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Genesis 14:  Abram meets Melchizedek the priest of God :

Melchizedek Blesses Abram

17 After Abram came back from defeating Chedorlaomer and his allies, the king of Sodom came out to meet him in the Shaveh Valley (that is, the King’s Valley). 18 Then King Melchizedek of Salem brought out bread and wine. He was a priest of El Elyon.
(El Elyou means God most high).

19 He blessed Abram, and said,
“Blessed is Abram by El Elyon,
    maker[b] of heaven and earth.
20 Blessed is El Elyon,
    who has handed your enemies over to you.”

Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything.

21 The king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me the people, and keep everything else for yourself.”

22 But Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I now raise my hand and solemnly swear to Yahweh El Elyon, maker of heaven and earth, 23 that I won’t take a thread or a sandal strap. I won’t take anything that is yours so that you will never be able to say, ‘I made Abram rich.’ 24 I won’t take one single thing except what my men have eaten. But let my allies Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre take their share.”

This is the first mention of God in Abrams life.  Some say he met Jesus,  stick around I have another idea.

Genesis 15
Names of God Bible (NOG)

The Lord’s Fourth Promise to Abram

15 Later Yahweh spoke his word to Abram in a vision. He said,

“Abram, don’t be afraid.

I am your shield.

Your reward will be very great.”[a]

2 Abram asked, “Adonay Yahweh, what will you give me? Since I’m going to die without children, Eliezer of Damascus will inherit[b] my household. 3 You have given me no children, so this member of my household will be my heir.”

(Adonay Yahweh  means Sovereign Master, Jehovah ).

 Suddenly, Yahweh spoke his word to Abram again. He said, “This man will not be your heir. Your own son will be your heir.”

” 6 Then Abram believed Yahweh, and that faith was regarded as the basis of Abram’s approval by Yahweh. 7 Then Yahweh said to him, “I am Yahweh, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land so that you will take possession of it.”

8 Abram asked, “Adonay Yahweh, how can I be certain that I will take possession of it?”

 12 As the sun was just about to set, a deep sleep—a dreadful, deep darkness—came over Abram.”

Elohim speaks to Abram in a dream :

13 “Elohim said to Abram, “You can know for sure that your descendants will live in a land that is not their own, where they will be slaves, and they will be oppressed for 400 years. 14 But I will punish the nation they serve, and after that they will come out with many possessions. 15 But you will die in peace and be buried at a very old age. 16 In the fourth generation your descendants will come back here, because the sin of the Amorites will not have run its course until then.”

17 The sun had gone down, and it was dark. Suddenly a smoking oven and a flaming torch passed between the animal pieces. 18 At that time Yahweh made a promise[c] to Abram. He said, “I will give this land to your descendants. This is the land from the river of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates. 19 It is the land of the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites, 20 the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim, 21 the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.”

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In chapter 12 Abram meets Yahweh :

Genesis 12

Names of God Bible (NOG)

The Lord’s First Promise to Abram

12 Yahweh said to Abram,

“Leave your land,

    your relatives,

        and your father’s home.

Go to the land that I will show you.

2 I will make you a great nation,

I will bless you.

I will make your name great,

    and you will be a blessing.

3 I will bless those who bless you,

    and whoever curses you, I will curse.

 Through you every family on earth will be blessed.”

The Lord’s Second Promise to Abram

4 “So Abram left, as Yahweh had told him, and Lot went with him. Abram was 75 years old when he left Haran.

. 7 Then Yahweh appeared to Abram and said, “I’m going to give this land to your descendants.” So he built an altar there to Yahweh, who had appeared to him.”

8 “He moved on to the hills east of Bethel, and he put up his tent—with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. He also built an altar to Yahweh there and worshiped Yahweh. 9 Abram kept moving toward the Negev.”

Abram Deceives Pharaoh

13 “Please say that you’re my sister. Then everything will be alright for me, and because of you I will live.”

14 “When Abram arrived in Egypt, the Egyptians saw how very beautiful his wife was. 15 When Pharaoh’s officials saw her, they raved about her to Pharaoh, so Sarai was taken to Pharaoh’s palace.”

