a spherical opening of light that offers divine protection by which angels and heavenly beings can come and go, without demonic interference. Throughout Scripture, we see the existence of

doorways, gates or portals:

Portals can be established in certain geographical places and some are known today in the earth such as over Jerusalem. Many Christians who travel to Jerusalem report being flooded with revelation of the things of God during supernatural experiences such as dreams, visions, transportation back and forward in time and these experiences are not uncommon.

Gen. 7:11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.

Gen. 8:2 The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;

Gen. 28:12 And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of G-d ascending and descending on it.
Gen. 28:13 And, behold, the L-RD stood above it, and said, I am the L-RD G-d of Abraham thy father, and the G-d of Isaac: the land whereon thou lie, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;

Ex. 33:9 And it came to pass, as Moses entered into the tabernacle, the cloudy pillar descended, and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and the L-RD talked with Moses.

Ex. 33:10 And all the people saw the cloudy pillar stand at the tabernacle door: and all the people rose up and worshiped, every man in his tent door.

Num. 16:19 And Korah gathered all the congregation against them unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the glory of the L-RD appeared unto all the congregation.

Num. 20:6 And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they fell upon their faces: and the glory of the L-RD appeared unto them.

Deut. 31:15 And the L-RD appeared in the tabernacle in a pillar of a cloud: and the pillar of the cloud stood over the door of the tabernacle.

2 Kgs. 7:2 Then a L-RD on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of G-d, and said, Behold, if the L-RD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.

2 Kgs. 7:19 And that L-RD answered the man of G-d, and said, Now, behold, if the L-RD should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.

Ps. 24:7 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come.

Ps. 78:23 He commanded the clouds above and opened the doors of heaven.

Ps. 118:19-20 Open to me the gates of righteousness; I shall enter through them, I shall give thanks to the L-RD. This is the gate of the L-RD; The righteous will enter through it.

Prov. 8:34 Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at My gates, waiting at the post of My doors.

Eccl. 12:3 In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows  be darkened,

Isa. 24:18 And it shall come to pass, that he who flee from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that come up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows  from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake.

Isa. 60:8 Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows? 

Ezek. 8:1-2 It came about in the sixth year, on the fifth of the sixth month, as I was sitting in my house with the elders of Judah sitting before me, that the hand of the L-rd G-D fell on me there. Then I looked, and behold, a likeness as the appearance of a man; from His loins and downward the appearance of fire, and from His loins and upward the appearance of brightness, like the appearance of glowing metal.

Ezek. 10:19 And the cherubims lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth in my sight: when they went out, the wheels also were beside them, and every one stood at the door of the east gate of the L-RD'S house; and the glory of the G-d of Israel was over them above.

"Lift up your heads, O you gates! And be lifted up, you everlasting doors! And the King of glory shall come in"--Psalm 24:7.

Ezek. 11:3 Now it came about in the thirtieth year, on the fifth of the fourth month, while I was by the river Chebar among the exiles, the heavens were opened and I saw visions of G-d.

Hos. 13:3 Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the early dew that pass away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney. 

Mal. 3:10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the L-RD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

Matt. 3:16-17 After being baptized, Y'Shua came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened, and he saw the Spirit of G-d descending as a dove {and} lighting on Him, and behold, a voice out of the heavens said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well-pleased.

Matt. 17:5 While he was still speaking, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and behold, a voice out of the cloud said, ‘This is My beloved Son, with whom I am well-pleased; listen to Him.

John 1:51 Most assuredly, I say to you, hereafter you shall see heaven open, and the angels of G-d ascending and descending upon the Son of Man.

Lk. 3:21 Now when all the people were baptized, Jesus was also baptized, and while He was praying, heaven was opened

James 5:9 Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge stand before the door.

Rev. 4:1 After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.

Rev. 11:12 And they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, ‘Come up here.’ Then they went up into heaven in the cloud, and their enemies watched them.

Rev. 19:11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and He who sat on it called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and wages war.

We do seek G-d with all our hearts, and it is by our continually seeking Him, and being faithful to His house, that portals may be established at G-d’s discretion for His purpose and glory.

Information without revelation is dead. Believers have been granted access through Y'Shua HaMashiach to come boldly before the throne of G-d.

