Below are several articles other followers of Yeshua haMashiach, ... Elohim YHVH's Only-begotten Son, our Savior and Master, ... shared.
They are shared here for your prayerful consideration.
Shalom
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https://torahfamily.org/acts-10-to-eat-or-not-to-eat/
https://torahfamily.org/acts-10-to-eat-or-not-to-eat/
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https://hoshanarabbah.org/blog/2014/11/01/yeshua-advocate-eating-pork/
https://hoshanarabbah.org/blog/2014/11/01/yeshua-advocate-eating-pork/
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http://www.new2torah.com/2011/10/pork-indigestible-designed-for-another-purpose/
http://www.new2torah.com/2011/10/pork-indigestible-designed-for-another-purpose/
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What we eat "does" matter to The Creator Who designed and made all "food" to be "good" / "functional."
Food is called food, in our English language copies of The written Word of The Elohim of Israel, because the qualities of the "food" agrees with the high standards for benefitting our human health which Elohim YHVH chose, because of His beyond-human- understanding Love He has for each of us.
If a certain "thing" we may, as humans, think is "okay" and "acceptable" by Him, is N O T on His original List of approved "foods," then, that certain thing is n o t viewed by The Creator, Who made it, as "food" to be consumed by us human beings.
Simple enough.
We may not understand, fully. Yet, are we willing to obey fully?
Our Father cannot lie.
He only tells The Truth.
He cannot (will not) force us to comply with anything He's taught in His written Word.
He simply wants us to choose to hear and obey, IF we want Him to, then, give us the Blessings we read about in His Word.
Saturday, November 30, 2019
Wednesday, October 9, 2019
Inspiration from YirmeYahu / Jeremiah 29
Many folks who share verses from The written Word of Elohim YHVH, our Father Creator, in my observation, share one verse from Jeremiah chapter 29.
I'd like to share with you, my friends (moms, most of you, yet anyone is Welcome to Read this simple blog), from Jeremiah 29: 11 - 14. Seems to me that * all * portions within Yah's written Word are Significant! Here goes:
v. 11 ~•~
For I ( YHVH, The LORD in KJ English ) know The Thoughts that I think toward you ( Yah's children of Yisrael in captivity, in exile, in Babylon ), says YHVH, thoughts of Shalom ( Peace ), and not of evil ( Strong's Hebrew # 7451 ), to give you an end and an expectation. ( Strong's Hebrew # 8615 & 319 )
v. 12 ~•~
Then shall you Call Upon Me ( Yah ), and you shall Go And Pray to Me, and I will hearken ( pay attention ) to you.
v. 13 ~•~
And you shall Seek Me, and Find Me, * when * you shall Search For Me With All your Heart.
v. 14 ~•~
And I will be Found of ( by ) you, says YHVH: and I will Turn Away your captivity, and I will Gather you from All the nations, and from All the places to which I have driven you, says YHVH; and I will Bring you again into the place from which I caused you to be Carried Away captive.
Can you see Why I prefer to include all these verses * with * verse 11?
YirmeYahu ( Jeremiah ) went through quite a few trials, sufferings and hateful things, including imprisonment, . . . just for Speaking Aloud "words" our Father Creator, YHVH, told him to Speak.
Will you, or your ( grown ) children be Sent Out ( The Biblical "sent-out ones" were called apostles in The Renewed Covenant Scriptures. ) to Speak Aloud, one day, to a ruler, a leader, an administrator, a store manager, a business owner, or a woman in a high position as a teacher, school counselor, psychologist, a physician, a naturopathic doctor, a nurse, a researcher, a college professor, etc.?
If YHVH "sends you out," within your nearby community, to Shine His Light on someone who does not, yet, Know Him for Who He truly is, . . . are you Willing to do it? He is The Enabler! ( in the best positive form of that term )
He "gifted" men to construct a Wilderness Tabernacle as a Meeting Place for all His children, including strangers ( ger, in Hebrew, means stranger, sojourner, who chooses to remain among Yah's people & who obeys His Teachings, The foundational Torah given to us through Moshe / Moses, to write down ),
non-Israelites, including some Egyptians, I'd say,
... to "meet" with Him,
... to "worship" Him in and with,
... and for Him to use to "speak" more Instructions to us, through Aharon and his sons, ... and
for Aharon and Moshe to meet with YHVH at the entrance,
... to Help us, His children grafted in to His family, so we'd benefit from what He Knew ( Knows ) would Bring us Blessings & Help He wanted to Pour on us! Through the many encounters and events Yah arranged for, and wanted to use, in teaching us His Wise Way of Living, He continued to reveal more and more of How He Thinks, and How He wants us to Think! He wanted us "to search for Him with * all * our heart, soul, mind & strength!" Then, if we did that, He knew ( knows ) we would "find" Him! ( in His Son, Yeshua haMashiach! )
Why? The answer, among other answers, can be Found in the verses YirmeYahu ( Jeremiah ) was instructed by Yah to write down.
Shalom
I'd like to share with you, my friends (moms, most of you, yet anyone is Welcome to Read this simple blog), from Jeremiah 29: 11 - 14. Seems to me that * all * portions within Yah's written Word are Significant! Here goes:
v. 11 ~•~
For I ( YHVH, The LORD in KJ English ) know The Thoughts that I think toward you ( Yah's children of Yisrael in captivity, in exile, in Babylon ), says YHVH, thoughts of Shalom ( Peace ), and not of evil ( Strong's Hebrew # 7451 ), to give you an end and an expectation. ( Strong's Hebrew # 8615 & 319 )
v. 12 ~•~
Then shall you Call Upon Me ( Yah ), and you shall Go And Pray to Me, and I will hearken ( pay attention ) to you.
v. 13 ~•~
And you shall Seek Me, and Find Me, * when * you shall Search For Me With All your Heart.
v. 14 ~•~
And I will be Found of ( by ) you, says YHVH: and I will Turn Away your captivity, and I will Gather you from All the nations, and from All the places to which I have driven you, says YHVH; and I will Bring you again into the place from which I caused you to be Carried Away captive.
Can you see Why I prefer to include all these verses * with * verse 11?
YirmeYahu ( Jeremiah ) went through quite a few trials, sufferings and hateful things, including imprisonment, . . . just for Speaking Aloud "words" our Father Creator, YHVH, told him to Speak.
Will you, or your ( grown ) children be Sent Out ( The Biblical "sent-out ones" were called apostles in The Renewed Covenant Scriptures. ) to Speak Aloud, one day, to a ruler, a leader, an administrator, a store manager, a business owner, or a woman in a high position as a teacher, school counselor, psychologist, a physician, a naturopathic doctor, a nurse, a researcher, a college professor, etc.?
If YHVH "sends you out," within your nearby community, to Shine His Light on someone who does not, yet, Know Him for Who He truly is, . . . are you Willing to do it? He is The Enabler! ( in the best positive form of that term )
He "gifted" men to construct a Wilderness Tabernacle as a Meeting Place for all His children, including strangers ( ger, in Hebrew, means stranger, sojourner, who chooses to remain among Yah's people & who obeys His Teachings, The foundational Torah given to us through Moshe / Moses, to write down ),
non-Israelites, including some Egyptians, I'd say,
... to "meet" with Him,
... to "worship" Him in and with,
... and for Him to use to "speak" more Instructions to us, through Aharon and his sons, ... and
for Aharon and Moshe to meet with YHVH at the entrance,
... to Help us, His children grafted in to His family, so we'd benefit from what He Knew ( Knows ) would Bring us Blessings & Help He wanted to Pour on us! Through the many encounters and events Yah arranged for, and wanted to use, in teaching us His Wise Way of Living, He continued to reveal more and more of How He Thinks, and How He wants us to Think! He wanted us "to search for Him with * all * our heart, soul, mind & strength!" Then, if we did that, He knew ( knows ) we would "find" Him! ( in His Son, Yeshua haMashiach! )
Why? The answer, among other answers, can be Found in the verses YirmeYahu ( Jeremiah ) was instructed by Yah to write down.
Shalom
Sunday, September 22, 2019
Be Careful & Discerning as You Read online
I read an entire article which was, apparently, written by someone for whom our Anerican English language is not his first language.
In it were phrases and incomplete statements, using punctuation in an odd way, to me.
The more I read the article, I realized the writer was of the opinion that "G-D" was used to denote the Anglicized version of a name some people use when referring, in general, to their (false, satanically- motivated, or ...in actuality, the false god may be a representative being that stands for hasatan) god.
They are taught by leaders within their violent political ideology (the wording used by former- / ex- Moslems whom I have heard speak, some in person and a number of them recorded on video speaking before a group of people, in public) to equate Jews with dogs. (And, Christians may be regarded by the leaders of that ideology as dogs, also. Not sure.)
But, I am aware that the animal dog ... is seen as something to kill, and therefore, they (some) do what they are taught to do: kill American dogs owned by others, when they can. -- That is a topic for another newsday.
Nevertheless, the writer mentioned "d-o-g" being the way to spell "G-D" backward, ... and stated a few, short thoughts about it, as it relates to people eating pig meat or parts, or hog meat / parts. (I know. A disgusting topic.) -- the writer chose the topic of pigs and how unclean is their meat, and other parts some people eat, and he used some very graphic, effective photos, to make his point. I am glad he wrote the article! Yet, I wish he were a Biblical thinker, a Yeshua-Messiah-following, Torah-observing, Elohim-YHVH-fearing, man!!
If he were, I would "share" his article.
I will share one, instead, penned by someone who fears and knows Elohim YHVH, The King eternal. (Melech ha olam, in Hebrew) : )
Also, I noticed that the author actually used wording in English words, espec'ly in the middle, and at the end of the article, acting as if the false god (he spells it G-D) of the Qur'an is the same Elohim YHVH Who is The Elohim of Abraham, Isaac & Jacob. He is not in any way!!!!!
