Are You Blessed OR Cursed?

SF, Stagecoach, NV

Dear Brothers, Sisters, Prodigals and Unsaved,

Today, in these days we’re living in, having things going wrong DOES NOT MEAN, you are CURSED.  More than likely, you are just being attacked, because you are being blessed by Abba [God].  The twerp [enemy/satan] doesn’t want you happy, so you’ll not turn away from Abba, that's why he tries to make you miserable.  Just remember, he’s a “toothless” lion roaring - and that’s the only power he has over you - UNLESS you give it to him, by accepting his lies.  Once you confess; you're poor, broke or busted - you've accepted/allowed the enemy to do what he wants.  Instead, CONFESS Abba's BLESSING OVER YOU, because I AM HIS CHILD - and nothing else.

My point today, is to make sure, you know what blessings and curses are.  Deuteronomy 28 is the promises of Abba to Moses who told the people going forward with Joshua, that IF God’s Children WILL OBEY AND DO THINGS HIS WAY and IF ALL MANKIND, SAVED OR NOT, WILL NOT OBEY what would happen to them.  So as you can see, Abba leaves the choice up to you.

Deuteronomy is pretty clear on the differences between Blessing and Cursing, the only thing you should keep in mind, is the references to time difference.  When it says “your baskets will be full” it’s referring to no shortages of food/needs.  When it says, “blessed when you go in and when you go out” it’s referring to our traveling/job changes.  When it says, “the produce of the ground” it’s referring more to farmers/ranchers.  When it says, “the Lord shall cause your enemies to rise up against you…” it’s referring that you will know, you are protected, no matter what comes - and you'll WIN!  So, when the blessing or cursing is listed, think of it in today’s terms.

IF YOU WILL OBEY:

[Deuteronomy 28:1-14 NASB] 1 "Now it shall be, if you diligently [try your best to] obey the LORD your God, being careful to do all His commandments which I command you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth. 2 "All these blessings will come upon you and overtake you if you obey the LORD your God:

THE BLESSINGS: IF HIS CHILDREN WILL OBEY AND DO IT HIS WAY.

Strong’s Concordance #1293 says = the continued blessing given to the people, in recognition of good men - as given to Abraham.  Keep in mind, WE ARE the SEED of ABRAHAM.
3 "Blessed [shall] you [be] in the city, and blessed [shall] you [be] in the country. 4 "Blessed [shall be] the offspring of your body and the produce of your ground and the offspring of your beasts, the increase of your herd and the young of your flock. 5 "Blessed [shall be] your basket and your kneading bowl. 6 "Blessed [shall] you [be] when you come in, and blessed [shall] you [be] when you go out. 7 "The LORD shall cause your enemies who rise up against you to be defeated before you; they will come out against you one way and will flee before you seven ways. 8 "The LORD will command the blessing upon you in your barns and in all that you put your hand to, and He will bless you in the land which the LORD your God gives you. 9 "The LORD will establish you as a holy people to Himself, as He swore to you, if you keep the commandments of the LORD your God and walk in His ways. 10 "So all the peoples of the earth will see that you are called by the name of the LORD, and they will be afraid of you. 11 "The LORD will make you abound in prosperity, in the offspring of your body and in the offspring of your beast and in the produce of your ground, in the land which the LORD swore to your fathers to give you. 12 "The LORD will open for you His good storehouse, the heavens, to give rain to your land in its season and to bless all the work of your hand; and you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow. 13 "The LORD will make you the head and not the tail, and you only will be above, and you will not be underneath, if you listen to the commandments of the LORD your God, which I charge you today, to observe [them] carefully, 14 and do not turn aside from any of the words which I command you today, to the right or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.

THE CURSING: IF CHRISTIANS, PRODIGALS AN UNSAVED REFUSE TO DO IT HIS WAY.
Several of the first verses cover the removal of what Abba said in the Blessings above.  You can decide for yourself if there are areas you need to work on or not.  If you have the blessings in certain areas, cross off those you think you’re OK in, and the ones still there, work on them.  Just working on them, shows ABBA your desire to be more like Him - He already knows you’re not perfect.  In fact, the Bible says our goodness is as filthy rags:  Abba knows we cannot be perfect, He's only asking for us to try and see what He does.

