Recently we received a letter with no return address on it.  I opened it up and to my delight there was a note inside that said, “A Blessing from Jesus!”  This simple gesture brightened my day.  However, there’s more to this story.  Fortunately I was in a hurry and placed the letter and the envelope in the pile to go through at another time.  This morning I was going through the pile and for some strange reason felt to look inside the envelope before placing it in the garbage.  When I looked inside there was a generous financial blessing that I had missed.

To whoever was obedient to the Holy Spirit and sent us this love offering, we thank you.  You brought a smile to our face and a hug in the Spirit to our hearts.  Thank you for supporting us.

B’rachot (Blessings),
Rodney and Tiffany Ann

“One thing I have desired of the Lord, That will I seek…”  (Psalm 27:4)

We received an e-mail asking if there was any more to meet the eye regarding the word “desired” in Psalm 27 verse 4.  My answer: always.  LOL, let’s take a peek together.

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This song is created for soaking and meditating on the Word of God.  Tiffany Ann is singing and reading Psalm 27 in both Hebrew and English over her spontaneous piano music.   The Lord is our light and salvation…whom shall we fear.  Amen and Amen.

Total running time 5:12

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Shalom,
This month’s manna is called One with God.  The whole message came from a close look at Psalm 27:4, “One thing I have desired of the Lord, That will I seek…”  (Psalm 27:4a)

Psalm 27 is the “anthem” of the High Holiday season.  Traditionally this is a time for prayer, fasting, and soul searching, yet the bridal overtones revealed in this one verse are astounding. 

Click here to read “One with God.”

We are also offering a download of Psalm 27 read and sung in both Hebrew and English.  Click here to listen to a sample.

In His embrace,
Tiffany Ann and Team

“He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him and honor him.”  (Psalm 91:15) 

If you have been reading the messages the Lord give me to share over the years, you have probably noticed my attraction to the Divine romance that will come to a mighty culmination with the wedding supper of the Lamb of God.  Therefore, it will come to you as no surprise that I was thinking I was thinking of my wedding vows this morning with my Jesus in mind. 

The phrase that caught my attention today was “to have and to hold from this day forward”.  What an encouragement this was to me today.  You see, we are not alone in our struggles…God is there to have and to hold.  From the moment we said “I do” and received Jesus as the only One to save us He entered into a covenant with us and He is never going to let us go.  While the wild-ness moments of troubles are not pleasant yet the Lord God is always present.  Our key Scripture backs this concept up quite well.  Let’s take a closer look. 

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“My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience.  But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.”  (James 1:2-4)

In this month’s manna we learned that the Greek word for our trials is periazo (pronounced pi-rad’-zo, Strong’s # 3985)  Periazo speaks of a strong internal conflict and carries the idea of trying/testing a person for the purpose of ascertaining his quality, or what he thinks, or how he will behave himself in the trial.  It is the same word that is used when Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil, and a form of it is also found in our key scripture.

Here James is encouraging us to count our “various trials” as joy because they are testing our faith which in turn produces patience.  But what’s that connecting sentence all about?  “But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.”  Why is James highlighting that the final outcome of these trials as being made perfect and complete, lacking nothing.  Furthermore, what are we lacking that Christ had not already provided?   Jesus said it was finished as He hung on the cross.  What gives? 

Let’s take a look at the word “patience” because, interestingly, it has nothing to do with staying calm.  The word in Greek is teleios (pronounced tel’-i-os, Strong’s #5046).  Teleios means to be brought to its end, finished, wanting nothing necessary to completeness.  In Philippians 4:11-12 the Apostle Paul tells us that he learned how to be content in any and all circumstances.  I believe he knew this on a physical level as well as a spiritual level and I bet that it was his “various trials” that produced it in him.

