3/08/2011
3/07/2011
A Shofar Call to all Men
Recently, I heard a question that sent a shiver down my back. Where are the men in America? The ones who are willing to step into the gaps and be the leaders of our homes, our families and our nation. Whether America is doomed to fall or not is not the question. All nations are going to bow before Our Creator and His Son Yeshua. So yes America is going to fall but we are to be men of courage and pray for our nation.
Daniel and and other men of the Scriptures prayed for even their captures and the Father blessed them. He used these men to show others that commitment to Our Father is the most powerful weapon Ha Satan faces.
Our Nation has lost its soul and needs men of courage, men of prayer to lead the way. No matter what the ruler of this realm says or does to stop us. The question of where the men are in America is one we need to look in the pages of our recent history.
The leaders of today are looking to the last 50 years in history to see their role models.
Demasculinized role models of child like behaviors and whining sports figures are the role models of today's youth. Not many young men of today look up to the role models that the Father has given them. Grandpa and Dad .
Proverbs 22:6 tells us that we are to train up a child in the way he should go. This is not a verse for the state run schools - it is for us as parents (especially men). Men now a days are being told that we can not be in the roles that we were designed for. Gone are the days when men actually trained to be biblical men. Men of courage and men of honor. When I say this I mean in the likeness of Yeshua..
He was not weak nor was he timid. Read the scriptures. He turned over the money changers tables and challenged the Pharisees and the Sanhedrin of the day on their erroneous teachings. He even taught his disciples accordingly in Luke 22:35-38. Does this sound like a wimp? The way the world paints Him. Again where are the men?
The society of America is deprived of deeply rooted spiritual men of prayer. The more a man is deeply rooted in prayer the more he is in the will of the Father. Our example of deep prayer is Yeshua Himself in the Garden. He made His petition at the Father's feet and in much agony He prayed and sweat turned to blood. I personally have not reached that point in my prayer life that I was in so intense focus that my own sweat turned to blood.
What would happen if we, as men, rose up to be in prayer like Elijah, Daniel or David. David did obeisance before the Father. This was a man after Yah's own heart. What a statement that would make to our families? To our sons?
An example better than any Sports figure. We, as men , should rise up to bow down to our Creator, Abba - Father. Where are the men?
Are you a man that desires Yah's own heart? Are you a man of prayer? Are you a man of action or a man of in-action? Can you stand in the gaps and watch the night? Being ready to prayerfully do battle for our Father, our Families, and our Nation? Then start each day with the Father in prayer and with your family? If you need pray for yourself and want another pray warrior to help, let me know.
Shalom,
Steve
Daniel and and other men of the Scriptures prayed for even their captures and the Father blessed them. He used these men to show others that commitment to Our Father is the most powerful weapon Ha Satan faces.
Our Nation has lost its soul and needs men of courage, men of prayer to lead the way. No matter what the ruler of this realm says or does to stop us. The question of where the men are in America is one we need to look in the pages of our recent history.
The leaders of today are looking to the last 50 years in history to see their role models.
Demasculinized role models of child like behaviors and whining sports figures are the role models of today's youth. Not many young men of today look up to the role models that the Father has given them. Grandpa and Dad .
Proverbs 22:6 tells us that we are to train up a child in the way he should go. This is not a verse for the state run schools - it is for us as parents (especially men). Men now a days are being told that we can not be in the roles that we were designed for. Gone are the days when men actually trained to be biblical men. Men of courage and men of honor. When I say this I mean in the likeness of Yeshua..
He was not weak nor was he timid. Read the scriptures. He turned over the money changers tables and challenged the Pharisees and the Sanhedrin of the day on their erroneous teachings. He even taught his disciples accordingly in Luke 22:35-38. Does this sound like a wimp? The way the world paints Him. Again where are the men?
The society of America is deprived of deeply rooted spiritual men of prayer. The more a man is deeply rooted in prayer the more he is in the will of the Father. Our example of deep prayer is Yeshua Himself in the Garden. He made His petition at the Father's feet and in much agony He prayed and sweat turned to blood. I personally have not reached that point in my prayer life that I was in so intense focus that my own sweat turned to blood.