-- Isaiah 45: 3-6 ... + more --
“I will give you the treasures of darkness
And hidden wealth of secret places,
So that you may know that it is I,
The Lord, the God of Israel, who calls you by your name.
4 “For the sake of Jacob My servant,
And Israel My chosen one,
I have also called you by your name;
I have given you a title of honor
Though you have not known Me.
5 “I am Elohim, and there is no other;
Besides Me there is no Elohim.
I will gird you, though you have not known Me;
6 That men may know from the rising to the setting of the sun
That there is no one besides Me.
I am YHVH, and there is no other,
7 The One forming light and creating darkness,
Causing well-being and creating calamity;
I am YHVH who does all these.
8 “Drip down, O heavens, from above,
And let the clouds pour down righteousness;
Let the earth open up and salvation bear fruit,
And righteousness spring up with it.
I, YHVH, have created it.
9 “Woe to the one who quarrels with his Maker — ....
11 Thus says YHVH, The Holy One of Israel, and his Maker: ...
... the work of My Hands.
12 “It is I who made the earth, and created man upon it.
I stretched out the heavens with My Hands
And I ordained all their host.
14 Thus says YHVH,
“The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush
And the Sabeans, men of stature,
Will come over to you and will be yours (the children of Israel);
They will walk behind you, they will come over in chains
And will bow down to you (the children of Israel);
They will make supplication to you:
'Surely, Elohim (YHVH) is with you, and there is none else,
No other Elohim.’”
15 Truly, You are an Elohim who hides Himself,
O Elohim of Israel, Savior!
17 Israel has been saved by YHVH
With an everlasting salvation; ....
18 For thus says YHVH, Who created the heavens (He is the Elohim Who formed the earth and made it, He established it and did not create it a waste place, but formed it to be inhabited),
“I am YHVH, and there is none else."
19 “... I, YHVH, speak righteousness,
Declaring things that are upright."
20 “Gather yourselves and come;
Draw near together, you fugitives of the nations;
They have no knowledge,
Who carry about their wooden idol
And pray to a god who cannot save. ((the false
g o d the article writer trusts in. Dur'g "the Haj," people walk'g around the black "rock in a box," can see at least 350 idols, one in each of the arches built into the outer walls of the structure.))
21 “Declare and set forth your case;
Indeed, let them consult together.
Who has announced this from of old?
Who has long since declared it?
Is it not I, YHVH?
And there is no other Elohim besides Me,
A righteous Elohim and a Savior;
There is none except Me."
22 “Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth;
For I am Elohim, and there is no other."
23 “I have sworn by Myself,
The Word has gone forth from My mouth in righteousness
And will not turn back,
That to Me every knee will bow, every tongue will swear allegiance."
Footnotes:
Isaiah 45:1 Lit I will loose
Isaiah 45:2 Another reading is mountains
Isaiah 45:3 Or hoarded treasures
Isaiah 45:5 Or arm
Isaiah 45:6 Lit they
New American Standard Bible (NASB)
Copyright © 1960, ..., 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation
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At that point, I was even more saddened, because a bunch of people who read English (as their first language) might assume the author of the article believes in the Biblical teach'g that The True Creator, Elohim YHVH, inspired and instructed certain men to write down, ... but He is Not the one that author refers to, I realized. (the writer's so-called "g o d" is the g o d that a violent, child-rapist, evil-spouting man from Arabia ... thought he was learn'g from, & represent'g, even though that illiterate man only listened to "an angel of light in a cave," that angel calling itself Gabriel. Impossible for "that" angel to be the Archangel Gabriel! Yet, those who are adherents of the ideology of the article writer have been taught deceptive information. So, they do not realize there is a huge difference!!) ...
... Who cares?!? I do. ! ... b'cuz he quotes (types out) quite a few statements from the Qur'an, and only gives a (one) Bible verse reference, and he does not type out what it actually states. (and, he omits Bible verses which continue to instruct us about other "meats" not fit for human consumption, besides pig / pork / hog.)
He also only uses "kosher" to describe what "Jews" call meats that are safe to eat. Odd way to say oig is unclean, IF the writer were one who believes in YHVH and in Yeshua, as may be assumed by some who did read the article, as I did. ((In other words, readers need to use good discernment when read'g such articles, b'cuz this writer is, apparently, not that knowledgeable aboit The written Word. He seems to only know what his own ideology teachers have taught, plus some scientific information about pigs, hogs.)) He does not use the word "unclean," as does the English Bible. hmm.... (note: The English Bible does not use the word "kosher," unless I have overlooked the Hebrew word from which our word "unclean" comes. I will look that up, a s a p.)
So, although the writer seems to be accurate in his assessment of the impurity, the physiologically-damaging, even poisonous, toxic, nature of / within pig meat, he does not actually seem to comprehend what The Word of Elohim YHVH states, in Truth. For me, and the amount of words in the article about a false g o d I reject and denounce, I cannot justify "sharing" such as article. As I said before, am plan'g to find a comparable, useful article stating the uncleanness and impurity, and dangers, of pig meat, hog meat, and other parts of the pig / hog, such as intestines, feet, snout, etc. ((Too many people in this nation, America, consume this animal!! ... without knowledge of how serious are the true facts about its tapeworms, parasites, trichinosis larvae & worms, and ... its lying in its own urine and feces, besides its tendency to kill n eat animals as well as humans. sickening to think about!))
In it were phrases and incomplete statements, using punctuation in an odd way, to me.
The more I read the article, I realized the writer was of the opinion that "G-D" was used to denote the Anglicized version of a name some people use when referring, in general, to their (false, satanically- motivated, or ...in actuality, the false god may be a representative being that stands for hasatan) god.
They are taught by leaders within their violent political ideology (the wording used by former- / ex- Moslems whom I have heard speak, some in person and a number of them recorded on video speaking before a group of people, in public) to equate Jews with dogs. (And, Christians may be regarded by the leaders of that ideology as dogs, also. Not sure.)
But, I am aware that the animal dog ... is seen as something to kill, and therefore, they (some) do what they are taught to do: kill American dogs owned by others, when they can. -- That is a topic for another newsday.
Nevertheless, the writer mentioned "d-o-g" being the way to spell "G-D" backward, ... and stated a few, short thoughts about it, as it relates to people eating pig meat or parts, or hog meat / parts. (I know. A disgusting topic.) -- the writer chose the topic of pigs and how unclean is their meat, and other parts some people eat, and he used some very graphic, effective photos, to make his point. I am glad he wrote the article! Yet, I wish he were a Biblical thinker, a Yeshua-Messiah-following, Torah-observing, Elohim-YHVH-fearing, man!!
If he were, I would "share" his article.
I will share one, instead, penned by someone who fears and knows Elohim YHVH, The King eternal. (Melech ha olam, in Hebrew) : )
Also, I noticed that the author actually used wording in English words, espec'ly in the middle, and at the end of the article, acting as if the false god (he spells it G-D) of the Qur'an is the same Elohim YHVH Who is The Elohim of Abraham, Isaac & Jacob. He is not in any way!!!!!
-- Isaiah 45: 3-6 ... + more --
“I will give you the treasures of darkness
And hidden wealth of secret places,
So that you may know that it is I,
The Lord, the God of Israel, who calls you by your name.
4 “For the sake of Jacob My servant,
And Israel My chosen one,
I have also called you by your name;
I have given you a title of honor
Though you have not known Me.
5 “I am Elohim, and there is no other;
Besides Me there is no Elohim.
I will gird you, though you have not known Me;
6 That men may know from the rising to the setting of the sun
That there is no one besides Me.
I am YHVH, and there is no other,
7 The One forming light and creating darkness,
Causing well-being and creating calamity;
I am YHVH who does all these.
8 “Drip down, O heavens, from above,
And let the clouds pour down righteousness;
Let the earth open up and salvation bear fruit,
And righteousness spring up with it.
I, YHVH, have created it.
9 “Woe to the one who quarrels with his Maker — ....
11 Thus says YHVH, The Holy One of Israel, and his Maker: ...
... the work of My Hands.
12 “It is I who made the earth, and created man upon it.
I stretched out the heavens with My Hands
And I ordained all their host.
14 Thus says YHVH,
“The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush
And the Sabeans, men of stature,
Will come over to you and will be yours (the children of Israel);
They will walk behind you, they will come over in chains
And will bow down to you (the children of Israel);
They will make supplication to you:
'Surely, Elohim (YHVH) is with you, and there is none else,
No other Elohim.’”
15 Truly, You are an Elohim who hides Himself,
O Elohim of Israel, Savior!
17 Israel has been saved by YHVH
With an everlasting salvation; ....
18 For thus says YHVH, Who created the heavens (He is the Elohim Who formed the earth and made it, He established it and did not create it a waste place, but formed it to be inhabited),
“I am YHVH, and there is none else."
19 “... I, YHVH, speak righteousness,
Declaring things that are upright."
20 “Gather yourselves and come;
Draw near together, you fugitives of the nations;
They have no knowledge,
Who carry about their wooden idol
And pray to a god who cannot save. ((the false
g o d the article writer trusts in. Dur'g "the Haj," people walk'g around the black "rock in a box," can see at least 350 idols, one in each of the arches built into the outer walls of the structure.))
21 “Declare and set forth your case;
Indeed, let them consult together.
Who has announced this from of old?
Who has long since declared it?
Is it not I, YHVH?
And there is no other Elohim besides Me,
A righteous Elohim and a Savior;
There is none except Me."
22 “Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth;
For I am Elohim, and there is no other."
23 “I have sworn by Myself,
The Word has gone forth from My mouth in righteousness
And will not turn back,
That to Me every knee will bow, every tongue will swear allegiance."
