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Prime The Pump
Pro 7:1-3 My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments
with thee. Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the
apple of thine eye. Bind them upon thy fingers, write them
upon
the table of thine heart.
I would like to examine in this teaching the relationship
between
the heart and the mouth. Yahweh has commanded us to write HIS
commandments upon our hearts. The Hebrew word for
commandments here is Mitzvoth:
H4687 mitzvah
Brown Driver Briggs Definition:
1) commandment
1a) commandment (of man)
1b) the commandment (of Yahweh)
1c) commandment (of code of wisdom)
In Proverbs 3:1-4 Yahweh tells us further that we should:
...forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my
commandments:
For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add
to
thee. Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about
thy
neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: So shalt thou
find
favour and good understanding in the sight of Yahweh and man.
How important is it for us to "write the commandments
upon the
table of our heart?" We see here in these verses that if
we will do
so that we will have long life AND Shalom (Peace - Nothing
Missing; Nothing Broken) in our lives. I, for one want that
blessing to come upon my life. How about you friend? Do you
want to continue walking in defeat, uncertainty, sickness,
poverty
and failure in this life? Or would you like to walk in the
"fullness
of joy?" Now you are probably saying to yourself, Pastor,
no one
can have blessings in their life all the time. We will always
be
attacked by the wicked one with accusation and condemnation
and
guilt! Friend, the devil may attack you, but you are
"More than an
overcomer!"
Rom 8:37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors
through him that loved us.
Rev 12:11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and
by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives
unto
the death.
How do we overcome the wicked one? Read it with me - out loud!
You need to hear yourself say this, over and over again. I
overcome the wicked one, the devil, by the blood of the lamb,
by
the Word of my testimony, and that I love not this life unto
the
death! Yahushua promised us that we have all power of the
wicked one in our life.
Luke 10:19 Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents
and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and
nothing
shall by any means hurt you.
Will we walk in that power, or continue to allow him to defeat
us?
It saddens me that so many believers today are walking around
defeated all the time. Friend... You don't have live this way
any
longer! You ARE MORE than a conqueror through the power of
Yahushua in you!
Ok you ask, so if I can do this....Please tell me how. I'm
sick and
tired of being sick and tired. I don't want to live life
"broke,
busted, and disgusted" anymore. How do I get out of the
cycle
that I have been in?
Well, the first thing you need to realize is that you didn't
get to the
place where you are today overnight. It has been a continual
process throughout your entire lifetime. But if you can
identify that
process and how you got to where you are today, then you will
be
far along the road to turning your situation around. It might
not
happen tomorrow, but if you continue to do the things that we
are
learning here today you will begin to walk in victory and
power!
So let's look at what we have been doing all of our lives to
get
ourselves to the place where we are right now. When you were
small certain seeds were planted in your life. Now I hear you
asking, 'I have seeds in me?' Yes you absolutely do! These
seeds
are the words that have been spoken to you by others all
through
your life and the words that you have believed and spoken
yourself.
Luke 8:11 The seed is the word of Yahweh.
While this is a great truth of Scripture, it is only half of
the Truth.
We need to be wise to discern all of the Word of Yahweh. The
seed
of Yahweh's Word is good seed that brings life into our
situations.
But when we look at Proverbs 18 we see that there is also bad
seed
that we can plant which does not bring life, but rather death
into
our situation.
Pro 18:20 - 21 A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit
of
his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be
filled.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that
love
it shall eat the fruit thereof.
So, in reality, the very words that we speak create life or
death in
our situations. But how does this relate to the Scripture we
looked
at in Proverbs 3 & 7 that told us to write Yahweh's
commandments
on our hearts? Well that is what we need to examine and begin
to
put into action in our life! As we go through the rest of this
teaching keep in mind that we are looking at the relationship
between the heart and the mouth. This is critical to
understand, for
if one only has the Word in his heart, and not his mouth he is
a
hearer and not a doer of the Word. Likewise if he has the Word
in
his mouth, but it is not etched upon his heart, then it will
not work
for him either. Notice it tells us in Romans 10:8 that we have
to
have the Word of Yahweh in our hearts and in our mouths for it
to
have any avail in our lives.
Rom 10:8 But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, [even] in
thy
mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we
preach;
Yahushua said it this way in Mark 11:22-24:
And Yahushua answering saith unto them, Have faith in
Yahweh (Or Yahweh's kind of faith). For verily I say unto you,
That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed,
and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his
heart,
but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come
to
pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith. Therefore I say unto
you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that
ye
receive [them], and ye shall have [them].
