Every Breath

Dec . 10 , 12

Every Breath

When I starting to read the bible Matthew 4: 4 , It was Eye Opening to me it, was as if Jesus was showing me How to live ,breath ,and work my Life ( Life – Force from my Daddy from my Father mouth)! In my study bible. (Word wealth box) it says word rhema ( hray-mah); Strong's #4487: That which is said or spoken , an utterance, in contrast to logos,which is the expression of a thought , a message , a discourse.Logos is the message ; rhema is the communication of the message . In reference to the Bible , logos is the Bible in its entirety;rhema is a verse from the bible . The meaning of rhema in distinction to logos is illustrated in Eph. 6:17 ,where the reference is not to the Scriptures as a whole , but to that portion which the believer wields as a sword in the time of need. And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit , which is the word of God.

Man does not live on natural bread alone; he derives his breath and every life-force from the Word of God . . . from every Word that proceeds from God. In other words, whether realized or not, the words spoken or written by God preside over our lives and cause the fruit of those words to manifest in our lives. An absence of that divine fruit doesn’t mean there isn’t fruit; there is, only another kind of fruit.Matthew 4: 4!

If we fill our mind and heart with the word of God every day this is what we Become. The spirit in man draws from something all the time, imbibing of the spirit or spirits involved and thereby encouraged or quenched concerning God’s plan. Guard your heart and spirit-life; anything deposited in your heart today determines your future: The Word of God deposited in your heart quickens [makes alive, gives breath to] you, God's wisdom exposing every rival issue and force to the light of His eternal truth.
The Amplified Bible expresses it well, connecting our life’s breath and immortal spirit to God’s eternal Word:
"For the Word that God speaks is alive and full of power
[making it active, operative, energizing, and effective;
it is sharper than any two-edged sword, penetrating to the dividing line of the breath of life (soul) and [the immortal] spirit, and of joints and marrow of the deepest part of our nature, exposing and sifting and analyzing and judging the very thoughts and purposes of the heart. And not a creature exists that is concealed from His sight, but all things are open and exposed, naked and defenseless
To the eyes of Him with Whom we have to do."
(Heb 4:12-13)

I hope this encourage you to see what we have from our Father , everything to live a life in our Lord! Proverbs 4: 23, Keep your heart with all diligence. For out of it spring the issues of life:

Job 32: 8; But there is a spirit in man , And the breath of the Almighty gives him understanding.

Luke 21 : 15; “ for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries will not be able to contradict or resist. 1 Thessalonians 5: 19 also read.

I hope this has encourage you to read your bible! every day!

Love in Christ ,
Sister Dottie

Generation to Generation

In every Generation God those People to go ahead of the rest, their lives clearing the path and leading the way for others to pursue the Kingdom. We honor these mentors, forerunners for our future, and we have prospered, standing upon their shoulders!

Humanly speaking, we likely recall personal effort and achievement more than critical groundwork laid by those who paved the way. However, the spiritual approach is different; those who are spiritually mature realize we are blessed to step into much of which we personally paid little . . . a forerunner paid the greater price, investing in rigors we may never know. An estimation of how far we've come is the sum total of what and whom the Lord used to get us there!

Therefore, go back to where the forerunner’s mark established and launched you; go back to the genesis of your journey with the Lord. Identify those who opened the way. Rehearse their counsel and imitate their courage. Repeat the same for those coming after you . . now you go before, now you open doors!  
Where Jesus has entered in for us [in advance], a Forerunner having become a High Priest forever after the order (with the rank) of Melchizedek. Hebrews 6:20, AMP

I have to write this to all the people I love, I am not going to bash any churches that I have been to, but this what I had to go through and I will say I had a hard life growing up. But God my Father had a plan for my life. He brought me to many churches for a purpose, then my Father allowed me to start reading E.W. Kenon & Brother Kenneth E. Hagin and of course my Bible. The Word of God came alive to me and in me. I could not stop reading the bible. Walking with Jesus, seeing the roads He walk, Being like a bee flying along side Him. Truly the Bible is alive. I will tell you that my High Priest that lives forever brought me through.

Here is where I do not like to go, But I have to, Over the years things started to change, through losses, through disappointment, having to go to work because of the loss of my husband and not having enough time for my God, who I wanted to be with all the time. I wanted things to stay the way they  were, Just talking to Him & Him talking to me!

I stared to think that all the things my Father said to me were not going to happen! My mind & my heart were in battle. The demons would say just take your life and it will all be over!
And this is where this writing above comes in. I would say, I know my Father said these things to me and I do not know how long it will take, But I Know I shall Not Die before they have been filled. That is a Promise. And though it tarry, it shall come to Pass.
Yes I know I wrote yesterday, but I felt I had to write this today for someone! Just Hang In Their Because does not Lie !
I honor these Mentors E.W. Kenon & Brother Kenneth E. Hagin, and now, I honor my Pastor.

And most of all Christ Jesus,
I Love You All
Your Truly,
 Dottie

God, The Sovereign

The hand of the LORD came upon me and brought me out in the Spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley; and it was full of bones. Then He caused me to pass by them all around, and behold, there were very many in the open valley; and indeed they were very dry. And He said to me, “Son of man, can these bones live?” So I answered, “O Lord GOD, You know.”  (E 37:1-3)
  Have you ever felt like this ? Do not give up !

This goes along with ( Those who have EARS let Him Hear) . Stay Close to Jesus Christ in All Your Ways !

What I'm seeing in the Spirit is a Lot of your Father God saying Come you sleepers Wake Up ! I also See people just going to church just because they have too! because of their Mothers & Fathers bring them ! The Lord says Keep Praying & Believing, And a soft word spoken will change the Heart !
God’s Word, spoken in obedience, has power to change conditions and circumstances. For our part, we see and know according to faith so that the one speaking speaks according to faith. Others, unresponsive to the Lord and unable or unwilling to hear Him, may not see or hear a thing!

The hand of the Lord came upon Ezekiel and he obeyed – he prophesied as commanded to the dry, dead bones in the valley. What followed produced major changes where the lifeless bones had lain because the Lord's instruction to Ezekiel was the power necessary to change deadness to life. Ezekiel obedience was critical: Then you shall know that I am the Lord!( The Lord said if you have a feeling you do not know what it is Call out too Him and He will show you and set you Free!)

Remember You are His ! Believe By your Faith Ask !
God is Sovereign in the affairs of men. At times, His involvement can’t be explained apart from a direct, undeserved, divine and merciful extension of His hand; at other times, He joins His power with mankind’s in partnership with His creation, working together to produce reward and outcomes He intends. In both, He is the Sovereign moving according to faith—according to His faith toward man, according to man’s faith in Him.
Amen.
 Love in Christ , Sister DottieEzekiel 37:1-3, Matthew 13:9-17, Ezekiel 37: 6, 13,

Unshaken

God’s Kingdom is not shaking.

Today we progressively receive—we are receiving—an unshakable Kingdom, inviting the Lord into every detail: Lord, I pray Your unshakable Kingdom come; [so that] Your will is done . . .on earth in the same way it is done in heaven.

The Kingdom is the container—the setting, mindset and strategy, the prayer, and the intellect
for an inheritance we are receiving. This Kingdom inheritance is reserved for us in heaven and brought into our today right here on earth as we pray: Thy [unshakable, incorruptible, undefiled and clear-as-a-picture] Kingdom, COME!
 Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us have grace, by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear.
God Bless !
Amen.
 Sister Dottie
Hebrews 12: 27 : 1 Peter 1 : 3 - 10

We are God’s Workmanship

 

"For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. (Ephesians 2:10)

Well before the blood shed by His Son, God knew His children and their ways. By the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, His children were recreated and renewed in the promises of the Father. As new creations, we are commanded to live in such a way as to bring glory and honor to the Almighty God. May we live in such a way that is worthy of the tremendous sacrifice of Christ as the power of God works through us.
And to DO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Sister Dottie Yager

Romans 10:4

 

4 For Christ is the END of the Law [the limit at which it ceases to be, for the Law l_e_a_d_s up to HIM Who is the fulfillment of its types, and in HIM the purpose is fulfilled. That is, the purpose of the LAW is FULFILLED in Him] as the means of righteousness (right relationship to God) for e-v-e-r-y-one who trusts in, adheres to and relies on HIM."

Sister Dottie Yager

Thoughts

Thoughts enter the subconscious part of the mind and are established without our realizing they are there! Hundreds of thoughts pass thru the mind and become foundational to something we will eventually believe or trust in—something that would shock us to even consider, much less believe or trust in, if only we knew. The process occurs subliminally . . . that is, “it operates below the threshold of conscious perception, inadequate to produce conscious awareness but able to evoke a response.”

This function of the human mind explains why meditation in Scripture each day is important: In the same way that a spot light is useful to search for hidden objects, words of Scripture operate like the light like miners looking for precious stones an searching for a lost object. Like that instrument the Word of God searches our thought life to bring attention to wrong thinking that would otherwise remain hidden.

