November 5, 2021 Hebrew Date: KISLEV 1, 5782 |
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Hi Family! Here's a quick video update from both of us!!!! - Vicky and Chuck - |
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I appeal to you therefore, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. Romans 12: 1,2 |
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NOTES FROM THE HEART "Worship" Dear wonderful brothers and sisters in Christ, I have nothing new or profound to say to you that you probably don't already know. I'm writing as an encourager, a sister in Christ who is grateful to be on this journey with you. Standing beside you as we walk this path of life together in these most difficult times, it is a blessing and a beautiful gift to be able to share with you the love our Father has shown to me. Thank you for the opportunities and the honor of sharing your time, your hearts, your love with us. And thank you so much for your prayers for us, as well. We love you dearly. Truly, we do. You have heard me say it many times before and I will keep saying it until He takes me home. FOLLOW YESHUA! FOLLOW JESUS! FOLLOW THE LIVING WORD! Love Him. Obey Him. Make Him the first thought in the morning and the last thought at night. Pour all that you are into Him. Never lose your fire! Never lose heart. Never let go!!! Each one of us finds incredible moments of joy along the journey and deep moments of pain and brokenness as well. There may be times when some of us will have to bite our tongues and submit our wills to Him when that is the last thing in the world our flesh wants to do. We may even stomp and scream and cry, perhaps. Okay. So we stomp and scream and cry. At some point in time if we will persevere, we will do less stomping, screaming, and crying...and more thanking instead. Praise GOD! And if we are not doing it now, there will come a time when we will dance in the rain while the enemy is screaming at us to give up, sit down, shut up and go away. When that time comes, we will laugh with a sound of freedom that comes from deep within our spirits, borne out of the love and faithfulness we have seen our Bridegroom/King, Yeshua/Jesus demonstrate in our lives time and time and time again. We will run and not grow weary, we will walk and not faint, because we will remember and know that our GOD is a CONSUMING FIRE! We will sound the battle cry to those who have given up - those who are discouraged or depressed, fearful, doubtful or whatever... We will lift up the hands that hang down and strengthen the feeble knees that threaten to buckle at the challenges of the enemy. We will know as we have never known before that our GOD is Mighty to Save! He is Constant! He is Deliverer! He is Brilliant! He is our High Tower! He is our Defense! And He is stunningly AMAZING! Someday He will return. He is Warrior GOD and He is coming, riding on the wings of the wind, His garments dipped in blood - for He has trodden the winepress alone - and He will be on His stallion with His sword flashing at His side! He is NEVER going to give up, He will NOT be defeated and He will ABSOLUTELY do all He has said He will do. He will rule and reign and totally destroy everything that opposes the LORD GOD ALMIGHTY! Hallelujah!!! You and I have a job to do. We are not called to sit around and wait for Him to just snatch us out of here so we don't have to fight or suffer or 'endure to the end' of the battle in this most glorious and challenging of times. We have the extraordinary joy of being His Beloved Ones, called to walk beside Him in holiness. Called to prepare ourselves for His return. Called to sound the trumpet to those who don't know Him yet. Called to heal the sick and raise the dead - to cast out demons and cleanse the lepers. Called to love fiercely, passionately...completely. Called to do all kinds of great stuff for our LORD. Doesn't that sound wonderful? It absolutely does. Yes. It. Does. Hold fast your sword, Beloved. It's time... Make yourself hungrier for Him than you've ever been. Ask Him to fan the flames of love in you - hot, fiery flames that burn for Him. Ask Him to make you so hungry for Him that you are not satisfied with the way things are. Ask Him to help you see how to lay down your life for Him every single day from now on. Love Him enough to do what He wants. Everything that He wants. No matter the cost. Show Him that He IS your life! That is worship. That is far greater than all of the sermons ever preached piled clear up to the farthest star and back. He doesn't want lip service. He wants laid-down-lives service! He wants totally surrendered men and women who prove their love for Him. And He deserves it! That is our reasonable service. That is our spiritual worship. I encourage you, Beloved. Stand in awe and wonder at the glory of our GOD. Be fearless and faithful in your love for Him. Go to war for your Bridegroom/King. Stand up, stand firm, stand strong! Chuck and I are standing with you. Stand in love! War in love! Love with abandon! Love with abandon! Love with abandon!!! Take up the desires of your GOD. Give Him first place in all things. His love for us is great, precious brothers and sisters. His love for you is so very great! WORSHIP GOD! See you on the battlefield! Love and hugs, Vicky |