Soul Keeping

We honeymooned in Wisconsin, on our wedding night and thereafter, my bride moved toward me romantically, but I withdrew, I would intimate to her that I did now want sex. My mind was conflicted with thoughts of love and thoughts of bitterness; my feelings were split between lack of intimacy and coldness. My face and the tone of my voice could create the effect on her that I wanted without ever being totally open about the deeper recesses of my mind and will. Sin was my anger. Sin was in my deception.

She wanted us to see a counselor. We did for a few times that first year, but I did so quite grudgingly. Marriage in revealing. If only I had eyes to see the sin in just about every area of my life...This dance of withdrawal and approach contiznued on-and-off to this day. But withdrawal was always at least beneath the surface, hibernating until the next painful episode. She knew that we were pushing apart.

This began years of anxiety and depression, of counseling and

journaling, of little steps and painful talks and looking at the ugliness inside myself that I had never known was there.

I was learning about my own need to be seen – and to see myself – as someone other than who I really was. She drew a little diagram that I have to this day, illustrating how certain people view themselves as either the inflated superior being or the worthless empty person no one could love.

Confession really is good for the soul. The soul is healed by confession. I tried to pretend before the church that I was a better husband than I was. Sin divided my will; I wanted closeness, yet I wanted to inflict pain when I felt hurt. As long as I keep pretending, my soul keeps dying. I don't just pretend in front of other people. I pretend with G-d. Sometimes we ask for forgiveness, but we know full well we will go back to the same sin tomorrow. We don't really want forgiveness; we just want to get out of trouble. It would be better to pray truth: “Dear G-d, I sinned yesterday, I sinned again today, and I'm planning to go out and do the same sin tomorrow. In Y'Shuas' name, Amen.

The soul intergrates the will and mind and body. Sin disintegrates them. My will, which was made to rule my body, becomes enslaved to what my body want. I disintegrate my thoughts from the reality. Sin eventually destroys y capacity even for enjoyment, let alone meaning. It distorts my perceptions, alienates my relationships, inflames my desires, and enslaves my will.

The biggest difference between our maturity levels is that I thought I was far more mature than I was. When I think I am the smartest person in the room, I am in the wrong room. I love my wife, except for when she did something that bothered me, something that didn't fit perfectly with my idealized, When she would do something I didn't like – when she disagreed too vehemently or I felt as if she was getting too directive – I would feel something turn cold inside of me. I would distance myself from her by making less eye contact and speak a little coldly.

My busy soul got attached to the wrong things, because I mistake my clutter for life, preoccupied with externals – ceaseless activity, lifestyle, gossip, more money, and very ittle social life. Clutter is maybe the most dangerous result, because it's so subtle, my house is fulled with clutter.

To be able to move forward to wholeness one needs to place one hand on their chest over the heart and asked G-d to bring wholeness to their soul. The soul is what intergrates, what connects, what binds together your will, then your mind (those thoughts, feelings, and desires going on all the time), and then your body (with all of its appetites, habits, and behavior). G-d designed us so that our choices, our thoughts and desires, and our behavior would be in perfect harmony with each other and would be powered by an unbroken connection with G-d, in perfect harmony with Him and with all of His creation. A divided life is a wounded life, and the soul keeps calling us to heal the wound.

We might be living in a body, or in a context of a career or family or community or service, there is a soul that integrated our whole person – will, mind, and body - into an “unceasing spiritual being with an eternal destiny in G-d's great universe – take an interest in this internal life...take a diligent interest and stewardship of this life that G-d has breathed...this soul. I don't know about you, but I need for someone from time to time to wake up the “Maddie in me” and remind me to make sure that I am doing what the Creator of this life tells me to so that the life He gave me will continue to grow.

What one needs to stay spiritually healthy is eliminate hurry out of your life and practice the discipline

of not having to have the last word. Being right is actually a very hard burden t be able to carry gracefully and humbly. One of the hardest things in the world is to be right and not hurt other people with it.

Your eternal destiny is not cosmic retirement; it is to be part of a tremendously creative project, under unimaginable splendid leadership, on an inconceivably vast scale, with ever-increasing cycles of fruitfulness and enjoyment – that is the prophetic vision which 'eye has not seen and ear has not heard.'