Footnotes:
Isaiah 45:1 Lit I will loose
Isaiah 45:2 Another reading is mountains
Isaiah 45:3 Or hoarded treasures
Isaiah 45:5 Or arm
Isaiah 45:6 Lit they
New American Standard Bible (NASB)
Copyright © 1960, ..., 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation
______________
At that point, I was even more saddened, because a bunch of people who read English (as their first language) might assume the author of the article believes in the Biblical teach'g that The True Creator, Elohim YHVH, inspired and instructed certain men to write down, ... but He is Not the one that author refers to, I realized. (the writer's so-called "g o d" is the g o d that a violent, child-rapist, evil-spouting man from Arabia ... thought he was learn'g from, & represent'g, even though that illiterate man only listened to "an angel of light in a cave," that angel calling itself Gabriel. Impossible for "that" angel to be the Archangel Gabriel! Yet, those who are adherents of the ideology of the article writer have been taught deceptive information. So, they do not realize there is a huge difference!!) ...
... Who cares?!? I do. ! ... b'cuz he quotes (types out) quite a few statements from the Qur'an, and only gives a (one) Bible verse reference, and he does not type out what it actually states. (and, he omits Bible verses which continue to instruct us about other "meats" not fit for human consumption, besides pig / pork / hog.)
He also only uses "kosher" to describe what "Jews" call meats that are safe to eat. Odd way to say oig is unclean, IF the writer were one who believes in YHVH and in Yeshua, as may be assumed by some who did read the article, as I did. ((In other words, readers need to use good discernment when read'g such articles, b'cuz this writer is, apparently, not that knowledgeable aboit The written Word. He seems to only know what his own ideology teachers have taught, plus some scientific information about pigs, hogs.)) He does not use the word "unclean," as does the English Bible. hmm.... (note: The English Bible does not use the word "kosher," unless I have overlooked the Hebrew word from which our word "unclean" comes. I will look that up, a s a p.)
So, although the writer seems to be accurate in his assessment of the impurity, the physiologically-damaging, even poisonous, toxic, nature of / within pig meat, he does not actually seem to comprehend what The Word of Elohim YHVH states, in Truth. For me, and the amount of words in the article about a false g o d I reject and denounce, I cannot justify "sharing" such as article. As I said before, am plan'g to find a comparable, useful article stating the uncleanness and impurity, and dangers, of pig meat, hog meat, and other parts of the pig / hog, such as intestines, feet, snout, etc. ((Too many people in this nation, America, consume this animal!! ... without knowledge of how serious are the true facts about its tapeworms, parasites, trichinosis larvae & worms, and ... its lying in its own urine and feces, besides its tendency to kill n eat animals as well as humans. sickening to think about!))
Thursday, March 21, 2019
Our Dependable, As-Close-To-Us-As-It-Gets *Help* In Time Of Need
Yeshua haMashiach, Who is Elohim YHVH's True,
Only-begotten Son, and (for those of us who realize we D O see He did Take Upon Himself all our . . .
sins (what we know is wrong to do, yet we chose to do it anyway),
transgressions (when we crossed "the line" from Doing What is Right in YHVH's Sight ... to Doing What we Thought was either All-Right or else Okay, Acceptable),
iniquities (twisted, crooked), and
trespasses (against other people) . . .
. . . is The Only One I have found, so far, and
I am just over 60 years old, now, on Whom I can truly Depend
. . . Who will "remain close to me," even when I am not thinking
in a way that agrees fully with what He has taught, or lived like.
. . . and He is The Only One I know Who has provided just
the kind of Help I really needed, even when I did not really
understand "what kind of Real Help" I actually was in need of.
! ! !
I know you *can* count on Yeshua, Elohim (The One, True God of Israel) YHVH's
Son! He has proved He has been there for me, all through my life. And, my life
took some painful, unexpected, ... and odd turns, at times! Trust me! He will be
there, wherever you are at, at any point in time! Just call out to Yeshua haMashiach!
He will answer you! He's always answered me! And, has delivered me, over & over!
Shalom
Only-begotten Son, and (for those of us who realize we D O see He did Take Upon Himself all our . . .
sins (what we know is wrong to do, yet we chose to do it anyway),
transgressions (when we crossed "the line" from Doing What is Right in YHVH's Sight ... to Doing What we Thought was either All-Right or else Okay, Acceptable),
iniquities (twisted, crooked), and
trespasses (against other people) . . .
. . . is The Only One I have found, so far, and
I am just over 60 years old, now, on Whom I can truly Depend
. . . Who will "remain close to me," even when I am not thinking
in a way that agrees fully with what He has taught, or lived like.
. . . and He is The Only One I know Who has provided just
the kind of Help I really needed, even when I did not really
understand "what kind of Real Help" I actually was in need of.
! ! !
I know you *can* count on Yeshua, Elohim (The One, True God of Israel) YHVH's
Son! He has proved He has been there for me, all through my life. And, my life
took some painful, unexpected, ... and odd turns, at times! Trust me! He will be
there, wherever you are at, at any point in time! Just call out to Yeshua haMashiach!
He will answer you! He's always answered me! And, has delivered me, over & over!
Shalom
Thursday, May 31, 2018
Help For You IF You Home Educate a High Schooler ...
... if you have students you are home educating through their high-school years of learning, here are some links to help you along, as an instructor, tutor and / or parent:
https://www.homehighschoolhelp.com/
Lee Binz offers a number of very helpful materials, to help relieve your stress in keeping up with what is needed for your high-school and college-bound, student!
________
If you go, today, or *very soon,* you can get a wonderful deal at Knowledge Quest Maps, for "Map Trek" --
https://knowledgequestmaps.com/product/map-trek-complete-collection/?inf_contact_key=3e43ab648406da1ab6ca43c50fb38e798c8a8fec51da9f55ea990b1e408b7b4a
https://knowledgequestmaps.com/
Terri Johnson offers you the maps you'll need for your home-educated student, even if he or she is younger than high-school level! Check out her site!
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https://7sistershomeschool.com/
This site is filled with a bunch of helpful, creatively-thought-out, solutions to what you would prefer to use, instead of "textbook curriculum," I'd guess, if you think as I do! Check this out!
Enjoy your adventures, as you learn more, as a parent, ... and as a believer in Yeshua, our Messiah, Elohim YHVH's only True Son, and our Redeemer, Savior and Master, Lord (Adonai)!
https://www.homehighschoolhelp.com/
Lee Binz offers a number of very helpful materials, to help relieve your stress in keeping up with what is needed for your high-school and college-bound, student!
________
If you go, today, or *very soon,* you can get a wonderful deal at Knowledge Quest Maps, for "Map Trek" --
https://knowledgequestmaps.com/product/map-trek-complete-collection/?inf_contact_key=3e43ab648406da1ab6ca43c50fb38e798c8a8fec51da9f55ea990b1e408b7b4a
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Terri Johnson offers you the maps you'll need for your home-educated student, even if he or she is younger than high-school level! Check out her site!
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This site is filled with a bunch of helpful, creatively-thought-out, solutions to what you would prefer to use, instead of "textbook curriculum," I'd guess, if you think as I do! Check this out!
Enjoy your adventures, as you learn more, as a parent, ... and as a believer in Yeshua, our Messiah, Elohim YHVH's only True Son, and our Redeemer, Savior and Master, Lord (Adonai)!
Thursday, May 3, 2018
Inspiration ... on this earth
My inspiration comes from The Creator, Whose artwork in His creation is wonderful!
His ways are higher than our ways.
His thoughts are higher than our thoughts.
He paints the skies, even when the rich (who pay pilots to spew poisonous chemicals into our atmosphere, continue to try to poison us, our land & our water The Creator has given to us, as gifts) are intent on affecting The Creator's skies we see with chemicals that try to hide, or alter, our view toward His heavens.
My inspiration originates from His written Word.
He uses poetic language, in the form of prayer songs.
He also uses historical information, about kings, about people and about honorable spiritual leaders.
He also uses stories told (at times) in parable form.
He also uses metaphors, as well as concepts that lend themselves to being included in allegorical-type stories made into movies, by humans who want to try to translate His concepts into an acceptable, and thought-provoking, format, for anyone who's willing to view it. We can learn a lot from these,
in our modern time, since so many will not take time to pick up a good book & read....
The artistic Creator, Who *is* creative, and brought forth the very concept of creativity into His world, onto His earth, ... has produced many amazing designs we can see while looking at a brook, or a small stream, or a creek, and noticing the ways the water flows over the many shapes and sizes of stones and rocks.
Our Creator has put design also into the limbs and trunks of trees, if we will but notice what He's done.
He also uses the orderly, and predictable, shapes to help us to recognize safe-to-eat species of plants -- or trees (by their type of bark, and color, and trunk direction, whether bent, or straight, or in between).
Our Father in heaven, Whose Creation He is allowing us to enjoy, today (I believe), wants us to appreciate what He has put here, on His earth, on loan to us.
He seems to allow us so much freedom of choice, so much free-will choosing, while also expecting us to act responsibly with our use of His creation.
He seems to want us to use it thoughtfully and ... He, then, will reward us if we do that.
Let's please The One on Whose earth we dwell ... by noticing the details in His created things, including the petals on flowers, as well as their aroma, or the aroma of blossoms we see at this time of year, ... while also noticing the multiplicity of edible plants, and flowers, He has placed here to help us.
Let's appreciate what He has done AND tell Him, each day, "a hearty Thank You!" He deserves it. We actually do not deserve what He has put here for us to use and to enjoy (responsibly).
If you have some thoughts to share, on this topic, and on a more specific topic within this topic of appreciating our Creator's beautiful and inspiring creation, leave me a comment, ... won't you?
Shalom
His ways are higher than our ways.
His thoughts are higher than our thoughts.
He paints the skies, even when the rich (who pay pilots to spew poisonous chemicals into our atmosphere, continue to try to poison us, our land & our water The Creator has given to us, as gifts) are intent on affecting The Creator's skies we see with chemicals that try to hide, or alter, our view toward His heavens.
My inspiration originates from His written Word.
