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Prison weekly January 27, 2007

Torah Bo "Enter/Go" Exodus 10:1-13:16,

Haftorah Jeremiah 46:13-28, Gospel 1Cor 11:20-34

Next Weeks Torah B'Shalach "When he let go" Exodus 13:17- 17:16 Haftarah Judges 4:4-5:31, Gospel John 6:22-40

Then the Lord said to Moses, "Go to Pharaoh. For I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his courtiers, in order that I may display these My signs among them, and that you may recount in the hearing of your sons and of your sons' sons how I made a mockery of the Egyptians and how I displayed My signs among them--in order that you may know that I am the Lord." So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said to him, "Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, 'How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go that they may worship Me. For if you refuse to let My people go, tomorrow I will bring locusts on your territory. They shall cover the surface of the land, so that no one will be able to see the land. They shall devour the surviving remnant that was left to you after the hail; and they shall eat away all your trees that grow in the field. Moreover, they shall fill your palaces and the houses of all your courtiers and of all the Egyptians--something that neither your fathers nor fathers' fathers have seen from the day they appeared on earth to this day.'" With that he turned and left Pharaoh's presence. Pharaoh's courtiers said to him, "How long shall this one be a snare to us? Let the men go to worship the Lord their God! Are you not yet aware that Egypt is lost?" So Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh and he said to them, "Go, worship the Lord your God! Who are the ones to go?" Moses replied, "We will all go, young and old: we will go with our sons and daughters, our flocks and herds; for we must observe the Lord's festival." But he said to them, "The Lord be with you the same as I mean to let your children go with you! Clearly, you are bent on mischief. No! You menfolk go and worship the Lord, since that is what you want." And they were expelled from Pharaoh's presence.Then the Lord said to Moses, "Hold out your arm over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come upon the land of Egypt and eat up all the grasses in the land, whatever the hail has left." So Moses held out his rod over the land of Egypt, and the Lord drove an east wind over the land all that day and all night; and when morning came, the east wind had brought the locusts. Locusts invaded all the land of Egypt and settled within all the territory of Egypt in a thick mass; never before had there been so many, nor will there ever be so many again. They hid all the land from view, and the land was darkened; and they ate up all the grasses of the field and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left, so that nothing green was left, of tree or grass of the field, in all the land of Egypt. Pharaoh hurriedly summoned Moses and Aaron and said, "I stand guilty before the Lord your God and before you. Forgive my offense just this once, and plead with the Lord your God that He but remove this death from me." So he left Pharaoh's presence and pleaded with the Lord. The Lord caused a shift to a very strong west wind, which lifted the locusts and hurled them into the Sea of Reeds; not a single locust remained in all the territory of Egypt. But the Lord stiffened Pharaoh's heart, and he would not let the Israelites go. Then the Lord said to Moses, "Hold out your arm toward the sky that there may be darkness upon the land of Egypt, a darkness that can be touched." Moses held out his arm toward the sky and thick darkness descended upon all the land of Egypt for three days. People could not see one another, and for three days no one could get up from where he was; but all the Israelites enjoyed light in their dwellings.

Pharaoh then summoned Moses and said, "Go, worship the Lord! Only your flocks and your herds shall be left behind; even your children may go with you." But Moses said, "You yourself must provide us with sacrifices and burnt offerings to offer up to the Lord our God; our own livestock, too, shall go along with us--not a hoof shall remain behind: for we must select from it for the worship of the Lord our God; and we shall not know with what we are to worship the Lord until we arrive there." But the Lord stiffened Pharaoh's heart and he would not agree to let them go. Pharaoh said to him, "Be gone from me! Take care not to see me again, for the moment you look upon my face you shall die." And Moses replied, "You have spoken rightly. I shall not see your face again!" And the Lord said to Moses, "I will bring but one more plague upon Pharaoh and upon Egypt; after that he shall let you go from here; indeed, when he lets you go, he will drive you out of here one and all. Tell the people to borrow, each man from his neighbor and each woman from hers, objects of silver and gold." The Lord disposed the Egyptians favorably toward the people. Moreover, Moses himself was much esteemed in the land of Egypt, among Pharaoh's courtiers and among the people. Moses said, "Thus says the Lord: Toward midnight I will go forth among the Egyptians, and every first-born in the land of Egypt shall die, from the first-born of Pharaoh who sits on his throne to the first-born of the slave girl who is behind the millstones; and all the first-born of the cattle. And there shall be a loud cry in all the land of Egypt, such as has never been or will ever be again; but not a dog shall snarl at any of the Israelites, at man or beast--in order that you may know that the Lord makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel. Then all these courtiers of yours shall come down to me and bow low to me, saying, 'Depart, you and all the people who follow you!' After that I will depart." And he left Pharaoh's presence in hot anger. Now the Lord had said to Moses, "Pharaoh will not heed you, in order that My marvels may be multiplied in the land of Egypt." Moses and Aaron had performed all these marvels before Pharaoh, but the Lord had stiffened the heart of Pharaoh so that he would not let the Israelites go from his land.

The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt: This month shall mark for you the beginning of the months; it shall be the first of the months of the year for you. Speak to the whole community of Israel and say that on the tenth of this month each of them shall take a lamb to a family, a lamb to a household. But if the household is too small for a lamb, let him share one with a neighbor who dwells nearby, in proportion to the number of persons: you shall contribute for the lamb according to what each household will eat. Your lamb shall be without blemish, a yearling male; you may take it from the sheep or from the goats. You shall keep watch over it until the fourteenth day of this month; and all the assembled congregation of the Israelites shall slaughter it at twilight. They shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and the lintel of the houses in which they are to eat it. They shall eat the flesh that same night; they shall eat it roasted over the fire, with unleavened bread and with bitter herbs. Do not eat any of it raw, or cooked in any way with water, but roasted--head, legs, and entrails--over the fire. You shall not leave any of it over until morning; if any of it is left until morning, you shall burn it. This is how you shall eat it: your loins girded, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and you shall eat it hurriedly: it is a passover offering to the Lord. For that night I will go through the land of Egypt and strike down every first-born in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and I will mete out punishments to all the gods of Egypt, I the Lord. And the blood on the houses where you are staying shall be a sign for you: when I see the blood I will pass over you, so that no plague will destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt. This day shall be to you one of remembrance: you shall celebrate it as a festival to the Lord throughout the ages; you shall celebrate it as an institution for all time. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread; on the very first day you shall remove leaven from your houses, for whoever eats leavened bread from the first day to the seventh day, that person shall be cut off from Israel. You shall celebrate a sacred occasion on the first day, and a sacred occasion on the seventh day; no work at all shall be done on them; only what every person is to eat, that alone may be prepared for you. You shall observe the [Feast of] Unleavened Bread, for on this very day I brought your ranks out of the land of Egypt; you shall observe this day throughout the ages as an institution for all time. In the first month, from the fourteenth day of the month at evening, you shall eat unleavened bread until the twenty-first day of the month at evening. No leaven shall be found in your houses for seven days. For whoever eats what is leavened, that person shall be cut off from the community of Israel, whether he is a stranger or a citizen of the country. You shall eat nothing leavened; in all your settlements you shall eat unleavened bread.

Moses then summoned all the elders of Israel and said to them, "Go, pick out lambs for your families, and slaughter the passover offering. Take a bunch of hyssop, dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and apply some of the blood that is in the basin to the lintel and to the two doorposts. None of you shall go outside the door of his house until morning. For when the Lord goes through to smite the Egyptians, He will see the blood on the lintel and the two doorposts, and the Lord will pass over the door and not let the Destroyer enter and smite your home. "You shall observe this as an institution for all time, for you and for your descendants. And when you enter the land that the Lord will give you, as He has promised, you shall observe this rite. And when your children ask you, 'What do you mean by this rite?' you shall say, 'It is the passover sacrifice to the Lord, because He passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt when He smote the Egyptians, but saved our houses." The people then bowed low in homage. And the Israelites went and did so; just as the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did. In the middle of the night the Lord struck down all the first-born in the land of Egypt, from the first-born of Pharaoh who sat on the throne to the first-born of the captive who was in the dungeon, and all the first-born of the cattle. And Pharaoh arose in the night, with all his courtiers and all the Egyptians--because there was a loud cry in Egypt; for there was no house where there was not someone dead. He summoned Moses and Aaron in the night and said, "Up, depart from among my people, you and the Israelites with you! Go, worship the Lord as you said! Take also your flocks and your herds, as you said, and begone! And may you bring a blessing upon me also!" The Egyptians urged the people on, impatient to have them leave the country, for they said, "We shall all be dead." So the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading bowls wrapped in their cloaks upon their shoulders. The Israelites had done Moses' bidding and borrowed from the Egyptians objects of silver and gold, and clothing. And the Lord had disposed the Egyptians favorably toward the people, and they let them have their request; thus they stripped the Egyptians. The Israelites journeyed from Raamses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, aside from children. Moreover, a mixed multitude went up with them, and very much livestock, both flocks and herds. And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough that they had taken out of Egypt, for it was not leavened, since they had been driven out of Egypt and could not delay; nor had they prepared any provisions for themselves. The length of time that the Israelites lived in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years; at the end of the four hundred and thirtieth year, to the very day, all the ranks of the Lord departed from the land of Egypt. That was for the Lord a night of vigil to bring them out of the land of Egypt; that same night is the Lord's, one of vigil for all the children of Israel throughout the ages. The Lord said to Moses and Aaron: This is the law of the passover offering: No foreigner shall eat of it. But any slave a man has bought may eat of it once he has been circumcised. No bound or hired laborer shall eat of it. It shall be eaten in one house: you shall not take any of the flesh outside the house; nor shall you break a bone of it. The whole community of Israel shall offer it. If a stranger who dwells with you would offer the passover to the Lord, all his males must be circumcised; then he shall be admitted to offer it; he shall then be as a citizen of the country. But no uncircumcised person may eat of it. There shall be one law for the citizen and for the stranger who dwells among you. And all the Israelites did so; as the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did. That very day the Lord freed the Israelites from the land of Egypt, troop by troop.

