03-22-25 - FHM Morning Manna - Min. Lori Merchent

FHM Morning Manna March 22, 2025 - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJpgFUpHhrY Transcript: (00:04) good morning and welcome to Sabbath morning hallelujah hallelujah good morning good morning Shalom Hallelujah Shalom [Music] Hallelujah I am thankful for the privilege to present this morning's Mana to you I thank the bishop mother Wanda Pastor Shane and Lady Karen because without them this wouldn't be possible so I'm very very thankful as we all are I'd like to start with a prayer first because I want yahweh's words not Lor's words I thank you Father that you have brought us here I thank you Yahweh that you have something to speak to your (00:58) people yes Father I ask that you would help me to I ask that you would help me to be able to speak and bring your word not my words your heart not my thoughts yes oh Yahweh oh Yahweh and bless your people this sabbath morning as we rejoice in your day hallelujah hallelujah amen amen hallelujah amen amen hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah GL glory glory in preparing for Passover I've been reminded of the importance of understanding what attributes and characteristics are in our Passover Lamb we must take inventory how did our Passover Lamb (01:56) behave are we exhibiting the qualities of Yeshua not just during this time but daily in our steps to sunship the very first one is we inventory where we aren't looking like Yeshua and we we repent amen hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah in looking up about Lambs I learned something very very interesting and I wanted to share this with you lambs have different eyes than humans do they have rectangle eyes in their retina or their retina is a rectangle and their peripheral is 320 to 340° which means they almost literally (02:44) have eyes in the back of their head and I want you to kind of put that in the back of your mind and think about being a lamb being a watcher following Yeshua [Music] I have read many books and studied many lives of missionaries and Mars in the beginning of my childhood and looking back I recognized the wisdom of Yahweh since people or places around me were never constant in my life I looked for role models and the women around me and the women in the books that I read I admired and wanted to be like the women with Godly character and wisdom I (03:33) was drawn to the conduct and behavior of women like Mom Downer who Faithfully prayed every morning with Dad Downer and read the Bible and my sister and I participated in that she loved helping people and I saw her as my one of my first role models that I can remember then there was Mom Owen home because she was she was not able to stay in Ethiopia as a missionary because of health reasons and I was taken into her home she was elegant graceful we served many many many missionaries from many many countries always set a beautiful table (04:20) kept a clean house and what a beautiful role model she was because her conduct no matter what was going on I can hear her saying now Ben it's okay always a calm voice never angry I never heard one single time she yelled at anyone and I loved that in her even though she didn't know the name of of Yeshua or Yahweh she taught me to read and memorize scripture then there's Lillian the precious lady teacher in the Quaker Church who taught me about the two kingdoms many many years ago when I was just a child when people would make fun (05:10) of her she always smiled they'd make fun of her being elderly and slow walking and her disabilities her clothes and she would always smile and she told me she said don't ever stop stop smiling amen there's always something to smile about see she had that in inner that inner joy that can't be taken away by circumstances right or even what people say about you she had a joy and a peace and then I remember a missionary and I'm not really sure if I actually ever met her but she did live in my lifetime and that's Elizabeth Elliot (06:00) whose husband was murdered in Ecuador her husband actually uh grew up about 50 miles away from where I lived and where I grew up and uh he asked her to marry her on the mountains uh just outside of the city where I lived uh anyway after her husband was murdered she went back to the very same tribes taking her little child with her so committed to doing what Yahweh was directing her to do to take the gospel back and now that entire tribe has been transformed amen amen amen she share shares a story about when she was a (06:47) young college student or Bible School student and how nervous and scared she was and this little lady little Scottish lady named Mrs cunning lived in the basement of where she was living and she knocked on her door and she said Betty I'm here anytime you need me if you ever want a cup of tea or a scone come on down well Elizabeth took her up on that she had all kinds of troubles and problems that all our young college