Dear brothers and sisters in our Lord Jesus, part of the growing repentance remnant, cleansing as His Bride, getting ready for His soon return as our Bridegroom,
The Risen Christ is our soon-returning Bridegroom. He sees us as His Bride. We all fall short of the glory of God, and yet He loves us and wishes us to follow Him up His narrow path to holiness. He wishes us to be holy as He is holy.
To support this process, National Day of Repentance is continuing a 40 day repentance cleanse, leading up to a Global Day of Repentance in many nations on Sunday, April 30, 2023. God willing, using the model of Nehemiah, many of us also will sign a new Covenant, confessing where we have failed to honor His Word and Authority. We will pledge to humble ourselves, pray, seek His face and turn from our wicked ways to follow His Word. Using His solution in 2 Chronicles 7:13-14, the Covenant calls upon the Lord, in His Mercy, to hear from heaven, forgive our sins, and heal our lands.
In this forty day time of purification we are focusing not just on removing old sin patterns, but above all knowing Who our Bridegroom is. Jesus IS God; He is the Name above ALL Names. By each day becoming open to knowing His Name, ending with the Name above all Names, we will begin to grasp Who Jesus is, and will thus begin to see ourselves properly as His Bride.
Join in the 40 day repentance cleanse at any point. Begin today. To register please go here: www.globalrepent.com
-- and please sign the Covenant ! Our sister Kathleen in California wrote: "May this new covenant advance God's Holy Kingdom on earth as we all repent and cleanse ourselves from sin patterns and all unrighteousness while we await the coming of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, King of Kings and Lord of Lords. AMEN"
Day Eleven of the 40 days will begin on Saturday, April 1.
Day Eleven: Give Him Thanks
Name of God: Yahweh Shalom-The God of Peace Judges 6:22-24)
"Now Gideon perceived that He was the Angel of the LORD. So Gideon said, 'Alas, O Lord God! For I have seen the Angel of the LORD face to face.' Then the LORD said to him, 'Peace be with you; do not fear, you shall not die.' So Gideon built an altar there to the LORD, and called it The- LORD-Is-Peace. To this day it is still in Ophrah of the Abiezrites."
Spend time alone with the Holy Spirit as you spiritually"dine" with Him, your Teacher, today (Revelation 3:20). He wishes you to become an overcomer. (Revelation 3:21).
Is there any hesitancy or doubt in you holding Yahweh Shalom-The God of Peace in healthy fear, with reverence and profound respect? Take time with Him now and ask Him where this hesitancy or doubt began.
Do you believe in Him fully? Do you hesitate to thank Him continually? We are to rely upon God who is the God of Peace. He is worthy of our thanking Him continually! God uses the weak, the fearful, and the imperfect, and fills them with His Spirit and uses them mightily for His glory. He can use you and me too! It's not the strength of the person but the strength, power and presence of the Spirit of God that accomplishes His purposes through us.
In Luke 5:17 God's power was evident, time and again, in Jesus: " Now it happened on a certain day, as He was teaching, that there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting by, who had come out of every town of Galilee, Judea, and Jerusalem. And the power of the LORD was present to heal them."
And Psalm 100:4-5 tells us to be thankful to Him: " Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise. Be thankful to Him, and bless His name. For the LORD is good; His mercy is everlasting, And His Truth endures to all generations."
Ask the Holy Spirit what more He can teach you as to where you may have doubted Him as Yahweh Shalom-The God of Peace. To believe in Him fully is central to our faith. Jesus said in John 6: 27-29: " Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man will give you, because God the Father has set His seal on Him. Then they said to Him, ' What shall we do, that we may work the work of God?' Jesus answered and said to them, ' This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He sent.'"
Another confirmation is in His Word at 1 John 5: 3-4: " For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome. For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world--our faith. Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?"
As your Holy Spirit Teacher reveals any of this, if you are moved, take the opportunity to confess any sin. If you do, He will be faithful and just to forgive that sin and to cleanse you from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9. And then you can take the next step, and freely decide forever to remove that hesitancy by changing your mind, repenting, and replacing it with His Word, such as this one, in John 1:29: " The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, 'Behold!' The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world." Or these verses: " I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. Therefore let us, as many as are mature, have this mind; and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal even this to you. Nevertheless, to the degree that we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us be of the same mind." (Philippians 3:14-16)
And let this be another guide for seeingYahweh Shalom-The God of Peace as Jesus prophetically in His Word:
Isaiah 9: 6-7:
For unto us a Child is born,
Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder.
And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Of the increase of His government and peace There will be no end,
Upon the throne of David and over His kingdom,
To order it and establish it with judgment and justice
From that time forward, even forever.
The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.
And Yeshua/ Jesus said, John 14:27: " Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. " For that alone, we are called to give Him thanks continually.
Let those Words be your guide today, and all days forward, as you walk on His path as a member of His Bride. May the joy and the peace of the Lord be your strength. By each day knowing His Name, ending with the Name above all Names, we will begin to grasp Who He is, and will thus begin to see ourselves properly as His Bride.
Yeshua/ Jesus is our soon-coming Bridegroom.
Here is a simple prayer which you can use as a model: "Heavenly Father, in Yeshua/Jesus/ Name, help me to remove all that is old and inaccurate, a filter of Who You are. Help me to grow in Christ to know You as You are, to believe in You fully. Please fill me afresh with Your loving Holy Spirit so that I may walk in Your fruits of the Holy Spirit ,including Your peace, bringing salt and light to others, being a light so shining before men, that they may see good works and glorify You, Almighty God, in heaven."
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Thank you to all who have given funds into the disaster in Malawi. Close to one thousand two hundred fifty dollars has been received. With those funds the OUT youth are handing out blankets and food, and are preaching the gospel!
With any donation you will receive" fruit that will abound to your account." Philippians 4:17
God bless you,
Pastor Jeff Daly
National Day of Repentance
pastorjeff@repentday.com
A recent Capitol Hill Prayer Partners conference call has been recorded. It gives an overview of our NDR projects and key prayers. You can listen by going here.
Each Wednesday we hold a 90 minute zoom "Cleansing the Bride" call which includes several private times with the Holy Spirit to see if there is any residue of an old sin pattern. Love grows as anyone later voluntarily shares what she or he may have confessed and repented of; we can all relate! Please join us: 10:30 AM Pacific, 1: 30 PM Eastern USA
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