Prission Weekly Shabbath Kislev 25, 5770

The Hebrew month is Kislev these Parashahs are for Shabbath Kislev 25, 5770

Parashahs HaShavuah: Torah Vayeshev "and he settled" Genesis 37:1-40:23                Haftarah Amos 2:6-3:8 & The Brit Hadasha Acts 7:9-16

                Next weeks Parashahs are : Miketz"At the end of "Genesis 41:1-44:17                             Haftarah –Zechariah 2:14-4:7,Isaiah 66:1-24  & The Brit Hadasha 1Corinthians 2:1-5.

WHAT IS CHANUKKAH AND HOW DO WE CELEBRATE IT?

Chanukkah is coming soon - the first night is Yom Reeshone the first day, {Sabbath December 12th.} It's a wonderful family holiday. After we light the candles, we sing Maoz Tzur, eat jelly donuts, tell stories, have quizzes about Hanukah - all in the light of the Hanukah candles. Memories are made up of a collection of precious moments. Hanukah can provide you with many wonderful memories! There are two ways which our enemies have historically sought to destroy us. The first is by physical annihilation; the most recent attempt being the Holocaust. The second is through cultural assimilation. Purim is the annual celebration of our physical survival. Hanukah is the annual celebration of our spiritual survival over the many who would have liked to destroy us through cultural assimilation. In 167 BCE the Syrian-Greek emperor, Antiochus, set out to destroy Judaism by imposing a ban on three mitzvot: The Shabbat, The Sanctifying of the New Month (establishing the first day of the month by testimony of witnesses who saw the new moon) and Brit Mila (entering the Covenant of Abraham through Torah-ordained circumcision). The Shabbat signifies that God is the Creator and Sustainer of the Universe and that His Torah is the blueprint of creation, meaning and values. Sanctifying the New Month determines the day of the Jewish holidays. Without it there would be chaos. For example, if Succot is the 15th of Tishrei, the day it occurs depends upon which day is declared the first of Tishrei. Brit Mila is a sign of our special covenant with the Almighty. All three maintain our cultural integrity and were thus threats to the Greek culture.

Matityahu and his 5 sons, known as the Maccabees, started a revolt and three years later succeeded in evicting the oppressors. The victory was a miracle - on the scale of Israel defeating the combined super-powers of today. Having regained control of the Temple in Jerusalem, they wanted to immediately rededicate it. They needed ritually pure olive oil to re-light the Menorah in the Temple. Only a single cruse of oil was found; enough to burn for just one day. However, they needed oil for eight days until new ritually pure olive oil could be produced. A miracle occurred and the oil burned for eight days. Therefore, we light Hanukah candles (or better yet, lamps with olive oil) for eight days. One the first day, two the second and so forth. The first candle is placed to the far right of the menorah with each additional night's candle being placed to the immediate left. One says three blessings the first night (two blessings each subsequent night) and then lights the candles, starting with the furthermost candle to the left. The menorah should have all candles in a straight line and at the same height. Ashkenazi tradition has each person of the household lighting his own menorah. Sefardi tradition has just one menorah lit per family. The blessings can be found on the back of the Hanukah candle box or in a Siddur, prayer book. The candles may be lit inside the home. It is preferable to light where passersby in the street can see them - to publicize the miracle of Hanukah. In Israel, people light outside in special glass boxes built for a menorah or little glasses with olive oil and wicks. The tradition to eat latkes, potato pancakes, is in memory of the miracle of the oil (latkes are fried in oil). In Israel, the tradition is to eat sufganiot, deep-fried jelly donuts. The traditional game of Hanukah uses a dreidel, a four-sided top with the Hebrew letters Nun, Gimmel, Hey, Shin (the first letters of "Nes Gadol Haya Sham - A Great Miracle Happened There." In Israel, the last letter is a Pay - for "Poh", "here.") In times of persecution when learning Torah was forbidden, Jews would learn anyway. When the soldiers would investigate, they would pull out the dreidel and pretend that they were gambling. The rules for playing dreidel: Nun -no one wins; Gimmel - spinner takes the pot; Hey - spinner get half the pot; Shin/Pay - spinner matches the pot!

Here's a question to think about: If enough oil was found to burn in the Temple menorah for one day and the oil lasted for eight days, then the miracle was really only for the seven additional days of lighting. Why then do we celebrate Chanukah for eight days and not seven?

Answer: The Baalei Mussar answer that in fact 7 days commemorates the miraculous miracle of oil burning longer than it was supposed to, but the extra day commemorates the miracle of nature – that oil burns at all! That itself is miraculous. We are typically amazed at miracles of the first kind, however there are miracles present in our every day lives. It behooves us to appreciate those miracles as well.

Parshas Vayeishev

Of Grapes and Pastries

Joseph knew he might never have another chance to get out of the dank Egyptian dungeon in which he had languished since being wrongly accused of making advances toward Potiphar's wife. Indeed, he was fortunate to have escaped with his life. One year after his incarceration, he was joined by two illustrious prisoners, the royal baker and the royal cupbearer, both of whom had fallen from favor. One night they both had dreams that called for interpretation. This was Joseph's opportunity, and he had to grasp it.

As we read in this week's Torah portion, Joseph interpreted their dreams correctly, one thing led to another, and he was released from prison. The cupbearer dreamed he saw three bunches of succulent grapes on the vine. He squeezed the grapes into Pharaoh's golden chalice and brought it to him. What did this mean? It meant, explained Joseph, that in three days he would be released and returned to his former position.

The baker had a very similar dream. He saw himself carrying three baskets of bread on his head, and in the top basket, there were also all sorts of fine pastries. Then he saw a bird swoop down and eat the pastries. What did this mean? It meant, explained Joseph, that in three days the baker would be hung from the gallows.

And indeed, both interpretations proved correct.

Why did Joseph present such radically different interpretations of two dreams that were essentially identical?

The commentators point out a subtle difference between the two dreams. The images with which the cupbearer's dream opened were of clusters of gleaming grapes hanging heavily from the vine and fairly bursting with natural juices. The cupbearer reaches out, plucks some of these exquisite grapes and squeezes them into Pharaoh's chalice. Then he offers the wine to the king.

The baker's dream, however, did not open with images of golden wheat stalks swaying in the gentle breeze on amber fields. Nor did it open with sparkling waters coursing through a mountain stream. It opened with basketfuls of the finished product, manufactured by human hands.

Where was an acknowledgment of the origin of all the ingredients that went into those breads and pastries? The cupbearer dreamed of the Almighty's pristine grapes, but the baker dreamed of his own craft, as if everything depended on him. Where was the recognition of the handiwork of the Almighty? Clearly, the baker, unlike the cupbearer, did not deserve a royal pardon.

A great sage was walking with a young disciple along the seashore in a famous and wealthy resort town.

"What do you think of this place?" the sage asked.

"I think it is spectacularly beautiful."

"Indeed? And what exactly do you find beautiful here?"

"Why, everything," the disciple responded excitedly. "The gleaming white yachts in the harbor. The magnificent villas and chateaux on the hillsides. The elegant carriages with their liveried drivers and footmen."

"Ah, my young friend," said the sage, "you are like a blind man. All this superficial beauty obscures the true beauty of this place for people like you. Don't you see the surging sea and the soaring mountains? Don't you see the green valleys, the meadows, the flowers, the butterflies, the birds that sing in the trees? Those are the work of the Creator. Let me see one of your villa builders do something like that!"