The Lord spoke further to Moses, saying, "Consecrate to Me every first-born; man and beast, the first issue of every womb among the Israelites is Mine." And Moses said to the people,
"Remember this day, on which you went free from Egypt, the house of bondage, how the Lord freed you from it with a mighty hand: no leavened bread shall be eaten. You go free on this day, in the month of Abib. So, when the Lord has brought you into the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which He swore to your fathers to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey, you shall observe in this month the following practice: "Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a festival of the Lord. Throughout the seven days unleavened bread shall be eaten; no leavened bread shall be found with you, and no leaven shall be found in all your territory. And you shall explain to your son on that day, 'It is because of what the Lord did for me when I went free from Egypt.' "And this shall serve you as a sign on your hand and as a reminder on your forehead--in order that the Teaching of the Lord may be in your mouth--that with a mighty hand the Lord freed you from Egypt. You shall keep this institution at its set time from year to year. "And when the Lord has brought you into the land of the Canaanites, as He swore to you and to your fathers, and has given it to you, you shall set apart for the Lord every first issue of the womb: every male firstling that your cattle drop shall be the Lord's. But every firstling ass you shall redeem with a sheep; if you do not redeem it, you must break its neck. And you must redeem every first-born male among your children. And when, in time to come, your son asks you, saying, 'What does this mean?' you shall say to him, 'It was with a mighty hand that the Lord brought us out from Egypt, the house of bondage. When Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the Lord slew every first-born in the land of Egypt, the first-born of both man and beast. Therefore I sacrifice to the Lord every first male issue of the womb, but redeem every first-born among my sons.' "And so it shall be as a sign upon your hand and as a symbol on your forehead that with a mighty hand the Lord freed us from Egypt."

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Mission UpDates: Greetings, Below is the story of a homeless man called Michael. Like many the currant overflow shelter rejects people that are not kicked out of the Union rescue Mission. Yes they had changed the rules for a brief time but changed them back as it quickly became overcrowded. This year the city wanted these rules in place and chose the bid from the Salvation Army of $37,000 for three months. They are not staffed properly and the place is really out of control. One homeless man was kicked out because people complained of his coughing. he had no money to fill a prescription so he is in the street until his cold get's better. Why was Mike outside instead of at the Union Rescue only Mike knows. I have stated the various reason why they will not go there and these people count on an overflow that this years will not let them in. How many have to dies in the streets and back allies before the city will act? What a shame to a city that is trying to gain tourism. My heart cries for these people. Some just do not get it as I am connected to most of them as I would be to a very close friend or relative. But you see I am their Pastor. Something God appointed me to be to them. How many will I have to be called to the hospital and say final prayers before they pull the plug because they tried to sleep outside with no warm place to be. Now we are being forced out of our small storefront that brings last hope to so many of them. Shoes when their toes are coming out. Coats, clothing medications and most of all prayers of faith. For most of them God is all they have left.

Please pray about helping us. We need to bring in money to a building or moving fund. We also need help with donations for just day to day expenses. Like I have three people who need shoes on Friday.

Please pray for us and those who the Lord appointed us top care for!..

In His Perfect Peace Pastor Dan Catlin Messiah's Branch

Posted on Sun, Jan. 21, 2007 Who will tell Michael's story? Who will listen?

Wichita Eagle Newspaper

BY THE REV. SAM MUYSKENS

I did not know Michael Mosseri very well. He was an acquaintance who loved to sit for long periods of time in the gazebo at Inter-Faith Ministries Gan Shalom garden/park. He appreciated the "open door" policy of the winter overflow shelter, which he would frequent during the cold winter months.Michael died Dec. 21, 2006. I attended Michael's memorial service. It took place Jan. 12 at Resthaven Mortuary.It was a cold day. The thermometer on my car registered 16 degrees as I drove up to the mortuary. I entered the warm chapel. Soft recorded music was playing. It was a beautiful, warm place to pay our last respects, only to learn that the service was to be held in an outside chapel.I arrived at the outside chapel just in time. A total of six people were in attendance, plus a mortuary employee and myself. Two military men stood in attention on each side of Michael's casket draped in the United States flag. Standing a few feet from the casket was a Marine veteran. Seated in the chairs normally set aside for the family was an administrator from the Department of Veterans Affairs and two wonderful case managers from Comcare.We exchanged smiles. It was so good to see them. I raised the collar of my coat as high as I could to protect my ears from the freezing wind, and took a seat.The Marine veteran who appeared to be the one officiating began to speak. "Michael Mosseri was a homeless man. I did not know him...." There was a pause and then he finished his thought, "Michael did not have a very good life. We pray that in the life hereafter he will find eternal happiness."

Michael's life and obituary were summed up in two sentences. A recorded rendition of taps followed as we stood in honor of Michael's military service. With precision and respect, the now nearly frozen hands of the two military men in white gloves folded the flag and gave it to the Marine veteran. The Marine veteran prayed a lovely prayer that touched our hearts. He thanked us for attending. With cold, quivering voices, we quickly greeted one another and found refuge in our warm automobiles. Fewer than 24 hours after Michael's 10-minute, 16-degree funeral, I attended a friend's memorial service at my church. Pastor Cindy Watson ended the service with a quote: "Though none of us will live forever, the stories can -- as long as one soul remains who can tell the story." My heart was near despair. I found Cindy after the service and said, "I fear there is not one soul remaining to tell Michael's story." After listening attentively, Cindy replied, "Sam, you will need to tell the story -- I think you know enough." I nodded my head. I do not know Michael's life story. That part of his story may have died with Michael. I do not know why he wasn't sleeping in a shelter on that cold winter night. Was he rejected? Had he given up? I have to believe that somewhere out there, Michael has a loving and caring mother, father, brother, sister, cousin, aunt or uncle, even a friend who would mourn his death (were they to know) and be able to share stories about Michael that would be a blessing for generations to come. But the real story is: On that December night, in the city of Wichita, Michael did not find a warm place to lay his head and died of exposure, alone, in his sleeping bag, in a dark and lonely alley. The Rev. Sam Muyskens is executive director of Inter-Faith Ministries in Wichita

^{Psalms 4:3-4 But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him. Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.}

Shalom In Yeshua our Messiah, Friday we were very busy I set out around 26 trays of sweets and Lynda made ten dozen egg, lunchmeat and cheese sandwhiches. For dinner I made meatloaf, mashed potatoes, green beans mixed with corn, butter & onions and buttered dinner rolls.We had some clothes come in but most of them have already been taken. We still need blankets and/or sleeping bags for those who are still sleeping out side. We have them ask for warm socks, gloves & cold medicines every day we are there. We have been able to give out some very nice thick yellow gloves but the socks and meds don't every seem to be enough to go around. The gloves came in the mail and the person sending them has been able to keep us stocked very well. I believe we still have one box of gloves left.The bills are paid (at least till the mail runs) and I was able to get another hundred stamps for the prison weekly. I bought a fifty pound bag of onions and sixty dozen eggs. Tomorrow I will order another case of thirty. I was also able to get the toliet paper and paper towels stocked at the Mission and purchase five big cans of coffee. I plan on going to Sams tomorrow for some Bibles, pasta, vegtables, trash bags, forks, spoons, cups, go plates, sauces, mayo and spices. The newsletter is due to go out in ten days and the funding for that isn't in yet.The building didn't work out but I'm not worried Yahweh has our place and will show it to us in His Time. Thanks to those who have donated to Messiah's Branch move. The Ideal thing would be to buy a building so we would never be forced to move again. We ask that you all pray about supporting us in the many works we do. Just ask Yahweh and who knows you may well be a vessel He has been waiting to use somewhere in this ministry. Thanks to all who help in every way you are appreciated by many you will never even know.

This coming Sabbath will be the sixth birthday of our youngest son Elijah"Mannie". He grew up with the homeless & poor and knows quite a few of them by name, they are his buddies. I went into labor with him on a feed day and refused to go to the hospital until everyone was fed then we called off Sabbath service and went to the hospital.

Saturday, January 20, 2007

Prison weekly January 20,2007

Torah Va'era "And I appeared" Exodus 6:2-9:35

Haftorah Ezekiel 28:25-29:21 Gospel Romans 9:14-24

Next Weeks Torah Bo "Enter/Go" Exodus 10:1-13:16,

Haftorah Jeremiah 46:13-28, Gospel 1Cor11:20-34

God spoke to Moses and said to him, "I am the Lord. I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob as El Shaddai, but I did not make Myself known to them by My name YHVH. I also established My covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land in which they lived as sojourners. I have now heard the moaning of the Israelites because the Egyptians are holding them in bondage, and I have remembered My covenant. Say, therefore, to the Israelite people: I am the Lord. I will free you from the labors of the Egyptians and deliver you from their bondage. I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and through extraordinary chastisements. And I will take you to be My people, and I will be your God. And you shall know that I, the Lord, am your God who freed you from the labors of the Egyptians. I will bring you into the land which I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and I will give it to you for a possession, I the Lord." But when Moses told this to the Israelites, they would not listen to Moses, their spirits crushed by cruel bondage. The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, "Go and tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the Israelites depart from his land." But Moses appealed to the Lord, saying, "The Israelites would not listen to me; how then should Pharaoh heed me, a man of impeded speech!" So the Lord spoke to both Moses and Aaron in regard to the Israelites and Pharaoh king of Egypt, instructing them to deliver the Israelites from the land of Egypt. The following are the heads of their respective clans. The sons of Reuben, Israel's first-born: Enoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi; those are the families of Reuben. The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Saul the son of a Canaanite woman; those are the families of Simeon. These are the names of Levi's sons by their lineage: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari; and the span of Levi's life was 137 years. The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, by their families. The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel; and the span of Kohath's life was 133 years. The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites by their lineage. Amram took to wife his father's sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses; and the span of Amram's life was 137 years. The sons of Izhar: Korah, Nepheg, and Zichri. The sons of Uzziel: Mishael, Elzaphan, and Sithri. Aaron took to wife Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab and sister of Nahshon, and she bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. The sons of Korah: Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph. Those are the families of the Korahites. And Aaron's son Eleazar took to wife one of Putiel's daughters, and she bore him Phinehas. Those are the heads of the fathers' houses of the Levites by their families. It is the same Aaron and Moses to whom the Lord said, "Bring forth the Israelites from the land of Egypt, troop by troop." It was they who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt to free the Israelites from the Egyptians; these are the same Moses and Aaron. For when the Lord spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt And the Lord said to Moses, "I am the Lord; speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I will tell you," Moses appealed to the Lord, saying, "See, I am of impeded speech; how then should Pharaoh heed me!" The Lord replied to Moses, "See, I place you in the role of God to Pharaoh, with your brother Aaron as your prophet. You shall repeat all that I command you, and your brother Aaron shall speak to Pharaoh to let the Israelites depart from his land. But I will harden Pharaoh's heart, that I may multiply My signs and marvels in the land of Egypt. When Pharaoh does not heed you, I will lay My hand upon Egypt and deliver My ranks, My people the Israelites, from the land of Egypt with extraordinary chastisements. And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I stretch out My hand over Egypt and bring out the Israelites from their midst." This Moses and Aaron did; as the Lord commanded them, so they did. Moses was eighty years old and Aaron eighty-three, when they made their demand on Pharaoh.

The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, "When Pharaoh speaks to you and says, 'Produce your marvel,' you shall say to Aaron, 'Take your rod and cast it down before Pharaoh.' It shall turn into a serpent." So Moses and Aaron came before Pharaoh and did just as the Lord had commanded: Aaron cast down his rod in the presence of Pharaoh and his courtiers, and it turned into a serpent. Then Pharaoh, for his part, summoned the wise men and the sorcerers; and the Egyptian magicians, in turn, did the same with their spells; each cast down his rod, and they turned into serpents. But Aaron's rod swallowed their rods. Yet Pharaoh's heart stiffened and he did not heed them, as the Lord had said. And the Lord said to Moses, "Pharaoh is stubborn; he refuses to let the people go. Go to Pharaoh in the morning, as he is coming out to the water, and station yourself before him at the edge of the Nile, taking with you the rod that turned into a snake. And say to him, 'The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, sent me to you to say, "Let My people go that they may worship Me in the wilderness." But you have paid no heed until now. Thus says the Lord, "By this you shall know that I am the Lord." See, I shall strike the water in the Nile with the rod that is in my hand, and it will be turned into blood; and the fish in the Nile will die. The Nile will stink so that the Egyptians will find it impossible to drink the water of the Nile." And the Lord said to Moses, "Say to Aaron: Take your rod and hold out your arm over the waters of Egypt--its rivers, its canals, its ponds, all its bodies of water--that they may turn to blood; there shall be blood throughout the land of Egypt, even in vessels of wood and stone." Moses and Aaron did just as the Lord commanded: he lifted up the rod and struck the water in the Nile in the sight of Pharaoh and his courtiers, and all the water in the Nile was turned into blood and the fish in the Nile died. The Nile stank so that the Egyptians could not drink water from the Nile; and there was blood throughout the land of Egypt. But when the Egyptian magicians did the same with their spells, Pharaoh's heart stiffened and he did not heed them--as the Lord had spoken. Pharaoh turned and went into his palace, paying no regard even to this. And all the Egyptians had to dig round about the Nile for drinking water, because they could not drink the water of the Nile. When seven days had passed after the Lord struck the Nile, the Lord said to Moses, "Go to Pharaoh and say to him, 'Thus says the Lord: Let My people go that they may worship Me. If you refuse to let them go, then I will plague your whole country with frogs. The Nile shall swarm with frogs, and they shall come up and enter your palace, your bedchamber and your bed, the houses of your courtiers and your people, and your ovens and your kneading bowls. The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your courtiers." And the Lord said to Moses, "Say to Aaron: Hold out your arm with the rod over the rivers, the canals, and the ponds, and bring up the frogs on the land of Egypt." Aaron held out his arm over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt. But the magicians did the same with their spells, and brought frogs upon the land of Egypt. Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, "Plead with the Lord to remove the frogs from me and my people, and I will let the people go to sacrifice to the Lord." And Moses said to Pharaoh, "You may have this triumph over me: for what time shall I plead in behalf of you and your courtiers and your people, that the frogs be cut off from you and your houses, to remain only in the Nile?" "For tomorrow," he replied. And [Moses] said, "As you say--that you may know that there is none like the Lord our God."

The frogs shall retreat from you and your courtiers and your people; they shall remain only in the Nile." Then Moses and Aaron left Pharaoh's presence, and Moses cried out to the Lord in the matter of the frogs which He had inflicted upon Pharaoh. And the Lord did as Moses asked; the frogs died out in the houses, the courtyards, and the fields. And they piled them up in heaps, till the land stank. But when Pharaoh saw that there was relief, he became stubborn and would not heed them, as the Lord had spoken. Then the Lord said to Moses, "Say to Aaron: Hold out your rod and strike the dust of the earth, and it shall turn to lice throughout the land of Egypt." And they did so. Aaron held out his arm with the rod and struck the dust of the earth, and vermin came upon man and beast; all the dust of the earth turned to lice throughout the land of Egypt. The magicians did the like with their spells to produce lice, but they could not. The vermin remained upon man and beast; and the magicians said to Pharaoh, "This is the finger of God!" But Pharaoh's heart stiffened and he would not heed them, as the Lord had spoken. And the Lord said to Moses, "Early in the morning present yourself to Pharaoh, as he is coming out to the water, and say to him, 'Thus says the Lord: Let My people go that they may worship Me. For if you do not let My people go, I will let loose swarms of insects against you and your courtiers and your people and your houses; the houses of the Egyptians, and the very ground they stand on, shall be filled with swarms of insects. But on that day I will set apart the region of Goshen, where My people dwell, so that no swarms of insects shall be there, that you may know that I the Lord am in the midst of the land.