He uses poetic language, in the form of prayer songs.
He also uses historical information, about kings, about people and about honorable spiritual leaders.
He also uses stories told (at times) in parable form.
He also uses metaphors, as well as concepts that lend themselves to being included in allegorical-type stories made into movies, by humans who want to try to translate His concepts into an acceptable, and thought-provoking, format, for anyone who's willing to view it. We can learn a lot from these,
in our modern time, since so many will not take time to pick up a good book & read....
The artistic Creator, Who *is* creative, and brought forth the very concept of creativity into His world, onto His earth, ... has produced many amazing designs we can see while looking at a brook, or a small stream, or a creek, and noticing the ways the water flows over the many shapes and sizes of stones and rocks.
Our Creator has put design also into the limbs and trunks of trees, if we will but notice what He's done.
He also uses the orderly, and predictable, shapes to help us to recognize safe-to-eat species of plants -- or trees (by their type of bark, and color, and trunk direction, whether bent, or straight, or in between).
Our Father in heaven, Whose Creation He is allowing us to enjoy, today (I believe), wants us to appreciate what He has put here, on His earth, on loan to us.
He seems to allow us so much freedom of choice, so much free-will choosing, while also expecting us to act responsibly with our use of His creation.
He seems to want us to use it thoughtfully and ... He, then, will reward us if we do that.
Let's please The One on Whose earth we dwell ... by noticing the details in His created things, including the petals on flowers, as well as their aroma, or the aroma of blossoms we see at this time of year, ... while also noticing the multiplicity of edible plants, and flowers, He has placed here to help us.
Let's appreciate what He has done AND tell Him, each day, "a hearty Thank You!" He deserves it. We actually do not deserve what He has put here for us to use and to enjoy (responsibly).
If you have some thoughts to share, on this topic, and on a more specific topic within this topic of appreciating our Creator's beautiful and inspiring creation, leave me a comment, ... won't you?
Shalom
Thursday, April 5, 2018
Life goes onward and forward
Has your life made a positive turn toward The Light?
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+15&version=TLV
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+15&version=NASB
The words shared by "ha Goel (The Savior)," Yeshua (Jesus' Hebrew Name His earthly mom and dad called Him), in Yochanan (John) 15, can lead you to not only * seek * The Light, but also to * walk in * and * abide in * The Light.
In John 15:9-17, you may read about Yeshua teaching His disciplined ones, His talmidim (His taught ones), that "if you keep (guard) My Commandments, you shall (a more certain form of "will") abide (dwell) in My Love, even as I have kept My Father's Commandments, and abide in His Love."
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+15%3A9-24&version=KJV
.
Wow! -- Yeshua's Words sure can cut to the heart! He is direct & concise! Yet, He continually quotes from The written Word of Elohim YHVH, Avinu (our Father)'s teachings in both The Torah (Torah, in Hebrew, means instruction, teaching) and in the remainder of what many still mistakenly refer to as "the old testament." Those words, in quotes, there, are merely what modern-day publishers, Bible printers, print on the "title page" they added, one page in front of the English versions of books like Genesis and Matthew. Those words neither were penned in the Koinonia Greek language, nor were they written in the original Hebrew. Study up on this, friends!
Anyway, the point is: Yeshua, The only-begotten of The Father, full of Grace and Truth, was unable to lie, unable to do evil, and yet, so many still choose to treat Him with disrespect, disdain and disloyalty. ! He simply wants (seems to me, to be wanting) us to trust Him, keep / guard His Commands He's given, ... from the beginning .... If we do that, He says we will abide (we'll be showing we do abide) in Him (Yeshua). Yeshua * is * in The Father. He abides in Him (Avinu = our Father). Yeshua wants us to abide in Him (Yeshua, Who is * in * The Father.).
Got it?
If you'd like more passages, in The written Word, where I got this information from, I'll be glad to share those with you! (smile)
Leave me a Comment, and we can grow together in what He continues to teach us!
Shalom
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+15&version=TLV
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+15&version=NASB
The words shared by "ha Goel (The Savior)," Yeshua (Jesus' Hebrew Name His earthly mom and dad called Him), in Yochanan (John) 15, can lead you to not only * seek * The Light, but also to * walk in * and * abide in * The Light.
In John 15:9-17, you may read about Yeshua teaching His disciplined ones, His talmidim (His taught ones), that "if you keep (guard) My Commandments, you shall (a more certain form of "will") abide (dwell) in My Love, even as I have kept My Father's Commandments, and abide in His Love."
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+15%3A9-24&version=KJV
.
Wow! -- Yeshua's Words sure can cut to the heart! He is direct & concise! Yet, He continually quotes from The written Word of Elohim YHVH, Avinu (our Father)'s teachings in both The Torah (Torah, in Hebrew, means instruction, teaching) and in the remainder of what many still mistakenly refer to as "the old testament." Those words, in quotes, there, are merely what modern-day publishers, Bible printers, print on the "title page" they added, one page in front of the English versions of books like Genesis and Matthew. Those words neither were penned in the Koinonia Greek language, nor were they written in the original Hebrew. Study up on this, friends!
Anyway, the point is: Yeshua, The only-begotten of The Father, full of Grace and Truth, was unable to lie, unable to do evil, and yet, so many still choose to treat Him with disrespect, disdain and disloyalty. ! He simply wants (seems to me, to be wanting) us to trust Him, keep / guard His Commands He's given, ... from the beginning .... If we do that, He says we will abide (we'll be showing we do abide) in Him (Yeshua). Yeshua * is * in The Father. He abides in Him (Avinu = our Father). Yeshua wants us to abide in Him (Yeshua, Who is * in * The Father.).
Got it?
If you'd like more passages, in The written Word, where I got this information from, I'll be glad to share those with you! (smile)
Leave me a Comment, and we can grow together in what He continues to teach us!
Shalom
Wednesday, April 4, 2018
Exploring ...
Have you ever traveled somewhere, out in the countryside, in the US, and were pleasantly pleased to drive by a small establishment that serves ice cream by the scoop, owned by a retired couple, who are friendly and quite fun to talk with?
I did, in North Carolina, not far from Linville Falls.
The ice cream was high quality!
And, the conversation was pleasant!
Enjoy the places you travel by, and stop in whenever you can spare the time, friends!
You will be glad you did!
There are so many thousands of great, family-owned, family-run folks, who do care about the quality of what they offer to the buying public!
Be sure to say "Thank you!" with a genuine smile, before you leave. Even if you do not buy anything, they will appreciate your gratefulness for having found them! And, tell someone else about the place you visited!
The one I went to does not have a website. So, I am not sharing a link to it, here.
But, most do. (smile)
Shalom
I did, in North Carolina, not far from Linville Falls.
The ice cream was high quality!
And, the conversation was pleasant!
Enjoy the places you travel by, and stop in whenever you can spare the time, friends!
You will be glad you did!
There are so many thousands of great, family-owned, family-run folks, who do care about the quality of what they offer to the buying public!
Be sure to say "Thank you!" with a genuine smile, before you leave. Even if you do not buy anything, they will appreciate your gratefulness for having found them! And, tell someone else about the place you visited!
The one I went to does not have a website. So, I am not sharing a link to it, here.
But, most do. (smile)
Shalom
Tuesday, March 13, 2018
Great Giveaways for Home-Educators!
Today,
look below for Links To Great Giveaways
for Educators Who Tutor their own Children:
Homeschool Giveaways:
https://homeschoolgiveaways.com/
https://homeschoolgiveaways.com/free-homeschooling-resources-by-theme/homeschool-giveaways-exclusive-freebies/
Free Homeschool Curriculum:
http://www.homeschooling-ideas.com/free-homeschool-curriculum.html
~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~
. . . I hope to share more helpful links with you, soon! . . .
look below for Links To Great Giveaways
for Educators Who Tutor their own Children:
Homeschool Giveaways:
https://homeschoolgiveaways.com/
https://homeschoolgiveaways.com/free-homeschooling-resources-by-theme/homeschool-giveaways-exclusive-freebies/
Free Homeschool Curriculum:
http://www.homeschooling-ideas.com/free-homeschool-curriculum.html
~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~
. . . I hope to share more helpful links with you, soon! . . .
Thursday, March 8, 2018
Places Online You Need to Visit !
Gesundheit! Institute, established by Dr. Patch Adams --
http://www.patchadams.org/blog/intelligence-of-love/
Mana'olana Hope, Inc. -- Healing Heart Art
https://www.manaolanahopeinc.com/heart-heart-therpay
Stewart's Caring Place -- Cancer Wellness Center
https://www.stewartscaringplace.org/history-mission.aspx
Friends,
the links to webpages, above, include several that offer hope,
help & healing.
Please share these with those you know, especially those who
have a need for some help, or some encouragement!
Shalom
Thursday, March 1, 2018
Do Your Own Research on The Temple
The actual location of the future-coming Temple of Almighty Elohim (G-d), in Yerushalayim (Jerusalem), is the focus of quite a bit of Research going on, in Yisrael (Israel). (and in other countries, too!)
I trust some sources. I recommend you check out what Joseph Good has figured out, my friend! He is usually accurate.
With that in mind, I will (in this post) be sharing several links to websites that offer * their viewpoint * for *where* the actual Temple will be (and, in the past, truly *was*) built (located).
I trust you will feel like you've benefitted from having read this information (whatever info you choose to read, from among the links, below):
http://hope-of-israel.org/realsite.html
http://templemountfaithful.org/articles/the-real-location-of-the-first-second-and-third-holy-temple-is-on-the-temple-mount-in-jerusalem.php
http://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-jerusalem-temple-mount-ophel-gihon-spring.htm
http://beginningandend.com/secret-of-the-lost-temple-the-real-location-of-solomons-temple-revealed/
http://templemountlocation.com/bobCornukeTheoryDisputed.html
https://jerusalem-watch.com/the-true-location-of-ancient-biblical-jerusalem/
There are other websites that share several perspectives on the location of the Second Temple (of Solomon), besides the ones I have shared links to, above here.