In our own lives, living in a modern, technological society, we are easily distracted from the magnificent world the Almighty created for us. We look around and all we see are buildings, cars, telephones, computers, asphalt, concrete, with a little patch of green here and there. In such an environment, it is easy to lose sight of the guiding hand of Hashem and become deluded into believing that people control their own destiny. But that is very superficial attitude. Better that we open our eyes and take a good look at the world around us and the heavens above. How can we not be dwarfed by the immensity of what Hashem has wrought on our behalf? If we engender this recognition in our hearts, we will, like the cupbearer, be worthy of divine blessings and delivery from our oppressors.

 

Mission Updates: Greetings Saints,

 Today was a good day as depending on how you look at it, my heart cried so much as I thought I would run out of money for shoes, the above picture is two pair of shoes one for a man the other for a woman. This was my second trip to wal-mart for shoes today.  AND DID THEY NEED SHOES ONE PAIR TALKED WHEN HE WALKED!

 I had no socks to give them for their shoes as I am barely going to have gas to get home and back, but the day is spent and I made it through it. Mom is going through some bags of clothing that came from out of town.

  I was supposed to try and drop the bus off today to fix the blinkers as someone said drop it off and they would pay for it, I did not get down till after the place closed so I have to drive back over tomorrow to get it done, but I am so thankful.

 This month has been so low on donations, but I will keep going as long as people keep coming.  Please pray that all the needs are met this week, we have so much on our plate.....my faith says he will use one or some of you to accomplish this.......as normal The Pastor the brokest guy on the block

In His Perfect Peace,
Pastor Dan Catlin

 

WE PRAY YOU ALL HAVE A VERY WONDERFUL & BLESSED CHANUKKAH

Shalom In Yeshua our Messiah,

Praise be to Yahweh for He is Awesome and cares for ALL the needs of His people and His works! I am going to be able to pay all the bills that are in come Monday when I have time to sit down and get them paid. I also will stock the Mission with pasta and veggies today. We will do the January newsletter and mail it out on the 29th so most of you should recieve it by the first. Can you believe it 2010 already. Wow! Thanks to all who have and will answer the call from Yahweh to provide the much needed support to care for His people. Everything looks good as we come to the close of 2009. Please pray about supporting us as we do the works of our Father. We are faithful that He will supply our needs but first we must make those needs known as the word says "you have not cause you ask not". We only want to Serve Yahweh and we only want want He intends us to have. I must close for as always I have tons of stuff to do to be ready to go feed today. We pray you all a very happy an blessed Chanukkah! shalom sisterlinda/family an Messiah's Branch

Shalom B'Shem Yeshua HaMashiach

    Peace in the Name of Yeshua, the Messiah

&Mark 9:23,10:27

" THE Truth will set you FREE"  Y

 

 

Shalom B'Shem Yeshua HaMashiach

    Peace in the Name of Yeshua, the Messiah

&Mark 9:23,10:27

" THE Truth will set you FREE"  Y

 

Prison Weekly 18 Kislev, 5770

SHALOM

The Hebrew month is Kislev these Parashahs are for Shabbath 18 Kislev, 5770

Parashahs HaShavuah: Torah Vayeshev "and he settled" Genesis 37:1-40:23 Haftarah Amos 2:6-3:8 & The Brit Hadasha Acts 7:9-16

Next weeks Parashahs are : Miketz"At the end of "Genesis 41:1-44:17 Haftarah –Zechariah 2:14-4:7,Isaiah 66:1-24 & The Brit Hadasha 1Corinthians 2:1-5.

WHAT IS CHANUKKAH AND HOW DO WE CELEBRATE IT?

Vayishlach

This week's parasha is entitled Vayishlach, which means, "And he sent."  In hebrew, its opening statement is much more startling than in the English translations with which we satisfy ourselves.  In Hebrew, it opens with these words, "And then Jacob sent angels ahead of him to Esau his brother."  We have this mindset that angels are gigantic heavenly beings who are sent only by G-d to accomplish His divine purposes.  But the letter to the Jewish believers says, in Hebrew 1:14, "Are they not all ministering spirits sent out to serve those who are going to inherit salvation?"   Jacob understood this and so when he encountered the angels of G-d, according to last week's portion in Genesis 32: 2 (verse 1 in most English translations), he sent them on a mission to accomplish G-d's divine plan in the life of he and his estranged brother.  In Hebrew, often times the word "angel" is translated into English as "messenger."  Sometimes this translation practice removes us from the wonders of G-d. Well, these angels returned to Jacob and told him that Esau was indeed coming toward him and that with him were 400 men.  This put fear into the heart of Jacob.  Now, consider that this man had just encountered the angels of HaShem and had boldly sent them on a mission and yet when they returned, he was frightened, not of G-d nor of His messengers, but of his brother, a mere man.  I believe that we too are often fearful of things which have little sway in our lives while ignoring the fear of the L-rd which is the beginning of all wisdom; or at least it could be if we only understood it.
Jacob took his family and sent them across the river Jabok.  He remained alone that night and there he wrestled with a man.  But just who was this man?  The Rabbis say that he was the guardian angel of Esau and that every nation has such a divine messenger., assigned to cover its charge with protection.  But I have a problem with this assignment.  You see, in the midst of the struggle, Jacob demands a blessing from this Divine Messenger and the one with whom he is fighting changes his name! And in the explanation of his new name, which is Israel, this messenger explains, ""Your name will no longer be Jacob," He said. "It will be Israel because you have struggled with G-d and with men and have prevailed."  Now, Jacob had wrestled with a man all night long, but this man identified Himself as G-d and yet as also a man.  Was this a pore-advent of the One whose birth we will soon celebrate?  Perhaps it was.  In fact, when confronted with Jewish skepticism about the divinity of Y'shua, I point to this example from the Torah in which a man is identified as G-d. Another interesting and oft overlooked little gem in this portion is found in chapter 33 where Esau and Jacob finally meet and find themselves in each others arms, reunited after many years of fear and of hatred that separated them.  Jacob gives Esau a huge gift and Esau replies in verse 9, "I Have plenty."  But Jacob, sho has wrestled with G-d and been found victorious tells him in verse 11, "'Please take my present that was brought to you, because G-d has been gracious to me and I have everything .'  So Jacob urged him until he accepted."  Esau had plenty but Israel had everything. Notice too that although his name had been changed already, the text refers to him as Jacob, not as Israel.  Interestingly, it is only when he is in the Promised Land that he is referred to as Israel, outside, he is always called Jacob.  So this gives us insight into the reason that G-d speaks of Israel and Jacob throughout scripture as He refers to the Jewish people.  He speaks to those within the Land and to those of us who are scattered in the Diaspora. There is much more to learn from this portion, but time is short and there is much to do in preparation for the next week.  So, please read the teaching about the birth of the One with whom Jacob wrestled and be blessed as you bless those whom G-d places in your path.  Perhaps you will entertain angels unaware. Keep praying Marty

Mission Updates; 1 Corinthians 13:1-13

1Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. 2And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. 3And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. 4Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, 5Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; 6Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; 7Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. 8Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away. 9For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. 10But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. 11When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things. 12For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. 13And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

Look up the word charity and you will find it means LOVE

Greetings, Today someone emailed me and told me to take the Bus to the shop that they would pay to fix the blinkers! This is a great praise report as we have been driving without, no it is not right to do that but really I felt I had no choice, so I do repent about it. On another note normally we recieve a $75 weekly donation every Wed. It comes by an automatic deduction. We count on this donation every week to get us over there on Friday if nothing else comes in. I also know I have it for shoes or it will even and does buy food ( meat) on some days, it has been our weekly bail out. I pray that the people that donate this are well as it has not came in the week. I am sure that the Father will make it up in another way but please pray for those folks finances as the economy has hit so many and I pray it has not hurt them also. This week on radio we will be talking about the Christians being persecuted around the world and even killed.......