My wife.s point of feelings: Why do I get jealous of other pastors who are more successful than I am? Why do I feel a deep, secret loneliness! Why is it that I have a BA. in Biblical studies, graduating with Summa Cum Laude feeling the more I learn the more I find I do not know? I still do not know who I am. But then I remember the most important thing in our lives is not what we do; it's who we become and that is what we will take into eternity. We are an unceasing spiritual being with an eternal destiny in G-d's great universe. How is my soul doing, that's the most important question we should be asking ourselves. Your soul is not just something that lives on after your body dies. It's the most important thing about you. It is your life.

We speak of the eyes being the window to the soul. Scientist say the eyes can reveal our inner thoughts. For instance, when people are doing hard mental work, their pupils dilate, pupils widen when look at beautiful nature pictures. We each have an outer life and an inner one. My outer self is the public, visible me. My inner life is where my secret thoughts and hopes and wishes live. Because my inner life is invisible, it is easy to neglect. No one has direct access to it, so it wins no applause – we need to master our inner life.

Take care of the soul because of this tiny, fragile, vulnerable, precious thing about you called your soul is who you really are. You are a soul made by G-d, made for G-d, and made to need G-d, which means you were not made to be self-sufficient. What is running your life at any given moment is your soul. Not external circumstances, not your thoughts, not your intentions, not even your feelings, but your soul. The soul is that aspect of your whole being that correlates, integrates, and enlivens everything going on in the various dimensions of the self. The soul is the life of human beings.

Your soul connects your thoughts and your sensations and your gratitude and your will and sends a message to your entire being. To understand the parts of the inner life, each one must be healthy and working as G-d intended it to work. If your soul is healthy, no external circumstance can destroy your life. If you try to improve your soul by willpower, you will exhaust yourself and everyone around you. The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace.

Our soul is capacity to integrate all the parts into a single, whole life. The soul seeks harmony, connection, and integration,. The human soul seeks to integrate our will and our mind and our body into an integral person. And the soul seeks to connect us with other people, with creation, and with G-d Himself – who made us to be rooted in Him.

The soul is the deepest part of us, and it is whole person we become. The soul is what integrates our will (intentions), our mind (thoughts and feelings, our values and conscience), and our body (face, language, and actions) into a single life. A soul is healthy – well ordered – when there is harmony between these three entities and G-d's intent for all creation. When you are connected with G-d and other people in life, you have a healthy soul. What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul? Our wold has replaced the word soul with the word self, the more we focus on selves, the more we neglect our souls.

Seeds of Deception

   

The real Y’Shua did not do away with the Sabbath or the Holy Days; He kept those days, as did the early Believers (Matthew 5:17; Luke 4:16; Acts 17:2). Paul wrote that false teachers who preach different doctrines would present themselves as ministers of Y’Shua the Messiah, though Satan would in fact be using them to deceive many (2 Corinthians 11:13–15). The Apostle Peter also foresaw the appearance of false teachers who would "secretly bring in destructive heresies… And many will follow their destructive ways, because of whom the way of truth will be blasphemed"

(2 Peter 2:1–3).

The Apostle Paul cautioned that Messiahians "in the last days" must avoid people "having a form of

G-dliness but denying its power" because such people will lead  

Messiahians astray (2 Timothy 3:1–9). These false teachers will deceive sincere people by using crafty arguments about doctrine, specious philosophical reasoning and emotional appeals to vain human traditions (see Ephesians 4:14; 5:6–7; Colossians 2:8).

Most people today do not know what Scripture prophesies. They do not know that Satan is real, nor do they know how he operates or what his intentions are. All this provides the fertile ground for the seeds of deception to sprout and grow—which is what we are seeing today. This was foretold long ago by the prophet Hosea who wrote, "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge" because they have forgotten G-d and rejected His instructions—and we will reap serious consequences as a result (Hosea 4:6).

As the end of this present age approaches, you can avoid being deceived if you take the time to study the Bible and learn what it actually says (2 Timothy 2:15). Scripture exhorts us: "Test all things; hold fast what is good" (1 Thessalonians 5:21). Y’Shua Messiah stated, "If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free" (John 8:31–32). Widespread religious deception is prophesied to occur as the end of the age approaches. If you know what is coming and how it will come, and if you remain alert and look to G-d's word for guidance, you will not be deceived!

 The importance of words we say or hear: Y'Shua said we would be held accountable for every idle word that comes out of our mouths.(Matthew 12:36). Either our words are passwords to access G-d's power to build His kingdom on earth and the purpose He created us for; OR they create roadblocks to His purpose. Many of us talk too much, and our babbling gets us in trouble. The Bible says that restraining our words is wise (Proverbs 10:19). Even a fool is counted wise when he holds his peace; when he shuts his lips, he is considered perceptive (Proverbs 17:28).

