July 20, 2022
“1 Corinthians 3:11 New King James Version (NKJV)
11 For no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
New King James Version (NKJV)
1 Corinthians 3:11 in all English translations” (BibleGateway.com)
“1 Corinthians 11:23-25 New King James Version (NKJV)
Institution of the Lord’s Supper
23 For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you: that the Lord Jesus on the same night in which He was betrayed took bread; 24 and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, [a]“Take, eat; this is My body which is [b]broken for you; do this in remembrance of Me.” 25 In the same manner He also took the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood. This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.”
Footnotes:
- 1 Corinthians 11:24 NU omits Take, eat
- 1 Corinthians 11:24 NU omits broken
New King James Version (NKJV)
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.” (BibleGateway.com)
“For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you:”
“Romans 10:17 New King James Version (NKJV)
17 So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
New King James Version (NKJV)
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Romans 10:17 in all English translations” (BibleGateway.com)
Hello beloved; who have been saved by grace (GOD’S gift to the world—His only begotten Son-YESHUA CHRIST JESUS) through faith (in the precious Blood, death, burial, and resurrection [on the third day, according to Scripture] of our Messiah-YESHUA CHRIST JESUS-by His Holy Spirit; for the forgiveness of our sin of self-righteousness.) Amen.
Continued from the July 19, 2022 letter;
“Genesis 14:18-20 New King James Version (NKJV)
Abram and Melchizedek
18 Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine; he was the priest of God Most High. 19 And he blessed him and said:
“Blessed be Abram of God Most High,
Possessor of heaven and earth;
20 And blessed be God Most High,
Who has delivered your enemies into your hand.”
And he gave him [a]a tithe of all.
Footnotes:
- Genesis 14:20 one-tenth
New King James Version (NKJV)” (BibleGateway.com)
“Hebrews 11:32
New King James Version
32 And what more shall I say? For the time would fail me to tell of Gideon and Barak and Samson and Jephthah, also of David and Samuel and the prophets:
Hebrews 11:32 in all English translations
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.” (BibleGateway.com)
Good morning beloved of YESHUA CHRIST JESUS. Beloved, I want to share with you my heart as well as a recent struggle I caused for myself that I hope will cause me to grow in the grace of my Savior, my Holy Father-GOD, and in the grace of my LORD and Redeemer-YESHUA CHRIST JESUS, while growing in the power of His Holy Spirit; with the result of having a more intimate relationship with my LORD-GOD. Amen.
I pray beloved, as I share my heart with you, in this letter, that you who have a new relationship with my Savior-YESHUA CHRIST JESUS, may see Him and hear Him more clearly, in your personal walk with Him, and that we all, children of our LORD-GOD through the precious Blood, death, burial, and resurrection of our Savior-YESHUA CHRIST JESUS, grow in the grace and knowledge of Him, together. Amen.
Beloved, before we go into the next chapter in the most Holy Word of our GOD, as He reveals Himself to us in the life of our man of GOD, “King David”, I would like to share with you this event that led to my LORD’S Holy Spirit, leading me to read our next chapter yesterday, and the result of that read. Amen.
Beloved, one huge impact this last week had on me, as my beautiful blessing from my LORD, my Queen/Wife and I were at the Ark, in Kentucky, was there was no static. It lent itself to a memory of my wife and I, with our daughters Sara and Briana with us, at my brother-in-law Wayne Bush’s home. Wayne had a fire pit in his back yard and we were out on a crisp night, looking up at the sky when something was going through the sky night, I excitedly mentioned it to Wayne who informed me that it was the International Space Station. We were so excited, we didn’t notice that Briana’s shoes were getting ready to melt until she let out a holler, we all backed up from the fire and returned to the space station.
Wayne informed us it was because there were no street lights near us to interfere with our view of the night sky. As my baby and I were at the Ark, for a whole week, we watched no television, no news, no static. We were both astonished at the life-size and realism of the human like portrayals of Noah and his family as well as the animals. It was in fact, the personal rooms of Noah and his family that had the most profound effect on me, there was no static; they could hear the voice of GOD, clearly.
My wife and I talked each evening about what impacted us the most, it was quite interesting. We were slightly challenged with my baby having to rent a scooter, because of the demonic attack of emphysema, however, satan tried to attack us several times in our communication with each other, our LORD however, brought us through his attempts to bring in strife, to have a blessed time so much so that we went back to the Ark a second time, after spending a day at the Creation Museum, before heading home. Amen.
My mother lives in Kentucky and with encouragement from my baby as well as from my cousin/baby sister, I called my mother to see if my baby and I could have dinner with her, but she didn’t feel like it. That would be the last opportunity we would have to see each other. After my mother married her racist husband, she changed, though my wife never accepted the racism was only from her husband, maybe it finally revealed itself this last time.