students might have not the big big ones but they're Weighing on on her mind so she was down there (07:36) complaining and almost every time she would quote the same scripture Romans 15:13 to her Romans 15:13 May the god of Hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may be bound in Hope Hallelujah yeah so here was this little elderly lady and she was talking about how to have hope and how to have peace and Elizabeth says there was never a more joyful person in her life than this one who was her Mentor many years later after Elizabeth was was uh widowed and so was Mrs C (08:31) they both met together and they had a little bit of a talk about being widows and Mrs Cunningham said something that was really really strange to her she said there are things that I grieve about now Elizabeth had never heard her say anything about grieving about anything and she said all the things I should have done and I didn't do and the things I should not have done but I did she said Betty I prayed to the Lord and I said why didn't you show me and his reply was you weren't ready to be shown a great saint of the church when (09:20) dying was asked for a last message and her message was be small be very very small small now as we think about the Lambs we think about quietness there is a word that I think an Elizabeth thought the same thing exemplifies there are four words that exemplify the word that I'm going to tell you about the ready to be shown the word meek now when you think of the word Meek what comes to mind quiet very quiet shy right y do you know who in the scripture was more humble and More Meek on the earth in his time than anyone (10:18) else numbers 123 numbers 123 now the man Moses was very Meek more than all people who are on a faith face of the Earth can you imagine that can you imagine that in Miriam's Webster the word meek defines it as enduring injury with patience and without resentment mild moderate submissive synonyms are humble modest unassuming lowly down to earth David is another example and he learned a lot from his sheep and being a shepherd and the things that he went through about humility Psalms 259 Psalms 259 he leads the humble in what is right (11:16) and teaches the humble his way oh Hallelujah Psalms 22:26 hallelujah hallelujah what was that I'm sorry Psalms 22:26 Psalms 22:26 for as you comes my praise in the great congregation my vows I will lead I will perform before those who fear me okay that's a good scripture but that's not the one I don't know I 3711 2226 yes how about 3711 uh 3711 is my very next one thank (12:20) you I must have written it wrong that's all that's okay word hallelujah what was that one again Psalms 3711 Psalms 3711 but the meek shall inherit the land and Delight themselves in abundant peace Hallelujah so the meek are going to inherit the land and have abundant peace so there are benefits of being meek Hallelujah Psalms 1476 Psalms 1476 let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you if I do not set Jerusalem Jerusalem above my highest (13:25) Joy okay did I guess I wrote it wrong again I'm sorry um that one scripture is supposed to be talking about lifting up the humble and um Yahweh lifts up Hallelujah but he cast The Wicked down to the ground okay what what scripture is that one that was uh the book of Yahweh 147 and6 yah lifts up the humble but he cast The Wicked down to the ground okay he lifts up the humble but cast The Wicked down to the ground okay so that was the right scripture hallelujah hallelujah and how about Isaiah what does Isaiah have to say about it Isaiah (14:28) 29:19 right Isaiah 2919 the meek shall obtain fresh joy in the Lord and the poor among mankind shall exalt in the Holy One of Israel Hallelujah the mink have joy yes hallelujah how about the Apostle Paul do you consider him as being a Meek person according to the world standard standards no no what strength what strength and one of the the the uh things that he talked about were the fruit of the spirit and in Galatians 5:22 and 23 we won't read them all but guess what's in there meekness yes Hallelujah okay Matthew 11:28 through3 (15:46) Matthew 11 28-30 yes come to me all who labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest take my yoke upon you and learn from me for I am gentle and lonely in heart and you will find rest for your souls for my yoke is easy and my burden is light yes Hallelujah okay Minister Tom would you please pleas put up that yoke hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah now in that verse it has requirements it's just not you get to rest but you have to do something this is an action you have to come first then you have to take the Yoke and then you (16:53) have to learn and when you look at that yoke there some people have never seen a yoke but it takes Yeshua is here and we have to bend our necks come into that yoke and match step by step every step he's making Hallen remember the eyes that need to be looking