Gen 1:1 WEB In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

We don’t see the Triune GOD until we look at the Hebrew word: God: ĕlôhı̂ym.

(plural)

rulers, judges

divine ones

angels

gods

Elohiym is plural but yet there is only one God. Why is that since we learned that there is God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. It took me over 60 years to really see it. The three are so united that they are considered as One. It’s hard for us to understand such unity. We think that they can’t possibly be united in everything, but they are! The United States is one Country but with 50 states. They are very rarely united. Now in the New Testament, it talks about the ” body of Christ “. Jesus being the head and each one of us having a different part and function. We are united in Christ. We don’t see this “Unity ” because we are looking at the flesh. In the flesh, we have many different beliefs and that’s why there are so many different churches. Now in the Spirit, we are one. John 4:17. Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world.

For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection, Romans 6:5 NKJV

But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him. I Corinthians 6:17 NKJV

Dear Jesus! We thank you for being so united and making us united in You. To God be the glory Amen! www.Shalom2u.org

Gen 1:2 WEB The earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep and God’s Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters.

Now we have the Holy Spirit hovering over the formless and darkness surface of the deep. What and why was the Holy Spirit just hovering over the darkness? It was waiting for something to happen. In every ” Born Again ” Christian is the Holy Spirit waiting on us to know, believe, and declare who we are “in Christ Jesus “. This is what the Christian Faith is all about. This is how we grow and are changed into the image and likeness of God. It’s so simple but so hard to understand and believe. That’s why we need to meditate and seek God’s help to believe and understand.

Dear Jesus!   You sent the Holy Spirit to help us, to quicken our flesh to live more like You, to expel the darkness and bring in Your marvelous Light.   Glory be to God! Amen.   www.Shalom2u.org 

    ROMANS 8:11 But if the Spirit of him who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.

Rom 8:13 NHEB For if you live after the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

John 6:63 NHEB It is the spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and are life.

Gen 1:3-4 WEB3 God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 God saw the light, and saw that it was good. God divided the light from the darkness.

LIGHT DISPELS DARKNESS. JESUS IS THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. WHEN WE ABIDE IN JESUS, WE ARE ABIDING IN THE LIGHT.

God’s solution to the darkness in the world is sending Jesus, the light of the world, into the world.

Jesus’ solution to the darkness in the world is declaring that we are the light of the world. We shine when we declare Jesus and all that He has done for us.

Where is the most spiritual light in the world?   Isn’t it in those countries that have Jesus in their hearts. no one is perfect, no country is perfect but where there are real believers; there is the most Light.

What would happen if God did not speak ” LIGHT BE “? Nothing would happen; the darkness would remain and there would be no LIGHT. This is very important for us to realize. One of the main reasons that we don’t get our victory is that we are not declaring it. When we are ” Born Again “, we are a New Creation made in the image and likeness of God. God wants us to be like Him and declare things to be, before they come to pass. We see this in the life of Abraham, David, Jesus and many others. 2 Corinthians 4:13 And since we have the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, “I believed and therefore I spoke,” we also believe and therefore speak, We ask God to do something that He has already done for us. “Faith ” is declaring His Word, His promises.

Another important fact to know is that God is against “darkness “. Darkness represents everything that is bad in the world. Light represents everything that is good. When we want to know God’s will for us this is important to know. God is against darkness and God is for light. There is no darkness in heaven, only Light. Jesus told us to pray for God’s will to be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Jesus also said: John 10:10 The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.   So when anything bad happens, it’s not God’s will. We must declare God’s word to defeat the darkness.

Jesus sent Paul and He sends us also:

Act 26:18 WEB to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’

John 3:19 KJV And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

2Co 4:6 NHEB For it is God, who spoke for light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.

Dear Jesus! You are the Word that the Father declared. You are the Light of the world. When we receive You into our lives, You expel the darkness. As we continue to abide in You, Your light will expel the darkness in our flesh. We will live more like You and shine for Your glory. To God be the glory Amen! www.Shalom2u.org

Gen 1:11-13 WEB11 God said, “Let the earth yield grass, herbs yielding seeds, and fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, with their seeds in it, on the earth;” and it was so. 12 The earth yielded grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit, with their seeds in it, after their kind; and God saw that it was good. 13 There was evening and there was morning, a third day.

Here, God declares that everything should produce after its own kind. This directly opposes Evolutionary theory.  Apple trees produce apples, orange trees produce oranges, humans produce humans.   It takes more faith to believe that we ” just happen ” after millions of years, than to believe in a God who planned it all.   We have no record that any monkey changed into something else for the past six thousand years.   God’s plan is really amazing how one apple tree can produce a hundred apples and each one of those apples can produce many more apple trees.   It’s all God’s wonderful plan and nothing to do with ” Mother Nature “.  

   Dear Jesus!   You are the “Tree of Life “.  When we abide in You, we yield all the fruits of the Holy Spirit.     Galatians 5:22.  But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.

Every good and perfect gift comes from You.   To God be the glory Amen.   www.Shalom2u.org 

   Gen 1:14-18 WEB 14 God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs to mark seasons, days, and years; 15 and let them be for lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth;” and it was so. 16 God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He also made the stars. 17 God set them in the expanse of the sky to give light to the earth, 18 and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. God saw that it was good.

   Now we have the sun,moon and stars that are a part of our galaxy.   Once God’s creation is finished, then we can start seeing 24 hours a day. 

  Dear Jesus!   You are the Light of the world.   We can’t even imagine the brightness of Your glory.   You created numerous stars and yet we can only see a small portion of them.   I believe that You want the ” Body of Christ  ” to shine so that the world may see Your Glory.   Help us Holy Spirit; we can’t do it without You.   Set the Church on fire, fill us with Your presence and may the Light of the world be glorified.   To God be the glory Amen!   

    Gen 1:20-22 WEB 20 God said, “Let the waters abound with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.” 21 God created the large sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed, after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind. God saw that it was good. 22 God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.”

    Again God is being very specific, ” after their kind “.  There is no reason to believe that one kind of fish evolved into a bird.  There are always going to be some similarities because they came out of the mouth of God.  ” God said  ” is the origin of all created things.   

    God “ bless them “.  God always wants to bless us and all the things that He has created.  Itś the devil that wants us not to receive His blessings but wants us to fall into the devil’s curse.  When we fail to believe in God’s word but believe in the devil’s word, we fall into the devilś curse.  It’s because unbelieve takes us away from God’s presence.  It takes us away from God’s protection and into the hands of the enemy.  It’s all about “free will”: believe God or believe the devil.