To settle into who we are in the Messiah, we must learn to speak only the words that are necessary and constructive for the situation. (Titus 2:6), cautions us to be sober-minded. Rather than speak idle words, we must speak from our spirits (our heart) and let our yes mean YES and our no mean NO (James 5:12), speak truth. The fear of G-d can be a very real thing, we need to keep current accounts with the L-rd, according to (1 John 1:7-9). The fear of the L-rd is the beginning of wisdom (Ps. 111:10). We are to love Him and fear Him at the same time. We must take responsibility for our lives because we are not our own. (1 Cor. 6:19-20).

Things that are okay for others to do may not be okay for you, do not be quick to judge. Some people in your life may have to go, and others may need to enter in that you may fulfill your mission on earth. Understand the 'parts' of your inner life, each one must be healthy and working as G-d intended it to work. If your soul is healthy, no external circumstance can destroy your life. The human soul seeks to integrate our will all parts into a single whole life (will, mind, body and soul).

The joy of the L-rd is your strength (Nen. 8:10).

 I hope this helps you overcome the power of manipulation, intimidation and control

Piss poor

Piss poor and other sayings that came from the 1500s...

Where did piss poor come from? They used to use urine to tan animal skins, so families used to all pee in a pot and then once a day it was taken and sold to the tannery... if you had to do this to survive you were "Piss Poor".

But worse than that were the really poor folk who couldn't even afford to buy a pot... they "didn't have a pot to piss in" and were the lowest of the low.

The next time you are washing your hands and complain because the water temperature isn't just how you like it, think about how things used to be. Here are some facts about the 1500s:

Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May, and they still smelled pretty good by June. However, since they were starting to smell. Brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odor. Hence the custom today of carrying a bouquet when getting Married.

Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water. The man of the house had the privilege of the nice clean water, then all the other sons and men, then the women and finally the children. Last of all the babies. By then the water was so dirty you could actually lose someone in it.. Hence the saying, "Don't throw the baby out with the Bath water!"

Houses had thatched roofs-thick straw-piled high, with no wood underneath. It was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the cats and other small animals (mice, bugs) lived in the roof. When it rained it became slippery and sometimes the animals would slip and fall off the roof... Hence the saying "It's raining cats and dogs."

There was nothing to stop things from falling into the house. This posed a real problem in the bedroom where bugs and other droppings could mess up your nice clean bed. Hence, a bed with big posts and a sheet hung over the top afforded some protection. That's how canopy beds came into existence.

The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than dirt. Hence the saying, "Dirt poor." The wealthy had slate floors that would get slippery in the winter when wet, so they spread thresh (straw) on floor to help keep their footing. As the winter wore on, they added more thresh until, when you opened the door, it would all start slipping outside. A piece of wood was placed in the entrance-way. Hence: a thresh hold.

In those old days, they cooked in the kitchen with a big kettle that always hung over the fire.. Every day they lit the fire and added things to the pot. They ate mostly vegetables and did not get much meat. They would eat the stew for dinner, leaving leftovers in the pot to get cold overnight and then start over the next day. Sometimes stew had food in it that had been there for quite a while. Hence the rhyme: Peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge in the pot nine days old. Sometimes they could obtain pork, which made them feel quite special. When visitors came over, they would hang up their bacon to show off. It was a sign of wealth that a man could, "bring home the bacon." They would cut off a little to share with guests and would all sit around and chew the fat.

Those with money had plates made of pewter. Food with high acid content caused some of the lead to leach onto the food, causing lead poisoning death. This happened most often with tomatoes, so for the next 400 years or so, tomatoes were considered poisonous.

Bread was divided according to status. Workers got the burnt bottom of the loaf, the family got the middle, and guests got the top, or the upper crust.

Lead cups were used to drink ale or whiskey. The combination would sometimes knock the imbibers out for a couple of days. Someone walking along the road would take them for dead and prepare them for burial. They were laid out on the kitchen table for a couple of days and the family would gather around and eat and drink and wait and see if they would wake up. Hence the custom of holding a wake.