17 “However, Yahweh struck Pharaoh and his household with terrible plagues because of Sarai, Abram’s wife. 18 Then Pharaoh called for Abram. “What have you done to me?” he asked. “Why didn’t you tell me that she’s your wife? 19 Why did you say, ‘She’s my sister’ and allow me to take her for my wife? Here’s your wife! Take her and go!” 20 Pharaoh gave his men orders concerning Abram. They sent Abram away with his wife and everything that he had.”

Genesis 13
Names of God Bible (NOG)

Abram and Lot Separate

13 “Abram left Egypt with his wife and everything he had and went to the Negev. Lot was with him. 2 Abram was very rich because he had livestock, silver, and gold. 3 He traveled from place to place. He went from the Negev as far as Bethel, to the area between Bethel and Ai where his tent had been originally, 4 where he had first made an altar. There Abram worshiped Yahweh.”

8 Abram said to Lot, “Please, let’s not have any more quarrels between us or between our herders. After all, we’re relatives.

10 Then Lot looked in the direction of Zoar as far as he could see. He saw that the whole Jordan Plain was well-watered like Yahweh’s garden or like Egypt. (This was before Yahweh destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah

12 Abram lived in Canaan, while Lot lived among the cities of the plain, moving his tents as far as Sodom. 13 (The people who lived in Sodom were very wicked. They committed terrible sins against Yahweh.)”

The Lord’s Third Promise to Abram

14 “After Lot left, Yahweh said to Abram, “Look north, south, east, and west of where you are. 15 I will give all the land you see to you and to your descendants for an indefinite period of time. 16 I will also give you as many descendants as the dust of the earth. If anyone could count the dust of the earth, then he could also count your descendants. 17 Go! Walk back and forth across the entire land because I will give it to you.” 18 So Abram moved his tents and went to live by the oak trees belonging to Mamre at Hebron. There he built an altar for Yahweh.”

Please note Abram has delt with and built alters and sacrificed only to Yahweh he has not heard the Name of Elohim.

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The Fix-it Shop – “Depart from me , O Lord !”

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“for I am a sinful man,”

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Peter had just seen a miracle.   They had fished all night with no results.   Jesus told him to let down his nets again, he did and the fish filled two boats almost to sinking.

Peter, James and John were astonished.   Peter cried out:  “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord!”

Have you ever asked the Lord to depart, to leave you because you are unworthy.  

I am  worthy to be in the presence of the Most High God, only by the blood sacrifice  of Jesus.

Now I can go boldly to the throne of grace and receive mercy and grace in my time of need.

I can go boldly,…. but do I?   Do any of us really practice, being in the presence of God? 

When we spend time with God are we always petitioning Him for our needs or the needs of others.  Do we really know how to love Him?  He certainly loves us, He died for us, are we willing to die for Him.

I knew a man for years, I knew he was a Christian and I  assumed he knew I was also.  He did not know of my love for the Lord.  Not by my words or actions,  my witness was sorely lacking.

I  had fallen away, I let the devil knock me down and keep me down for a number of years. 
I loved the Lord but I wasn’t in His Word or presence. 

I  was relying on old knowledge of Him.  Remembering His Love and Grace instead of experiencing it anew.  I was Saved but Spiritually dead.  I  needed to be quickened once again.

The Lords mercy is new every morning.    We need to seek His face with every new day.  Experience His love, comfort and peace to understand His plan for our life.  

The manna The Lord gave them in the desert was food for that day only. (Except for the Sabbath).  They collected what they needed, a little or a lot and they had what was needed that day.

The Word of God is our manna today, we must collect what we need to stay in His presence. We must have new manna daily, The Lord will cause you to see and understand the workings of the Word, if we  hunger and thirst for Him.

Jesus promised Peter, James and John that they would become fishers of men.  Here they are with their biggest cstch ever. 

 “So when they had brought their boats to land, they forsook all and followed Him”.

Have we?

