Yahonatan777
09-03-2007, 04:54 PM
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The Father's Love Never Fails
There are many of us who have been struggling in dealing with various aspects of life and this strife is rooted in the fact that we have yet to receive the fullness of the revelation of the Father's love for us. I will be the first to admit that there are times of hardship when it seems as if He is not for us. However, this is a lie from our adversary the devil who draws our attention away from the Truth to the veil of illusion which shrouds our minds in deep darkness and entraps us from the divine liberation which is rightfully ours through Messiah.
(1 John 4:18a) "There is no fear in love, perfect love casts out all fear..." It is the fears, doubts, and unbelief permeating our consciousness and heart which serve as hindering "stones" blocking various measures of the divine flow of the "River" of the "Living Waters" of His abundant Spirit within us. How do we remove these things? We cannot, for we remain powerless to do so within our own self-abilities. It is only possible as we receive the perfecting of His love within us and fully agree/cooperate with His holy Word (the "Sword" of the Spirit) which is able to completely sever and remove anything contrary to His nature, and as we consistently meditate therein by His inspiration and guidance, His power becomes loosened in increasing measure to propell us with greater force and effectiveness into what has been promised unto us. (Heb.4:12; 2 Cor. 10:4-6; Josh.1:8; Ps.1:2,3)
It says in 1 John 4:8, "....Elohim is love." Within this and numerous other passages of holy Scripture, the English word, "love" is translated from the Greek "agape". However, since I have recently learned that the word, "agape" has it's origin in the names/titles of Greek pagan mother goddess worship and "love-feasts", I will instead use the pure Hebrew word from the original manuscripts for this kind of love, which is אהב(ahav). Ahav means : "pure, unconditional, unselfish, and unmerited love". True ahav/love is the foundation (through Messiah) upon which all the buildings blocks arise and stand firmly. In any area where there is lack, destablization occurs. This word, "love", is written not merely as a noun but also a verb. Within the statement that "Elohim is love" is the implication that all of His activity is loving activity. In all that He does for us, His perfect ahav/love is being expressed, whether it be in creating, commanding, ruling, saving, edifying, exhorting, judging, restoring, etc.
Have you ever wondered exactly how much He loves you? I have, and in seeking the answer, I found the clue within His words, "v’ahavta l’reakha kamokha[you shall love your neighbor as yourself]."(Lev.19:18 ; Mark 12:31) He IS the Word, and whenever He speaks, it is representative of His own Personality and Nature. Your heavenly Father loves you as much as His own Self. Isn't that awesome? The Son is the redemptive emanation of the Father for our sakes, and He gave the Son out of Himself for us so that we may be able to receive the fullness of our Salvation, which includes divine health, wholeness, prosperity, protection, and deliverance. "If Elohim is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?" (Rom.8:31b,32) Regardless of our feelings during various seasons and times of our lives, our heavenly Father Yahweh Elohim is indeed for us. He never begins anything that He doesn't plan to complete. The thoughts and plans He has for us for the peace and not calamity, to give us a Hope and a Future. (Jer. 29:11)
(1 Cor.13:4-8a) "Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails."
My dear brothers and sisters in Messiah, His love for you is more intoxicating than the finest wine and sweeter than the purest honey. As He continually draws you deeper into the amazing depths of His heart, you shall ascend increasingly into the heights of His magnificent Glory. He desires for us to continually meditate upon His precious words and bask in the glorious Presence of His divine Breath/Spirit. Let Him saturate every cell of your being and fill you with increasing measures of Himself on a consistent basis, day in and day out. This is our Life, and abiding therein His Shekinah Glory is the answer to all of our needs and pure desires. Your Father intensely longs for your fellowship and communion. He wants a deeply intimate, spiritual relationship with you, with every aspect and facet of your life being gloriously interwoven into His divine Essence. As He sits upon His throne on high, His arms reach out to you night and day through His Holy Breath with an everlasting love that has no limits nor boundaries. As you answer His call of love, He will touch your heart and life, thus making you progressively whole, complete, and satisfied in the rich abundance of His grace and mercy. His love never fails. It casts out all fear and anything which is of darkness, and nothing shall be able to separate us from It. HalleluYah!!!
(Romans 8:35-39) "Who shall separate us from the love of Messiah? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written: "For Your sake we are killed all day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter." Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of Elohim which is in Messiah Yahshua our Master."
(Isaiah 54: 10,11) " For the mountains shall depart and the hills be removed, but My kindness shall not depart from you, nor shall My covenant of peace be removed' says Yahweh, who has mercy on you. O you afflicted one, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay your stones with colorful gems, and lay your foundations with sapphires."
(Jeremiah 31: 3) "Yahweh has appeared of old to me, saying, "Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love; Therefore with lovingkindness I have drawn you."
Of the Israelites during the Exodus, He says, "I drew them with gentle cords, with bands of love, and I was to them as those who take the yoke from their neck. I stooped and fed them." (Hosea 11:4)
(Zephaniah 3:17) "Yahweh your Elohim is in your midst, the Mighty One will save; He will rejoice over you with gladness, He will quiet you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing." Wow, what a glorious and powerful scene to behold, Him rejoicing and singing over His loved ones.