In His Perfect Peace, Pastor Dan Catlin
Messiah's Branch "Prophecy Hour" Radio

2 Corinthians 9:6-7 6But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. 7Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.

Shalom In Yeshua our Messiah

Thanksgiving went really well we fed 108 plates and everyone was so full they didn't eat much desert. We recieved a total of fourteen turkeys I baked eleven, Ed smoked two and Sharon baked one, I have three bagged an ready to use in the freezer. We mailed the December newsletter out before Thanksgiving so you all should have them by now. Chanukkah is next week and it begins at dark on the 11th and ends at dark on the 19th. We pray you have a wonderful celebration with your families. The bills really need paid and Yahweh knows what I need to make that happen. All I ask is that you take us to prayer an ask if you are a vessel to help this ministry then follow thru with what Yahweh puts on your heart to do. I know Yahweh will supply our every need an it is only through you He can do it. So Please pray and ask if your to support these works. I must close it is time to go feed Shabbat Shalom sisterlinda

Quote of the Day

"A person who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new."
– Albert Einstein

 

 Shalom B'Shem Yeshua HaMashiach

    Peace in the Name of Yeshua, the Messiah

&Mark 9:23,10:27

" THE Truth will set you FREE"  Y

 

Prison Weekly Kislev 4,5770

Shalom

May YHWH open our eyes to see where we are in this winnowing process. Here is this week's teaching – There's a Great Winnowing Taking Place.

This week's Torah portion is Toldot, which is B'reshit (Genesis) 25:19-28:9. Haftorah Malachi 1:1-2:7 Brit hadasha Romans 9:6-13

תּוֹלְדֹת Toldot (tole-dote) (generations)

What Would You Sell Your Birthright For? B'reshit [Genesis] 25:19-28:9

30 And Esau said to Ya'aqov, "Feed me, with that red soup, for I am faint." Therefore was his name

called Edom. 31 And Ya'aqov said, "Sell me first your birthright."

32 And Esau said, "Behold, I am about to die. And what profit shall the birthright do to me?"

33 And Ya'aqov said, "Swear to me first." And he swore to him. And he sold his birthright to Ya'aqov.

34 And Ya'aqov gave Esau bread and soup of lentils. And he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went

his way. So Esau despised his birthright.

Even though the two sons of Yitzchak were twins, Esau was the firstborn son and as such had the right

to inherit according to the firstborn son. However, he did not really care about his birthright, and one

day when he came in from hunting he was very hungry. Ya'aqov had been cooking some soup, and

seeing an opportunity to gain something that he longed to have, struck a bargain with his brother. His

brother seems to have agreed to this deal with hardly a second thought. Thus the Scripture teaches us

that Esau despised his birthright. It is no wonder that he also later lost the blessing of his father so easily

as well. What this story is really about is the difference between the seen and the unseen. Or, what it means to

walk by faith (unseen) as opposed to walk by sight (seen). In this case, Esau could not see past the

hunger in his own stomach. He wanted to fulfill that base desire as soon as possible, regardless of what

the cost might be later on. This type of mindset is one of the essential attitudes of living in Babylon.

That is, when one craves something so much that the craving becomes the overriding drive in a person's

life, especially to the exclusion of any consideration to the spiritual dimension of his life.

Yochanan Aleph (1st John) 2:16

For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is

not of the Father, but is of the world.

When it is the base desires of a person that is in control of what he does and how he lives his life, then

that person is locked solidly into a Babylonian way of life. Everything in this present world would have

one to believe that this is the only way to true fulfillment; that is, when one gives to oneself all those

things that pleases him so that he is running from the seeking of one pleasure to another. Such a one as

this is never satisfied and can never be satisfied with what YHWH has blessed him with. They live in a

constant mindset of "If only I had…." But the truth is that even when they get the material possession

which they wrongly believe would make them happy, their thoughts are already fleeting off to the next

thing to rush headlong after. They do this not realizing that they are actually rushing headlong into

judgment. Have you ever considered why there are so many different makes of cars? And why do they need to

change the design of a car every year? Or, consider why it is that they are always coming out with new

movies? Or, why it is that there is a constant influx of new upgrades to computer programs; or, the

drive to have the hottest and newest video game; or, the newest and improved ….? It is because it is the

seeking of these materialistic goods that drives a Babylonian based economy. An economy in which the

people are told that they cannot function without having certain things in their lives; thereby, they are

constantly being admonished to go out and buy this, that, or the other. It is an economy that cannot

sustain itself. Esau was in the pursuit of those things that were transitory and had no lasting value. He wanted what

he could see, and beyond that he gave no thought to his life. Ya'aqov, on the other hand, pursued those

things that he could not see and gave a lot of thought to those things that he could not see. Today let us

consider this carefully as we examine some other passages as well to help us focus in on the difference

between walking by sight and walking by faith.

Luqa (Luke) 14:16-20

16 But He said to him, "A certain man gave a great supper and invited many,

17 and he sent his servant at supper time to say to those who were invited, 'Come, for all is now

ready.' 18 "But one by one they all began making excuses. The first said to him, 'I have bought a field, and I

need to go and see it. I ask you to have me excused.'

19 "And another said, 'I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them out. I ask you to

have me excused.'

20 "And another said, 'I have married a wife, and because of this I am unable to come.'"

In my house my family often hears me say, "When a person needs an excuse, anything will do." I'm sure

if you think about it you have heard some pretty amazing excuses as to why someone does or does not

do something. Perhaps you have even given some pretty good ones in the past yourself. Yet, we are

taught in the word of YHWH that we are to let our "yes be yes," and our "no be no." Anything beyond

this is evil. Yet, how many of us don't follow this very simple instruction to us?

The bottom line of this passage is this: are we making excuses as to why it is that we cannot follow

YHWH/Yeshua in the manner that He desires for us to follow Him? Do we see our excuses as being

legitimate as those did in the passage above? Is there actually a legitimate excuse for not following

YHWH/Yeshua in the manner that He has commanded us to follow Him? Or, are these excuses just a

disguise for selling one's birthright for a bowl of soup?

Ivrim (Hebrews) 12:16-17

16 lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one mess of meat sold his own

birthright. 17 For you know that even when he afterward desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected; for he

found no place for a change of mind in his father, though he sought it diligently with tears.

There are some decisions that a person makes that simply cannot be undone. There are things in this

life that cannot be reversed. This Esau found out, but only too late. Let us diligently watch over

ourselves and our fellow brethren with love and care to make sure that this type of mindset is not

present in any one of us. Brethren, the time grows ever shorter that we must walk fully with YHWH our

Elohim without reservation or consideration to what this present world thinks or does. It is time that we

stop making excuses as to why we have to work on Shabbat. It is time to stop making excuses as to why

we cannot wear tzitziot (tassels). It is time to stop making excuses as to why we will not keep His whole

Torah! It is time to stop selling our birthright and grab firmly onto that birthright and never let go.

Mishle (Proverbs) 1:24-32

24 Because I have called, and you have refused;I have stretched out my hand, and no man has regarded;

25 But you have neglected all My counsel,And did not want any of My reproof;

26 I also will laugh in the day of your calamity;I will mock when your fear comes;

27 When your fear comes as a storm,And your calamity comes on as a whirlwind;When distress and anguish come upon you. 28 Then will they call upon Me, but I will not answer;They will seek Me diligently, but they shall not find Me; 29 For that they hated knowledge,And did not choose the fear of YHWH;

30 They did not want any of My counsel;They despised all My reproof.

31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way,And be filled with their own devices.