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In chapter 10 we have no real interaction except Yahweh blessing a mighty warrior / hunter

Genesis 10:8-9
Names of God Bible (NOG)

8 “Cush was the father of Nimrod, the first mighty warrior on the earth. 9 He was a mighty hunter whom Yahweh blessed. That’s why people used to say, “He’s like Nimrod, a mighty hunter whom Yahweh blessed.”

Genesis 11

We have Yahweh  on earth checking out the tower of Babal.

Genesis 11:5-8
Names of God Bible (NOG)

5 “Yahweh came down to see the city and the tower that the descendants of Adam were building. 6 Yahweh said, “They are one people with one language. This is only the beginning of what they will do! Now nothing they plan to do will be too difficult for them. 7 Let us go down there and mix up their language so that they won’t understand each other.”

8 So Yahweh scattered them all over the face of the earth, and they stopped building the city.”

It is interesting to note tongues were used to scatter people, at Pentecost used to bring people to unity of the faith.

Then once again people split instead of growing together.

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Genesis 9

Names of God Bible (NOG)

God Blesses Noah and His Sons

9 Elohim blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fertile, increase in number, and fill the earth.

God’s Promise—The Sign of the Rainbow

8 Elohim also said to Noah and his sons, 9 “I am going to make my promise[a] to you, your descendants, 10 and every living being that is with you—birds, domestic animals, and all the wild animals, all those that came out of the ship—every living thing on earth. 11 I am making my promise to you. Never again will all life be killed by floodwaters. Never again will there be a flood that destroys the earth.”

12 Elohim said, “This is the sign of the promise I am giving to you and every living being that is with you for generations to come. 13 I will put my rainbow in the clouds to be a sign of my promise to the earth.

17 So Elohim said to Noah, “This is the sign of the promise I am making to all life on earth.”

28 Noah lived 350 years after the flood. 29 Noah lived a total of 950 years; then he died.

Here again we see the Lord and God in perfect harmony.   Their speach is definitely  different from the other.

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We are still dealing with Noah and the flood.  I  find this interesting :

Genesis 8
Names of God Bible (NOG)

God Remembers Noah

” Elohim remembered Noah and all the wild and domestic animals with him in the ship. So Elohim made a wind blow over the earth, and the water started to go down”

Then Elohim spoke to Noah, “Come out of the ship with your wife, your sons, and your sons’ wives.   Bring out every animal that’s with you: birds, domestic animals, and every creature that crawls on the earth. Be fertile, increase in number, and spread over the earth.”

“So Noah came out with his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives. Every animal, crawling creature, and bird—everything that moves on the earth—came out of the ship, one kind after another.

“Noah built an altar to Yahweh. On it he made a burnt offering of each type of clean[a] animal and clean bird.  Yahweh smelled the soothing aroma. Yahweh said to himself, “I will never again curse the ground because of humans, even though from birth their hearts are set on nothing but evil. I will never again kill every living creature as I have just done.”

   “As long as the earth exists,
    planting and harvesting,
    cold and heat,
    summer and winter,
    day and night
        will never stop.”

Again we definitely have conversations with two separate members of the Trinity.   We will see almost all offerings are to the Lord….because Jesus is the ultimate offering. This is the first recorded burnt offering.

The covenant of the rainbow was made by the Lord….

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The Fix-it Shop – 2 – Here am I; send me.

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Those of us who wish to be used by the Lord, need to learn a simple phrase.  We find it repeated by Abraham, Jacob, Moses, Samuel and Isaiah.

It is simple to say and somewhat harder to preform but here it is:

“the angel of the Lord called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.

the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob: And I said, Here am I.

God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.

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.

the Lord called Samuel: and he answered, Here am I.

I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.“

When the Lord had said unto Abram, “Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee:”

Abram demonstrated “Here am I.”   By obedience.

Whether in a dream,  vision or wide awake if the Lord calls we should answer:  “Here am I, Lord.”

When we are not used, I think it’s  because we answer:
“Later Lord, I’m kind of in the middle of something. ”

“You want me to do what?”  “That’s not possible.”  “I’ll go tomorrow.”  “Not them?  Really?”  “Your kidding? ”

I don’t think Abram left the first time “the Lord had said,”   and we know Gideon didn’t jump right to it.