[Isaiah 64:4-9 NASB] 4 “For from days of old they have not heard or perceived by ear, Nor has the eye seen a God besides You [in your blessings], Who acts in behalf of the one who waits for Him. 5 You meet him who rejoices in doing righteousness, Who remembers You in Your ways. Behold, You were angry, for we sinned, [We continued] in them a long time; And shall we be saved? 6 For all of us have become like one who is unclean, And all our righteous deeds are like a filthy garment; And all of us wither like a leaf, And our iniquities, like the wind, take us away. 7 There is no one who calls on Your name, Who arouses himself to take hold of You; For You have hidden Your face from us And have delivered us into the power of our iniquities. 8 But now, O LORD, You are our Father, We are the clay, and You our potter; And all of us are the work of Your hand. 9 Do not be angry beyond measure, O LORD, Nor remember iniquity forever; Behold, look now, all of us are Your people.”

[Micah 7:19 NASB] “He will again have compassion on us; He will tread our iniquities [sin] under foot. Yes, You will cast all their sins Into the depths of the sea.”  Many of us call that the sea of forgetfulness, because Abba said He’d remember our sins NO MORE!

[Deuteronomy 28:15-64 NASB] 15 "But it shall come about, if you do not obey the LORD your God, to observe to do all His commandments and His statutes with which I charge you today, that all these curses will come upon you and overtake you: 16 "Cursed [shall] you [be] in the city, and cursed [shall] you [be] in the country. 17 "Cursed [shall be] your basket and your kneading bowl. 18 "Cursed [shall be] the offspring of your body and the produce of your ground, the increase of your herd and the young of your flock. 19 "Cursed [shall] you [be] when you come in, and cursed [shall] you [be] when you go out. 20 "The LORD will send upon you curses, confusion, and rebuke, in all you undertake to do, until you are destroyed and until you perish quickly, on account of the evil of your deeds, because you have forsaken Me. 21 "The LORD will make the pestilence cling to you until He has consumed you from the land where you are entering to possess it. 22 "The LORD will smite you with consumption and with fever and with inflammation and with fiery heat and with the sword and with blight and with mildew, and they will pursue you until you perish. 23 "The heaven which is over your head shall be bronze, and the earth which is under you, iron. 24 "The LORD will make the rain of your land powder and dust; from heaven it shall come down on you until you are destroyed. 25 "The LORD shall cause you to be defeated before your enemies; you will go out one way against them, but you will flee seven ways before them, and you will be [an example of] terror to all the kingdoms of the earth. 26 "Your carcasses will be food to all birds of the sky and to the beasts of the earth, and there will be no one to frighten [them] away. 27 "The LORD will smite you with the boils of Egypt and with tumors and with the scab and with the itch, from which you cannot be healed.  28 "The LORD will smite you with madness and with blindness and with bewilderment of heart; 29 and you will grope at noon, as the blind man gropes in darkness, and you will not prosper in your ways; but you shall only be oppressed and robbed continually, with none to save you. 30 "You shall betroth a wife, but another man will violate her; you shall build a house, but you will not live in it; you shall plant a vineyard, but you will not use its fruit. 31 "Your ox shall be slaughtered before your eyes, but you will not eat of it; your donkey shall be torn away from you, and will not be restored to you; your sheep shall be given to your enemies, and you will have none to save you. 32 "Your sons and your daughters shall be given to another people, while your eyes look on and yearn for them continually; but there will be nothing you can do. 33 "A people whom you do not know shall eat up the produce of your ground and all your labors, and you will never be anything but oppressed and crushed continually. 34 "You shall be driven mad by the sight of what you see. 35 "The LORD will strike you on the knees and legs with sore boils, from which you cannot be healed, from the sole of your foot to the crown of your head. 36 "The LORD will bring you and your king, whom you set over you, to a nation which neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you shall serve other gods, wood and stone. 37 "You shall become a horror, a proverb, and a taunt among all the people where the LORD drives you. 38 "You shall bring out much seed to the field but you will gather in little, for the locust will consume it. 39 "You shall plant and cultivate vineyards, but you will neither drink of the wine nor gather [the grapes,] for the worm will devour them. 40 "You shall have olive trees throughout your territory but you will not anoint yourself with the oil, for your olives will drop off. 41 "You shall have sons and daughters but they will not be yours, for they will go into captivity. 42 "The cricket shall possess all your trees and the produce of your ground. 43 "The alien who is among you shall rise above you higher and higher, but you will go down lower and lower. 

    44 "He shall lend to you, but you will not lend to him; he shall be the head, and you will be the tail. 45 "So all these curses shall come on you and pursue you and overtake you until you are destroyed, because you would not obey the LORD your God by keeping His commandments and His statutes which He commanded you. 46 "They shall become a sign and a wonder on you and your descendants forever. 47 "Because you did not serve the LORD your God with joy and a glad heart, for the abundance of all things; 48 therefore you shall serve your enemies whom the LORD will send against you, in hunger, in thirst, in nakedness, and in the lack of all things; and He will put an iron yoke on your neck until He has destroyed you. 

49 "The LORD will bring a nation against you from afar, from the end of the earth, as the eagle swoops down, a nation whose language you shall not understand, 50 a nation of fierce countenance who will have no respect for the old, nor show favor to the young. 51 "Moreover, it shall eat the offspring of your herd and the produce of your ground until you are destroyed, who also leaves you no grain, new wine, or oil, nor the increase of your herd or the young of your flock until they have caused you to perish. 52 "It shall besiege you in all your towns until your high and fortified walls in which you trusted come down throughout your land, and it shall besiege you in all your towns throughout your land which the LORD your God has given you. 53 "Then you shall eat the offspring of your own body, the flesh of your sons and of your daughters whom the LORD your God has given you, during the siege and the distress by which your enemy will oppress you. 54 "The man who is refined and very delicate among you shall be hostile toward his brother and toward the wife he cherishes and toward the rest of his children who remain, 55 so that he will not give [even] one of them any of the flesh of his children which he will eat, since he has nothing [else] left, during the siege and the distress by which your enemy will oppress you in all your towns. 56 "The refined and delicate woman among you, who would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground for delicateness and refinement, shall be hostile toward the husband she cherishes and toward her son and daughter, 57 and toward her afterbirth which issues from between her legs and toward her children whom she bears; for she will eat them secretly for lack of anything [else,] during the siege and the distress by which your enemy will oppress you in your towns. 58 "If you are not careful to observe all the words of this law which are written in this book, to fear this honored and awesome name, the LORD your God, 59 then the LORD will bring extraordinary plagues on you and your descendants, even severe and lasting plagues, and miserable and chronic sicknesses. 

60 "He will bring back on you all the diseases of Egypt of which you were afraid, and they will cling to you. 61 "Also every sickness and every plague which, not written in the book of this law, the LORD will bring on you until you are destroyed. 62 "Then you shall be left few in number, whereas you were as numerous as the stars of heaven, because you did not obey the LORD your God. 63 "It shall come about that as the LORD delighted over you to prosper you, and multiply you, so the LORD will delight over you to make you perish and destroy you; and you will be torn from the land where you are entering to possess it. 64 "Moreover, the LORD will scatter you among all peoples, from one end of the earth to the other end of the earth; and there you shall serve other gods, wood and stone, which you or your fathers have not known.”

Some of this, like the plagues of Egypt have been done, but I don’t think we need a repeat of them - do you?  Some nations already have the famines, plagues and worse.

Start a PRAYER CHAIN in each community humbling yourselves before Abba.  Commit yourselves to Him, to study His Word.  That’s what Ezra did, when he was bring the people back to Israel to rebuild the walls.  He nightly read the Torah [Nehemiah 8], the Laws of Moses on their travels back to Israel.  And each night they would praise Abba for His goodness and not forgetting them as daily, they asked for forgiveness and repented of their ways.  Once they heard the TRUTH.

I’ll let Abba’s Words close in my prayer for you:

[1 John 4:16 NASB]  “We have come to know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.”   I declare you will understand and believe in God’s love that is for YOU, and by abiding in it, God will abide in you.

Blessings To You and Yours,

Sandy F. - The Lord’s Servant

How’s Your Fruit Growing?

SF, Stagecoach, NV

Dear Brothers, Sisters, Prodigals and Unsaved,

I’m so glad many of you have enjoyed the Series on Matthew.  I wasn’t sure too many would, because of the length of the whole chapters.  But Thank You for reading them.  It made all the time I spent on them worth doing.