England is old and small and the local folks started running out of places to bury people. So they would dig up coffins and would take the bones to a bone-house, and reuse the grave. When reopening these coffins, 1 out of 25 coffins were found to have scratch marks on the inside and they realized they had been burying people alive. So they would tie a string on the wrist of the corpse, lead it through the coffin and up through the ground and tie it to a bell. Someone would have to sit out in the graveyard all night (the graveyard shift.) to listen for the bell; thus,someone could be, saved by the bell or was considered a dead ringer.

And that's the truth....Now, whoever said History was boring!!!

Intuition Is a Gift from G-d

Human intuition is the one thing given by the Creator that is ignored! It is a G-d given gift that we need to start paying attention to. Notice the animals that react when they feel danger around. I found through intuition (witness of the Spirit) 'is how the Father speaks to me – did you ever feel like you needed to call someone and then find out it was just the right time and they needed a lift?

Living with uncertainty is how many of our lives go, we never know what will happen tomorrow, but experience brings on humility if we humble our hearts to His will, otherwise our hearts get so full of self, my opinions, my way, or my wishes. G-d help us for we know not or seek not His will and confusion arises!

G-d gave us rules to live by and we break them for self is on the throne. G-d's Law has to come through the flesh, one can not worship and serve when one is in control, He needs our hands, feet and mouth to accomplish what He wants done.

The Shekinah glory comes with yielding to His strength. You must die to self that He may shine through! He saved us by His blood and has a place for us in eternity – but we need to let Him reign in between, it is during this middle time self must be killed. The Spirit brings us our provision if we let go and let G-d, one has to remain teachable and trainable. One can not be an intercessor if one has not learned to move off the throne. The best teacher must also be the best student.

G-d's Spirit brings provision, breaks off the fear of man, and imperfections that are in all of us. G-d needs a mercy seat in our lives! Sometimes grief is so deep, pain goes to the very roots, one cannot even breath with out the help of His Spirit. Pray unceasingly in the Spirit for one knows not what to pray for but His Spirit does. G-d has made a provision for our confusion and He can break every yolk, of anger and pain.

People are so quick to judging one another, but His word says:

1 Cor. 4:3 But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man's judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self. 4:5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the L-rd comes, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of G-d. 4:5 that ye might learn in us not to think of men above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed up for one against another.

1 Pet. 2:21 Who his own self bare our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

1 Sam. 8:2 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the L-RD'S, and He hath set the world upon them

We must pray for our rulers that we have put in authority over us who “sits on the throne”, for the Good Book says:

Prov. 16:12 It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.

How do we have joy in our lives when everything is falling apart? G-d gave everyone free will, but we have only control over our own free will, and must maintain Neh. 8:10 The “JOY' of the L-rd is our strength! Think about it, we are accountable for our individual chooses and activity before G-d.

A friend of mine would say 'were did you loose your joy go back and find it in the L-rd.” If our joy is in the L-rd than it has nothing to do with the circumstances we are in, it is up to us to maintain our own joy in Him that loved us so much He died for us. Joy is written 155 times in Scripture, it must be important and with joy comes honor. Ps. 30:5 joy cometh in the morning. Ps. 51:12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation Ps. 30:11 Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness; We must choose joy and start out our day in all our ways 'pleasing Him.' Remember Ps. 126:5 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. Some of us got a lot of reaping to do.

Acknowledged 2 Cor. 1:12 For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, by by the grace of G-d, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to You-ward. 1:14 … and I acknowledge we are Your rejoicing.

Rom. 8: 13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.

Every time the flesh arises and shows its ugly head we must put it asunder and maintain our joy in the Spirit of truth and love, living daily to dying to our flesh and paying attention to your intuition, or 'witness of the Spirit'.

Acknowledge Him in ALL your ways, bring Him into everything you do or say, for He said He will never leave you nor forsake you, He is by your side conscientiously. Allow Him in every area of your life – this is not a easy thing to do when you are in control, you may fail but never keep from trying until it is a habit and you can not even breath without Him. My L-rd and Savior goes with me were ever I go, we play games together, walk together, talk over anything and everything. When the flesh is in control and I failed to maintain His joy, I have to run to the big rocking chair in the sky where He holds me and quietens all my fears, as He reminds me who I am in Him.

We serve and awesome G-d, it should not be just on Sundays but each and every day at every hour and minute! He is our number 1, our mates are number 2. Y'Shua said “in all our ways acknowledge Him, and what you do onto another you have done it onto Him.” Ouch! That hits home, do we really do that? We need to be aware of everything that we say say or do to others for we are doing it to the Father!