The only difference between them and us is they were willing to go, do, believe and experience what the Lord willed.

Today we have the same problem as the rich, young ruler.  We can’t give up our job, home, wealth, or families, unless we know it’s a sure thing.

If you would be used by the Lord, practice saying “Here I am Lord.”  “What would you have me do?  What should I say?  Where shall I go?”

Or to quote a song:  Yes Lord, Yes Lord, Yes, Yes, Lord, Yes…..

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The study of the Trinity can be confusing.   We often consider  the Lord God as one member of the Trinity.  We think of Him as Father God.

For years I accepted this as Gospel until I woke one morning  thinking of Moses at the burning  bush.  

I have switched to the Names of God Bible, because I feel using the Hebrew names will help to separate them in our minds.

God is Elohim, which means Creator / Supreme Ruler :

The Lord is Yahweh which means Eternal or Everlasting One:

Exodus 3:1-7
Names of God Bible (NOG)

Moses at the Burning Bush

“Moses was taking care of the sheep of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. As he led the sheep to the far side of the desert, he came to Horeb, the mountain of Elohim.

The Messenger of Yahweh appeared to him there as flames of fire coming out of a bush. Moses looked, and although the bush was on fire, it was not burning up.   So he thought, “Why isn’t this bush burning up? I must go over there and see this strange sight.”

When Yahweh saw that Moses had come over to see it, Elohim called to him from the bush, “Moses, Moses!”

Moses answered, “Here I am!”

Elohim said, “Don’t come any closer! Take off your sandals because this place where you are standing is holy ground.   I am the Elohim of your ancestors,[a] the Elohim of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.” Moses hid his face because he was afraid to look at Elohim.  

Yahweh said, “I have seen the misery of my people in Egypt, and I have heard them crying out because of the slave drivers. I know how much they’re suffering.”

So here we find Moses the writer of the first five books of our Bible  meeting and having a conversation with both Elohim and Yahweh.  This is what caused me to dig into and prove to myself that the Trinity works in harmony, in agreement but have individual and specific Natures.

If you will stick with me I believe the Word of God will convince you.  Lets go back to Noah in Genesis 7.  We will only look at verses with interactions of God or the Lord  with man or nature.

“Yahweh said to Noah, “Go into the ship with your whole family because I have seen that you alone are righteous among the people of today.   Take with you seven pairs of every kind of clean animal”

The Lord saw Noah as Righteous because Noah walked with Elohim, (Jesus).  Because he walked with Jesus he saved himself and his family.

“In seven days I will send rain to the earth for 40 days and 40 nights. I will wipe off the face of the earth every living creature that I have made.”   So Noah did everything that Yahweh commanded him.

 Noah was 600 years old when the flood came to the earth.  Noah, his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives went into the ship to escape the floodwaters.   Clean and unclean animals, birds, and creatures that crawl on the ground  came to Noah to go into the ship in pairs (a male and female of each) as Elohim had commanded Noah.”

“Then Yahweh closed the door behind them.  The flood continued for 40 days on the earth.”

“The floodwaters were on the earth for 150 days.”

In this chapter I believe we clearly see Noah interacting with both, Elohim  (God) and Yahweh  (The Lord ).

We will see more in the next installment

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The Fix-it Shop – that the world may know

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Have you ever wondered why God used miracles?   Read His reasons here:

“that the world may know, ye shall know that I am the Lord your God, that thou mayest know that there is none like unto the Lord our God.

ye shall know that I am the Lord your God. ye shall know that the living God is among you, Hear me, O Lord, hear me, that this people may know that thou art the Lord God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again.

that thou mayest know that I, the Lord, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel. And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am the Lord your God, and none else: and my people shall never be ashamed.

thou shalt know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me unto you. But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him. that the world may know

That they may believe that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee for ever.

That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the Lord hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.

Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.

The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe. that they may believe that thou hast sent me. to the intent ye may believe; Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am he.

now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe. that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. that ye might believe.”

That people would know and believe.   Do you think He has changed His mind?  He still wants people to know and believe.