I hope you will gain some thoughtful, and useful, ideas from perusing the various links I've shared!
This is definitely a topic I'd like to read some more information about! Wouldn't you?
Shalom
I trust some sources. I recommend you check out what Joseph Good has figured out, my friend! He is usually accurate.
With that in mind, I will (in this post) be sharing several links to websites that offer * their viewpoint * for *where* the actual Temple will be (and, in the past, truly *was*) built (located).
I trust you will feel like you've benefitted from having read this information (whatever info you choose to read, from among the links, below):
http://hope-of-israel.org/realsite.html
http://templemountfaithful.org/articles/the-real-location-of-the-first-second-and-third-holy-temple-is-on-the-temple-mount-in-jerusalem.php
http://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-jerusalem-temple-mount-ophel-gihon-spring.htm
http://beginningandend.com/secret-of-the-lost-temple-the-real-location-of-solomons-temple-revealed/
http://templemountlocation.com/bobCornukeTheoryDisputed.html
https://jerusalem-watch.com/the-true-location-of-ancient-biblical-jerusalem/
There are other websites that share several perspectives on the location of the Second Temple (of Solomon), besides the ones I have shared links to, above here.
I hope you will gain some thoughtful, and useful, ideas from perusing the various links I've shared!
This is definitely a topic I'd like to read some more information about! Wouldn't you?
Shalom
Tuesday, February 20, 2018
How Have You Been ...?
Life has kept me so busy that I have posted on Twitter, daily, at https://twitter.com/ElElyonsFriend, but not here, lately.
... and ...
I often add New Posts on another Blog Of Mine (BOM), at FindTheRest.wordpress.com/. Those usually have to do with spiritual insights that Almighty G-d (Elohim YHVH) is teaching me, as well as Sites of Others that I recommend.
Yet, I would like for you to know I have A Blog At (ABA): https://ThreadsOfSilver.wordpress.com/. If you are a mom or a young lady, or one who home educates, or helps your spouse teach your own children in your house & elsewhere "along the journey of life," you will be glad you visited that blog! It is not fancy. It is practical and meant to be quite helpful!
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
In case you were not aware that (nat) these are other places where you can keep up with (kuw) what I am actively doing, online (ado), now, you know!
~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~
My new life with a fantastic man, my husband, Ken, has been wonderfully filled with happy happenings, as well as wonderful walks in areas where woods abound with wild life (yes, I know how to spell "wildlife," but I am not using it in that way, friends!) and water flows from springs as well as from the run-off after a good rain. I have been so grateful to Almighty G-d, Elohim YHVH Melech ha olam (The King eternal, Who rules over everything, everywhere = Melech ha olam), that He brought Ken and me together!
A Few Thoughts On A Couple Of Things I Am Learning About, Recently
We are learning more about, and moving in the direction of, seeing The Mighty One (El Gibor), Elohim YHVH, provide a special place for our future wanderings and for our upcoming service to others, believers and (some would call it ministry; I wish there was an American English word that would more accurately describe what I mean by what I am stating, here).
Today, I ran across a couple of interesting posts by a couple who have built a house using Cordwood Construction:
https://accidentalhippies.com/2016/07/28/cordwood-for-beginners/
https://accidentalhippies.com/2017/01/08/cordwood-rot/
You all may gain some good from reading through these two posts the blog owners shared!
I did!
+ + + + + + + +
Will write more, real soon, friends!
Keep Looking Up, because your Redemption is drawing nigh! Yeshua will be coming soon! Not much more has to occur before Yeshua returns! Yet, too many people on His earth simply Do Not Know Him! Will you behave as A Warrior In Prayer? so The Truth reaches the people who see you, regularly, though you may not notice how many that amounts to?
- - - Will you Stand In The Gap, as Moses did for the children of Israel, when Elohim YHVH, El Shaddai, was ready to eliminate them, at Mount Sinai, because of their wrong attitude and their actions that showed Elohim YHVH that they were going to go astray, no matter how many miraculous things YHVH did for them, to protect, provide and defend, deliver, them (!)?
- - - Will you be willing to be A Watchman, for the souls of those you know, already, who may not be Abiding in Yeshua as He would want them to do? A Watchman *must* speak the Truths & Teachings of YHVH Who rules over everyone everywhere!
Why? Because, if he / she does Not Speak about what Elohim YHVH has inspired men to write down in His written Word, then The Watchman will be held responsible for their everlasting souls' destination being Not Where YHVH "hoped" Those Souls Would spend their everlasting-ness!
Neither you, nor I, want to have that responsibility. It sounds too big!, right? Yet, Elohim YHVH has enabled both you, and me, to do this! (if we have yielded our lives, our minds, our wills, our hearts, our souls & human spirits to Yeshua, believing He is truly The Son of Elohim YHVH, and He died after taking upon Himself, willingly, all the punishment we, each, deserved for our wrong attitudes, our wrong affections, our unwillingness to just do the right thing from His Viewpoint, not ours, ... and our negative, darkness-motivated thoughts, words and actions ... and attitudes.)
Let's be Warriors In Prayer! Let's study, not just read, His written Word!
Let's trust Him beyond what our minds or our hearts can imagine or think! Elohim YHVH will do what is His Plan for each of us, in us, for us and through us, if only We Will Trust Him WholeHeartedly! Will we? Let's choose to do that! He will do the rest!
He will enable us to walk through whatever obstacle-filled pathways He knows are ahead of us, yet He will reward us richly (maybe we will only see that manifested in His future Kingdom eternal)! He just wants someone to willingly choose to be An Intercessor, ...who will Stand In The Gap for other souls who, at this point in time, do not "get it," yet. Will we show ourselves to be Faithful to The One Who has shown Himself to be The Most Loyal, Faithful One we could ever know (or "meet").
Let's do it, friends! There is no greater calling! Being a parent means you stand in the gap. Serving others because you care about them ... means you stand in the gap. Walking in Faith, doing things you feel certain, and see confirmed, that Elohim YHVH has told you to do ... means you stand in the gap. Giving of your time, voluntarily, to help others who do not have a way of helping themselves with certain tasks ... means you stand in the gap.
I could list other ways "you can stand in the gap," that you have not realized represented that, yet you know those. So, I will spare you.
Shalom
... and ...
I often add New Posts on another Blog Of Mine (BOM), at FindTheRest.wordpress.com/. Those usually have to do with spiritual insights that Almighty G-d (Elohim YHVH) is teaching me, as well as Sites of Others that I recommend.
Yet, I would like for you to know I have A Blog At (ABA): https://ThreadsOfSilver.wordpress.com/. If you are a mom or a young lady, or one who home educates, or helps your spouse teach your own children in your house & elsewhere "along the journey of life," you will be glad you visited that blog! It is not fancy. It is practical and meant to be quite helpful!
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
In case you were not aware that (nat) these are other places where you can keep up with (kuw) what I am actively doing, online (ado), now, you know!
~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~
My new life with a fantastic man, my husband, Ken, has been wonderfully filled with happy happenings, as well as wonderful walks in areas where woods abound with wild life (yes, I know how to spell "wildlife," but I am not using it in that way, friends!) and water flows from springs as well as from the run-off after a good rain. I have been so grateful to Almighty G-d, Elohim YHVH Melech ha olam (The King eternal, Who rules over everything, everywhere = Melech ha olam), that He brought Ken and me together!
A Few Thoughts On A Couple Of Things I Am Learning About, Recently
We are learning more about, and moving in the direction of, seeing The Mighty One (El Gibor), Elohim YHVH, provide a special place for our future wanderings and for our upcoming service to others, believers and (some would call it ministry; I wish there was an American English word that would more accurately describe what I mean by what I am stating, here).
Today, I ran across a couple of interesting posts by a couple who have built a house using Cordwood Construction:
https://accidentalhippies.com/2016/07/28/cordwood-for-beginners/
https://accidentalhippies.com/2017/01/08/cordwood-rot/
You all may gain some good from reading through these two posts the blog owners shared!
I did!
+ + + + + + + +
Will write more, real soon, friends!
Keep Looking Up, because your Redemption is drawing nigh! Yeshua will be coming soon! Not much more has to occur before Yeshua returns! Yet, too many people on His earth simply Do Not Know Him! Will you behave as A Warrior In Prayer? so The Truth reaches the people who see you, regularly, though you may not notice how many that amounts to?
- - - Will you Stand In The Gap, as Moses did for the children of Israel, when Elohim YHVH, El Shaddai, was ready to eliminate them, at Mount Sinai, because of their wrong attitude and their actions that showed Elohim YHVH that they were going to go astray, no matter how many miraculous things YHVH did for them, to protect, provide and defend, deliver, them (!)?
- - - Will you be willing to be A Watchman, for the souls of those you know, already, who may not be Abiding in Yeshua as He would want them to do? A Watchman *must* speak the Truths & Teachings of YHVH Who rules over everyone everywhere!
Why? Because, if he / she does Not Speak about what Elohim YHVH has inspired men to write down in His written Word, then The Watchman will be held responsible for their everlasting souls' destination being Not Where YHVH "hoped" Those Souls Would spend their everlasting-ness!
Neither you, nor I, want to have that responsibility. It sounds too big!, right? Yet, Elohim YHVH has enabled both you, and me, to do this! (if we have yielded our lives, our minds, our wills, our hearts, our souls & human spirits to Yeshua, believing He is truly The Son of Elohim YHVH, and He died after taking upon Himself, willingly, all the punishment we, each, deserved for our wrong attitudes, our wrong affections, our unwillingness to just do the right thing from His Viewpoint, not ours, ... and our negative, darkness-motivated thoughts, words and actions ... and attitudes.)
Let's be Warriors In Prayer! Let's study, not just read, His written Word!