What would happen if we, as men, rose up to be in prayer like Elijah, Daniel or David. David did obeisance before the Father. This was a man after Yah's own heart. What a statement that would make to our families? To our sons?
An example better than any Sports figure. We, as men , should rise up to bow down to our Creator, Abba - Father. Where are the men?
Are you a man that desires Yah's own heart? Are you a man of prayer? Are you a man of action or a man of in-action? Can you stand in the gaps and watch the night? Being ready to prayerfully do battle for our Father, our Families, and our Nation? Then start each day with the Father in prayer and with your family? If you need pray for yourself and want another pray warrior to help, let me know.
Shalom,
Steve
1/29/2011
Some Simple Knots....
When I look at preparedness I find some of my former fire training helpful. With knot & rope etiquette being practical and useful in many survival situations. Ropes can be viewed as strictly physical but the use of them can be applied with some biblical understanding as well.
The physical side of ropes and knots is evident with the understanding of the use of the knot and type of rope. For example the Prusick Knot is used as a tightening knot when rock climbing. It helps to maintain the main rope from slipping from the climber. As the rope is tightening it acts as a braking mechanism in case of a fall or slip. It loosens as the rope is move upward because tension is less.
On the spiritual side a rope can represent your family. The more members of the family you have the more strands your rope has. My family has 3 members in it so our rope is quite tense at times. If all members are not in a place spiritually right our rope frays and comes unraveled like kermantle rope when the outer covering is wore down. If your covering or Yehsua is not in place your chances of the rope breaking can be greater. The Scriptures are the rope to Yeshua and the Father. If we are not bound by them then we have no hold or anchor and this can be a very problematic scenario.
Yeshua in Matthew 16:19 told Peter {Kepha} that what he binds on the earth shall be bound in the heaven and what he loosens on the earth shall be loosened in the heavens. A picture of tying something or untying, this is a spiritual application of permission and prohibiting. The permitting of something in a physical sense can give permission in the spiritual sense and thus allowing the rope to fray. An example is in music, videos, books and I hate to say it but food. Food can be a door allowed 'open' to fray the ropes of the family.
We are not to live by bread alone but by every word that comes from the mouth of Yah.
(Deuteronomy 8:3 and Luke 4:3).
In a survival situation will we succumb to the desires of our flesh?
I pray our family will not.
Shalom,
Steve
Fundamentals of Technical Rescue - Knots & Rope.
The physical side of ropes and knots is evident with the understanding of the use of the knot and type of rope. For example the Prusick Knot is used as a tightening knot when rock climbing. It helps to maintain the main rope from slipping from the climber. As the rope is tightening it acts as a braking mechanism in case of a fall or slip. It loosens as the rope is move upward because tension is less.
On the spiritual side a rope can represent your family. The more members of the family you have the more strands your rope has. My family has 3 members in it so our rope is quite tense at times. If all members are not in a place spiritually right our rope frays and comes unraveled like kermantle rope when the outer covering is wore down. If your covering or Yehsua is not in place your chances of the rope breaking can be greater. The Scriptures are the rope to Yeshua and the Father. If we are not bound by them then we have no hold or anchor and this can be a very problematic scenario.
Yeshua in Matthew 16:19 told Peter {Kepha} that what he binds on the earth shall be bound in the heaven and what he loosens on the earth shall be loosened in the heavens. A picture of tying something or untying, this is a spiritual application of permission and prohibiting. The permitting of something in a physical sense can give permission in the spiritual sense and thus allowing the rope to fray. An example is in music, videos, books and I hate to say it but food. Food can be a door allowed 'open' to fray the ropes of the family.
We are not to live by bread alone but by every word that comes from the mouth of Yah.
(Deuteronomy 8:3 and Luke 4:3).
In a survival situation will we succumb to the desires of our flesh?
I pray our family will not.
Shalom,
Steve
Fundamentals of Technical Rescue - Knots & Rope.
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