    Dear Jesus!    Revelation 4:11 NKJV  “You are worthy, O Lord, To receive glory and honor and power; For You created all things, And by Your will they exist and were created.”   You created all those beautiful birds that we love to see and hear.   You created all those marvelous sea creatures that we enjoyed watching and eating.   You spoke and they came into being.   To God be the glory Amen.   www.Shalom2u.org

Gen 1:24-25 WEB 24 God said, “Let the earth produce living creatures after their kind, livestock, creeping things, and animals of the earth after their kind;” and it was so. 25 God made the animals of the earth after their kind, and the livestock after their kind, and everything that creeps on the ground after its kind. God saw that it was good.

Again, God is being very specific: ” after their kind “. It might not seem to be that important but the devil likes to deceive us as much as he can. It starts with little things and then gets bigger and bigger. There goes your faith. Now you’re not sure of what to believe.

Dear Jesus! You are the author and finisher of our faith. As we abide in You, You will increase our faith. You are the Way, the Truth, and the Light. To God be the glory Amen! www.Shalom2u.org

Gen 1:26-27 WEB26 God said, “Let’s make man in our image, after our likeness. Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” 27 God created man in his own image. In God’s image he created him; male and female he created them.

John 4:24 NHEB God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”

Col 3:10. and have put on the new man, who is being renewed in knowledge after the image of his Creator,

All these Scriptures are telling us that God wants us to be like Him. This is a lot to take in. You really have to meditate and talk to the Holy Spirit about it. These verses tell us of God’s wonderful love for us and His will for us. Our part is to know, believe, and declare.

It starts off with ” let us “. We know that “us ” is plural, meaning more than one. Yet there is only one God. There is the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. It adds up to three. How can this be? The answer is because the Three are so united that they are considered as One. Whatever the Father wants, all three are completely, 100% in agreement.   We can’t imagine such unity but there it is and so They are considered as One.

Traditionally, I believed that most people believe that God created a man and a woman at this time. The fact is that God only created Adam at this time. We read later in Genesis chapter 2, that God ” formed ” women from Adam’s rib.

I know that this is hard to understand but God’s image is Spirit and the Spirit has a male and female characteristics. The male and female image of God is Spirit, not human. It doesn’t look like a human male or female. God the Father is male because He produces “seeds ” which are characteristics of a man. The Son of God is the Word of God. When we look at the parable of the Sowers, we see that the Word is sown. Just like seed is sown and therefore it is another characteristic of a man.  1 Peter 1:23  having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever,

   Now we only have the Holy Spirit left.  The Holy Spirit has female characteristics.  Males produce seeds and females give life to the seed.   John 6:63  It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing.  The words that I  speak to you are spirit, and they are life.    This is what happens when we are “born again “.  The Word of God is sown.   We hear  and receive the Word into our hearts.   Now the Holy Spirit gives life to the Word ( seed ) and we become a New Creation.  This New Creation is a “spirit “ made into the image and likeness of God.  We are one in spirit with God.  John 17:21

 that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me.   1 John 4:17 Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world.

       Throughout the Bible, we see the Holy Spirit giving life to God’s spoken word.  God uses the Prophets to declare His word. When someone receives and declares that word in faith, then the Holy Spirit ” gives life ” to that Word ( seed ). We see this in the life of Abraham and David. We see it in the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus. The Word of God came to Mary by an angel. Mary received the Word. The Holy Spirit gave life to the Word and the Word became flesh and dwelt amongst us. We see it in the life of Jesus. He would declare the Word and the Holy Spirit would give life to it.  Mar 4:39 WEB He awoke, and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!”. The wind ceased, and there was a great calm.  From meditating on the Word, Jesus knew that  when He declared the Word and it would come to pass.  Psa 65:7 WEB You still the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, and the turmoil of the nations. All that Jesus was able to do as the Son of man was because he saw it in the Bible and the Holy Spirit gave life to it.

THE FOLLOWING ARE SOME SCRIPTURES THAT TELLS US ABOUT THE POWER OF HOLY SPIRIT ” GIVEN LIFE “.

Rom 8:11 KJV But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.

2Co 3:6 KJV Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.

Eph 2:1 KJV And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;

Eph 2:5 KJV Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)

Col 2:13 KJV And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;

1Pe 3:18 KJV For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: 

Now God also gave Adam dominion over all the earth. When Adam believed Satan instead of God, Adam gave Satan power over all the earth. This is why Jesus had to come as ” the son of man “. By His sacrifice, He defeated Satan and now all ” Born Again ” believers have been given the power and authority to defeat Satan. The problem is that we are not using our power and authority. Also Satan still has power over all who don’t believe. And so we see all this darkness in the world. Jesus is waking up the Church. The Holy Spirit is waking us up to the ” anointing ” that we have ” in Christ Jesus “. It’s happening now! We just have to be hungry to receive it.

Dear Jesus!  Your ways are higher than our ways.  Your thoughts are higher than our thoughts.   It’s hard to believe and understand how You want us to be like You.  You ask that we would only believe.   Lord, we do believe but help our unbelief.   To God be the glory Amen!   www.Shalom2u.org 

       II Peter 1:3‭-‬4 NKJV as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue, by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

  GENESIS 1:26-27 IMAGE OF GOD

Gen 1:26-27 WEB26 God said, “Let’s make man in our image, after our likeness. Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” 27 God created man in his own image. In God’s image he created him; male and female he created them.

John 4:24 NHEB God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”

Col 3:10. and have put on the new man, who is being renewed in knowledge after the image of his Creator,

All these Scriptures are telling us that God wants us to be like Him. This is a lot to take in. You really have to meditate and talk to the Holy Spirit about it. These verses tell us of God’s wonderful love for us and His will for us. Our part is to know, believe, and declare.

It starts off with ” let us “. We know that “us ” is plural, meaning more than one. Yet there is only one God. There is the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. It adds up to three. How can this be? The answer is because the Three are so united that they are considered as One. Whatever the Father wants, all are completely, 100% in agreement.   We can’t imagine such unity but there it is and so They are considered as One.

Traditionally, I believed that most people believe that God created a man and a woman at this time. The fact is that God only created Adam at this time. We read later in Genesis chapter 2, that God ” formed ” women from Adam’s rib.

I know that this is hard to understand but God’s image is Spirit and the Spirit has a male and female characteristics. The male and female image is Spirit, not human. It doesn’t look like a human male or female. God the Father is male because He produces “seeds ” which are characteristics of a man. The Son of God is the Word of God. When we look at the parable of the Sowers, we see that the Word is sown. Just like seed is sown and therefore it is another characteristic of a man.  1 Peter 1:23  having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever,

   Now we only have the Holy Spirit left. The Holy Spirit has female characteristics. Males produce seeds and females give life to the seed.   John 6:63  It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I  speak to you are spirit, and they are life.    This is what happens when we are “born again “.  The Word of God is sown.   We hear  and receive the Word into our hearts.   Now the Holy Spirit gives life to the Word ( seed ) and we become a New Creation.  This New Creation is a spirit made into the image and likeness of God.  We are one in spirit with God.  John 17:21

 that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me.   1 John 4:17 Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world.