In Him we live, move, and have our being,
Yahonatan
The Father's Love Never Fails
There are many of us who have been struggling in dealing with various aspects of life and this strife is rooted in the fact that we have yet to receive the fullness of the revelation of the Father's love for us. I will be the first to admit that there are times of hardship when it seems as if He is not for us. However, this is a lie from our adversary the devil who draws our attention away from the Truth to the veil of illusion which shrouds our minds in deep darkness and entraps us from the divine liberation which is rightfully ours through Messiah.
(1 John 4:18a) "There is no fear in love, perfect love casts out all fear..." It is the fears, doubts, and unbelief permeating our consciousness and heart which serve as hindering "stones" blocking various measures of the divine flow of the "River" of the "Living Waters" of His abundant Spirit within us. How do we remove these things? We cannot, for we remain powerless to do so within our own self-abilities. It is only possible as we receive the perfecting of His love within us and fully agree/cooperate with His holy Word (the "Sword" of the Spirit) which is able to completely sever and remove anything contrary to His nature, and as we consistently meditate therein by His inspiration and guidance, His power becomes loosened in increasing measure to propell us with greater force and effectiveness into what has been promised unto us. (Heb.4:12; 2 Cor. 10:4-6; Josh.1:8; Ps.1:2,3)
It says in 1 John 4:8, "....Elohim is love." Within this and numerous other passages of holy Scripture, the English word, "love" is translated from the Greek "agape". However, since I have recently learned that the word, "agape" has it's origin in the names/titles of Greek pagan mother goddess worship and "love-feasts", I will instead use the pure Hebrew word from the original manuscripts for this kind of love, which is אהב(ahav). Ahav means : "pure, unconditional, unselfish, and unmerited love". True ahav/love is the foundation (through Messiah) upon which all the buildings blocks arise and stand firmly. In any area where there is lack, destablization occurs. This word, "love", is written not merely as a noun but also a verb. Within the statement that "Elohim is love" is the implication that all of His activity is loving activity. In all that He does for us, His perfect ahav/love is being expressed, whether it be in creating, commanding, ruling, saving, edifying, exhorting, judging, restoring, etc.
Have you ever wondered exactly how much He loves you? I have, and in seeking the answer, I found the clue within His words, "v’ahavta l’reakha kamokha[you shall love your neighbor as yourself]."(Lev.19:18 ; Mark 12:31) He IS the Word, and whenever He speaks, it is representative of His own Personality and Nature. Your heavenly Father loves you as much as His own Self. Isn't that awesome? The Son is the redemptive emanation of the Father for our sakes, and He gave the Son out of Himself for us so that we may be able to receive the fullness of our Salvation, which includes divine health, wholeness, prosperity, protection, and deliverance. "If Elohim is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?" (Rom.8:31b,32) Regardless of our feelings during various seasons and times of our lives, our heavenly Father Yahweh Elohim is indeed for us. He never begins anything that He doesn't plan to complete. The thoughts and plans He has for us for the peace and not calamity, to give us a Hope and a Future. (Jer. 29:11)
(1 Cor.13:4-8a) "Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails."
My dear brothers and sisters in Messiah, His love for you is more intoxicating than the finest wine and sweeter than the purest honey. As He continually draws you deeper into the amazing depths of His heart, you shall ascend increasingly into the heights of His magnificent Glory. He desires for us to continually meditate upon His precious words and bask in the glorious Presence of His divine Breath/Spirit. Let Him saturate every cell of your being and fill you with increasing measures of Himself on a consistent basis, day in and day out. This is our Life, and abiding therein His Shekinah Glory is the answer to all of our needs and pure desires. Your Father intensely longs for your fellowship and communion. He wants a deeply intimate, spiritual relationship with you, with every aspect and facet of your life being gloriously interwoven into His divine Essence. As He sits upon His throne on high, His arms reach out to you night and day through His Holy Breath with an everlasting love that has no limits nor boundaries. As you answer His call of love, He will touch your heart and life, thus making you progressively whole, complete, and satisfied in the rich abundance of His grace and mercy. His love never fails. It casts out all fear and anything which is of darkness, and nothing shall be able to separate us from It. HalleluYah!!!
(Romans 8:35-39) "Who shall separate us from the love of Messiah? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written: "For Your sake we are killed all day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter." Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of Elohim which is in Messiah Yahshua our Master."
(Isaiah 54: 10,11) " For the mountains shall depart and the hills be removed, but My kindness shall not depart from you, nor shall My covenant of peace be removed' says Yahweh, who has mercy on you. O you afflicted one, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay your stones with colorful gems, and lay your foundations with sapphires."
(Jeremiah 31: 3) "Yahweh has appeared of old to me, saying, "Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love; Therefore with lovingkindness I have drawn you."
Of the Israelites during the Exodus, He says, "I drew them with gentle cords, with bands of love, and I was to them as those who take the yoke from their neck. I stooped and fed them." (Hosea 11:4)
(Zephaniah 3:17) "Yahweh your Elohim is in your midst, the Mighty One will save; He will rejoice over you with gladness, He will quiet you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing." Wow, what a glorious and powerful scene to behold, Him rejoicing and singing over His loved ones.
In Him we live, move, and have our being,
Yahonatan