The entrance of God’s Word brings light to our mind and heart, causing unbelief and doubt to be exposed. Unbelief is the category for misguided thoughts; doubt gives formation to unbelief and together, unbelief and doubt produce thoughts that question the Lord – His Word, His ways and most of all, His unquestionable love. The cumulative effect of renegade thoughts and the belief systems they create is, first, a clutter of confusion that muddies discernment, and subsequently, the heart is drawn away from confident trust in God.

Difficult times have the potential to overwhelm us if a deaf ear is turned away from this truth. However, if applied, so that confidence in both the Lord and His Word develop mature, strong faith, we are then strengthened to rise above unbelief and doubts that question God’s love and complete protection for us. “For the word of God is living and active , sharper than any double - edged sword , it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit , joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart . Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight.” Everything is uncovered and lay bare before the eyes of God, to whom we must give account.

Amen.

Psalm 119 : 11 ; Hebrews 4 : 12 , 13

I hope you enjoy this! I would like to hear from you!

Have a Blessed Day!

Love in Christ, Sister Dottie Yager

Possessing the Redeemer's Mind

I want to share this with you, Ephesians 4: 24 . To put on the New Man ! When you ask Jesus in your Heart, He is in you!
If you read on to the end of Ch. 4 , you will see that now we have to know that you are no longer a sinner, inside you , but we have to Learn how to walk , talk , and act , the Old Man has to be retrained (Colossians 6: 8, here He tells us, now you yourselves are to put off all these things and V.3: 10)

   Here is where you can see that the mind needs to be renewed,
now that Jesus is living in “YOU” the Sin is gone! Because the word of God tells us that Christ & the Devil can not live in you because Jesus is in there! So that’s why He tells us we have to retrain all that we have walked in before we came to Christ to take Over our Hearts.

      So this, is how we live, and let Jesus. The Holy Spirit does it’s work (Remember We are Learning how to walk in Him, and are we going to make mistakes “YES”). But just know this, He wants us to Win these Battles , and he helps us. So do not allow your self to be a sinner. Just get in the Word and believe God will bring you through!

As Christians, we spend too much time battling basic, elementary battles: "Am I truly saved?" "Am I really forgiven?”

The fact is, God has so much more for us. He seeks to conform our thought-life to the actual thought-life of Christ.

Indeed, the Holy Spirit comes, not just to give us goose bumps and chills, but to restructure our attitudes and perceptions until we think the thoughts of Jesus.

Consider Paul's remarkable insights. He wrote,

"But a natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually appraised. But he who is spiritual appraises all things, yet he himself is appraised by no one. For who has known the mind of the Lord, that he will instruct Him? But we have the mind of Christ" (1 Cor. 2:14-16). (We Value the word of God).

This revelation is stunning: we have the mind of Christ. God wants us to have Christ's very discernment.

Or consider again what Paul wrote to the Galatians. He said, "My children, with whom I am again in labor until Christ is formed in you" (Gal 4:19).

Critics will call the revelation of Christ in us a heresy, as though all we were to have was the name, but not the nature of Jesus Christ.

You see, God's goal is not only to see us saved and go to Heaven, but for Christ to be functionally formed and living through us on earth. We are not just to have a religion about what Jesus did; we are called to possess the very substance of who Jesus is.

Yes, it means we indeed will go to Heaven, but it is more. Through our knowledge of Christ's word and the Holy Spirit, the actual person of Jesus Christ, the Redeemer, gains living access to the needs of man. As His body, we give Him flesh and blood contact with this world. True, we face conflicts, but these difficulties are staged by God so He can showcase His Son through us. Indeed, we face persecution, but it's only so Christ, in the midst of injustice, will reveal how His life overcomes death.

Again, Paul wrote,

"For we who live are constantly being delivered over to death for Jesus' sake, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh" (2 Cor. 4:11).

Isn't this exactly what you desire, the "life of Jesus . . . manifested in [your] mortal flesh"? Aren't you tired of the cycle of judging people and then, because of pride, being judged by God in return?

What does it mean to have the mind of Christ? Does that mean we walk on the water or do great signs? Miracles are indeed a part of Christ's life, yet there is something greater than miracles to attain: Our hearts can be filled with the redemptive, creative thought-life of God!(1 Cor.2: 4 , 5 ) And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, (5.) That your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.

Lord, deliver us of our fleshly motives! Free us from our human instincts and fallen passions. Grant us, Lord, the motives of Jesus. Teach us to think, not as a prosecutor whose quest is to condemn, but as the Savior whose heart is to redeem.
Scriptures are from the New King James Version
Love in Christ ,
I Pray that who ever reads this will be blessed!

Sister Dottie Yager

Galatians 5:4 (NIV)

 

If 'WE' are trying to be justified by the LAW,

WE then, are alienated from Christ & we have fallen from GRACE!