Let's trust Him beyond what our minds or our hearts can imagine or think! Elohim YHVH will do what is His Plan for each of us, in us, for us and through us, if only We Will Trust Him WholeHeartedly! Will we? Let's choose to do that! He will do the rest!
He will enable us to walk through whatever obstacle-filled pathways He knows are ahead of us, yet He will reward us richly (maybe we will only see that manifested in His future Kingdom eternal)! He just wants someone to willingly choose to be An Intercessor, ...who will Stand In The Gap for other souls who, at this point in time, do not "get it," yet. Will we show ourselves to be Faithful to The One Who has shown Himself to be The Most Loyal, Faithful One we could ever know (or "meet").
Let's do it, friends! There is no greater calling! Being a parent means you stand in the gap. Serving others because you care about them ... means you stand in the gap. Walking in Faith, doing things you feel certain, and see confirmed, that Elohim YHVH has told you to do ... means you stand in the gap. Giving of your time, voluntarily, to help others who do not have a way of helping themselves with certain tasks ... means you stand in the gap.
I could list other ways "you can stand in the gap," that you have not realized represented that, yet you know those. So, I will spare you.
Shalom
Sunday, November 12, 2017
Am continuing to search, online, for more FREE Home Ed Resources
Hey, mama friends!
If you happen to home educate your children,
and
If you'd like to find * more ways * to make use of
FREE Home Ed Resources,
I will continue to look, online, for MORE
FREE Home Ed Resources.
Am reviewing a number of them, this month.
~*~ If you happen to know of some you'd like to
share with your mama friends who home educate
their children, Will You Please Share A Link to
a Helpful Site You Have Found?
Others, who read this blog, Will Be So Grateful
to You for Any Helpful Info You Share!! ~*~
Shalom Shalom ( these are the actual words, in
Hebrew, though written out in transliteration,
so we can all "read" phonetically, ... what it
should say in Isaiah 26:3-4, in the verse that
states, in KJV English: perfect peace )
- - Check it out!
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Walk in Light.
You can never get lost.
Yeshua will light every step
along your path, even if, at times,
your path seems to appear not-so-good.
Yet, He said He will never leave you nor
forsake you, IF you are a true follower of
Him / Yeshua.
Keep your eyes looking UP! He is there!
Continue to put one foot forward, to walk
in His Footsteps, even IF the step you are
currently "in" may seem to look more like
a muddy, slippery puddle.
Trust in The One Who has walked the
same path, as a man, that you are walking in!
He will carry you through, no matter * how *
the circumstances may look, right now, to you,
or to me. - -
As Yeshua wanted Peter / Shimon Kefa, in the
boat on the Sea of Galilee, ...to do, and to
understand, at the time: Keep your thoughts
focused on The One in Whose Capable Hands
you are held, loved and mercifully forgiven!
* * *
Here is one you may really like! Check it out!
http://www.homeschooling-ideas.com/free-homeschool-curriculum.html
Free Homeschool Curriculum, smorgasbord lesson plans (they say) and
Links to more, helpful home education resources and websites!.
https://1828.mshaffer.com/
A free, online resource: The 1828 Noah Webster dictionary of the American Language.
https://allinonehomeschool.com/
Easy Peasy All-in-One Homeschool -- Complete, All Free Curriculum.
http://howtohomeschoolforfree.com/full-online-homeschool-curriculum/
If you happen to home educate your children,
and
If you'd like to find * more ways * to make use of
FREE Home Ed Resources,
I will continue to look, online, for MORE
FREE Home Ed Resources.
Am reviewing a number of them, this month.
~*~ If you happen to know of some you'd like to
share with your mama friends who home educate
their children, Will You Please Share A Link to
a Helpful Site You Have Found?
Others, who read this blog, Will Be So Grateful
to You for Any Helpful Info You Share!! ~*~
Shalom Shalom ( these are the actual words, in
Hebrew, though written out in transliteration,
so we can all "read" phonetically, ... what it
should say in Isaiah 26:3-4, in the verse that
states, in KJV English: perfect peace )
- - Check it out!
~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~
Walk in Light.
You can never get lost.
Yeshua will light every step
along your path, even if, at times,
your path seems to appear not-so-good.
Yet, He said He will never leave you nor
forsake you, IF you are a true follower of
Him / Yeshua.
Keep your eyes looking UP! He is there!
Continue to put one foot forward, to walk
in His Footsteps, even IF the step you are
currently "in" may seem to look more like
a muddy, slippery puddle.
Trust in The One Who has walked the
same path, as a man, that you are walking in!
He will carry you through, no matter * how *
the circumstances may look, right now, to you,
or to me. - -
As Yeshua wanted Peter / Shimon Kefa, in the
boat on the Sea of Galilee, ...to do, and to
understand, at the time: Keep your thoughts
focused on The One in Whose Capable Hands
you are held, loved and mercifully forgiven!
* * *
Here is one you may really like! Check it out!
http://www.homeschooling-ideas.com/free-homeschool-curriculum.html
Free Homeschool Curriculum, smorgasbord lesson plans (they say) and
Links to more, helpful home education resources and websites!.
https://1828.mshaffer.com/
A free, online resource: The 1828 Noah Webster dictionary of the American Language.
https://allinonehomeschool.com/
Easy Peasy All-in-One Homeschool -- Complete, All Free Curriculum.
http://howtohomeschoolforfree.com/full-online-homeschool-curriculum/
Life continues to amaze me, as I learn more about our Maker
* My good friends, who read this blog,
this post was previously written, long, long ago.
I am including it here simply because its content
may encourage one of you, or someone else who
reads it, one day. Shalom to all who know YHVH
and Yeshua! - - Note: I did not change the spelling
I used to use for YHVH's Name, from YHWH, in
the post, below. He knows Who He is. I am choosing
to leave that part unchanged. My blog; my choice.
Thank you for listening! Have a wonderful day in
our Master's Hands! *
Life still amazes us, if we will just keep looking up, and see The Light! The Bright and Morning Star! He shines for us, and through us, if we will but let Him "shine."
He is there and is ready to help us with any need we have. He becomes the grand fulfiller of needs, to everyone who calls upon Him, in believing trust. Just ask Him. His Name is Yeshua ha Mashiach. (some spell it differently; He is God Almighty's only-begotten Son, born of a virgin, Who suffered, died, was buried in a borrowed tomb, and was resurrected from the dead the third day. He now lives in Heaven. He gives us His Holy Spirit, the Ruach ha Kodesh, as His promise, and as our Teacher, so that we always have His Spirit with us.)
The one thing we can count on is ... that God is for us. Hallelujah ! Who can be against us, if we are in God's family of "friends"? In His family, we are either engrafted into His Vine, of The Anointed One of God, His Son Yeshua the Messiah ... or else we were wild branches in His Vine.
Either way, our Maker / Master Gardener / Vinedresser designs life so that we are wooed by Him, drawn by Him into His living Vine. He gives us His sustaining Life-blood to keep us going. He also gives us Food for thought. He shares that through His living Word. It is better than the most healthy food we could find. It keeps us "alive in Him." His living Word: some call it The Bible; some call it either the Old Covenant or the New Covenant Yeshua brought in, since He is the fulfillment / goal of The Law and The Prophets, which most call The Tanach. He is One * with * YHVH, Who changes not, so, from a viewpoint like Yeshua's, He * could not * change anything that YHVH, His Father, had previously taught or instructed! He is the same yesterday, today and for ever.
Yeshua said "Think not that I am come to destroy The Law, or the Prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill. For verily, I say unto you, Till Heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from The Law, till all be fulfilled." To understand this, and most all things in life on earth, and life in Heaven, you must be born again. In John 3:3, Yeshua shared "...verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again (of water and of The Spirit, Yeshua says later, in John 3: 5) (by one's belief in Him, by faith, through God's Grace), He cannot see the Kingdom of God." John 3: 5 says "...Except a man be born again, of water and of The Spirit (of God the Father), he cannot enter into the Kingdom of God."
God our Father in Heaven, Who made us, and sustains us, gives us the faith to believe in Him and in His Son. He also gives us the directions for what to do next. He even gives us the Strength to go on, when trials or suffering or roadblocks come along, while we are on earth. He keeps all His promises, so all we need do is learn them, remember them, think on them, and live by them, asking Him to bring them about, on our behalf. He will do it.
God says Himself that nothing is too hard for Him. That is true. All His Word is Truth! So, we can count on Him to bring about all good things He has written down, using men's hands to share His thoughts with us. We can count on our Father to hear and answer all our prayers. If we ask believing, not doubting. If we ask for what He wants us to have. If we ask for what will bring attention and glory to Him alone. If we ask for what pleases Him and can be used by Him to change the lives of others, through the mighty miracles He is easily able to bring about. If we ask knowing Him. If we ask as a result of keeping His commandments, especially those shared by His Son, Yeshua, in The New Covenant (called the New Testament by many believers). If we ask as a result of keeping His Word, and of abiding in Yeshua, our Lord, Saviour, Redeemer and The Propitiation for our sins ... and of those of all people who are in this world.
*Anyone who will believe can receive Yeshua's free gift (we cannot buy it by our good works or being "a good person.") of deliverance from the punishment we deserve for our sins, our iniquities and our sinfulness that is inborn in us.
If we call upon The Name (ha Shem) of The Lord YHWH, we will be "saved." That means our sins will not be imputed to us. Our "account" will be marked "paid in full." How is that? Yeshua was the sinless (by choice) volunteer, Who came to earth for the purpose of ''laying down His Life for His friends." He calls anyone "friend" (as He shares in John 15: 7-17) who does *whatsoever* He commands them to do. (see James' writings, for more information on this concept. He was one of Yeshua's real-life, human half-brothers! He knew.)