32 For the backsliding of the simple shall slay them,And the careless ease of fools shall destroy them.

YHWH has clearly warned us ahead of time that we need to seek Him when He speaks to us. There may

come a time when He stops speaking to us and leaves us to our own devices. What a sad state a man

would be in if that happens. He would be just like Esau, who even though he sought the blessing of his

father with tears, his own father would not be moved by those tears. Esau despised his birthright and

lost the blessing as well. Likewise, there will be those who attempt to move YHWH with their tears, but

the day of salvation will have passed them by.

Philippians 3:18-19

18 For many walk, of whom I told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the

enemies of the cross of Mashiach; 19 whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.

To sum up this matter of having this type of Babylonian mindset, the final end of such a person is

destruction. We need to take a good honest look at our lives and see where it is that we are living. If we

are living in Babylon with a Babylonian mindset, then it is time that we come out of that mindset and

out of that way of life. It is time that we fully embrace Yeshua as our Mashiach and return to our

Father's house to obey His Torah commandments.

Qorintyah Bet (2nd Corinthians) 6:2 for He says "At an acceptable time I listened to you,

And in a day of salvation did I help you;Behold, now is the acceptable time; behold, now is the day of salvation!"

Today is the acceptable time according to YHWH to come fully to Him and to listen to His Voice and obey

Him in all things great and small.

Ivrim (Hebrews) 3:15 While it is said,"Today if you shall hear His voice,Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation."

We need to come completely out of the Babylonian way of life in which we have all been raised. We

need to turn fully to YHWH and commit all our ways to Him so that when it is time to separate the sheep

and the goats, we will be standing with the sheep and not standing with the goats; for we would not

desire to hear these words from our Master:

Matithyah (Matthew) 7:22-23

22 "Many will say to Me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy by Your name, and by Your

name cast out demons, and by Your name do many mighty works?'

23 And then will I say to them, 'I never knew you; depart from Me, you that work iniquity.'"

To those of us who claim to know Yeshua as our Master, we need to be sure of one thing, that He knows

us! If we want Him to know us, then we had better come to Him on His terms and come to Him in His

name, and not in some substitute name that does not belong to Him. I did not change the verse above

where it reads in most English versions as "Lord, Lord" because it is quite possible that many on that day

will actually use that title. But lest you look down on those who do unknowingly use this title, let us be

sure that we who do call Him "Adonai Yeshua Mashiach", are doing so because we live as if this is true in

our lives each and every day. For the use of His Hebrew name alone does not insure that one is saved

any more that the lack of usage does not insure a lack of salvation. Let us commit our lives to Him

without reservation. Let us adopt the fear of YHWH in our daily living knowing that it is to Him who we

will one day answer for all we have done or not done.

Yochanan (John) 10:27 "My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me."

Do you know the Voice of your Master?

Do you obey the Voice of your Master?

ABBA YHWH, open our ears that we may hear your Voice and obey You so that You will be our Master,

that we may not sell our birthright for a bowl of soup; in the name of Yeshua our Mashiach. Amein.

Shabbat Shalom Zerubbabel ben Emunah

MISSION UPDATES:

Greetings Saints, First I will you about a man whom I prayed for; last week he came to the window of the bus when I was picking people up. He wanted to pray for me so I said okay, after he was done I prayed for him to have an increase in finances. Today he told me after the prayer he walked down the street and got a job for $12 and hour! A real praise report, he said that the Lord had told him I had a real calling on my life and to keep doing what I am doing……..We see miracle prayers like this all the time.I think we can breath now that we have been able to pay up the currant bills including what we owed the food bank. Two weeks ago we were just hours away from actually shutting down for the first time in 10 years. Bills had doubled and then we missed the shut off dates anyone of a number of things could have been shut off at anytime, but at the very last moments our Father saved us, as normal he uses people to do so. So if I missed thanking you saints for donating and saying prayers for us from the bottom of my heart I thank you.This year has been a funny year for finances, mostly we would have to get desperate, with this time being the very worst, then people would bail us out. When we have shut off's and things it always costs more as most of you know, I just pray that people would donate before we get desperate. Right now we have NO money for Thanksgiving, mom told me she might have $30 left after paying the bills, I have gas money and that is it, I am not complaining but we really need to pray in money for Thanksgiving dinner, paper products, Bibles, shoe money, medication money, and the bus to get fixed. Yes I am broke, but a preacher should be the brokest guy around right? I want you to pray that the people of Wichita really look at what we are doing for their poor and see the truth. We do things that no other ministry in this city does for them, we fill a large gap in services and we live 60 miles away. I do not want their thanks I just think Wichita should donate to help their poor, supporting what we have been doing without their support for 10 years. There are good people in this city that would help if somehow they knew what all we do. So take this to prayer, the Father can do anything! So please lift us to prayer and see if you are led to become a monthly supporter or weekly? Anything will help, people do not understand that a $10 a $25, etc donation adds up. And yes you can mail if you so chose. But really consider a donation towards Thanksgiving please do not wait until the last minute.Have a great Sabbath and remember all things come by Faith! RADIO By the way Tom Horn will be doing a program with me that will air on Thanksgiving, it will be a do not miss program!

Proverbs 14:21 He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.

Shalom In Yeshua Our Messiah, Wow can you believe thansgiving is next week? I'm going to be blessed this year with my daughters all helping as well as my sister-in-law. I have five turkeys and am praying for another four or five. I should have enough help in the kitchen I just may need a few more deserts made an donated. We are planning a sleepover Thanksgiving if we can get blankets. Please lift us in prayer that we get the person in charge of the blankets to give us another 100 or so the people really need blankets even if we don't have a sleepover. I have been busy this past week trying to get all my ministry work caught up. Kinda hard to do while playing with my grandbabies Haha! I should have the mailing list back to normal and if your getting more than one newsletter a month PLEASE let me know or if your addy is wrong please send me corrections. The bills are all paid up to the 26th and Decembers have begun coming in. I'm tired it's late an today's a feed day so goodnite to you all.

Please pray about being a vessel in these works we love you all Shabbat shalom sisterlinda

Shalom B'Shem Yeshua HaMashiach

    Peace in the Name of Yeshua, the Messiah

&Mark 9:23,10:27

" THE Truth will set you FREE"  Y

 

Prison Weekly Chesvan 14,5770

Shalom

These Parsha's are for Chesvan 14,5770

Parashat HaShavuat That's Hebrew for Portion of the week.

Torah is Chai Sarah B'reshit [Genesis] 23:1-25:18‏ Haftorah is 1 Kings 1:1-31 Brit Hadasha is 1Corinthins15:50-57
Chai Sarah

Chai Sarah means the Life of Sarah, yet this portion deals not with her life, but with her death.  Sarah died in Hebron and Abraham bought the place of her burial.  Today, the wives of Abraham, Isaac and of Jacob are all in this burial cave in Hebron.  The place is attended by a handful of devout Jewish men and women surrounded by thousands of Arabs who hate them and try ceaselessly to kill them and to drive them away.  Yet, in their faithfulness to honor the Patriarchs and the Matriarchs of faith, they stay. The portion deals more with the finding of a wife for the son borne to Sarah as the next step in the story of the people of Israel.  In his old age, Abraham charged his most faithful servant, Eliezer, with the task of finding the right wife for Isaac.  He was to go back to the land from which Avram had come, so many years before and find there the one whom the L-rd had created to be his son's wife forever.  And so, Eliezer went, planning along the way just how he would know the right one.  As he entered the area, he stopped for water and was greeted by Rachel, the one whom G-d had fashioned from the earth to be the wife of Isaac and the second Matriarch of Israel.  She responded just as the L-rd had set into Eliezer's heart and her parents had, miraculously, become followers of the Living G-d, even in this place so far away from all that He was doing in Israel.  For when Eliezer told them how he had determined that Rachel was to be wed to his master, they replied, "surely this is of HaShem!"  You see, G-d can work in places and in ways so far beyond what we think or expect.  He is able to prepare our destiny without any help from us at all.  We must only seek Him and His way and we will surely find it. The parashah ends with the death of Abraham and of Ishmael.  But Isaac was to live on and to raise up a people to follow after G-d with their whole hearts.  Or so he wished. Keep praying. Marty