       Throughout the Bible, we see the Holy Spirit giving life to God’s spoken word. God uses the Prophets to declare His word. When someone receives and declares that word in faith, then the Holy Spirit ” gives life ” to that Word ( seed ). We see this in the life of Abraham and David. We see it in the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus. The Word of God came to Mary by an angel. Mary received the Word. The Holy Spirit gave life to the Word and the Word became flesh and dwelt amongst us. We see it in the life of Jesus. He would declare the Word and the Holy Spirit would give life to it.  Mar 4:39 WEB He awoke, and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!” The wind ceased, and there was a great calm. From meditating on the Word, Jesus knew that  when He declared the Word and it would come to pass.  Psa 65:7 WEB You still the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, and the turmoil of the nations. All that Jesus was able to do as the Son of man was because he saw it in the Bible and the Holy Spirit gave life to it.

Now God also gave Adam dominion over all the earth. When Adam believed Satan instead of God, Adam gave Satan power over all the earth. This is why Jesus had to come as ” the son of man “. By His sacrifice, He defeated Satan and now all ” Born Again ” believers have been given the power and authority to defeat Satan. The problem is that we are not using our power and authority. Also Satan still has power over all who don’t believe. And so we see all this darkness in the world. Jesus is waking up the Church. The Holy Spirit is waking us up to the ” anointing ” that we have ” in Christ Jesus “. It’s happening now! We just have to be hungry to receive it.

Dear Jesus!  Your ways are higher than our ways.  Your thoughts are higher than our thoughts.   It’s hard to believe and understand how You want us to be like You.  You ask that we would only believe.   Lord, we do believe but help our unbelief.   To God be the glory Amen!   www.Shalom2u.org 

       II Peter 1:3‭-‬4 NKJV as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue, by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

    Gen 1:28 WEB God blessed them. God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

   GOD blessed Adam, the man made in the image and likeness of God.  Adam is giving authority over all the earth.  The authority is given to the devil when Adam fails to believe in God.  Like many people, Adam believed that God is real, but fails to believe that God wants only the best for him.  After we are ” Born Again “, we grow by believing in God.  God’s will is for us to be blessed in all areas of our lives.  We are called to believe. 

   Dear Jesus!   You came and showed us God’s perfect will for us.   You came that we might have life, and life more abundantly.   The devil will not deceive us.  We only look to You.  You came and brought grace and truth.    John 1:17 NKJV  For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.  To God be the glory Amen!    www.Shalom2u.org 

Gen 2:2 WEB2 On the seventh day God finished his work which he had done; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had done.

John 19:30 When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, “It is finished.” He bowed his head, and gave up his spirit.

Jesus did all that He came to do. It’s now up to us to believe, receive, and declare all that our Redeemer did for us.

On the seventh day God completed all His good works. Unfortunately the devil deceived Adam. This deception allowed Satan to have dominion over the earth. When we believe Satan instead of God, we give Satan control. That’s why God doesn’t interfere with the darkness that follows. God has to be #1 or He isn’t really God to us. The world is full of believers and non-believers that really aren’t putting God first place in their lives.

Now Jesus had to come and die on the cross to redeem us from the power of Satan and bring us back into His Kingdom. When Jesus said “finished “, He was stating that what He came to do, He did it all. Now when we receive Jesus, we are united with Him and brought back into His Kingdom. Now we are supposed to fight against the kingdom of darkness. There are still too many in the kingdom of darkness. The more that we bring into the Kingdom of God by declaring the Gospel of Grace; the more the Light of the world will shine. It seems that in the last 50 years, the church has been going backwards. Many churches are decreasing. Many non-Christian institutions have been increasing. Thank God that a great Revival is in the wind. The Church is coming alive. Dry bones are being revived. The church is waking up.

Dear Jesus! You have finished Your work. You have redeemed us. We now go forward proclaiming the Gospel of Grace. We go forward declaring Your Kingdom and declaring Your name. In the name of Jesus, we declare the bind to see, deaf to hear, lame walk, lepers clean, and the captives set free. To God be the glory Amen! www.Shalom2u.org

Gen 2:3 WEB God blessed the seventh day, and made it holy, because he rested in it from all his work of creation which he had done.

Under the Old Testament, the seventh day was a day of rest and blessing. Under the New Testament, Sunday: the first day is a day of rest and blessings. God wants us to rest in Him and partake of His spiritual food. Allow Him to nourish us so that we can go into the week empowered to fight the enemy. We have to fight supernaturally. It’s important to be filled with His Word and filled with His Grace.

       Hebrew 4:11 web Let’s therefore give diligence to enter into that rest, lest anyone fall after the same example of disobedience.

      The kjv says labor instead of diligence but the principle is the same. How can we labor and rest at the same time? It seems to contradict one another. It’s the difference between physical labor and spiritual labor. When we try to keep the law by ourselves, this is physical labor. When we believe who we are in Christ Jesus, then He will work in us; this is faith: spiritual labor. This is rest and being blessed.

Dear Jesus! As Your word says, the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. You give strength to our flesh by dwelling in us. Now we can do the things that you desire us to do. We pray that Your will be done in us and that all praise, honor and glory goes to You. May the LORD bless us and keep us. May His face shine upon us in Jesus name Amen! www.Shalom2u.org

Gen 2:7 WEB Yahweh God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

    God form man: the physical man

    God breathed into a physical man and man became a living soul ( being ).   A living soul and a living being are the same.  Without the soul, the body is dead. 

    Wasn’t man already ” created ” into the image and likeness of God in Genesis 1. God is Spirit and so man was already a Spirit. Here God is making man into a triune being: body, soul and spirit.

     God created man: the spirit of man into God’s image and likeness and then God formed man and breathed life ( soul) and man became a living being.

    Dear Jesus!   We are like You.  Your sacrifice allows us to be ” born again  ”  .  We are now in Your image and likeness.    1 John 4:17 NKJV  has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world.   To God be the glory Amen!   www.Shalom2u.org 

1Co 15:45 KJV And so it is written, The first man, Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.

John 20:22 KJV And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost: 

    Genesis 2:9 Yahweh God made every tree to grow that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food, including the tree of life in the middle of the garden and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

What does the tree of life represent? Jesus. The devil will only entice us to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. We need to eat from the Tree of Life- Jesus : the Word of God. The Tree of Knowledge of good and evil, represents the Law. The Law is good but we can’t keep it. It doesn’t help us. It doesn’t give us life, only condemnation.