And I will make a distinction between My people and your people. Tomorrow this sign shall come to pass.'" And the Lord did so. Heavy swarms of insects invaded Pharaoh's palace and the houses of his courtiers; throughout the country of Egypt the land was ruined because of the swarms of insects. Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, "Go and sacrifice to your God within the land." But Moses replied, "It would not be right to do this, for what we sacrifice to the Lord our God is untouchable to the Egyptians. If we sacrifice that which is untouchable to the Egyptians before their very eyes, will they not stone us! So we must go a distance of three days into the wilderness and sacrifice to the Lord our God as He may command us." Pharaoh said, "I will let you go to sacrifice to the Lord your God in the wilderness; but do not go very far. Plead, then, for me." And Moses said, "When I leave your presence, I will plead with the Lord that the swarms of insects depart tomorrow from Pharaoh and his courtiers and his people; but let not Pharaoh again act deceitfully, not letting the people go to sacrifice to the Lord." So Moses left Pharaoh's presence and pleaded with the Lord. And the Lord did as Moses asked: He removed the swarms of insects from Pharaoh, from his courtiers, and from his people; not one remained. But Pharaoh became stubborn this time also, and would not let the people go. The Lord said to Moses, "Go to Pharaoh and say to him, 'Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews: Let My people go to worship Me. For if you refuse to let them go, and continue to hold them, then the hand of the Lord will strike your livestock in the fields--the horses, the asses, the camels, the cattle, and the sheep--with a very severe pestilence. But the Lord will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of the Egyptians, so that nothing shall die of all that belongs to the Israelites. The Lord has fixed the time: tomorrow the Lord will do this thing in the land.'" And the Lord did so the next day: all the livestock of the Egyptians died, but of the livestock of the Israelites not a beast died. When Pharaoh inquired, he found that not a head of the livestock of Israel had died; yet Pharaoh remained stubborn, and he would not let the people go. Then the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, "Each of you take handfuls of soot from the kiln, and let Moses throw it toward the sky in the sight of Pharaoh. It shall become a fine dust all over the land of Egypt, and cause an inflammation breaking out in boils on man and beast throughout the land of Egypt." So they took soot of the kiln and appeared before Pharaoh; Moses threw it toward the sky, and it caused an inflammation breaking out in boils on man and beast. The magicians were unable to confront Moses because of the inflammation, for the inflammation afflicted the magicians as well as all the other Egyptians. But the Lord stiffened the heart of Pharaoh, and he would not heed them, just as the Lord had told Moses. The Lord said to Moses, "Early in the morning present yourself to Pharaoh and say to him, 'Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews: Let My people go to worship Me. For this time I will send all My plagues upon your person, and your courtiers, and your people, in order that you may know that there is none like Me in all the world. I could have stretched forth My hand and stricken you and your people with pestilence, and you would have been effaced from the earth. Nevertheless I have spared you for this purpose: in order to show you My power, and in order that My fame may resound throughout the world.

Yet you continue to thwart My people, and do not let them go! This time tomorrow I will rain down a very heavy hail, such as has not been in Egypt from the day it was founded until now. Therefore, order your livestock and everything you have in the open brought under shelter; every man and beast that is found outside, not having been brought indoors, shall perish when the hail comes down upon them!'" Those among Pharaoh's courtiers who feared the Lord's word brought their slaves and livestock indoors to safety; but those who paid no regard to the word of the Lord left their slaves and livestock in the open. The Lord said to Moses, "Hold out your arm toward the sky that hail may fall on all the land of Egypt, upon man and beast and all the grasses of the field in the land of Egypt." So Moses held out his rod toward the sky, and the Lord sent thunder and hail, and fire streamed down to the ground, as the Lord rained down hail upon the land of Egypt. The hail was very heavy--fire flashing in the midst of the hail--such as had not fallen on the land of Egypt since it had become a nation. Throughout the land of Egypt the hail struck down all that were in the open, both man and beast; the hail also struck down all the grasses of the field and shattered all the trees of the field. Only in the region of Goshen, where the Israelites were, there was no hail. Thereupon Pharaoh sent for Moses and Aaron and said to them, "I stand guilty this time. The Lord is in the right, and I and my people are in the wrong. Plead with the Lord that there may be an end of God's thunder and of hail. I will let you go; you need stay no longer." Moses said to him, "As I go out of the city, I shall spread out my hands to the Lord; the thunder will cease and the hail will fall no more, so that you may know that the earth is the Lord's. But I know that you and your courtiers do not yet fear the Lord God." Now the flax and barley were ruined, for the barley was in the ear and the flax was in bud; but the wheat and the emmer were not hurt, for they ripen late. Leaving Pharaoh, Moses went outside the city and spread out his hands to the Lord: the thunder and the hail ceased, and no rain came pouring down upon the earth. But when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunder had ceased, he became stubborn and reverted to his guilty ways, as did his courtiers. So Pharaoh's heart stiffened and he would not let the Israelites go, just as the Lord had foretold through Moses.

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Mission Updates:Greetings Saints in His Perfect Peace, About the building, while I have not seen the inside it seems a great deal. Generally most of the time when something seems to be too good to be true you should more than likely run from it. But in this case I do not seem to think so. Here is why. The building is very large. It is bare bones. Meaning over half of this building used to be a garage, anyway it has a garage door that opens right on the alley. Simply placing a wall on the other side of the door would change the door. You would lift the door up and then you would see the wall and a door. This would be great security and it would open into the part that we would use for the dinning area and use for services and bible study. Then we would more than likely have the two bathrooms with showers, plenty of room & possibly the clothing closet. Then closer up front a children�s room office and Kitchen. The front door would in a since become the back door and used only by us and as a fire exit. Currently my little office is a storage room, a child�s room, office and catchall. So most of the when counseling I have to walk the sidewalks out side for privacy or go around the back of the building. So you can see how happy this would make me to really have an office. The way it is now I do much counseling but this would improve that greatly.The place has No heating or air. More than likely part of the reason the building is so cheap. But I think it is a benefit because we could place a new efficient unit in. The Rent is only $500 a month, something I myself can always pay. I would get a sound lease so as to protect the investment of the renovations. But again why not buy. This building would not come up for sale. I think with the way things are buying in Wichita could be okay but I would rather focus buying on the ministry properties in Florence. There I am sure will be a time we are simply cut off from Wichita. I am unsure of the costs of renovations but I have Faith period. So please this is what is need if this is the right move then I have the $1000 by Friday or a call that the money is indeed on the way. So also lift us up in your prayers, this is number one. If you are led to help, then send a email or call me at 620-878-4682 And we were again overpacked yesterday. Many needed cold medactions and were blessed with them. The Food mom made was wonderful bean soup and cornbread made from scratch! After all was done we had our Bible study. The LORD bless thee and keep thee;The LORD make His face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee;The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee shalom. (peace)Bemidbar (Numbers) 6:24-26 In Yeshua's Name, Bro. Dan, Pastor of Messiah's Branch

UPDATE: Today we got the Mission Rent money in and deposit. I was asked but you have not even looked in it. Well I did look in the window and say the front part, which is a nice room. The back I assume used to be a garage as it has a garage door in the back. No Heat no air. But I knew this. We plan on praying in money to remodel and heating and air money. We must do the heating and air first so we can work inside. So yes that will be prayed in first. How much, I have no idea, but I have Faith. Someone somewhere or many someone�s� will help. I will send pictures if we rent which we plan on it unless the Lord stops us tomorrow, so I will send you pictures. So please pray about what you can do to help with the remodel? Remember it is all according to his will! Lift us up in prayer that is number one! I must go as I am getting ready for radio and my wife just made me some wonderful food! Biscuits, beef cream gravy, and hash browns�..so listen in to radio tonight. Major James Linzy will be on with me talking about Iran!

Ponder this...One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people. He said, "My son, the battle is between two "wolves" inside us all. One is Evil. It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed,arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego. The other is Good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith." The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather: "Which wolf wins?"
The old Cherokee simply replied, "The one you feed."

Someone out there either has too much spare time or is deadly at Scrabble.

(Wait till you see the last one)!

DORMITORY: When you rearrange the letters: DIRTY ROOM

PRESBYTERIAN: When you rearrange the letters: BEST IN PRAYER

ASTRONOMER: When you rearrange the letters: MOON STARER

DESPERATION: When you rearrange the letters: A ROPE ENDS IT

THE EYES:! When you rearrange the letters: THEY SEE

GEORGE BUSH: When you rearrange the letters: HE BUGS GORE

THE MORSE CODE: When you rearrange the letters: HERE COME DOTS

SLOT MACHINES: When you rearrange the letters: CASH LOST IN ME

ANIMOSITY: When you rearrange the letters: IS NO AMITY

ELECTION RESULTS: When you rearrange the letters: LIES - LET'S RECOUNT

SNOOZE ALARMS: When you rearrange the letters: ALAS! NO MORE Z 'S

A DECIMAL POINT: When you rearrange the letters: IM A DOT IN PLACE

THE EARTHQUAKES: When you rearrange the letters: THAT QUEER SHAKE

ELEVEN PLUS TWO: When you rearrange the letters: TWELVE PLUS ONE

Who has time to think of these things? Or the time. ENJOY! AND FOR THE GRAND FINALE:

MOTHER-IN-LAW: When you rearrange the letters: WOMAN HITLER

Yep! Someone with waaaaay too much time on their hands! (Probably a son-in-law)

Shalom B�Shem Yeshua HaMashiach

Peace in the Name of Yeshua, the Messiah

&Mark 9:23,10:27

" THE Truth will set you FREE"

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Wednesday, January 10, 2007

Prison Weekly January 13th, 2007

Torah Shemot "Names" Exodus 1:1-6:1

Haftorah Isaiah 27:6-28:13, 29:22-23, Jeremiah 1:1-2:3

Gospel Acts 7:17-29

These are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob, each coming with his household: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah; Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin; Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher. The total number of persons that were of Jacob's issue came to seventy, Joseph being already in Egypt. Joseph died, and all his brothers, and all that generation. But the Israelites were fertile and prolific; they multiplied and increased very greatly, so that the land was filled with them. A new king arose over Egypt who did not know Joseph. And he said to his people, "Look, the Israelite people are much too numerous for us. Let us deal shrewdly with them, so that they may not increase; otherwise in the event of war they may join our enemies in fighting against us and rise from the ground." So they set taskmasters over them to oppress them with forced labor; and they built garrison cities for Pharaoh: Pithom and Raamses. But the more they were oppressed, the more they increased and spread out, so that the [Egyptians] came to dread the Israelites. The Egyptians ruthlessly imposed upon the Israelites the various labors that they made them perform. Ruthlessly they made life bitter for them with harsh labor at mortar and bricks and with all sorts of tasks in the field. The king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, one of whom was named Shiphrah and the other Puah, saying, "When you deliver the Hebrew women, look at the birthstool: if it is a boy, kill him; if it is a girl, let her live." The midwives, fearing God, did not do as the king of Egypt had told them; they let the boys live. So the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and said to them, "Why have you done this thing, letting the boys live?" The midwives said to Pharaoh, "Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women: they are vigorous. Before the midwife can come to them, they have given birth." And God dealt well with the midwives; and the people multiplied and increased greatly. And because the midwives feared God, He established households for them. Then Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, "Every boy that is born you shall throw into the Nile, but let every girl live." A certain man of the house of Levi went and married a Levite woman. The woman conceived and bore a son; and when she saw how beautiful he was, she hid him for three months. When she could hide him no longer, she got a wicker basket for him and caulked it with bitumen and pitch. She put the child into it and placed it among the reeds by the bank of the Nile. And his sister stationed herself at a distance, to learn what would befall him. The daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe in the Nile, while her maidens walked along the Nile. She spied the basket among the reeds and sent her slave girl to fetch it. When she opened it, she saw that it was a child, a boy crying. She took pity on it and said, "This must be a Hebrew child." Then his sister said to Pharaoh's daughter, "Shall I go and get you a Hebrew nurse to suckle the child for you?" And Pharaoh's daughter answered, "Yes." So the girl went and called the child's mother. And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, "Take this child and nurse it for me, and I will pay your wages." So the woman took the child and nursed it. When the child grew up, she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, who made him her son. She named him Moses, explaining, "I drew him out of the water."

Some time after that, when Moses had grown up, he went out to his kinsfolk and witnessed their labors. He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his kinsmen. He turned this way and that and, seeing no one about, he struck down the Egyptian and hid him in the sand. When he went out the next day, he found two Hebrews fighting; so he said to the offender, "Why do you strike your fellow?" He retorted, "Who made you chief and ruler over us? Do you mean to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?" Moses was frightened, and thought: Then the matter is known! When Pharaoh learned of the matter, he sought to kill Moses; but Moses fled from Pharaoh. He arrived in the land of Midian, and sat down beside a well. Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters. They came to draw water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock; but shepherds came and drove them off. Moses rose to their defense, and he watered their flock. When they returned to their father Reuel, he said, "How is it that you have come back so soon today?" They answered, "An Egyptian rescued us from the shepherds; he even drew water for us and watered the flock." He said to his daughters, "Where is he then? Why did you leave the man? Ask him in to break bread." Moses consented to stay with the man, and he gave Moses his daughter Zipporah as wife. She bore a son whom he named Gershom, for he said, "I have been a stranger in a foreign land." A long time after that, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites were groaning under the bondage and cried out; and their cry for help from the bondage rose up to God. God heard their moaning, and God remembered His covenant with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob. God looked upon the Israelites, and God took notice of them.

Now Moses, tending the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian, drove the flock into the wilderness, and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.An angel of the Lord appeared to him in a blazing fire out of a bush. He gazed, and there was a bush all aflame, yet the bush was not consumed. Moses said, "I must turn aside to look at this marvelous sight; why doesn't the bush burn up?" When the Lord saw that he had turned aside to look, God called to him out of the bush: "Moses! Moses!" He answered, "Here I am." And He said, "Do not come closer. Remove your sandals from your feet, for the place on which you stand is holy ground. I am," He said, "the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God. And the Lord continued, "I have marked well the plight of My people in Egypt and have heeded their outcry because of their taskmasters; yes, I am mindful of their sufferings. I have come down to rescue them from the Egyptians and to bring them out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey, the region of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. Now the cry of the Israelites has reached Me; moreover, I have seen how the Egyptians oppress them. Come, therefore, I will send you to Pharaoh, and you shall free My people, the Israelites, from Egypt." But Moses said to God, "Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and free the Israelites from Egypt?" And He said, "I will be with you; that shall be your sign that it was I who sent you. And when you have freed the people from Egypt, you shall worship God at this mountain." Moses said to God, "When I come to the Israelites and say to them 'The God of your fathers has sent me to you,' and they ask me, 'What is His name?' what shall I say to them?" And God said to Moses, "Ehyeh-Asher-Ehyeh." He continued, "Thus shall you say to the Israelites, 'Ehyeh sent me to you.'" And God said further to Moses, "Thus shall you speak to the Israelites: The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you: This shall be My name forever, This My appellation for all eternity.

"Go and assemble the elders of Israel and say to them: the Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, has appeared to me and said, 'I have taken note of you and of what is being done to you in Egypt, and I have declared: I will take you out of the misery of Egypt to the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, to a land flowing with milk and honey.' They will listen to you; then you shall go with the elders of Israel to the king of Egypt and you shall say to him, 'The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, manifested Himself to us. Now therefore, let us go a distance of three days into the wilderness to sacrifice to the Lord our God.' Yet I know that the king of Egypt will let you go only because of a greater might. "So I will stretch out My hand and smite Egypt with various wonders which I will work upon them; after that he shall let you go. And I will dispose the Egyptians favorably toward this people, so that when you go, you will not go away empty-handed. Each woman shall borrow from her neighbor and the lodger in her house objects of silver and gold, and clothing, and you shall put these on your sons and daughters, thus stripping the Egyptians." But Moses spoke up and said, "What if they do not believe me and do not listen to me, but say: The Lord did not appear to you?" The Lord said to him, "What is that in your hand?" And he replied, "A rod." He said, "Cast it on the ground." He cast it on the ground and it became a snake; and Moses recoiled from it. Then the Lord said to Moses, "Put out your hand and grasp it by the tail"--he put out his hand and seized it, and it became a rod in his hand--"that they may believe that the Lord, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, did appear to you." The Lord said to him further, "Put your hand into your bosom." He put his hand into his bosom; and when he took it out, his hand was encrusted with snowy scales! And He said, "Put your hand back into your bosom." He put his hand back into his bosom; and when he took it out of his bosom, there it was again like the rest of his body. "And if they do not believe you or pay heed to the first sign, they will believe the second. And if they are not convinced by both these signs and still do not heed you, take some water from the Nile and pour it on the dry ground, and it--the water that you take from the Nile--will turn to blood on the dry ground." But Moses said to the Lord, "Please, O Lord, I have never been a man of words, either in times past or now that You have spoken to Your servant; I am slow of speech and slow of tongue." And the Lord said to him, "Who gives man speech? Who makes him dumb or deaf, seeing or blind? Is it not I, the Lord? Now go, and I will be with you as you speak and will instruct you what to say." But he said, "Please, O Lord, make someone else Your agent." The Lord became angry with Moses, and He said, "There is your brother Aaron the Levite. He, I know, speaks readily. Even now he is setting out to meet you, and he will be happy to see you. You shall speak to him and put the words in his mouth--I will be with you and with him as you speak, and tell both of you what to do--and he shall speak for you to the people. Thus he shall serve as your spokesman, with you playing the role of God to him, and take with you this rod, with which you shall perform the signs."

Moses went back to his father-in-law Jether and said to him, "Let me go back to my kinsmen in Egypt and see how they are faring." And Jethro said to Moses, "Go in peace." The Lord said to Moses in Midian, "Go back to Egypt, for all the men who sought to kill you are dead." So Moses took his wife and sons, mounted them on an ass, and went back to the land of Egypt; and Moses took the rod of God with him. And the Lord said to Moses, "When you return to Egypt, see that you perform before Pharaoh all the marvels that I have put within your power. I, however, will stiffen his heart so that he will not let the people go. Then you shall say to Pharaoh, 'Thus says the Lord: Israel is My first-born son. I have said to you, "Let My son go, that he may worship Me," yet you refuse to let him go. Now I will slay your first-born son.'' At a night encampment on the way, the Lord encountered him and sought to kill him. So Zipporah took a flint and cut off her son's foreskin, and touched his legs with it, saying, "You are truly a bridegroom of blood to me!" And when He let him alone, she added, "A bridegroom of blood because of the circumcision." The Lord said to Aaron, "Go to meet Moses in the wilderness." He went and met him at the mountain of God, and he kissed him. Moses told Aaron about all the things that the Lord had committed to him and all the signs about which He had instructed him. Then Moses and Aaron went and assembled all the elders of the Israelites. Aaron repeated all the words that the Lord had spoken to Moses, and he performed the signs in the sight of the people, and the people were convinced. When they heard that the Lord had taken note of the Israelites and that He had seen their plight, they bowed low in homage.

Afterward Moses and Aaron went and said to Pharaoh, "Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Let My people go that they may celebrate a festival for Me in the wilderness." But Pharaoh said, "Who is the Lord that I should heed Him and let Israel go? I do not know the Lord, nor will I let Israel go." They answered, "The God of the Hebrews has manifested Himself to us. Let us go, we pray, a distance of three days into the wilderness to sacrifice to the Lord our God, lest He strike us with pestilence or sword." But the king of Egypt said to them, "Moses and Aaron, why do you distract the people from their tasks? Get to your labors!" And Pharaoh continued, "The people of the land are already so numerous, and you would have them cease from their labors!" That same day Pharaoh charged the taskmasters and foremen of the people, saying, "You shall no longer provide the people with straw for making bricks as heretofore; let them go and gather straw for themselves. But impose upon them the same quota of bricks as they have been making heretofore; do not reduce it, for they are shirkers; that is why they cry, 'Let us go and sacrifice to our God!' Let heavier work be laid upon the men; let them keep at it and not pay attention to deceitful promises." So the taskmasters and foremen of the people went out and said to the people, "Thus says Pharaoh: I will not give you any straw. You must go and get the straw yourselves wherever you can find it; but there shall be no decrease whatever in your work." Then the people scattered throughout the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw. And the taskmasters pressed them, saying, "You must complete the same work assignment each day as when you had straw." And the foremen of the Israelites, whom Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten. "Why," they were asked, "did you not complete the prescribed amount of bricks, either yesterday or today, as you did before?" Then the foremen of the Israelites came to Pharaoh and cried: "Why do you deal thus with your servants? No straw is issued to your servants, yet they demand of us: Make bricks! Thus your servants are being beaten, when the fault is with your own people." He replied, "You are shirkers, shirkers! That is why you say, 'Let us go and sacrifice to the Lord.' Be off now to your work! No straw shall be issued to you, but you must produce your quota of bricks!" Now the foremen of the Israelites found themselves in trouble because of the order, "You must not reduce your daily quantity of bricks." As they left Pharaoh's presence, they came upon Moses and Aaron standing in their path, and they said to them, "May the Lord look upon you and punish you for making us loathsome to Pharaoh and his courtiers--putting a sword in their hands to slay us." Then Moses returned to the Lord and said, "O Lord, why did You bring harm upon this people? Why did You send me? Ever since I came to Pharaoh to speak in Your name, he has dealt worse with this people; and still You have not delivered Your people."
From Parshat Shemot. From THE TANAKH: The New JPS Translation According to the Traditional Hebrew Text. Copyright 1985 by the Jewish Publication Society. Used by permission.

Next Weeks Torah Va'era "And I appeared" Exodus 6:2-9:35 Haftorah Ezekiel 28:25-29:21 Gospel Romans 9:14-24

Mission Updates: Greetings Saints in His Perfect Peace, A small battle in a large war was won. The Lord prevailed. Last week I sent a letter to the Mayor, City Counsel, United Way of the plains, a county commissioner, and a few others that I call the city group. Some of these people are on the Task Force to End Chronic Homelessness in Wichita and Seg. County. The issue was for them to change the restrictions that said the others shelters had to be full with emphasis on the Union Rescue Mission. I explained the various reasons among those separation of church and state meaning the city could not require being kicked out of a Mission that requires listening to a sermon. While many of the homeless are Christian they do not think religion should be forced on them and I agree. Well the letter found it�s way around after being sent to them last Wed night the 3^{rd. The next day they had a meeting, the people that run the overflow. I do not know if they had looked at the letter or not. I do know that the same rules were in place after the Thursday meeting. I got some feed back from the letter from a few sources and one from an upset female Pastor. She saw deeper into the letter and it upset her so she asked permission to send it to her pastors and to the United Methodist Bishop and one of our District Superintendents, who are both on TECH (The Task Force). A copy of the letter is on the bottom of this in case you missed it. Any way the Letter went around and touched various people. As of Monday still no response that said the rules or restrictions would be changed. But when I get to the mission on Tuesday I find that the restrictions have been lifted and they are letting anyone in period. Did the letter do it? I have no idea, but I do know that however it happened the Lord God the Father prevailed! Amen and Amen! Then I heard from someone that goes over and helps out at the overflow that the condition are now over-crowded. Others say the same things that go in there. Fights, body odors, and mats right next to each other. Temperatures not right in fact they have a young woman working there with no experience to control or run something like this. I also head that various business people want to shut the overflow down. These are businesses that are right around the over-flow. The city made a big mistake by not letting Inter-Faith have the contract for less money this year to run it. They have professional people there and even food brought in. The various downtown churches pitch in to help and the overflow works. Some fellows are saying the conditions are bad enough they will still stay outside. On Tuesday we had a packed house when first opened. It thinned out of course after some had gotten sandwiches, sweets, and coffee. I gave out medications for many in the late afternoon. I had to go buy them as when I arrived I was out. They started asking as soon as we got there. Mom mad hamburger rice and green beans and of course bread and butter. I think she used rolls this time. They ate and some took to go plates with them and sweets of course. The Newsletter went out yesterday and I know mom paid some bills. But that left us drained. We still do not know what to do about the one vehicle issue. This means our two oldest children will not be able to come to church on Friday. This is a real bummer. My daughter teaches Sabbath school to the younger children and it will be a real problem with her not there. Please pray about helping in some way if you can. I received three boxes of mostly blankets today. It will be a blessing for the people with snow moving in Thursday and Friday! We badly need to get a donation to pay radio airtime. It is $190 for 4 programs. While to some because the listen on the net it seems free, it�s not. I have to pay for the podcast service yearly. I also have to pay radio airtime, as it is a real radio program and not just a podcast. The Radio covers all of North America. We are though reaching the world. And we could more so if I could just get the studio finished. If we fix this it will mean more help for the poor! Our main computer remains down. It is frozen and locked up. It needs replaced. And yes I still need the laptop.}

The LORD bless thee and keep thee; The LORD make His face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee; The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee shalom. (peace)
Bemidbar (Numbers) 6:24-26 In Yeshua's Name, Bro. Dan, Pastor of Messiah's Branch

Study: 744,000 Are Homeless in U.S. Jan 10 2:59 PM US/Eastern AP

WASHINGTON (AP) -- There were 744,000 homeless people in the United States in 2005, according to the first national estimate in a decade. A little more than half were living in shelters, and nearly a quarter were chronically homeless, according to the report Wednesday by the National Alliance to End Homelessness, an advocacy group. A majority of the homeless were single adults, but about 41 percent were in families, the report said. The group compiled data collected by the Department of Housing and Urban Development from service providers throughout the country. It is the first national study on the number of homeless people since 1996. That study came up with a wide range for America's homeless population: between 444,000 and 842,000. Counting people without permanent addresses, especially those living on the street, is an inexact process. But the new study is expected to provide a baseline to help measure progress on the issue.

WHAT I sent the city etc below

Greetings, As I am not sure just who makes the rules for the city overflow this year I will address this to whom it may concern. The News rules for the overflow states that you cannot get in unless you are Kicked out of the Union Rescue Mission. Why? The Union rescue Mission is a Religious based entity. It is not an agency as I am sure you can simply check out their 501. On of the requirements for gaining entry is listening to a Christian sermon. Thus forcing religion on the person or persons seeking a bed. The City is government. They cannot refer people to any religious based entity, as there is a clear separation of church and state, as you well know. Ask the city attorney if I am not correct legally. Morally you should already know this. I minister to the homeless and poor and have done so in Wichita for the last 7 years. Well since July of 2000. They come to me with their problems just as you might go to your pastor. Now I have people outside that have never been kicked out of the Union rescuer but still refuse to go in. Here are some mind you just some of the reasons why they will not go in there. And This must be considered when you make any choices on what should be done with the homeless. This is their side and their reasons. Some Of these are facts I can point at, others are things they have told me when being counseled and I will only list the ones which are repeated over and over.

Religion.

They do not want it forced on them. They believe it should be their right to decide as an American. Many are not Christians or are and just do not believe in what is being forced on them. Blacks and white have both said there is much racism there. One Black man just told me he was very upset he could not go in the overflow. I asked why he could not and he said because he was not kicked out of the Union Rescue Mission. I asked why he did not go there and he said I do not go where I am mistreated. They treat Blacks badly. This happened to him a number of years ago. Point is he will not return but yet sleeps outside or in his car. Repeated over and over, I am afraid to go out there as the Blacks run the place. This is said in real fear. My stuff gets stolen. Homosexuality in the place again people afraid to go there for this reason. Fear of being beaten or raped. Various other reasons are just simply fear and mistreatment. Overcrowding is another reason. So what is my point? You have people freezing outside because you will not let them in the overflow. On man has died this year already from exposure ( he was found in an alley a few weeks ago in a sleeping bag, I was told the death was still being looked into) and I have others coming to me with frostbite and crying because they cannot get into the over flow. You must face the fact that unless you change the rules and let these people in those that die outside this winter will be because of the choices you make or whom ever made this years rules. You should also note that I personally am thankful to the Union rescue Mission. But it just plainly is not for everyone. Also consider that if a man finds a second shift job or works overtime he cannot get into the Rescue mission and if he is not kicked out of there with your rules he must sleep outside. Another point. It proves what I say when the overflow opened you have had many people from the mission wishing to stay at the overflow. Why because something has to be wrong for them to want to sleep on the floor of this year�s very poorly planned overflow rather than go to the Union Rescue Mission. Wichita, this shows if there was somewhere to go that did not force religion on these people and had better conditions the people would go there. Again I mean no disrespect to the city or to the Union Rescue Mission only telling you what I see and is relayed to me. So in the Name of God I am asking, no, begging you to change the rules and let others in the Overflow before someone else dies. Remember if any more dies, well I told you the truth. I am not trying to force my views on the city or anyone else, I just speak out of a Pastor�s heart of Love, that maybe you may really consider what is going on out there. You see I do not worry that if another agency or ministry is started I will loose numbers or have to shut down. I am for the people period. People that are not throw away people.

Shalom (In His Perfect Peace), Pastor Dan Catlin D.D. Jan. 3, 2007

Proverbs 10:15 - The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.

Shalom In Yeshua Our Messiah

Friday Lynda made six dozen egg, lunchmeat and cheese sandwiches and I served thirty trays of sweets. I gave out fifteen loafs of bread and a food box. For dinner I forgot to take something so I worked with what I had at the Mission. I made macaroni with canned chicken breast. Green beans, corn and onions, peaches and buttered rolls. Service was great and at break we had homemade (well Missionmade lol) cherri pie. I paid most of the bills that are in but I have eight more that need paid with due dates of the 15,16 and 17th. Radio is also in need of being paid again the last paid program without going into our deposit is Jan 18th. The newsletter will go out tomorrow so most of you should have it by Friday. Please pray about supporting this ministry you may just be a vessel Yahweh is waiting to hear from to help support these works. Bootsie and I drove the Buick we just bought to Salina on Sunday to pick up my two granbabies, only we never made it that far. We were about seven miles from their house when a rod went through the motor and out the oil pan. I called AAA to have the car towed back home and I called home to have Daniel II come after us. We barely put 300 miles on the car so our plan is to go talk with my brother for another motor, another car or our money back. We are now back to one vehicle with prayers of getting Daniel's truck running by Friday. Pray for us we need another form of transportation to get the children from school to church on Friday's. When we picked up our granson's I found out that my daughter is now nine weeks with our third granchild from her. I am praying she has a good pregnancy this time her last two gave her problems. Please lift her up in prayer she just suffered a miscarriage about four months ago. Thank you all who support and continue to support these works we need your support. We love you all and pray you safety

Friday, January 05, 2007

Prisonweekly January 6th, 2007

Torah Vay'ch "And He Lived " Genesis 47:28-50:26

Haftorah 1Kings 2:1-12, Gospel 1Peter 1:3-9

Next Weeks Torah Shemot "Names" Exodus 1:1-6:1

Haftorah Isaiah 27:6-28:13, 29:22-23, Jeremiah 1:1-2:3

Gospel Acts 7:17-29

Genesis 47:28-50:26

Jacob lived seventeen years in the land of Egypt, so that the span of Jacob's life came to one hundred and forty-seven years. And when the time approached for Israel to die, he summoned his son Joseph and said to him, "Do me this favor, place your hand under my thigh as a pledge of your steadfast loyalty: please do not bury me in Egypt. When I lie down with my fathers, take me up from Egypt and bury me in their burial-place." He replied, "I will do as you have spoken." And he said, "Swear to me." And he swore to him. Then Israel bowed at the head of the bed. Some time afterward, Joseph was told, "Your father is ill." So he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. When Jacob was told, "Your son Joseph has come to see you," Israel summoned his strength and sat up in bed. And Jacob said to Joseph, "El Shaddai appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and He blessed me, and said to me, 'I will make you fertile and numerous, making of you a community of peoples; and I will assign this land to your offspring to come for an everlasting possession.' Now, your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt, shall be mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine no less than Reuben and Simeon. But progeny born to you after them shall be yours; they shall be recorded instead of their brothers in their inheritance. I [do this because], when I was returning from Paddan, Rachel died, to my sorrow, while I was journeying in the land of Canaan, when still some distance short of Ephrath; and I buried her there on the road to Ephrath"--now Bethlehem. Noticing Joseph's sons, Israel asked, "Who are these?" And Joseph said to his father, "They are my sons, whom God has given me here." "Bring them up to me," he said, "that I may bless them."

Now Israel's eyes were dim with age; he could not see. So [Joseph] brought them close to him, and he kissed them and embraced them. And Israel said to Joseph, "I never expected to see you again, and here God has let me see your children as well." Joseph then removed them from his knees, and bowed low with his face to the ground. Joseph took the two of them, Ephraim with his right hand--to Israel's left--and Manasseh with his left hand--to Israel's right--and brought them close to him. But Israel stretched out his right hand and laid it on Ephraim's head, though he was the younger, and his left hand on Manasseh's head--thus crossing his hands--although Manasseh was the first-born. And he blessed Joseph, saying, "The God in whose ways my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked,The God who has been my shepherd from my birth to this day--The Angel who has redeemed me from all harm--Bless the lads.In them may my name be recalled,And the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac,And may they be teeming multitudes upon the earth." When Joseph saw that his father was placing his right hand on Ephraim's head, he thought it wrong; so he took hold of his father's hand to move it from Ephraim's head to Manasseh's. "Not so, Father," Joseph said to his father, "for the other is the first-born; place your right hand on his head." But his father objected, saying, "I know, my son, I know. He too shall become a people, and he too shall be great. Yet his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his offspring shall be plentiful enough for nations." So he blessed them that day, saving, "By you shall Israel invoke blessings, saying: God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh." Thus he put Ephraim before Manasseh. Then Israel said to Joseph, "I am about to die; but God will be with you and bring you back to the land of your fathers. And now, I assign to you one portion more than to your brothers, which I wrested from the Amorites with my sword and bow."

And Jacob called his sons and said, "Come together that I may tell you what is to befall you in days to come. Assemble and hearken, O sons of Jacob; Hearken to Israel your father: Reuben you are my first-born, my might and first fruit of my vigor, Exceeding in rank and exceeding in honor. Unstable as water, you shall excel no longer; for when you mounted your father's bed, you brought disgrace--my couch he mounted! Simeon and Levi are a pair; their weapons are tools of lawlessness. Let not my person be included in their council, let not my being be counted in their assembly. For when angry they slay men, and when pleased they maim oxen. Cursed be their anger so fierce, and their wrath so relentless. I will divide them in Jacob, scatter them in Israel. You, O Judah, your brothers shall praise; your hand shall be on the nape of your foes; your father's sons shall bow low to you. Judah is a lion's whelp; on prey, my son, have you grown. He crouches, lies down like a lion, like the king of beasts--who dare rouse him? The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet; so that tribute shall come to him and the homage of peoples be his. He tethers his ass to a vine, his ass's foal to a choice vine; he washes his garment in wine, his robe in blood of grapes. His eyes are darker than wine; his teeth are whiter than milk. Zebulun shall dwell by the seashore; he shall be a haven for ships, and his flank shall rest on Sidon. Issachar is a strong-boned ass, crouching among the sheepfolds. When he saw how good was security, And how pleasant was the country, he bent his shoulder to the burden, and became a tolling serf. Dan shall govern his people, as one of the tribes of Israel. Dan shall be a serpent by the road, a viper by the path, that bites the horse's heels so that his rider is thrown backward. I wait for Your deliverance, O LORD! Gad shall be raided by raiders, But he shall raid at their heels.
Asher's bread shall be rich, And he shall yield royal dainties.
Naphtali is a hind let loose, Which yields lovely fawns.
Joseph is a wild ass, A wild ass by a spring --Wild colts on a hillside.
Archers bitterly assailed him; They shot at him and harried him.
Yet his bow staved taut, And his arms were made firm By the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob-- There, the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel--
The God of your father who helps you, And Shaddai who blesses you With blessings of heaven above, Blessings of the deep that couches below, Blessings of the breast and womb. The blessings of your father Surpass the blessings of my ancestors, To the utmost bounds of the eternal hills. May they rest on the head of Joseph, On the brow of the elect of his brothers. "Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; In the morning he consumes the foe,And in the evening he divides the spoil."
All these were the tribes of Israel, twelve in number, and this is what their father said to them as he bade them farewell, addressing to each a parting word appropriate to him. Then he instructed them, saying to them, "I am about to be gathered to my kin. Bury me with my fathers in the cave which is in the field of Ephron the Hittite, the cave which is in the field of Machpelah, facing Mamre, in the land of Canaan, the field that Abraham bought from Ephron the Hittite for a burial site--There Abraham and his wife Sarah were buried; there Isaac and his wife Rebekah were buried; and there I buried Leah--the field and the cave In it, bought from the Hittites." When Jacob finished his instructions to his sons, he drew his feet into the bed and, breathing his last, he was gathered to his people.

