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       We are praying that this is a precious Father's Day for all. It is my belief that, in view of the events in the Middle East and the signs of the end times around us, all prayer in the Body of Christ is essential. The importance of a father's prayers is presented in scripture.      There was a king named Abimelech (meaning "My father is king") who took Sarah, thinking that Sarah was Abraham's sister rather than his wife. Abraham's name means "Father of a multitude." The LORD came to King Abimelech in a dream, saying: "Behold, thou art a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife...Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her." (Gen. 20:1-6, excerpt).      The LORD prevented the king from touching Sarah, and warned him that he must return Sarah to Abraham: "Now therefore, restore the man h...

      The first mention of sin in the Bible gives us a picture of sin as a beast, waiting to devour as the LORD told Cain: "And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen? If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth ( rabas - to crouch stretched out like an animal, to lurk) at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire ( tesuqa - longing, craving, of a beast to devour), and thou shalt rule ( masal - rule, have dominion, reign, power) over him." (Gen. 4:6-7).      As was the dominion that was given to Adam, the same was given to Cain to have dominion over the crouching beast of sin that was lying in wait to devour him.      Scripture makes it very clear that all have sinned, yet we don't want to admit it or declare it when we see it: "As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one. There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. The...

            After His resurrection, Jesus was able to be with His disciples for forty days until His ascension into heaven: "And being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he (Jesus), ye have heard of me. For John truly baptized with water, but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence." (Acts 1:1-5). The receiving of the Holy Spirit was a promise of God the Father. The disciples then asked Jesus if He would restore the kingdom to Israel at this time. Jesus answered: "It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power. But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth." (v. 6-8).      The Father's promise of the Holy Spirit ...

      In the Body of Christ today, things are being taught and believed that are very concerning, especially because of the lateness of the hour before the return of Christ.       Jesus had healed a man who had been born blind. His disciples had asked Him who had sinned that the man had been born blind. Jesus answered: "Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him. I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is yet day: the night cometh, when no man can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world." (Jn. 9:1-5). The night is coming, yet many in the church have been told that miracles are not for today. However, miracles are very much to be part of the lives of the believers in Christ. As Jesus revealed that He was in the Father, and the Father was in Him, and that the works that Jesus did were because of the Father who dwelt within Him, Jesus said to His disciples to...

            Around 325 A.D., the known Church at that time officially removed the treasured Jewish roots from the Christian faith, creating a divide that still exists today. This division has sometimes taken the form of antisemitism, such as we see in the Christian Nationalism movement, as well as the falsehood of Replacement Theology that states that the Church has replaced Israel. In His Word, the LORD made a covenant with Israel specifically and intends to keep that covenant. We, as Christians, have been grafted into the natural olives tree of the Jewish faith. (Rom. 11:16-18). The early church was made up of Jews first and shortly thereafter Gentiles, with thousands of Jews converting to belief in Jesus as Messiah/Christ, including Jewish priests, after the resurrection of Christ according to the Book of Acts.       The divide between the two faiths of the same olive tree is also reflected in portions of scripture, such as Isaia...

      Mother's Day has always been a day of miracle conceptions at Everlasting Covenant. That promise dwells within God's Word, as we will read, and is still an active promise today. If you have desired a child, this message will be an encouragement for you.       From the beginning of God's Word, the LORD made the character and purpose that He created in a woman. After creating man, Adam, the LORD said: "And the LORD God said, It is not good that a man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him." (Gen. 2:18). In Hebrew, the term "help meet" is ezer/azar , meaning "help, aid, succor/support, to surround, defending, protect, to conquer." The LORD took an *aleph-tav/Alpha and Omega rib from the man in order to create the woman. When the LORD brought her to Adam, who had the authority to name every living creature, Adam said: "This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out ...