Transformation

Romans 12:2 says, "and do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God."

This comes by reading the word of God. The Bible is our blueprint for living a righteous life.

"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have come new."

(II Corinthians 5:17)

Let us think about a butterfly. Butterflies are beautiful, but they don't start off that way. The butterfly has to endure different stages.

Stage one-small, round, oval or cylindrical egg.

Stage two-larvae (caterpillar); this is the stage where the caterpillar eats continuously. This is so the caterpillar will be able to grow quickly.

Stage three-Pupa (chrysalis); The caterpillar is now at full-size and then it forms itself into a pupa. It is inside the pupa that everything is going on.

Stage four-the caterpillar did all its changing inside of the pupa, metamorphosis.

The butterfly now emerges from the pupa. The transformation is complete. A new creation has been born.

We are like new born babies desiring milk because it is more digestible. So we digest the word, but are not yet chewing upon it. (1 Corinthiansans 3:2)

Then we begin to grow and desire to know more and more. We now want the meat of the word. You see,  we go through stages too. Unlike, the butterfly, we do not truly emerge until we reign with Christ in heaven. It is an ongoing experience and there will be times we may even have to go back to basics. (Hebrews 5:12)

As we continue to grow in the word of truth we will put on new clothing. "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no Law." (Galatians 5:22-23)

We grow more into the attributes of Christ. Hallelujah!

Prayer: I thank you for the ability to grow in you with the help of the Holy Spirit within us. I pray that we all will strive towards the mark of excellence and that we would one day here, "…well done, good and faithful servant. " (Matthew 25:21)

Other scriptures:

2 Corinthians 5:27

2 Corinthians 3:18

1 John 3:2-3

Philippians 1:6

(There are many more scriptures)

 

Before any transformation can start within you you must first accept Jesus as your Savior and Lord. This must be done with the heart and not the mind. It means you must truly accept and know that Jesus Christ is the son of God and died on the cross for you and that he took upon himself your sins and sicknesses.

(1 Peter 2:24)

All scripture used were from the New King James version.

Comfort

Psalm 138:6-7

"Though I walk in the midst of trouble, Thou wilt revive me; 

Thou wilt stretch forth Thy hand against the wrath of my enemies, 

And Thy right hand will save me.

The Lord will accomplish what concerns me;

Thy loving kindness, O Lord, is everlasting;

Do not forsake the works of Thy hands."

You know Lord that my heart has been broken, but not severed. I have seen loss and yet I am not forsaken because You are always at my side. Your words will accomplish the plans You have set forth for me.

 

I pray Lord that You will reach down and comfort all those who are also going through grief and sorrow. It is only by Your hand that we get through these tough times. 

Amen.

God's Children

"Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols. Moreover, I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; and I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh."

Ezekiel 36: 25-26

I absolutely love these lines of Scripture. Yes, I am Jewish by birth, but it's so much more than that. 

You, O Lord, are definitely speaking to the Jewish people in these verses, but it is my belief that I and all believers in Christ, Messiah, can claim these words. As believers we are also Your people.

If I feel myself becoming hard in an area or off track all I have to do is pray these words. I make it personal.

(Romans 11: 16 - 21; 8: 17 and 2 Corinthians 5: 17)

Thank you, my Lord, for Your words of  truth. They bring life to my very being. You hold me up when I am too weak and bring me into your loving arms.

Amen.

Piousness

1 Corinthians 3:1-4

"Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual but as worldly- mere infants in Christ. I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for it. Indeed, you are still not ready. You are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not worldly? Are you not acting like mere men?

These verses made me think of how Christians try to act so pious and how week after week they sit and listen to what is being sung and preached, but then go home and gossip or quarrel.

They put themselves on pedestals and then blame everyone else for the divisions within the body/church.

They are so busy looking at one another and their shortcomings and ignore their own. (Matthew 7:3)

They need to be following Christ and Christ alone. They are not to be petty and arguing over non sequential things. (Romans 14:1-8)

We Christians have been bought by a price with the blood of Jesus. No one is better then another and we must treat one another with compassion and love. 