And these are the days of the years of the life of Avraham which he lived; a hundred years and seventy years and five years. And Avraham expired and he died in a good age, mature and satiated and was gathered to his people. (Breishis 25:7-8) In the summary of his life, Avraham is described as having lived an accomplished and satisfying life. How did he do it? What's the secret? It's no secret! It's clearly stated. About Yishmael it is written, "These are the years of the life of Yishamael..." How are living "the days of years of the life" different than living just the "years of the life"? What is the great advantage of living in units of days? It's a nice aphorism, "One day a time!" but how does that translate into daily life? What does it mean to live each day as if it was the only day? We might want to ask ourselves, "How would I behave today if I knew that this was not only my last day but my only day? Reb Avraham, the son of the Vilna Gaon, testifies about his father: "For over fifty years he never slept more than half an hour at a time…Even when his health began to fail, he did not set aside his holy learning. Immediately, he would rise like a lion, in fear and dread of his Creator, wash his hands, and recite his morning blessings with a joy and awe which is beyond description. Afterwards, he would stand on his feet from before midnight until the first light of dawn learning Gemora and Poskim in a beautiful and awesome voice…Whoever heard it was moved with deep feelings of holiness."

Today!

Chayei Sorah 5770

Arriving in Jerusalem, one summer, I immediately made contact with my good friend and study partner, Reb Reuven, and we agreed to get busy the next morning studying an hour or more before Davening. The next morning I made it on time but I was suffering from jet lag, sleeplessness, and exhaustion. I commented to my friend that I don't know how the Vilna Gaon did it. I can't imagine what it means to only sleep at half hour intervals four times per day for the course of a lifetime. He told me, "It's not true!" I insisted I had read an authenticated biography of the Gaon and that it was certainly true that he only slept two hours in total each day. He told me again that it was not true and so I argued my case again only to be countered with the "not true" claim. Eventually Reuven explained and I realized how right he was. He told me, "It's not true that the Vilna Gaon only slept two hours each day! He learned Torah twenty-two hours each day!" I understood that he was not into sleep deprivation as we imagine but rather the sublime joy of learning Torah. If we want a fuller appreciation of what it means to live "a day at a time" we might look retrospectively at the actions of Avraham Avinu at both the beginning and end of last week's Torah Portion. We meet Avraham at the entrance of the tent surveying the horizon for any sight of a guest on the hottest day in history. He acts as-if he had never hosted a soul in all his ninety-nine years. Let's not forget that Avraham was reeling from the surgery of his circumcision, and was reveling in a Divine visitation at that very moment. If anyone ever had an excuse to rest on his laurels it was Avraham. He had already accomplished so much in his life and yet he acted as if yesterday's achievements did not exist. Only today! At the end of that Parsha Avraham demonstrated his willingness to relinquish all future promises of historical greatness embodied in Yitzchok, proving that his focus was not "tomorrow". That can distract a man from what HASHEM wants from him today. Rabbi Label Lam and Torah.org

Mission Update: Ezekiel 20:19-20 I am the LORD your God; walk in my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; 20 And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the LORD your God.

Shalom In Yeshua our messiah, Well here I am as always pushed for time so this will be short, i have been able to get the food bank paid, get the newsletters out and pay all the Oct. bills. I have most of November paid the next bill due is November 17, i stock the Mission got two cases number 10 cans of veggies.I bought napkins,sugar,eggs,cheese,potatoes, pastas and enough meat for about six meals sp that's three weeks. I bought two 23pound turkeys and am needing help getting everything for our thanksgiving dinner. I will be making home made deserts this year because we are no longer buying from the food bank. Please pray about helping an jast be lead by Yahweh to do His will and His works. have a wonderful Sabbath. Shalom sisterlinda/family & Messiah's Branch

Shalom B'Shem Yeshua HaMashiach

    Peace in the Name of Yeshua, the Messiah

&Mark 9:23,10:27

" THE Truth will set you FREE"  Y

 

Prison Weekly 13 Cheshvan 5770

Shalom

13 Cheshvan 5770

Parashat HaShavuat That's Hebrew for Portion of the week

Torah: Bereshit / Lech Lecha "Get yourself" Genesis 12:1-17:27

The Haftarah is Isaiah 40:27-41:16
Legacy -- Of Threads and Shoelaces

To the victor belong the spoils, but sometimes he's just not interested. Abraham was cut from that cloth. He had just won a fierce war against four powerful Mesopotamian kings who had invaded the land of Canaan. After laying waste to the countryside, the Mesopotamians had carried off the population and wealth of Sodom and set off for home, but Abraham gave chase. He routed the invaders and pursued them all the way to Damascus, and in the process, he liberated the captives and recovered the stolen wealth..

The king of Sodom begged Abraham to keep the wealth, but Abraham absolutely refused. "I will not even take a thread or a shoelace nor anything else that is yours," he declared, "so that you should not be able to say, `I enriched Abraham.'"

The Sages of the Talmud greatly admired Abraham's refusal to accept a reward from the king of Sodom. In fact, they point out, because Abraham spurned the strings and shoelaces of Sodom, his descendants were rewarded with the two commandments of the tzitzith fringes and the tefillin straps.

The commentators, however, are puzzled by the connection. They also wonder why Abraham chose to mention these trivial articles. Why wasn't it enough to say that he would take nothing at all? That certainly would have been perfectly clear. Furthermore, why indeed did he refuse to take them?

The answer, they explain, lies in Abraham's attitude toward his great wealth. He never thought he had been blessed with wealth so that he would be able to indulge all his whims and desires. Rather, he saw himself as a caretaker. He believed that the Almighty had entrusted him with all that wealth so that he could spread sweetness and light in the world and draw people closer to Him. He saw his wealth as a sacred trust that extended even to the smallest part of it, because even the most minute things can be used to bring honor to his name.

Abraham, therefore, specifically mentioned threads and shoelaces to show that everything must be seen as a gift from Hashem. And he refused to accept these things from the king of Sodom, because he was concerned that the king would claim the credit for having given these gifts to Abraham, thereby bringing dishonor to the Name of Hashem.

With profound insight, Abraham had discerned the transcendent value of even the smallest things. The Torah, therefore, rewarded his descendants with the tzitzith fringes and the tefillin straps, seemingly insignificant items which play a very exalted role in connecting people to the Creator and bringing them untold Heavenly blessings.

A young man came to a great sage and asked to be accepted as a disciple. The sage took the young man for a stroll through the garden as they discussed various weighty philosophical and ethical issues.

The young man was very astute and intelligent, and he impressed the sage with his sharp questions and insightful observations.

After an hour, they returned from the garden. The sage shook the young man's hand and said, "Farewell and good luck to you."

The young man was stunned. "Do you mean that you will not accept me as your disciple?"

"That is correct."

"But why? Haven't I passed the test? I thought I had made such a good impression on you."

"Young man," said the sage, "when we were walking in the garden you were pulling leaves off the bushes and tossing them on the ground. Why?"

"I don't know," the young man replied. "What does it matter?"

"That exactly is the problem with you. You think the leaves on the bushes don't matter. But they do. Everything has a purpose, and I assure you that those leaves were not put there for you to destroy so casually.."

In our own lives, we live in a society that pursues riches at breakneck speed with barely a backward glance. Everything is expendable and disposable as long as it gets us from one moment to the next. Nonetheless, it is important that every once in a while we pause and take stock. It is important that we see and appreciate the value in all the little things Hashem has placed in the world as part of His divine plan. And in the end, we may even find that focusing on those little things may actually be the most enriching pursuit of all.

Legacy, Copyright © 2009 by Rabbi Naftali Reich and Torah.org.

Mission Updates:

Greetings, The biggest problem as I have seen it over the last 10 years in Wichita, Ks and the Homeless is this. There are several agencies that deal with the homeless, add the Christian based ones and you find the general problem. What the very people helping the homeless are the problem? (Okay not all are like this but most) Yes you see every time someone does a study or like the last venture with the rallies etc that led to having a task force on Homelessness, the agencies circle their wagons saying "Oh we can care for everyone" hmm why would they say that when all the beds in the city are taken? There is NO ROOM at the Inn for many and general proof is if they can care for everyone and there are enough beds then why do they have to open an overflow EVERY WINTER? When I first started I was literally accused by one Church lady who feed once a week that I was trying to steal her ministry, Heh I was not even feeding on HER day? At the end of the study by the task force that had people on it that had shelters or fed people, the study said that their was only needed 50 more beds in Wichita a number that could be met by currant agencies. Wow, what an un-truth, again go see how many is in the overflow next month, then tell me how many beds are needed. Even with that not all get inside. The Truth is women are desperate in the city of Wichita I know I see them every day we are open. Yes the men to but it is a shame for a woman abused by her husband has to go live in the street and be preyed on! Yes men and more men than women need beds also; many only need temporary beds and a address so they can get help. A safe place to stay for a few weeks until they can find a job if possible. You will always have the poor among you but that does not mean they are to be ignored. 10 years we have been fighting this battle and I still pray for the money to open a full time shelter or as now I just pray to be able to stay open. With all I do for Wichita I get no support. And of course I will get fallout from these guilt agencies, BUT truth is truth! Pray for the homeless in Wichita and pray for our ministry so we can just stay open……..In His Perfect Peace, Pastor Dan Catlin

Nahum 1:2-3 KJV God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies. The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

Shalom in Yeshua our Messiah, wow what a very trying month this has been with trial after trial an ending with the closing of our food bag program. I managed to get the bare minimum paid on all the bills however most all of them had doubled and were on shut off notices that I barely made on the shut off dates. I still need 1239.72 to finish paying the Oct. bills that are either past due now or will be as of Oct 31st. I did get the Mission stocked with everything but go plates, toliet paper, trash bags, vegtables and pastas. I will need to make a trip to Aldi's in the next few weeks to get brownie and cake mixes because we will not be getting the free sweets that we were getting from the foodbank any longer. We still owe a bill of about 550.00 that we need to get paid as well. The local sales paper came Wednesday and ground chuck is on sale for 1.49 a pound it takes 12 - 15 pounds to make a meal depending on what I make. Potatoes are also on sale but i do not recall what they are right now.

We did get word that we will be getting a lot of clothing for the clothes room, I'm just praying that it is winter clothing and not summer. WE NEED COATS! Sleeping bags would also be a plus as there are people still outside. The over flow shelter should open up Sunday we;ll see....Please Pray about supporting these works! We really need your help! Yahwheh knows our needs so we just ask that you seek Him to see where He wants you to help and be lead by Him to do His works. We want nothing we are not suppose to have we just want to be able to serve without all the stressfulness of finanances. We love you all and pray you a very restful and peaceful Shabbat. Shalom sisterlinda/Messiah's Branch

Shalom B'Shem Yeshua HaMashiach

    Peace in the Name of Yeshua, the Messiah

&Mark 9:23,10:27

" THE Truth will set you FREE"  Y

 

Prison Weekly 6 Cheshvan 5770

5 Cheshvan 5770 Torah: Bereshit /  Genesis 6:9 - 11:32;  Haftarah: Isaiah 66:1-24
Parashat HaShavuat  That's Hebrew for Portion of the week.

  This week our Troah portion is called Noach which you probably already figured out is the Hebrew way to say Noah! It is from Genesis 6:9 through11:32,  Interestingly, although the opening verses tells of Noah's character, the text begins with "These are the offspring of Noah."  This should be an indication to us that we are known by our children, and so should pay very careful attention to how we raise them.  But his character is of great importance.  The text reveals that "Noah was a righteous man, perfect in his generation."  Now this qualifying phrase has been the root of Rabbinic debate for MANY generations!  Does the phrase "in his generation" imply that even though his was so corrupt and debased, Noah's righteousness was to be especially applauded.  What if he had lived in a time when he could have had the support of other righteous men and women; how much more righteous would he have been?  But, the other side postures that for someone in the generation of total corruption, Noah looked pretty good.  He may not have be totally righteous, but in the crown in which he lived, he looked better than the rest.  Something to think about, hmmm?

Speaking of something to ponder, here is my offering for this week.  How many of each animal did Noah take into the ark?  Forget your Sunday School lessons of old and look at the Word of G-d.  Read Genesis 7:2, "Of every clean animal take unto you seven pairs."  So, the ark must have been even more crowded than we had presumed.  But the point I want you to ponder is why this distinction?  What was so important to G-d that He made this distinction so important to Noah?  First, it was because G-d would require sacrifices made with clean animals when the flood abated.  But, more important was the fact that G-d was making provision for Noah and for all of his descendants for the food they would eat.  Too many have chosen to ignore G-d's commandment to eat only of the animals that He declares to be clean.  I know that Peter saw all sorts of animals and that the Voice of G-d told him to rise and eat.  I know that G-d told him not to call unclean what G-d calls clean.  But if you read the rest of that story, you see that what G-d was calling clean was the Gentiles to whom Peter was being called, not pork chops and shrimp cocktails!  No, G-d made a clear distinction to Noah as He does to us.In chapter 11 we find the story of the Tower of Babel.  All the world was of one language and of common purpose.  That purpose was, however, to become as G-d; not to serve Him. So G-d confused their languages and set them at enmity with one another.  In strife there can come focus on what is really important.  G-d establishes mankind in nations with different purposes for His own reasons. He causes one people to rise up against another to accomplish His plan.  Throughout history, He has set nations at war with nations.  Yet, His heart is for unity for His purpose.  How confusing.  I believe that the only thing that can unite us is to fall at the Feet of the Messiah. 