Rom 8:3 WEB For what the law couldn’t do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God did, sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh;

JESUS IS THE TREE OF LIFE.

John 15:5 KJV I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.

Phi 1:11 KJV Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.

Phi 1:7 KJV Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace. NOTE; we received ” Grace ” from Jesus- ” the tree of life “.

Trees bear fruit after its own kind: apple tree apples, orange trees produce oranges. The Tree of knowledge of good and evil bears the fruits of good and evil. The Tree of Life is Jesus.  It bears the Fruits of the Holy Spirit.

Trees bear fruit that only satisfies us for a limited time. We need to continually partake, otherwise we will become weak and famished. This is why it’s important to continue to abide in Jesus. The more that we fellowship with Jesus, the stronger our souls will become. We will become strong in the Lord and be able to resist the temptation in life.

Pro 11:30 KJV The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.

Rom 8:1 KJV There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

Rom 8:2 NHEB For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made you free from the law of sin and of death.

2Co 3:6 KJV Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.

The Tree of knowledge of good and evil is like the Law. The Law is good but the letter of the Law kills. It’s the Logos of the Word. We need to feed on the Tree of Life which is the Rhema Word of God.

Dear Jesus! You are the Tree of Life that nourishes our soul. You give us Life and life more abundantly. II Corinthians 13:14 NKJV  The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.   www.Shalom2u.org

    Gen 2:15 WEB Yahweh God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.

God has us here on earth to take care of the Kingdom of God; to protect it from the enemy and help it grow.

Here in America and throughout the world, we see more growth in Muslim and other religions then Christianity.  In Christ Jesus, we have power and authority but for the most part we are not using it.   We have the Gospel of Grace but it sounds more like works and the Law.   

  Dear Jesus!  In the beginning, man was given dominion over all the earth but lost it to Satan.   By Your sacrifice, You have regained dominion and given us Your authority to restore it back to Light.   Help us to see and use the authority that You have given us and the power of Your name.   We declare Shalom/ Peace on earth in Jesus name.   To God be the glory Amen.   www.Shalom2u.org 

Gen 2:16-17 WEB16 Yahweh God commanded the man, saying, “You may freely eat of every tree of the garden; 17 but you shall not eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”

This was a test for Adam. It should not have been much of a test. There was only one tree that they were forbidden to eat from. Our flesh is so easily tempted to do the wrong thing. Of course, the devil is right there to encourage us to do the wrong thing and make it seem that it’s the right thing to do. We are all tested like Adam. God wants to see if we really believe in His love for us. He also wants to see if we really believe that Jesus saves us completely or does He need our help.  The devil is always there to encourage us not to believe in His love and not believe that Jesus saves us 100%.  The more that we receive God’s love; the more we will love Him.   The more we declare our free gift of righteousness in Jesus, the more we will live righteously.  It’s all about “walking in the Spirit”.

   Dear Jesus!   All good things come from You.   We love You so much but yet we still can’t always live like we should.   We thank You for Your Grace that enables us to live more like You.    2 Corinthians 13:14 KJV  The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.    To God be the glory Amen!   www.Shalom2u.org

Gen 2:19-20 WEB19 Out of the ground Yahweh God formed every animal of the field, and every bird of the sky, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. Whatever the man called every living creature became its name. 20 The man gave names to all livestock, and to the birds of the sky, and to every animal of the field; but for man there was not found a helper comparable to him.

Like man, God formed all animals from the dust of the ground but it does not say that God breathes his life into them.  Only mankind has a soul.   Animals act mainly on instinct whereas humans can make decisions based on a number of different things.

Adam was still a ” spirit being “. Yes he had a body and a soul but it was Adam’s spirit that enabled him to name all these animals that God had ” formed ” out of the ground. It seems that in the Spirit world, one perceives things instead of learning things. I think that as we meditate on the Word of God, our New Creation Spirit is able to reveal things to our souls. This is what “revelation ” is all about.     1 Corinthians 2:9‭-‬14 NKJV       But as it is written: “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.” But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God. For what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God. Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God. These things we also speak, not in words which man’s wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual. But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

Dear Jesus! In the Spirit, we are one with You. The more we seek You, the more we abide in You, the more we receive revelation of the ways of Your Kingdom. Your ways are higher than our ways and Your thoughts higher than our thoughts. We are in awe of You. Thank You for revealing Your heart to us that allows us to love You more and others. To God be the glory Amen! www.Shalom2u.org

Gen 2:22-25 WEB22 Yahweh God made a woman from the rib which he had taken from the man, and brought her to the man. 23 The man said, “This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. She will be called ‘woman,’ because she was taken out of Man.” 24 Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh. 25 The man and his wife were both naked, and they were not ashamed.

We see here that woman wasn’t created like Adam was.  In Genesis chapter 1, God created Adam like God:  a spirit being.  In Genesis chapter 2, God formed Adam out of the dust of the ground and breathed life into his now physical body.   Now God takes a rib from Adam’s physical body and makes a woman, Eve .  

1Ti 2:13 For Adam was formed first and then Eve.

1Co 11:8 For man is not from woman, but woman from man;

There is nothing in the Bible that suggests that mankind simply evolved. 

   Dear Jesus!   You created us in Your image and likeness.   The devil has been trying to destroy that image for over  6,ooo years.   Your sacrifice enables us to be ” BORN AGAIN ” and return to Your image and likeness.   That’s why the Gospel is Good News.   The devil wants us to eat from the “Tree of knowledge of good and evil “, so that we would continue to live in the flesh.   We shall only eat from ” the Tree of Life ” and grow into Your image and likeness.   To God be the glory Amen!   www.Shalom2u.org 

Gen 3:1 WEB Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, “Has God really said, ‘You shall not eat of any tree of the garden’?”

  The devil is very clever and deceiving.  He can come at you in so many ways.   He can tell you that you are so good that you don’t need God.  He can get you on the other end of the spectrum.  You’re so bad.  You did so many bad things that God can never forgive you.  Look at how many times you said,  I’m sorry.  I won’t do it again.   The devil will use God’s Word against you even though he is using it incorrectly.   There was no Law during the time of Abraham.  It was all about faith; believing in what God said He would do.   When the Law was instituted,  it was to humble us. We need to see that we needed God’s grace because we couldn’t keep the Law.   Today we are not under the Law but under Grace.   Grace, declaring what Jesus has done by His sacrifice and who we are ” in Christ “.   

