Michelle Rhnea Yisrael

Matthew 17:21 “ Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting. ” A Message for our Sons and Daughters Matthew 17:21 : "Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting." Both males and females choose the handsome guy and the beautiful girl to date.  Humans tend to overlook people of the opposite gender who might not be the most good-looking.  I hear young people talk a lot about "my type." We ignore someone because they may not be pretty on the outside, but they might be beautiful inside. Remember, Jesus was described as lacking comeliness. "For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him," Isaiah 53:2 . While Satan was often considered handsome because it was easy for him to disguise himself as an angel of light, "And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light."

John 4:24 “ God  is  a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship  him  in spirit and in truth. ” How do we worship God in Spirit and truth? The answer to this question is often presented as a mystery. However, there is nothing mysterious about God nor what he requires us to do. We worship HIM in truth by keeping his commandments; walking in truth is as simple as that. We worship HIM in Spirit by allowing the commandments we keep to change our minds and heart and improve our behavior. The Messiah said in the book of Matthew 22:37-40 the two greatest commandments that Moses first announced in Exodus 20:1-17 were to love God with all our hearts, soul, and might, and then to love our neighbors as we love ourselves. The second greatest commandments were said to be of equal value.    In John. 14:15, he said, "If ye love me, keep my commandments. Verse 21 tells us the benefit, "He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth m