do i want His Omnipresence or His manifest Presence? His Ka'vod or yikes, His icha'vod? Communion with Him or a reunion? His visitation or His habitation? bread crumbs or the Bread of His Presence, the Living Bread? the blessings or the Blesser? the gifts or the Giver of the gifts? the anointing or the Anointed One? a date with YHVH or marriage to Him? a contract or the covenant? do i love the Wor...d of G-d more than G-d of the Word? man or the Maker of man? seeking His Hand or seeking His Face? hungry and thirsty or content with the status quo? pressed down or press in? know about HIM or know HIM? the stories of yesterday or the Story Teller of today? day old bread or Bread freshly baked? the righteousness of G-d or self-righteousness? yesterday's fruit or freshly picked fruit today? the earth and its fullness or a little garden called gan eden? the promised land or a portion? G-d's perfect will or His good and pleasing will? truth or a watered down version of it? the Living Water or water from the lake? my plan or His? my way or His?
thoughts i've been meditating on today...
to die to self is to gain His glory...

today i'm contemplating staking my inheritance and circling all of G-d's promises but then i hear in my spirit...
breakdown or breakthrough? cool embers or buring fire? impassioned or compassionate? faithful or faithless? revival or the Reviver? tired or tireless? programs or Presence? broken down or brokenness? soaked or dipped? desert or oasis?
YHVH goes on to ask "why is it, hospitals, police s...tations, "convenience" stores; places like kroger's, walmart, meier's, etc. are open 24 hours a day, but My House is only open for an hour or so in the middle of the week and then maybe a couple of hours on the weekend?"
"and why is it, that 50 of the largest congregations on the earth today are found everywhere, but in america?"
"and why is it, that so many people want My glory and My Presence and they want Me to save them, deliver them and heal them and bless them, but the altars in My House are empty week after week?"
"and why is it, few people truly understand that My glory comes through the knees...through brokenness and repentance - that My Presence requires purity...and ultimately, why did i tell moshe seeing My Face would require his death?
it's the same for all of you, yesterday, today and forever..."
"so just remember, the person MY SON stopped long enough to talk to on His Way to the mercy seat bringing His sacrifice of blood, was mary, the prostitute...
the alabaster box breaker, the anointer, the foot washer, the worshipper...
to this day He will stop for those who do the same..."
Father, help us to be alabaster box breakers! help us to be anointers! help us to be foot washers! help us to be worshippers! cause us to be hungry for nothing more!

the fourteen 7/14 promise of YHVH...

Deu 7:14 You shall be blessed above all people; there shall not be a barren man or a barren woman among you, nor among your livestock.

 we are blessed above all people and none of us will be barren!

Jdg 7:14 And his companion answered and said, This is nothing but the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel. Elohim has given Midian and all the army into his hand.

 Elohim (G-D) gives us the enemy into our hands!

 1Sa 7:14 And the cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron even to Gath. And Israel delivered their border out of the hand of the Philistines. And there was peace between Israel and the Amorites.

 We are restored and delivered and there is peace between us and our enemies!

 2Sa 7:14 I shall be a father to him, and he shall be a son to Me. If He takes iniquity upon Himself, then I will chasten him with a rod of men, and with strokes of the sons of men.

 G-d is our Father and we are His sons and daughters!

 
1Ki 7:14 He was the son of a widow woman of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father a man of Tyre, an engraver in bronze. And he was filled with the wisdom and understanding and knowledge to do all work in bronze. And he came to King Solomon and did all his work.

 We are filled with all wisdom and understanding and skill!

 2Ch 7:14 and My people, on whom My name is called, shall be humbled, and shall pray, and shall seek My face, and shall turn back from their evil ways, then I will hear from Heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

 
If we humble ourselves, pray, seek HIS Face, turn back from our evil ways...He will hear...forgive...and...heal!!!

 Ecc 7:14 In the good day, be in good spirit, but also see in the evil day, that The Elohim has made one along with the other, so that man should not find anything after him.

 When we have good days we should be joyful; when we have bad days, we should consider...G-d made them both!