Change your words and thoughts and you will change your life!

Seasoned Warrior

Just Passing Through

L-rd I am tired, so tired. My burdens are hard to carry, but hard times will soon be over. His voice calls me as He walks and talks with me as I travel down this lonely road. I’m Heaven bound wearing a crown of glory. There is a new name written down in glory and its mine! Oh yes, it is mine! A sinner has come home! Going from the door of an orphanage to the house of the King! We are just pilgrims traveling through the trials of life. We are surrounded by a great cloud of witnesses. So let’s run the race not just for the prize. May those that come behind us find us faithful! When all our hopes and dreams have come and gone, may the foot prints and memories we have left behind, be the clues that are discovered be come the light that leads to the road each must find. No matter what your call, G-d never fails! His love will see you through when the entire world is going wrong. Just keep holding on to His Word. May the presence of the Father and the love of His Son with the guidance of His Spirit lead you through this journey of life.

The Gathering Of The Species

Sheep produce sheep, teachers teach sheep, shepherds watch over the sheep. The Spirit is gathering all species of the sheep (the people) together in unity. The activity of each is known only to Him not to the body as a whole, such are the steps of man. As they draw closer in the Spirit, unification creates one body. All have individual gifts and talents to enlarge G-d’s Kingdom. All must look beyond the natural to see what is revealed to them in the Spirit, enlightening them to their placement in the body. Another piece is added to the Master’s jigsaw puzzle. The great revival will follow when all the camps of His people are in unity. All need to be ready and prepared for this expansion as we step out onto the highways and byways to call all to the marriage feast of the Lamb, making a save haven for the lost and broken hearted souls. In unity we can conquer, and move forward as He leads.

Wandering Lost

I see people going back and forth between small Christian gatherings. So many groups are just sitting, not wanting to get involved, others appear to be sleeping and don’t like changes. A few groups are wondering for direction and purpose. The enemy has groups breaking into divisions of just men, women, children or teens, where is the family being united as team players to enrich their lives and the Kingdom of G-d? Many pulpits are not being given up easily, if the pastors are on vacation they bring in outsiders instead of using the gifting within their own church body, where is the training and equipping of their people to promote from within? Sheppard’s are to guide their sheep, leading them to the one True Sheppard, utilizing individual giftings. Gatherings are not to be a ‘one-man’ show but a team working together in one goal with unity to enrich the Kingdom of G-d. Pastors are getting worn out because people think they should do everything, such as visiting the shut ins, or the sick. Jail ministry, homeless, feed the hungry, counseling, ect. Pastors need to remember even Moses could not accomplish this. They should post jobs that need to be filled to free them up to spend time in the Word, praying, and hearing from the Holy Spirit; for they cannot give out what they did not have time to receive. If you are a pastor you produce a pastor, if a teacher you produce a teacher. This will open up service for the flock. The old timers and mature warriors can step up to the plate to pass along their learned knowledge of life to a younger generation, to encourage them not to give up hope. They do not retire but re-fire up. Remembering their first love, in thee church body it is not always about what you can receive but also what you can give to point another to complete their destination and purpose in the fellowship. On the streets of life be bold to speak to the lost and wandering, to try to direct them to a fellowship that will encourage them along life’s road. It is NOT about promoting were you go for fellowship, for G-d has many camp grounds. We are not promoting denominations but the Kingdom of G-d. I personally their church background and where they live to point to a place that would be near them and a place that will take them a step further. Sometimes people need baby steps and some times people are ready for a giant leap. Are you wandering lost? Sometimes us old timers feel that way too, I have been sent too many different camps – never know why until I get there and it is revealed to me. When I get comfortable I get moved to different one. Sometime it is to minister to the pastor, sometimes it is for a individual that I can personally help and relate to. Some times it is for the children, but many times it is for what I would call small reasons – but what is small can be big to the L-rd? In my ‘golden years’ I would like to finish out in one place, I pray: “Father were do you want me to go? Were do I fit in and where can You use me the most? You know I am not much as a pew sitter. Is what You put in me is it to lay dormant?”

Did You Know?