Do you think His power and might are no longer able to work?  Is the problem Him or our belief system.

I’m betting it’s us……Come let us reason together.  See if the Lord  will unlock this mystery and release His power and presence once again.

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Denominational Differences – Gods Design? ??

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Why are there so many  Denominations?   There is only God, yet we have hundreds of ways we Worship.  Some really understand Praise and Worship.   Others are so quietly reverent, shouting in Praise is almost sacrilegious.

Some practice healing,  tongues, prophecy, the gifts of the Spirit.   Others acknowledge the Spirit  but let’s  not get too spooky.   There are free Spirits and ridged rituals. Some who  protect and believe their Denominations revelation and think there is none other.

I will once again ask you to take your Denominational glasses off and understand the Word of God.  Some like to think that Since Jesus saved us from the law of sin and death, that we don’t need to understand the Old Testament,  behold all things became new.

Gods character, desires and design is the same throughout the entire book.  He desires a people who will Worship Him in Spirit and truth.  A people who will walk in and consider His testimony, hearken diligently to His Word and obey.  Give themselves  to Him in all they do.

So let us see how that works out.  As it was in the Old it remains in the New.  There were millions of people, brought out of Egypt  and led to the promised land.  God spent the first two years in the desert  teaching them to be sanctified, consecrated,  holy before Him.

When they heard the voice of God, they asked Moses to be their intermediary.   When it became time to enter the promise.   All but two had an evil heart of unbelief and never entered the promise.   Joshua and Caleb had a different spirit, because they had a relationship with God.

If we look at the configuration of the order of march in the desert for the next 38 years we find out it looks like a cross.  There is order in the way they are positioned  around the Tabernacle.

The leader is always  Judah,  Praise,  God is holy and inhabits Praise: 
Psalm 22:3
King James Version (KJV)
“But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.”

                                                                        JUDAH

                                                                      ISSACHAR

                                                                       ZEBULUN

DAN.                                                         MOSES – AARON.                                                  REUBEN

                                                                          PRIESTS

ASHER.                                                        TABERNACLE.                                                    SIMEON

                        GERSHOM                                      –                                        MERARI

                                                                      SANCTUARY.         

                                                                      KOHATHITES

NAPHTALI                                                                                                                                 GAD
                                                                        EPHRAIM.                                                    

                                                                        MANASSEH

                                                                         BENJAMIN

The Tabernacle and Sanctuary  travel in the midst  of all, the children of Levi caring for it. 

One tribe carries the fabrics that make up the rooms of the Tabernacle.

One tribe carries the hardware and rods, boards and hard structures of the  Tabernacle.

The third tribe hand carries the Sanctuary.   The alter, candle sticks, mercy seat,  implements for sacrifices.

All other tribes are surrounding and protecting the house of the Lord.

The point is all have a particular responsibility.   We todays believers, are the Levites and Priest’s,   we are to carry the Word, guard the Word, respect and have reverence for the Word.

Act on the Word.  Praise the Lord, pray for the sick, comfort the brokenhearted,  walk in the Spirit,  the light, in wisdom towards them without.

The Denominations should all be working together,  to proclaim the year of the Lord.  In one accord about the Spiritual.   This one thing:  “God is, and is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him. “

That is why the early church grew, the church would grow today if we really believed.

Please look to the Spiritual,  the things on earth are fleeting,  gone in a moment.  Set your sights on that which is above.  Love and share the Love of our Lord.

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Genesis 6  

Man is multiplying on the face of the earth, sons of God taking the daughters of men….giants in the land.

The Lord speaking :  

Genesis 6:3
King James Version (KJV)
“And the Lord said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.”

Genesis 6:6-8
King James Version (KJV)
“And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.  And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.  But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.”

The voice of God:  

Genesis 6:5
King James Version (KJV)
“And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.”

Genesis 6:9-14
King James Version (KJV)
“These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.  And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.  The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.  And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.  And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.  Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.”

The Lord said: My Sprint will not always strive with man, he is flesh.  The Lord repented that He made man.  But Noah found grace in the Lords  eyes.

I contend Noah found grace with the Lord because like Enoch   he walked with God. (Jesus,  grace equals Salvation ), brought through the flood alive.  In fear Noah built the Ark for the saving of his family and became the heir of righteousness.

God looked  apon the earth saw mans imagination and  thoughts of his heart were evil.  The earth was corrupt,  full of violence. God told Noah the end of all flesh is come I will destroy  them.

The Lord and God in agreement  to destroy the earth.  God had a one more thing to tell Noah.  He showed him the way of Salvation, build an Ark and here’s what you need

God gave instructions for building,  gathering the animals and said He would destroy the earth.  The last verse of chapter 6 tells us:  

Genesis 6:22
King James Version (KJV)
“Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.”

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In Every Thing

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It’s the middle of the night, (4:30 am), I wake to find my wife in the living room praying.  This is not unusual, for most of our 30 years together we have lived by faith.

To put it simply,  we do not have a regular pay check, insurance, or  unemployment if work is not there.

Bette is the one who  thinks ahead, has good sense,  is a Proverbs 31 woman.

I seem to coast along not concerned about money, until my pockets are empty and the mortgage is due.  How can she stand the uncertainty of living with me.

She loves and has faith in the Lord.  She has seen the Lords provision many times, often at the last minute, or beyond.   Sometimes its the  work we’ve prayed for, and sometimes it’s in the form of gifts.

Like the Hebrews, saved from slavery in Egypt,  we’ve seen the Lord do mighty works, signs and wonders, yet still worry about todays need.

It begs the question : “What are we to do or think about;   In Every Thing?

The Word tells us if we love the Lord and are obedient children:

In Every Thing we are rich.

☆   “we abound in every thing, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see that ye abound in this grace also.”  

This is promised and given to us by the Lord Jesus Christ.  A measure of faith, the knowledge to speak and live the Word of God. We must be  diligent, faithful, prayerful, we must love the Lord, sit at His feet, Praise and Worship His majesty,  allow His love to reach out to others through us.

☆  ” God will make you rich enough so that you can always be generous.”

The widow from 1 Kings 17, when Elijah asked for a morsel of food said:

” I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.”

Elijah asked her to give him food first, she did and never ran out of meal or oil.

It doesn’t matter how little we have, if we give we shall receive. My Father owns the cattle on a thousand hills, we are rich in Christ,  He will provide according to His riches in glory.

☆   “Never worry about anything. But in every situation let God know what you need in prayers and requests while giving thanks.”

If we could just learn to Rejoice in the Lord, knowing He is in control.  We have a lesson to learn in this situation, pray as the Lord taught us:

Worship, acknowledge God is God

Accept His will

Ask for your needs

Ask for forgiveness – remember forgiveness hinges on our forgiving others

Ask for protection, direction

Worship

God promises the peace that passes understanding will keep our hearts and minds.

☆  “Whatever happens, give thanks, because it is God’s will in Christ Jesus  that you do this.”

It may seem God has forgotten you, you are alone, help is not on the way but help is on the way!

Don’t quit; pray, praise,  quench not the Spirit,  relie, trust and believe that God can, God will and even if He doesn’t;  We will still Worship and Serve Him.

Prove His Word…..He is Faithful and Just and will preserve us blameless till His coming.  He has called us to His service and He will do it.

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The Filling Station 5 – Genesis 5 – bill cote

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The first four chapters of Genesis we find God and the Lord walking and working  together. The first glimpse of my “Billism” comes when Moses writes of the birth of Cain.

Eve states  the Lord gave her Cain,  he brought an offering to the Lord, the Lord rejected the offering.   

Cain left the presence of the Lord, the Lord promised  protection.

Eve later states God gave her Seth,  then Enos, that is when men began to call apon the Lord.

Chapter 5 we begin to see the generations of man, we will look at the interaction of God, The Lord and man.

First stop:  Genesis 5:21-24
King James Version (KJV)
“And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:  And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:  And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:  And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.”

The first instance of man pleasing  God.  Revelation 4:11 “Tells we were created for Gods pleasure.”   Enoch is alive in bodily form in heaven today, because  he had this testimony, “he believed God is and is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him”

Next stop we meet :  Genesis 5:28-29
King James Version (KJV)
“And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:  And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the Lord hath cursed.”