   The church is weak because the devil has made it seem that certain things aren’t that important.   Holy Communion has been played down.   There are many churches that partake once a month and even some only once every 3 months.   The early church partakes daily.   The church teaches us to focus on our sins but Jesus said: Luke 22:19 NKJV And He took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is My body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”

   We keep focusing on ourselves instead of focusing on Jesus .  When we focus on ourselves, we are living by the flesh.   When we focus on Jesus and what He has done, we are walking after the Spirit.   Romans 8:4 that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

   The devil has also caused the church to play down the Gifts of the Spirit.  1  Corinthians 12:7‭-‬11 NKJV the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all: for to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another the word of knowledge through the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healings by the same Spirit, to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually as He wills.   The devil has most churches to believe that these gifts aren’t for today.   Thank God that there are some churches that do believe.  They are operating ” in the Spirit ” and many manifestations of the Holy Spirit are being performed:  many are getting saved,  delivered from bondage, healed etc.   

   Another thing that the devil has made the church play down is the name of Jesus and the power and authority that Jesus has given to the church.    Mark 16:15‭-‬18 NKJV  And He( Jesus ) said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”

  Dear Jesus!   All authority in heaven and on earth belongs to You.   You have commissioned us to go and declare Your Kingdom here on earth.   You have given us Your name to cast out demons and heal the sick.   In the name of Jesus,  we command the blind to see,  the deaf to hear,  the lame to walk, unclean be clean, and the captives to be set free!  To God be the glory Amen!   www.Shalom2u.org

Gen 3:2-5 WEB 2 The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees of the garden, 3 but not the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden. God has said, ‘You shall not eat of it. You shall not touch it, lest you die.’” 4 The serpent said to the woman, “You won’t really die, 5 for God knows that in the day you eat it, your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

The devil asked Eve a question but she didn’t fully know the answer. This is a big fault that many Christians have today. The first 33 years of my life, I only knew what I was taught. I didn’t read the Bible for myself. Only when I started reading it myself was I able to see what it really said. Most of the time I had to meditate on it and ask the Holy Spirit for understanding. This was Eve’s big mistake. She didn’t fully know and understand what God had really said. This allows the devil to capitalize on our ignorance and deceive her with a ” white lie”. Note: Hosea 4:6 WEB My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you, that you may be no priest to me. Because you have forgotten your God’s law, I will also forget your children.

The second part of the devil’s statement was a white lie: for God knows that in the day you eat it, your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil. It was true that they would know good and evil. They already were like God so that part was a lie. The first part was a lie: won’t really die. They were already made in the image and likeness of God. When they eat of the ” Tree of knowledge of good and evil “, they die a spiritual death. They were no longer like God. This is the devil’s number 1 desire, that we never become “Born Again ” and realize that we are once again made in the image and likeness of God. This is what Jesus came to do by His sacrifice. Not by our works but by faith in Jesus to be Born Again and declared our righteousness through His Grace. Even after we are born again, the devil tries to put us under the Law instead of under Grace. He knows that we can never keep the Law in ourselves, but that is what He tries to make us do. This only makes us self-righteous. Only receiving God’s gifts of righteousness by faith, can we declare our righteousness.

There was another error in her statement: ” We may eat fruit from the trees of the garden, 3 but not the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden. God has said, ‘You shall not eat of it. You shall not touch it, lest you die.’” Actually the “Tree of Life ” was in the middle of the garden and they could freely eat. Eating from the Tree of Life, gives them life. Today the devil doesn’t want us to eat from the Tree of Life. He doesn’t want us to meditate on the Word that tells us about what Jesus’ sacrifice has done for us. He doesn’t want us to meditate on who we are ” in Christ Jesus “. He only wants us to see who we are in the flesh. He wants us to seek righteousness in the flesh not by faith, in the spirit.

Dear Jesus! It’s all of you, none of me. You saved us 100%. We don’t look at the flesh. We look at Your finished work. We look at Your Word: 1 John 4:17 WEB In this love has been made perfect among us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, because as he is, even so are we in this world. To God be the glory Amen!   www.Shalom2u.org

Gen 3:6 WEB 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 to be desired to make one wise, she took some of its fruit, and ate. Then she gave some to her husband with her, and he ate it, too.

We all probably asked ourselves what was the big deal about eating some fruit off a tree. God was testing them. He wanted to see if they really believed in Him. They failed the test.  We are tested just like they were and most of mankind fails to believe.   Adam and Eve committed numerous sins by this one act. Of course they were disobedient. There also was the sin of lust. They saw that it was pleasant to the eyes. They were prideful, believing that they knew better than God. They were envious, wanting something that they could not have. They stole from God.  The Tree of knowledge of good and evil wasn’t given to them to eat. These sins were bad enough but the biggest sin was Idolatry. Instead of believing in God, they believed what the devil said. Unfortunately, Idolatry is prevalent throughout the world. This is why we see so much darkness. God gives everyone a free will and most people are believing the devil’s lies. The church should be increasing, not decreasing. The Muslim faith among others have been increasing for many years now. We have the Good News of faith and Grace in Jesus Christ: the Tree of Life. They have the Law: the Tree of knowledge of good and evil. Unfortunately the church is preaching too much Law instead of Grace. We are saved by Grace through Faith in Jesus Christ.     Galatians 3:10 WEB   For as many as are of the works of the law are under a curse. For it is written, “Cursed is everyone who doesn’t continue in all things that are written in the book of the law, to do them.”   The Grace of Jesus Christ has redeemed us from that curse.     Galatians 3:13‭-‬14 WEB   Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us. For it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree,” that the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Christ Jesus; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.   The more that we proclaim the Grace of Jesus Christ, the more we will see the Church grow.  The more our light will shine and draw others into that Light.

Dear Jesus! Your Words are Spirit and they are life. Your Words tell us who we are in You. The Law only condemns us for who we are in the flesh. The Law can’t save us but puts us under a curse, when we try to live under it.    We shall continue to eat from the Tree of Life and receive Your Amazing Grace.   To God be the glory Amen!    www.Shalom2u.org 

  Gen 3:7 WEB Their eyes were opened, and they both knew that they were naked. They sewed fig leaves together, and made coverings for themselves.

 Before they ate from the forbidden tree, they were seeing with their Spiritual eyes; seeing in the Spirit.   But now they are seeing with their physical eyes; seeing in the flesh.   They were naked before they ate the fruit but it didn’t matter.   Now their spiritual nature is dead and they are going by their human nature.  They are seeing by their natural eyes,  hearing by their natural ears, and reasoning by their natural brain and other senses.   From then on, all mankind has been born by the flesh only.   This is why Jesus said:   John 3:3 NKJV   Jesus answered and said to him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”   

    Now they are naked and ashamed.  They try to cover up their nakedness. 