I’d like to start this new one, by going more in depth about the fruit of the Spirit.  Why?  Because the FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT IS THE CHARACTER OF ABBA [God].  The more we learn Abba’s likes and dislikes, the more FELLOWSHIP and closer walk, we can have with our Lord [Jesus].  

I know the Word say’s Jesus is standing at the door knocking, for anyone that will open the door to Him.  So I believe, the more we are like Jesus, the more we’ll be like our Father in Heaven.  This is something the Holy Spirit has been really been impressing on me during the whole Matthew series.

[Revelation 3:20 NASB] 'Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with Me.

KEY VERSES:

[Galatians 5:22-23 NASB] 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. 

He is GOOD STUFF!  You always have a choice about how close you want to be like Jesus in your life - He won’t force anything on you.  No, He waits till you’re ready.  The Holy Spirit may prompt you, but never force you.  Know this, when you’re prompted - He has plans for you to fulfill your purpose in life.  And He wants you in Heaven with Him.

I gave this example a while ago, but it’s a doozy of “How” He can talk to you.  My uncle moved to NV a year after me.  To make a long story shorter, everyday I went to Carson City [25 miles] to take him shopping in Reno [125+miles] for what he needed in his new house.  Between shopping in Reno, receiving orders at his house [that I had to put together].  After about 2 weeks, I was exhausted.  For the next week or so, I heard a voice in my head tell me to GET BACK INTO THE WORD - that’s why I was so exhausted.  One Monday, I saw some red, biting ants by my garage door as I was leaving.  Some of you may know, others will when I start teaching YOUR AUTHORITY, that we have that authority over the creepy crawling things on the earth in, 

            [Genesis 1:26 NASB] …” and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”  So for me, EVERY CREEPING crawling or flying thing DOES NOT belong on my land or in my house.  Each day they remained after I commanded them to leave my land.  Finally I asked the Holy Spirit why they were not gone?  Very distinctly I heard “They are obeying you, as you are obeying me!”  Needless to say - I went back into the house, called my Uncle saying I wasn’t coming that day and read the Word ALL DAY.  Next day I told those red ants, and their whole families to leave my property.  Finally the next day - they were gone.  I do it for spiders, lizards, mice, etc., and any other creeping thing on the earth - with the same results.  

I BELIEVED, spoke with authority and I RECEIVED, just like the Word says.  The twerp [enemy/satan] really hates it, when you know Abba’s Word - and USE IT - they MUST OBEY!

You want more PEACE and less grief?  Do you want to be happy instead of depression?  How about finding a true LOVE mate for yourself?  JOY that is the seed of your roots, that strengthens you?  PATIENCE, with your spirit saying “bless them Lord,” like when driving and a car behind me is too close, invariably, they will back-away some.   KINDNESS that says to help someone who you know needs a ride; to a doctor or grocery store, gentle word, etc.  Offer to  take them.  GOODNESS when you can just do something good for someone.  FAITHFULNESS what you say, YOU DO, that includes; “to Abba, your spouse and friends.”  GENTLENESS deal with a problem calmly, not in anger - anger only frustrates them and you.  SELF-CONTROL being able to control your temper, and many of the items listed in the “deeds of the flesh” below.  There are 9 Godly Fruits and 15 Fleshly Fruits,  The Godly Fruit will give you health, happiness and a feeling of accomplishment within you or a deed well done.  Whereas; the Fleshly Fruits cause many health problems, high blood pressure, ulcers, and several others - this causes any fruit to be bruised, split and spoiled and leaves a door open [foothold], for the twerp to do you more damage.

[Galatians 5:19-21 NASB] 19 “Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are: immorality, impurity, sensuality, 20 idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, disputes, dissensions, factions, 21 envying, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these, of which I forewarn you [OT],  just as I have forewarned you [NT], that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.”  Old Testament [OT] and New Testament [NT]

Before you accepted Jesus into your heart, these were the ROTTEN FRUIT in your garden and believe me, I know it’s hard to change, but without the help of the Holy Spirit working in you - YOU CANNOT.  Why?  Because, YOU ARE 3 PARTS, Spirit, Soul and Body.  Abba said, in [Genesis 1:26 NASB] “Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness;” [Father - who gave us His, Son - who died for us and Holy Spirit - who is our teacher/helper in this life]. And a 3-fold cord cannot be easily broken:

[Ecclesiastes 4:12 NASB] “And if one can overpower him who is alone, two can resist him. A cord of three [strands] is not quickly torn apart.”  There’s HOPE, when you have all 3.

Every part has a purpose.  The body, thinks it should be boss, because without it we couldn’t function.  The Soul, is your mind, will and emotions and your Spirit is the voice of your conscience letting you know what’s right and wrong  [Also, it can be the Holy Spirit or twerp speaking to you [will cover this later in detail].  ALL of them, know what you are not doing and should or should not.]  I found my Soul was stuck in the middle between what my Body wanted and what the Spirit wanted.  Once you open your heart to Jesus, your Spirit becomes the boss, your Soul gives grace and forgiveness to others and your Spirit as you learn the FRUIT OF GOD, will direct you His way.  Then Your Body is stuck following you around, but no longer running the show.

This is what the world teaches you.  The twerp wants you on drugs [mindless], having non-marital sex, being immoral, not conforming to the accepting standards and trying to win an unwindable war.  Immorality is wickedness, Impurity is adulterous, corruption, and the reverse of pure.  Sensuality, pursuit of physical pleasure.  Idolatry, putting anything above Abba.  Sorcery, any kind of magic [especially black magic].  Enmities, is to hold generally [long] grudges.  Strife is, being angry or disagreeing forcibly within the community.   Jealousy is, a strong desire to have what someone else has.  Outburst is, a sudden release of strong emotions.   Anger is, a feeling of annoyance, displeasure or hostility.  Disputes is, an argument or disagreement about anything.  Dissensions is, a disagreement, leading to disputes.  Factions is, a dissenting organization or a clique to divide others.   Envying is, a feeling of discontented or resentful longing of what someone else has.   Drunkenness is, too much alcohol, Carousing is, drinking too much then enjoying yourself in a noisy, lively way.

Whereas, all of these are guided by the FLESH, this way of living - WILL STOP YOU FROM ENTERING HEAVEN!  So, if you are still walking in some of this fruit against Abba, start working on changing them.  Do you think, that drug users or alcoholics want to be mindless?  The enemy does, because this is his way to keep you out of the Kingdom of God and burning in Hell.  The Bible does say “Lack of Knowledge Kills My People [Hosea 4:6].

Warning, many things are impossible to change yourself in the flesh, but with Abba, ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE [Matthew 19:26]! 

THE PURPOSE AND REASON FOR ABBA’S FRUIT / CHARACTER IS:

LOVE: Love COVERS a multitude of sins [1 Peter 4:8]

JOY:  The Joy of the Lord is our STRENGTH [Nehemiah 8:10]

PEACE:  His Peace surpasses ALL understanding [Philippians 4:7]

PATIENCE: Is Resting in the Lord, Do not fret because of him who prospers, Because of the man who carries out wicked schemes… But those who wait for the LORD, they will inherit the land. [Psalm37:7]. 

  KINDNESS: Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you.  [Ephesians 4:32]

GOODNESS: "I Myself will make all My goodness pass before you,.. I will be gracious and will show compassion;  [Exodus 33:19]

FAITHFULNESS: without faith it is impossible to please [Him,] for he who comes to God must believe that He is and [that] He is a rewarder of those who seek Him [Hebrews 11:6] GENTLENESS: By forbearance a ruler may be persuaded, And a soft tongue breaks the bone. [Proverbs 25:15]

SELF-CONROL: prepare your minds for action, keep sober [in spirit,] fix your hope completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ [1 Peter 1:13]

I’ll let ABBA speak and close in His own words, about what is His purpose for you.

[Jeremiah 29:11 NASB] 'For I know the plans that I have for you,' declares the LORD, 'plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope.”

My prayer for ALL of you is, [1 John 4:16 NASB]  “We have come to know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.”   I declare you will understand and believe in God’s love that is for YOU, and by abiding in it, God will abide in you, and HAVE THE BEST FRUIT!

Blessings To You and Yours - and please keep praying for the Prodigals to come home.

Sandy F. - The Lord’s Servant

Matthew 28 - The final Chapter

SF, Stagecoach, NV

Dear Brothers, Sisters, Prodigals and Unsaved,

Our Lessons in Matthew will always have such topics that show; "How To" Live our Lives, Healings, Miracles, Deliverance and more.  Today you’ll learn and see; what we need in this chapter concerning, Jesus has Risen and THE GREAT COMMISSION.

So hang in there - Abba [God] wrote this all down, for His Children to have the knowledge we need to get through these crazy days.  Thereby knowing the truth, we're set-free by Jesus' Victory, we have victory, when we learn to say and do what Jesus did.  

You’ll notice, that each of the books of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John have some variances.  It’s not because they were in disagreement, but that they only related what they saw and did within their time frame with JESUS.  So don’t worry about those people who say the Bible is in disagreement.  If you and 3 or 4 people read the same book, yet had different opinions why is that?  It’s because each of you are in different places in life, talents or knowledge.  It does not mean any of you are wrong, you just see it from a different point of view, some will see more, others less.  PTL!  If we were all alike, we’d be awful boring.  And that would not fit with what Abba [God] said, “WE ARE MADE IN HIS IMAGE”.  We have different jobs, from different countries; etc, I think you get the message - DIFFERENT IS NOT WRONG - UNLESS THEY:

Deny the Birth, Death, Resurrection, or that JESUS IS THE ONLY WAY TO THE FATHER.  Stay clear of them, until you know how important each of these times are and Jesus completed.

You’ll see that in, Chapter 28 they are only about the RESURRECTION AND THE GREAT COMMISSION we have, that’s why He gave us the same authority and power, that  Abba gave Christ Jesus.  FYI: that’s what we’ll be covering for the next couple of months.  Also, the Great Commission could not be done completed in our own power - It took Jesus’ ALL to complete, then He gave it to us, so we could fulfill His Great Commission. 

28:1-20 CHAPTER 28:

28:1-15 : JESUS IS RISEN!

    1-7   [Matthew 28:1-7 NKJV] 1 “Now after the Sabbath, as the first [day] of the week began to dawn, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb. 2 And behold, there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat on it. 3 His countenance was like lightning, and his clothing as white as snow. 4 And the guards shook for fear of him, and became like dead [men]. 5 But the angel answered and said to the women, "Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. 6 "He is not here; for He is risen, as He said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. 7 "And go quickly and tell His disciples that He is risen from the dead, and indeed He is going before you into Galilee; there you will see Him. Behold, I have told you.”

As in Chapter 27, the other Mary is the Mother of Jesus, James, Joses [Joseph] [also Jude and Simon were Jesus’ brothers].
I sure hope, when all the angels come with Jesus to gather us together [rapture] an earthquake, off the charts doesn’t happen!  Seriously, I wonder if an earthquake will happen then too?  I saw the size of the doors they used to keep anyone in, until there is only the bones left [approximately 1 year].  So that stone would have been about 80" [inches-high], and about 24-36” [inches wide].  Whatever the size, it would be too heavy for just one man to move.  And the one angel moving it does not surprise me, because as I’ve told you before, when I have to move my couches to vacuum under, I always ask an angel to help me - then it slides right out for me.  If the angel had stood up, he probably would have scared the women, especially with his lightning countenance.  White clothes not so much.  Yet it scared the guards so much, they fainted.

The first thing the angel said “DO NOT FEAR” Jesus was crucified. Even showed them to prove, that He’s not there.  Go quickly and tell the disciples Jesus will meet them in Galilee.

And the next few verses confirm they did exactly what the angel told them to do.

    8-10  [Matthew 28:8-10 NKJV] 8 “So they went out quickly from the tomb with fea [porbably adrenaline] and great joy, and ran to bring His disciples word. 9 And as they went to tell His disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, "Rejoice!" So they came and held Him by the feet and worshiped Him. 10 Then Jesus said to them, "Do not be afraid. Go [and] tell My brethren to go to Galilee, and there they will see Me.”

Yes the went quickly, even running to share what scared [fear] them and made them so happy!  They did get to meet Jesus, before the disciples, rejoicing with tears [I’m sure], holding His feet, 1) proving He was not a Spirit but in the flesh and possibly to worship Him. 

Our Pastor, Allan Moser, just finished a Bible Study on the difference between Worship and Praise.  PRAISE is thanking Abba, for what He’s done for you - AND IT’S ALL ABOUT YOU.  While WORSHIP glorifies His Holy Name and is ALL ABOUT HIM.  Are you doing more Praise then Worship?  I know I was.  Change is good, but repenting [changing our ways] is better.  I never thought of it before.  What’s the saying, “You’re never to old to learn”?