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Chuck's Anecdotes God Bāraḵ Us |
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There are several Hebrew and Greek words in the Bible that translate to bless.Bāraḵ is one of them. It is Hebrew (בָּרַךְ Strong's H1288) and means to kneel, to bless, to be blessed, to be adored, to praise. Just as we kneel down to praise God in adoration and bless Him, I imagine our Father kneeling down to bless us. The purpose of the kneeling is different but think about the good earthly, human father who kneels down and hugs his little children. That father loves his children and adores them. He blesses them. So, how much more our Father who is in heaven? Our God bāraḵ us. Bāraḵ: to kneel-to bless-to be blessed-to be adored Here are some examples in Scripture "For thou, LORD, wilt bless (barak) the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield." Psalm 5:12 "Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our own God, shall bless (barak) us. God shall bless (barak) us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear him." Psalm 67:6-7 "And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And He said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after My name? And He blessed (barak) Jacob there." Genesis 32:29 Wow! Just as we kneel, to adore, to worship and bless our heavenly Father, He kneels to bless and adore His children. Shalom Family. Chuck |
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"What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go in search of the one that went astray? And if he finds it, truly, I say to you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that never went astray. Matthew 18:12-13 A Word from Clare |
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I was one of those people years ago who could not believe that God, THE God of Creation, The Great I AM could possibly stoop SO low as to love this broken, messed up person whose life was a litany of disaster after disaster, wrong choice after bad choice, sin stacked upon sin, and hated myself so much for who and what I was, and could not believe that ANYONE, let alone Him, could possibly love what I hated, let alone Almighty God. I was condemned and doomed to an eternity in hell, with no recourse. Or so I thought. So many years ago, in 1991 I reached the bottom of that great, deep, dark hole that I had dug for myself, and as I looked up I could see no one to help me out into the light that I could faintly see above me, and felt NO hope! For weeks I cried daily, asking God to help me. And telling Him I would DO ANYTHING if He would just show me His love, and forgive me my mess....I would be infinitely grateful if He would hear me, and even as little as make me the door-mat at His Place. "Please... help me! PLEASE...." I cried. One day I went out and sat on the back steps and SCREAMED, "HELP ME! HELP ME, GOD!" I had this "impulse" to go inside and get my old Bible out of its yellowed polythene bag, and take it back down to sit on the step again. As I sat down I felt this urge to open it at Luke 15, and it was then that God lifted me up as a lamb in His arms and held me close to His great heart. That which had been so rejected and spat on, so broken and lost, was found! As I read the story of the "Prodigal" I had this picture in the spirit of this person sitting in the filth of a pigsty with no hope, no NOTHING - only darkness and death confronting him. But God! Like a funnel, ALL his being became focused on That One Person back home. "He will help me!" And with his last drop of hope and strength he turned his face towards Home.... In the Great House on the Hill, his Father stood as He had 24/7 for days, weeks, months, years before the great window, his binoculars focused unmoving on that tiny stretch of the road in the distance that led to the Great House, hoping, just HOPING with His Great Heart that His beloved child would appear! Then that day, this bedraggled creature came into view, painfully step by step, and his Father dropped the binoculars, and with a great shout raced across the field to meet him, arms outstretched, His robe streaming in the wind behind Him! The two became one as the Father enveloped His beloved child in His mighty arms with tears of joy and tender love streaming down His Great Face, He welcomed His beloved Home. No recriminations, no accusations, no finger pointing, no harsh words, no judgment, just JOY and jubilation that His child had come Home. "Bring a new robe, bring sandals! Kill the fatted calf! We are going to CELEBRATE!" as He slipped His ring off His finger and onto His beloved child's hand!.......... If there was such hope for ME, there is SO MUCH HOPE FOR US ALL! The JOY of the LORD - HIS love, HIS acceptance, HIS peace flood my heart and the assurance of my Father's Home awaits me as I live in HOPE and rejoice in the sweet presence of My Father, NEVER to wander away again from the Home that He has so lovingly provided for me, for ALL of us for all eternity, if we will ONLY turn away from our sin and the filth of this world and take that narrow, difficult path that leads to life eternal with Him. You see, we can't have both....we can't live in sin in our self-created pigsty and live in the Father's house too. It's one or the other. One is sure death, eternal.....the other is certain Life Eternal. And ALWAYS it is our choice. He is always waiting with HOPE for that ONE SINNER to come Home! Thank You, LORD. |