we need to be watching what is Yeshua doing yes wow what is hallelujah is he turning we have to turn with him amen is he saying go ahead go we have to go ahead what's going to happen if one goes one way and the other one is going another won't happen can't you won't get (17:54) to your destination no Yeshua had a purpose yes he had a Kingdom Purpose amen the Yoke has a Kingdom Purpose amen so we have to bend our will to the father in Hebrews 122 Hebrews 122 looking to J Jesus the founder and the perfector of our faith who for the joy that was set before him endureth the cross despising the shame and is seated at the right hand of the Throne of God hallelujah he didn't worry about what was going on around him he didn't worry about what people were saying he didn't get sidetracked who for the goal remember we (18:58) talked about goals before when we talked about running a race who for the goal this is our goal we have to stay Kingdom Minded keep our eyes on that goal that same goal and when you're in the Yoke he's going to keep you straight ahead on it yeah amen we have to keep bending our necks whatever the circumstances or the situations that Yahweh is allowing into our lives because it is a refining process and it is a daily process and sometimes it's a minute process sometimes it's a second process because thoughts come very quickly and (19:41) will interrupt us and lie to us that's right that's right and tell us untruths about people and about who we are and about who Yahweh is amen we take every thought captive amen yeshua's prayer that is said by so many so often thy kingdom come thy will be done on Earth as it is in heaven are we saying that are we claiming that amen every day every day I want to share another uh story about a a lady that wanted to go to Africa and and she wrote A Hymn that on her way of wanting to go to Africa first she went to Bible (20:39) school then she wanted to go to Africa and couldn't get there so she taught a girl school she became an itinerant preacher still wanted to be a missionary and go to Africa she even had the opportunity to finally get there just before World War I the only problem is she didn't get to stay there very long and and ended up having to go spend the rest of the war in Scotland and one day she was very distressed about it because she had she had always felt like I'm supposed to go to Africa I'm supposed to go to Africa and an elderly woman was praying (21:23) and these are the words she said it really doesn't matter what you do with us and in 1907 this lady heard those words and went home and wrote a song and I'd like to play it for you now save my voice a little bit Minister Tom thank you hallu hallu wow [Music] Have Thine Own Way Lord Have Thine Own [Music] Way Thou Art the PO (22:31) water I am the clar mold me and make me after thy will while I am waiting yielded and still Have Thine Own Way Lord Have Thine Own [Music] Way search me and try me master today whiter than snow Lord wash me just now as in thy (23:40) presence humbly I have thine own way Lord have th own way wounded and weary help me I pray power oh power surely isine touch me and me say if your dear [Music] [Music] (25:12) [Music] Have Thine Own Way Lord have Thine Own Way hold all my be absolute s fill with thy Spirit till All Shall s Christ only always living in me Christ only all (26:19) living in me oh [Music] can we sing that song can we become that lamb can we put down our choices our dreams of going to Africa come on Amen Minister our dreams of having this that or the other other thing of being this that this title or that title can we lay them down amen how about our homes can we lay them down if Yahweh says lay it down can we do it yes the one the one verse that that really grabs me they all do as you could tell hold or my being absolute (27:24) sway if you think about it a swaying is kind kind of a moving back and forth our sway has to be with that yoke yeah so he's the one that's controlling it yeah he's controlling the direction you know five years ago you couldn't have told me that I would be here you couldn't have told me that most of my things would be an hour and 20 minutes away you couldn't have told me all the changes that would take Place amen amen but there's a choice Hallelujah am I going to learn of him or am I not going to learn of him Hallelujah and am (28:11) I going to let him have absolute sway come on am I going to try to get out from under that yoke because I want my own will Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah and the last thing that I'd like to say to you is are you ready to be shown Hallelujah hallelu this is good amen hallelujah [Applause] Glory wow Hallelujah picking it up picking it up amen hallelujah good amen amen I don't think it's over oh no she's not done are she done done done I thought you just fixing the show was Lord I thought it was fixing to go (29:02) on I thought she said are you ready to be shown I'm like oh no