28:16-20:  THE GREAT COMMISSION

   16-20. [Matthew 28:16-20 NKJV] 16 “Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, to the mountain which Jesus had appointed for them. 17 When they saw Him, they worshiped Him; but some doubted. 18 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19 "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 "teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, [even] to the end of the age." Amen.”

The disciples went to the mountain in Galilee that’s where Jesus had appointed for them to go.  Can you guess for sure, which one doubted?  “Doubting Thomas” for sure and a few others and he wasn’t even there the first time the disciples saw Jesus.  Yet Jesus showed those there, to see His scared body, His hands that had whole in them and side from when they verified He was dead.  So they had NO DOUBTS.  It’s like our answered prayers - THERE CAN BE NO DOUBT, THAT JESUS IS ALIVE AND HEARS YOUR PRAYERS, WHEN THEY ARE ANSWERED “SUPERNATURALLY”.

Our main Commission is Versus 19-20. Make disciples [share the Word to others around the world], Baptizing them in the trinity [Father, Son and Holy Spirit].  Teaching Christians to observe Abba’s ways. And His PROMISE to ALWAYS be with us.  With just those Commissions; Abba created; the positions necessary for His Great Commission; Apostles, [today, Missionaries], Prophets, Pastors, Evangelists and Teachers.   Jesus was, the only human who could and did, DO IT ALL!

[John 20:19-29 NKJV] 19 “Then, the same day at evening, being the first [day] of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them, "Peace [be] with you." 20 When He had said this, He showed them [His] hands and His side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. 21 So Jesus said to them again, "Peace to you! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you." 22 And when He had said this, He breathed on [them], and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit. 23 "If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the [sins] of any, they are retained." 24 Now Thomas, called the Twin, one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. 25 The other disciples therefore said to him, "We have seen the Lord." So he said to them, "Unless I see in His hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will not believe." 26 And after eight days His disciples were again inside, and Thomas with them. Jesus came, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, "Peace to you!" 27 Then He said to Thomas, "Reach your finger here, and look at My hands; and reach your hand [here], and put [it] into My side. Do not be unbelieving, but believing." 28 And Thomas answered and said to Him, "My Lord and my God!" 29 Jesus said to him, "Thomas, because you have seen Me, you have believed. Blessed [are] those who have not seen and [yet] have believed.”

Did you catch the first verse?  Jesus came through a locked door - which had to be in a spiritual form, then for them to touch Him - He had to revert to a physical form.

Then finally, after touching Jesus, Thomas never doubted again.  If you’re named Thomas, or have the same doubting [unbelieving] spirit that he had - see what the Lord said to Thomas, in John 20:29.  Thomas believed, because he touched the wholes in Jesus’ hands and side.  YET, warns him, that Thomas only believed because “he touched Him”.  BUT, blessed are those who have not sen and yet have believed.  [That’s YOU AND ME!]

The next blogs will be on “Your Authority to fulfill Your Commission from the Lord”?

If you’ve never read the book “The Power of Blessings” by Kerry Kirkwood - it’s a book I’d HIGHLY recommend you read.

2019 Has been declared by many various prophets, that it will be a year the prodigals will come home and many of the unsaved will become Christians - so HELP them to see ABBA, JESUS & HOLY SPIRIT.  Then hopefully we’ll be going home!  COME QUICKLY LORD JESUS…AMEN!

I also want to PRAISE the Lord for the 2018, 39 countries who’ve been reading the blog.  Know, that I pray nightly for those in authority over you and all the people within each of those nations and around the unsaved world.

My prayer for you; is that you’ll continue to read this Blog, especially concerning the next few series, I feel very strongly the Lord wants me to share with you.  1) To WORSHIP HIM, you need to know ABBA and His Character.  2] Our Authority in Jesus’ Name, to fight the good fight against the enemy.  Jesus said in, [John 15:15 NKJV] 15 "No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I heard from My Father I have made known to you.”

BLESSINGS to you and yours - REJOICE IN ALL THINGS COMING IN 2019!

In Jesus’ Name,

Sandy F. - The Lord’s Servant