Only there can we come to the place of oneness that we long for.  So, the most important thing that you can do this week is to share your faith with someone who is different than you.  Only by shared faith can we come together in the way described in Psalm 133.  May  this be your quest and mine today and always. Keep praying.  Marty

Catastrophes "In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, on the seventeenth day of the second month - on that day all the springs of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened. And rain fell on the earth forty days and forty nights" (Bereshit / Genesis 7:11,12). The story of the Great Flood is a very important event for scientists who believe the Bible. For them, the flood explains many of the things that other scientists claim could only have happened over long periods of time. While geologists see evidence in the earth of great dramatic changes, observation cannot determine how long it took for these changes to take place. The nature of these changes leaves us with two possibilities. Either they happened over a long period of time, or they were caused by a catastrophe or a series of catastrophes. If we accept the validity of the Scriptures, it is very likely that instead of a long slow process of change over millions of years, it was the catastrophic flood that put the earth in the state in which we find it today. It is important to note that unlike the way this story is told in numerous children's picture books, what happened was not simply a major downpour for 40 days and nights, but as we read at the start, "all the springs of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened." This suggests an unleashing of water far greater than a very bad rain storm. Mount St. Helens has been in the news lately after many years. In 1980 half the mountain blew up due to a volcanic eruption. This provided scientists with a modern, first-hand look at the effects of a catastrophe, demonstrating that one catastrophe can do in a few minutes what would normally happen over a very long period of time. Recently we have also seen the catastrophic effects of an unusual number of hurricanes. Towns and villages in some of the most beautiful places on earth were devastated. Thousands of people have died, houses and possessions destroyed. Losses are in the billions of dollars. Those of us not directly affected may have difficulty imagining what it would be like to have our lives either destroyed or radically changed in a moment or within a few hours. A couple of months ago the house of some friends of ours was burnt to the ground. They barely got out with their lives.. They lost just about everything. When we got the tail end of Hurricane Francis a few weeks ago, our city experienced double the record of rain. We didn't expect that we would be facing anything like what others had in the Caribbean or Florida. Most of us didn't. But about 44 homes in one neighborhood, due to a malfunctioning sewer pump, had their basements flooded - some knee deep with raw sewage. Every single thing the sewage touched had to be disposed of. It will take a long time, if ever, for that neighborhood to recover from this catastrophe. Anyone who has any understanding of life knows that catastrophes can come upon us at any time. Yet it seems that most people live much like the people of Noah's day, thinking that no serious danger would ever befall them. Catastrophes cause us to see how fragile and vulnerable we really are. Through them we learn that nothing in this life is indestructible or predictable. How many of us find our security for tomorrow based on the things we possess today - most of which carry no guaranty of being there for us tomorrow. The story of Noah not only reminds us that the world as we know it can be transformed in an instant, but that our only true and lasting security in the whole universe is found in the one who rules over all creation. If we put our trust in him, he will see us through even the most devastating catastrophes.

Mission Updates: This is from last weeks Torah portion as I taught it this week.......

As Satan that ol Devil was receiving his punishment from Yahweh, the woman that he had deceived was even being blessed! Yes blessed you our Father thought it was fitting for the woman's seed to crush that ol Devil. So yes even though woman kind would receive her punishment she was blessed first!

Genesis 3:14 "Because you have done this, You are cursed more than all cattle, And more than every beast of the field; On your belly you shall go, And you shall eat dust All the days of your life.¹⁵And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, And you shall bruise His heel." WHAT a blessing for woman kind! So yes what an Awesome and wonderful God we serve! Righteous in all things! But beware women, hatred was also placed bewteen you and the Devil.......

In His Perfect Peace, Pastor Dan Catlin

^{Luke 11:33-36 33} "No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a cellar or under a bushel, but on a stand, that those who enter may see the light. ³⁴ Your eye is the lamp of your body; when your eye is sound, your whole body is full of light; but when it is not sound, your body is full of darkness. ³⁵ Therefore be careful lest the light in you be darkness. ³⁶ If then your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, it will be wholly bright, as when a lamp with its rays gives you light."

Shalom in Yeshua our Messiah, It's been a long but short week for me, we are all still battleing with different symptoms of this or that trying to get ourselfs nursed back to normal an feelimg better. As you all know we went to the food bank for the last time this week due to finances. It breaks our hearts that we had to cut this program because it fed so many. I know in my heart that Yahweh knows best and if this is what is best then so be it. I know HE WILL SUPPLY for HE IS THE ULTIMATE PROVIDER! I am in need of pasta's and vegtables I have meat in the freezers for nine more meals after tomorrow. I bought twelve cases of egg beaters to make our egg sandwhiches and I still get breads, sometimes sweets from another sorce. We need tolit paper, napkins and spoons at the mission i bought 100 pounds of flour and 25 pounds of sugar and i still have plenty of mustad and ketsup but need mayo.  I got word Tuesday that we will be recieving a lot of clothing over the next few months but have no idea if it is winter clothing or not. We still need anything that will help keep those who are battleing the outdoors warm. Pastor dan told me Tuesday he was OUT of socks and now itt's time for winter ones so PLEASE pray about helping with these needs.

The bills HELP! HELP! and HELP! nuf said:

Thanks to all of you who have been supporting this ministry this is an expensive work and for those sending one. three, five an ten bucks know that every little bit adds up. Yahweh knows your situation and your heart an He will bless you for doing his will no matter how great or small your gift is. The one dollar you sent may have just bought twelve eggs or helped buy a child a gallon of milk. PLEASE PRAY ABOUT HELPING we love you all good nite have a wonderful Shabbat,Shalom sisterlinda

The Star of David - Defending the Shield

Psalms 18:36;"You have given me Your shield of salvation."

Over the years I have weathered steady criticism by sincere, yet sincerely wrong returning and grafted-in Israelites who have criticised the Star of David as being a pagan symbol. To this end I feel it necessary to add a small entry that explains the origin and meaning of the Star of David to set minds at rest. This symbol is completely in harmony with Scripture and has its origin in the Davidic reign. The "six pointed star" is made up of two inverted superimposed paleo-Hebrew "daleths" (delets), the beginning and ending letter in King David's name."The Magen David ("Shield of David") has six-points, which symbolise that (YHWH) rules over the universe and protects Israel from all six directions: North, South, East, West, Up and Down. A similar symbolism is found in reading the 'Shema.' ('Code of Jewish Law' O.C. 61:6)" - Rabbi Shraga Simmons Though King David is believed not to have ever literally worn the symbol in battle, it was latter utilised by his descendants. During the 1^st century Bar Kochba rebellion, Jewish troops equipped themselves with shields in the shape of two overlapping inverted triangles to signify that the Almighty shields them in war. Interestingly Bar Kochba means "son of the star." It is also believed that the Macabees adorned their battle gear with the Magen David and in the 1500s the threatened Jewish community in Prague flew a flag with a six pointed star. Triangle based interlocking designs, as we know from the construction of the pillar of Enoch (aka The Great Pyramid), are the strongest forms of construction known to man. The triangles represent the reciprocal relationship between heaven and a future harmonic world summed up as, "as above, as below." The triangle facing down represents the flow of goodness down from heaven and the triangle facing up represents "good deeds" that will provoke Messiah Yahshua's return. The overall shape of the great Pyramid at Gaza, which was not built by Egyptians at all, was built based on this premise. So the foundation or premise for the Star of David has its origin in the Enochian period. When Yahshua returns it will be as if another pyramid descends from above to form a three dimensional Star of David. The inner core of the Star of David represents the spiritual dimension whilst being surrounded by six equally sized directions. The centre hexagonal shape is the Shabbat, which is balanced by the six weekdays. I have personally seen and photographed, not only the "Star of David," but the "Pentagram (or seal) of Solomon" carved on the arch of the ruined Natsarim Synagogue, which Yahshua taught at, on the shores of the Galilee.