Gen. 3:7 Naked: h5903. Eyrom erom. Not having God’s spirit in them.

Gen 2:25. Naked. H6174. Arom arom. Not having anything on their physical bodies.

Rom 5:19 For as through the one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the one, many will be made righteous.

Adam and Eve were clothed with a robe of righteousness, a spiritual robe.  Their spiritual nature died.  They lost their robe of righteousness and thus became naked.   They tried to cover up their nakedness with fig leaves.   There is only one way that we can be found not naked.   When we receive Jesus as our Savior and are Born Again, we are freely clothed with the robe of righteousness. 

     Isaiah 61:10 NKJV I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, My soul shall be joyful in my God; For He has clothed me with the garments of salvation, He has covered me with the robe of righteousness, As a bridegroom decks himself with ornaments, And as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

Rev 19:8 KJV And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.

   Dear Jesus!   Thank you for making us Born Again and clothed with the robe of righteousness.   Your free gift of righteousness, paid by Your sacrifice.  To God be the glory Amen!   www.Shalom2u.org

Gen 3:8-10 WEB8 They heard Yahweh God’s voice walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Yahweh God among the trees of the garden. 9 Yahweh God called to the man, and said to him, “Where are you?” 10 The man said, “I heard your voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; so I hid myself.”

    GOD wants us to have fellowship with Him.  He wants to be Our Father.  This is what He wanted for Adam and Eve.   He provided abundantly more than they could ask and yet they couldn’t believe it.   So sin made them fearful and they hid from His presence.  We hear a lot about fear of God but actually GOD wants us to revere Him.   By partaking in the forbidden fruit and believing in the devil’s lie, they did not revere Him and thus became fearful. 

  Dear Jesus! You came to show us the love of the Father.  You came to show us Your love.   In the parable of the Prodigal son; You told us how much the Father longs for our return.   Believing in You helps us to defeat sin in our lives.  Your gift of righteousness enables us to come boldly unto the throne of Grace. 

Heb 4:16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.   To God be the glory Amen!  www.Shalom2u.org 

Gen 3:11-13 WEB11 God said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?” 12 The man said, “The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate it.” 13 Yahweh God said to the woman, “What have you done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”

Once they eat from the Tree of knowledge of good and evil, they receive a consciousness of right and wrong, good and evil. Their conscience told them.

They ate from the “Tree of knowledge of good and evil “. We are in the New Testament. We are “Born Again ” made in the image and likeness of God. We are not supposed to partake of the “Tree of Knowledge of Good & Evil ” which is the Law. We are called to partake of the “Tree of Life “. This tree represents Jesus in whom we receive Grace. We are declared “Righteous ” by Grace through faith. We know longer have to fear God but can come boldly to the Throne of Grace. The problem that we have is that we keep seeing in the flesh. Whatever our flesh: eyes, ears, mind and other natural senses to us, that is what we believe. There is no faith required when we walk after the flesh. On the other hand, “walking after the Spirit ” requires Faith. We don’t go by what we see, hear or reason. We only go by what God’s Word says we are. God’s Word says that we are righteous freely by grace through faith in Jesus Christ. So the Bible tells us :  There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.

  Dear Jesus!   Adam and Eve were originally like You “in the Spirit “, created in the image and likeness of God.   They chose to live in the flesh when they ate from the forbidden tree.   You call us to Yourself, so that we could once again be made in Your image and likeness.  When we feed on who You made us and believe who we are in You; we are walking in the Spirit and there is no condemnation.   Glory to the Lamb!  Glory to You Jesus!    www.Shalom2u.org 

Gen 3:12-13 WEB12 The man said, “The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate it.” 13 Yahweh God said to the woman, “What have you done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”

The blame game: the woman you gave me. The serpent deceived me. There is no doubt that they were deceived. I can fully understand and relate to what they are saying. We are being deceived all the time. People are calling bad,good and good bad. We are being deceived by some very good people with the best intentions. The problem is, they were deceived. There have been false prophets and teachers since the beginning of Act’s.  Adam and Eve didn’t take God’s Word seriously and so They were able to be deceived. We have to really meditate on the Word and seek the Holy Spirit’s revelation. I keep asking God to help me see what is true. God is bringing a great awakening throughout the world. We are called to be a part of it. Praying and declaring God’s Kingdom and Name.

Dear Jesus! We thank you Lord for coming to us. You didn’t come with the Law but with Grace and Truth. John 1:17 NKJV For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. As long as we keep our eyes on You,  we will not be deceived.  Your light is shining on this dark and deceiving world. We declare that the lame walk, blind see, deaf hear, unclean be made clean, and captives be set free. Light Be!  Shalom/ Peace on earth in Jesus name Amen! Glory to the Lamb!   www.Shalom2u.org

Gen 3:14-15 WEB14 Yahweh God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, you are cursed above all livestock, and above every animal of the field. You shall go on your belly and you shall eat dust all the days of your life. 15 I will put hostility between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel.”

So God says that He will bring forth an offspring from the woman that will fight the serpent. We all seem to agree that it is Jesus, born of the Virgin Mary.  Jesus did defeat Satan at the cross. Now it’s up to those who are ” in Christ Jesus ” to come against the kingdom of darkness.

Dear Jesus! You as the Son of Man, have redeemed man’s authority on the earth. In the beginning, man was given dominion over all the earth but lost it to Satan. Now you have given us authority: Luke 9:1-‬2 NKJV Then He called His twelve disciples together and gave them power and authority over all demons, and to cure diseases. He sent them to preach the kingdom of God and to heal the sick. We see very little of this authority being used today and since the beginning of the early church. Lord we pray that You would now raise up many believers to defeat Satan’s kingdom and bring forth Your Kingdom here on earth. Acts 2:17‭-‬18 NKJV ‘And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God, That I will pour out of My Spirit on all flesh; Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, Your young men shall see visions, Your old men shall dream dreams. And on My menservants and on My maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days; And they shall prophesy. Glory to the Lamb! Glory to our most High God. www.Shalom2u.org

Gen 3:17-19 KJV17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; 18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; 19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

Anytime that we put someone else’s word above God’s word ,it results in a curse. One has broken the First Commandment by believing in someone else. Adam and Eve received blessings after blessings from God and yet they believed the serpent instead of God. The world reacts the same way. We take all of God’s blessings for granted and continue to believe the devil’s lies. Jesus came to take away these curses. The believers are called to know, believe, and declare that they are redeemed from the curse. Galatians 3:13‭-‬14 NKJV Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”), that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. Unbelievers are called to repent and call on Jesus to be saved. Acts 2:38 NKJV Then Peter said to them, “Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Dear Jesus! Thank you for saving us by Your Amazing Grace. There are still so many that need to see You and believe in You. Again we pray :The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.   II Corinthians 13:14 NKJV.     www.Shalom2u.org

Gen 3:20 KJV20 And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.

