Acts 4:29–30, Grant to your servants. The disciples didn’t pray for deliverance from their enemies; rather, they prayed for boldness to preach the gospel with signs and miracles following. There is a major difference between the two prayers. YHVH answered this prayer. What can we learn from this example? When we are faced with a life-threatening situation, may we, by YHVH’s grace and empowerment, be willing to lay our lives down by coming out with a strong gospel message to our adversaries.
The Word of God is the Sword of the Spirit. We fight not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. These disciples knew this truth, and this truth led them to pray as they did, and Yeshua empowered them with the Ruach ha Kodesh in order to fight that battle.
Hallelu-Yah Wendy. We know the truth now we need to pray that we are lead by the Ruach to be mighty for The Most High!
How can we be sent …….if we are not prepared to go carrying the Good News of the Kingdom of Elohim with such a strong desire! Our shield IS Faith.
May our houses shake with this outpouring of His Desire to help us DO His Will!
Chazak in Him
FJ
Natan, please comment on this for my clarification and education…
Zech chapter 8 talks about 4 fasts that shall be feasts, and 10 men taking hold of the skirt (tzit-tzits?) of a Jew…could this be the 10 tribes coming out of Babylon to seek the Elohim of the Torah and that it is for today as well as the future? If they would only listen to the Truth!
In reading Amos this morning I found that in chapter 4 Elohim talks about the kine of Bashan. Kine is a cow or heifer. This brought me to remember the sacrifice of the red heifer. According to Elohim through the prophet Amos, kine are those who oppress the poor and crush the needy. Kine are those who are full of pride and haughtiness. This leads me to think that one important aspect of the sacrificing of the red heifer symbolized the killing of a prideful, haughty, and boastful heart for the sake of a contrite, poor, and humble one.