As you walk up the steps to the building which houses the U.S. Supreme Court you can see near the top of the building a row of the world's law givers and each one is Facing one in the middle who is facing forward with a full frontal view ... It is Moses and he is holding The Ten Commandments! DID YOU KNOW? As you enter the Supreme Court courtroom, the two huge oak doors have the Ten Commandments engraved on each lower portion of each door. DID YOU KNOW? As you sit inside the courtroom, you can see the wall, right above where the Supreme Court Judges sit, a display of The Ten Commandments DID YOU KNOW? There are Bible verses etched in stone all over the Federal Buildings and Monuments in Washington, D.C. DID YOU KNOW? James Madison, the fourth president, known as 'The Father of our Constitution' made the Following Statement: 'We have staked the whole of all Our political Institutions upon the capacity of mankind for Self-government, upon the capacity of each and all of us to govern ourselves, to control ourselves, to Sustain ourselves according to The Ten Commandments of God.' Every session of Congress begins with a prayer by a paid preacher, whose salary has been paid by the taxpayer since 1777. DID YOU KNOW? Fifty-two of the 55 founders of the Constitution were members of the established Orthodox churches in the colonies.. DID YOU KNOW? Thomas Jefferson worried that the Courts would overstep their authority and instead of Interpreting The law would begin making law an Oligarchy: the rule of few over many. How then, have we gotten to the Point that everything we have done for 220 years in this Country is now suddenly wrong And Unconstitutional? Let s put it around the world and let the world see and remember what this great country was Built on The Holy Bible and belief in GOD! Where do you stand?

Women in Scripture

The Important things I learn from woman in the Bible. Then a Canaanite woman looked for healing for her child talking with Y’Shua and said even the dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their master's table . Deborah was a prophetess, a speaker of wisdom and when war came she led the out-numbered and badly-equipped Israelite troops to a great victory. Apart from Deborah, the Judges were hardly role models. Deborah stands out for her wisdom, courage and faith. Her name is ‘bee’ in Hebrew. Eve means 'life-bearer', she is the primordial first mother/Everywoman, but also a person in her own right. G-d also created an independent and strong-minded woman who, like all humans, was both creative and destructive, clever and short-sighted. The story recognizes that men's and women's lives interlock so completely in economic and social matters, that neither can survive without the other. Hadassah means 'myrtle', a tree whose leaves only release their fragrance when crushed. Her heroism only appeared when she and her people were in danger. Hannah waits upon G-d to answer her prayer, and keep her promise to Him. Jael though she was a weak woman, she used a tent peg and mallet to kill the unwary enemy general. She was hailed as a national heroine by the pursuing Israelite forces. Leah was loved less, but G-d sees her inner beauty and rewards her with many sons. Two of these sons are the forebears of the royal Messianic and priestly tribes in Israel. She was known for even if one don't understand it at the time, you can trust in G-d's ultimate plan. Judith is beautiful and respected, a wealthy widow of Bethulia, confronts the town leaders and relied on G-d's help and rebukes the town officials for trying to make G-d in their own image. Judith was not a soldier, but she killed a fearsome warrior of the ancient world. Judith has saved her people, and is hailed as a national heroine. Naomi though a believer went through hard times but her faith in G-d never died. Her name means ‘pleasant’. Noah’s wife - story of a woman with extraordinary patience, and extraordinary love for her husband. How else to explain the fact that she went along with a task that was preposterous, to say the least? Noah may have been nominal head of the family, but he could only have achieved what he did with the support of his family - and the leader of this family was his wife. Ruth, a foreigner could move G-d's plan towards fulfillment. Ruth means lovely friend’. Sarah with her laugh, not to think you known more than G-d. Sarah means 'the great mother is queen' Tamar Bad things happen to good people, but good can come from evil, even when we cannot see G-d's plan or understand it. She was a woman of integrity who risked her life to fulfill her duty to herself and her family. G-d's plan unfolded through the unorthodox actions of a woman, though she was in the right, that she had been acting according to the law. She ‘redeemed’ Judah. She saved him from doing what was wrong, and was thus a pre-figure of Y’Shua, who was one of her descendents. Queen of Sheba had the power of an intelligent woman. The Queen acts as Solomon's equal. She knows her own worth. There is a message here for all women. Most probably she was from Ethiopia a women played an important role in society and were equal to men in nearly all spheres, with civil, religious and military rights and duties much like a man’s. The emperor of Ethiopia traced his direct lineage from Solomon and Sheba’s baby.