Genesis 5:32
King James Version (KJV)
“And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.”

Chapter 6 begins the story  of Noah.  He interacts and obeys both the Lord and God. 

 

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Fleet Caroline – 1/16/15

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Fleet Caroline :

When I feel defeated, destroyed and distressed the Lord lifts me up and out of the mess.

As long as I look up, my help I can find.  Jesus is there and He’s there all the time.

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The Filling Station.     3                                    bill cote GODS VOICE AND ACTION:                      GENESIS 3   

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Chapter 3:  introduction of Satan :

“Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made.

. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?”

Note:  Serpents could speak:  questions  Gods Word:

“the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.”

Note:  women misquoted God…

“the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:

For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.”

Note: 1 John 2:16
King James Version (KJV)
“For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.”

“when the woman saw that the tree was good for food,
that it was pleasant to the eyes, a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat,

and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.

they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day:”

Note: Lord speaking to God: unless just to Himself.

“Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden.

the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?

he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.

he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked?

Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?

the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she

gave me of the tree, and I did eat.

the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done?

the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.

the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:

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 be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;”

Note:  listen and obey God not man, we must know Gods Word.

“Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;

In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.

Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make coats of skins, and clothed them.

the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:”

Note:  They had access to and had probably ate of the tree of like, after sin, The Lord God  couldn’t let them eat again.

“Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.

he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.”
Up to this point the Lord and God have acted and spoken as one, in agreement  and walking together.  In Chapter 4 things change.

 

 

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The called, and chosen, and faithful.

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“He is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.”  Revelation 17:14b

This scripture is about the 2nd comming of Christ but it applies to Christians today.

If you have accepted Jesus as Savior  you are the called.  He stood at the door of you heart and knocked, you let Him in.  Have you proclaimed His love to you and your love of Him?

If you have the book says you are saved. 

There is more, for whosoever will.

Psalm 65:4
King James Version (KJV)
“Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple.”

God  has chosen us, He will cause  whosoever will to approach Him, to dwell in His courts and be satisfied with the goodness of His house, even of His Holy Temple.

Do you have a desire to know Him more, to understand His Word,  Ways, Commands,  His Testimony?   He will draw you close, the Holy Spirit  will teach you, guide and direct you to the place of safety,  comfort and love.

The real rub is faithful.   Are we faithful,   are we first full of faith and power?

Do we truly believe His Word?  Are we obedient children?   Can He trust us with finances?  Do we tithe?  Give?  Pray?  Read the Word?

Are we faithful to His plan?  Understand and share His love and grace?
Forgive and pray for those who have wronged us?  Are we willing to die for our faith?

All are called,  few are chosen.   Wide is the way,  narrow is the gate.
Broad is the path to destruction.

Lord I thank you I was called.  I thank you I am chosen and my desire is to walk together with You.  Yoked to You, in love.

Lord You have done all and just left me the job of faithful.   Lord, I  am sorry I fail  in this so often.  I  fail to pray,  praise,  give of myself,  walk in Your light or Spirit. 

I  don’t love or even like the unlovable,  I  walk my own path, not Yours.  Have not the mind of Christ in so many areas.  I am stubborn,  hard-headed, stiffnecked and rebellious,.

Why you love me, I  can’t understand but I am so thankful You do.  Lord there is one way I will be faithful.

I will love you all the days  of my life. I will repent and turn towards You when I  realize my error.  I  will trust You to forgive as I forgive others.

Lord please help me to draw near.

Amen

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Ebb and flow

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The ebb and flow of the tides, can deposit so much trash on our shores.

We must seek the Lords help, to keep our hearts and minds pure and undefiled.

The Lord promised that: “We will find Him, when we seek Him with all our heart.”

Lord help us to seek You so we lead others to the foot of the cross. 

That You would be magnified and glorified, thank You that we are sanctified and justified, by Your Sacrifice.

Thank You Lord, for Your love and grace.

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To humble, to prove, to know what is in your heart…..