This partially erect structure still stands behind the remains of Kepha's (Peter's) parent's home. Surrounding the Synagogue is also the location of a large crumbling Yeshiva, which is evidence that the fishing community that Yahshua recruited students from was not a collection of poverty stricken fisherman, but that of a flourishing fishing business, whose profits went to constructing the prestigious building that housed the school of Yahshua. This alone is ample evidence that the Star of David and the Pentagram of Solomon was alive and well in Yahshua's day, and not a set of seventeen century afterthoughts that got attributed to Israel's beloved King David or his son. Criticism of the Star of David calls into question the symbol of the early Natsarim (Offshoot Branch Watchmen) movement, which depicts a menorah interlocked with the Star of David and the fish symbol, the latter adopted exclusively by modern-day Christianity. This symbol has been discovered on pottery in the locality of Natsarim communities within Israel. It grieves me that the memory of Jewish soldiers (both ancient and modern) have died in battle trying to uphold this standard and it gets branded as pagan by "Johnny come lately" Ephramites who usually also broadly criticise Rabbinic Judaism, but quite happily help themselves to small portions of it. Flying Chariot Ministries Where Truth is Stranger Than Fiction

 

Shalom B'Shem Yeshua HaMashiach

    Peace in the Name of Yeshua, the Messiah

&Mark 9:23,10:27

" THE Truth will set you FREE"  Y

 

Prison Weekly 21 Tishrei, 5770

Sukkos

The Secret of Perfect Joy
The solemn majesty of Rosh Hashanah has come and gone. The white-clad awe of Yom Kippur has cleansed our hearts and souls and passed into the treasure house of our memories. We are now prepared for our annual outburst of . . . joy! Sukkos, the Time of Our Rejoicing! The Torah tells us to be "only joyous" for seven full days. This joy was realized to its fullest when the Beis Hamikdash in Jerusalem was still standing. The streets bursting with throngs of excited people from near and far. The air perfumed by the aroma of the sacrificial offerings and the burning incense. The sounds of music, singing and dancing reverberating through every window and doorway. The spectacle of an exalted people united in a common outpouring of love and gratitude to the Creator of the Universe. At the center of these splendid festivities was the Simchas Beis Hasho'evah, the celebration of the drawing of the water for the nisuch hamayim, the water libation on the altar in the Beis Hamikdash. The Talmud draws a vivid picture of the exultant singing and dancing that accompanied this ritual. It even tells of great and venerable sages juggling and leaping about like young acrobats. Indeed, the Talmud assures us that "whoever did not witness the Simchas Beis Hasho'evah has never seen true joy in his life."

But what was so remarkable about the ritual of the drawing of the water? What made it the most powerful stimulus to joy imaginable? The commentators explain that the Hebrew word for joy, simchah, is related to the word for erasing, machah. Joy is not something that must be generated. It is our natural state. Nevertheless, the pain, sorrows and disappointments of life overlay and obscure our natural joyousness. When we erase these impediments to our happiness, we achieve true joy by default. Still, why indeed is joy our natural state? Because joy is an expression of a perfect existence, of fulfillment to the highest degree possible. The essence of a person is the immortal soul, the neshamah, our spark of the divine. When our souls cleave completely to their Source and Creator, we are in a state of perfect existence, and we experience joy. However, when our sins and misdeeds come between our souls and their Divine Source, we feel the anguish of estrangement, and our joy is extinguished. Consequently, all the commonplace vexations of life become magnified far out of proportion to their true significance in the greater scheme of things. Therefore, in order to achieve true and perfect joy, we must erase the taint from our sublime souls so that they can again cleave perfectly to the Creator. Only then can we achieve fulfillment and the joy that results from it.

On Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, we cleansed and purified our souls. On Sukkos, we are finally capable of cleaving to the Creator and achieving true joy. The water libation symbolized this concept. Water has the property of absolute adaptability. It can attach itself to any shape or form so perfectly that no gaps or crevices are left unfilled. The ritual of pouring the water over the altar in the Beis Hamikdash, therefore, symbolizes the perfect and absolute attachment which the Jewish people have achieved to the Creator through their prayers and repentance during the High Holidays. And perfect attachment leads to perfect joy. If we aspire to that perfect attachment, we can all achieve it, no matter what walk of life we pursue. If we only allow ourselves to be like water, gladly adapting to Hashem's will, we can find the key to true contentment. We must only seek it. And the reward for finding it is a joy unlike any other we have ever known.
Legacy, Copyright © 2009 by Rabbi Naftali Reich and Torah.org.

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HAVE A BLESSED FEAST!

Greetings Saints,
Below is a description of the Feast that Starts Dark Friday and runs though the 7th day at Dark…..8 days and nights.
We Have celebrated the whole 8 days by bringing in the homeless in the Mission Church all week long day and night you can see those pictures here
http://pictures.messiahsbranch.org/2007/10/feast-of-tabernacles.html
The reason for this is we are required in the Torah to care for the poor, but to a believer we do this naturally as guided by the Holy Spirit.
This last we gave out meat sacks so the poor should have a good week with the meat, bread and sweets we have given them.
Unsure of what we will be doing this feast as do to bills.
Radio was paid on the 30th Amen! Good till the end of the month! But if you feel led to any money sent for radio I will pay to them. Really for this time of year and slow donations I should try and get caught up through January 2010.
I have been feeling in the spirit I need to build something out back, you see out back of this ministry radio and store house is a wonderful yard with trees, grass, etc. I walk out here to be close to the Father, walking with HIM so to speak. I could do it I think for $5,000.
No, right now I will not disclose what it is but ask you to pray these things.
1. If I am to do it, then it will come easy
2. I will have to know the money is specific
Oh yes I have a DVD from the TV program but it has the whole hour program on it, I was only on about 6 minutes. Pray I find a way to cut those minutes out so I can place on u-tube.
This being the first of the month hardly any mail in donations have came so we are late on the mail out newsletter which will hurt us badly this month. Then with the Holidays starting next month donations will be slow….So we really need your prayers if we are to keep helping people, this part of our ministry is in it's 10th year but the economy has almost crushed us……I am serious we need your help, it is very hard you see with being Messianic makes it hard to gain donations, then you have radio that not everyone agrees with.........then you see many people just do NOT want to help the homeless even though we are also helping poor families......
At the bottom of this I placed something for you to read about the Feast, Lift us in prayer, help if you can and have a great Feast!
In His Perfect Peace, Pastor Dan Catlin Messiah's Branch "Prophecy Hour" Radio

Today's Proverb:
He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

^{Proverbs 13:3 / KJV}

Wednesday October 18, 2004

Today's Psalm:
All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.

^{Psalm 22:27 / KJV}

Wednesday October 18, 2004

Today's Promise:
And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.

^{Colossians 3:23,24 / KJV}

Wednesday October 18, 2004

Today's Verse:
That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

^{Philippians 2:10,11}

Shalom In Yeshua our Messiah

Well we made it back safely as the Father carried us there and back.

Before we left early Sunday morning the boys checked all the tired and made sure the fluids were full. Everything went well but as soon as we hit Oklahoma the front end started making a clunking noise but only when we used the brakes. We went ahead and picked up the camper in Tulsa then headed on up to Okmulgee. The noise seemed to get louder an sounded like a tierod was gonna break or somethin so we knew we had to try and figure out what was causing the noise before we left. Well tro make a long story short the boys had not tightend the lug nuts on the drivers side tire it was so lose it bought fell off when they jacked up the van. The rubbers on the bars behind the tired were gone and the insides of the tires were wore to the wire. YAHWEH carried us to a safe landing amen. Well we didn't have the tools to fix the rubbers but we had to buy new tires to make it home. All in all the trip was very joyful and we spent time together in joy.

Tonight we come to a close of our feast and I must hurry an close to get ready for service. Thank you all who make our trip possible we could of not went without your support.

The rent, morgage and loan were paid today however we still need the newsletter money and I have shut offs for the 15th on all the electric bills. I totalled the up an they come to 978.48 if I remember correctly I know it was 970 something. Pray about helping us we love you sisterlinda

Shalom B'Shem Yeshua HaMashiach

    Peace in the Name of Yeshua, the Messiah

&Mark 9:23,10:27

" THE Truth will set you FREE"  Y