We are all descendents of Adam & Eve. The first three Chapters of Genesis are very clear. Adam was created first in the image and likeness of God; a spirit being. God then formed Adam from the dust of the ground and breathed life into him. Then Adam became a human being as well as a spiritual being. God took a rib from Adam and made Eve from Adam’s rib. What we have that is common with all created things, is that we all came from the ground. So Scientists can see a relationship between humans and other forms of matter. It doesn’t in any way prove that we evolved from them. God’s word is pretty clear that He created all things after their own kind. Mankind never has and never will evolve from an ape.

Dear Jesus! The devil always tries to deceive mankind. No matter what Your Word says, he will twist it into a lie. There are many being deceived, claiming that You never came. That one doesn’t need a Savior and they are pretty good on their own. We are all like lost sheep until You revealed Yourself to us. Now You take good care of us, like the Good Shepherd that you are. We pray that You would reveal Yourself to the lost. It may take signs and wonders for many to see and believe. You are the God of nothing is impossible. Let Your Glory fall upon the face of the earth. Light Be and Shalom/ Peace on earth in Jesus name Amen! Glory to the Lamb ! www.Shalom2u.org 

Gen 3:21 KJV Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.

Now the Lord God provides covering for their nakedness, for their sins. God is very specific in how we are cleansed from our sins. The way that Adam and Eve went about it, was not the right way. In today’s world, we see sinners trying different ways. Some sinners don’t even try. They don’t care. They have no reverence towards God. With Adam and Eve, God covered them with coats of skins. Why did God choose that way? What was the matter with the way Adam and Eve covered themselves? We find the answer in God’s Word. Hebrews 9:22 NKJV And according to the law almost all things are purified with blood, and without shedding of blood there is no remission. That is how one’s nakedness/ sins were covered under the Law. We are no longer under the Old Covenant, under the Law. We are under the New Covenant, under Grace. Jesus, the Lamb of God was sacrificed. His blood doesn’t just cover up our nakedness/ sins but wipes them away like they never were there. 

Dear Jesus! Glory to the Lamb! As the song goes, we declare. What can wash my sins away? Nothing but the Blood of Jesus. Your ways are always higher than our ways and Your thoughts higher than our thoughts. Thank You for Your Sacrifice. Thank You for Your Grace. II Corinthians 13:14 NKJVThe grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.  www.Shalom2u.org

Gen 3:22-24 KJV And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever: 23 Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. 24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

God originally made Adam in Their image and likeness except for knowing good and evil. Evidently, only God can handle such knowledge and not be corrupted. James 1:13 -‬15 NKJV Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God”; for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone. But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed. Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death. We see in the world today how easily we are tempted by evil. When I grew up there were horror movies but now they are taken to the extreme. There seems to be no end to the depravity of mankind and our children are growing up in this environment.  Meanwhile the Gospel is being ignored or water down.

So mankind, who once had all the blessings of God was cast out to till the ground. The human body is not meant to live forever in this fallen state so they were protected from eating of the Tree of Life.

Dear Jesus! Thank You for redeeming us from all the curses that fell on mankind because of sin.  In You we have eternal life once again.  In You we eat from the Tree of Life. We now live forever filled with Your love, peace, joy, patience, kindness, goodness, self control and righteousness.  We pray for this Grace to fall on all mankind. II Corinthians 13:14 NKJV The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.   www.Shalom2u.org

Gen 15:11 NHEB And the birds of prey came down on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away.
This verse refers to when Abraham was offering the animal sacrifice for the covenant with God.   The devil came and tried to take the sacrifice away.   Abraham had to protect that sacrifice, until God received it.   This sacrifice God had already provided for Abraham. God created the animals.   Abraham just had to get them to sacrifice.
This is what we have to do when we want to receive from God.   God has many promises that He wants us to receive.   God has already provided the sacrifice for us.   All we have to do is know, believe and declare the sacrifice.   We do this by praise ,worship and Thanksgiving to Jesus for what He has done.   We keep doing this until the promise is manifested.   In the meantime, the devil is attacking our faith with fear, doubt, and unbelief .   We must be like Abraham and keep the thief from destroying our offering to God.
Dear Jesus!   It’s all about you. What you did for us.   The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy.   You came to save us and give us fulness of life.   We shall continue to praise You : our Saviour, healer, deliverer, strength and righteousness.   To God be the glory Amen! Www.Shalom2u.org

Gen 22:2 WEB He said, “Now take your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love, and go into the land of Moriah. Offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will tell you of.”

God is testing Abraham to see if he would do what God will do when Jesus is offered on the cross.

God says to Abraham to take your only son. The fact is that Abraham had 2 sons. Why would God says take your only son. Although Abraham had 2 sons, one was born in the flesh( Ishmael ) but the other was born by the Spirit. When God promised Abraham that he would have a son, Abraham did everything that he could in the flesh to make it come to pass and so Ishmael was born of the flesh. When God told Abraham that he would have a son from Sarah, Abraham believed God and Issac was born of the Spirit. So God looks after the Spirit not the flesh. When we are Born Again, we now become a New Creation with a New Spirit. God does not recognize the Old Man, it died with Christ on the cross. God sees us “in Christ Jesus”. We are called to believe and declare who we are “in Christ Jesus”.

Dear Jesus! We are a New Creation, a new spirit being by faith in You. We are made righteous because You are in us and we are in You. We are now acceptable to the Father and made a child of God. We pray that all would receive this Grace in Jesus name:The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen. 1 Corinthians 16:23‭-‬24 NKJVThe grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen.

Gen 50:20 WEB As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to save many people alive, as is happening today.

 Throughout our journey here on earth, we face many trials. Many evil things can come against us and even happen to us. First we need to remember that the thief comes to kill, steal, and destroy. Jesus came that we may have life. In the story of Joseph, he faced many trials. He was able to go through those trials by his personal relationship with God. He knew that God is a deliverer. A Redeemer that restores what the devil has stolen from him.

Dear Jesus! We declare that you are our Deliverer, our Redeemer. Whatever has been stolen from us, we declare that the devil gives it back. Not only give it back but restore it sevenfold. We declare it done in Jesus’ name. To God be the glory Amen! www.Shalom2u.org

Deu 31:6 KJV Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. THESE WORDS WERE GIVING TO THE CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM BEFORE THEY WERE TO GO INTO THE ” PROMISE LAND “. THEY WERE TOLD THAT THERE WOULD BE MANY OBSTACLES BUT DO NOT FEAR, GOD WOULD GO BEFORE THEM AND BE WITH THEM. TO RECEIVE ANY OF GOD’S GREAT AND PRECIOUS PROMISES, THERE WILL BE CHALLENGES. FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT OF FAITH AND PLEASE GOD.