After two days driving home, there was a high-performance Mustang sitting in the driveway of the young man down the street. Living in a gated community, I knew if I could hear it, his neighbors could, so I went down the street, only to ask the young man to turn his car off while in the driveway, instead of letting it idle.
Well beloved, this is the same reason I said I would speak to husbands/father’s what my LORD gives me, and you’re wondering, when Brother Tim? Whenever I am involve, that’s when the problems begin.
The young man who owns the home is a nice young man and his parents seem to be very nice also. I only say seems because they speak no English and he speaks only very limited English and I speak only one word of Spanish, Oleh.
Again, this young man seems to be raised as a gentleman and in the limited dealings I’ve had with him, as a board member, I really like him and yet, when I went down to ask his visitor to please turn off his car while he sat in the driveway, I managed to offend the young man, his friend, his beautiful girlfriend, as well as this young man’s parents. As I tried to salvage my intentions, it only got worse, to when I left, I shook his hand asking if he understood what I was trying to say and his look at me as he said, “Yeah, I understand.” I decided to stop digging the hole I had placed myself in and retreat to my own home where I should have stayed.
Beloved, this really bothered me as I thrive on encouraging people and to have offended this young man, and his whole family was devastating. My intentions were good but because of a limited communication, what was me trying to avoid him from having his neighbors complain against him, went to hell quick.
Beloved, this all happened Sunday night when we got home and I was praising my LORD for bringing us home safely and in enough time where baby could have a full day of rest Monday, before having to go back to work.
I came home and asked Father to forgive me for messing up so bad and being a horrible representative of a minister of His gospel, then after asking Father several more times, He responded by showing me this Scripture on my phone;
“Matthew 6:7-8
New King James Version
7 And when you pray, do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do. For they think that they will be heard for their many words.
8 “Therefore do not be like them. For your Father knows the things you have need of before you ask Him.
New King James Version (NKJV)
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.” (BibleGateway.com)
So, I stopped asking Father to forgive me and to intervene with this family and soften their hearts so I could apologize to them for offending them.
Then I remembered this Scripture;
“Matthew 5:23-24
New King James Version
23 Therefore if you bring your gift to the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you, 24 leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.
New King James Version (NKJV)
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.” (BibleGateway.com)
Therefore, beloved, after cutting, trimming, and edging our lawn; I saw we had four large pineapples ready to eat, therefore, I took one over to the young man as a gift of apology. Well beloved, he came to the door and walked away without opening the door. When I returned my Queen said, he wouldn’t open the door? no, wouldn’t open the door, and I confessed to baby, I have really offended this young man.
Yesterday afternoon, while my grandson was napping, I asked the LORD where in His most Holy Word can I find help for where I am? I was fighting depression and wanted to hear my LORD clearly so as to know if I should stand still and allow Him to soften their hearts to get me out of the mess I’ve caused or if I am supposed to do something else. I was desperate to hear from my LORD.
I sat down in my recliner, with my sword in hand and waited for direction and my LORD clearly said, “Lets see where we’re going next in our study of “King David.”” I opened my Bible and began to read the next chapter and what I read had me really confused. I continued to read until the end of the chapter and being completely confused, I read the previous chapter, then the chapter before that one and all I saw was our LORD delivering Israel from their enemies and our man of GOD, “King David” writing a song of praise and then the next chapter, our LORD was angry with King David and Israel and, I had no idea why. So, I asked Father: “Why were You angry with King David and Israel?” Then I asked Father to explain to me, why He was angry with Israel when He had just blessed them so much.
My LORD’S Holy Spirit said, “Let’s go see why.” I came into my office/prayer room, opened my first Bible (you probably have noticed I have an order to the Bibles and Bible Dictionary’s I use) therefore, I began with the KJV.
When I read the commentary on the first part of the chapter, I could feel my eyes tearing up, I could feel my heart reaching out to Father for forgiveness and I could feel myself humbly asking for my LORD’S guidance.
Then, with some more strength from my LORD’S Holy Spirit, I opened the next Bible and began to read the commentary on the same chapter which eventually led me to another chapter. By this time, I had received encouragement from my LORD and I had hope, again, and remembered that my LORD said that He would continue the good work in me that He began until my LORD returns. I had hope that my LORD would rescue me from myself, again.
Therefore, beloved, I (we) will be here in this next chapter for awhile because I am in serious need of encouragement and teaching from my LORD. Yes beloved, I am always in need of that but now, I am where our man of GOD, “King David” was and I need help from my LORD to not do it again. Amen.
Therefore, as I said, I will be here for a while. If you should so desire, to join me, I pray that you also will continue to grow with me, in the awesome grace, and mercy of my Savior and LORD-YESHUA CHRIST JESUS. Amen. Amen. Amen.
Have a blessed Wednesday beloved of YESHUA CHRIST JESUS. Amen. Sincerely: Mr. and Mrs. Timothy M. and Linda Shephard. Amen.