Prayer Journal

The Fall Deepens And the man said, “The woman whom Thou gavest to be with me, she gave me from the tree, and I ate.” Then the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” And the woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate” (Gen 3:12-13). The three major […]

The Voices (iii). He is also the Bridegroom. The quality of any relationship can be measured by the quality of its communication. What bride would like to hear from her bridegroom that he has written a book for her, and the only way he is going to communicate with her again is for her to

The Voices (ii) The Lord did not say that the lambs knew His voice, but rather the sheep. Sheep will follow their shepherd while the lambs will follow the sheep. Likewise, the spiritually young usually do need to follow more mature believers until they have grown to know the Lord\’s voice for themselves. However, it

The Voices And He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?” (Gen 3:11) It is interesting to note that Adam and Eve did not think it was strange that a serpent spoke to them. From this we can deduct that

Fear (ii) And he (Adam) said, “I heard the sound of Thee in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself ” (Gen 3:10). Unholy fear is rooted especially in the fear of rejection. Because man was created to have fellowship with God and one another, rejection is one

Fear And he (Adam) said, “I heard the sound of Thee in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself ” (Gen 3:10). The first mention of fear in the Bible is in the above verse. There is a pure and holy fear of God, and there is an

The Delusion And they heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden. Then the LORD God called to the man, and said to him, “Where

The Cover-Up Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loin coverings (Gen 3:7). Here the sin goes a little deeper. As we have studied, Adam and Eve\’s first response to sin was for them to look at

The Fall She took from its fruit and ate; and she gave also to her husband with her, and he ate (see Gen 3:6). If we listen to the devil, and give serious consideration to what he says, we will almost surely fall into his trap and sin. Those who fall into sin almost never

The Deception (iii) We read in Phil 4:8: “Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, let your mind dwell on these things.” In 2 Cor 10:5 it says, “We

The Deception.(ii) When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable to make one wise (see Gen 3:6). The deadly tree is called the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil for a reason. The “good” side

The Deception (i) God has established guidelines for our lives. If we insist on bending the rules, it will result in our own destruction. These rules were not made just to frustrate us, but rather to keep us safe. Sin kills. Disobedience is sin, and it will always result in tragedy. Let us establish in

The Temtption-Gen.3:4-5 We should also note that the very first recorded lie of Satan was “You surely shall not die.” This is still his basic lie, and the great deception that is the root of most false religions and beliefs. Yet, the Word of God is clear, “For the wages of sin is death” (see

The Trap And the serpent said to the woman, “You surely shall not die! “For God knows that in the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil” (Gen 3:4-5). When the devil saw that the woman had already shown a subtle disrespect

The Question? As stated, there are good and bad questions, which can actually be the same question. Whether they are good or bad is determined by our motives. There was nothing wrong with Eve wanting to understand the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. It was only wrong for her to eat from it.

Special Meditation. . Elijah is another example. 1Ki 18:1 ¶ And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth. 1Ki 18:41 ¶ And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee

The Question? Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Indeed, has God said, ‘You shall not eat from any tree of the garden’?” And the woman said to the serpent, “From the fruit of the trees of the

Special Meditation. There are things that should be in the natural realm right now that are not that our God wants to be. If can look into the heavens and see from Gods perspective what God wants done in the earth then we can begin to call that forth into the earth realms. We look

Openness-Gen 2:25. When the man and woman were naked, it is implied that it was more than being without clothes. They trusted each other enough to be open and transparent with each other. This is the way that we were created to be, completely free and open with others, with nothing being hidden. This is

Our month of May this year, falls in between Nissan and Iyyar. We have three feasts and commemorative events take place during March/April to May. YHVH commanded the children of Israel to observe 7 specific festivals. These are the Passover, Unleavened bread, First Fruits; Pentecost; Trumpets; Atonement and Tabernacles. They are not festivals for the

\”The people that do know their God shall be strong.\” — Dan 11:32 Every believer understands that to know God is the highest and best form of knowledge; and this spiritual knowledge is a source of strength to the Christian. It strengthens his faith. Believers are constantly spoken of in the Scriptures as being persons

Leaving and Cleaving For this cause a man shall leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and they shall become one flesh (Gen 2:24). The relationship of fathers and mothers to their children is unique and special. For this reason the only commandment that had a promise attached to it

Marriage So the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh at that place. And the LORD God fashioned into a woman the rib which He had taken from the man, and brought her to the man.

Fellowship   Then the LORD God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him.” And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the sky, and brought them to the man to see what

The Test And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, “From any tree of the garden you may eat freely; but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat from it you shall surely die” (Gen 2:16-17). The Lord did not place

Work   And the LORD God planted a garden toward the east, in Eden; and there He placed the man whom He had formed. And out of the ground the LORD God caused to grow every tree that is pleasing to the sight and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst

God and Man(II)   To have fellowship with God is essential and elementary to our being, but it is also an unfathomable privilege. What could possibly be more exciting than to have fellowship with the Almighty? What could possibly be more interesting? As King David asked, why would the Lord even be interested in man?

God and Man   Now no shrub of the field was yet in the earth, and no plant of the field had yet sprouted, for the LORD God had not sent rain upon the earth; and there was no man to cultivate the ground. But a mist used to rise from the earth and water

The Sabbath(II) In Ezek 44:18 we are told concerning the priests, “Linen turbans shall be on their heads, and linen undergarments shall be on their loins; they shall not gird themselves with anything which makes them sweat.”   Sweat is the result of exerting our own strength, so sweat speaks of a ministry that comes

The Sabbath   Thus the heavens and the earth were completed, and all their hosts. And by the seventh day God completed His work which He had done; and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it