His commands can be found in The Word (The Bible, the living Word of God). Yeshua's free-will sacrifice of His life (as the only innocent-of-sin, truly pure-hearted, whole-heartedly obedient human, Emmanuel, "God-with-us") paved the way for anyone who will choose to believe what He stands for, what He taught, what He did in our place on the Roman execution stake (some call 'the cross') ... realizing that they can do nothing on their own to earn eternal life or a ticket to Heaven ... due to their breaking any one or all of The Ten Commandments, as taught in Exodus 20: 1-17. None of us can live "righteous" lives, on our own, in our own strength. When God / Yeshua is our Strength, He shows us that when we are weak, that is when He is strong. He just wants us to "stand and see the salvation of The Lord." -- Exodus 14: 13 "Fear ye not, stand still and see the salvation (Yeshua) of The Lord YHWH ...." Though He was speaking there to His people Israel, He also speaks those words to us. Fear not.
Stand ... as He does in the letter Paul wrote to the Ephesian believers:
Ephesians 6: 10-11, 13-14, 16, 17 "Finally, my brethren, be strong in The Lord (Adonai), and in the power of His Might. Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles (schemes) of the devil. ... wherefore take unto you the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand (firm in His strength, authority). Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with Truth, and having on the breastplate of Righteousness; ... Above all, taking the shield of Faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the helmet of Salvation, and the Sword of the Spirit, which is the Rhema / Word of God:"
In the book of James (New Covenant), one of Yeshua's real-life half brothers shares that (James 2: 10) "... whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all." "All have sinned and come short of the glory of God," as Rav Shaul (Paul) shares in his letter to the Roman believers in Romans 3: 23, of the New Covenant.
We must become aware of our spiritual condition. We must acknowledge our complete dependence on God, our Father, for everything, after we have seen clearly our completely hopeless condition we have lived in, ... in our flesh, and for our own selves, for our own unenlightened motives.
Only The true Light can show us The Way. He is Yeshua, God's Son! Only The One Who has been tempted in all ways like as we are tempted, but Who did not choose to sin ... can understand all that we go through, each day, and yet show us The Way out of doing what's wrong. He can show us how to choose to do what is right! We must simply choose to listen to Him! And trust in Him! He is able to do all things!
He created the entire universe. Helping us is so easy for Him! He loves "being there" for us. His Name is YHWH Shammah.
He loves lifting us up, since He is our gentle but strong Shepherd, YHWH Raah. He *is* the Strong One, El. And He is El Shaddai, our All-Sufficient One!
He needs nothing. He simply chooses to give us His Love, and He planned it out before we were born on this earth. He chose to come suffer to pay the sin debt each of us owe to God our Maker, just because He loves us.
He even designs things to happen in this world to get our attention, so we will begin to listen to His loving Voice! And He promises He cares for us, and because of that, He says we must cast all our cares upon Him.
I Peter 5: 5 First, He tells us to "be clothed in humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth (continually) grace (the power / ability and the desire to do His Will) to the humble."
We just need to see we can do nothing, of ourselves, to deliver us from any danger or any problem, or from our future, after death, to determine "where" we will *go.* We can only *cry out* to our Maker, God our Father, asking Him "save me, Lord!" Then, He answers us! ... with Love, tenderness, Peace that passes all understanding, and Joy. His Joy is our Strength.
He wants us to hope only in Him, since He knows He alone holds the universe together, and He alone can deliver us from all harm. He delivers us from the domain of darkness and transfers us into the Kingdom of His Dear Son, Yeshua, into His Kingdom of marvelous Light. He is able. Remember, nothing is too hard for Him!
He loves you, and always will. He will never leave you, if you are His child, nor will He forsake you, because He can only can do good. He cannot do anything evil.
James reminds us (James 1: 12, 13, 14, 15, 16,17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
"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. Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth He any man: But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death. Do not err, my beloved brethren. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from The Father of lights, with whom is not variableness, neither shadow of turning. Of His own Will begat He us with The Word of Truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of His creatures. Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to wrath: For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God. Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted Word, which is able to save (deliver) your souls. But be ye doers of The Word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves."
Hallelujah!
... more blessings than we can imagine are available to each of us, in Him.
God will supply "the rest of the story" Himself. He knows your need. He will fulfill it. And He will bless you with His deliverance, as He sees fit, according to your belief, and your heart attitude.
For those of you who already know Him: Keep believing in Yeshua! Keep trusting in what He ways, and not in what you think or feel.
Proverbs 3: 1-14 reminds me "My son (my daughter), forget not My Law; (My Teaching, in My Torah) but let thine heart keep My Commandments: For length of days, and long life, and Peace, shall they add to thee. Let not Mercy and Truth forsake thee: bind them about they neck; write them on the table of thine heart: So shalt thou find favor and good understanding in the sight of God and man. Trust in The Lord YHWH with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him (thank Him, realize He has done it all, and enabled you to do any good thing, and has delivered you from any danger or trouble, any time it has occurred.), and He shall direct thy paths. Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord (reverence Him, realize Who He is and honor Him, knowing He alone can destroy or revive or renew you or your soul; your life is in His Hands at all times) and depart from evil. It shall be health to your navel, and marrow to thy bones. Honor The Lord YHWH with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and they presses shall burst out with new wine. My son (my daughter), despise not the chastening of The Lord YHWH; neither be weary of His correction: For whom The Lord YHWH loveth He correcteth; even as a father the son in whom He delighteth. Happy is the man that findeth Wisdom, and the man that getteth Understanding. For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof (more) than fine gold."
Proverbs 22: 4 reminds us that "By humility and the fear of The Lord YHWH are riches, and honor, and life." Spiritual riches. Honor the Lord, and He will honor you. Spiritual Life -- life eternal! He alone can grant that. Ask Him.
When I realize my condition before I trusted in Messiah to ''deliver me,'' I see I was on the road to destruction, ... eternal destruction! I can put my trust in Him now. He alone can deliver me from the results of me living life my way. He is The Way to true Life eternal.
Yeshua has redeemed me, by His Grace, with His Blood He shed in my place, on the Roman execution stake, one day, almost 2000 years ago. He gave His Life for me. Will I give my life for Him?
He knows I am unworthy. He knows I do not deserve to live with Him forever. He knows He is my only Hope. My expectation comes from Him alone. -- King David said in Psalm 62: 5-7 "My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from Him. He only is my Rock and my Salvation (my Deliverer): my Defense; I shall not be moved. In God is my salvation and my Glory: the Rock of my strength, and my Refuge, is in God." -- Hallelujah!
He is able to deliver you, too. ;o) Just ask Him. He is always home, and always ready to listen. His heart is tender toward you. He is the most patient Friend anyone could have. He *is* Understanding! He *is* Love! He knows all you are going through. And Yeshua goes through it *with* you! He is our Compassionate Friend.
He knows. He knows all we've done, ... and He still chooses to love us, as we are. He changes us ... over time. As we choose to take one step forward, He lifts us up to accomplish that. He leads us, directs our steps, and even lights our pathway. He is there when we arrive at the goal line.
And He is The One Who chose us, as He reminds us in John 15: 16 "Ye have not chosen Me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit (souls we've won for His Kingdom), and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of The Father in My Name, He may give it (to) you." Hallelujah!
He is good to us, His children, ... all the time. We just have to look with pure-hearted eyes, to see clearly what He has done for us, and He is busy at work every day. We just don't always see what He has protected us "from." But He does. And He will wait for us to thank Him, but He does hope we will *thank* Him, every day, for His blessings. They are so many, we cannot count them all. If we tried to, we would find that they are more in number than the sands of the seashore ... innumerable.
In Rav Shaul's (Paul's) letter to the Galatians, he reminds us: "I am crucified with Messiah: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Messiah liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of The Son of God, Who loved me, and gave Himself for me."
God bless you all! ... more next time.
this post was previously written, long, long ago.
I am including it here simply because its content
may encourage one of you, or someone else who
reads it, one day. Shalom to all who know YHVH
and Yeshua! - - Note: I did not change the spelling
I used to use for YHVH's Name, from YHWH, in
the post, below. He knows Who He is. I am choosing
to leave that part unchanged. My blog; my choice.
Thank you for listening! Have a wonderful day in
our Master's Hands! *
Life still amazes us, if we will just keep looking up, and see The Light! The Bright and Morning Star! He shines for us, and through us, if we will but let Him "shine."
He is there and is ready to help us with any need we have. He becomes the grand fulfiller of needs, to everyone who calls upon Him, in believing trust. Just ask Him. His Name is Yeshua ha Mashiach. (some spell it differently; He is God Almighty's only-begotten Son, born of a virgin, Who suffered, died, was buried in a borrowed tomb, and was resurrected from the dead the third day. He now lives in Heaven. He gives us His Holy Spirit, the Ruach ha Kodesh, as His promise, and as our Teacher, so that we always have His Spirit with us.)
The one thing we can count on is ... that God is for us. Hallelujah ! Who can be against us, if we are in God's family of "friends"? In His family, we are either engrafted into His Vine, of The Anointed One of God, His Son Yeshua the Messiah ... or else we were wild branches in His Vine.
Either way, our Maker / Master Gardener / Vinedresser designs life so that we are wooed by Him, drawn by Him into His living Vine. He gives us His sustaining Life-blood to keep us going. He also gives us Food for thought. He shares that through His living Word. It is better than the most healthy food we could find. It keeps us "alive in Him." His living Word: some call it The Bible; some call it either the Old Covenant or the New Covenant Yeshua brought in, since He is the fulfillment / goal of The Law and The Prophets, which most call The Tanach. He is One * with * YHVH, Who changes not, so, from a viewpoint like Yeshua's, He * could not * change anything that YHVH, His Father, had previously taught or instructed! He is the same yesterday, today and for ever.