 Isa 7:14 So, YAHWEH Himself will give you a sign: Behold! The virgin will conceive and will bring forth a son; and she shall call His name ImmanuEl. He shall eat curds and honey until He knows to refuse the evil and choose the good.

 YHVH is Emmanu'EL, G-d with us! And like HIs Son, Messiah Yeshua, when it comes to living, making choices and decisions - we should reject the wrong and choose the right every time!!!

 Jer 7:14 And I will do to the house on which My name is called, in which you are trusting, and to the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh.

 YHVH always does what He says He's going to do! Whether for good or evil! Count on it! Bank on it!

 Eze 7:14 They have blown the trumpet, even to make all ready, but no one goes to the battle, for My wrath is on all her multitude.

 The shofar will sound and HE will make all of us ready!!!

 Dan 7:14 And dominion was given to Him, and glory, and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion which shall not pass away, and His kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.

YHVH gives us dominion, His Glory and His Kingdom so as to service and serve HIM! His dominion is everlasting and His Kingdom shall never be destroyed!

Mic 7:14 Pasture Your people with Your rod, the flock of Your possession, dwelling alone in the thicket, amidst Carmel. Let them pasture in Bashan and Gilead, as in days of old.

YHVH pastures us with His Rod of authority and we are the flock of His possession!!!

SUMMER EVANGELISM

Mar 6:7  Yeshua summoned the Twelve and started sending them out in pairs, giving them authority over the unclean spirits.

Mar 6:8  He instructed them, "Take nothing for your trip except a walking stick — no bread, no pack, no money in your belt.

Mar 6:9  Wear shoes but not an extra shirt.

Mar 6:10  Whenever you enter a house, stay there until you leave the place;

Mar 6:11  and if the people of some place will not welcome you, and they refuse to hear you, then, as you leave, shake the dust off your feet as a warning to them."

Mar 6:12  So they set out and preached that people should turn from sin to God,

Mar 6:13  they expelled many demons, and they anointed many sick people with oil and healed them.

LET'S CALL THIS PORTION OF SCRIPTURE "SUMMER EVANGELISM"

 
1. WE ARE SUMMONED BY MESSIAH YESHUA

2. WE ARE SENT OUT IN PAIRS

3. YESHUA GIVES US AUTHORITY OVER UNCLEAN SPIRITS

 4. YESHUA INSTRUCTS US - TAKE NOTHING EXCEPT A WALKING STICK, WEARING SHOES AND ONE SHIRT

5. WHEN WE ENTER A HOUSE, WE STAY THERE UNTIL WE LEAVE THE PLACE WHERE WE ARE

6. IF WE ARE NOT #1. WELCOME AND #2. ARE NOT LISTENED TO, AS WE LEAVE, WE ARE TO #3. SHAKE THE DUST OFF OF OUR FEET AS A WITNESS AND A WARNING AGAINST THEM

7. AND AS WE SET OUT, WE PREACH THAT #1. PEOPLE REPENT AND TURN FROM THEIR SIN TO YHVH; #2. WE EXPEL AND DRIVE OUT DEMONS - AS MANY AS POSSIBLE; #3. ANOINT SICK PEOPLE WITH OIL AND FINALLY, #4. HEAL THEM!!!

 WOW...HOW EASY SHOULD THIS BE???

Today YHVH wants you to know that HE is:

Your Rock,  your Fortress and your Deliverer - 2 Sam.22:2

Your EL, your Rock, your Shield,  your Horn of Salvation and  your High Tower - Ps. 18:2

Your  Shepherd - Ps. 23:1

Your Light and Salvation - Ps. 27:1

Your Strength and Shield - Ps. 28:7

Your Tower of Defense and the Rock of your refuge - Ps. 94:22

Your Strength and your Song - Ps. 118:14

Your Portion - Ps. 119:57

Your Elohim - Zech. 13:9

Your Witness - Rom. 1:9

Your Helper - Heb. 13:6

ROCK x 3

SHIELD x2

SALVATION x2