Prayer: 

Father, I pray for the body of Christ and myself that we let go of all things that tend to bring discord and lack of harmony. Teach us to continually walk in your truths. 

In Christ I pray,

Amen

April 30, 2014

"In peace I will both lie down and sleep,
For Thou alone, O Lord, dost make me to dwell in safety."
Psalm 4:8 (NASB)

My favorite verse of this psalm of King David.
It is a promise for all who put their trust in Him. I can rest assured that You are always with me whether I am awake or asleep. My part is to remain truthful to my call that You, O Lord, have given unto me.

Father,
Help me to continually keep my focus on You and not to lean on my own understanding. My desire is to do Your will and not to have my own way. Let me be selfless in my desires.
In Yeshua's name,
Shifra

April 17, 2014

Exodus 13:15

"And it came about, when Pharoah was stubborn about letting us go, that the Lord killed every first-born in the land of Egypt, both the first-born of man and the first-born of beast. Therefore, I sacrifice to the Lord the males, the first offspring of every womb, but every first-born of my sons I redeem."

You, O Lord, have done the same for me. By sacrificing Your Son, Your only begotten Son, You have redeemed me! 

This is what You planned from the beginning. You want all mankind to know and receive the cleansing blood of Jesus. 

It is Your desire for all to turn from sin and to trust in Your redeeming Love, unconditional love. 

Oh Lord, thank You for saving me. Thank You for all You have taken me out of. I am so blessed not to be living my old wretched life. You have given me a life that is so exceptionally more then I could of ever hoped or dreamed of.

Forgive me, O Lord, when I fail to acknowledge Your awesomeness. Forgive me when I allow my selfish ways to take precedence. Forgive me when I try to do things my own way.  Forgive me when I give into the weakness of my flesh.

I truly want to do Your will and I want Your desires to be fulfilled in my life. I want all that is not of You to be stripped from my life.

Make me strong where I am weak. Encourage me when I feel defeated. 

Amen

Passover

Exodus 8:1b

"Let My people go, that they may serve Me."

Exodus 8:22a

"But on that day I will set apart the land of Goshen, where my people are living,"

Exodus 8:23a

"Now you shall eat it in this manner: with your loins girded, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and you shall eat it in haste--it is the Lord's Passover."

Exodus 12:13 

"And the blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you live; and when I see the blood I will pass over you, and no plague will befall you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt."

Exodus 12:46b

"nor are you to break any bone of it."

John 19:33

"but coming to Jesus, when they saw He was already dead, they did not break His legs;"

John 19:36

"For these things came to pass, that the scripture might be fulfilled, "Not a bone of Him shall be broken."" 

Passover and the Last Supper are one in the same. 

In the natural God was restoring the nation of Israel out of the land of Egypt and Pharaoh's hands. 

When God says "let my people go" he also meant it spiritually. He knew what was coming. He was telling Satan that he could not touch His children. 

Jesus, Yeshua, became the final sacrificial Lamb for me and the world. All I had to do was to repent and give Him access. Hallelujah! 

On Passover none of the bones of the sacrificed lamb were to be broken and this was a prophetic word. On the cross none of the bones of Jesus were broken.

This was the fulfillment of that word.

The blood on the doors kept the Angel of Death away just as the blood of Yeshua keeps Satan away. Thank you Lord God!

Satan can not step on the 'bloodline'!

Pharaoh was like the devil as he kept people enslaved just as the devil continues to do today. Through the blood of Jesus I am no longer under Satan's foothold, but I am a bond servant for Christ, my Messiah. 

Thank You Father for the given of your Son and thank You Jesus for Your obedience to Your Father. Holy Spirit, thank you for filling me with revelation.

I give You praise and glory and I am so thankful that The Passover Lamb lives in me!!!! Amen.