Yeshua said "Think not that I am come to destroy The Law, or the Prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill. For verily, I say unto you, Till Heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from The Law, till all be fulfilled." To understand this, and most all things in life on earth, and life in Heaven, you must be born again. In John 3:3, Yeshua shared "...verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again (of water and of The Spirit, Yeshua says later, in John 3: 5) (by one's belief in Him, by faith, through God's Grace), He cannot see the Kingdom of God." John 3: 5 says "...Except a man be born again, of water and of The Spirit (of God the Father), he cannot enter into the Kingdom of God."
God our Father in Heaven, Who made us, and sustains us, gives us the faith to believe in Him and in His Son. He also gives us the directions for what to do next. He even gives us the Strength to go on, when trials or suffering or roadblocks come along, while we are on earth. He keeps all His promises, so all we need do is learn them, remember them, think on them, and live by them, asking Him to bring them about, on our behalf. He will do it.
God says Himself that nothing is too hard for Him. That is true. All His Word is Truth! So, we can count on Him to bring about all good things He has written down, using men's hands to share His thoughts with us. We can count on our Father to hear and answer all our prayers. If we ask believing, not doubting. If we ask for what He wants us to have. If we ask for what will bring attention and glory to Him alone. If we ask for what pleases Him and can be used by Him to change the lives of others, through the mighty miracles He is easily able to bring about. If we ask knowing Him. If we ask as a result of keeping His commandments, especially those shared by His Son, Yeshua, in The New Covenant (called the New Testament by many believers). If we ask as a result of keeping His Word, and of abiding in Yeshua, our Lord, Saviour, Redeemer and The Propitiation for our sins ... and of those of all people who are in this world.
*Anyone who will believe can receive Yeshua's free gift (we cannot buy it by our good works or being "a good person.") of deliverance from the punishment we deserve for our sins, our iniquities and our sinfulness that is inborn in us.
If we call upon The Name (ha Shem) of The Lord YHWH, we will be "saved." That means our sins will not be imputed to us. Our "account" will be marked "paid in full." How is that? Yeshua was the sinless (by choice) volunteer, Who came to earth for the purpose of ''laying down His Life for His friends." He calls anyone "friend" (as He shares in John 15: 7-17) who does *whatsoever* He commands them to do. (see James' writings, for more information on this concept. He was one of Yeshua's real-life, human half-brothers! He knew.)
His commands can be found in The Word (The Bible, the living Word of God). Yeshua's free-will sacrifice of His life (as the only innocent-of-sin, truly pure-hearted, whole-heartedly obedient human, Emmanuel, "God-with-us") paved the way for anyone who will choose to believe what He stands for, what He taught, what He did in our place on the Roman execution stake (some call 'the cross') ... realizing that they can do nothing on their own to earn eternal life or a ticket to Heaven ... due to their breaking any one or all of The Ten Commandments, as taught in Exodus 20: 1-17. None of us can live "righteous" lives, on our own, in our own strength. When God / Yeshua is our Strength, He shows us that when we are weak, that is when He is strong. He just wants us to "stand and see the salvation of The Lord." -- Exodus 14: 13 "Fear ye not, stand still and see the salvation (Yeshua) of The Lord YHWH ...." Though He was speaking there to His people Israel, He also speaks those words to us. Fear not.
Stand ... as He does in the letter Paul wrote to the Ephesian believers:
Ephesians 6: 10-11, 13-14, 16, 17 "Finally, my brethren, be strong in The Lord (Adonai), and in the power of His Might. Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles (schemes) of the devil. ... wherefore take unto you the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand (firm in His strength, authority). Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with Truth, and having on the breastplate of Righteousness; ... Above all, taking the shield of Faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the helmet of Salvation, and the Sword of the Spirit, which is the Rhema / Word of God:"
In the book of James (New Covenant), one of Yeshua's real-life half brothers shares that (James 2: 10) "... whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all." "All have sinned and come short of the glory of God," as Rav Shaul (Paul) shares in his letter to the Roman believers in Romans 3: 23, of the New Covenant.
We must become aware of our spiritual condition. We must acknowledge our complete dependence on God, our Father, for everything, after we have seen clearly our completely hopeless condition we have lived in, ... in our flesh, and for our own selves, for our own unenlightened motives.
Only The true Light can show us The Way. He is Yeshua, God's Son! Only The One Who has been tempted in all ways like as we are tempted, but Who did not choose to sin ... can understand all that we go through, each day, and yet show us The Way out of doing what's wrong. He can show us how to choose to do what is right! We must simply choose to listen to Him! And trust in Him! He is able to do all things!
He created the entire universe. Helping us is so easy for Him! He loves "being there" for us. His Name is YHWH Shammah.
He loves lifting us up, since He is our gentle but strong Shepherd, YHWH Raah. He *is* the Strong One, El. And He is El Shaddai, our All-Sufficient One!
He needs nothing. He simply chooses to give us His Love, and He planned it out before we were born on this earth. He chose to come suffer to pay the sin debt each of us owe to God our Maker, just because He loves us.
He even designs things to happen in this world to get our attention, so we will begin to listen to His loving Voice! And He promises He cares for us, and because of that, He says we must cast all our cares upon Him.
I Peter 5: 5 First, He tells us to "be clothed in humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth (continually) grace (the power / ability and the desire to do His Will) to the humble."
We just need to see we can do nothing, of ourselves, to deliver us from any danger or any problem, or from our future, after death, to determine "where" we will *go.* We can only *cry out* to our Maker, God our Father, asking Him "save me, Lord!" Then, He answers us! ... with Love, tenderness, Peace that passes all understanding, and Joy. His Joy is our Strength.
He wants us to hope only in Him, since He knows He alone holds the universe together, and He alone can deliver us from all harm. He delivers us from the domain of darkness and transfers us into the Kingdom of His Dear Son, Yeshua, into His Kingdom of marvelous Light. He is able. Remember, nothing is too hard for Him!
He loves you, and always will. He will never leave you, if you are His child, nor will He forsake you, because He can only can do good. He cannot do anything evil.
James reminds us (James 1: 12, 13, 14, 15, 16,17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
"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. Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth He any man: But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death. Do not err, my beloved brethren. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from The Father of lights, with whom is not variableness, neither shadow of turning. Of His own Will begat He us with The Word of Truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of His creatures. Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to wrath: For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God. Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted Word, which is able to save (deliver) your souls. But be ye doers of The Word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves."
Hallelujah!
... more blessings than we can imagine are available to each of us, in Him.
God will supply "the rest of the story" Himself. He knows your need. He will fulfill it. And He will bless you with His deliverance, as He sees fit, according to your belief, and your heart attitude.
For those of you who already know Him: Keep believing in Yeshua! Keep trusting in what He ways, and not in what you think or feel.
Proverbs 3: 1-14 reminds me "My son (my daughter), forget not My Law; (My Teaching, in My Torah) but let thine heart keep My Commandments: For length of days, and long life, and Peace, shall they add to thee. Let not Mercy and Truth forsake thee: bind them about they neck; write them on the table of thine heart: So shalt thou find favor and good understanding in the sight of God and man. Trust in The Lord YHWH with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him (thank Him, realize He has done it all, and enabled you to do any good thing, and has delivered you from any danger or trouble, any time it has occurred.), and He shall direct thy paths. Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord (reverence Him, realize Who He is and honor Him, knowing He alone can destroy or revive or renew you or your soul; your life is in His Hands at all times) and depart from evil. It shall be health to your navel, and marrow to thy bones. Honor The Lord YHWH with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and they presses shall burst out with new wine. My son (my daughter), despise not the chastening of The Lord YHWH; neither be weary of His correction: For whom The Lord YHWH loveth He correcteth; even as a father the son in whom He delighteth. Happy is the man that findeth Wisdom, and the man that getteth Understanding. For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof (more) than fine gold."
Proverbs 22: 4 reminds us that "By humility and the fear of The Lord YHWH are riches, and honor, and life." Spiritual riches. Honor the Lord, and He will honor you. Spiritual Life -- life eternal! He alone can grant that. Ask Him.
When I realize my condition before I trusted in Messiah to ''deliver me,'' I see I was on the road to destruction, ... eternal destruction! I can put my trust in Him now. He alone can deliver me from the results of me living life my way. He is The Way to true Life eternal.
Yeshua has redeemed me, by His Grace, with His Blood He shed in my place, on the Roman execution stake, one day, almost 2000 years ago. He gave His Life for me. Will I give my life for Him?
He knows I am unworthy. He knows I do not deserve to live with Him forever. He knows He is my only Hope. My expectation comes from Him alone. -- King David said in Psalm 62: 5-7 "My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from Him. He only is my Rock and my Salvation (my Deliverer): my Defense; I shall not be moved. In God is my salvation and my Glory: the Rock of my strength, and my Refuge, is in God." -- Hallelujah!
He is able to deliver you, too. ;o) Just ask Him. He is always home, and always ready to listen. His heart is tender toward you. He is the most patient Friend anyone could have. He *is* Understanding! He *is* Love! He knows all you are going through. And Yeshua goes through it *with* you! He is our Compassionate Friend.
He knows. He knows all we've done, ... and He still chooses to love us, as we are. He changes us ... over time. As we choose to take one step forward, He lifts us up to accomplish that. He leads us, directs our steps, and even lights our pathway. He is there when we arrive at the goal line.
And He is The One Who chose us, as He reminds us in John 15: 16 "Ye have not chosen Me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit (souls we've won for His Kingdom), and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of The Father in My Name, He may give it (to) you." Hallelujah!
He is good to us, His children, ... all the time. We just have to look with pure-hearted eyes, to see clearly what He has done for us, and He is busy at work every day. We just don't always see what He has protected us "from." But He does. And He will wait for us to thank Him, but He does hope we will *thank* Him, every day, for His blessings. They are so many, we cannot count them all. If we tried to, we would find that they are more in number than the sands of the seashore ... innumerable.
In Rav Shaul's (Paul's) letter to the Galatians, he reminds us: "I am crucified with Messiah: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Messiah liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of The Son of God, Who loved me, and gave Himself for me."
God bless you all! ... more next time.
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