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Showing Up For Training Therefore I do not run without a definite goal; I do not flail around like one beating the air, just shadow boxing. But, like a boxer I strictly discipline my body and make it my slave, so that, after I have preached the Gospel to others, I myself will not somehow be disqualified as unfit for service. 1 Corinthians 9:24-27 |
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The last few months as I travel the road with My Lord, I notice that the path is getting narrower as each day passes. It also seems to be filled with more obstacles, and turning from a road into a battlefield. I was not prepared to walk this walk, and let alone fight a war! For years I was taught to accept Jesus, be saved, and GOD will take care of me & my family. Yet, in the last year I have been born again & filled with the Holy Spirit, and I can see now how GOD has been training me more in the last 13 months than in the 13 years that I accepted Jesus! I am learning with GOD there is no time or dimension, and HE LOVES to use the broken & humble for HIS work. For those of us that gather together in this “Vineyard” each day, we have all shown up, are willing to work and war. We see that the harvest is ripe, but many of us still need help wielding our swords and maneuvering our sickles. I am first to admit that I am one of those that still need teaching, but God is good! He is our Teacher, and HE will train us. He will bring forth HIS word and instruction if we are willing to dig for it! In the past week alone, I’ve been shown that I’ve been gifted many weapons and armor from God, but I was not gearing up correctly. I was going to work and to war without knowing how to hold my own sword. I am willing, yet still immature and un-trained. But, God, isn’t it just like HIM to choose the unlikely out of the bunch?! This is so that we may not boast in ourselves, but know that all Glory, Honor, Wisdom, and Strength belong to HIM! We are reminded in James 1:5 “If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.” We sometimes don’t know what to pray for because we don’t know exactly what we need! Our prayers have not been marked strategically in order to pierce the enemy, nor to bring in the harvest. This is why learning how to pray with precision is important. If we have any chance of standing on our feet with endurance, we MUST first pray with our knees bent. We are following the greatest Warrior and Master on Heaven & Earth, and before we can start learning how to fight and yield in the crop, we must first go before HIM humble, courageous, and above all willing to fight and work for HIM and alongside HIM! Why?! Because HE has done all this for us already. He has fought for us, He has brought us in, and HE has saved us from the darkness and ourselves. We are HIS, and HE is ours! This month may we ask, in truth & in spirit, for wisdom, strategy, and precision in using our armor & weapons that HE has gifted us. May we keep each other guarded on every side as we walk together (spiritually) this narrow path through the battlefield, and into the fields to harvest. May we be shown how to pierce into the darkness with the light that is within us. In JESUS' MIGHTY NAME WE PRAY! Love your sister in Christ, Teresa = Harvest |
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DID YOU KNOW WE HAVE GROUPS ON OUR WEBSITE?We realize that many people are leaving social media sites and also some sites are de-platforming ministries. We now have four community groups on our website to allow us the freedom to connect in a super unique manner that we pray is pleasing to the Lord and a blessing to all of us. Click the image below to join the conversations & get connected! |
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EASILY FIND TRANSCRIPTS OF MESSAGESWe have added an archive page to our website. You can more easily read the transcripts or download them in PDF form. We also provide links in the pdf to the video and audio files that are online. This page is still a work in progress since we have written messages from the Lord going back over 10 years but we wanted to get started and share the archive page with you. Father has prompted us to make things accessible on various platforms and in various ways - including for you to print or download. We also will be having a File Sharing component coming soon to the website and our groups! |
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Thank you! We are so grateful for you joining us in this journey. Whether you are here to receive or you are here to fellowship and/or support us through prayer, financially or simply encouraging us to keep running this race, we thank you! Each newsletter we would like to bless you with a gift for being part of our community! This month is our Edified Woman Poster. This digital pdf file can be downloaded, kept, shared or printed off. | | |
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