DEAR JESUS ! YOUR ARE OUR SAVIOR ! YOU CAME TO GIVE US LIFE, ABOUNDED LIFE. WE WILL NOT FEAR OR BE DISCOURAGED, KNOWING THAT YOU ARE WITH US AND GO BEFORE US. THANKS FOR YOUR LOVE, JOY AND PEACE. AMEN ! SHALOM2U

2Ch 20:6 NET He prayed: “O LORD God of our ancestors, you are the God who lives in heaven and rules over all the kingdoms of the nations. You possess strength and power; no one can stand against you.

Dear Jesus!  We believe that you have defeated the enemy. You have defeated satan’s kingdom.   The heavens and the earth belong to you. There is a lot of darkness in the world; but you have given us power and authority over the enemy.    We shall continue to declare ” light be ” and ” Peace/ Shalom ” in the name of Jesus until your glory appears.
To God be the glory, amen!              www.Shalom2u.org  

Isa 55:1 KJV Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.

God is talking about spiritual things; things. Things that can not be bought with money : spiritual things.    Things that satisfies your soul. (V2)Your soul will effect your body.    If your soul is down: full of fear, worry, anxiety, depressed, your body will react to it in a negative way. When we come to God ( v3 ), He will satisfy our soul.
EVERYTHING FROM GOD IS FREE !     HE FREELY GIVES US HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS .    WE FREELY RECEIVE BY FAITH, BUT JESUS PAID A HEAVY PRICE.     THE DEVIL STOLE  WHAT GOD FREELY GAVE TO MANKIND.    JESUS IS NOT JUST OUR SAVIOR BUT OUR REDEEMER AS WELL.      WE ARE REDEEMED BY THE BLOOD OF JESUS.    WHEN WE BELIEVE THAT JESUS PAID IT ALL ; WE ARE THEN EMPOWERED TO BUY THAT WHICH WAS TAKEN AWAY.    BY FAITH  WE RECEIVE THE GRACE THAT JESUS PAID FOR BY HIS  SACRIFICE.

DEAR JESUS ! THANK YOU FOR YOUR GREAT SACRIFICE. BY YOUR BLOOD.   YOU SAVE US. YOU REDEEMED US AND GAVE US ETERNAL LIFE.    THERE IS NO GREATER LOVE THAN YOUR LOVE.      ALL GLORY, HONOR AND PRAISE YOU. AMEN.          SHALOM2U   

Isa 55:9 KJV For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
WE COULD NEVER KNOW AND UNDERSTAND YOUR WAYS WITHOUT YOU REVEALING THEM TO US.       WE THANK YOU FATHER FOR OPENING OUR SPIRITUAL EYES, OUR SPIRITUAL EARS, AND OPENING OUR HEART TO BELIEVE HOW GREAT YOU ARE.     SPENDING TIME WITH YOU GIVES US THE CONFIDENCE THAT WE NEED TO FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT OF FAITH. DEAR JESUS!     THANK YOU FOR REVEALING THE FATHER’S LOVE FOR US.    YOU AND OUR FATHER GAVE YOUR VERY BEST TO REDEEM US.      WE DECLARE THAT WE ARE REDEEMED FROM THE CURSE OF THE LAW ( Gal 3:13 KJV Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:).    ONLY GOODNESS AND MERCY SHALL FOLLOW US ALL OUR DAYS.   Psa 23:6 KJV Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.       GLORY BE TO GOD AMEN! SHALOM2U

Jer 17:7 NHEB Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, and whose confidence is in the LORD.

So here we see that by trusting in Jesus, the LORD; we will be blessed.
It’s not easy to trust when your world is falling apart.     We are condition to rely on what we see, hear, and understand with our minds.    The church is falling us. We need to be focused on JESUS + GRACE + FAITH = PEACE/ SHALOM2U.
  When we are blessed( AND THAT IS GOD’S WILL FOR US AND WHY JESUS DIED FOR US) , we are at peace, full of joy, full of life.   It’s all a spiritual battle that can only be won by trusting in the Lord.   This takes fellowshiping we Him.    Focusing on what He did to bless you. Then you will know, believe, and declare and the Holy Spirit will quicken ( give life to your words) and you will be blessed.

       Dear Jesus !   You can not lie. This is one of those great and precious promises in you, that are yea and amen to the glory of God. We put our trust in you alone.    Thank you for blessing us today and forever more.    To God be the glory Amen!             www.Shalom2u.org

Jer 33:8 NHEB I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, by which they have sinned against me; and I will pardon all their iniquities, by which they have sinned against me, and by which they have transgressed against me.

” Jesus will cleanse “.   He will do it.   We say that we believe in Jesus but we keep acting like HE didn’t do it.   This result in self effort instead of faith.   We keep on trying to do what Jesus says He has done.   We need to believe that He has done it before we can see it done.   We come to Jesus to save us and He does.   The problem is that its a growing process.   The more we know, believe, and declare who we are in Him; the more we are changed from the inside out to conform into the image of Christ.
We keep on confessing our sins, trying to defeat sin in our lives but its not the way Jesus does it.   This way only leads to self righteousness. The more we declare HIS righteousness in us; the more we receive His grace to live righteously.
        Dear Jesus!   Thank you for doing what we couldn’t do.   We can not keep the Law; but we can do all things through you living through us. (  Gal 2:20 NHEB I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me.  That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me. )  Your grace does it all.     Saved by grace not works;  to God be the glory Amen!       Shalom2u

     1Sa 17:45 KJV Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
    We all know the story of David defeating the giant Goliath.   Goliath was huge and very fearful to all of Israel, except David.   In the natural,  it was impossible for anyone to defeat him.   David didn’t care what he saw with his physical eyes or heard with his physical ears.  David walked in the Spirit.  We are told to do the same.     Romans 8:3‭-‬4 DARBY For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God, having sent his own Son, in likeness of flesh of sin, and for sin, has condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law should be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to flesh but according to Spirit.
  So David fought with spiritual weapons because he knew his God.  He knew that the name of Jesus is above all other names.  David declared the name of the Lord and defeated the giant. 

  Dear Jesus!   We believe in all that you are,  all that you have done.   There are many spiritual giants coming against the Kingdom of God.   In the name of Jesus,  we command the spirits of darkness, fear, unbelief, lust, greed, envy, lying and deceiving spirits, sickness and disease, spirits of disunity, bondage, blind and deaf spirits:  Go in the name of Jesus.   To God be the glory Amen!   Shalom 2 U