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Deuteronomy 8:1-2
King James Version (KJV)
“ All the commandments which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers.  And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.“

Gods commandments are given that we might live, multiply, go and possess the blessings the Lord has given. 

Saints, we must get it into our Spirits that the Commands of the Lord are not grevious,  senseless or petty .

If we would heed and obey our blessings would abound.  Unfortunately we are just like the Hebrews.  

The Lord must need to humble and  prove us to see what is in n our hearts.

Will we keep His commandments?

We all struggle with our carnal man, the Spirit is indeed willing,  the flesh exceedingly weak.

The only way to defeat the sin nature within, is to “Submit ourselves to God,  Resist the devil and he must flee.”

We often claim to be Submitted but if we examined our hearts we would see and understand how our own desires may conflict with the Lords.

Are we content with our life?  Do we want more?  Expect more?  Demand more of God?

Learn  to “humble yourself in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up.”

“Quit ye, stand fast, and see the Salvation of God? “

Stand fast in that measure of faith He had given you.
Love and obey Him and receive His blessings.

All He asks is we Love the Lord our God.  If we love, we will obey.  If we obey  we will receive.

Blessings

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The Filling Station :GODS VOICE AND ACTIONS:                   bill cote.                                       GENESIS 1.    

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The first chapter of Genesis is the work of God, “Elohim ” the Creator and Supreme Ruler of heaven and earth.

In this study, by the Word  of God, I hope to help us understand the Nature of each member of the Trinity.

They are 3 in 1 but often approach things in a different manner, speak in their own voices, always in agreement.

Moses used different names for the different members of the Trinity,  please Read the Word: You Decide

Below is Chapter one of Genesis broken into what God said, saw, did, and thought.

“In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.”

God in the Hebrew language is “Elohim” and it means    “Creator, Supreme Ruler “

The first day:

“God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

God saw the light, that it was good:

God divided the light from the darkness.

God called the light Day, the darkness he called Night.
the evening and the morning were the first day.”

Day 2:

“God said, Let there be a firmament, let it divide the waters from the waters.

God made the firmament,” (earth /heaven divided )

“and divided the waters

God called the firmament Heaven.

the evening and the morning were the second day.”

Day 3:

“God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together, let the dry land appear:

it was so.

God called the dry land Earth; the waters he called the Seas:

God saw that it was good.

God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, herb yielding seed, the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind

the earth brought forth

the evening and the morning were the third day.

God saw that it was good.”

Day 4:

“God said, Let there be light, to divide the day from the night;

let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:

let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth:

and it was so.

God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day,

the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.

God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light

to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness:

God saw that it was good.

the evening and the morning were the fourth day.”

Day 5:  First blessing :

“God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind:

God saw that it was good.

God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.

the evening and the morning were the fifth day.”

Day 6:  man 2nd blessing :

“God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.

God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind:

God saw that it was good.

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.

God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.

And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat

It was so.

God saw every thing that he had made,

behold, it was very good.

the evening and the morning were the sixth day.”

The first 6 days:  God, “Elohim” “Supreme  Ruler ” of heaven and earth.

1 Corinthians 12:4-7
King James Version (KJV)
“Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.
And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord.   And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all.  But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.”

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Complicated Life?

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   Like the rigging of a wotk boat, lifes purpose can seem impossible to understand

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The rigging was designed to give the fishermen the tools to work effectively,  efficiently and profitably.

The Bible is the rigging for our lives, if we don’t work and study, our lifes will not be effective, efficient or profitable.

We are called to be fishers of men and we’ve not become proficient in the working of the rigging  the Lord has provided for the job.

Pray earnestly for the gifts of His Spirit,  they are the rigging of  the Lord. 

If Jesus did miracles so men would “ see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the Lord hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.”  Isaiah 41:20

If Jesus said :  “These signs shall follow those that believe.”

We should learn by the teaching of the Spirit,  the use of the talents, (gifts of the Spirit ), the Master gave us to increase.

Lord, please  wake up Your  people to that gift that resides within.  Help us to multiply it for Your service.

That man would: “see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the Lord hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.”

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