Joseph flung himself upon his father's face and wept over him and kissed him. Then Joseph ordered the physicians in his service to embalm his father, and the physicians embalmed Israel. It required forty days, for such is the full period of embalming. The Egyptians bewailed him seventy days; and when the wailing period was over, Joseph spoke to Pharaoh's court, saying, "Do me this favor, and lay this appeal before Pharaoh: 'My father made me swear, saying, "I am about to die. Be sure to bury me in the grave which I made ready for myself in the land of Canaan." Now, therefore, let me go up and bury my father; then I shall return.'" And Pharaoh said, "Go up and bury your father, as he made you promise on oath." So Joseph went up to bury his father; and with him went up all the officials of Pharaoh, the senior members of his court, and all of Egypt's dignitaries, together with all of Joseph's household, his brothers, and his father's household; only their children, their flocks, and their herds were left in the region of Goshen. Chariots, too, and horsemen went up with him; it was a very large troop. When they came to Goren ha-Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, they held there a very great and solemn lamentation; and he observed a mourning period of seven days for his father. And when the Canaanite inhabitants of the land saw the mourning at Goren ha-Atad, they said, "This is a solemn mourning on the part of the Egyptians." That is why it was named Abel-mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan. Thus his sons did for him as he had instructed them. His sons carried him to the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, the field near Mamre, which Abraham had bought for a burial site from Ephron the Hittite. After burying his father, Joseph returned to Egypt, he and his brothers and all who had gone up with him to bury his father.

When Joseph's brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, "What if Joseph still bears a grudge against us and pays us back for all the wrong that we did him!" So they sent this message to Joseph, "Before his death your father left this instruction: So shall you say to Joseph, 'Forgive, I urge you, the offense and guilt of your brothers who treated you so harshly.' Therefore, please forgive the offense of the servants of the God of your father." And Joseph was in tears as they spoke to him. His brothers went to him themselves, flung themselves before him, and said, "We are prepared to be your slaves." But Joseph said to them, "Have no fear! Am I a substitute for God? Besides, although you intended me harm, God intended it for good, so as to bring about the present result--the survival of many people." "And so, fear not. I will sustain you and your children." Thus he reassured them, speaking kindly to them. So Joseph and his father's household remained in Egypt. Joseph lived one hundred and ten years. Joseph lived to see children of the third generation of Ephraim; the children of Machir son of Manasseh were likewise born upon Joseph's knees. At length, Joseph said to his brothers, "I am about to die. God will surely take notice of you and bring you up from this land to the land that He promised on oath to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob." So Joseph made the sons of Israel swear, saying, "When God has taken notice of you, you shall carry up my bones from here." Joseph died at the age of one hundred and ten years; and he was embalmed and placed in a coffin in Egypt.

From Parshat VaYechi. From THE TANAKH: The New JPS Translation According to the Traditional Hebrew Text. Copyright 1985 by the Jewish Publication Society. Used by permission.

REMEMBER TO ALSO READ YOUR TORAH IN YOUR KJV if any of you need a Bible please write me I will have one sent to you factory sealed.

Mission Updates: Matthew 6:19 ^{19Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: 20But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: 21For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. 22The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. 23But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness! 24No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.}

Greetings Saints in His Perfect Peace,

Yesterday was a very crowded day for us. The library was closed so many that hang out there came to us to get out of the cold. Many have colds and or flu. Badly congested lungs, runny noses, coughing, headaches, and well you get it right? I went to the every thing for a dollar store and bought cough syrups, Tylenol, drops, and cold pills. I still ran out! You know just how hard it is to give out things then not having enough for all? I mean really you have 20 people needing medications or maybe socks and you have enough for 18? That hurts but you have to give out what you have. At the first of each winter I get blankets and coats, but they are still in grave need! I had people with shoes falling off and I try and get them wal-mart tennis shoes as I can, but as you all know we can only do with what is donated to us. We also need clothing!

On man I had to take stitches out of his head. He would not go back to the Emergency room, and they needed to come out. People would say to me well are you not worried about getting sued? You see I do not even have liability insurance as I could afford the policy money. God is my provided and insurer.

I have been confirmed of one dying outside in a sleeping bag. The Authorities say they are still looking into it.

Some bills are still not paid from last month. We received a couple of donations yesterday and today but even still do not have the mail out newsletter out. We need you to all pray for this ministry so we can get out of the December slump.

The LORD bless thee and keep thee; The LORD make His face shine upon thee,
and be gracious unto thee; The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee shalom. (peace) Bemidbar (Numbers) 6:24-26

In Yeshua's Name, Bro. Dan, Pastor of Messiah's Branch

Jeremiah 12:12 - The spoilers are come upon all high places through the wilderness: for the sword of the LORD shall devour from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land: no flesh shall have peace.

Shalom In Yeshua our Messiah

I am sorry that this weeks update is so late I have been so busy. Tuesday we were packed because everything else was closed. There were many needs we were unable to meet because we had no means to do so. The people were so greatful just to get in out of the cold and have something hot to drink. I made 180 cups of coffee as well as ice tea and ice water. I believe Lynda made nine dozen egg, lunchmeat and cheese sandwiches. I set out thirty trays of sweets and made one food box and gave a man bread and plastic ware. I also was able to give a couple whom just got off the street a box of dishes and a couple iron skillets.

We now have another car that we were able to buy from my brother fairly cheep and I transfered my tag from the Nova. It is a 1983 Buick Century that has a 3.0 six cylander motor so it should get good gas mileage we'll find out today. The newsletter is scheduled to go out on Tuesday the 9th. I paid half of the bills that are in but still need to pay the others. The last paid radio program is Jan 18th so we need to be paying another month very soon. The food account is down to $43.00 and we need cold/flu medicines at the Mission.

We ask that you all would say a prayer and ask the Father if you are a vessel He is waiting to use in support to this Ministry and be led by Him to HELP in these many WORKS.

Thank you all who support and continue to support these works on a regular basis we need your support to do what we do. We love you all and pray you have a very Blessed Year in 2007.

Have a very Blessed week

Shalom sisterlinda/family & Messiah's Branch Mark:9:23,10:27

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" THE Truth will set you FREE"

Night Watch

A nurse took the tired, anxious serviceman to the bedside."Your son is here," she said to the old man. She had to repeat the words several times before the patient's eyes opened. Heavily sedated because of the pain of his heart attack, he dimly saw the young uniformed Marine standing outside the oxygen tent. He reached out his hand. The Marine wrapped his toughened fingers around the old man's limp ones, squeezing a message of love and encouragement.The nurse brought a chair so that the Marine could sit beside the bed. All through the night the young Marine sat there in the poorly lighted ward, holding the old man's hand and offering him words of love and strength. Occasionally, the nurse suggested that the Marine take a breather and rest awhile. He refused. Whenever the nurse came into the ward, the Marine was oblivious of her and of the night noises of the hospital - the clanking of the oxygen tank, the laughter of the night staff members exchanging greetings, the cries and moans of the other patients. Now and then she heard him say a few gentle words. The dying man said nothing, only held tightly to his son all through the night. Along towards dawn, the old man died. The Marine released the now lifeless hand he had been holding and went to tell the nurse. While she did what she had to do, he waited. Finally, she returned. She started to offer words of sympathy, but the Marine interrupted her. "Who was that man?" he asked. The nurse was startled, "Wasn't he your father," she answered. "No, he wasn't," the Marine replied. "I never saw him before in my life." "Then why didn't you say something when I took you to him?" "I knew right away there had been a mistake, but I also knew he needed his son, and his son just wasn't here. When I realized that he was too sick to tell whether or not I was his son, knowing how much he needed me, I stayed."

THE LESSON: The next time someone needs you ... just be there. Stay. We are not human beings going through a temporary spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings going through a temporary human experience.

THIS IS WHAT WE ARE PUT ON THIS EARTH TO DO ANYWAY. RIGHT? HAVE A GREAT DAY AND BLESS SOMEONE ELSE IN SOME LITTLE WAY TODAY!

"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me."

Shalom B�Shem Yeshua HaMashiach

Peace in the Name of Yeshua, the Messiah

" THE Truth will set you FREE"

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