As I write this the familiar song preformed by the group Barlow Girl, Enough, runs through my head.  My spirit is singing:
All of You is more than enough for
All of me for every thirst and every need
You satisfy me with Your love
And all I have in You
Is more than enough

I want that to be more than a song I sing, I want that to be the cry of my heart therefore I honestly can count all these trials as “joy” because I know they will bring me to the place where God alone is enough.  Amen and Amen.

“Draw me, we will run after thee…” (Song of Songs 1:4 KJV) 

מָשְׁכֵנִי אַחֲרֶיךָ נָּרוּצָה

I began this month’s message with a song that I wrote called Draw Me. The above verse was the inspiration to the song yet when I wrote it, I had no idea that God leads His children into the wilderness.

I should have looked it up what “draw me” meant in Hebrew because it is not at all what I thought it would be. In Hebrew the word is mashak (pronounced maw-shak’, Strong’s # 4900).   While mashak does mean, “to draw” and “to attract” like I suspected it might, the word also means: to drag, to seize, and to drag along. Oui vey…

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My journey through the wilderness just get’s wilder and wilder with medical emergencies that are coming upon the family.  I had to take my hubby to the ER last week because of his back and Momma Lewis just had emergency surgery on her eye for a detaching retina. 

Sigh…  The good news is that I know all this is happening to produce more and more faith and trust within me.  Therefore I continue to nestle my soul under the strong Hand of the God of the Hebrews. 

There is an interesting textual oddity in Exodus 3:18 regarding the strong Hand of the God of the Hebrews I would like to share with you today.  

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“We also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance; and perseverance, character; and character, hope.”  (Romans 5:3b-4) 

This verse is teaching us that our trials and tribulations are actually producing all these good things in us.  However, I have to be honest and tell you that I am not yet “glorying” in my suffering.  I’m not a fan…nevertheless, I know that God has a plan. 

There is a Hebrew phrase called bitachon (pronounced beet-ah-khon)   Bitachon refers to trusting God.  It’s not belief in God per-sey, but rather having faith that everything that God does, everything that occurs in life, will somehow – someway be for the good. 

One of the ways a soul can fully embrace bitachon is through the Love of God that was poured out on Calvary through Jesus Christ.  What greater example of love do we have than if someone would lay their life down for another?  

“Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.”  (Romans 5:5)  Five is the number of grace…ah thank You Holy Spirit for the double anointing of grace…I can breathe again. 

This Hope gives bitachon back bone and conviction.  While I may not be able to boast in my burden, someplace deep within my being…it is well with my soul.  I pray you too can say bitachon today. 

Click to listen to a prophetic song that may help to build our bitachon.

All I need is a miracle…all I need is you. 
All I need is a miracle…all I need is you. 
All I need is a miracle…all I need is you.  Mike and the Mechanics

In this month’s Manna, The Way of the Wilderness, I shared from a personal perspective about the Hebrew word for tempt/trial – nacah.  I’m not alone in my trials, it seems as though many of the body of Christ are in a “wilderness time” either financially, emotionally, or physically right now too.  We are all crying out for a miracle and many feel as though it’s never going to come.  If that’s you today I have some good news for you.  Hidden right inside of our trial there is a miracle.  Let me explain.

The Hebrew word for miracle is nes.  In the bible we see that the word nes means: banner, sign, standard.  It is something lifted up and displayed (Strong’s #5251)  There are many places that this root word is found, but one that is particularly interesting to me is Numbers 21:8-9 where God instructs Moses to place a serpent on a pole (nes) and instruct everyone to look at it.  All who looked at it were miraculously healed. Interestingly, Jesus referred to this historical account in John 3:14-15 saying, “…as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life.”

You are probably wondering what on earth this has to do with our trials and tribulations right?  Let me explain. 

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“I am weary with my crying; My throat is dry; My eyes fail while I wait for my God.”  (Psalm 69:3)

While in the wilderness the soul can grow quite weary.  In the weariness one may even wonder if the Lord hears them in their distress.  Can you identify? 

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Today is a very special day to me.  Besides being my birthday…
…it is also the beginning of the month of Elul.

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