Notice in verse 23 above Yahushua said three times that we
have to say it, and also believe it! If we are not saying and
believing it's not going to work for us. We must have a
balance
between saying and believing. And we need to know how that
occurs so that we can do it in our life. For unless we speak
Yahweh's Word and believe it in our heart, we can never receive
from Yahweh. This is exactly how you were "Born
Again" and it is
how you receive anything you need to be an overcomer in this
life.
Rom 10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Master
Yahushua, and shalt believe in thine heart that Yahweh hath
raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
Can you see it? Confess with your mouth and believe in your
heart. This is the key to receiving anything from Yahweh. So
how
do we do this? In order to explain the process I want to give
you an
illustration of how a pump works. When you put a well on your
property it may go into the ground 200 feet or more to get to
the
water source! The well has to go deep into the ground, and the
Word of Yahweh has to go deep into your heart. At the top of
the
well you put a pump that will pull the water from under the
ground
up to the top. So far we have a well, with a pump. But if we
just
turn the pump on, do you know what will happen? Absolutely
nothing! Before the pump will properly work it has to be
primed.
You do that by pouring water into the pump to fill the
"vacuum"
that is filled with air. Then the pump will begin to pull the
water
from under the ground for you.
Psalm 45:1 My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the
things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the
pen of a ready writer.
Remember that Yahweh told us in Proverbs 3 & 7 that we are
to
"write the commandments on our hearts?" We do this
by using
our tongue as a pen to write Yahweh's Word on our heart, in
our
Spirit man. The Messiah explained it in this fashion in
Matthew
12:34-36:
O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good
things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth
speaketh. A good man out of the good treasure of the heart
bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil
treasure bringeth forth evil things. But I say unto you, That
every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account
thereof in the day of judgment.
Now here is where the problem comes in. Most of our life,
especially before we become a believer, we have spoken idle
words. We see from the context of what Yahushua is saying that
idle words are words that bring death into our situation
instead of
bringing life. So we need to begin to turn our speech around
and
speak only the Word of Yahweh! When situations arise, find out
what the Word says about them and begin to speak the Word
instead of speaking about the situation. Since we have been
trained
otherwise for all of our life, this may not be an easy task.
We will
have to be conscious of every word that we speak for a time.
This
is "priming the pump" of our heart with the fresh
"Water of the
Word." It is Yahweh's Word and HIS Word alone that will
bring
life to you and the situations that you are in.
John 6:63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh
profiteth
nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and
they are life.
Since Yahushua said HE only spoke the Words of Almighty
Yahweh, then all of the Word of Yahweh will bring us life.
That
word life in the Greek is "zoe", meaning an
abundant, secure, and
prospering life! Life in every area of our existence -
Spiritual,
Emotional, Mental, and Physical. We need to prosper in this
life so
we can overcome the wicked one friend. The devil and his
children
should never walk in more victory than a "son or daughter
of
Almighty Yahweh!" But in order to walk in this abundant
life we
need to begin speaking the Word of Yahweh, and stop speaking
the
words of the devil. Yes, that is right, the devil has words
and he is
planting them in your mind all the time. Words of fear, words
of
doubt, words of failure, words of defeat! That is why Shaul
told us
in 2 Cor 10:3-5:
For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the
flesh:
(For the weapons of our warfare [are] not carnal, but mighty
through Yahweh to the pulling down of strong holds;) Casting
down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself
against the knowledge of Yahweh, and bringing into captivity
every thought to the obedience of Yahushua.
Can you see it? We need to replace (bring into captivity)
every
thought contrary to the Word of Yahweh and replace it (cast it
down) with that Word that will deliver us! Begin today to
speak
Yahweh's Word in your life. You may find in the beginning that
is
a real chore. Remember that it is the devils job to come and
try to
steal that Word (seed) you are planting. But just keep
planting, and
watering that seed and it will grow into maturity. You will
reap a
harvest of good things in your life if you don't grow weary
and if
you faint not. Begin to prime the pump of your heart with the
Word. As you speak the Word out loud it will get down in your
heart and build faith inside of you that can accomplish great
things.
Rom 10:17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the
Word of Yahweh.
We have to speak the Word of Yahweh so that we hear it with
our
own ears. Then faith will arise in our hearts. Keep putting
the
Word in your heart until your situations begin to change
friend.
Don't give up. Don't allow a word contrary to Yahweh's word to
come into your mouth any longer. Only speak the Word of
Yahweh. Never speak about the mountains in your life, speak to
them! They will move out of your way and you will walk in
victory all the days of your life!
Keep Priming the pump!
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