Sister Dottie Yager

A Line Has Gone Out

 

There is a fine line for every word we speak, and with each motivation, we produce the fruit of our character. Those around us see who we are, who we are not, and where we draw the line concerning the culture. Our “confession of faith” is not a lone express—rather, with actions and heart we trumpet where our eyes and minds have been.

It matters. Lives are a composite of spirit, soul, and body, plus everything that has ever happened to us, plus our response to those things. The resulting composite depicts a true identity, As Christians we are wise to deliberately submit all of it to the Lord. As we spend time with Him, everything that we have become is mirrored—we see as He sees when we became His ! And what we were before Jesus,*We were judge unrighteous.

There is a spirit line—a “line” created by the heavens and earth, by day and by night, and by the speech and voice they represent. That speaking line “has gone out through all the earth.” The line is spiritual, drawn by their speech—the speech of the heavens and earth, the day and night, including everything in sight.

If creation has a voice, we too have one. The voice you and I have become speaks . . . a separating line that affirms what is of God, covenant, and Kingdom . . . and what is not.

Amen.

Philemon 1: 6 ; Proverbs 20: 10-12; Psalm 19 : 1-4: But read Psalm 19: 5- 14;( this is what I use to do in FL. and I would like to write again)If that is Aloud?”

Sister Dottie Yager

Confessions of a Disciple

Writing is a form of confession and what you take time to write is more meaningful than ideas entertained in casual discussion or the privacy of your thoughts. Anything written can be judged when read and with subsequent readings we gain further conviction in favor, or opposition to what has been recorded.

Effective discipleship includes writing or “journaling” things that matter most.  Prayer requests, prayer concerns, thoughts while praying, words the Lord speaks to our hearts throughout the day, and occasions of praise or great joy as well as those of sadness, loss or defeat – these belong in a journal to be tested, believed and integrated into our beliefs or rejected as unworthy for the life of a disciple.

Thoughts come and go, forming patterns of thought; and when thoughts are written, surprising, even extreme, patterns emerge to develop context for who we are—either with strengths and confidence toward God or negatively, with insecurity and fear. Once exposed, our thoughts affirm our biblical admonition with God, or defy it.

Take every thought captive. Write the vision and make it plain.
Amen.

2 Corinthians 10:5-6 |1 Thessalonians 5:21 | 1 Timothy 5:13 | Hebrews 10:23

Sister Dottie Yager

The End is Better

Maturing in faith, we not only gain understanding of situations that affect us and insight for matters we care about, we also receive revelation of the Lord's view of those with wisdom to address them. Very often, because of the revelatory aspect of the Lord's communication.
His speaking to us by his Holy Spirit, we "experience positive outcomes, we could not have otherwise". Often details that were hidden and we didn't know, are unveiled. Jer.29:11- I like this Scripture, it says, "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, Plans to give you hope and a future."
Life in this context reminds us every individual is created to hear and receive special portions from the Lord. Thank God!
Especially now, we have gained unimaginable access to much of what the Lord has in store and interventions by the hand of the Lord that have been revealed, and have uncovered negatives that may actually do us harm.
Because of revelation and insight, wrongs yield to the Lord's positive design. He lays it out, connecting us to the future he has planned. Another critical aspect here is that the Lord reveals and we see as he see. We see more clearly, more accurately. He brings to pass details and timings we simply did not know to factor in before. In light of his revelations passed along to us precisely for this time, our part is to continually declare them to be our objectives and goals, to the end of our faith, because the end is better!
Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done, saying, "My counsel shall stand, and I will do all My pleasure"....
Isaiah 46:10

Amen, Love in Christ
Sister Dottie

Temptation

Have you walked in temptation? I know I have. Sometimes, your mind & body, wants to do, what it wants to do! Nevertheless, I have good news for you! If we turn to our Savor and say help me, guess what He helps us. What a wonderful Promise we have in Him!

    Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him. (James 1:12)

    Find your strength in the Gospel promise, overcome the slings and arrows of the enemy's wrought! Overcome them by the beautiful power of Christ. Trust your salvation to the sovereign hand of God. Persevere, O brothers and sisters, and you shall be welcomed with great fortune of riches! The crown of life, shall be granted to you and you shall glorify the Lamb! Love God, for He first loved you! 

Love in Christ ,
Sister Dottie

About The Author

Sister Dorothy Ruth Yager started the Encourager in 1989 in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. The Lord spoke to her one day to write to encourage people and God gave her the name “The Encourager”, and her walk in the Revelation of God began. Dottie Grossarth was her married name at the time. When she divorced, she reclaimed her name Yager back and dropped the ministries name, “Through the Lily of the Valley Ministries” and “The Encourager” was birthed.